Loved it until the end. Great story, obviously well researched and well told but disappointing at the end. All that evidence and not once do they address any motive for their prime suspects. People kill for a reason. What was the motive to kill Sissy???

Agree with the reviewer saying what a waste of breath. What a waste of time! I heard this was good from somewhere but I’d say that only if you want to waste hours listening to the oh there’s a great new lead, which you find out after a whole episode doesn’t pan out. I kept listening because I couldn’t believe it would lead pretty much nowhere, but that’s what it did.

I think if I made a podcast it would turn out just like this. No one would talk to me on tape (or even on the record), I’d learn nothing more than what was in the public records, and I would sound like I had never read a script before.

I was interested in this story, but do not like the script reading. They are not good actors so it all sounds fake. It’s like a commercial with famous people who also can’t act and speak normally. Can’t they try to go scriptless and just give the facts amid back-and-forth banter? Even when you answer each others’ questions or reply to a statement, it’s scripted. It sounds very simple and dumb.

This might have been interesting if it was limited to 3-4 episodes.

At the end, the only question is “why”? There’s no new information and no new discoveries. It’s all awful baseless innuendo against a family without any insight about the true perpetrator. The producers/“journalists” (along with the single minded detective who was purportedly investigating) had a conclusion without evidence when they started and, spoiler alert, came to the same conclusion at the end but,again without a scintilla of evidence! Probably the most reprehensible thing they did was to accost a man in his 50’s outside his home to suggest that he had something to do with the murder of his grandmother 35 years ago. And they’re shocked that he calmly refused to speak to them???are you kidding? They should be charged with stalking or perhaps libel/slander (both offenses since they wrote and spoke these untruths). Save yourself the time and listen to anything else - it’s got to be more worthy.

Good storytelling, but jeez Louise what a waste of breath and time. Could’ve been a compelling two-parter. A whole lotta “gotchas” followed by a whole lotta “nvm.” Annoying.

I wanted to like this. I listened to the whole thing. I felt it was actually a podcast about making a true crime podcast. The reporters were caricatures of true crime podcasts. Just harassing people about a tragic murder that happened a long time ago.

The entire podcast could be condensed into one or two episodes. Perplexing murder but not many facts to expound on.

I couldn't get through the first episode. If you're not good at speaking, that's totally cool. Not everyone is. But you can't make a podcast about an interesting topic when you're not a smooth speaker and feel you need to self-indulgently act shocked any time something bad has happened. It sounds so disingenuous. Recommend having an actor read the script. Would instantly improve.

This goes nowhere. They should have looked back at their investigation and realized they had no podcast. Skip it.

I’m out

I got to episode 5 when I heard a blatant anti-trans political ad, and, well that’s enough for me to never listen to another minute.

I am the woman you mentioned who you said was attacked with a hammer. The police the woman taking a shower we all know who killed Emily Stewart. Leave the family alone. You two should be prosecuted. I also have a copy of the film your looking for. why won’t you post this ?

This is interesting and very well researched. I’m not sure why there are so many bad reviews.

Probably could have been one of he best true crime podcast but there was no analysis or explanation of possible motives within the family or outside of the family. It seems just overly wrought explanation of possible suspects and it seemed way more focused on the detectives and their lives. After episode 2 i was already checked out. Dont waste your time…

I kept waiting for something to happen but it was 8 episodes just dragging out no evidence.

I just felt like they were hounding a family based on gossip. I rolled my eyes a few times at some of the “evidence” presented here.

This podcast is quite the disappointment after listening to “Father wants us dead”. There’s nothing to it apart from warmed over rumors and innuendo. Presenting it in the voices of giddy teenagers rehearsing for a school play, does not do the show any favors either.

So there is some good reporting in this pod. Mainly the summary of the crime. But they spend more time talking about the life and times of the main investigator and there is a lot of repetition. So it’s Ok but not the best.

Having lived and worked near Princeton for many years, I had high hopes for this podcast. Unfortunately, the podcasters made it more about themselves instead of offering much new information. In the last episode, they devoted over 10 minutes to marveling about how they flew across the county and then failed to talk tomorrow one of the suspects . They clearly spent a lot of time working on this (because they told us that) but came up with very little. Not worth listening to.

