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The star of the hit podcast 'Serial' was released from prison after a judge vacated his murder conviction from 2000.

National attention and new evidence helped overturn Adnan Syed's conviction after two decades. Would it have happened without the podcast "Serial?"

The murder case was unraveled and examined in pop culture after taking center stage on the 2014 podcast Serial. We take a look at the gritty details and the damning evidence, and lack thereof.

A high school senior named Hae Min Lee disappeared one day after school in 1999, in Baltimore County, Md. A month later, her body was found in a city park. She’d been strangled. Her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was charged with murder, and within a year, he was sentenced to life in prison. The case against him was largely based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he had helped Adnan bury Hae’s body. But Adnan has always maintained that he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. Some people believe he has been telling the truth. Many others don’t.

National attention and new evidence helped overturn Adnan Syed's conviction after two decades. Would it have happened\u00a0without the podcast \