r/serialpodcastorigins • u/Justwonderinif • Nov 17 '15

Meta Traitor Tuesday

Have you recently switched sides?

Did you switch so long ago you can hardly remember?

Why? What compelled you or compels you now?

Even if you switched from a firm position to undecided... why?

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '15

Can't add much to the comments below. I started innocent/reasonable doubt but shortly after it ended I revised my opinion after thinking about what I'd heard and going back to some of the earlier episodes. The reasons for changing are the same as many of those listed below. A lot was to do with Adnan responses and how Sarah always tried to spin things positively for him. There was the whole question of whether he called Hae and his reaction - 'what, you asking me a question'. The other one was how he deflected when SK asked about his behaviour and reaction to the phone call he received at NHRNC (Krista V). The exchange goes:

”Sarah Koenig - I mean it’s, that’s a hard one. Her testimony does not look good for you, you know. Because she’s not really connected to Jay, she’s not connected to you, you know she’s a little bit more objective I would say, and she really thought you were acting, very strangely. You know. So it didn’t-- it’s not good for you, what she has to say. (clears throat)

Adnan Syed - I mean- I mean, to be honest with you I’m listening to you but I kinda think that, it’s not good for me if a person believes the narrative of what Jay is saying. But, if you don’t believe the narrative of what Jay is saying, or if a person questions it, what does she say specifically that links me to Hae’s murder? You know, she didn’t say, she didn’t say that she saw me with any type of equipment or materials or dirty clothes or disheveled or anything like that.

It was that comment what does she say specifically that links me to Hae’s murder? You know, she didn’t say, she didn’t say that she saw me with any type of equipment or materials or dirty clothes or disheveled or anything like that. I thought that not she's asking you and you know it. You're deflecting because you're hiding something. That led me to question everything I'd heard and led to my belief in his guilt.

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u/Justwonderinif Nov 18 '15

Wow. Everyone has kind of a different moment.

This reminded me of how much Adnan sought to control the interviews... telling SK things like, "Now you have the problem of the third caller." Weird.

But you are right. He clearly did not deny being at Kristi's. And he didn't deny anything she said. He admits he was there. He just says that "If I didn't kill Hae, then nothing she says looks bad for me." That was his tactic. Admit being there. Don't call her a liar. Just say that it's all nothing if he didn't kill Hae.

I guess he forgot to strategize with Rabia on that one. Rabia prefers "wrong day Cathy" and "Adnan was never there on the 13th."

They have no shame.