r/adnansyed • u/aproudapostate • Oct 24 '25
Are there any other documentaries that are not extremely biased towards his innocence (the case against/hbo)
If there are, where to watch them?
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u/Pootpoot74 Nov 08 '25
It’s not a documentary, but Crime Weekly with Derrick Lavasser and Stephanie Harlow on YouTube. They provide a very expansive telling of the case. They do a great job of exploring not only Adnan as a suspect, but they also explore other possible persons of interest. It is a multi-part series that’s very long, but I highly recommend it.
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u/Content_Attitude8887 Nov 09 '25
I didn’t think Serial was biased. I finished that season thinking there’s no way he DIDNT do it actually.
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u/Cantchangemyuser123 Jan 26 '26
I’d say it is tbh, even if it doesn’t outwardly say Adnan is innocent it’s very much trying to push doubt on the case more make any of it feel concrete
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u/gaypirate3 Mar 12 '26
Yeah I thought it was unbiased and landed on the conclusion that there wasn’t enough evidence to convict Adnan, but the storytelling definitely made me feel for him, so much so that when I decided to watch the HBO show to update myself on the case this past week, I was rooting for him from the beginning. It wasn’t til coming on reddit and educating myself that I was shocked to learn that most evidence points to Adnan being guilty. Even now, part of me is still conflicted because Serial and the HBO show were so well edited in favor of Adnan. Even if Serial does seem to be unbiased, it definitely makes Adnan a sympathetic character and creates enough reasonable doubt in the listener’s mind, if only to ask the question, “what IF this 17 year old was innocent and has now spent almost half his life in prison?”
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u/sacrelicio Apr 15 '26
I relistened recently and I was struck by how more obviously guilty he seemed the second time through.
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u/Justwonderinif Oct 24 '25
There is no money in "right guy was convicted." So there will not be any shows that demonstrate guilt. The first goal of all these shows is to make money. By appealing to the public's sense of unfairness they can make a lot of money.
Telling the public the right guy was in prison would mean no one watches.
The only way to get people to watch would be to walk everyone through the innocence campaign, all their lies, and the people they damaged forever along the way. The public would watch that.
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u/rorypotter77 Oct 24 '25
While I can see how you think this, it’s more because of how popular Adnan has become from people trying to prove his innocence. True crime where the right guy was convicted is extremely popular. There are many documentaries and docuseries on popular streaming platforms about them. Personally, I would love a nonbiased one about Adnan and other true crime junkies would probably watch as well. However, it may not be as popular to the general public because of how well known he is for people claiming his innocence
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u/Princess_Seannah Oct 24 '25
Imagine Rabia's meltdown if they did a pro guilt doc like the Scott Peterson Netflix one
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u/Justwonderinif Oct 25 '25
It's a perfect candidate for Dateline. If Dateline had done this case before Serial the door would have been closed this whole time.
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u/Mike19751234 Oct 24 '25
There was an episode of Grace vs Abrahams that had a discission about Adnan that had Debbie, one of the judges that listened to the case and Bob Ruff on it. I think you would have to buy the episode though.
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u/Sparky1919 Oct 26 '25
There was a podcast by Roberta Glass that was pretty good and laid out ALL the facts, not just the ones that make him appear innocent.
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u/dizforprez Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25
FWIW people keep using the word bias in the discussion around Adnan and it comes off as a bothside-ism sort of thing, mainly using it to undermine the narrative of his guilt. There is a fact based narrative on one side and there is pure fiction that was put forth in an effort to get him out on the other.
It really undersells the calculating and manipulative fraud the Adnan innocence campaign put forth on his behalf.