Only one criticism. The music seems very out of place at times. Doesn’t always fit the situation and can be distracting overall. The stories are very well done, though!

The background noise and music constantly drown out voices. If I turn it up loud enough to hear the speaking, I end up blasted by background music. It’s so bad I stopped listening

Why question the prosecutor so many times about going after Kohberger for the death penalty or the reason why he did it? It just gives this monster more importance, and he doesn’t deserve our attention!!

Idaho prosecutor = nutless little btch

Why ads on my paid subscription?

Love this podcast! Thank you & keep doing what you’re doing!!!

Can someone please get Mary Fuginiti some water?? Otherwise the Idaho episode was interesting but the dry mouth sound was distracting.

It is time to stop judging what people do in stressful situations and possibly in shock. Because it doesn’t jive with what you think you would do doesn’t mean they aren’t feeling all their feelings on the inside . Some people nervous laugh. Some people default to taking charge. And some put their head in the sand because they can’t deal. Whatever they do shouldn’t lend to guilt or innocence. Your opinion is not wanted or needed or moreover judged.

His fake voice affectation is laugh-out-loud ridiculous. Why do broadcast companies think phony narrators like this are a good choice?

I find the music and narration that accompanies this show particularly unsettling and not in an entertaining, exciting way

Has anyone counted the number of times reporters Natalie Morales and Lauren Clark said “I mean” in this segment? I lost track. They came across so juvenile and unprofessional. This is was a serious story which deserved serious reporting.

Always excellent programming, well written, deeply researched and informative.

I paid for a subscription, but I’m still getting ads. Seems like it’s very difficult to get customer service help on these issues.

48 Hours should be called 48 YEARS, as it reaches back and retreads and reruns endless stuff from decades ago, as if it is new and provocative material. Apparently there’s not enough crime for new episodes these days - it’s clearly all about the money. 48 Hours is yesteryear’s newz-z-z-z.

I listen to this every night before bed and it is so relaxing. I love a good story with events leading up. Keep it up!

I’m not done listening to this podcast and I already have to comment for his kids (now adults) daughter said something like - what was I supposed to do , say I don’t love my father and lie? (No mommas you did nothing wrong by wanting to love and see the good in your father) I’m so sorry that you and your family have been through this punishment. “‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭14‬:‭18‬ Luckily God is a graceful and forgiving God and I pray for you and your family , comfort and peace that the Lord gives, I pray for Him to release you of this burden that your family has dealt with. I pray that He breaks these chains of evil and pain and He will because He is the only one that can in any dominion. You have done nothing wrong by loving your dad. You have done nothing wrong by honoring your parents just as the 10 commandments say. As for Peter , I am sorry that you have gone through being turned away from a crush bc of who your connected to. Just don’t let those situations let you stay down. Get up and keep moving forward. Peace be with you all and your loved ones.

The lady who sounds like she smoked 30 packs a did is bad enough. Then you add in the completely creepy Clorox Scentiva commercials, and I’m OUT. They’re absolutely AWFUL!

I can’t believe people are spending time to write reviews just to be rude and obnoxious. These reviews aren’t for you to nitpick and judge others. If you have actual feedback like an adult, fine. Just coming here to comment on someone’s voice? Get a hobby!

Her voice, yuck!

The "everything to lose" episode is the best thing you guys have ever done. I can listen to it endlessly like a classic album. Richard Schlesinger was the best.

Sorry, but Erin's voice is very difficult to listen to. Please find a different narrator.

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It’s 2025. You know very well the myriad of reasons that victims of domestic violence don’t leave. Nancy Seamans must have been asked no less than 15 times why she didn’t leave. How about you start talking about why women don’t leave instead of perpetuating the myth that it is her own fault? This narrative is a huge reason why women worry that they won’t be believed.

Maureen Maher’s disgusting questioning of a domestic abuse survivor made me sick. Your reporters should be versed in Domestic Violence. I’m ashamed of her grilling of this woman. Abhorrent.

The episodes with Erin are so hard to listen to. Her voice sounds like she has smoked cigarettes her whole life.

Just nope. Can’t stand her fake radio voice. Would absolutely be a decent podcast with a different narrator.

