Anyone else listening to the Serial Podcast?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the podcast, and what makes it so compelling is that I keep going back and forth between who I think is guilty. Based on the inconsistencies in testimonies and other statements made, there sure are a lot of liars in this story - or at best, people with horrible memories. Maybe it's because Adnan and his friends got high all the time. Don't smoke dope, kids!!

This is exactly how I feel about the whole thing! The "evidence" that has me thinking the most about whether Adnan did it was her recap of cell tower pings and how they did not match up with Jay's story AT ALL. What do others think about this? Also, makes you realize how far cell technology has come since 1999!

[Anonymous]

I love listening too.

At first I thought that Jay set up Adnan but I am not so sure.

The biggest problem I have is that Adnan says that he doesn't remember the afternoon in question. That would make sense if nothing happened on that day but the police called him that day and asked him about where he had been and when because the girl was missing. At that point, his afternoon would have been brought into clear focus and he would still remember it today. He would have been able to backtrack the whole day and give a detailed hour by hour account. He says things like, "I just don't remember" but he would have been forced to remember on that very day because of the call and circumstances.

Think about how people still remember exactly everything about where they were on 911 or when JFK was shot. When something big happens like you get a call from police saying that your ex-girlfriend is missing, you remember what happened 3 hours before.

Just saying that it is hard to remember a day in the life of a teenager from 14 years ago is not right in these circumstances.

Am I the only one who thinks this?

Also, in the first episode, Sarah explains that the woman who called her has an inflated view of Adnan and gives specifics of her exagerations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love listening too.

At first I thought that Jay set up Adnan but I am not so sure.

The biggest problem I have is that Adnan says that he doesn't remember the afternoon in question. That would make sense if nothing happened on that day but the police called him that day and asked him about where he had been and when because the girl was missing. At that point, his afternoon would have been brought into clear focus and he would still remember it today. He would have been able to backtrack the whole day and give a detailed hour by hour account. He says things like, "I just don't remember" but he would have been forced to remember on that very day because of the call and circumstances.

Think about how people still remember exactly everything about where they were on 911 or when JFK was shot. When something big happens like you get a call from police saying that your ex-girlfriend is missing, you remember what happened 3 hours before.

Just saying that it is hard to remember a day in the life of a teenager from 14 years ago is not right in these circumstances.

Am I the only one who thinks this?

I disagree to an extent. It seems he police called him to say "hae's family has reported her missing -- have you seen her?" one evening when he was high. To me it kinda seems realistic that that, in and of itself, wouldn't make the details of your ownday come into focus (especially if you didn't kill her and it was an ordinary day). They didn't say she's been found dead, foul play is suspected, or that he was under investigation/where had he been, etc etc. She was dating a guy from work (and her mom was kinda strict apparently so she may not tell her mom where she was at all times), she wanted to run away to California, it was just a few hours since school - I could see her friends just thinking as of that night her mom is worried, she's in trouble when she turns up. Especially adnan who wasn't necessarily seeing her every day or would be privy to her plans for a date night with her boyfriend, etc. Anyways, I think the two things are different. No one appears to have questioned adnan about involvement in foul play until many weeks later.

Also, in the first episode, Sarah explains that the woman who called her has an inflated view of Adnan and gives specifics of her exagerations.

[Anonymous]

I wonder about Hae's boyfriend at the time of her death. The older guy. I hope we hear more about him.
Isn't the current significant other always a prime suspect?

[Anonymous]

I've been listening to it. I think this journalist has a crush on the guy. Prison romance. Of course, he did it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The biggest problem I have is that Adnan says that he doesn't remember the afternoon in question

Or that he was calling her a lot before the murder, but not after the time she died (before they found her dead).

[Anonymous]

Love it, only wish I could binge-listen. But I think they are making episodes each week!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The biggest problem I have is that Adnan says that he doesn't remember the afternoon in question

Or that he was calling her a lot before the murder, but not after the time she died (before they found her dead).

but wouldn't he have been smart enough to call her after she went missing to seem innocent? The fact that he didn't try to call her almost makes me think he is innocent. Like he assumed that she ran away with the older boyfriend and so he didn't want to talk to her anymore or thought she didn't want to talk to him.

If someone kills someone and then tries to act like they didn't do it, they may make some calls to the cell phone just to make it look good.

[Anonymous]

Love the series and am really puzzled that so many people think Jay did it and Adnan is innocent. I haven't heard anything so far that would lead me to that. I think Jay's involvement was probably a bit more than he admitted to but as for a lot of his inconsistencies, I would put down to memory issues and, duh, he smokes a lot of weed. I guess people really love twists and surprise endings. At the end of the day, a poor girl was killed and the evidence seems pretty overwhelming against Adnan. Why would Jay kill her? Even Adnan doesn't ever suggest that Jay did it (or even seem mad that Jay said that Adnan did it). Which is really really bizarro when you think about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The biggest problem I have is that Adnan says that he doesn't remember the afternoon in question

Or that he was calling her a lot before the murder, but not after the time she died (before they found her dead).

but wouldn't he have been smart enough to call her after she went missing to seem innocent? The fact that he didn't try to call her almost makes me think he is innocent. Like he assumed that she ran away with the older boyfriend and so he didn't want to talk to her anymore or thought she didn't want to talk to him.

If someone kills someone and then tries to act like they didn't do it, they may make some calls to the cell phone just to make it look good.

Sure in books and movies. In real life we're talking about a teenage boy without a whole lot of experience committing and covering up murder.

[Anonymous]

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but wouldn't he have been smart enough to call her after she went missing to seem innocent? The fact that he didn't try to call her almost makes me think he is innocent.

Looks weird to me. A million calls before the time of death and 0 calls after.

[Anonymous]

today's podcast was a good one! Every time I think I know who did it they throw something out there that changes my mind.

[Anonymous]

Sarah Koenig seems incapable of critical thinking. Jay led police to Hae's car. Either Jay or someone Jay knew killed Hae. It was not a random serial killer or some other guy suspected of killing Asian women in Baltimore.

I think Adnan killed Hae and that Jay was likely there and possibly helped.

[Anonymous]

Love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sarah Koenig seems incapable of critical thinking. Jay led police to Hae's car. Either Jay or someone Jay knew killed Hae. It was not a random serial killer or some other guy suspected of killing Asian women in Baltimore.

I think Adnan killed Hae and that Jay was likely there and possibly helped.

Agree! I think Jay was more involved. I'm not sure why Koenig is so intrigued with this case. I simply don't find Adnan believable. That said, I am still a couple episodes behind and I am enjoying the podcast so will continue to follow along.