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What is the Serial podcast?

Serial is a podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. Serial tells one story — a true story — over the course of a season.

Where can I listen to serial?

You can listen to Serial in many places: right here on our site, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and on Pandora. You can also find the podcast on Stitcher, RadioPublic or the podcatcher of your choice. Don’t know how to get a podcast? Learn more here.

What are the companion podcasts to serial?

The popularity of Serial and the intrigue of the case it covered has spawned several companion podcasts, such as Crime Writers on Serial, The Serial Serial, and Undisclosed: The State vs. Adnan Syed, the latter produced by Rabia Chaudry.

Is'serial'The most popular podcast of all time?

"The Complicated Ethics of 'Serial,' the Most Popular Podcast of All Time". ThinkProgress. Center for American Progress Action Fund. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014.

Who is Don in Serial podcast?

New DNA evidence links Donald Lee Moore, a man named in the 'Serial' podcast, to a 1996 killing. Shawn Marie Neal was found strangled to death in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 1996.

Where is Don clinedinst now?

He currently resides in North Carolina and tells the filmmakers he's been disabled and unable to work since he was 23. "There's not a day go by that I do not think about her and what happened," he said in an audio-recorded conversation with filmmakers.

What was Don's alibi in Serial?

In Serial, we discovered that Don had an alibi for the time period in which Hae disappeared. He was working at a local LensCrafter store and his manager confirmed his whereabouts. However, in The Case Against Adnan Syed, we learn that the manager who confirmed Don's alibi was actually his mother.

How old was Don when he was dating Hae?

One of the new insights led documentarians to Donald “Don” Clinedinst, the boyfriend of Lee at the time of her death. Then-22-year-old Clinedinst met high school senior Lee through their mutual employment at LensCrafters.

How did Jay know where hae's car was?

The State's claim is that, on the night of Jay's first police interview, Jay led the police to Hae's car, corroborating his story about (1) Adnan and he ditching the car behind the row houses; (2) Adnan tossing the keys in the dumpster; and (3) Jay confirming that the car was in the same location on multiple occasions.

Where is Adnan Syed now?

He stood trial twice for her murder and was convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years. Syed is incarcerated at the state's Patuxent Institution in Jessup.

Who is Asia in Serial?

Author and Serial podcast source Asia McClain speaks on her experience as an alibi witness. Spokane resident Asia McClain first found out she was a crucial part of a 19-year-old murder case when a private investigator knocked on her door.

Where did Don t work in Serial?

Don worked as a Lab Tech for LensCrafters, usually at the Owings Mills Mall location. In Episode 12 of Serial, Don said that on January 13, 1999 he was not at the Owings Mills Mall store, because he had “arranged to fill in for a friend at the store in Hunt Valley.”

What is similar between Adnan's and Don's responses?

Don's first reaction to finding out that his girlfriend had been murdered was that the police would target him, not much of a grieving response like Adnan's was. One similarity that both boy's responses had were that they didn't remember calling Hae the day in question.

What was Adnan's motive?

Q. According to the state's prosecutors, what was Adnan's motive for his crime? Hae cheated on him. He was enraged after she damaged his honor by breaking up with him.

Why did Adnan and Hae break up?

Both of them, but especially Adnan Syed, were under special pressure at home, and the stress of that spilled over into their relationship. Eventually Hae broke up with Adnan.

Where did Adnan's parents show up that embarrassed Hae Min so much she wanted to break up with Adnan?

Where did Adnan's parents show up that embarrassed Hae Min so much she wanted to break up with Adnan? They showed up at a spring dance at the high school.

Who was the murder victim in the first episode titled The alibi?

A high-school senior named Hae Min Lee disappeared one day after school in 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland. A month later, her body was found in a city park. She'd been strangled. Her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was charged with murder, and within a year, he was sentenced to life in prison.

Who is Rabia Why is she involved in the case Serial?

Rabia Chaudry is an attorney, advocate, and author of the New York Times bestselling book "Adnan's Story" and Executive Producer of a four-part HBO documentary "The Case Against Adnan Syed."

What is the alibi about?

It's Baltimore, 1999. Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, disappears after school one day. Six weeks later detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for her murder.

