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Remember when Redditors thought the Serial guy was innocent
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Date: July 19th, 2026 11:10 PM Author: The Penis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011185) |
Date: July 19th, 2026 11:23 PM Author: the wife guy cinematic universe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011210) |
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Date: July 19th, 2026 11:38 PM Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,, I've used this as one of my test cases against AI. ChatGTP thinks that he is innocent to (because it was trained on Reddit) - even though even Reddit now understands he's guilty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011235) |
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Date: July 19th, 2026 11:48 PM Author: The Penis I just asked chat gpt. It said he is definitely guilty and that the arguments in favor of innocence are extremely weak. That was what prompted me to make this thread. Maybe you haven't asked in a while. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011252) |
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Date: July 19th, 2026 11:50 PM Author: The Penis Also just asked it again very directly and here is what it said:
Yes. Based on the publicly known evidence, I think Adnan Syed probably killed Hae Min Lee.
The decisive point for me is not the prosecution’s exact minute-by-minute timeline, which appears shakier than it was presented at trial. It is the conjunction of facts:
Jay admitted helping conceal the body and knew where Hae’s unrecovered car was. He and Adnan were connected throughout the relevant day, with Jay possessing Adnan’s car and phone. Adnan reportedly sought a ride from Hae despite having driven to school. Jay’s central accusation has persisted despite substantial changes in peripheral details. And Adnan has never supplied a convincing explanation for why Jay possessed crime-specific knowledge and falsely implicated him.
The strongest innocent alternatives require either that Jay killed Hae and extraordinarily successfully framed Adnan, or that police secretly discovered the car, withheld it from processing, fed its location to Jay, and manufactured the central account. Both are possible in the strict logical sense, but neither fits the available evidence nearly as economically. |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 10:59 AM Author: asian pussy saved my life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011769) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:26 AM Author: The Penis GPT:
Here the cumulative case is unusually strong:
Jay admits participating in the aftermath and identifies Adnan as the killer. He possesses crime-specific knowledge, especially the car’s location. The phone records broadly corroborate the movements and timing he describes. Jenn independently corroborates important parts of the evening. Adnan and Jay were demonstrably connected throughout the day, and Adnan’s explanations do not adequately account for why Jay could construct such a detailed accusation around real, independently verifiable facts.
Any one component can be attacked. Jay lies and changes details. Cell-site evidence is imprecise. Jenn’s knowledge partly comes through Jay. The prosecution’s exact timeline may be wrong. But those weaknesses do not dissolve the combined structure.
An innocent theory has to explain all of the following simultaneously: Jay’s knowledge, the car, the phone, Jenn, the shared movements, and the false accusation. At that point the alternative becomes less an evidentiary hypothesis than a chain of increasingly special assumptions.
So I would phrase it this way: the case may contain procedural problems, unreliable details, and an overconfident prosecution timeline, but the central question of factual guilt is not especially close. Reasonable skepticism about parts of the State’s presentation is not the same thing as reasonable doubt that Adnan killed Hae. |
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Date: July 19th, 2026 11:45 PM Author: gaetan dugas who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011246) |
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Date: July 19th, 2026 11:49 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Doesn't he work at GULC now? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011253) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:38 PM Author: The Inevitable Enshittification of AI ( ) That was the bank robber turned jailhouse attorney turned GULC law professor, Shon Hopwood. Who then ruined the whole decarceration shitlib schtick that he was running very profitably during Peak Woke by getting convicted in 2025 for repeatedly beating his wife to pieces. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012801) |
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Date: July 19th, 2026 11:57 PM Author: Words of Affirmation tbf it mighta been the teen who killed that lady. and the uncle and retarded teen took the fall for it. That being said, the whole family belongs in the clink. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011266) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 12:05 AM Author: The Penis Different show. That was making a murderer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011276) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 10:37 AM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) To me, serial is the moment that marks the point the media dropped even the pretense of nonbias and honesty. Koenig isn't some dumb true crime bitch, she's as accomplished journalist. When I pulled Adnan stuff after listening to the podcast I was blown away by how much was straight up omitted. And they stuff they did present was very misleading and always done in a way to reach the conclusion the presenters want.
