Comedy website The Onion is known for its deft skewering of current events (see, for example, “Prince Harry, Meghan Markle set up bridal registry at London-area Target”). But the site is moving into new territory as of Monday. At midnight Eastern Time on Feb. 5, The Onion released all six episodes of its first-ever podcast, “A Very Fatal Murder,” a true-crime parody. Crime podcasts are ripe for satire. It was a true-crime podcast, National Public Radio’s runaway hit “Serial,” that introduced millions to podcasting in the first place. Since the 2014 debut of “Serial,” true-crime podcasts have become as common as Luminol stains on an episode of “Forensic Files.” There are single-case podcasts, including “S-Town,” “Up and Vanished” and “In the Dark.” There are anthology-style podcasts that discuss a different case or more every week, like “My Favorite Murder,” “True Crime Garage” and “Sword and Scale.” There are true-crime podcasts run by newspapers, including “Breakdown,” from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and “Dirty John,” from the Los Angeles Times. There are crime podcasts from Canada (“Canadian True Crime”), Australia (“Casefile”) and the UK (“What Happened to Vishal?”, “Who Killed Elsie Frost?”). Some podcasts, such as “And That’s Why We Drink,” blend true… Read full this story
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