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Serial S01 - Ep. 11: Rumors

Serial S01 - Ep. 11: Rumors

Update: 2014-12-1122
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Almost everyone describes the 17-year-old Adnan the same way: good kid, helpful at the mosque, respectful to his elders. But a couple of months ago, Sarah started getting phone calls from people who knew Adnan back then, and told her stories of a different kind of boy.


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Cipriano Mondragon

I wonder what the gender breakdown is of the murderers that Ewing has evaluated. Are the "ordinary people" who "snapped" fairly evenly distributed by gender, or are they overwhelmingly men?

Sep 5th
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Lisa Smith

it's funny to me that the one who was talking bad about him hides his identity so how do we know that he is lying he could be jealous and he said he has stolen also so that makes him a murder I don't think he did it I really don't

Feb 16th
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Lisa Smith

many young kids steal money from church donations is it wrong yes but your learning and part of that is learning how it feels after you do something wrong. and by no way does stealing money doesn't make him a killer. he clearly has a lot of shame about what he did. he was a kid

Feb 16th
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Serial S01 - Ep. 11: Rumors

Serial S01 - Ep. 11: Rumors

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