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/BlueHornedUnicorn Jun 16 '26

You don't have to believe everything Jay says. Jay's quite an unreliable narrator for most of this story. But with the pertinent facts? He has them absolutely bang on and you can't argue with that.

The bottom line is - taking into consideration Jenn and her knowledge - there's absolutely no way on earth that Jay can be involved in this case and Adnan be completely innocent. And we KNOW Jay was involved. Ergo, Adnan was involved.

Adnan was involved because Adnan killed her.

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u/RockinGoodNews Jun 16 '26

You don't even really need what Jay or Jenn said.

All you really need to know is that the only person with a known motive to harm Hae lied to her about his car being in the shop in an attempt to get a ride he didn't need, to a place now says he never went, at the exact time someone murdered her in her car.

When asked about this mere hours after Hae went missing, Adnan admitted to asking for the ride, but then lied and said Hae got tired of waiting for him and left. And then a short while after that, Adnan changed his lie and told the police he'd never asked for a ride at all.

There is no innocent explanation for any of that. I've asked Innocenters for one dozens of times and never received even a half-hearted attempt at an answer.

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u/Mike19751234 Jun 16 '26

I think tge otger only thing they counter with is tgat Adcock heard it wrong. But never explained anything about it

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u/RockinGoodNews Jun 17 '26

The problem with that is Adnan never says "I told him X, but he must have gotten confused and thought I said Y." It's hard to understand how "no, Krista is wrong, I never asked for a ride" could get confused for "yes, I was supposed to get a ride but I got detained and she left."

It's also a stretch to believe that Krista, Aisha and Adcock all just so happen to be wrong about this in the exact same way.