Why did Sarah Koenig start Serial?

Koenig said she and her producers wanted "Serial" to feel like "a live thing." So rather than producing the entire series of episodes en masse, they were made one at a time, week by week.

A Bar Fight Walks into the Justice Center

A young woman at a bar is slapped on the butt. So why’s she the one in jail?

Pleas Baby Pleas

Don’t tell the judges, but the prosecutors have the most power in the building.

The Snowball Effect

If you listen closely to the trash-talking, you start to get the message.

The Alibi

A potential alibi surfaces … and then disappears again, at the worst possible time for Adnan’s case.

The Breakup

Friends say Adnan was sad when Hae dumped him, but not crazy sad - normal sad. The prosecutors say he was rage-filled and vengeful. Which is it?

Leakin Park

Three weeks after Hae goes missing, a man discovers her body in the middle of a city forest. But his story is strange and his past is even stranger. Did he really just stumble on her by accident?

Inconsistencies

The detectives get a lead that opens the case up for them. They bring Jay in for questioning and he tells them the story of January 13th. But then, a few weeks later, his story changes.

Route Talk

Adnan once issued a challenge to Sarah: Recreate the state’s timeline of the murder by driving from Woodlawn High School to Best Buy in 21 minutes. It can’t be done, he said. So, we tried.

The Case Against Adnan Syed

Sarah weighs all the other circumstantial evidence prosecutors had against Adnan, including curious behavior, a dramatic note, and an unexplained mid-afternoon phone call.

The Opposite of the Prosecution

Sarah learned about another case with striking similarities to Adnan’s: a key witness, cell records, young people, drugs. So she called up the defense attorney on that case looking for insight, and got much more than she bargained for.

Who is the host of Serial?

Serial. (podcast) Serial is an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, narrating a nonfiction story over multiple episodes. The series was co-created and is co-produced by Koenig and Julie Snyder and developed by This American Life; as of July 2020 it is owned by The New York Times.

Who is the soldier in Serial?

In September 2015, The New York Times reported the second season would focus on Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, an American Army soldier who was held for five years by the Taliban, and then charged with desertion. A spokesperson for Serial only said, "Over the last few months they've been reporting on a variety of stories for both Seasons 2 and 3 of Serial, along with other podcast projects." The first episode of the season was released, without any previous release date announcement, on December 10, 2015.

Why was Bergdahl offended by the punishment?

Bergdahl was offended by the punishment, feeling the commander was incompetent, and out of control.

What is the purpose of season 3 of Criminal Justice?

Season Three is meant to be an analysis of the normal operation of the American criminal justice system , as opposed to the previous two seasons, which followed "extraordinary" cases. K. Austin Collins of Vanity Fair commented that the third season was "an overarching account of an institution: the criminal-justice system, writ large". Koenig has described Season Three as "a year watching ordinary criminal justice, in the least exceptional, most middle-of-the-road, most middle-of-the-country place we could find: Cleveland." Episodes follow different cases and are taped in Greater Cleveland, with particular focus on cases before the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas at the Justice Center Complex in Downtown Cleveland .

How popular was the first season of Serial?

The first season of Serial was both culturally popular and critically well received. Serial was ranked at No. 1 on iTunes even before it débuted, leading iTunes rankings for over three months, well after the first season ended. It also broke records as the fastest podcast ever to reach 5 million downloads at Apple's iTunes store. David Carr in The New York Times called Serial "Podcasting's first breakout hit." The Guardian characterized it as a "new genre of audio storytelling".

How many times has Serial been downloaded?

As of September 2018, episodes of seasons one and two have been downloaded over 340 million times, establishing an ongoing podcast world record.

What is the American Vandal?

The 2017 Netflix series American Vandal is a mockumentary that parodies the true crime genre in general, and Serial specifically; the characters in American Vandal even acknowledge the similarities to Serial in the fourth episode of the show.

How old was Don Clinedinst when he started dating Lee?

1. Clinedinst Was 22 Years Old When He & Lee Began Dating. Don was 22 years old when he and Lee started dating; like Lee, he grew up in the Baltimore area. His father, Don Clinedinst, still lives in the Baltimore area to this day, according to Facebook.

