Not great gals - the ranting went wayyy to long.

These gals never fail inform me on new crimes and oddities as well as give me great laughs throughout the show! Ya’ll all SOOOOOO much better than cable👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Liberal buzzword final boss

Cleaning crimes. Crimes to clean by.

These gals were my introduction to true crime podcasts during lockdown. I’ve been a loyal listener ever since and will remain so. They were my gateway to discovering lots of other great podcasts, too. I’ve laughed out loud at work or in the grocery store more times than I can count and I even dislike wine a little less now actually. I’m sure that Kenyon leaving was a huge change after all these years but I think Lucy and Amanda are doing a great job rolling with it. It may take awhile for them to readjust the dynamic and get back into a comfortable groove without her but that’s ok!!!! Just keep on doing what you’re doing, ladies. You’ve got my support and my everlasting gratitude(?) for being the source of my true crime hyperfixation and many sleepless nights.

Recent episodes were so badly researched and so wildly incorrect that as a fan for 5+ years I’m questioning everything I’ve ever heard on this show. I get that Amanda thinks her personality is enough to carry the workload here, but it’s not. The actual topic of the show still matters. Winging everything is ruining this show. And we just gave up on the wine aspect years ago.

One of my friends recommended this show to me at the beginning of the summer. I was NEVER a podcast person and then I listened to serial (way late to the game I know) and was looking for something to listen to next. Since then I’ve listened to more than 100 episodes. I have it on in the car, while cleaning, while cooking, while playing games on my phone, etc and always love it. Perfect combination of hilarious, insightful, educational, and the right amount of disturbing lol would highly recommend!

The hosts are funny and charming, but the research and “facts” are all over the place or nonexistent. There are just some basics like the timing of the The McDonald Triad (it was not the Mindhunter people), names of victims (too many questions about Girly Chew’s name. The woman was murdered. Zip it.), Burke and Hare in the 1920’s (only 100 years off). Not researching the difference between secretors/non-secretors. Do you not have a computer or phone nearby to check that in the moment? And not knowing that “Overkill” is a word used by law enforcement and courts to describe a particular kind of homicide—that it’s not just slang. The list goes on. I heard them on RedHanded and loved their humor but the podcast hasn’t held up. If you want well-meaning, funny hosts, they’re great. If you want to trust you’re being informed correctly, just don’t. I wanted to love this podcast but the secretor/nonsecretor and overkill broke me. If an hour is spent on setting up context and terms for the crimes, it’s a responsibility to get it right.

I’m all for the exit of Kenyon with her pro-genocide stances, but now since it’s just the two of them it’s become The Amanda Show. Constantly interrupting and talking over Lucy and making everything about herself. Lucy has always been my favorite and it seems like she is doing all the work now as well. I’ll still listen every now and then but yeah, it’s just obnoxious.

I’ve been listening for years! These gals feel like friends. I love listening to them laugh, tell stories, elevate the voices of victims and use their platform to inspire change. The best!!!

I love listening to these girls and laugh no matter the episode! One of my favorite podcasts, even though I’m a Wisconsin gal. :)

The wine reviews are great! The thematic episodes are fascinating. Their banter is a blast. I’m really enjoying this and don’t know how I’ve never listened before. I highly recommend this podcast and will be sending friend this way.

These 2 blew their guest spot on Red Handed so badly! I would have loved to have added another true crime podcast to my rotation, but these hosts were so obnoxious, ignorant and unpleasant to listen to, I’m completely uninterested in checking them out. Also, the “American” disses that they consistently use throughout that episode were totally unnecessary. You guys actually managed to perpetuate the negative American stereotype in a way that was embarrassing to listen to 👍🏻

This time it’s the self-hating racist TERF, Suruthi Bala from the GARBAGE RedHanded podcast. If you bother to listen to a single episode of RedHanded, you will find Suruthi saying terrible things about black and brown people, calling BLM and police-accountability activists “radical extremists,” they hire outspoken transphobes to collaborate on their terrible book, belittle women and downplay the constant abuse hurled at women. RedHanded is trash and you’re trash for having them on your show.

I have been listening since 2019 ! Thank you for always saying the quiet thing out loud!!

