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.

The Coldest Case In Laramie - Episode 1

Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

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One reporter has been covering Guantánamo since the day the prison opened. The military would like her to go home now.

S04 - Ep. 7: The Forever Reporter

After the worst happens at Guantánamo, the warden tries to explain it to the outside world – and to himself.

S04 - Ep. 6: Part 2, Asymmetry

A new warden comes to Guantánamo and decides to make some changes. A prison’s a prison, he thinks. How hard could this be?

S04 - Ep. 5: The Big Chicken, Part 1

The case against a young airman gets even weirder when the government pulls in two fresh investigators. Part 2: A bride, an FBI agent, and a polygraph machine.

S04 - Ep. 4: The Honeymooners

An Arabic-speaking airman is sent to Guantánamo to translate, and soon finds himself at the center of a major scandal. Part 1: Suspicion swallows evidence.

The Coldest Case In Laramie - Episode 1

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