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A dark and strange detail in a dark and strange story.
When that detail comes within the context ofLaramie, the effect is dislocating.
Turns out, theres an astonishingly well-timed new podcast series that answers the question.
We tend to write about the cases that are not so cut and dried.
Schwartzapfel found her way to this story throughBrothers and Keepers, of which shes an admirer.
It was way before its time, she said.
He was very gracious and friendly, but he never got back to me, she recalled.
As it turns out, the source had been Jacobs attorney for the past three decades.
According to Schwartzapfel, the near-simultaneous arrival ofThe Coldest Case in Laramiecame as a slight surprise.
And you know what?
We wouldnt have regardless.
But now its, like, you wanna know more about that?
Listen to theColdest Case in Laramie.
They dont take away from each other.
Yeah, I get that, she said.
The third episode ofViolationis out this week.
One more thing …
Schwartzapfel is a prolific podcast consumer, by the way.
Have you heard that one?
It was so good.
In the Darkseason one:You know what?
Frankly, a match made in heaven.
(Remind me, when will Greta GerwigsBarbiecome out again?)
Rico Gagliano, once again, leads the project.
In case you missed it: NPR canceled four podcasts amid a wider layoff, I wrote about ithere.
Relatedly,Bloombergreportedon what seemed to be an especially tense town hall meeting that took place in the aftermath.
Elsewhere,Vanity Fairs Joe Pompeo served up another snapshot ofthe Current State of Pods.
