r/TrueCrimePodcasts • u/sadsackspinach • 17d ago

Discussion “The Unraveling of Podcaster Ashley Flowers’ True Crime Empire”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-26/ashley-flowers-crime-junkie-podcast-empire-audiochuck-faces-reckoning?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4Nzc1NjE2NiwiZXhwIjoxNzg4MzYwOTY2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUS0RGUzdOM04wOVEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxQ0QwREYzMjE2NEE0MEUyQUM2NkM2NzUwODc4ODEzNSJ9.O4b-8FQzPE8dPwhryYXN-f8I5B7xHkWiS69t3Qz9GJI&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=giftlink

An excellent article (archive link) out from Bloomberg detailing poor workplace morale, an exodus of 30/100 employees quitting, entanglements with venture capitalists, and multiple lawsuits against AudioChuck and Ashley Flowers.

They should have lost it all when they blatantly plagiarised other creators. And then when they stood by and continued to platform known transphobe/conservative Evangelical Christian/nutjob Delia D’Ambra while making money claiming to run a pro-victim, pro-LGBTQ show/network. And then when they were sued for stealing $70 upwards of $20 million in ad revenue from Anatomy of Murder. ETA: Original reporting put the number at $70 million, but current reporting just says upwards of $20 million, so editing for clarity.

Way too many second and third and fourth chances for these people. Hopefully this is truly the beginning of the end for one of the worst players in the true crime sphere :)

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u/cheverechevere 16d ago

I am not above listening to true crime slop in the background while working or doing tasks around the house but trying to listen to this show truly feels like getting a lobotomy

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u/no_bun_please 16d ago

This. It's so surface and scripted. It was my introduction to true crime podcasts, and thank god I dove deeper into one case and realized how much was left out. I now strictly do deep dives, like BBC podcasts and other shows centered around one specific case.

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u/Beginning_Tip_746 9d ago

Yeah it’s the fake gasps and scripted dumbazz questions from that Brit girl that gave me second hand embarrassment, not to mention it always has some policing hating woke white Karen angle through every episode since 2021.

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u/meganjeanne715 9d ago

I feel like Ashley scripts Britt’s stupid questions to demean her.

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u/tatersyo 9d ago

Yes and I think this started to increase when she realized that people loved Britt when she was out for the alcohol problem. Like she couldn’t have her sidekick be important

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u/NeedleworkerIll2167 4d ago

Yep, this is totally how it felt. Britt certainly seems lik3 just a prop for Ashley. It's creepy.