For the final blog\npost, I finished the first season of The Black Tapes podcast. I listened to\nmore episodes this time since I got more into it and wanted to keep listening\nsince I was so intrigued and wanted to see how the season would conclude. That\nis what I have enjoyed about this podcast is that although each episode tells a\ndifferent story, they are all connected in some ways which keeps me invested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I was listening\nto more episodes, I started to make connections to Sherlock Holmes. Dr. Strand\nis like Holmes is that is he very knowledgeable in what he does, and sort of\nteaches Alex, the host, like Watson, along the way. Even further, Dr. Strand talks through what\nhe is thinking and doing so Alex learns, yet even by the end she still cannot\nfigure it out without his help. Then I also found myself trying to solve the\ncase while listening as I do when reading Sherlock Holmes. Although they are\nlooking into different types of cases, there are still many similarities\nbetween these characters and format of stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the story\ndevelops, Alex starts to question Dr. Strand and his beliefs, since he says he\ndoes not believe in all the paranormal nonsense and such, yet why would he\ndedicate his career to just debunking them, when then all he is doing all day\nis working out paranormal cases. Not to mention, as a reader I start to\nquestion him as well, especially when Alex questions his daughter, Charlie,\nabout her life, her father, and what happened to her mother. I think they want\nus to think as readers that maybe we cannot trust Dr. Strand fully, and that\nmaybe he had something to do with the death of his wife, or isn’t giving us the\nfull story. I think I have started to notice these things since Alex and Dr.\nStrand are constant in the series so I’ve started to understand and analyze\nthem better and see how they develop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After listening, I\nfound the 8th episode to be more intriguing to me since it was about Ouija\nboards which are already very interesting and mysterious to me. The tape was a\ncase about the use of a Ouija board and me as a listener along with Alex, found\nthe tape to be super believable and maybe start to think they actually work.\nHowever, Dr. Strand starts to explain how that could easily be faked so you\nshouldn\u2019t be so quick to judge. But next, Alex secretly interviews a person who\nwas there with the Ouija board, and you start to believe again maybe. I think I\nenjoyed this so much since I’ve always really wondered about Ouija boards and\nnow I am even more confused, and I think it is sort of believe what you want\ntype of situation. If you don\u2019t think its real, you can explain how and why and\nit doesn\u2019t makes sense, or you can see it done and maybe start to believe.\nWhich honestly is the case in any of these cases which I like since you have\nthe different parts of the spectrum. You have Dr. Strand who does not believe\nany of it, then Alex in the middle, neutral and curious, and then you have the\ntapes those interviewed who are mostly believers or won’t share the full story.\n\\<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Altogether I like\nthe layout of all the stories and how they are all connected. The format and\nsame music and sounds keep me in the zone in a way and I enjoy that is it more\nthan just a host or narrator talking the whole time. I might even continue\nlistening to this podcast although the assignment is over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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