But the greater implications of this investigation have the potential to be life-changing. Many will listen to “Serial” as pure entertainment, debating theories and deconstructing characters as if it’s season three of Breaking Bad. According to Slate, the producers are still researching and producing episodes as they are being released. This lingering feeling is captivating because the story is still being reported. Someone is a murderer.Īfter three episodes and a growing stack of questions, what is left is an intense desire to know the truth of what happened. What keeps the story thrilling is that someone, be it Adnan or a perpetrator who we haven’t been introduced to yet, is lying. The style allows us to stumble through the story with her, as if we’re hearing Sherlock Holmes’ diary. Koenig brings us along on her investigation of Hae’s murder, admitting to confusion and sharing exciting leads. Unless, of course, they were killing someone. It’s not surprising how hard it is for one not to remember exactly what they were doing one Wednesday afternoon 15 years ago.
But Adnan says he had no reason to kill Hae - he was at the library after school, he thinks. We learn how the court based Adnan’s conviction largely on the testimony of his friend Jay, who said he helped Adnan hide Hae’s body. We learn about Adnan and Hae’s forbidden romance - how they kept it a secret from his Islamic family and her Korean family. The producers say the show won’t stop until they get to the bottom of the case, at which point they will move on to a new story. “For the last year, I’ve spent every working day trying to figure out where a high school kid was for an hour after school one day in 1999,” she says at the start of the first episode. Sarah Koenig, a former producer for “This American Life,” hosts this gripping new podcast. Each week, “Serial” will release a new episode, and public radio enthusiasts nationwide will linger in their driveways minutes after they arrive home to hear the latest discoveries. “Serial,” which has released three episodes since its premiere last week, reinvestigates the case. He is set to spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime he claims he did not commit. It’s Adnan, 15 years after Hae went missing.
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When her body was found a month later, Adnan Syed, her ex-boyfriend, was arrested and convicted of strangling her.Įpisode one of “ Serial,” the latest podcast series from the creators of “This American Life,” begins with a prepaid call from an inmate at a Maryland correctional facility. In 1999, Hae Min Lee, a senior at Woodlawn High School in Maryland, went missing.
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