Best Buy Phone Booth

Best Buy Phone Booth

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The phone booth in question is the Best Buy parking lot phone booth that Jay alleges Adnan called from post-murder on Jan. 13, 1999. According to Jay's story, when Jay picked Adnan up at the Best Buy parking lot, Adnan was standing in front of that phone booth. Koenig has had trouble obtaining any deets about that phone booth.

A few weeks ago I had a chance to back up the folks producing Serial, a multipart podcast from the creators of This American Life, in their research into whether or not a payphone once existed in 1999 at a specific location in Baltimore, Maryland.

There is no need to prove that a payphone actually existed at the Ramada Inn, though memories from anyone who worked there as to what became of it (and who owned it) might be revealing. Did the owner of the payphone approach Best Buy to ask if they were interested in continuing to offer payphone service at that address, and if so was that payphone owner rebuffed

They're looking for one pay phone in particular, the one that plays a key role in the wildly popular podcast \"Serial,\" which chronicles a reporter's investigation into the 1999 murder of Baltimore-area teenager Hae Min Lee.

Adnan Syed, the victim's ex-boyfriend who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of first-degree murder in Lee's death, claims he didn't do it. As avid fans of the show (like this writer) know, the state's case against Syed relies heavily on a pay phone that was once allegedly at a Best Buy on Security Boulevard in Windsor Mill, Maryland, outside of Baltimore.

The state's star witness -- referred to on the podcast only by his first name, Jay -- claimed Syed used the phone to call him to ask for a ride, shortly after allegedly murdering Lee in the Best Buy parking lot.

The problem is, it's possible the pay phone never existed. Sarah Koenig, the host of \"Serial,\" hasn't found conclusive evidence confirming that there was a pay phone in the Best Buy parking lot at the time of the murder.

Now fans are apparently coming to the store location to see for themselves, Jeff Shelman, a Best Buy spokesman, told The Huffington Post. So many people have inquired about the phone that the general manager of the store, who hadn't heard of \"Serial\" until people started coming in to ask about it, has started listening, Shelman said.

The top review on a Yelp page for the Best Buy location is simply a reference to the show: \"Parking lot is secluded enough, but I couldn't find the pay phone.\" A recent post on Reddit called \"There WAS a pay phone at Best Buy\" has generated 344 comments.

In the show's ninth episode, a friend of Syed and Jay's tells Koenig that there was never a pay phone at the Best Buy. She says she's certain of this because she used to shoplift from the store and was thus hyperaware of her surroundings. Koenig says of the pay phone, \"We did a lot of research on this, where it was, whether it was, and we could not account for this phone booth.\"

\"It always occurred to me that there would be, at least in 1999, pay phones at a store like that,\" said Hunt, who has listened to each episode of the show several times. \"It certainly made a difference to me, and I felt compelled even on Black Friday to go out there and check it out.\"

Standing in the middle of a \"stampede,\" Hunt said he found a patch of carpet in the vestibule of the store that looks as if it's covering up a stand or a pedestal. On the wall nearby is an area where it appears something was attached to the wall. All of this he takes as evidence that there was once a pay phone at Best Buy, though not in the parking lot, where the state's star witness, Jay, claims it was.

Jay's map of Best Buy and its surroundings. According to the \"Serial\" website, the rectangle to the right of the word \"Ahnand\" is the Best Buy store and the pay phone is in the corner of the parking lot right outside the store.

Hunt's photo of the pay phone's location, according to Jay's map. Hunt says the McDonald's (marked as \"M.D.\" on Jay's map) is behind him. \"It is about 30 to 35 yards from the front door. It does not seem like a logical place to have pay phones. I could not see any evidence or residual proof that there were ever pay phones at that spot,\" Hunt wrote in an email.

It's hard to tell whether the Best Buy brand in general has gotten any lift from \"Serial,\" according to Shelman. Listeners are certainly hearing the name more, given how frequently it is mentioned on the show. The first sentence listeners hear in the recap before episode 10 centers on the pay phone at Best Buy, for example. And that is a lot of listeners: \"Serial\" has been downloaded and streamed more than 5 million times, setting a record for the speed with which it hit that mark.

2. Is there a Phone Booth at the Best Buy The phone booth at the Best Buy has gained a mythical status. Yes, even Best Buy tweeted about the pay phone at Best Buy. Where was the pay phone Was it inside the Best Buy Was it outside the Best Buy Did anything even happen at the Best Buy Why is Best Buy such a confusing place

She had a deep relationship with her parents, who were self-employed artists. Corie would travel with her father to art shows across the Midwest. Her first retail experience came from helping him unload the van, set up the booth and sell his custom handbags and other leather goods.

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In Philadelphia, Thomas was also surprised by the lack of advertisement on the pay phones he saw. They were owned by companies like Quarter Call, Vail Communications and Pacific Telemanagement Service, requiring people to pay to use them for a chance at financial success. 781b155fdc