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Here’s why Adnan Syed’s trial footage is not usually available to the public.

The third season of the popular “Serial” podcast, which returns Sept. 20, will take on the criminal justice system.

Maryland has no shortage of real stories that are being used in documentaries, TV series and podcasts. Here are some of the top jaw-dropping stories that have been retold for your viewing (or listening) pleasure.

Kim Kardashian West is listening to "Serial," four years after it came out.

The creative team behind hit documentary podcast "Serial," based on a Baltimore murder case, have formed a new production banner in association with public radio's "This American Life."

The popular "Serial" podcast relied in part on Baltimore courtroom audio from the trial of Adnan Syed to help raise questions about and bring attention to his case. But if the courts had their way, the podcast's millions of listeners wouldn't have heard any of Syed's original trial. Officials disclosed this week that they even considered holding the producers in contempt.

Cheer up, Cleveland. You may have lost the World Series, but you may be gaining the next “Serial” podcast.

Not since the O.J. Simpson trial have the media played as crucial a role in a legal proceeding as in the case of Adnan Syed.

St. Martin's Press has moved the publication date of a book on Adnan Syed, the Baltimore man in prison for killing his high school girlfriend, from September to

Serial, hosted by Sarah Koenig, is releasing new episodes related to Season 1 subject Adnan Syed.

Serial's second season is moving to a biweekly release format as Sarah Koenig and her team gain access to more players close to Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who left his Army base in Afghanistan and was captured by the Taliban in 2009.

Season 2 of Serial is now available for fans of the popular podcast series.

Rabia Chaudry, the friend and advocate for Adnan Syed who brought his story to the attention of public radio's Sarah Koenig, is writing a book about his case.

The 12-part podcast about an obscure murder in Baltimore from 1999, has racked up a major award.

Rabia Chaudry, attorneys go into detail on Adnan Syed case that Sarah Koenig covered in 'Serial'

"Serial," the phenomenally successful podcast about the murder of a Baltimore teen in 1999, has always struck me as being a media story as much as a crime or legal affairs one.

The State of Maryland has recommended that a judge deny Adnan Syed's latest request for an appeal, saying that the subject of the popular "Serial" podcast

Kevin Urick tells "The Intercept" he's convinced that Adnan Syed murdered Hae Min Lee

he prosecution's star witness against Adnan Syed, the former Baltimore teen convicted of murdering his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee in 1999, spoke publicly for the first time in decades to the online publication "The Intercept."

Earlier today I wrote about my frustration and annoyance with the final episode of Sarah Koenig's hit "Serial."

The first season of the Internet's most popular podcast, "Serial," concluded on Thursday with its 12th episode.

In the end, 'Serial' leaves Zurawik frustrated, even annoyed

Can't stand the suspense, waiting for tomorrow's last installment of the podcast "Serial"?

Fans of the hit podcast "Serial" have created a scholarship fund to honor the Woodlawn High School student whose 1999 murder is at the center of the story.

"Serial" producer Sarah Koenig appeared on "The Colbert Report" Wednesday night.

I present to you the "Serial" parody, which ponders topics familiar to fans such as the Best Buy and cell phone calls, in a spot-on imitation of Koenig's Terry-Gross-with-a-sinus-infection voice.

The story behind her story of Adnan Syed, Hae Min Lee

A few of the key places in Woodlawn, Md., where the crimes and following events allegedly happened, as detailed in the "Serial" podcast.

Nearly 15 years ago, a jury convicted Adnan Syed in the strangling of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee — a crime that shattered two families. The teens were classmates at Woodlawn High School, both children of immigrants, and teachers considered them exceptionally smart and promising. Now, Syed is seeking a second appeal, but his family continues to struggle with the stigma that results from his conviction.