Serial was never openly militant, but it cemented the idea that there was a way to make something noble out of a true-crime story.Īs far as podcasts go, Serial had all the hallmarks of prestige from the get-go. It did so by confronting listeners, over and over again, to the infinite cruelty behind a possibly wrongful conviction, and the apparent shakiness of the evidence used to secure it. It introduced some listeners to the idea that crime stories could be consumed not only for entertainment value, not just for the guilty thrill of speculation, but because they raised questions worth asking. It reshaped how many view the justice system. That in itself is a momentous event, and Serial’s impact has been felt beyond Mr Syed’s case. Serial’s first season aired over just two months, but it marked the beginning of a saga that reached a climax this fall when a Baltimore judge granted the state’s request to vacate Mr Syed’s conviction - paving the way for prosecutors to drop all charges against him on Tuesday (11 October). Then, two voices: that of Adnan Syed, a man who at that point had spent 14 years behind bars, and that of Sarah Koenig, a journalist who had spent a year trying to figure out whether he belonged there. It was minimalist, just a few notes on a piano, layered with an audio recording of a phone call coming from prison. Eight years ago, a new sound hit the airwaves.
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