History Podcast / TrueCrimeObsessed

* Soundtrack Dissonance: They take issue with the tendency in Oxygen documentaries to add overly dramatic music to already dramatic stories.

* PowerWalk: Both enjoy the way ''I'll be Gone in the Dark'' gives 'The Kid' a dramatic power walk entrance as he recounts collecting a number of evidence boxes.

* TearJerker: Patrick breaks down while trying to recap Creator/PattonOswalt telling his daughter about her mum's death in ''I'll Be Gone in the Dark.''

True Crime Obessed is a weekly podcast created by Gillian Pennsavale and Patrick Hinds. The hosts discus documentaries on true crime series and documentaries. The main feed focuses on single episode documentaries, while the bonus Patreon episodes are multi-episode series.

* ArcWords 'Garbage Bell'. Initially accompanied by a bell, usually now just referred to.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Patrick is in disbelief at how goofy Doug Mathews comes across as in the first episode of ''Series/McMillions''.

** They both comment on the very different tone that Billy Jensen has when appearing in ''Death in the Mansion, on Oxygen, as opposed to his more dignified interview in HBO's ''I'll be Gone in the Dark''

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Invoked when they discuss this as a problem with Making a Murderer's second season. The case isn't solved, there are endless dead ends, and it becomes too depressing to enjoy.
* UnreliableNarrator: Though it could be applicable to many episodes, Gillian and Patrick particularly take issue with how The Impostor is told from the point of view of the criminal, and his narrative on his motivation isn't questioned in the documentary.

True Crime Obessed is a weekly podcast created by Gillian Pennsavale and Patrick Hinds. The hosts discus documentaries on true crime series and domentaries. The main feed focuses on single episode documentaries, while the bonus Patreon episodes are multi-episode series.

* {{Anticlimax}}: Gillian and Patrick find it ridiculous that The Impostor ends with a dramatic reveal that the missing boy is... not buried in the garden.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Patrick is in disbelief at how goofy Doug Mathews comes across as in the first episode of Mcmillions.

* EverybodyKnewAlready: Gillian does not believe in There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, that no one knows the sister-in-law is a smoker. As she points out, cigarette smoke leaves a long smell on a person. Brought up again with The Vow, when a victim of Keith Raniere knew instantly on meeting her. Gillian again points out that smokers generally reek of it.
* HaveIMentionedIAmGay?: Patrick Hinds entire persona, matched with...
* ItsPersonal: Their discussion of Mcmillions begins with Gillian admitting that she played the Mcdonalds Monopoly game a lot to try and get the 1 million prize, so she feels personally outraged that the game was scammed. It comes up throughout their discussion.
* PoliceAreUseless: As many documentaries include at least one police officer, there are mainly aversions to this.
* PowerWalk: Both enjoy the way I'll be Gone in the Dark gives 'The Kid' a dramatic power walk entrance as he recounts collecting a number of evidence boxes.

** They both comment on the very different tone that Billy Jensen has when appearing in Death in the Mansion, on Oxygen, as opposed to his more dignified interview in HBO's I'll be Gone in the Dark

* TearJerker: Patrick breaks down while trying to recap Patton Oswalt telling his daughter about her mum's death in I'll Be Gone in the Dark.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: They discuss this as a problem with Making a Murderer's second season. The case isn't solved, there are endless dead ends, and it becomes too depressing to enjoy.

* OverarchingVillain: They have begun to feel like OJ Simpson is one for documentaries set in the 90s. Casey Anthony takes that place in 2000s documentaries.

* Tearjerker Patrick breaks down while trying to recap Patton Oswalt telling his daughter about her mum's death in I'll Be Gone in the Dark
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Gillian can't get past the way Patty Peterson in The Staircase repeatedly says the word 'automobile' when referring to a car. Particularly when she overenunciates the word.
* PreviouslyOn: They have a lot of issues with Oxygen and the way all their documentaries have lengthy recaps throughout.
* HaveIMentionedIAmGay?: Patrick Hinds entire persona, matched with...
* HaveIMentionedIAmItalian: The episodes on Fear City allowed Gillian a moment in the spotlight on her New York italian mob princess identity
* PoliceareUseless: As many documentaries include at least one police officer, there are mainly aversions to this.

* EverybodyKnewAlready: Gillian does not believe in There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, that no one knows the sister-in-law is a smoker. As she points out, cigarette smoke leaves a long smell on a person.
** Brought up again with The Vow, when a victim of Keith Raniere knew instantly on meeting her. Gillian again points out that smokers generally reek of it.
* UnreliableNarrator: Though it could be applicable to many episodes, Gillian and Patrick particularly take issue with how The Impostor is told from the point of view of the criminal, and his narrative on his motivation isn't questioned in the documentary.
* Anticlimax: Gillian and Patrick find it ridiculous that The Impostor ends with a dramatic reveal that the missing boy is... not buried in the garden.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: They discuss this as a problem with Making a Murderer's second season. The case isn't solved, there are endless dead ends, and it becomes too depressing to enjoy.
* BerserkButton: They argue that the Scott Peterson case broke Nancy Grace, because in older clips of her, she seems significantly less angry, but her angry persona seems to begin at that point.
* RecurringCharacter: They often comment on the experts and talking heads who have appeared in numerous true crime documentaries. Examples include forensic scientist Henry Lee, pathologist Werner Spitz, and behaviour analyst Laura Richards.

* OverarchingVillain: They have begun to feel like OJ Simpson is one for documentaries set in the 90s.
** Casey Anthony takes that place in 2000s documentaries.
* EmbarrassingBrowserHistory: Since the reveal that browser searches were part of the case against Casey Anthony, Gillian jokingly worries about having looked up how long it takes a body to decompose for episode research.
* ItsPersonal: Their discussion of Mcmillions begins with Gillian admitting that she played the Mcdonalds Monopoly game a lot to try and get the 1 million prize, so she feels personally outraged that the game was scammed. It comes up throughout their discussion.

* Soundtrack Dissonance: They take issue with the tendency in Oxygen documentaries to add overly dramatic music to already dramatic stories.

* EmbarrassingBrowserHistory: Since the reveal that browser searches were part of the case against Casey Anthony, Gillian jokingly worries about having looked up how long it takes a body to decompose for episode research.

** Casey Anthony takes that place in 2000s documentaries.

** They both comment on the very different tone that Billy Jensen has when appearing in Death in the Mansion, on Oxygen, as opposed to his more dignified interview in HBO's I'll be Gone in the Dark

* RecurringCharacter: They often comment on the experts and talking heads who have appeared in numerous true crime documentaries. Examples include forensic scientist Henry Lee, pathol

* BerserkButton: They argue that the Scott Peterson case broke Nancy Grace, because in older clips of her, she seems significantly less angry, but her angry persona seems to begin at that point.

* PreviouslyOn: They have a lot of issues with Oxygen and the way all their documentaries have lengthy recaps throughout.