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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27,044 Ratings

Incredible work

2d ago

Megkatdee

What an incredible piece of investigative journalism. My heart breaks for all the families in this story. The lack of humanity and accountability by the Marines, while not surprising, shows how the military dehumanizes people. I have no doubt that being in a war zone is stressful and people will make mistakes but this is not one of those instances and the survivors and families deserve justice.
Genius investigators

3d ago

devil zilla

No investigative podcast comes close. I have no idea why season 2 isn’t the most famous podcast season of all time. A podcast that caused action at the highest level of the judiciary. Especially considering the ending. You know, the thing Serial didn’t bother to include.
Investigative Journalism

Apr 30

Lucie Moulton

All three seasons were superb. What a fantastic team of people investigating these stories. There were times that I had to pause these stories as I was about to walk into an interview, a grocery store, or a coffee with a friend. The tears, the injustice, the details all made these podcasts incredible. Bravo to the team.
It’s the Serial effect

3d ago

Grecoisdead

Everything tries to be Serial now, I don’t care about your feelings, your hard time finding a place, how long it takes you to get information requested. I don’t care about any of that. Just tell the story.

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.