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]
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]