The Coldest Case in Laramie

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The Coldest Case in Laramie
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Presentation
Hosted by Kim Barker
Genre
  • Investigative journalism
  • Serialized audio narrative
LanguageEnglish
Length4h 2m
Production
ProductionAlvin Melathe
EditingJulie Snyder
Theme music composed byKwame Brandt-Pierce
Audio formatPodcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3)
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Publication
Original releaseFebruary 23 (2023-02-23) –
February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)
Related
Website Link to NYT Podcast

The Coldest Case in Laramie is a true crime podcast [1] produced by Serial Productions and The New York Times [2] and hosted by Kim Barker. [3] The eight-episode podcast [4] debuted on February 23, 2023. [5]

The podcast is about a cold case, the unsolved murder of Shelli Wiley, a 22-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, [6] that took place in 1985, [7] in Laramie, Wyoming. [8] After she was killed her home was set on fire. [9] Barker, who grew up in Laramie [10] and has worked as a war reporter in Afghanistan and as a correspondent in New Delhi and Islamabad, [11] started investigating the case during the COVID-19 pandemic. [12]

The podcast contains archival audio related to the case. [13] The show was criticized by James Marriott in The Times , who said that "the idea that anyone could consider this horrible tragedy a promising source of entertainment baffles me". [14]

References

  1. ↑ Leszkiewicz, Anna (March 1, 2023). "The Coldest Case in Laramie: yet another bleak true crime podcast". New Statesman. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Nytt popcornmord kan inte leva på gamla meriter". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). March 17, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ Quah, Nicholas (February 23, 2023). "The Coldest Case in Laramie Is Serial's Grimmest Production Yet". Vulture. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  4. ↑ White, Peter (February 16, 2023). "'The Coldest Case In Laramie' Set As First Serial Podcast Hosted By A New York Times Reporter". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Coldest Case in Laramie: put aside half a day to binge Serial's new true crime podcast". Irish Independent. February 24, 2023. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  6. ↑ Sturges, Fiona (March 6, 2023). "The Coldest Case in Laramie aims to go beyond true crime — podcast review". Financial Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Serial's 'The Coldest Case in Laramie' reinvestigates Shelli Wiley's unsolved murder in 1985". Podsauce. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  8. ↑ Miller, Laura (February 23, 2023). "The New Serial Podcast Is a Return to Their Roots. It's Going to Make Listeners Angry". Slate. ISSN   1091-2339. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  9. ↑ Rooney, Kat (March 15, 2023). "Serial's Latest Is a Familiar Podcast About an Unsolved Murder". Podcast Review. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Memoir meets murder in Serial Production's latest series The Coldest Case in Laramie".
  11. ↑ "'The Coldest Case in Laramie' zou weleens nieuwe klapper kunnen zijn voor fameuze podcastreeks 'Serial' ★★★★☆". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). March 9, 2023. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  12. ↑ Sawyer, Miranda (February 25, 2023). "The week in audio: The Coldest Case in Laramie; Carol and Muriel; The Rabbit Hole Detectives and more". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  13. ↑ Smith, Ximena (February 24, 2023). "The Coldest Case in Laramie: Slow-burn turns to shocking revelations in this Serial podcast". Stuff. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  14. ↑ Marriott, James (June 3, 2023). "The Coldest Case in Laramie review — why have we decided it's fine to gawk at a violent death?". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
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