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Crime Writers On...

Netflix's Madeleine McCann doc and a Make-a-wish mystery podcast

Crime Writers On...

Partners in Crime Media

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

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

With Rebecca and Lara on school vacation, Kevin and Toby are joined by special guest Sarah D. Bunting from "The Blotter Presents...." First off the panel reacts to the Maryland Court of Appeals' refusal to reconsider its recent decision reinstating Adnan Syed's conviction. Next Toby introduces us to an up-and-coming podcast, "What Happened to Holly Bartlett." This six-part series looks at the 2010 death of a blind woman from Halifax. Then we give a glowing review to the mystery podcast from five-year-old Make-a-Wish recipient Azka Sherief, "The Stealer of the Diamonds." It's the best five minutes you'll spend. To listen to "The Stealer of the Diamonds," click here. Netflix is offering up the eight-part series "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann." After the three-year-old British girl vanished from her bedroom while on vacation in Portugal, the crime became an international media sensation. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MADELEINE McCANN, GO TO 58:20. In crime of the week: That's why they call me Thumper. Get our Patreon-exclusive CWO After Show...and more! Just click here to sign up! APPEARANCE ALERT: Rebecca hosts the Five City Live Bear Brook podcast tour. See her May 8-14 in Washington, Baltimore, Asbury Park, Brooklyn, and Boston. All four crime writers will be a PodX May 31-June 2 in Nashville. Get 10% off your tickets at podx.com/crime.  SPONSORS THIS EPISODE Bona - to receive exclusive offers and to learn more visit Bona.com/crime Brumate - visit brumate.com and add code CRIME to get 15% off your first order Legacybox – go to Legacybox.com/crime to get 40% off your first order Daily Harvest - go to daily-harvest.com and enter promo code CRIME to get three cups free in your first box Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

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0:00.0

For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at patreon.com slash partners in crime media.

0:21.6

I'm Kevin Flynn and this is Crime Riders on the True Crime Review podcast that digs into podcasts,

0:27.3

pop culture and this week we'll look at the eight-part Netflix documentary, The Disappearance of

0:32.8

Madeline McCann. We'll also look at the most heartwarming five-minute podcast you'll ever listen to.

0:39.7

Joining me to get that done and more is our captain of Woke Synicism, the author behind the

0:44.8

noir novels known as The City Trilogy and our Patreon book club host Toby Ball. Hello, Toby. Kevin,

0:51.2

how are you hanging in there on your own? I'm hanging in pretty good. Rebecca and Laura are both

0:56.3

off for school vacation and Toby, we couldn't make this a complete sausage fest. So filling in,

1:03.1

we have a friend of the show in host of Extra Hot Great, again with this and the blotter presents

1:09.2

Sarah D. Bunting. Hello, Sarah. Hello. How are you guys? We're doing good. I mean, at least I am. Yeah,

1:17.2

sorry to, sorry to intrude on the sausage fest. No, this is much better. This is not a straight

1:24.3

job that someone had to do it. Yeah, exactly. So like we're saying, both Rebecca and Laura have

1:31.5

gone off to warmer places. Rebecca took the boys and left me behind. She didn't storm out of the

1:37.6

house just in case, you know, people start wondering about, you know, what might have happened to her.

1:43.3

She's okay. She didn't throw her curling iron at me or something going out the door. So I think

1:49.0

she's coming back. She has. She goes. Yeah, well, I guess you're ghosted if you just got your face

1:56.8

buried in a margarita and that's why you're not picking up your phone, right? Shex out.

2:03.1

Looks like they've been having a good time based on the social media. Yeah, Laura can't put her

2:07.6

phone down. I think she's wherever she is. She's got good Wi-Fi. Now, Toby, you may not know this,

2:12.3

but Rebecca actually got fired from a job because she was reading Sarah debunting stuff online too

2:20.0

much. Really? Yeah, that's a true story. If she were here, she was. That is a true story.

2:24.2

That is true. What was this? Sarah can tell a little bit about her bone of feed-as, but she is

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