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* AIIsACrapShoot: [[spoiler:ETHL kills Hayley Price to create the perfect murder]].
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* AIIsACrapShoot: [[spoiler:ETHL kills Hayley Price to create the perfect a perfectly podcast-worthy murder]].
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* TrashyTrueCrime: The podcast is a series-long parody of true crime podcasts, and as such features mainstays like characters investigating "the perfect subject for a true crime podcast" - the death of a "really hot dead white girl" in a small, apparently corrupt town in Nebraska. Exaggerated with the revelation that [[spoiler:ETHL murdered Hayley for the podcast, as she calculated that Hayley really was the perfect subject for one.]]
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* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:The podcast's ending skips to ten years after Pascall started investigating Hayley Price's murder.]]
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''[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]'' is a satirical podcast by Website/TheOnion. It follows the fictional Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the fabric of America in the 21st century. Pascall finds this case with the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), and goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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''[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]'' is a satirical podcast by Website/TheOnion. It follows the fictional Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the fabric of America in the 21st century. Pascall finds this case with the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely ([[AICronym Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), Locator]]), and goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Complete Meal (Blue Apron), [=BrickShorts=].com ([=SquareSpace=]), the US Postal Service (Stamps.com), etc.
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* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of ParodyCommercial:
** Parodies popular podcast ads such as Complete Meal (Blue Apron), [=BrickShorts=].com ([=SquareSpace=]), etc.
** The commercial for the US Postal Service(Stamps.com), etc.acts as a counter for Stamps.com ads, arguing that since the USPS is so old it doesn't matter that you might have to wait in long lines or your mail arrives a little late.
** Parodies popular podcast ads such as Complete Meal (Blue Apron), [=BrickShorts=].com ([=SquareSpace=]), etc.
** The commercial for the US Postal Service
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* TyrannicalTownTycoon: W.O. Calloway is a wind tycoon who runs pretty much every industry in Bluff Springs, Nebraska. The reporter David Pascall suspects that Calloway is responsible for the murder of Hayley Price, [[spoiler:but it turns out he's just a ScatterbrainedSenior]].
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* TyrannicalTownTycoon: W.O. Calloway is a wind tycoon who runs pretty much every industry in Bluff Springs, Nebraska. The reporter David Pascall suspects that Calloway is responsible for the murder of Hayley Price, [[spoiler:but it turns out he's just a ScatterbrainedSenior]].
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* TyrannicalTownTycoon: W.O. Calloway is a wind tycoon who runs pretty much every industry in Bluff Springs, Nebraska. The reporter David Pascall suspects that Calloway is responsible for the murder of Hayley Price, [[spoiler:but it turns out he's just a ScatterbrainedSenior]].
* TyrannicalTownTycoon: W.O. Calloway is a wind tycoon who runs pretty much every industry in Bluff Springs, Nebraska. The reporter David Pascall suspects that Calloway is responsible for the murder of Hayley Price, [[spoiler:but it turns out he's just a ScatterbrainedSenior]].
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* AICronym: ETHL, which stands for Extremely Timely Homicide Locator.
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--> '''David Pascall''': This episode of ''A Very Fatal Murder'' is sponsored by the US Postal Service. Tired of waiting in line at the post office? Well fuck you. The United States Postal Service is one of the greatest courier service known to man. It started in 1792. 1792! Have some respect. What, your package is a few days late? [[QuitYourWhining Well suck it up, Jesus]]. Support your local post office, just mail something, okay.
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--> '''David Pascall''': This episode of ''A Very Fatal Murder'' is sponsored by the US Postal Service. Tired of waiting in line at the post office? Well Well, fuck you. The United States Postal Service is one of the greatest courier service services known to man. It started in 1792. 1792! Have some respect. What, your package is a few days late? [[QuitYourWhining Well Well, suck it up, Jesus]]. Support your local post office, just mail something, okay.
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* SocietyIsToBlame:
** David Pascall initially believes that W.O. Calloway murdered Hayley Price, so he wonders if FlyoverCountry is to blame for her murder.
** David Pascall initially believes that W.O. Calloway murdered Hayley Price, so he wonders if FlyoverCountry is to blame for her murder.
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* SocietyIsToBlame:
**SocietyIsToBlame: David Pascall initially believes that W.O. Calloway murdered Hayley Price, so he wonders if FlyoverCountry is to blame for her murder.
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** The podcast is brought to you by "listeners more generous than you."
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** The podcast is brought to you by "listeners more generous than you."you".
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Pascall is certain that the murderer is W.O. Calloway, [[spoiler:while it is actually ETHL.]]
