12:01 PM PST 12/31/2014 by. Serial fans have started keeping an eye on The Intercept after the publication scored a coveted interview with Jay Wilds, the key witness in Maryland's case against Adnan Syed for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee.
Take 1. The record player was originally invented in America by Thomas A. Edison the creator of the light bulb and other inventions. It was invented by Thomas in 1877. The first records were made out of tinfoil which had a spiral groove which went up and down.
Over time, the design of the gramophone and the recording process were continuously changing, yet the core elements of the needle in a groove remained the same. By the mid-20th century, most households had what was then commonly known as a record player and most recently called a turntable.