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 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.
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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 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.
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English
Episodes
Blood Relatives, Episode 2
10/28/2025
Heidi visits an unlikely group of detectives: the victims’ extended family. Their sleuthing upended the police’s original theory of the case.
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Duration:00:54:26
Blood Relatives, Episode 1
10/28/2025
On August 7, 1985, five family members were shot dead in their English country manor, Whitehouse Farm. It looked like an open-and-shut case. But the New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake finds that almost nothing about this story is as it seems.
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Duration:00:45:20
Trailer: Blood Relatives
10/21/2025
Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it wrong? “Blood Relatives,” a six-part series from In the Dark, is coming on October 28th.
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Duration:00:02:42
Season 2 Update: Five Years Later
10/8/2025
After nearly twenty-three years behind bars, Curtis Flowers was freed, in part due to In the Dark’s reporting. Now he’s back in Winona, Mississippi, where his saga began. What brought him home, and how is he doing? We visited him to find out.
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Duration:00:44:26
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and the Future of American War-Crimes Prosecutions
11/22/2024
Donald Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense caught the attention of the In the Dark team. Hegseth, formerly a weekend co-host of “Fox & Friends,” is a longtime supporter of accused American war criminals, and has called Eddie Gallagher, the Navy SEAL who was tried for murder and other crimes, a “war hero.” The reporters Madeleine Baran and Parker Yesko discuss what Hegseth’s appointment could mean for war-crimes prosecutions under the Trump Administration.
Duration:00:25:34
Bonus: Your Season 3 Questions, Answered
11/12/2024
Was it scary to knock on all those Marines’ doors? What was it like to report in Iraq? Is it still possible for any Marines to face consequences for what happened in Haditha? The In the Dark team sits down to answer your questions.
To view the online-only features of Season 3—the photographs, war-crimes database, and interactive documentary—visit newyorker.com/season3.
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Duration:00:41:55
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.
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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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The audio of Frank Wuterich in this episode comes from the podcast “Murder in House Two,” by Michael Epstein.
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
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