Love this podcast. Been listening for 3+ years! However, take this as you will, but not a huge fan of the guests for GAC. They add nothing and makes me wanna skip those episodes

Their collaboration on the Redhanded podcast was beyond embarrassing. These ladies had the opportunity to expand their audience but instead were so unbelievably ignorant and obnoxious that the episode was unlistenable. Thanks for perpetuating that same American stereotype.

It's such a perfect combo of information, story telling, humor, banter, etc. I learn so much, and die laughing. Idk if it's because we're around the same age but the hosts seem to totally nail my sense of humor. 10/10. Chef's kiss. No notes 💕

Started listening in July of 2024. I’m hooked. laughing so hard I’m crying.

Wow. I’m updating my review because I’m listening to episode 200, Lucy is killing her song, and I look bizarre walking my dog alone and bursting out in obnoxious laughs. If you aren’t listening to them already, I could not recommend the Wine and Crime gals more. It’s like sitting at the cool girls’ table at lunch, chatting about all things true crime, while sharing an order of mozzarella sticks. Thanks y’all for all you do!

Now it’s a rant by spoiled privileged white gals about not much. In the beginning the wine pairing was worth enduring the intro. I haven’t heard a wine pairing for months that’s been worth the drivel the show has become! I’m done.

Uninformed and not good

Updated review: Not interested after they lost Kenyon.

This show has turned into boring conversation without Kenyon.

I am so loving the show in the last couple months. I loved it at the start, fell off for a bit but the energy of Amanda and Lucy has just reinvigorated the whole show lately. They are so fun and relatable.

The gals (for the most part)make the flyover states look good!!! Update: Still amazing, love each of these Queens, especially Lucy and Kenyon!!! Amanda’s ok too! 2024: Wow, totes unable to call it. In fact Amanda and Lucy are wonderful humans who are here to have fun, entertain but to also grow and learn. She who shall not be named but whom I’m sure is still a friend to them both had that bad B infallibility energy and such is the downfall of giants. They’re greT tho

If you’ve ever sat around with your best friends at brunch with a cocktail or mocktail AND talked about that “horrible” or “odd” or weird” or “random” crime in the news…THIS IS THE PODCAST FOR YOU! I suggest starting with the episode “cats in wigs” 😂😂😂 I actually cried laughing it was SO funny. Great job ladies (still miss Kenyon).

I might be slightly obsessed with this podcast. If you have a dark sense of humor, some dad joke vibes, and a love of true crime...stop here. Ever growing and always entertaining, The Gals will keep you laughing and crying and swearing and possibly screaming into your pillow. I highly recommend contributing on Patreon for the extra content. And the ‘worst Minnesotan accents’ make me feel at home. PS- I only recently found out if you put swear words in your review, Apple won’t post it. So there’s that.

I'm a spotify gal so it's taken me a while to figure out how to leave an ITunes review oops! To counteract all of the Alans in the world (yeah of course not all Alans) I need to say I LOVE THIS PODCASTTTTTT. Amanda, Lucy, and (rip I love you) Kenyon are the most smartest couple of broads I've ever had the pleasure of listening to in my life. I CONSTANTLY have an episode playing whether its with my morning coffee, working in the lab, or falling asleep (the harsh vowels seem to soothe me). I've always been quite liberal and socially aware, often moreso than my peers, so hearing you proudly voice your opinions and wise elder millennial knowledge has been so inspiring and reminds me that there are truly good people still out there (Lucy I know that's a run-on sentence but I'm a STEM gal). 5 stars aren't close to enough to describe how amazing this show is!

I love the 2 Wine & Crime gals! I’ve been listening since 2017 and feel like a part of the friendship while also learning about background and psyc as well as true crime stories! Y’all keep up the great work! 🩵

I discovered this podcast by complete accident while lookin for something to listen to while I work on crafty things. I’ve fallen in love with it! I’m very behind only in the first hundred episodes but I am so excited to see where they go! Let’s get it girls! From a fellow Midwesterner in Missouri!

