In The Dark
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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.
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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.
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English
Episodes
Bonus: “Cleared by Fire”
9/27/2024
For the past year, the Interactives Department at The New Yorker has been working alongside In the Dark on a remarkable visual exploration of what happened that day in Haditha. Sam Wolson, who co-directed the project, joins the podcast to talk about “Cleared by Fire.”
Find the interactive documentary at newyorker.com/season3.
Got questions for the In the Dark team? E-mail them to us at inthedark@newyorker.com.
Duration:00:11:50
Episode 9: Patient #8
9/17/2024
For years, we’d thought what everyone thought: that there were twenty-four civilians killed by Marines in Haditha on November 19, 2005. But maybe everyone was wrong.
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Duration:00:50:27
Episode 8: On Trial
9/10/2024
The case against the squad leader, Frank Wuterich, finally goes to trial.
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Duration:01:02:55
Episode 7: Innocent in My Eyes
9/3/2024
The conflicting narratives about what happened in Haditha make their way through the opaque inner workings of the military justice system, until they reach a top commander who decides which story to believe.
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Duration:01:00:57
Episode 6: The Full Picture
8/27/2024
Startling new information emerges from deep within the investigation files. Then the In the Dark team gets a big break.
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Duration:00:56:17
Episode 5: Four Brothers
8/20/2024
Was it a face-off with insurgents or the murder of four innocent brothers? We investigate what happened in the final house the Marines entered that day.
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Duration:00:58:44
Episode 4: What They Saw
8/13/2024
Two conflicting stories about what happened that day emerge—one from the Marines involved in the killings, and another from a very different perspective.
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Duration:00:52:46
Episode 3: Sounds Like Murder
8/6/2024
We travel around the U.S. to find the Marines who were on the ground in Haditha on the day of the killings.
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Duration:00:40:46
Episode 2: I Have Questions
7/30/2024
A trip to a Marine Corps archive reveals a clue about something that the U.S. military is keeping secret.
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Duration:00:35:32
Episode 1: The Green Grass
7/30/2024
A man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team: Can you investigate how my family was killed?
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Duration:00:42:29
Start Listening to Season 3 Today
7/23/2024
Episodes 1 and 2 of our new season are coming out on July 30th, but subscribers can listen to episodes early. If you aren’t currently a New Yorker subscriber, you can become one for just $1 per week. You’ll get early access to episodes of Season 3 as they come out, and everything else the magazine publishes—plus, a free tote bag.
Visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe today, and, for the best listening experience, download the New Yorker app.
Duration:00:01:56
Trailer
7/16/2024
A crime committed. A crime forgotten. A crime unpunished.
Season 3 of In the Dark, coming July 30th. Listen early and ad-free at newyorker.com/dark.
Duration:00:02:48
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 4: Hostage
2/20/2024
Secret recordings reveal what happened to Latifa after armed men stormed the yacht she was hoping would bring her to freedom.
"The Runaway Princesses" is a four-part narrative series from In the Dark and The New Yorker. To read Heidi Blake’s reporting on the princesses of Dubai, visit newyorker.com/princesses.
Duration:00:45:33
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 3: A Nice Lunch
2/13/2024
Latifa has made it to international waters, but she’s not out of danger. Her father has powerful forces at his command.
"The Runaway Princesses" is a four-part narrative series from In the Dark and The New Yorker. Subscribers to The New Yorker have early, ad-free access to all episodes. Visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe.
Duration:00:32:12
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 2: Escape
2/6/2024
Princess Latifa is desperate to help her sister Shamsa, who’s been captured, drugged, and imprisoned on her father’s orders. She makes a plan to flee Dubai.
"The Runaway Princesses" is a four-part narrative series from In the Dark and The New Yorker. Subscribers to The New Yorker have early, ad-free access to all episodes. Visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe.
Duration:00:43:46
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 1: Sisters
1/30/2024
As sex workers flee Sheikh Mohammed’s U.K. estate bruised and weeping, no one is held to account. British authorities look the other way after one of the sheikh’s own daughters tries to escape.
"The Runaway Princesses" is a four-part narrative series from In the Dark and The New Yorker. Subscribers to The New Yorker have early, ad-free access to all episodes. Visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe.
Duration:00:38:51
Trailer: The Runaway Princesses
1/23/2024
The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed’s family keep trying to run away? The New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake joins In the Dark’s Madeleine Baran to tell the story of the royal women who risked everything to flee the brutality of one of the world’s most powerful men. In four episodes, drawing on thousands of pages of secret correspondence and never-before-heard audio recordings, “The Runaway Princesses” takes listeners behind palace walls, revealing a story of astonishing courage and cruelty.
"The Runaway Princesses" is a four-part narrative series from In the Dark and The New Yorker. Subscribers to The New Yorker have early, ad-free access to all episodes. Visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe.
Duration:00:03:18
An Announcement
3/9/2023
Big news! In the Dark has a new home and a new team of partners. The podcast now comes to you from The New Yorker—the legendary home of extraordinary journalism.
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In the Dark is a Peabody Award-winning podcast that tells deeply reported stories. Season 1 investigates lapses by law enforcement after the kidnapping of eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling. Season 2 examines the case of Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man tried six times for the same crime. In the Dark journalists have already started reporting on Season 3. We can’t tell you what it’s about yet, but it’s the most ambitious story we’ve pursued, and we’re thrilled to have the resources of The New Yorker and Condé Nast Entertainment to help us tell it. For more on the new partnership, check out the team’s interview with David Remnick on The New Yorker Radio Hour. And follow other podcasts from The New Yorker, including The Political Scene, The Writer’s Voice, the Fiction podcast, and the Poetry podcast.
Duration:00:11:16
S2 E20: Curtis Flowers
10/14/2020
During three years investigating the Curtis Flowers case, we’d talked to nearly everyone involved: lawyers, witnesses, jurors, family members, investigators, politicians, and many, many people around town. But there was one person we hadn’t yet interviewed — Curtis Flowers. That is, until one day in early October, a few weeks after he’d been cleared of all charges. For the final episode of Season 2, we at long last talk to the man at the center of it all.
Read: Will Doug Evans face accountability?See photos of Curtis Flowers on Instagram
Duration:01:04:29
S2 E19: Freedom
9/5/2020
After 24 years, the case against Curtis Flowers is finally over. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch asks the judge to dismiss the charges against Flowers for lack of evidence. Flowers is released from house arrest and free – truly free – at last.
Read the story
Duration:00:20:08