Not very good

Didn’t get much out of this after the first couple of chapters nothing much happened

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Good research and storytelling, but emptyish story

Not to spoil too much but: Kim Barker compellingly picks up a worthwhile cold case saga, but then we all get lost (following her as she follows it to seemingly nowhere). Subtly sad and cynical. Maybe humble too, in an enlightened secular liberal way at any rate.

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Meh

Not really all that exciting. After listening to the whole season I was left wondering ‘what was so revelatory?’

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Who did it?

After two episodes, I thought I knew who committed the crime. After listening to the entire podcast, I am left wondering. Good podcast and well investigated. I would recommend.

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and then......

Enjoyed listening to the podcast, strong hook as t the start, but then began to feel like we were being led towards the authors conclusions. I did enjoy hearing her alternate theory, however, as she pointed out, the evidence could be used to support whatever theory you wanted to point it towards. The final interview with the Lamm's felt scripted. overall still a worthwhile listen

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like a time machine to the 80s

Sure took me back to the old days.... We didn't necessarily even see it at the time because it's how things were : misogyny, classism, racism, lack of regard or understanding of mental health issues, etc. I was 18 in 1985. No one in power thought they were the "bad guy" by operating in these "good ol' boys" ways, but the truth suffered. The truth matters and we'll probably never know it now.

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Saddest Story from my home town

Shelli was a friend and classmate. She was the first one in our graduating class to die. Her tragic death was horrific, and the fact that no one has been held accountable for her death disgusts me. I also knew many of the people mentioned in this story; including Fred, Pat, Angelo, Jake, and I met Kim in 2021 in Laramie. She and I discussed Shelli and her murder for over an hour. When she summarizes the story, she goes pretty easy on Fred and Laramie Law Enforcement and pretty hard on Michelle, Pat and Lieutenant Graham. Why does she completely dismiss the recollections of three people who, prior to her questioning their story, were very confident in their memory? Fred was caught in several lies in his interview, never wavering from his line of BS. Pat and Michelle were dumbstruck by their recollections being questioned. If Kim thinks she exonerated Fred and Laramie Law Enforcement, in my mind, she did just the opposite.

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Awful and boring a good cold case presented poorly

To anyone who wants to hear this, save your time please. It is awful and boring and for the money I pay monthly there shouldn't be commercials about Audible in the middle of listening even to such an awfully written and poorly presented sad murder and cold case. The Author also interjects snide comments about politics in regards to certain social issues in her personal life that have zero importance in investigating such a tragic and sad cold case such as this that deals with potential corruption. I will continue to listen cold cases and true crime on Spotify; Spotify is awesome and has everything for a person who listens to such cases and even some have psychology based presentations and very good analysis. Much better than here on Audible.

Audible; if your team ever reads these reviews then do your company and yourselves a favor and dump the podcasts you are not aware of how to present them, stick with what you know very well which is Audio Books - that is your niche and you are good at it. As it is said "if it aint broke don't fix it!" Audible was fine until you began with the podcast garbage, stick what you do very great and best; Audio Books. Take this paragraph to heart it is the truth.

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