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 roya...
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Episodes (80)
The Journey, Episode 1: Gifts
Sep 15, 2026
Trailer: The Journey
Sep 8, 2026
Blood Relatives, Episode 6
Nov 25, 2025
Blood Relatives, Episode 5
Nov 18, 2025
Blood Relatives, Episode 4
Nov 11, 2025
Blood Relatives, Episode 3
Nov 4, 2025
Blood Relatives, Episode 2
Oct 28, 2025
Blood Relatives, Episode 1
Oct 28, 2025
Trailer: Blood Relatives
Oct 21, 2025
Season 2 Update: Five Years Later
Oct 8, 2025
From The New Yorker Radio Hour: Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
Mar 11, 2025
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and the Future of American War-Crimes Prosecutions
Nov 22, 2024
Presenting “Sold a Story”
Nov 19, 2024
Your Season 3 Questions, Answered
Nov 12, 2024
Season 3 Bonus: “Cleared by Fire”
Sep 27, 2024
Season 3, Episode 9: Patient #8
Sep 17, 2024
Season 3, Episode 8: On Trial
Sep 10, 2024
Season 3, Episode 7: Innocent in My Eyes
Sep 3, 2024
Season 3, Episode 6: The Full Picture
Aug 27, 2024
Season 3, Episode 5: Four Brothers
Aug 20, 2024
Season 3, Episode 4: What They Saw
Aug 13, 2024
Season 3, Episode 3: Sounds Like Murder
Aug 6, 2024
Season 3, Episode 2: I Have Questions
Jul 30, 2024
Season 3, Episode 1: The Green Grass
Jul 30, 2024
Start Listening to Season 3 Today
Jul 23, 2024
Trailer: Season 3
Jul 16, 2024
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 4: Hostage
Feb 20, 2024
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 3: A Nice Lunch
Feb 13, 2024
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 2: Escape
Feb 6, 2024
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 1: Sisters
Jan 30, 2024
Want all episodes of The Runaway Princesses today?
Jan 25, 2024
Trailer: The Runaway Princesses
Jan 23, 2024
An Announcement
Mar 9, 2023
Introducing: Sent Away
Mar 8, 2022
Introducing: Sent Away
Mar 8, 2022
Introducing: Sent Away
Mar 8, 2022
Introducing: In Front of Our Eyes from MPR News
Mar 30, 2021
Season 2, Episode 20: Curtis Flowers
Oct 14, 2020
Season 2, Episode 19: Freedom
Sep 4, 2020
Coronavirus in the Delta, Episode 6: Delta State
Jun 11, 2020
Coronavirus in the Delta, Episode 5: Geno
May 28, 2020
Coronavirus in the Delta, Episode 4: Watermelon Slim
May 21, 2020
Coronavirus in the Delta, Episode 3: The Hospital
May 14, 2020
Coronavirus in the Delta, Episode 2: Parchman
May 6, 2020
Coronavirus in the Delta, Episode 1: Greenville
Apr 30, 2020
Trailer: Coronavirus in the Delta
Apr 23, 2020
Season 2, Episode 18: The Recusal
Jan 6, 2020
Season 2, Episode 17: Home
Dec 22, 2019
Season 2, Episode 16: A Hearing
Dec 16, 2019
Season 2, Episode 15: Revelations
Jul 2, 2019