AdvertisementHow the investigation of Adnan Syed became a podcast phenomenonUpdated September 21, 2022Elizabeth BlairfacebookEmailAdnan Syed, center, leaves the Cummings Courthouse in Baltimore on Monday. A judge has ordered the release of Syed after overturning his conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial. (AP)This article was originally published on September 20, 2022.