Sarah Koenig Serial Analysis

In 2006, over 100 million people in the United States tuned in to watch either CSI or any if the other forensic and criminal investigation related television show each week (CJSG). Since then, the number of viewers has increased rapidly, as well as the amount of television shows with the same type of theme. As a result of the increase of these television programs, researchers are discovering a new phenomenon called the ‘CSI Effect’ that seems to be fueling an interest in forensic science and criminal investigations nationwide. This effect is actually the ability of criminal justice themed television shows to influence and increase victims’, jurors’ and criminals’ ideas about forensics, DNA testing and methods, and criminal investigations

Imagine being wrongfully charged for a murder and sentenced to life in prison without being able to talk at all during the trial. Adnan Syed, a normal high school student who was charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee who goes missing on January 13th, 1999 in Baltimore County, Maryland. In the SERIAL podcast, Sarah Koenig (narrator) talks about the alibi, witnesses, interviews, evidence and every detail that exists of the case. Even though state’s prosecution proved Syed guilty, looking at the case after more than 17 years, Syed can still be proven innocent.

The case of Adnan Syed became very popular after the journalist Sarah Koenig made a podcast with her group and collected all the information that related to Syed’s case. Sarah and her team made many interviews with Syed’s friends and the people who related to the case. The trial convicted that Syed had killed his ex-girlfriend. Many of Syed’s friends believe that Syed is not guilty. Also, many people who did not personally know Syed and read the case about him think he was not guilty. Other people see he involved in the case, so he is guilty. There are many doubts about the court's decision to imprison Syed lifetime. These doubts made this case mysterious. Syed may be not guilty if the detective, prosecutor, and the jury

In the Podcast, Serial, Jay Wilds is a main character whose alibi and story from episode one to four. The reporter, Sarah Koenig, maps the whole case out for us. Jay has given a minimum of seven different stories about what happened on January thirteenth. Four police interviews, two trial testimonies, and most recently, an interview he gave to the Intercept.

The podcast Serial, hosted by Sarah Koenig and co founded by Julie Snyder, deals with a murder case that occurred in the year 1999. This murder case deals with two former students (Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee) that attended Woodlawn High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Hae went missing on January 13, 1999 but was found dead in Leakin Park on February 9. The jury that took up the trial were convinced to believe that the murder must to have been committed by Adnan Syed, “who killed 18 year old student Hae Min Lee.” Syed was arrested on February 28 and charged with first degree murder. Although he pleaded guilty after the judge declared a mistrial, he was found guilty of murdering Hae Min Lee and sentenced for life in prison. However, the lack of

The Ethos of The Real CSI lies in the inclusion of credible expert testimony. The audience is given a first-hand account of what real CSI entails from a lead detective

This week in class our guess speaker was Detective DiCarlo from the Albany Police Department. Detective. In 2014, DiCarlo started as street patrol and ten years later he became a detective for the APD. Now that he is a Detective he specialized in video recovery. Everything about video’s and the evidence pertaining to a crime is his job. I liked how he explained how it is when patrolling and his job as being the guy to handle video recovery. The one thing that stuck with me during his visit was the statement he made about “all calls sound the same, but they are different”, I thought that was an interesting way to put it. Also, I thought it was crazy how their calls range from “my son won’t do his homework” to “I’ve been shot”. I think that

After Sarah Koenig created Serial, other shows like Criminal, Up and Vanished and Crimetown, followed in her footsteps in order to create a successful true crime podcast. The true crime genre has similarities that manifest across the different podcast shows. These similarities include narrators who are not crime investigators in order to create a more personal interaction with the listeners, heavy reliance on interviews in order to create credibility, and music and sound effects to keep the listeners engaged. All of these similarities combined create a true crime genre that is appealing, intriguing and engaging for the audience.

True Crime Garage created an episode on Ed Gein, a sociopath who claimed to wear diseased people’s skins, he would carve off the skin and …. This story is interesting to so many people, and True Crime Garage’s responsibility was to describe and investigate why Ed Gein did what he did, in the best possible way they would. They used the Voice trait, Guest production element, and Length narrative element to express their ideas and full story to produce a podcast that appeals and interesting towards the audience. The voice is an important part of a successful podcast, a clear and enthusiastic tone that the audience understands and knows that the speaker is passionate about the topic.

The explosion of crime and justice topics throughout all forms of media has led some to suggest that a “CSI Effect” has taken hold of

A serial killer is traditional defined as the separate killings of three or more people by an individual over a certain period of time, usually with breaks between the murders. (Angela Pilson, p. 2, 2011) This definition has been accepted by both the police and academics and therefore provides a useful frame of reference (Kevin Haggerty, p.1, 2009). The paper will seek to provide the readers with an explanation of how serial killers came to be and how they are portrayed in the media.

You quickly learn of each and everyone’s backstory and how they all relate to the case. A narrator follows the accused party, Dylan Maxwell, and asks him a serious a questions and tries to see the problem through both sides. Throughout these questions and the show we learn who Dylan really is. He is a loyal, confident, laidback, comedic, curious, loving, and troublemaking individual. Throughout Making a Murder we learn very little about the accused party Steven Avery’s characteristics.

Serial murders are not just part of the United States they also happen globally. There are many investigative tools that are used when working a serial murder case and we will discuss some of those. We will also discuss the problems with the media when it comes to serial murders. We will also talk about how the criticism of the public and media can affect serial murder cases.

Forensic Files is an American documentary styles series talks about how forensic science is used to solve violent crime, mysterious accident, and even outbreaks of illness. I am a real fun of this program, been watching it for almost one year now and still watch it till this date. One of the important parts I like about this show is the producer. I find it more interesting of how they are able to condense every story and cover up all the details in just thirty minutes. In this program, violent is used as the main plot. In this show, Crimes that have taken place are often violent crime, or people are being poisoned by thallium; arsenic or anti-freeze. This show is based on a true story that has taken place all over United States and some part of Canada.

Implementing live recording in therapy, interviews, and interrogations allows for more accurate recollection of thoughts and ideas for both parties. One stated benefit from the study conducted by Decarlo and colleagues was that with the recording method, the officers were able to spend more time listening and interacting with the suspect than taking accurate notes of the interrogation, which could be misconstrued with