Almost a full hour before getting to the first story. I don’t know what happened to this podcast 🤷🏻‍♀️. I need to go shopping for another podcast

This has been my favorite podcast for years. Glad to see the podcast prevail with having to lose one host. Love you gals ❤️❤️

I am sticking around because I’ve grown to love the ladies, and appreciate the time and effort put into every episode. Clearly, they research well and the three prong original model was pretty genius. My critique is that the constant editorializing really interrupts the storytelling. I really cannot stand to be told what to think about something, and truly feel that most of the listeners are going to end up in the place you’re headed- emotionally, politically, morally, whatever. I don’t need to be patronized about who’s good and bad in the story. There is just so much righteousness baked in that really steals from the humor, horror, mystery, etc. When y’all hit the mark, you really hit it and deliver interesting context, great wine recs and potently sarcastic exploration of the themes.

I’m not a Kenyon apologist but this show is hard to listen to now. They’re just too much, trying too hard, the laughter is forced and it’s just like dude, give it up and admit your show is lacking. I’m trying to power through but I fear if I roll my eyes any more they’ll get stuck like that

It’s used to be really good. Now there’s like 1.5 hours of history and like 30 mins of crime.

Was once one of my favorite podcasts but they’ve become so self righteous I can’t listen. The fans and the community they foster are now openly hostile to others. What was once amazing is now gross.

Love, love this podcast. The ladies have great senses of humor and are great storytellers, love their friendship and that their cats make appearances on camera.

I used to love the show, but it has gone so far downhill in the last year- especially with Kenyon gone. The performative activism is exhausting and Amanda being a hater on anything just to be quirky is unbearable.

Has slowly declined over the years but Kenyon leaving did the trick. I’m out. You need her

Lucy and Amanda keep it real while having a great time! The wine coven keeps the laughs flowing for all the spooky lil b’s out there!

I love listening to these gals banter, chuckle, and give their perspectives on true crime. They are so easy to listen to, always put a smile on my face, and make me feel like I’m with friends. I truly appreciate the way they cover their cases and the research they do… even when they intentionally misunderstand the assignment. Definitely a great add to your true crime weekly listen or occasional binge.

Amanda and Lucy are amazing and have been since the beginning of wine and crime, now that they dropped their grandstanding zionist fake progressive co host the show is better than ever.

It’s not the same without Kenyon and im grossed out by the “wine coven” just being degenerate bullies who are all so self righteous. Thanks for the mems though

Took a hiatus from W&C for a while and am now back … interested to see how the show evolved in a post ‘three friends’ world. The recent episodes are like the feeling you get when you get in the car w your best friend after a party and you are free to dissect everything everyone did and said at the party. Energy is lighter and the pace of the show clips along at a nice pace. Super glad the show didn’t lose steam and that it, in fact, picked some up. Way to go girls.

I loved this podcast for years. It was hilarious, uplifting and I felt like I was hanging out with friends when I listened. I am pretty liberal and accept others views but the anti government, anti law enforcement rhetoric has become the main topic of late. The anger and negativity now drag me down and I find myself turning the pod off. Perhaps Wine & Crime isn’t what they really want to do anymore. They no longer have wine pairings and seem to lean more towards ranting on the state of country and criminal justice system. Important issues for sure but definitely not what I pop my AirPods in for. I wish them all the best and thank them for the HOURS AND HOURS of entertainment and company but I’m out.

This is one of the worst podcasts I have ever heard. So obnoxious and not funny!

Love y’all’s dynamic

I used to love this podcast, particularly because the women all seemed very intelligent, progressive and open minded, but it has become closed door virtue signaling. Meaning the topics they know well they articulate well. But over the years they often (one in particular) has declared themselves an expert on a wide variety of topics you can clearly tell they know little about. Yet that does not prevent them from pontificating on subjects with only a passing amount of true knowledge. This has become glaringly obvious with the departure of Kenyon. I hope this is a reality check and that the virtue signaling and confirmation bias are replaced with occasional humility. It’s the biggest turnoff and I’m sad it’s likely going to end when it was something so enjoyable for so long.

I don’t know what Kenyon said to rile everyone up, and my god, it is impossible to try and find out via google without running into extreme hate that absolutely churns my stomach. And without Kenyon, I honestly have found my formerly favorite show to be boring. I truly hope no one ever turns on me the way everyone seems to have turned on Kenyon. I don’t need to know what she said to find it all pretty gross. And the content has certainly suffered.