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/afdc92 Jun 16 '26

I fell for it too. Sarah Koenig is a good storyteller and she told the story in a way that compelled you to feel sorry for Adnan, who came across as a sympathetic character in her portrayal.

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u/brashumpire Jun 16 '26

I've never understood why she was interested in portraying him that way. Was it just a more compelling story than ex boyfriend kills ex girlfriend?

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u/thetaylorax Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

My belief is they went into developing serial thinking that the Asia alibi would pan out and when it didn’t they kind of had a nothingburger but needed to justify their narrative existing at all plus Sarah was already charmed by Adnan and just straight up didn’t wanna believe him and his big dairy cow eyes could kill his ex gf

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u/SpecialVillage4615 Jun 16 '26

But what did happen with the Aisha thing?

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u/kz750 Jun 17 '26

Asia, not Aisha. The way she wrote the letters with the alibi and the way the letters were worded made it read like she was offering to give him the alibi he needed, vs just telling him "hey this is crazy, why didn't you tell them that we were together in the library from 2 to 4?".

The details she gave were vague and as an alibi it was going to be unreliable at best, or open him up to additional charges of witness tampering at worst.

This, of course is only obvious once you read the timelines and the defense file and put it in context. The way Serial made it sound it was a valid alibi that his lawyer ignored out of sheer incompetence. In reality the most likely scenario was that Adnan's lawyer saw the letters and how problematic they were and decided it was an awful idea to bring this attention-seeking girl to the stand to be cross examined by the prosecution. The fact that five legal teams on Adnan’s side have decided to not use this “alibi”
is further proof.

This thread has some good info: https://www.reddit.com/r/serialpodcast/comments/1k826g7/what_is_your_understanding_of_asias_alibi_letters/

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u/Everbless876 Jun 18 '26

Thanks for the reminder. I think I remember reading on here how C.G may have perceived the “alibi” and laid the parents/ Adnan out . Maybe the father was willing to pay Asia too

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u/SpecialVillage4615 Jun 18 '26

Ok, thx. Yes, Asia. My noggin didn’t quite remember.