The podcast episodes highlight several instances where law enforcement agencies failed to properly investigate, prioritize, or respond to serious criminal threats, allowing dangerous individuals to continue harming others for extended periods of time.

In The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror, the episode details how serial killer Christopher Wilder evaded serious consequences from authorities over decades despite repeated offenses, underlining the systemic failures that enabled his crimes.

Similarly, #310: She Tracked Down Her Brother's Killer Through Facebook recounts how the brutal murders of a couple on a sailing trip went uninvestigated for years, with the victims' families having to take extraordinary measures to pursue justice due to law enforcement's neglect of their case.

The episodes also examine how the FBI, police, and other authorities failed to take the far-right threat seriously in 1930s Los Angeles, as detailed in Episode 3: The Day of the Ultra podcast, until a devastating attack finally exposed the reality of the danger.