What is Serial podcast Season 1 about?
A high-school senior named Hae Min Lee disappeared one day after school in 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland. A month later, her body was found in a city park. She’d been strangled. Her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was arrested for the crime, and within a year, he was sentenced to life in prison.
Where does the Serial podcast take place?
Baltimore
Season 1 investigated the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee (Korean: 이해민), an 18-year-old student at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore.
Why were Sarah and Dana doubting the timeline?
Why were Sarah and Dana doubting the timeline? There wasn’t enough time for them to go to the park. Jay gives an extremely detailed story about the park but at trial he says that they didn’t go there, they talked in the car instead.
How many times has Serial podcast been downloaded?
Serial won a Peabody Award in April 2015 for its innovative telling of a long-form nonfiction story. As of September 2018, episodes of seasons 1 and 2 have been downloaded over 340 million times, establishing an ongoing podcast world record.
What is a Serial podcast producer?
” Serial podcast producers talk storytelling, structure and if they know whodunnit”. NiemanStoryboard. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, The President and Fellows of Harvard. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014. ^ Labrecque, Jeff (October 30, 2014).
Is serial podcasting’s first breakout hit?
David Carr in The New York Times called Serial “Podcasting’s first breakout hit.” The Guardian characterized it as a “new genre of audio storytelling”.
Can Reddit solve a murder at the center of serial podcasts?
“Redditors Are Trying to Solve a Murder That’s at the Center of the Wildly Popular Serial Podcast”. Business Insider. Business Insider Inc. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014.