In The Dark podcast

In The Dark

In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016. Its first season looked at the mysterious abduction of Jacob Wetterling in rural Minnesota and the lack of accountability that sheriffs face when they fail to solve cases. Season 2 examined the case of Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for the same crime. In 2020, In the Dark released a special report on the coronavirus pandemic in the Mississippi Delta. In 2023, In the Dark joined The New Yorker and Condé Nast. “The Runaway Princesses,” a four-part series that asks why the women in Dubai’s royal family keep trying to run away, came out in January.  In the Dark is a two-time Peabody Award winner and, in 2019, became the first podcast to win a George Polk Award, one of the top honors in journalism. The program has also received an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016. Its first season looked at the mysterious abduction of Jacob Wetterling in rural Minnesota and the lack of accountability that sheriffs face when they fail to solve cases. Season 2 examined the case of Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for the same crime. In 2020, In the Dark released a special report on the coronavirus pandemic in the Mississippi Delta. In 2023, In the Dark joined The New Yorker and Condé Nast. “The Runaway Princesses,” a four-part series that asks why the women in Dubai’s royal family keep trying to run away, came out in January.  In the Dark is a two-time Peabody Award winner and, in 2019, became the first podcast to win a George Polk Award, one of the top honors in journalism. The program has also received an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

 

#64

Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and the Future of American War-Crimes Prosecutions

Donald Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense caught the attention of ... more

22 Nov 2024

25 MINS

25:34

22 Nov 2024


#63

Presenting “Sold a Story”

In the Dark presents the first episode of “Sold a Story,” an award-winning investigative p... more

19 Nov 2024

32 MINS

32:15

19 Nov 2024


#62

Bonus: Your Season 3 Questions, Answered

Was it scary to knock on all those Marines’ doors? What was it like to report in Iraq? Is ... more

12 Nov 2024

41 MINS

41:55

12 Nov 2024


#61

Bonus: “Cleared by Fire”

For the past year, the Interactives Department at The New Yorker has been working alongsid... more

27 Sep 2024

11 MINS

11:50

27 Sep 2024


#60

Episode 9: Patient #8

For years, we’d thought what everyone thought: that there were twenty-four civilians kille... more

17 Sep 2024

50 MINS

50:27

17 Sep 2024


#59

Episode 8: On Trial

The case against the squad leader, Frank Wuterich, finally goes to trial.  To find online-... more

10 Sep 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:55

10 Sep 2024


#58

Episode 7: Innocent in My Eyes

The conflicting narratives about what happened in Haditha make their way through the opaqu... more

03 Sep 2024

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:57

03 Sep 2024


#57

Episode 6: The Full Picture

Startling new information emerges from deep within the investigation files. Then the In th... more

27 Aug 2024

56 MINS

56:17

27 Aug 2024


#56

Episode 5: Four Brothers

Was it a face-off with insurgents or the murder of four innocent brothers? We investigate ... more

20 Aug 2024

58 MINS

58:44

20 Aug 2024


#55

Episode 4: What They Saw

Two conflicting stories about what happened that day emerge—one from the Marines involved ... more

13 Aug 2024

52 MINS

52:46

13 Aug 2024


#54

Episode 3: Sounds Like Murder

We travel around the U.S. to find the Marines who were on the ground in Haditha on the day... more

06 Aug 2024

40 MINS

40:46

06 Aug 2024


#53

Episode 2: I Have Questions

A trip to a Marine Corps archive reveals a clue about something that the U.S. military is ... more

30 Jul 2024

35 MINS

35:32

30 Jul 2024


#52

Episode 1: The Green Grass

A man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team: Can you investigate how my... more

30 Jul 2024

42 MINS

42:29

30 Jul 2024


#51

Start Listening to Season 3 Today

Episodes 1 and 2 of our new season are coming out on July 30th, but subscribers can listen... more

23 Jul 2024

01 MINS

01:56

23 Jul 2024


#50

Trailer

A crime committed. A crime forgotten. A crime unpunished. Season 3 of In the Dark, coming ... more

16 Jul 2024

02 MINS

02:48

16 Jul 2024


#49

The Runaway Princesses, Episode 4: Hostage

 Secret recordings reveal what happened to Latifa after armed men stormed the yacht she wa... more

20 Feb 2024

45 MINS

45:33

20 Feb 2024


#48

The Runaway Princesses, Episode 3: A Nice Lunch

Latifa has made it to international waters, but she’s not out of danger. Her father has po... more

13 Feb 2024

32 MINS

32:12

13 Feb 2024


#47

The Runaway Princesses, Episode 2: Escape

Princess Latifa is desperate to help her sister Shamsa, who’s been captured, drugged, and ... more

06 Feb 2024

43 MINS

43:46

06 Feb 2024


#46

The Runaway Princesses, Episode 1: Sisters

As sex workers flee Sheikh Mohammed’s U.K. estate bruised and weeping, no one is held to a... more

30 Jan 2024

38 MINS

38:51

30 Jan 2024


#45

Trailer: The Runaway Princesses

The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women ... more

23 Jan 2024

03 MINS

03:18

23 Jan 2024


#44

An Announcement

Big news! In the Dark has a new home and a new team of partners. The podcast now comes to ... more

09 Mar 2023

11 MINS

11:01

09 Mar 2023


#43

S2 E20: Curtis Flowers

During three years investigating the Curtis Flowers case, we’d talked to nearly everyone i... more

14 Oct 2020

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:14

14 Oct 2020


#42

S2 E19: Freedom

After 24 years, the case against Curtis Flowers is finally over. Mississippi Attorney Gene... more

04 Sep 2020

16 MINS

16:53

04 Sep 2020


#41

Coronavirus in the Delta E6: Delta State

College football is practically a religion in Mississippi. And for the players, it's life.... more

11 Jun 2020

29 MINS

29:46

11 Jun 2020