Season One: Episode 01

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It's Baltimore, 1999. Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, disappears after school one day. Six weeks later detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for her murder. He says he's innocent - though he can't exactly remember what he was doing on that January afternoon. But someone can. A classmate at Woodlawn High School says she knows where Adnan was. The trouble is, she’s nowhere to be found.

 

2014

2015-2019

In the years since season one concluded, Sarah Koenig wrote updates about important developments in the case. In 2015, the cell phone expert who testified at Adnan Syed’s trial said he no longer stood behind his testimony. In 2016, Adnan's attorney introduced new evidence and presented a case for why his conviction should be overturned. Serial covered what happened, day by day, in the three audio updates below. In 2019, Maryland’s highest court reversed a decision to give Adnan a new trial.

2022

On September 19, 2022, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's office vacated Adnan's conviction. Sarah was at the courthouse when Adnan was released, hear details in Episode 13.

On October 11, 2022, prosecutors dropped the charges, and Adnan is now free. Police are continuing to investigate. We are done reporting this story, but are sure others will continue to follow it. As they do, here's what we'll be looking for.

The Song Of Sway Lakehd Today

The plan hits a major snag with the arrival of Ollie's grandmother, (Mary Beth Peil). A sharp, aristocratic matriarch, Charlie is also searching for the record while preparing to sell the estate, representing a different kind of nostalgia—one rooted in the vanished grace of old New York royalty.

Music is the lifeblood of this film. Director Ari Gold collaborated with his twin brother, composer , to create a soundtrack that sounds like it was "ripped straight from a long-buried 78rpm record". The making and releasing of “The Song of Sway Lake” The Song of Sway LakeHD

The story centers on (Rory Culkin), a young music collector still reeling from his father’s suicide on the very lake that bears his family's name. Desperate to reclaim a piece of his history, Ollie recruits his friend Nikolai (Robert Sheehan), a charismatic Russian drifter, to help him steal a rare 78 rpm record from his own family’s glamorous estate. The plan hits a major snag with the

This isn't just any record; it’s a one-of-a-kind jazz recording of the World War II-era hit "Sway Lake," which Ollie believes holds the key to redeeming his father’s legacy. Generations in Conflict Director Ari Gold collaborated with his twin brother,

The film’s emotional core shifts as Nikolai becomes transfixed by Charlie, creating a bizarre and enchanting romantic tension that disrupts the boys' mission. Meanwhile, the late delivers a quiet, anchoring performance as the housekeeper, Marlena, in her final screen appearance. The Soundtrack of a Lost Era

Nostalgia on the Water: A Look at "The Song of Sway Lake" Set against the pristine, shimmering backdrop of in the Adirondacks, Ari Gold’s The Song of Sway Lake (2018) is more than just a summer drama—it’s a haunting meditation on the weight of inheritance and the siren call of the past. A Heist Fueled by Memory

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