Serial

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Perhaps the first blockbuster true crime podcast, Serial remains an icon of the genre. The first season, which garnered the show a national following, digs into the murder of high school student Hae Min Lee and the potentially-wrongful conviction of her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed and continues to be a must listen for those new to the format. The show also has two subsequent season, one following the tale of Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier who was help captive by the Taliban for 5 years after leaving his post in Afghanistan, and a third season that examines a variety of cases that pass through a single courthouse.