‘Serial meets Twin Peaks’ in a true crime tale from Adam Buxton
by Hollie Richardson, Hannah Verdier and Ammar Kalia from Technology | The Guardian on (#6RPZW)
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Adam Buxton's new podcast is billed as Serial meets Twin Peaks, bridging the gap between fiction and true crime. Mei Mac is Kay McAllister, an ex-tabloid journalist who launches her own pod to find out what happened to a missing man. Buxton takes a low-key role as DCI Roy Burgess, who worked on the case. It's told in a true-crime style but there is no mistaking this is glossy, high-quality fiction - an engaging, slow-burning tale. Hannah Verdier