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Crime Writers On...

Foundling

Crime Writers On...

Partners in Crime Media

Crime, True Crime, Society & Culture, Writer, Tv & Film, Author, Review, Tv Reviews, Panel, Documentary

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Years ago, she was abandoned as a newborn in a field. Now she has suspicions about the Good Samaritan who found her. We’ll review the true crime podcast “Foundling” from Tortoise Investigates and The Observer.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You can support this podcast at patreon.com slash partners in crime media.

0:05.2

I'm Rebecca LaVoy, and this is Crime Writers On.

0:26.8

Crime Writers On is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime, pop culture, other podcasts.

0:34.0

And on this episode, years ago, she was abandoned as a newborn. Now she has suspicions about the Good Samaritan who found her.

0:38.7

We'll review the True Crime podcast, Foundling, from Tortus Investigates and The Observer.

0:55.4

Joining me to get that done and more is true crime author, TV journalist, and host of, these are their stories podcast, my husband, and the love of my life, Kevin Flynn. Hello, Kevin. Hello, Rebecca. Also with us, private investigator, certified pet detective, resident cat lady, an author of The Final Curtain, it's Lara Bricker. Hiicker hi laura hey rebecca i'm coming to you from my newly decorated backdrop that my son did with crime scene

1:00.0

tape we see yeah we see the cats are gone and you've got a jaunty christmas garland style

1:07.2

crime scene tape yeah yeah well thought it was great it's amazing yeah. It's not bad. Yeah. And finally, our Captain of All Things Cynical, author of the City trilogy, host of Rip Current, more like ancient phalians, strange arrivals, and our Patreon deep dive book club podcast. It's Toby. Hey, Rebecca. So, Kevin, this is Monday's program. It is. What's coming up on Thursday show on Thursday we're

1:28.2

going to talk about the Hulu documentary series friends like these all right well Kevin we have

1:34.5

an announcement to make at the beginning of the show do you want to handle that one yeah I mean if

1:39.5

if you're getting divorced no I'm just saying and dad, no. Ler is pregnant.

1:44.9

Awkward.

1:47.3

No, if you subscribe to our newsletter, then you'll have already read this from Thursday's Dispatch.

1:53.5

But we just want to let people know that our other podcast, you can't make this up that we do with Netflix, that Netflix has canceled the podcast.

2:02.6

And so we're no longer doing that. Actually, Netflix is pretty much canceling all of their audio

2:08.4

podcasts. You know, they've made a pivot to bringing on video podcasts made elsewhere, putting it on

2:17.0

the service. And so this podcast was in its ninth

2:21.6

season. And Rebecca had been doing it for eight years now. Yeah, I mean, I hosted some guest

2:27.8

hosting like at the very beginning. And then it became just my show that I hosted like in

2:32.8

2019. Yeah. Yeah. And then you came on as a producer

2:36.7

a couple years ago. Yeah. So we're doing it together. Yeah. And it was a co-production of Netflix and

2:41.1

partners in crime media. And so that's ending. So that has ended. So if you were wondering

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