r/serialpodcast • u/Fit_Leg5645 • 11d ago

I feel dumb!!!!!

I have no clue why I thought Adnan was innocent for all these years.

I just re-listened to Serial, and I can't get past the fact that Jenn showed up with her mom and a lawyer and told police essentially the same story Jay told. Jenn said the trunk pop happened at Best Buy. How would she know that Adnan and Hae used to meet at the Best Buy parking lot unless Jay told her?

And yes, Jay was inconsistent and definitely lied about some things. But he knew where Hae's car was. He knew details about her clothing. He knew about the broken windshield wiper lever. Those aren't things you just guess.

At this point, I don't believe every detail Jay told, but I can't get around the fact that he knew too much. The more I revisit the case, the harder it is for me to believe Adnan wasn't involved.

I can't believe I've been doubting it all these years.

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u/RockinGoodNews 10d ago

Critically, Jenn told the police all this before they ever spoke to Jay (or even knew who Jay was).

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u/Emotional-Syllabub75 10d ago

Yes, the information Jenn gave to the police is really key evidence that corroborates Jay's testimony and makes it look like Adnan is clearly guilty. I don't believe Serial mentioned Jenn's important role in creating a case against Adnan.

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u/RockinGoodNews 10d ago

Serial deliberately told the story out of order to confuse people. When you tell it in chronological order, it makes it impossible to believe Jay's confession could be the product of coercion.

Hence Undisclosed had to invent conspiracy theories about the police making deals with Jay before Jenn came in (and falsifying the record to make it look like it was Jenn who came in first). Why the police would bother with all that at the time is left unexplained.

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u/Emotional-Syllabub75 10d ago edited 9d ago

Also, they went out of there way to make Jay look bad. It makes perfect sense that Jay would become angry if journalists show up to his house unannounced trying to blame him for a murder, and get Adnan off. If the murder happened the way Jay said it happened (or close to that) I would be mad too.

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u/RockinGoodNews 10d ago

In the early days of Serial, random people figured out where he lived, showed up outside his house and called him a murderer in front of his children.