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Sarah Koenig And Julie Snyder's Serial Podcast

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Serial, a thrilling investigative journalism podcast by Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder, is about the Baltimore, Maryland murder, of Hae Min Lee in 1999. Hae Min Lee was a popular high school senior at Woodlawn High School. She disappeared after school on January 13th, 1999, and six weeks later her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was arrested for her murder. Sarah Koenig investigates her murder through this podcast and searches more about what exactly happened to Hae Min Lee. Koenig interviews Syed many times to figure out his innocence or guilt. Not only does Koenig interview Syed, but also Hae’s classmates, friends, friends of friends, neighbors, and more. A particular suspect that stands out during this case is Jay Wilds, a key witness of Syed’s …show more content…

In reality, their relationship had to be kept a secret from their parents. Adnan had especially strict parents that would check his car mileage and had to make sure there was no female hair in his car. Adnan had to keep his homecoming crown in his basement from his parents, which later his mom found. The stress that Adnan and Hae had from their relationship ended with Hae breaking up with Adnan. Adnan and his family are Pakistani and follow a strict religion. Adnan’s religion could have played a part to his and Hae’s break …show more content…

There is motive as to why Adnan would kill Hae. Adnan bended his religion by dating Hae and having sex with her. He had given up a lot to be with her. When Hae broke up with him, it gives him motive to kill her because he was so angry for giving up so much. In episode 2 of the podcast, one of Adnan’s teachers said that his poetry was dark, and she hasn’t seen writing like that from other students. This makes the audience think Adnan is evil and could have killed Hae. Another reason Adnan can be the killer is he because he is an EMT. Adnan is smart and quick, and can know how to strangle someone and bring them back to life if he wanted to. An EMT has lots of practice and skill with life and death situations. When Adnan was being interviewed, he first told the cops that he was driving his own car, but during a different time he said he was getting a ride from someone. Small speculations and changes to a story throughout the podcast can immensely change a whole

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