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“Another riveting serial podcast, but I found the last episode particularly disturbing. I’m left wondering if Barker hasn’t ultimately done more harm than good? One thing Barker reveals is that Fred Lamb and his wife are serial liars. But despite all things pointing to Lamb’s culpability, including an overwhelming amount of (mostly circumstantial) evidence, he manages to instill doubt in almost everyone he encounters. Only the detective remains entirely unswayed. From my vantage, Lamb checks all the markers for malignant narcissistic personality disorder -inventing a false persona (Navy Seal, etc) splitting/dissociating (“Fred Lamb did it” as if another Fred did it), conveniently “forgetting”, selective memory, confusion/vulnerability (covert), and more. Fred’s wife tells the detective he can be homicidal during PTSD episodes, but Lamb lied about his service and combat, so how can this be? During the interview with the detective, she changes her story a few times, eventually blaming the detective for cornering her (play the victim). Why not dive deeper into all the discrepancies here? Later, Barker reveals that Fred’s wife was a dispatcher at the same police dept, and that some evidence went missing. This isn’t discussed much in the podcast. Instead were supposed to think that all these witness’s memories are flawed, and we are left to ponder the nature of memory?? That in the end Kim Barker seems swayed by Lamb is confusing. Much like the Laramie cops, Barker begins to look back at the original suspects, and away from Lamb. This brings the story full circle. One wonders if it’s not Fred’s convincing acting job rather than good ol boy cronyism that botches the murder investigation in the first place (yes, cops were racist, bigoted, sure…but). Why not add another episode digging deeper into Fred and the rest of his family and history, maybe bring in a psychiatric perspective? Barker exposes Lamb and wife’s lies, but then shrugs her shoulders and considers other suspects? Didn’t make sense to me.”
Leila Noo via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/14/23
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“Informative and interesting, nicely done.”
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02/24/23
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“Great reporting and investigation! Very enjoyable”
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United States of America ·
02/26/23
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“I found this pod slow-going at first but persisted and am glad I did. I count on Serial/NYT to elevate the subjects it tackles and, in the end, this series brings nuance and subtlety I’ve rarely seen in true crime. I think someone approaching it from a “traditional” investigative true crime...”Read full review »
Bzpal via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/26/23
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