Tortoise Investigates (Various Seasons)
5.0/5
Critic Rating
Introducing...Lucky BoyGareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom and thought he was the luckiest boy in the world. But when she walked out of his life everything started to unravel. Lucky Boy is a new four-part series in which Chloe Hadjimatheou asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.Episodes 1 and 2 are available to listen now.To listen to episode 3 today, subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Pod...
Critic Reviews
Score: 4.9
Rebecca Lavoie, Kevin Flynn, Lara Bricker & Toby Ball • Crime Writers On • May 13, 2025
"(Series: Lucky Boy) Kevin agreed, saying this tight four-episode series could have gone even deeper into these issues not previously explored in podcast form. Rebecca said the whole case was stunning and a must listen."
Score: 5
Alice Florence Orr • PodcastReview.org • Mar 10, 2025
"(Series: Lucky Boy) difficult questions come quickly...In this important four-part series, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou challenges societal notions of gets to be a perpetrator and a victim."
Score: 4.9
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Mar 10, 2025
"(Series: Lucky Boy) ...an affecting and discomforting four-part podcast...Lucky Boy also examines our shifting understanding of issues around consent and abuse. Hadjimatheou navigates all this with thoughtfulness and empathy. By far the most compelling element of Lucky Boy is Gareth himself, whose testimony is blunt, shocking and sad."
Score: 5
Jude Rogers • The Guardian • Mar 1, 2025
"(Series: Lucky Boy) ...the telling of this story, and her coverage of its ramifications, was handled with exceptional due diligence, sensitivity and power. …"
Score: 5
Sarah Larson • New Yorker • Dec 3, 2024
"(Season: Elon’s Spies) The sound design indulges in some corniness—the powerful man-child’s spiteful machinations don’t need underscoring with agitated piano—but mostly avoids it. A bonus episode, released after the election, contemplates the future."