Libs have never taken any responsibility for why Trump's "fake news" shit resonates with so many people. It's hard to resist the urge to kneejerk believe the opposite of whatever the news is saying. |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:01 AM Author: gaetan dugas can you give a link to this no clue who the serial guy is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011776) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:02 AM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Hae_Min_Lee (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011781) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:14 AM Author: .,.,.,.,.,...,.,,.,,.....,.,..,.,,...,.,.,,...,. Koenig was born July 1969 in New York City to Julian Koenig and his second wife, Maria Eckhart.[1] Sarah is Jewish. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011810) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:38 AM Author: Richard Ames (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011894) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:18 AM Author: The Penis What I always found funny was that the cell phone evidence effectively eliminates the two remaining options (police fabrication and jay acting alone). Jay’s knowledge of the car plus the Leakin Park call sequence and Jenn’s corroboration essentially force the conclusion that Adnan did it. There might be a little bit of extra wiggle room I'm not thinking of, but whatever it is would require substantial extra elaboration that begins to sound ridiculous. For instance, police could theoretically have shaped Jay’s account around call records they already possessed, but the conspiracy required for that to happen really strains explanation. I think she understood this to an extent, and even directly asked him about it at one moment saying that that was the one thing she couldn't get past (the cell phone tracking and the phone calls), and Adnan essentially laughed and shrugged and said I don't know how to explain it. But she left it open as if that was a legitimate response (from what I remember it's been like 10 years since I listened to it). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011818) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:28 AM Author: Jared Baumeister "maybe he butt dialed" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011854) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:30 AM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) Yup. As you said, the alternative theories are strictly "possible" but make no sense. Especially considering Jay is a retarded black dude. I don't see the Baltimore PD being fooled by him, much less having any motivation to frame someone else over him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011860) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: The Penis Yeah the idea that Jay deceived everyone and actually did it is especially hilarious. For him to have killed her independently and fooled police completely he would have needed to manage Adnan’s car and phone, appear with Adnan throughout relevant portions of the day, fit his account to calls connecting near Leakin Park, tell Jenn crime details, hide the car, and then construct a false story that incorporated all those facts. Also the idea that police fabricated the core story and fed Jay all decisive knowledge is at least as strained, probably more so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011902) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) For sure. Most conspiracies fall apart when you consider how unlikely it is for all the members to keep the secret and not slip up the rest of their lives. This makes conspiracies involving highly intelligent and capable people hard to believe. When it's the 1999 Baltimore PD and some black high school kid? I just can't see how that happens when something has been scrutinized as intensely as this has. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011922) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:31 AM Author: Richard Ames The dumb cunt that hosted that fraud bullshit should be put in jail for what she did to the family of the victim. The shit was so misleading and omitted a ton of shit that was obviously incriminating. Not least of which was her neglecting to read the full diary entry of the victim in which she stated she was afraid of Adnan (and I think she may have said she was afraid he'd hurt her, specifically.)
But even with all of the misleading presentation bullshit and omission of facts, the fucking nigga (Jay?) knew where the chick was buried and had zero motive to kill her himself.
Again, the person who made that podcast should be put in prison. |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 12:00 PM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011945) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 12:04 PM Author: The Penis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011956) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 3:16 PM Author: the wife guy cinematic universe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012487) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:35 AM Author: Richard Ames This also made me think of that "Making a Murderer" shit on Netflix. The dude in that clearly murdered the woman. Meanwhile, the documentary just yadda yadda's the fact that the guy killed a cat by throwing it into a fire and ran someone off the road.
No no, it must've been some mystery killer no one ever saw!! |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:52 AM Author: The Penis Yeah. Well Avery definitely did it, but I'm not sure about the retarded cousin. I'm sure he was there for parts of it. Also wouldn't be surprised if some of those other scumbags were involved (the retarded guy's brother and the mom's boyfriend). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011921) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 11:54 AM Author: Richard Ames On some level, the fact that there were no noteworthy "sequels" to Serial or Making a Murderer shows how effective the justice system was prior to ~2014 / 2015 when shitlibs went insane.
As I recall, Koenig effectively couldn't find another case to cover that was even remotely as "controversial" at the Syed case. And even that one was only useful because the average person won't understand a circumstantial case if not presented in a formal way inside of a courtroom. |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 12:09 PM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) Also in 2014 it hadn't sunk in that journalists just straight up lie.
