356: Lisa Marie Kimmell

Morbidology

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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On the afternoon of March 25th, 1988, eighteen-year-old Lisa Marie Kimmell left Denver, Colorado, in her black Honda CRX. She was driving north through Wyoming to pick up her boyfriend in Cody. From there, they'd continue to Billings to visit a friend in the hospital. It was supposed to be a straightforward eight-hour drive. It was anything but…

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0:00.0	Each week, the world of archaeology, geology, and science in general makes a number of
0:05.6	startling discoveries about our past that isn't necessarily reported to the general public.
0:11.5	These are cultures that we don't know about, science that we haven't discovered, and other
0:16.6	archaeological phenomenon that is unusual and just too much to report on. Hey, this is Cliff,
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0:30.6	that isn't covered in the news because it's just too amazing and brings us closer to questions about our past. Join me as we explore Earth's ancient past with writers, scientists, and research investigators. That's Earth Ancients, voted the number one ancient history podcast in the country. You know, I'm going to Interstate 25 waves through Wyoming.
1:42.4	It's 300 miles of asphalt and concrete stretching from the Colorado border to Montana,
1:48.2	tracing the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains.
1:51.1	Construction ran from 1956 until 1982, replacing older highways and wagon trails that had connected Denver
1:58.0	to the rangelands and oil towns of central Wyoming for generations.
2:01.6	By the spring of 1988, the interstate was complete, a modern corridor linking Cheyenne, Douglas, Casper and Buffalo.
2:09.6	It passed through vast stretches of high plains where sagebrush rolls towards distant horizons,
2:15.6	and towns appear as scattered clusters of buildings against an enormous sky.
2:20.3	In March, the landscape is still caught between winter and spring, brown grass and even patches of lingering snow.
2:27.3	Rest stops and gas stations mark the lonely miles between cities.
2:32.3	For travellers heading north, it's a straightforward drive,
2:35.8	but it's an isolating one. The nearest help can be an hour away. On Friday, the 25th of March,
2:42.6	1988, 18-year-old Lisa Marie Kimmel left Denver and Colorado in her black Honda CRX. She was heading
2:50.7	home to Billings in Montana,
2:52.8	an Adar Drive that would take her the entire length of Wyoming.
2:56.3	The drive was one she had made countless times before.
2:59.9	But somewhere along that empty stretch of Interstate 25,
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