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Another true-crime podcast, another body.
This time, its an infant, found in a cooler.
(Thats how youre supposed to know this is authentic.)
The whole business is the kind oftrue-crime fodderthat many, many millions consume as entertainment these days.
Its narration-heavy, interspersed with active and retired police officers relevant to the case.
He previously tried producing long-form stories distributed over the department website;Break in the Caseis his latest project.
The surreal nature of that production is fairly easy to pin down.
you’re free to see the Why the hell not?
Countdown to Captures six episodes rolled out across September 2018.
But an artifact likeCountdown to Capturetakes that complication and twists it even further.
The snake has gone full ouroboros.
Break in the Caseis an altogether different beast, but the fundamental complication is pretty much the same.
Again, it’s possible for you to broadly see the outlines of that same Why the hell not?
Thats not listening, and it doesnt allow the community to be truly engaged.
Theres something distinctly absurd about this state of affairs.
Sure, law-enforcement agencies have every right to use any means of communication to engage with the public.
Its not only their right, its part of the job.
But thehowof it all matters.
At worst, its just crude propaganda.
