By
Read By
Tim Bruce, Jane Slavin, Kris Dyer, Jonathan Keeble, Joan Walker, Julius Howe, Rebecca Rainsford
Length
9 hrs and 46 mins
Overall
Performance
Like binging a deep dive true crime podcast about the creepiest, most disturbing story ever. But it’s fiction.
Excellent, Unforgettable, Best of the nest
Very good, thoroughly enjoyed,
Good, Solid, Enjoyed many aspects
STAR RATINGS GUIDE
THE BIRDICT
- This is a true crime podcast as a novel. What’s not to love?
- The “black eyed children” are the stuff of pure nightmares and I mean that as the loftiest of praise.
- This is a mind-bender. Having an unreliable narrator in Arla Macleod means lots of fun and games trying to decide what is and isn’t real.
- A large cast of brilliant narrators made this so realistic, it had me going to my podcast app for the next episode.
- The sensitive manner of dealing with a troubled teen.
SQUAWKING THE TALK
Some of the dialogue didn’t feel natural, like characters using complex metaphors in regular speech.
SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO...
It has the feel of the Cold podcast about the case of Susan Powell, but with eerie horror elements.
The psychiatrist troll is the ultimate love-to-hate character.. I spent the whole time wondering if this was going to tip into the supernatural.
