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What you need to know about Adnan Syed's murder conviction

The legal battle over Adnan Syed’s murder conviction was scrutinized in the hit podcast “Serial” a decade ago

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

Sarah Koenig on 10 years of the Serial effect: 'there's great journalism in podcasting... and a tonne of crap'

The investigative journalist on how Serial revolutionised podcasting, fighting and fretting to make better shows and the ‘crummy’ podcasts that treat true crime as entertainment

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024

Best podcasts of the week: New Order’s rise from the ashes of Joy Division

In this week’s newsletter: Transmissions, which plots the story of Joy Division and New Order, returns for a second run. Plus: five of the best sci-fi podcasts

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024

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Sarah Koenig on 10 years of Serial: ‘People treated it as a puzzle to be solved. I felt bad and responsible’

It was the podcast that reopened a cold case and kicked off the true crime boom. A decade on from its release, its reporter and star talks the price of fame, getting spoofed on SNL and the complicated legacy of her series

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024

The week in audio: Serial season 4: Guantánamo; Hidden Treasures: The Dumb Waiter, Traitor; Dial F for Football – review

The grandaddy of podcasts reassesses the US terrorist detention camp; a rerun of Pinter and Potter plays is not to be missed. And at last, a genuinely funny new radio comedy…

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024

‘It’s hell being famous’: second violent death of Serial podcast character raises ethics questions

Tyler Goodson, 32, was killed by police in Woodstock, Alabama, after public radio mega-hit brought fame – but not much else

The Guardian - US · Dec 10, 2023

Serial subject Adnan Syed’s murder conviction was overturned. He’s still fighting to keep it that way

The case which gained global attention in the podcast Serial has rumbled on for over two decades. Now, one year after Adnan Syed walked free from prison, he is back in court fighting to prove his innocence in the 2000 murder of his girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Mike Bedigan and…

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023

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A list of the UK’s top podcasts poses the question: what is it with all the bros?

The format was made a phenomenon by women, but now you can hardly hear them – unless they’re discussing their husbands, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

‘Changed podcast culture forever’: the greatest shows you’ve ever listened to

To celebrate 20 years of podcasts, Guardian readers tell us about their favourites – from revolutionary true crime to deliciously sweary analysis of Top of the Pops

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023

Serial: How one podcast changed the face of true crime and cast doubt on Adnan Syed’s murder conviction

Clémence Michallon remembers the podcast that transformed a genre as Syed walks free after 23 years behind bars

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Victim's family to appeal Syed’s release in ‘Serial’ case

The family of a young woman who was killed in 1999 will appeal a Baltimore judge’s recent decision to overturn the conviction of Adnan Syed, the man imprisoned for decades for Hae Min Lee’s death

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

The week in audio: Can I Tell You A Secret?; Serial; Heavyweight – review

A subtle new Guardian podcast unravels the devastation caused by an online stalker. And a special episode of Serial marks Adnan Syed’s release

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2022

A true crime podcast has helped free Adnan Syed but the killer must still be caught

The ex-boyfriend of teenager Hae Min Lee has had his murder conviction quashed, but the nightmare goes on for her family

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2022

How true crime media has shifted since the phenomenon of Serial

The release of Adnan Syed, the focus of the first season of hit podcast Serial, comes at a time when the genre is focusing less on the individual and more on the system

The Guardian - US · Sep 24, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

True crime makes us believe we are certain about people like Adnan Syed. We should be ashamed

His release from prison has not proved his innocence or guilt – but it has highlighted how we are all guilty of pretending we know more than we do, says writer Amelia Tait

The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2022

Serial: how a podcast helped Adnan Syed become a free man

After spending more than two decades in prison, Syed was released in a case that became internationally known through a podcast creating a new genre

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Adnan Syed family friend jokes he’s not looking to ‘hook up’ with ‘thirsty’ ladies after conviction overturned

‘Adnan is not looking to hook up or meet any of the very thirsty, er I mean interested, ladies reaching out,’ tweeted attorney and family friend Rabia Chaudry

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Serial host Sarah Koenig says vacation of Adnan Syed’s conviction is ‘deja vu’ for defence

‘I felt almost disoriented for about a day. Like the city prosecutor’s office suddenly pulled off a rubber mask and underneath was a scowling defense attorney,’ says the podcast host

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Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Serial's Adnan Syed's freeing over new evidence - DNA, mobile data & handwritten notes

Adnan Syed has been freed from jail after 23 years over the murder of Hae Min Lee. Doubts over his criminal case sparked the hit podcast series Serial, which examined what happened to the 18-year-old student after new evidence was brought to light

The Guardian - US · Sep 21, 2022

From Serial to In the Dark: the true crime podcasts that changed their subjects’ lives

Adnan Syed was freed after being the focus of Sarah Koenig’s series. Interest in the genre surged in its wake

WEKU · Sep 20, 2022

How the investigation of Adnan Syed became a podcast phenomenon

With more than 300 million downloads and multiple awards, Serial's investigation into Adnan Syed's case paved the way for a veritable cottage industry of true crime podcasts.

Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022

New ‘Serial’ episode on Adnan Syed case drops; victim’s family, advocates respond to his release from prison

BALTIMORE — A day after a Baltimore City judge overturned Adnan Syed’s murder conviction, a new episode of the hit podcast “Serial” that first made his decades-old case famous details the decision to free him.

The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2022

Adnan Syed murder conviction had ‘systemic problems’, Serial host Sarah Koenig says

Hae Min Lee’s family, however, are ‘deeply disappointed’ at how quickly developments have progressed

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022

Adnan Syed: who is the subject of the Serial podcast and why was his murder conviction overturned?

As the landmark decision reverberates throughout the internet, Amy Francombe looks back inside the controversial, internet-breaking case

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

'Serial' host: Evidence that freed Syed was long available

The creator of a true-crime podcast that helped free a Maryland man imprisoned for murder said that she feels a mix of emotions over how long it took authorities to act on evidence that’s long been available

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