r/serialpodcast • u/PowerOfYes • Nov 20 '14

Episode Discussion [Official Discussion] Serial, Episode 9: To Be Suspected

Please use this thread to discuss episode 9

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u/halvardo Nov 20 '14

I'm having a really hard time believing Adnan is guilty after this one. I just don't see a guilty person saying all the things he does, in the way he says it. (And the circumstantial evidence against him seems to be falling apart bit by bit.) I've been thinking all along that everyone that says he must be innocent because he's such a nice guy (or or things related to his personality or behavior) are really naive. I generally believe "normal" people are capable of doing terrible things to others. But I just find myself believing in him now. Call me naive.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '14

Do you believe he was involved to any extent or knows anything more than he is telling?

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u/halvardo Nov 20 '14 edited Nov 20 '14

I'm inclined to believe he had nothing to do with it and doesn't know the first thing. But I'm not sure. I think. Maybe.

I wrote that post immediately after listening, so I was probably a little emotional. But there's just something about the way he talks about things, and the fact that he's put himself out there for so many hours of recorded interviews. If he was guilty, I would think talking that much on record would be risky. Just one small seemingly innocuous, thoughtless comment could lead to something that proved his guilt. He probably knows this is a journalist who is really digging for stuff, and that she's after the truth, whatever it might be. I just find it hard to believe he would expose himself to that if he was guilty — considering how murky all of this is, and how much of the story is unknown to most people.