In The Dark

4.6 (27K)
TRUE CRIME
SERIES

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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Brave

Nov 23

emkrause02

The reporting for this podcast, specifically season 3 is so brave. We need these stories. We need to hear the other side that our MSM and government don’t want us to hear. Parts were so difficult to listen to, but I’m grateful for the stories told.
Sex offender sympathizer

6 days ago

AL_GORE

Great podcast until they became a sex offender sympathizer.
Astonishing

Nov 20

Frizwhisperer

I listen to quite a few podcasts each week and I stumbled across season three a while back. I’ve rarely experienced reporting like this. Madeline is an incredible interviewer and a journalist who takes the time to pull the threads that lead to details in cases that no one else in the press seems to have found. I can’t wait for more. Thank you, Madeline.
The Flowers season that never ends.

Nov 23

Bschora

Ugh. At Episode 9, “Next week will be our final episode…”. At Episode 10, “Next week will be our final episode…”. There’s EIGHTEEN episodes. It’s very, very long. Zzz. Episode 11 is called, “The End”. Episode 12 should be called, “The End End”. 13, “The End End End”.

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.