My True Crime Obsession

My True Crime Obsession belongs to Laura and Josh, and it plays as a conversation between two people rather than a narrated case file. Episodes usually start with their own news. One recording ran late, and they argue over whether brunch was to blame. It is halfway through October, the Halloween decorations are behind, and two buildings for the Christmas village have never been set up. A missed week went to a seven-year anniversary, and Milo finally gets his stitches out. Then the story starts, with one of them telling it and the other reacting as it unfolds. Those reactions give the show its feel. There are gasps and disbelief, and a deadpan 'good job, buddy' for the men who sent Thelma Todd extortion demands and obsessive letters. The cases range widely. In 'Episode 31 - The Murder of Adam Walsh', the pair go through Toole's account to detectives without softening it, and a mini-episode later mentions a part two of the case. 'Episode 32 - The Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd' spends time on the threats that followed her into fame, including a letter-writer a judge had committed. They call 'Episode 33 - Cincinnati Hometown Legends' something new for them. It follows Loveland police reports of a frog-like creature near the river, one of which was later explained as a large iguana missing its tail. Next to the numbered episodes is a strand of mini-episodes under the 'Strange and Unusual' and 'Unusual Deaths and Strange Encounters' names. One covers the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 and reads from an author's account of people and horses stuck in the street. That leads to a side rant about hating honey and a declaration that being trapped in molasses is a worst nightmare. 'Unusual Deaths and Strange Encounters Minisode #1 - The Pentagon and UFOs?' covers a UFO research company linked to a former Blink-182 member. The episode lists team members with aerospace and intelligence backgrounds and quotes the media mockery that followed. 'Strange and Unusual Mini 4 - Hitting the Lottery' describes a man pulled into a jet engine on a flight deck. Surveillance footage of the accident exists, and one of the pair has no wish to see it. The minis also carry a running joke about whether the one writing them would last past the first. The pair are frank about pacing. After the Adam Walsh case, one of them wants a lighter story, the other points out that it is October, and they agree to keep things creepy while leaving kidnapped children alone for a while. Profanity comes up, and violent detail is read out plainly. The Cincinnati legends episode is a good way into the lighter side, and the Adam Walsh episode shows how dark the show will go.