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Pascall is certain that the murderer is W.O. Calloway, Calloway murdered Hayley Price, [[spoiler:while it is the murder was actually orchestrated by ETHL.]]
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* CrimeReconstruction: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. David Pascall recreates the the crime scene reconstruction seriously and ends up killing an intern.
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* CrimeReconstruction: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. David Pascall recreates the takes the crime scene reconstruction so seriously and that it ends up killing an intern.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The podcast's title, "A Very Fatal Murder".
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The podcast's title, "A ''A Very Fatal Murder".Murder''.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: According to Hayley's dad, Hayley loved animals and people. W.O. Calloway says that Hayley was his only friend.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: According to Hayley's dad, Hayley dad says his daughter loved animals and people. W.O. Calloway says that Hayley was his only friend.
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* SocietyIsToBlame: [[spoiler:Pascall ultimately concludes that podcast listeners are to blame for Hayley's murder, because they wanted her murder in the first place.]]
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* SocietyIsToBlame: SocietyIsToBlame:
** David Pascall initially believes that W.O. Calloway murdered Hayley Price, so he wonders if FlyoverCountry is to blame for her murder.
** [[spoiler:Pascall ultimately concludes that podcast listeners are to blame forHayley's murder, her death, because they wanted her murder to happen in the first place.]]
** David Pascall initially believes that W.O. Calloway murdered Hayley Price, so he wonders if FlyoverCountry is to blame for her murder.
** [[spoiler:Pascall ultimately concludes that podcast listeners are to blame for
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: PlayedForLaughs. Hayley Price was "shot, stabbed, drowned, strangled, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking given a haircut]]."
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->''"After years of searching for the perfect murder, a murder that's engrossing and mysterious, a murder that perfectly reflects our nation's current economic and social conditions, a murder that comments on the past and future of intersectional feminism, a murder in which a ''really'' hot white girl dies...we found Hayley Price."''
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->''"After years of searching for the perfect murder, a murder that's engrossing and mysterious, a murder that perfectly reflects our nation's current economic and social conditions, a murder that comments on the past and future of intersectional feminism, a murder in which a ''really'' hot white girl dies...we found Hayley Price."''
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''[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]'' is a satirical podcast by Website/TheOnion. It follows Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the fabric of America in the 21st century. Pascall finds this case with the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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''[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]'' is a satirical podcast by Website/TheOnion. It follows the fictional Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the fabric of America in the 21st century. Pascall finds this case with the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), and goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Used in an ad in the season finale.
--> '''David Pascall''': This episode of ''A Very Fatal Murder'' is sponsored by the US Postal Service. Tired of waiting in line at the post office? Well fuck you. The United States Postal Service is one of the greatest courier service known to man. It started in 1792. 1792! Have some respect. What, your package is a few days late? [[QuitYourWhining Well suck it up, Jesus]]. Support your local post office, just mail something, okay.
--> '''David Pascall''': This episode of ''A Very Fatal Murder'' is sponsored by the US Postal Service. Tired of waiting in line at the post office? Well fuck you. The United States Postal Service is one of the greatest courier service known to man. It started in 1792. 1792! Have some respect. What, your package is a few days late? [[QuitYourWhining Well suck it up, Jesus]]. Support your local post office, just mail something, okay.
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* EccentricMillionaire / ScatterbrainedSenior: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by a SWATTeam storming his residence.]]
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* EccentricMillionaire / ScatterbrainedSenior: EccentricMillionaire: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by a SWATTeam storming his residence.]]
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: According to Hayley's dad, Hayley loved animals and people.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: According to Hayley's dad, Hayley loved animals and people. W.O. Calloway says that Hayley was his only friend.
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* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Complete Meal (Blue Apron), BrickShorts.com ([=SquareSpace=]), the US Postal Service (Stamps.com), etc.
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* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Complete Meal (Blue Apron), BrickShorts.[=BrickShorts=].com ([=SquareSpace=]), the US Postal Service (Stamps.com), etc.
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* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:Episode 5 takes place in 2018, ten years after the previous episode.
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''[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]'' is a satirical podcast by Website/TheOnion. It follows Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the fabric of America in the 21st century. Pascall finds this murder with the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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''[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]'' is a satirical podcast by Website/TheOnion. It follows Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the fabric of America in the 21st century. Pascall finds this murder case with the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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* AffectionateParody: Parodies TrueCrime podcasts such as "Podcast/{{Serial}}" and "Podcast/STown".
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* AffectionateParody: Parodies TrueCrime podcasts such as "Podcast/{{Serial}}" ''Podcast/{{Serial}}'' and "Podcast/STown".''Podcast/STown''.
