‘The Coldest Case In Laramie’ Set As First Serial Podcast Hosted By A New York Times Reporter
deadline.comThe New York Times acquired Serial Productions, the company behind the eponymous breakout true-crime podcast, in July 2020.
It now has its first Serial Productions podcast hosted by one of its own reporters. The Coldest Case In Laramie, hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Kim Barker, explores the story of an unsolved homicide that took place while she was in high school in Laramie, Wyoming, nearly 40 years ago.
The limited series, featuring eight episodes, will see Barker confront 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.
The Coldest Case In Laramie launches on February 23. In 1985, when Barker was a sophomore in high school, a 22 year-old college student named Shelli Wiley was murdered in Laramie.
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