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24 alternatives to Serial - S2E4: The Captors

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Serial - S2E4: The Captors launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Serial - S2E1: DUSTWUN▲230

   Season 2 follows Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl

   2015 · nytimes.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Slate's Serial Spoiler Specials - S2E1▲64

   Spoiling the first episode of the new season with a war vet

   2015 · slate.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Serial - S02 Episode 11: Present for Duty▲72

   [Season 2 finale 🙀] What’s Bowe's fault, and what isn’t?

   2016 · dovetail.prxu.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Last Door▲70

   A low-res, high-suspense point-and-click horror adventure

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Reply All - 67: On the Inside, Part IV▲64

   Part 4/4: Sruthi meets Paul in prison

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Serial - S2E6: 5 O’Clock Shadow▲72

   Why did Bowe Bergdahl walk off?

   2016 · dovetail.prxu.org · its alternatives →

7. 7
   none*2▲87

   A mysterious game of riddles, episode2

   2015 · whatisnone.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Criminal - 28: P.D.I.D.▲76

   A story about police and transgendered people

   2015 · feedproxy.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Reply All - 66: On The Inside, Part III▲70

   The one person who witnessed the murder

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Criminal - It Looked Like Fire▲67

    An episode about a famous photograph

    2016 · thisiscriminal.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Serial - Hindsight, Part 2▲71

    Woulda, coulda, shoulda...

    2016 · dovetail.prxu.org · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Invisible Office Hours - We're building something▲64

    Season 4 is back with a vengeance (and a SaaS).

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Startup Podcast: Introducing Season 4▲67

    A sneak peek of the fourth season

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Archive 81 - 5▲67

    A security guard and revelations.

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Serial - S2E3: Escaping▲88

    Learning the necessary and twisted lessons of survival

    2015 · dovetail.prxu.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    StartUp - Another side of the story (s2 ep3)▲73

    Heartfelt stories of being a woman fundraising in SV

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    HOME: Stories From L.A. - Unmaking a Home▲51

    In the Season 2 premiere: Is it stuff that makes a home?

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    WTF with Marc Maron - Todd Haynes / Sarah Silverman▲54

    Marc chats with Todd and gives Sarah a call

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hunt the Truth — S1E1: A hairline fracture▲88

    The intro to Microsoft's "Serial"-style Halo podcast

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Murder! - 1: An Invitation▲56

    Serial meets Thrilling Adventure Hour

    2015 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Wolf Among Us▲71

    An episodic interactive mystery drama graphic adventure

    2015 · telltale.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Office Stare Machine▲83

    Every time a character speechlessly breaks the 4th wall.

    2017 · theofficestaremachine.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Serial - Episode 01: The Alibi▲51

    A murder mystery from 1999.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Moment - Starlee Kine▲63

    Filmmaker Brian Koppelman talks w/ host of Mystery Show

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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