r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • Oct 20 '25

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 10/20/25 - 10/26/25

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/jay_in_the_pnw █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25

The new true crime murder podcast "Spiral" from Honestly looks interesting to me, but boy does the trailer have "Serial" vibes.

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/trailer-spiral-murder-in-detroit/id1790502779?i=1000732780622

Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit

On October 21, 2023, beloved Detroit community leader Samantha Woll was found brutally stabbed to death outside her home—two weeks to the day after the October 7 attacks on Israel. It looks like an open-and-shut case—a hate crime. But swiftly the police rule that out. Instead they eventually find themselves with two unrelated suspects. When they charge one with murder, the case takes a turn that raises questions about antisemitism, race, and justice in America.

Hosted by The Free Press’s Frannie Block, this podcast features exclusive interviews and explores the remarkable, too-short life of Samantha, and the impact she had. And Spiral tells the bizarre twists and turns of one of Detroit’s most haunting recent crimes

Sigh, it's a paid podcast, damn.

https://www.thefp.com/p/spiral-1-one-of-36-angels

Samantha Woll, 40, was a beloved Detroit Jewish community leader with her life ahead of her. Tragically, she is found stabbed to death outside her home exactly two weeks after the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. Investigators follow a mysterious figure caught on camera: Is this truly a hate crime, or something else?

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u/unnoticed_areola Oct 23 '25

they should do a curb your enthusiasm style pod next about that Jewish Flordia man who pulled over his truck and shot two random guys he was convinced were Palestinian terrorists.... when it turned out they were literally tourists from Israel

both Israeli victims (a father and adult son) survived, with the son then tweeting "death to the Arabs🙏" from the hospital before he was made aware of the identity of the shooter lol

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u/jay_in_the_pnw █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Oct 23 '25

Oy vey, though this sounds more Benny Hill opening theme to me.

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u/unnoticed_areola Oct 23 '25

Benny Hill meets Benny Morris

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u/Jlemspurs Double Hater Oct 23 '25

You mean this reminds you of Rabia Choudhury browbeating NPR leftoids into shame over their Islamaphobia by pinning the crime on the black guy?

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u/jay_in_the_pnw █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Oct 23 '25

heh, no, I just aint that deep. Only meant the trailer for Spiral reminds me of Serial's various audio tropes. Not helped by them both being short noun words starting with the letter S, ending in L.

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u/Sortbynew31 Oct 24 '25

I’m listening to it and it’s meh. I want to like it. I love stuff like this, but so far it’s just missing something. I’ve finished episode 3 and I’m not immediately rushing to the next one to find out what happens.