In The Dark

The New Yorker

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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Our Editor's Take

In The Dark is a true crime podcast. Each season features a different crime subject. Season three, The Runaway Princesses, is a joint effort between APM Reports and The New Yorker. Host Madeleine Baran shares the disturbing story of the House of Maktoum. Writer and journalist Heidi Blake joins Baran for the season's four episodes. They explore why female royalty tried to escape the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is a story of violence, resilience, despair, hope, imprisonment, and the fight for freedom.

Season one of In The Dark examines the decades-long case of Jacob Wetterling's murder. Wetterling's body went undiscovered for 27 years after he went missing. How did this case remain unsolved for so long? The season reveals the investigating officer's monumental errors. Wetterling will never return to his family. But, his kidnapping and murder led to the creation of sex offender registries.

The podcast's second season examines Curtis Flower's controversial murder conviction. After the Supreme Court overturned his first conviction, he underwent several more trials. These trials took place over more than 20 years, throughout which Flowers was on death row. Many believe Flowers, as a Black man, was the victim of racial bias. Baran analyzes the case and interviews those involved in the trials.

Besides these seasons, the show features a limited series. Coronavirus in the Delta explores the effects of COVID-19 in the southeast United States. Baran speaks with residents from a variety of backgrounds. These installments feature prison inmates, college football players, and a blues musician.

In The Dark has won prizes for its excellent production and reporting. Listeners will hear from the people closest to these true stories. The show exposes the criminal justice system's flaws—in the United States and abroad. With The Runaway Princesses, Baran and Blake also reveal the systemic issues in the UAE and England. Episodes are between 30 and 45 minutes.

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Season One: The Trailer
29-08-2016
Season One: The Trailer
After he disappeared nearly 27 years ago, Jacob Wetterling's remains have been found. Why did it take so long?

Temporada 3

Trailer
16-07-2024
Trailer
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.
Start Listening to Season 3 Today
23-07-2024
Start Listening to Season 3 Today
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.
Episode 1: The Green Grass
30-07-2024
Episode 1: The Green Grass
A man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team: Can you investigate how my family was killed? To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.
Episode 2: I Have Questions
30-07-2024
Episode 2: I Have Questions
A trip to a Marine Corps archive reveals a clue about something that the U.S. military is keeping secret. To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.
Episode 3: Sounds Like Murder
06-08-2024
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 of the killings. To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.
Episode 4: What They Saw
13-08-2024
Episode 4: What They Saw
Two conflicting stories about what happened that day emerge—one from the Marines involved in the killings, and another from a very different perspective.  To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.
Episode 5: Four Brothers
20-08-2024
Episode 5: Four Brothers
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. To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.
Episode 6: The Full Picture
27-08-2024
Episode 6: The Full Picture
Startling new information emerges from deep within the investigation files. Then the In the Dark team gets a big break. To find online-only features, visit newyorker.com/season3. And to get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.
Episode 7: Innocent in My Eyes
03-09-2024
Episode 7: Innocent in My Eyes
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. To find online-only features, visit newyorker.com/season3. And to get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.
Episode 8: On Trial
10-09-2024
Episode 8: On Trial
The case against the squad leader, Frank Wuterich, finally goes to trial. To find online-only features, visit newyorker.com/season3. And to get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.
Episode 9: Patient #8
17-09-2024
Episode 9: Patient #8
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. To find online-only features, visit newyorker.com/season3.Share your thoughts on In The Dark. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey.https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2
Bonus: “Cleared by Fire”
27-09-2024
Bonus: “Cleared by Fire”
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. Share your thoughts on In The Dark. As a token of our appreciation, you will be eligible to enter a prize drawing up to $1,000 after you complete the survey.https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/76152?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=4&uCHANNELLINK=2

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Season Two: The Trailer
16-04-2018
Season Two: The Trailer
Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime. For 21 years, Flowers has maintained his innocence. He's won appeal after appeal, but every time, the prosecutor just tries the case again. What does the evidence reveal? And how can the justice system ignore the prosecutor's record and keep Flowers on death row?
S2 E1: July 16, 1996
01-05-2018
S2 E1: July 16, 1996
On the morning of July 16, 1996, someone walked into a furniture store in downtown Winona, Mississippi, and murdered four employees. Each was shot in the head. It was perhaps the most shocking crime the small town had ever seen. Investigators charged a man named Curtis Flowers with the murders. What followed was a two-decade legal odyssey in which Flowers was tried six times for the same crime. He remains on death row, though some people believe he's innocent. For the second season of In the Dark, we spent a year digging into the Flowers case. We found a town divided by race and a murder conviction supported by questionable evidence. And it all began that summer morning in 1996 with a horrifying crime scene that left investigators puzzled.
S2 E2: The Route
01-05-2018
S2 E2: The Route
The case against Curtis Flowers relies heavily on three threads of evidence: the route he allegedly walked the morning of the murders, the gun that investigators believe he used, and the people he supposedly confessed to in jail. In this episode, we meet the witnesses who said they saw Flowers walking through downtown Winona, Mississippi, the morning of the murders. Some of their stories now waver on key details.
S2 E3: The Gun
08-05-2018
S2 E3: The Gun
Investigators never found the gun used to kill four people at Tardy Furniture. Yet the gun, and the bullets matched to it, became a key piece of evidence against Curtis Flowers. In this episode, we examine the strange histories of the gun and the man who owned it.
S2 E4: The Confessions
15-05-2018
S2 E4: The Confessions
Over the years, three inmates have claimed that Curtis Flowers confessed to them that he killed four people at the Tardy Furniture store. But they've all changed their stories at one time or another. In this episode, we investigate who's really telling the truth.
S2 E5: Privilege
22-05-2018
S2 E5: Privilege
No witness has been more important to the prosecution's case against Curtis Flowers than Odell Hallmon. He testified in four trials that Flowers had confessed to him while the two men were in prison together. Hallmon has an astonishingly long criminal history that includes repeated charges for drug dealing, assault, and robbery. So how reliable is his testimony and did he receive anything in exchange for it? In this episode, we investigate the veracity of the prosecution's star witness.
S2 E6: Punishment
29-05-2018
S2 E6: Punishment
Odell Hallmon, the state's key witness in the Curtis Flowers case, is serving three consecutive life sentences. We wondered what he might say now that there are no deals to cut, and he will spend the rest of his days in prison. Would he stick to his story that Flowers had confessed to the Tardy Furniture murders? We wrote him letters and sent him a friend request on Facebook. Weeks went by and we heard nothing. And then, one day, he wrote back.
S2 E7: The Trials of Curtis Flowers
05-06-2018
S2 E7: The Trials of Curtis Flowers
There's one critical aspect of the Curtis Flowers case that we haven't looked at yet -- the makeup of the juries. Each of the four times Flowers was convicted, the jury was all white or nearly all white. So we decided to look more closely at why so few black jurors had been selected. And it wasn't always happenstance.