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* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:ETHL]][[spoiler:ETHL returns for the finale after disappearing in Episode 4.]]
* ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun: Averted. While searching through the case's evidence, Pascall thinks he found the smoking gun. However, it turns out that it's just a RedHerring.
* CrimeReconstruction: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. David Pascall recreates the the crime scene reconstruction seriously and ends up killing an intern.
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* CrimeReconstruction: Parodied. David Pascall recreates the the crime scene reconstruction seriously and ends up killing an intern.
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* EccentricMillionaire: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by a SWATTeam storming his residence.]]
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* EccentricMillionaire: EccentricMillionaire / ScatterbrainedSenior: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by a SWATTeam storming his residence.]]
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* GoingNative: Pascall [[spoiler:spends a decade in
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pascall doesn't pass tissues to Hayley's mom to get her sniffles on audio, and he has her read an ad for the podcast while she's still crying over Hayley.
* GoingNative: Pascall [[spoiler:spends a decade in
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pascall doesn't pass tissues to Hayley's mom to get her sniffles on audio, and he has her read an ad for the podcast while she's still crying over Hayley.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: According to Hayley's dad, Hayley loved animals and people
people.
* GoingNative: Pascall[[spoiler:spends moves from New York to Nebraska [[spoiler: and spends a decade in
in Bluff Springs and considers himself a local.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: While Hayley's mom is still crying over the loss of her daughter, Pascall doesn't pass tissues to Hayley's mom to get her sniffles onaudio, audio and he has her read an ad for the podcast while she's still crying over Hayley.podcast.
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* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Complete Meal (Blue Apron), [=SquareSpace=], the US Postal Service (Stamps.com), etc.
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* OnlyKnownByInitials: W.O. Calloway
* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Complete Meal (Blue Apron),[=SquareSpace=], BrickShorts.com ([=SquareSpace=]), the US Postal Service (Stamps.com), etc.
* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Complete Meal (Blue Apron),
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:ETHL reveals that she orchestrated Hayley's murder for the podcast.]]
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''[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]'' is a satirical podcast by Website/TheOnion. It follows Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the fabric of America in the 21st century. With the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), Pascall goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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''[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]'' is a satirical podcast by Website/TheOnion. It follows Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the fabric of America in the 21st century. With Pascall finds this murder with the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), Pascall Locator), goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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* BlackComedy: Pascall's reenactment of the crime scene ends with an OPR intern shooting and killing another intern.
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* BlackComedy: BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:ETHL]]
* BlackComedy:
** The death of Hayley Price is way over the top, such that she was "shot, stabbed, drowned, strangled, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking given a haircut]]."
** Pascall's reenactment of the crime scene ends with an OPR intern shooting and killing another intern.
* BlackComedy:
** The death of Hayley Price is way over the top, such that she was "shot, stabbed, drowned, strangled, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking given a haircut]]."
** Pascall's reenactment of the crime scene ends with an OPR intern shooting and killing another intern.
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* DeconstructiveParody: CrimeReconstruction: Parodied. David Pascall takes recreates the the crime scene reconstruction seriously and ends up killing an intern.
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* EccentricMillionaire: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by a SWAT team storming his residence.]]
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* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:The podcast's ending skips to ten years after Pascall started investigating Hayley Price's murder.]]
* EccentricMillionaire: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by aSWAT team SWATTeam storming his residence.]]
* EccentricMillionaire: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by a
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* GoingNative: Pascall [[spoiler:spends a decade in
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pascall doesn't pass tissues to Hayley's mom to get her sniffles on audio, and hehas.has her read an ad for the podcast while she's still crying over Hayley.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pascall doesn't pass tissues to Hayley's mom to get her sniffles on audio, and he
* SWATTeam: [[spoiler:Pascall's police department deploys one on W.O. Calloway.]]
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** Pascall concludes that [[spoiler:the audience killed Hayley Price because they wanted her to die for his podcast.]]]]
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* DaChief: [[spoiler:Pascall becomes chief of police in Episode 5, Part 1.]]
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* DaChief: [[spoiler:Pascall becomes chief of police the Bluff Springs Police Department in Episode 5, Part 1.]]
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* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Blue Apron, [=SquareSpace=], Stamps.com, etc.
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* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Blue Apron, Complete Meal (Blue Apron), [=SquareSpace=], Stamps.com, the US Postal Service (Stamps.com), etc.