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I initially liked this but it’s gone completely off the rails as the hosts explore and reexplore every detail making listening completely tedious. Also grating is the complete lack of rapport and charisma of the narrators. The sound like they are reading off a script and every time they make a “joke” or what is supposed to be a lighthearted comment it comes off as stiff and cringeworthy. Can’t bring myself to finish this one.

I cannot believe that a trusted news outlet would put out a podcast so bad… Just because someone has a mic doesn’t make them a podcaster. The two speakers trade back & forth reading lines and sound amazed at how different Manhattan is from Princeton. Not one shred of new or even old actionable insights or ideas or evidence. Speculative inference and dry reading is not reporting. Just stop!

People complaining about “no new evidence” calm down. What this podcast does is bring the case attention and hopefully someone does pay for the crime. It’s well done and well written.

They don’t want you to make their video public and you just ignore them! You are being intrusive trying to make a podcast from their mom’s death when the family does not want it.

I grew up in Princeton and remember this crime. Was hoping for so much more. Podcasters beware: don’t make the story about you, unless the story IS about YOU. We don’t care how you feel otherwise, and saying things like “I can’t imagine how that felt” adds nothing to the story. The female neighbor: what was her alibi? Did you try to interview the serial stabber?

A sad and fascinating case… but a mediocre podcast in which the story peters out, no new evidence is brought to light and we’re left with a last hour or 2 of a morally-dubious stakeout (that ends with “no comment”) and tearful musing about how much fun it would be to have a beer with the victim.

Loved this. It really shows you how cold cases work, how people follow them, why they don’t get solved and what stands in the way.

Torturing a family with no actual evidence is unethical. There is nothing here, doesn’t deserve an audience.

Not worth your time, especially episode seven. There’s nothing in this podcast remotely interesting or new. Read the newspaper and you’ll get the gist.

Started out good but lost direction and spoiler alert……. Super disappointed in the end. Just wasted and entire day.

“…but it turned out to be nothing…” pretty much sums up the show. Should’ve been titled red herring. And not at all victim-centered.

I think this could have been a good podcast if the narrators didn’t sound like they were reading from a script. Their communication with each other doesn’t sound natural, sounds as if they recorded at two separate times just reading lines.

This case is cold for a reason. This is such a waste of time. It’s episode after episode building up to possible leads they aren’t even interesting dead ends. Just elementary speculation

This case seems to be more about the obsessed cop than the crime or the victim. I think some should look at Tony’s old cases more closely, or rather the convictions that came from Tony’s cases.

Don’t understand people complaining about the pacing of the show. The show takes time to unpack evidence, dig into the background of suspects and investigators, and tell the story of how discoveries happened. It helps the listener feel more connected. I’m invested, can’t wait to hear where they end up.

When do the rest of the episodes unlock? Waiting

This story does not fill an entire podcast. There is zero evidence against any of the people discussed in the show, so the hosts end up pedaling the police’s irresponsible speculation and harassment. Hosts do a good job at pointing out the police’s tunnel vision but then again, continue to release episodes?

Love podcasts but not this one.

Listened to all 6 episodes airing for something to happen. Spoiler alert. It doesn’t. Wish I could get my time back.

Get to the point. Just the same thing over and over.

Granted I’m from NJ so this is particularly interesting to me, but the story itself is captivating. Each episode I’m more pulled in to the story. Well done and narrated. A+ four true crime podcast.

But couldn’t. Honestly, it just feels like the family is being hounded to no end, without any solid evidence. What about the “friend” who had lunch with Sissy the day she was killed?

The gaps in release times makes this impossible to follow. People binge media now. I listen to dozens of other podcasts between releases which makes this story impossible to follow coherently.

The journalistic investigation into an old murder case in Princeton digs through old information with a personal touch. I found myself really wanting the victim to finally get justice through the sincere efforts of these two. Good narration as well.

I’m partway into Ep. 3 or is it 2? I don’t know and don’t care because I’m BORED!!! The dragging out, speculation, hosts with flat personalities, and dull characters.

I got through 4 episodes. I wanted to like it, I tried to like it. But it was just too boring to continue being curious.

I’m giving up mid listen. I listen to a lot of podcasts and this is not it. The host’s drag everything out and there is a lot of speculation. The tone is off. It’s very juvenile sounding.

Keeping all of the episodes, except the first one, behind a paywall is horrible!