The fascination has spilled over into film and TV series too, with shows like Making a Murderer and Tiger King among the most streamed non-fiction series ever.īut Only Murders has arrived at a time when more and more people are falling out of love with the genre. In the years 2014-2020, almost 200 true-crime podcasts were launched, and the genre regularly has a place on the Top 20 podcast charts in iTunes. The show, which focused on the disappearance of highschooler Hae Min Lee, captivated people so much that some would even host ‘listening parties’, in which all their friends heard the episode simultaneously and then would chat about their theories afterwards. Off the caseĪs many of us know, the podcast boom started with a true-crime podcast called Serial. It’s a well crafted show that, despite its ageing stars, is incredibly modern, and very considered when it comes to how the general public consumes true-crime tales. Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin), and Oliver (Martin Short). In the current (second) season, in which they try to solve former Arconia board president Bunny Folger’s murder, things are going similarly badly. In the first season, the trio succeed in solving the case of Tim Kono’s death, but not before making many a false accusation, pissing off their neighbours (and making great enemies of some), and upsetting those that were close to the victim. This often has hilarious results, and leads to a bit of self-awareness at the realisation that these things are not always as narratively satisfying as podcasts would have us believe. In the show, Hotel Arconia residents Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) form an unlikely trio of amateur detectives and podcast producers who are hellbent on solving the mystery of their neighbours’ (that’s one neighbour per season – this whole murder thing is catching on) untimely death.Īs true-crime podcast fans themselves, all three characters are familiar with the narrative tropes of a murder mystery, weaving that into the creation of their own podcast – titled, appropriately, ‘Only Murders in the Building’ – and letting it guide their investigation. A show about a podcast about a murder that’s only available to stream online, and stars two elderly comedians of yesteryear doesn’t sound like the recipe for a hit – yet Only Murders in the Building delivers its premise in one of the most fun and addictive series ever.
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