Dead of the Night Podcast

I listened to the whole series in two days. Super interesting story; it was especially intriguing as someone who grew up in Idaho, not too far from Emmett. I thought the presentation was great, and the ending was so good!

Despite the fact that Dead of The Night clearly bills itself as a Drama, and not True Crime, several people who were quite obviously enjoying the program changed their ratings to One-Star, based solely on their own misapprehensions.

(Imagine if movie critics gave “Fargo” a 💣 because they thought that was based on an actual case - and the Coen Brothers actually lied at the film’s opening and said that it WAS based on “fact”, then explained why they lied about that in the commentary and the Maki... more

This is fiction, totally made up, poorly acted.

It should not ever be labelled as “true crime”.

Pretending to be true crime is an insult - firstly to people like Payne Lindsay who work tirelessly on their investigations and documentaries, and secondly to the families of genuine missing people who give their time to podcasts in desperation for information and publicity about their missing loved one.

Grow up.

This is terrible. All the way around terrible.

I like it but I like fiction podcasts

So throughout the entirety, I kept thinking, why does this sound so scripted? Is this a ‘true’ true crime story?? If it’s true, I’m sorry, but why so scripted? And if it’s fake, sorry again, but it’s not well written at all. Good story maybe? But I find myself repeatedly rolling my eyes and thinking, is this fake??

The participants are so rehearsed it sounds like an elementary school play, robotic and memorize. I really wanted to like this podcast so disappointed.

Became suspicious of this story not being true crime after listening to the “interviews” that did not seem at all real. Upon googling, realized I was correct and this is NOT a true story. If you’re okay with fiction, it’s not bad, but I am annoyed that the description of this podcast is so vague- it almost seems purposefully so.

Well I originally said I was hooked. I thought this was true crime. After episode 3 I started to wonder if the interviews were re-enactments because they didn’t sound real. So I came back here to find out if anyone else thought the interviews didn’t seem legit. That’s when I found out that this is NOT true crime. This is fiction. I don’t care about fiction. I’m out!

for an independently produced podcast w/out a network, im impressed. the story is really engaging and sucked me in so far. the concept/story/characters have a ton of potential, i can't wait to see where the story goes. i appreciate that the acting isn't over the top/ overdramatized like lots of other audio dramas, i think it's more immersive. it reminds me so much of the 1st season of up and vanished tbh.

excited for the next ep!

This podcast was hard to listen to due to the poor voice actors. The concept is interesting however, so might be worth staying subscribed for now.

The voice actors are terrible, and nowhere in the description does it say FICTION. I wasted 5 minutes of my life on this poppycock. Nonsense no one should waste time on.

Apple has this in the “True Crime” section for all you idiot saying we should know it’s fake...

The host’s voice is very low-pitched and there is always loud music playing behind it and it’s not easy to hear. No music needed while you’re talking.

Also, it didn’t even cross my mind that this could be a fake story until I read the other reviews, but the “actors” are terrible. No one wants to listen to re-enactments for that long anyway. If it’s a fake story, it should be advertised as a fictional podcast.

I do think the story is interesting so far, but tuned out on some of the details du... more

I was interested too. I did research and even got on the Idaho state site for missing people. One place that I can’t find now labeled this as fiction too. I like true crime, not made up. As others have said be up front this is fiction. There isn’t anything anywhere that shows this is a real person.

I saw some of the reviews and just wanted to say that it is clearly tagged fiction. The voice acting could be stronger but I am excited to see where the story goes!