In The Dark

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TRUE CRIME
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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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Madeleine Baran

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4 days ago

Kyoostar1

This podcast is incredible! Well researched, beautifully produced, excellent host. I feel so much smarter and well informed. And I look at the military in a whole different light. I never would have known anything about the true story.
Amazing Podcast

6 days ago

wondwrsofyaz

I truly admire the lengths the journalists go through to find the truth. Season 3 is a work of art!! That you for being so diligent. Prayers to the family. Best podcast ever
Best podcast of all time

Nov 6

lytlee11

Season two is absolutely amazing. It’s exactly what true crime needs to be and should aim to accomplish. Incredible work.
Just stop

Nov 13

MylissaR

There’s always an agenda with the left. Deceptive, fake agendas to make things something they aren’t.

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.