The people that want salacious trash and mysteries regardless of the truth now have a bunch of True Crime bimbos to listen to that won't drone on with jewish vocal fry. And the people that were interested because it seemed like actual investigative journalism no longer have any faith in the media. Precisely because of shit like Serial. |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 2:41 PM Author: The Penis You know what was especially embarrassing with Making of a Murderer was the "sink example". Of course someone can collect fresh blood and place it inside a vehicle under controlled conditions. That's not even the relevant question to be asking. Avery having been inside the RAV4 while bleeding directly predicts the evidence. The sink theory was constructed afterward to accommodate the evidence and requires a chain of unsupported actions. When getting someone off requires doing "experiments" to see if someone can take apart a sink and plant blood from it, you really should be giving up at that point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012368) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:52 PM Author: Richard Ames I don't remember the details well enough to remember this, unfortunately. But I do remember Redditors claiming a blood vial was tampered with because of a "hole" in its cap. When it turns out that every single blood vial has the same kind of cap with the same design. LMAO. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012839) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:58 PM Author: The Penis Yeah I don't remember the details exactly, because it has been like 8 years since I watched this, but what happened basically was that Avery had remembered cutting himself that night and it was in his interview. So his legal team went into the bathroom and poured blood down the sink, then pulled the sink out and extracted blood from it and ran over to the car in the junkyard to see if they could successfully plant it. I think iirc they were trying to prove that that one step dad guy could have done that to plant Avery's blood because he knew he had cut himself that night, and was handy enough to take the sink apart. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012855) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 12:07 PM Author: asian pussy saved my life I was forced to listen to that episode while driving back from a cabin with a friend group and by the end of the drive back I knew that I was never hanging out with any of those people ever again. 99.9% of people are so easy to brainwash it's just comical, especially women. Women being allowed independence and permitted to listen to insane psychopathic anti social brainwash like this shit is just disgusting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011963) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 12:11 PM Author: The Penis It was so wild and eye-opening to me how many people were genuinely convinced by it. Seemed like everyone I encountered who listened to it thought he was innocent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50011973) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 1:44 PM Author: Richard Ames It's insane! I remember being in an office when it came out and being like "uh, I mean it seems like the guy is obviously guilty and this podcast is heavily skewed" and having people look at me like I was insane. And in some cases, people reacted as though I insulted them! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012211) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 2:48 PM Author: The Penis Yeah I recall multiple people acting like I was ignorant for thinking he was guilty. Someone said to me "if you believe Jay I can't help you". It's amazing most of these people seemed to think that if you could poke a few holes in the prosecution's timeline or in Jay's story it means the entire thing needs to be thrown out and there is "reasonable doubt". It's like they are unable to reconstruct the actual underlying constraints and structure from unreliable narrators. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012387) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 2:59 PM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) It's so frustrating that these people who are convinced after one transparently biased podcast accuse people who do supplemental research of being closed-minded or ignorant.
It's very understandable that someone who just listened to the podcast would think Adnan = innocent and there are some questionable aspects of the case, so I (and I'm sure you) were never like "if you think Adnan is innocent, you're an ignorant retard!" But this was a common reaction from the other side when I said I thought he was guilty. |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 3:03 PM Author: nude litigator I never heard anyone irl mention this "podcast" even once. it was all over xo though, you guys LOVED it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012443) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 3:05 PM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) Flame? It was a phenomenon. SNL did bits about it and HBO did a follow up miniseries. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012454) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 3:12 PM Author: asian pussy saved my life You'll have to excuse him he has better things to do than follow irl millennial "trends" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012473) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 3:29 PM Author: gunnerretttired (gunneratttt) Like a woman you're reframing it as taking an active interest when this was about being aware of it. The fact remains you'd have to be a complete shut-in to have not heard anyone discuss Serial in 2015. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012514) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 3:31 PM Author: asian pussy saved my life Nude litigator tp has his finger. On. The. Pulse. of things
He "gets it" |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 4:05 PM Author: nude litigator 👆 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012589) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 4:04 PM Author: nude litigator i heard many people discuss it, here on autoadmit.com (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012588) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 3:07 PM Author: The Penis It was huge irl in 2014-2016 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012458) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 3:26 PM Author: Jared Baumeister xo called her Shitlib Sarah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884355&forum_id=2:#50012506) |