The Onion has done it again. The always-reliable news source, known for breaking huge stories, like alerting the public to the fact that horse bites can be harmful to infants to explaining the international drug trade to breaking news stories so fast that they literally have no information, has hit a home run with their ground-breaking new podcast, A Very Fatal Murder. You thought Serial was the be-all end-all of true crime podcast, but you thought wrong. Murder is a quick listen, with the eight episodes clocking in collectively at about an hour. It tells the devastating tale of the unsolved murder of 17-year old Hayley Price of Bluff Springs, Nebraska. Host David Pascall revolutionizes the genre, going so far as to even have Hayley’s parents do a live ad read. A truly bold, inspirational step few would have the bravery to attempt. It’s this raw, do-whatever-is-necessary attitude that puts Pascall over the top as a podcast host, and makes A Very Fatal Murder a truly once-in-a-lifetime achievement. I don’t want to give anything away and ruin any of the fun, so I just suggest you go check it out for yourself.
P.S. Since it’s always fun to post these, just in case you’re a dolt who doesn’t know what the Onion is, yes, it’s 100% satire.
