When it comes to true crime podcasts, Serial undoubtedly set the blueprint, boasting 300 million downloads since its 2014 debut. Now, the producers are back with a new eight-part series, delving into the 1985 murder of 22-year-old Shelli Wiley in Laramie, Wyoming – and for those who love a binge, all episodes are available now. Following investigative journalist Kim Barker, who went to high school in the town at the time, The Coldest Case In Laramie sets out to uncover what really happened in the almost 40-year-old cold case.
“‘A place of jagged edges and mean people’ is how Barker matter-of-factly describes her hometown, which is both a fitting and chilling introduction to the bleak landscape on which the fast-paced, thoroughly addictive series is set,” says Stylist Loves deputy editor Annie Simpson. “Despite the case remaining unsolved, it’s swiftly revealed that the police made an unexpected arrest in 2016 – that of Fred Lamb, an ex-cop who lived a few doors down from Wiley at the time of her death. But with Lamb released the following year despite overwhelming evidence, Barker centres her investigation on discovering how a case that seemed so open-and-shut fell apart. Was it simply down to poor policing or a more sinister case of cops protecting their own? One thing’s for sure – with its Serial association, The Coldest Case In Laramie will soon be at the top of the true crime podcast charts.” Listen now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify