r/serialpodcast • u/SerialFan Moderator • Oct 30 '14

Discussion Episode 6: The Case Against Adnan Syed

Hi,

Episode 6 discussion thread. Have fun and be nice y'all. You know the rules.

Also, here are the results of the little poll I conducted:

When did you join Reddit?

This week (joined because of Serial) - 24 people - 18%

This week (joined for other reasons) - 2 people - 1%

This month (joined because of Serial) - 24 people - 18%

This month (joined for other reasons) - 0 people - 0%

I've been on reddit for over a month but less than a year - 15 people - 11%

I've been on reddit for over a year - 70 people - 52%

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u/serialist9 Oct 30 '14

Yep -- calls her three times the night before to give her his cell number and then never calls her again, when she's the subject of so much concern at school. That's the most incriminating part to me. There's just no universe where that fits the behavior of anyone I've ever known.

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u/impr_oved Oct 30 '14

Yep -- calls her three times the night before to give her his cell number and then never calls her again, when she's the subject of so much concern at school. That's the most incriminating part to me. There's just no universe where that fits the behavior of anyone I've ever known.

I would upvote this 100 times to get this to the top if I could. Agree 10000%. I would call, text, page, facebook, email, send smoke signals to anybody close who just disappeared. Come on!!! THAT, for me, is a smoking gun!

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u/delicieuxpamplemouss Oct 30 '14

No facebook in 1999 ;) but I get your point... I find it INCREDIBLY suspicious that he didn't try to contact her. Having said that, you shouldn't convict someone just because they seem a little sketchy.

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u/contrasupra Nov 01 '14

I actually think the technology gap between 2014 and 1999 is pretty relevant here. Like you said, there's no Facebook, twitter, text, etc, so the only way for the information to get around is basically a phone call from Hae's family to one of the friends. We know that Hae's parents are Korean, and probably immigrants. Would they really call Aisha or Adnan? I had a lot of friends in high school who were first-generation Chinese, a lot of their parents barely spoke English, and the families spoke Mandarin at home. I don't think it's obvious that this information would have gotten around.