How long was Debbie Warren's phone call with Clinedinst?

For example, in the documentary a former friend of Lee’s, Debbie Warren, reveals that she had a seven-hour long phone call with Clinedinst following the disappearances of Lee. Play.

What role did Clinedinst's mother play in his alibi?

2. Clinedinst’s Mother Played a Central Role in His Alibi. When Lee disappeared, many people believed that she was with Clinedinst at the time. After the discovery of her body, Clinedinst did provide an alibi: that he was working at the time, at a local LensCrafters.

Where is Clinedinst now?

As is found in the documentary series, Clinedinst has since moved to North Carolina with his wife and child, and is living with a disability. At one point in the documentary, Clinedinst says to the filmmakers, “My next 12 years is basically making sure that my wife and kids are taken care of.

Does Clinedinst play in the new documentary?

HBO. Clinedinst does not play a very active role in the new documentary. Rather, he only appears briefly at one point, to tell the documentary filmmakers that he isn’t concerned in whether or not people believe his alibi, and that his greater concern is making sure his wife and child will be alright after he’s gone.

The things that bother me the most about this case as someone who truly believes, without a doubt, that Adnan murdered Hae

Adnan will never admit it. There is something to be said about repentant killers even if it doesn’t excuse the crime. Adnan will never be worthy of forgiveness or mercy based solely on the fact that he refuses to admit that he did it. He has convinced so many people of his innocence and it is all just lies.

Is there a megathread with all the stuff SK withheld from s1?

Sarah left out a lot and I remember seeing an amazing post about it, not able to find it now… Any help?

Friend Groups

There was an old post made here (could have been in SPO) that analyzed the evidence against Adnan in terms of the friend groups he maintained. If I remember correctly it explored the evidence in the light of how "isolated" people (friend groups) independently and hence, collectively doomed Adnan.

What is the timeline for CG to have received what the prosecution has on Adnan?

I was looking through documents and saw that: 1- one of them refer to Jay as a anonymous witness until trial? Did the defence not know who was the state star witness until trial?

People are confused

I think people are confused about serial and the undisclosed podcasts. People are under the impression that either are trying to prove Adnan innocent when in fact what they are doing is attempting to create/cast reasonable doubt. They neither have to prove Adnan did or didn’t do it, they simply have to attack the investigation.

Who did Don and Hae date?

Don and Hae started dating after her final break-up with Adnan. This story is told in the documentary through excerpts from Hae's diary, as well as the testimonies of some of her former high school friends.

How long did Debbie talk to Don?

Debbie said that she and Don ended up talking on the phone in a conversation that lasted seven hours. She also told the filmmakers that Don had visited her during spring break, while she was staying with her sister.

What episode does Debbie describe Hae walking down the steps?

In episode one , she described Hae walking down the steps towards her car. According to Debbie, "she was in a rush" and was "intending to pick up her cousin directly after leaving, and then going to see Don". On the day that Hae went missing, Don was at work.

Is Don Clinedinst on HBO?

HBO. Don Clinedinst is a name you probably first came across in the hit true crime podcast Serial. But, thanks to T he Case Against Adnan Syed, he's being talked about once again. Having first aired on HBO in the US, and now available to stream via NOW TV and Sky Atlantic, the four-part documentary series picked up where Serial 's 12 episodes left ...

Jay knew where the car was.....why is this not a bigger deal!!!

So having done a lot of reading in here and being convinced of Adnan's guilt I went on a roadtrip this week so decided to relisten to Serial. Like most of you it is a very frustrating listen now we have more information.

The other disgusting thing about the whole murder

Is how Adnan's family (particularly Rabia) is getting rich off Hae's death.

helppp

hi, everyone, I need to write an essay about why Jay is the murder of Hae and I need help so some of my main topics are Supporting Argument #1 Him lying about what happened and also switching up the story. Argument #2 There is no payphone at best buy/also where her body was found (just evidence that doesn’t match up.

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Koenig has said that Serial is "about the basics: love and death and justice and truth. All these big, big things." She also has noted, "this is not an original idea. Maybe in podcast form it is, and trying to do it as a documentary story is really, really hard. But trying to do it as a serial, this is as old as Dickens."
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