Episode
Trailer
03:43
Published: Thu Feb 16 2023
Description
Kim Barker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, revisits an unsolved murder that took place while she was in high school in Laramie, Wyoming, nearly 40 years ago. She confronts the conflicting stories people have told themselves about the crime because of an unexpected development: the arrest of a former Laramie police officer accused in the murder. All eight episodes of "The Coldest Case in Laramie," a new show from Serial Productions and The New York Times, are available on Thursday, February 23rd wherever you get your podcasts.
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The podcast episode covers the harsh realities of life in Laramie, Wyoming, particularly in Laramie High school in the mid-80s, marked by frequent violence, suicide, and unexplained murder cases such as that of Shelley Wiley that still remains unsolved.
00:00 - 01:42 (01:42)
Summary
The podcast episode covers the harsh realities of life in Laramie, Wyoming, particularly in Laramie High school in the mid-80s, marked by frequent violence, suicide, and unexplained murder cases such as that of Shelley Wiley that still remains unsolved.
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PodcastThe Coldest Case In Laramie
A former Laramie cop was arrested in 2016 for the 1985 murder of Shelley, a 19-year-old cheerleader.
01:42 - 03:29 (01:47)
Summary
A former Laramie cop was arrested in 2016 for the 1985 murder of Shelley, a 19-year-old cheerleader. Witnesses and DNA evidence linked him to the scene. But charges were dropped just a few months later, leading to a reinvestigation of the case and the people involved by Serial Productions and the New York Times.