Sarah Koenig

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Okay, on to Serial Season 1.

From This American Life in WBEZ Chicago, it's Serial.

One story told week by week.

I'm Sarah Koenig.

Before we get to today's episode, where I'm going to let Adnan talk for a while, I want to run by you some new information I've learned in the past week.

Three things I've learned.

First, remember Laura, the former Laura Estrada Sandoval, the one who asked, well, then who the fuck did it in the last episode?

She was friends with Stephanie and with Jane, with Adnan.

I was talking to Laura on the phone the other day, and she mentioned something about Best Buy.

And so I asked her if I could start taping.

Tell me, tell me again what you just told me.

No payphone, no phone booth.

The payphone in question is important because Jay tells the detectives that Adnan called him on January 13, 1999, and told Jay he'd killed Hay.

Quote, When Jay gets there, he says he sees Adnan standing by the phone booth wearing red gloves.

He draws a map for the cops, showing the location of the phone booth.

And if you're facing the front doors of the store, his drawing shows the booth on the left, outside on the sidewalk.