50 episodes

Serial investigative journalism, with host Madeleine Baran and a team of reporters. Season 1 looked at the abduction of Jacob Wetterling in rural Minnesota and the accountability of sheriffs in solving crime. Season 2 examined the case of Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for the same crime. Also, a special report on COVID-19 in the Mississippi Delta.

In The Dark The New Yorker

    • True Crime
    • 4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

Serial investigative journalism, with host Madeleine Baran and a team of reporters. Season 1 looked at the abduction of Jacob Wetterling in rural Minnesota and the accountability of sheriffs in solving crime. Season 2 examined the case of Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for the same crime. Also, a special report on COVID-19 in the Mississippi Delta.

    The Runaway Princesses, Episode 1: Sisters

    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 newyorker.com/dark to subscribe.

    • 38 min
    The Runaway Princesses, Episode 2: Escape

    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 newyorker.com/dark to subscribe.

    • 43 min
    The Runaway Princesses, Episode 3: A Nice Lunch

    The Runaway Princesses, Episode 3: A Nice Lunch

    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.

    • 32 min
    The Runaway Princesses, Episode 4: Hostage

    The Runaway Princesses, Episode 4: Hostage

     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.

    • 45 min
    Trailer: The Runaway Princesses

    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 behind palace walls, revealing a story of astonishing courage and cruelty."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.

    • 3 min
    Want all episodes of The Runaway Princesses today?

    Want all episodes of The Runaway Princesses today?

    New episodes of “The Runaway Princesses” will drop each week in the In the Dark feed. But if you want to listen right away, you can get the whole series now. Just visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe for $1/week.If you’re already a New Yorker subscriber, download the app for iOS or Android to listen.

    • 1 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
25.9K Ratings

25.9K Ratings

Catzi72 ,

Wow - this is captivating

The story telling is amazing. From the beginning to the end, you can feel the intensity and urgency. This should be a motion picture!!

Crazy Tibetan yak ,

Better journalists

So these journalists did much better job than the police and DA of that county

PodcastJuncy ,

Thank you

Thank you to the journalists who decided to investigate the conviction of Curtis Flowers and did a better job than anyone who had been on the case previously. Thank you for your dedication that resulted in an innocent man finally going free. You both were persistent despite being verbally abused by some of the people you interviewed. God’s work I say.

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