The latest news and comment on the podcast series Serial, an episodic investigative journalism program from the producers of This American Life
December 2023
2023 in Culture
The 20 best podcasts of 2023
‘It’s hell being famous’: second violent death of Serial podcast character raises ethics questions
March 2023
US court reinstates Adnan Syed murder conviction in Serial podcast case
Maryland court orders conviction reinstated and new hearing held but ruling suggests Syed, 41, will not remain convicted for long
February 2023
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: The Coldest Case in Laramie; Carol and Muriel; The Rabbit Hole Detectives and more
The producers of Serial return with a new cold case, while Carol Morley revives the reputation of an Oscar-winning but forgotten film-maker
December 2022
Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown to advocate for prison reform
Syed, whose case was subject of the podcast Serial, has begun as a program associate with the school’s Prisons and Justice Initiative
October 2022
Baltimore prosecutors drop all charges against Adnan Syed of Serial podcast
Syed, 41, who spent more than 20 years in prison, had conviction for 1999 murder of girlfriend overturned in September
September 2022
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: Can I Tell You A Secret?; Serial; Heavyweight – review
How true crime media has shifted since the phenomenon of Serial
True crime makes us believe we are certain about people like Adnan Syed. We should be ashamed
Amelia Tait
Serial: how a podcast helped Adnan Syed become a free man
From Serial to In the Dark: the true crime podcasts that changed their subjects’ lives
Adnan Syed murder conviction had ‘systemic problems’, Serial host Sarah Koenig says
Adnan Syed: judge overturns murder conviction featured in Serial podcast
Adnan Syed in court on Monday to vacate murder conviction in ‘Serial’ case
Prosecutors move to vacate murder conviction of Serial’s Adnan Syed
February 2022
Observer letters
Letters: the catastrophic effect of the Trojan Horse Affair
The Trojan Horse Affair: how Serial podcast got it so wrong
Sonia Sodha
November 2021
Gaga, Gucci and prison ferrets: how true crime conquered the world
Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci stars Lady Gaga in a tale of fashion and murder. But is true crime – once the soul of cinema, from thrillers and horrors to westerns – now outgrowing the big screen?
October 2021
The rise of ‘citizen sleuths’: the true crime buffs trying to solve cases
Inspired by hit podcasts and documentaries, ordinary people are trying to track down fugitives and reopen cold cases. But should they be?
November 2019
Serial: Adnan Syed's appeal for new trial rejected by supreme court
Syed’s lawyers had argued for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast on the 2000 killing of Hae Min Lee
