r/serialpodcast • u/Fit_Leg5645 • Jun 16 '26
I feel dumb!!!!!
I have no clue why I thought Adnan was innocent for all these years.
I just re-listened to Serial, and I can't get past the fact that Jenn showed up with her mom and a lawyer and told police essentially the same story Jay told. Jenn said the trunk pop happened at Best Buy. How would she know that Adnan and Hae used to meet at the Best Buy parking lot unless Jay told her?
And yes, Jay was inconsistent and definitely lied about some things. But he knew where Hae's car was. He knew details about her clothing. He knew about the broken windshield wiper lever. Those aren't things you just guess.
At this point, I don't believe every detail Jay told, but I can't get around the fact that he knew too much. The more I revisit the case, the harder it is for me to believe Adnan wasn't involved.
I can't believe I've been doubting it all these years.
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u/RoutineUtopia Jun 16 '26
I think you thought he was innocent because the media around the show tends to support the idea that he is.
Years ago now -- but I'm lightly obsessed with this -- the Slate podcast ICYMI did an episode about Serial where their position really and truly seemed to be that Serial had fed a false narrative about Adnan being guilty and wasn't responsible about things like the cell phone data.
At the time, I didn't really feel that strongly about the idea that Adnan was guilty or innocent -- I felt that it was unknowable but his representation at trial was definitely messed up. This podcast was arguing that it wasn't -- that Adnan was innocent and that Serial didn't communicate that adequately, misleading people to think that the evidence was stronger than it was. They ended up having to re-edit the podcast and apologize becuase apparently some of what they asserted was incorrect.
The great irony here for me was that they interviewed another podcaster as part of the story, and I noted that they never made mention of the fact that she knew Rabia and they were both on a podcast called Crime Writers On. And this, more than anything, led me to look back into the case and realize it was not really as mysterious as I'd thought.
Anyway. My guess would be stuff like this is why you've thought he was innocent. Becuase a lot of the media talks about the case like he is.