The Coldest Case In Laramie

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.

A Times investigative reporter, Kim Barker, revisits the murder of Shelli Wiley — a long-unsolved case from Kim’s time in high school. She reaches out to Shelli’s family to understand why the police arrested a man named Fred Lamb for Shelli’s murder in 2016, and why prosecutors abruptly dropped the charges against him.

Kim talks to Shelli’s former roommate, who connects Kim with a man who was at the crime scene and has troubling memories about Fred Lamb and the police.

Kim heads to Laramie and hears two very different versions of the case against Fred Lamb.

Kim digs into the early stages of the investigation into Shelli’s murder and follows up with old suspects.

Kim talks to someone who confessed to Shelli’s murder from a jail in Arizona.  

Kim examines the bizarre interrogation that led to Fred Lamb’s arrest.

Kim takes stock of the evidence against Fred Lamb and gets to the bottom of the stories she’s heard about him —  including one from his wife of more than 30 years.

Kim interviews Fred Lamb and takes a fresh look at the case.