What Edd Hedges spun in this stand-up routine was an analysis of a few very human things, woven around very real and very difficult questions he didn’t want to ask himself. Through these episodes Tovay forces the questions he knows he has to answer.
A podcast like this could lean into the drama, and I know Australian law is preventing some of that, however, I am sure there still could be something more injected. They don't, and I find it to be an excellent balance between intrigue, mystery, and respect.
This is a great podcast for someone looking for a thoughtful mystery to follow, that isn't too much in the way of gruesome, but full of intrigue and suspense.
I don’t understand how any family goes through the things that this family experienced and then talk about it, for the world to hear. Maybe everyone needed a bit of dramatic separation, to make it more of a story than anything. For the rest of us, it is, but to this family, it’s real life.
The echoes of these tragedies are tendrils that deserve examination and thoughtful approach from every angle, from beginning to end. Even if it makes us uncomfortable.