Mother Bashing. Classic case of blaming the mother. Just because Scott’s cellphone was not on the farm doesn’t mean Scott was not on the farm. Where was he?

I like listening to the original shows. I think it’s ridiculous that you all have a subscription series that cost. This show/network makes millions. Greed.

I like this podcast a lot. It a good time consumer and the stories are compelling. The Post Mortem’s are also intriguing. I appreciate that that there is a clear division between the facts of the case and the opinions of the hosts into two separate shows. I will say, sometimes the music is a bit daunting. Because consistent sounds are used in every episodes, some of the noises can be quite surprising and jarring.

I do wish that they would stop playing old shows from years ago and then replay them as podcast, and come out with new material crime happens every day. And it appears that they pretty much keep In Line with dateline and play the shows that they’ve already covered.

Are these episodes being AI narrated ?

Edit 3/2025: hate the post mortem episodes but love the rest. Edit 2021: Love the show but hate the ever changing volume of the commercials. Edit: May, 2019. They fixed volume and decreased amount of commercials, hooray! Moved from 4 stars to 5.

Love the older episodes

But one or two of the women are totally obnoxious—they YELL like they are doing a live report of a plane crash or gang shooting. It’s so jarring. It’s a program, not a newscast from the 80’s. Please put the name of the host in the description so I can avoid these women.

Why do you give older episodes new titles? For instance the episode Dark Voyage was renamed to Anchors Away. It’s like you are trying to fool the listener that it is a new episode that they haven’t heard before. 🤷

Peter Van Stant should be removed from this team. His sexist, chauvinistic and belittling of women is far from objective.

I’ve always been a big fan of the show, but love that I can run errands and clean house while listening.

I’ll Pass on the commercial asking me to donate to “planned parenthood” though 🤝

I love listening to 48 Hours but, I found this dated show hard to listen to. The fact that the victim had multiple boyfriends was raised over and over again. She was an adult, and I have a feeling that had this been recorded today, the commentary would have been less pointed.

This is the show that got me interested in true crime. The recent episode about Susan wright made me mad. “Oh she was a stripper for two months when she was 18” so obviously that means she’s not abused and didn’t kill in self defense. Then Jeff’s dad “I don’t know why this other woman is trying to save Susan. Sisterhood of the strippers I guess” he needs a reality check.

48 Hours is a news staple for those of us true crime fans. Absolutely one of the best news shows in history. Really love the Post Mortem episodes, they are a wonderful edition to the episodes. I love the behind the scenes style perspective we get from those who reported on the cases. It’s obvious the 48 Hours team cares about the cases they cover.

48hrs podcast gets me thru my graveyard shift At work.

Have liked this show, but am disgusted by the El Segundo episode that just re-aired, which spotlights DA Darren Levine, a man promoting hand to hand combat techniques used by the Israeli army, which is currently perpetrating genocide and mass war crimes against innocent people in the Middle East. Poor taste, 48 Hours.

Very nice to fall asleep to.

Ridiculous that the Post Mortem episodes begin with a recap of the podcast from the previous day. Try following Dateline's lead – – they tell you in the first five seconds that if you haven't listened to the podcast yet or seen the episode, go listen to it and then come back. They don't waste time in their "Talking Dateline" telling you what the episode from the day before was about. Then again, there's a lot you could learn from Dateline. And Anne-Marie could just TRY to be a little bit enthusiastic -- narration is soooo dull and monotone. Horrible.

I enjoyed Candyman until it became a typical, racially motivated, episode. I’m done.

I literally just yelled in frustration “THIS IS BORING”. Too many ads, interviewers are dull and hard to listen to. Seems like a lot of ripping off recent dateline episodes as well. I love true crime and listen to loads of podcasts, but I’ll probably unsubscribe from this one.

These shows are excellently produced and I like that they are about 45 minutes instead of an hour and a half. However, I cannot stand the opening cello music!! I always have to fast forward through it. Can you please get some better music? It doesn’t have to be all scary and dramatic. Thank you.

45 min pod cast with 20 min of ads, also a lot of this are just copy and paste from dateline

Within the first few minutes we get an intro sound bite of an investigator? … who knows it could be a random person but they included it in the main intro he says something like “most people who get murdered are not innocent or victims… but this gal was both”