The narrators tone and presentation is really hard to listen to. It borders on condescending and almost how a grown up would read a bed time story. Wanted to listen to this story but cannot get past how it is narrated.
Not sure who to contact but I would love to do what I can to help. I live in Cape Coral and have most of my life. I don’t want to message the family online but if you see this and need more help, find Jess Stella on social.
Charlie from Crimelines suggested we all needed to check out this podcast ASAP; and I’m so glad I did! Very informative, respectful, and keeps you so engrossed in Lauren’s story. Such a sad story.
A very sad story, but it strikes me as irresponsible to publicly name all these family members and others close to Lauren and heavily imply that they had something to do with her disappearance. I also felt unnerved by the slow, sing-song narration, as if speaking to a small child. It just doesn’t fit the subject.
This is a hidden gem…the story is tragic, but told in such an amazing way that you can’t help but binge it. I’ve seen commentary here that it’s misleading, but the hosts tell you up front that they are going to tell the story how they were told the story, so I can’t imagine how they felt when they learned everything that happened. Nice that they brought us all along for the ride. Can’t recommend this podcast enough!
Great research, interviews, and reporting. I appreciate the unbiased presentation and respect to the family throughout the podcast. I hope this will lead to peace for her family and help find Lauren.
The way the podcasters talk about Lauren and her family just makes it so personal and you feel so connected; I pray they find Lauren and answers one day soon!
This was a very informative podcast. I really liked it for the most part, but a couple of things really bothered me. I hated that there were ads right in the middle of sentences. Also, the hosts sounded like they are narrating an episode of Desperate Housewives, which I personally did not enjoy.
There is a mystery behind the disappearance of Lauren Dumolo, a 29-year-old woman who vanished from her home in Florida in June 2020. It is an open case that has turned up more questions than answers. This podcast is incredibly well-produced and features soundbites and interviews from friends and family. It has a professional quality that puts me in mind of the show 60 Minutes.
Fantastic podcast; I love that you go into all of the details while still respecting Lauren’s family and their privacy. I appreciate you taking the time to let Victor give his side of the story; I feel like he got the short end of the stick in some of the early eps (though I think he knows more…).
My only complaint is that the commercials come in at weird times and sometimes cut off the people being interviewed. 😬
This podcast is a great tool for anyone that wants the details of this case. They’re thorough in explanations.
The message is clear in this podcast. The goal is to bring Lauren home.
Love this show! I wouldn’t know about Lauren’s case if it weren’t this this. Both girls do a great job and the interviews are good too. I hope they solve the case!
Thank you for making this podcast. Lauren’s story is so important and I’m glad it is being featured in such detail. Praying it helps lead to Lauren and answers for this special family.
Excellent reporting! Such a very sad story! I hope there is closure soon for this family!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I gave this podcast 5 stars ….I like the commentators! Job well done!
I just wanted to say to all the people that commented about her being a “junkie” and not worthy of this podcast I pray you never have to deal with the stigma of substance use disorder in your perfect lives. Just because Lauren struggled with a disease does not make her anything less of a person. She was someone’s mom, daughter, sister etc if she had aids, cancer or heart disease would that make her less of a person? Lauren was a beautiful soul that may have struggled thanks to doctors over prescribing pain pills but regardless was a human being that did not deserve what happened to her. Please stop judging when you have no idea of the pain people struggling go through and educate yourselves. This was a very well done podcast to bring awareness and help and healing to a family that lost a beautiful soul for no reason.
Podcast does a great job giving details around this case and explaining all the moving pieces. I live in Cape Coral and although I never knew Lauren, she is obviously an amazing human and deserves to be found now. Prayers for her and her family. For those judging Lauren for her life, let’s not pretend we all don’t have struggles. No one deserves to go missing without a trace.
The passion for this case resonates from every word. Hilary and Caitlin have told the story of Lauren’s disappearance with grace and insight. Share and share again. Someone is complicit.
I don’t remember how I came upon this podcast, but I’m so glad I did. They cover the case with respect and know how to balance keeping listeners intrigued. I enjoyed the format and listening to all of their interviews. I hope that this podcast helps to find answers for Lauren’s family, and ultimately, find Lauren. I hope that they do another season to bring attention to bring attention to missing individuals.
Well researched and such a heartbreaking case. Unbelievable that the cops said that it would take too long to go through the video!! Isn’t that your job? If the police in the Brian Shaffer case in Ohio could go all the video of the bar and determine that everyone who went in went out except for Brian - why can’t the police on this case do the same? Doesn’t Lauren deserve that? To me all things lead back to Gabby and Victor, not the 3 suspects mentioned. I hope the family gets some answers. Great work on this podcast. Compelling and heartbreaking.
Complicit podcast is very well done. I started bingeing after starting the first episode. Lauren’s family needs justice and this podcast works hard to share the facts in order to give the family the peace they deserve.
Katherine
-A Few Bad Apples
Great storytelling done with care and professionalism. Once I started listening, I couldn’t stop. Every victim’s family deserves answers and Lauren still hasn’t come home. Can’t wait for more episodes!
I’m so grateful this story is being told and being told so well. You ladies did an awesome job at painting a picture of who Lauren’s is and what may have happen to her. I’m on the edge of my seat listening to this story and can’t wait for the next episode. I also want to say I read the bad reviews on this podcast and I couldn’t disagree more. I this the ladies did an awesome job at laying out the facts in this case. Very well done
I often only leave 4 or 5 star ratings, without leaving a written review, for the many true crime and American history podcasts that I listen to. However this time I was compelled to explain the low rating. I barely made it 10 minutes in before I had to turn it off. The story is delivered in a sing-song way as if the host is reading a book out loud to a room of 5th graders. It was unbearable! I prefer my podcast to be delivered straight forward, normal adult voices, and information forward…with a little host personality thrown in. This sounds like it could be an interesting story, but I will have to research it online and read it for myself. I’m too old to be interested in being read a bedtime story.
They lead with a caring, hardworking single mother who just disappears. You hear clips of supposedly caring family and friends. You invest your time and 5 episodes in the big reveal is this woman made trash choices, was on and off drugs, lost custody of her kids, continues to get pregnant, and is surrounded by enablers. They tease you by making it seem like her boyfriends or mom is the problem. Every missing person case is important but Occam’s razor needs to be applied here. This woman’s life was a mess. It’s not hard to conclude what happened to her without this podcast misleading listeners on this being a “true mystery”. It’s not. If someone did something, absolutely they should be held accountable. But fooling listeners for 5 episodes is absurd. I gave up.
I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts so I felt compelled to leave a review on this one. Please note that I will be speaking of spoilers. This story involves a girl with a big history of heroine drug use, legally lost custody of her child and has a mental health problems. Her biological mom is also an alcoholic. So the podcast should have started with this information before they finally tell you in episode 5. A buildup of “where is Lauren” (which is repeated over and over) misleads you by the time you hear of her current life, her drug use and the unsavory characters in her life. Are you surprised she went missing? No not really. There is also a great deal of family trying to down play her drug abuse, blaming reasons why she is on drugs or why the mom is an alcoholic. Where is the accountability?
Where is Lauren?! No, but really? There are so many true crime podcasts out there, but this one truly stands out with its storytelling and production quality. Am very anxious to see how this whole thing turns out and am praying for the family to find answers.
I have listened to so many true crime podcasts so I went searching for a new on. While swiping through many “more like this” options I found this one... and I’m glad I did!
I’m surprised it hasn’t blown up and doesn’t have many reviews because it is SO good.
Very informative, great story telling, and strictly investigative. I’m not a fan of the true crime podcasts that use comedy and goofy narrators.. and thankfully there’s none of that on this podcast.
Keep up the great work and hopefully you’ll cover a new story soon!
I listen to every true crime podcast (no, seriously), and this one was amazing! You did an excellent job investigating and reporting on this case. Hopefully you will do more single cases like this one! I love the deep dives into these cases. Great job!