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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 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.

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  • 21 episodes
  • Updated Oct 28, 2025

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  • Oct 28, 2025 · 59 min

    Blood Relatives, Episode 2

    Heidi visits an unlikely group of detectives: the victims’ extended family. Their sleuthing upended the police’s original theory of the case.  New Yorker subscribers get full, ad-free access to “Blood Relatives” and every season of In the Dark. In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit <a href="http://newyorker.com/dark">newyorker.com/dark</a> to subscribe and listen in the New Yorker app. In the Dark has merch! Buy speci

  • Oct 28, 2025 · 49 min

    Blood Relatives, Episode 1

    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.  New Yorker subscribers get full, ad-free access to “Blood Relatives” and every season of In the Dark. In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit <a href="http://newyorker.com/dark">new

  • Oct 21, 2025 · 2 min

    Trailer: Blood Relatives

    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.  New Yorker subscribers get full, ad-free access to “Blood Relatives” and every season of In the Dark. In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit <a href="http://newyorker.com/dark">newyorker.com/dark</a

  • Oct 8, 2025 · 48 min

    Season 2 Update: Five Years Later

    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.  New Yorker subscribers get new In the Dark episodes early and ad-free. Subscribe today at <a href="http://newyorker.com/dark">newyorker.com/dark</a>.  In the Dark has merch! Buy hats, T-shirts, and totes at <a href="http://store.newyorker.com">store.ne

  • Aug 6, 2024 · 45 min

    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 of the killings.  To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.

  • Jul 30, 2024 · 39 min

    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 keeping secret.  To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.

  • Jul 30, 2024 · 46 min

    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 family was killed?  To get episodes early and ad-free, visit newyorker.com/dark.

  • Jul 16, 2024 · 2 min

    Trailer: Season 3

    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. 

  • Feb 6, 2024 · 48 min

    The Runaway Princesses, Episode 2: Escape

    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 <a href="http://newyorker.com/dark">newyorker.com/dark</a> to subscribe.

  • Jan 30, 2024 · 43 min

    The Runaway Princesses, Episode 1: Sisters

    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 <a href="http://newyorker.com/dark">newyorker.com/dark</a> to subscribe.

  • Jan 23, 2024 · 3 min

    Trailer: The Runaway Princesses

    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 behi

  • May 6, 2020 · 33 min

    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's what inmates at Mississippi's infamous Parchman prison have been wondering for six weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 30, 2020 · 43 min

    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 do church during a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Apr 23, 2020 · 3 min

    Trailer: Coronavirus in the Delta

    A new limited-run series from In the Dark, reporting on Covid-19 in the Mississippi Delta. Episodes every Thursday, beginning April 30. Support journalism with a donation to In the Dark.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Sep 7, 2016 · 40 min

    Season 1, Episode 2: The Circle

    When Jacob Wetterling was taken, authorities launched what would turn into one of the largest searches for any missing person in the history of the United States. But that first night, law enforcement didn't cover all the basics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Sep 7, 2016 · 37 min

    Season 1, Episode 1: The Crime

    The abduction of Jacob Wetterling, which made parents more vigilant and led to the first national requirement that states track sex offenders via registries, took place before moonrise on a warm October night in 1989. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices