Best Buy Throws #Serial Joke on Twitter and People Did Not Buy It

Best Buy attempted to ride on the popularity of Serial's podcast about the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee by posting a tweet with the hashtag #Serial on their account. Adnan Syed, the victim's ex-boyfriend has been convicted for her murder, and a payphone that may or may not have existed outside a Best Buy location played a key factor in sending him to prison.

Best Buy's tweet, although retweeted and favorited by many on Twitter, including Serial's own official account, was deemed to be in poor taste and was deleted for poking fun at a real life murder mystery case.