A true-crime weekly podcast that will have your ears glued to your headphones

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Serial is a pioneer of podcasts as we know them. Hosted by Sarah Koenig, the journalistic podcasts tell stories that might be hard to hear. The weekly episodes cover a murder case and go into the details of the tragedy, even using first-hand accounts from some of the people involved.

It goes way back: Season one (from back in 2014) explores the case of Hae Min Lee who went missing in 1999 and her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was deemed the culprit but never backed down on claims of innocence. Koenig had been in touch with Syed and even recorded their conversations to supplement her own investigation. For the rest of the episodes, Koenig uses the evidence she has gathered to try and decide whether or not he is innocent.

The way it’s structured makes you feel like you’re cracking the case open with her. When things don’t add up, you’ll be just as frustrated and at the edge of your seat for more clues. We have to warn you — it won’t flow with a satisfying arc like a Criminal Minds or CSI plot, but it will show you all the messy details that a scripted show would leave out to streamline the story.

You can listen to Serial on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anghami, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Deezer, and Audible.