--- description: Some fans are attempting to answer questions about the true-life mystery that are so-far unanswered in the podcast. title: 'Serial' Listeners Are Carrying Out Their Own Murder Investigation image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pop Culture](/tag/pop-culture/) ## Pop Culture Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Serial' Listeners Are Carrying Out Their Own Murder Investigation by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 4, 2014 1:08 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 4, 2014 1:08 PM CUT More than [half a million](http://www.reddit.com/r/serialpodcast/comments/2nx32h/at%5Fexactly%5F1240%5Fam%5Fest%5Fthis%5Fmorning%5Fdec%5F1%5F2014%5Fwe/ "undefined") users have accessed the Reddit [discussion](http://www.reddit.com/r/serialpodcast/ "undefined") about the wildly popular podcast _Serial_, where some fans are [attempting to answer questions](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30314111 "undefined") about the true-life mystery that are so-far unanswered in the podcast. The show, which released its tenth episode on Thursday, investigates the murder of a teenager in Baltimore more than a decade ago that led to the arrest and conviction of her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed. A spinoff from NPR’s _This American Life_, the podcast is hosted and produced by Sarah Koenig. But the BBC reports that some web users are taking the investigation into their own hands and moderators of the Reddit page have been forced to delete personal information related to characters in the podcast. Adnan Syed’s appeal against his murder conviction is expected to start in January. [_Read more at BBC Trending_](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30314111 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3617742/serial-listeners-are-carrying-out-their-own-murder-investigation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3617742/serial-listeners-are-carrying-out-their-own-murder-investigation/"},"headline":"'Serial' Listeners Are Carrying Out Their Own Murder Investigation","datePublished":"2014-12-04T13:08:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:34:16.529Z","description":"Episode 10 came out on Thursday","url":"https://time.com/3617742/serial-listeners-are-carrying-out-their-own-murder-investigation/","keywords":["Pop Culture","NPR","Podcast"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pop-culture/","name":"Pop Culture"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3617742/serial-listeners-are-carrying-out-their-own-murder-investigation/","name":"'Serial' Listeners Are Carrying Out Their Own Murder Investigation"}}]}] ```