Helen Anderson #25 poor fitting clothing and a separate bed, it’s not funny to laugh at the dead.

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Ok, so my morning freed up unexpectedly, and I gave in and listened to Helen's podcast.

It is as bad as we expected - constant inappropriate giggling, tit sound effects, complete lack of research, insight or analysis... duck me!

From what I understand, the idea was for Helen to be the storyteller and for Danni to provide a genuine reaction - it doesn't work. Instead of preparing for the podcast, and telling the story in her own words, Helen reads off some bare-bones script that I doubt she wrote herself, and they listen to bits of documentaries. Their commentary rarely goes beyond screaming "WOT?!" and making dumb jokes. It is SO lazy and uninspired there's 0 of that "new spin" she boasted.

There were TWO ad breaks in the first half of the first episode!

The thing that shocked me most, was not even the absolute lack of empathy, but ZERO understanding of basic psychology. That, and the fact that Helen Anderson, the film buff, the true crime/horror connoisseur has never seen the Silence of the Lambs.
 
Innit said:
Ok, so my morning freed up unexpectedly, and I gave in and listened to Helen's podcast.

It is as bad as we expected - constant inappropriate giggling, tit sound effects, complete lack of research, insight or analysis... duck me!

From what I understand, the idea was for Helen to be the storyteller and for Danni to provide a genuine reaction - it doesn't work. Instead of preparing for the podcast, and telling the story in her own words, Helen reads off some bare-bones script that I doubt she wrote herself, and they listen to bits of documentaries. Their commentary rarely goes beyond screaming "WOT?!" and making dumb jokes. It is SO lazy and uninspired there's 0 of that "new spin" she boasted.

There were TWO ad breaks in the first half of the first episode!

The thing that shocked me most, was not even the absolute lack of empathy, but ZERO understanding of basic psychology. That, and the fact that Helen Anderson, the film buff, the true crime/horror connoisseur has never seen the Silence of the Lambs.
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Shes never expressed an interest in true crime or horror movies but before the podcast release was like "I love horror films" no you don't stop lying. Never have I ever heard her talk about it. It was the same with Sky movies before she was advocating for that. How many times has that story been told as well? You can't make a well known story like that more "interesting" it's already been talked about to death. The fact that they're laughing as well is beyond me. Make it lighthearted, but at the end of the day its a true story and people lost their lives, show some respect... she will do anything for money to buy more tat she doesn't need. This has really annoyed me lol. What a new low.
 
Fell out of lurking Helen for a while, but this podcast business is so annoying!! I watch and follow Bailey Sarian, she does an audio boom series called "Dark Histories" which is amazing! She had her own true crime series with way before the podcast deal. I've always hoped for a UK equivalent and low and behold, old grubby helga manages to swing the deal and unsurprisingly it's a mess.
I think they've gone by image, Helen is "alt"🙄 tattoos etc same as Bailey. If they were hoping for a similar success they clearly didn't do their research, missed opportunity completely. Rant over! 😅
 
I'm genuinely interested in the Joanne Dennehy case. The episode literally opened with a joke abt Ed Gein's victims? I can't cope with how horrific that would be if a victim's family stumbled upon it.
Also not even giving the author used a full name? Calling Joanne cute as a child? I hope this podcast gets ripped apart.
 
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Hahaha - she actually said "criminologists" lol.

Did they really get help from experts, or just quoted experts from books/documentaries? Completely different things...
 
They’re glamorising murderers. Gross & crass.
Read the room you dickheads. There’s a reason why these days you’re asked to remember the victims and pay them respect, as killers often kill to be infamous! Don’t speak their name.


Also- she’s 30. Why is everyone her ‘best friend’?. After primary school is this a thing?
mY BeSt fRiEnD 🥴 loser.
 
Lyradis said:
Fell out of lurking Helen for a while, but this podcast business is so annoying!! I watch and follow Bailey Sarian, she does an audio boom series called "Dark Histories" which is amazing! She had her own true crime series with way before the podcast deal. I've always hoped for a UK equivalent and low and behold, old grubby helga manages to swing the deal and unsurprisingly it's a mess.
I think they've gone by image, Helen is "alt"🙄 tattoos etc same as Bailey. If they were hoping for a similar success they clearly didn't do their research, missed opportunity completely. Rant over! 😅
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At least Bailey is a well-read true crime enthusiast who delivers the facts like she's sharing it with her mates. Helen is never going to be Bailey - for one she doesn't work hard.

ekl2000 said:
They’re glamorising murderers. Gross & crass.
Read the room you dickheads. There’s a reason why these days you’re asked to remember the victims and pay them respect, as killers often kill to be infamous! Don’t speak their name.


Also- she’s 30. Why is everyone her ‘best friend’?. After primary school is this a thing?
mY BeSt fRiEnD 🥴 loser.
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*Me feeling attacked that I call my boyfriend my best friend* 🤣
 
fr3nch13 said:
Did they really get help from experts, or just quoted experts from books/documentaries? Completely different things...
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They play A LOT of audio clips that I assumed were taken from documentaries. I'm not well versed in the true crime genre so did not recognise anything specific, unfortunately.
I have to say, using those clips in the podcast was a major mistake on their part - bits of eloquent speech and proper storytelling just emphasize that the hosts act like they're 12. Honestly, I get dark and edgy humour, but they're not even making clever, albeit morbid jokes. Both Helen and Danni just cackle and scream "she's so annoyiiiing" (about a woman who killed 3 people). It's not endearing, it's twatty.
 
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