'Serial': the new podcast that's already a cult phenomenon

Never has a podcast evoked a loyal cult following in such a short amount of time like Serial.

The nonfiction series, which unravels a different story each week, is a spinoff of another popular radio show and podcast, This American Life.

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"We'll stay with each story for as long as it takes to get to the bottom of it," the show's website states. The subject of this season is a murder

Describing the first season of Serial accurately and with justice would be a tumultuous undertaking in itself, but in short, the host and executive producer, Sarah Koenig, investigates the strange story surrounding the murder of a Baltimore high school student Hae Min Lee on January 13, 1999. Currently, Adnan Syed, Lee's ex-boyfriend is serving time for the murder, but he insists that he had nothing to do with her death Read more...

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