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The Letter

The Letter

Lemonada Media

In August of 1996, longtime friends on the verge of adulthood - Zachary Snarr and Yvette Rodier - headed into the mountains a few miles from their Salt Lake City homes, where they planned to spend the evening taking pictures of the rising full moon. But a 19-year-old stranger carrying a gun happened across them, changing dozens of lives with one fateful decision.

The crime sent shockwaves through the community that continued to reverberate long after the media turned its attention to other tragedies. But no one expected what came next - The Letter.

From KSL Podcasts (Cold), Lemonada Media (Believe Her) and Workhouse Media. The Letter is an 8-episode series, released weekly on Tuesdays.

Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/  

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  • 14 - BONUS: The Power of a Story

    The impact of the Snarr family’s decision to forgive their son’s killer continues to reverberate. Since The Letter published, Sy Snarr says she’s blown away by the responses of strangers. We talk to Sy’s grandsons about the generational impacts still rippling through the family. As for Yvette Rodier, she declines an interview, but sends an email.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Tue, 06 Jun 2023
  • 13 - Introducing COLD Season 3: The Search for Sheree

    The Letter host Amy Donaldson works closely with Dave Cawley, the host of the COLD podcast. Amy has listened to every episode of COLD and calls herself not only a co-worker, but a fan of Dave’s investigative and thoughtful approach to true crime journalism. Here’s a little more about Season 3: The Search For Sheree. 

    When Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City in 1985 she told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband at a car dealership. But she never made it. Sheree vanished. Police turned suspicious eyes towards her husband. And although there was distrust around Charles Warren, he wasn’t the only suspect. She also had a boyfriend, a former cop named Cary Hartmann, who lived a sinister double life. 

    Season three follows two suspects– men who both raised suspicion for investigators. But with two strong persons of interest with competing facts and evidence, it muddied the murder investigation. This season, host Dave Cawley, digs into the lives of these two men, the details of the case and examines the intersections between domestic abuse and sexual violence. The COLD team seeks to answer the question: what really happened to Sheree Warren?

    Hey Prime Members, you can binge all 10 episodes of COLD: The Search for Sheree ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today: Wondery.fm/ColdS3_TheLetter

    For pictures and extra case materials visit the COLD website, thecoldpodcast.com 

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    Mon, 20 Feb 2023
  • 11 - Season One Bonus: Embracing Grief

    Grief is often misunderstood, even by those experiencing it. Why do we think grief is something that will end or something that can be left in the past? Is closure a myth? And why does guilt often play a role in grieving? And how can our own fear cause even more pain and isolation for those we care about most?

    The Letter host Amy Donaldson discusses these questions with grief therapist Claire Bidwell Smith (New Day) in a wide-ranging discussion about one of society’s most misunderstood topics. 

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    Tue, 13 Dec 2022
  • 10 - Meeting the Monster

    When Jorge Benvenuto sat down to write a letter to the family of the boy he’d shot to death as a teenager, he had no idea the chain of events that would follow. When he penned his apology alone in a prison cell, he never imagined that it would lead to him hugging the mother of that young man. Nor did he have any inkling about the many ways the letter would reverberate through his own life - and the lives of his family members. The Letter opened a pathway for the parents of Zachary Snarr to push for his release.

    The Letter team will follow and update with new episodes as developments happen.

    Get more information and photos on our website, theletterpodcast.com.
    Researched and reported by Amy Donaldson
    Written by Amy Donaldson and Andrea Smardon
    Production and sound design by Andrea Smardon
    Mixing by Trent Sell
    Special thanks to Nina Earnest, Becky Bruce, KellieAnn Halvorsen, Ryan Meeks, Ben Kuebrich, Josh Tilton and Dave Cawley.
    Main musical score composed by Allison Leyton Brown
    With KSL Podcasts Executive Producer Sheryl Worsley
    For Lemonada Media, Executive Producers Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs
    And Executive Producers Paul Anderson and Nick Panella with WorkHouse Media.
    The Letter is produced by KSL Podcasts and Lemonada Media in association with WorkHouse Media.

    Sponsors:
    The Letter is sponsored by Hunt a Killer, immersive mystery games where you get to be the detective. Get $10 off at huntakiller.com/theletter with code THELETTER.
    For a full list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and all other Lemonada series, you can visit lemonadamedia.com/sponsors

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Tue, 18 Oct 2022
  • 9 - Delivered

    This episode is a reminder that we’re all more connected than we realize. A woman named Lianne Bell agrees to do a favor for her mother and it ends up tying her to the Snarrs and Yvette in ways she never expected. Lianne delivers letters. Sy comes to Liane’s house. And in a room where the mother of the shooter once prayed for peace, Sy Snarr will find the miracle she’s been searching for since she lost her son.
    Get more information and photos on our website, theletterpodcast.com.

    Researched and reported by Amy Donaldson
    Written by Amy Donaldson and Andrea Smardon
    Production and sound design by Andrea Smardon
    Mixing by Trent Sell
    Special thanks to Nina Earnest, Becky Bruce, KellieAnn Halvorsen, Ryan Meeks, Ben Kuebrich, Josh Tilton and Dave Cawley.
    Main musical score composed by Allison Leyton Brown
    With KSL Podcasts Executive Producer Sheryl Worsley
    For Lemonada Media, Executive Producers Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs
    And Executive Producers Paul Anderson and Nick Panella with WorkHouse Media.
    The Letter is produced by KSL Podcasts and Lemonada Media in association with WorkHouse Media.

    Sponsors:
    The Letter is sponsored by Hunt a Killer, immersive mystery games where you get to be the detective. Get $10 off at huntakiller.com/theletter with code THELETTER.
    For a full list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and all other Lemonada series, you can visit lemonadamedia.com/sponsors

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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