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"[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]" is a the first podcast by Website/TheOnion's "Onion Public Radio". Website/TheOnion. It follows Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the plight fabric of America in the middle class. 21st century. With the help of the MIT supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), Pascall goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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"[[https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder A Very Fatal Murder]]" is a podcast by Website/TheOnion's "Onion Public Radio". It follows Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall (voiced by David Sidorov) as he tries to create an award-winning podcast by solving a murder case which comments on the plight of the middle class. With the help of the supercomputer ETHL (Extremely Timely Homicide Locator), Pascall goes to [[EverytownAmerica Bluff Springs, Nebraska]] to solve the murder of 17-year-old Hayley Price.
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* AffectionateParody: Parodies TrueCrime podcasts such as "Podcast/{{Serial}}" and "Podcast/STown".
* AIIsaCrapShoot: [[spoiler:ETHL kills Hayley Price to create the perfect murder]].
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Hayley Price was "shot, stabbed, drowned, strangled, and given a haircut."
* BlackComedy: Pascall's reenactment of the crime scene ends with an OPR intern shooting and killing another intern.
* CluelessDetective: Pascall tries to solve the murder, but often times he's more preoccupied with creating a compelling podcast.
* DaChief: [[spoiler:Pascall becomes chief of police in Episode 5, Part 1.]]
* DeconstructiveParody: David Pascall takes the crime scene reconstruction seriously and ends up killing an intern.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The podcast's title, "A Very Fatal Murder".
* EccentricMillionaire: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by a SWAT team storming his residence.]]
* EccentricTownsfolk: The inhabitants of Bluff Springs, Nebraska.
* EverytownAmerica: Bluff Springs, Nebraska
* FriendToAllLivingThings: According to Hayley's dad, Hayley loved animals and people
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pascall doesn't pass tissues to Hayley's mom to get her sniffles on audio, and he has.her read an ad for the podcast while she's crying over Hayley.
* MultiPartEpisode: Episode 5 is a "juicy two-parter".
* NonHumanSidekick: ETHL
* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Pascall is certain that the murderer is W.O. Calloway, [[spoiler:while it is actually ETHL.]]
* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Blue Apron, [=SquareSpace=], Stamps.com, etc.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police can't solve Hayley's murder, [[spoiler:even after Pascall joins their ranks.]]
* SocietyIsToBlame: [[spoiler:Pascall ultimately concludes that podcast listeners are to blame for Hayley's murder, because they wanted her murder in the first place.]]
* TakeThatAudience:
** The podcast is brought to you by "listeners more generous than you."
** Pascall concludes that [[spoiler:the audience killed Hayley Price because they wanted her to die for his podcast.]]
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* AffectionateParody: Parodies TrueCrime podcasts such as "Podcast/{{Serial}}" and "Podcast/STown".
* AIIsaCrapShoot: [[spoiler:ETHL kills Hayley Price to create the perfect murder]].
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Hayley Price was "shot, stabbed, drowned, strangled, and given a haircut."
* BlackComedy: Pascall's reenactment of the crime scene ends with an OPR intern shooting and killing another intern.
* CluelessDetective: Pascall tries to solve the murder, but often times he's more preoccupied with creating a compelling podcast.
* DaChief: [[spoiler:Pascall becomes chief of police in Episode 5, Part 1.]]
* DeconstructiveParody: David Pascall takes the crime scene reconstruction seriously and ends up killing an intern.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The podcast's title, "A Very Fatal Murder".
* EccentricMillionaire: [[spoiler:The town millionaire W.O. Calloway turns out to be a simple old man who's unphased by a SWAT team storming his residence.]]
* EccentricTownsfolk: The inhabitants of Bluff Springs, Nebraska.
* EverytownAmerica: Bluff Springs, Nebraska
* FriendToAllLivingThings: According to Hayley's dad, Hayley loved animals and people
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pascall doesn't pass tissues to Hayley's mom to get her sniffles on audio, and he has.her read an ad for the podcast while she's crying over Hayley.
* MultiPartEpisode: Episode 5 is a "juicy two-parter".
* NonHumanSidekick: ETHL
* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Pascall is certain that the murderer is W.O. Calloway, [[spoiler:while it is actually ETHL.]]
* ParodyCommercial: It has parodies of popular podcast ads such as Blue Apron, [=SquareSpace=], Stamps.com, etc.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police can't solve Hayley's murder, [[spoiler:even after Pascall joins their ranks.]]
* SocietyIsToBlame: [[spoiler:Pascall ultimately concludes that podcast listeners are to blame for Hayley's murder, because they wanted her murder in the first place.]]
* TakeThatAudience:
** The podcast is brought to you by "listeners more generous than you."
** Pascall concludes that [[spoiler:the audience killed Hayley Price because they wanted her to die for his podcast.]]
