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 in 2024, it released “The Runaway Princesses,” a four-part series that asks why the women in Dubai’s royal family keep trying to run away. Season 3, released in 2024, asked why no one was punished for the killings of twenty-five civilians in Haditha, Iraq. In the Dark won the Pulitzer Prize for audio for Season 3. The podcast is a three-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. New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free access. In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe and listen in the New Yorker app. If you have comments or story tips, please send them to inthedark@newyorker.com.

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 in 2024, it released “The Runaway Princesses,” a four-part series that asks why the women in Dubai’s royal family keep trying to run away. Season 3, released in 2024, asked why no one was punished for the killings of twenty-five civilians in Haditha, Iraq. In the Dark won the Pulitzer Prize for audio for Season 3. The podcast is a three-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. New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free access. In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe and listen in the New Yorker app. If you have comments or story tips, please send them to inthedark@newyorker.com.

 

#23

Blood Relatives, Episode 4

A bloody Bible, propped at an unlikely angle. A manor, locked from the inside. And a silen... more

11 Nov 2025

45 MINS

45:32

11 Nov 2025


#22

Blood Relatives, Episode 3

One day, Heidi gets a call from Wakefield Prison, where Jeremy Bamber remains locked up, f... more

04 Nov 2025

50 MINS

50:33

04 Nov 2025


#21

Blood Relatives, Episode 2

Heidi visits an unlikely group of detectives: the victims’ extended family. Their sleuthin... more

28 Oct 2025

54 MINS

54:26

28 Oct 2025


#20

Blood Relatives, Episode 1

On August 7, 1985, five family members were shot dead in their English country manor, Whit... more

28 Oct 2025

45 MINS

45:20

28 Oct 2025


#19

Trailer: Blood Relatives

Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infa... more

21 Oct 2025

02 MINS

02:42

21 Oct 2025


#18

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


#17

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


#16

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


#15

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


#14

Coronavirus in the Delta, Episode 2: Parchman

How do you self-isolate when your home is a single room that you share with 107 men? That'... more

06 May 2020

30 MINS

30:15

06 May 2020


#13

Coronavirus in the Delta, Episode 1: Greenville

A storm hits Greenville just in time for Easter. Two pastors and a mayor clash over how to... more

30 Apr 2020

40 MINS

40:24

30 Apr 2020


#12

Trailer: Coronavirus in the Delta

A new limited-run series from In the Dark, reporting on Covid-19 in the Mississippi Delta.... more

23 Apr 2020

03 MINS

03:15

23 Apr 2020


#11

Season 3, 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


#10

Season 3, 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


#9

Season 3, 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


#8

Trailer: Season 3

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


#7

Season 2 Update: Five Years Later

After nearly twenty-three years behind bars, Curtis Flowers was freed, in part due to In t... more

08 Oct 2025

44 MINS

44:26

08 Oct 2025


#6

Season 2, Episode 2: The Route

The case against Curtis Flowers relies heavily on three threads of evidence: the route he ... more

01 May 2018

52 MINS

52:39

01 May 2018


#5

Season 2, Episode 1: July 16, 1996

On the morning of July 16, 1996, someone walked into a furniture store in downtown Winona,... more

01 May 2018

42 MINS

42:22

01 May 2018


#4

Trailer: Season 2

Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime. For 21 years, Flowers has main... more

16 Apr 2018

02 MINS

02:19

16 Apr 2018


#3

Season 1, Episode 2: The Circle

When Jacob Wetterling was taken, authorities launched what would turn into one of the larg... more

07 Sep 2016

38 MINS

38:35

07 Sep 2016


#2

Season 1, Episode 1: The Crime

The abduction of Jacob Wetterling, which made parents more vigilant and led to the first n... more

07 Sep 2016

34 MINS

34:50

07 Sep 2016


#1

Trailer: Season 1

After he disappeared nearly 27 years ago, Jacob Wetterling's remains have been found. Why ... more

29 Aug 2016

03 MINS

03:38

29 Aug 2016