Serial

The show that kickstarted the podcast craze, Serial, in season one, tracked the case of one Adnan Syed, who was convicted of the murder of Baltimore high school student Hae Min Lee in 1999. Season two explored the case of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier charged with desertion after being freed from Taliban captivity, and the cracks in the Cleveland court system. And in a break from tradition, season three, released recently, looks at the American criminal justice system through a series of stories.

Earlier this year, HBO announced plans to create the documentary series The Case Against

Adnan Syed, which sheds new light on the story as Syed awaits the new trial he was awarded in the wake of the podcast’s release. The four-hour series will re-examine the events leading up to Lee’s disappearance, from high school romance, forbidden love and cultural conflict, to the aftermath of her disappearance, the original police investigation and the present day, to Syed’s new trial.