In The Dark
Episodes
Blood Relatives, Episode 6
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Bamber has a new opportunity to clear his name. But will the British justice system acknowledge that it might have gotten this famous case wron...
Blood Relatives, Episode 5
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A puzzling clue leads Heidi to a new witness. His story about a phone call made from inside Whitehouse Farm on the morning of the crime threatens the ...
Blood Relatives, Episode 4
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A bloody Bible, propped at an unlikely angle. A manor, locked from the inside. And a silencer, hidden under the stairs, and daubed with blood. Heidi d...
Blood Relatives, Episode 3
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One day, Heidi gets a call from Wakefield Prison, where Jeremy Bamber remains locked up, forty years after the murders. He’s one of the nation’s m...
Blood Relatives, Episode 2
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heidi visits an unlikely group of detectives: the victims’ extended family. Their sleuthing upended the police’s original theory of the case. New...
Blood Relatives, Episode 1
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On August 7, 1985, five family members were shot dead in their English country manor, Whitehouse Farm. It looked like an open-and-shut case. But the N...
Trailer: Blood Relatives
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It’s one of Britain’s most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it wrong? “...
Season 2 Update: Five Years Later
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly twenty-three years behind bars, Curtis Flowers was freed, in part due to In the Dark’s reporting. Now he’s back in Winona, Mississipp...
From The New Yorker Radio Hour: Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Munro, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was perhaps the most acclaimed short-story writer of our time. After her death, last year, her...
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and the Future of American War-Crimes Prosecutions
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense caught the attention of the In the Dark team. Hegseth, formerly a weekend co-host ...
Bonus: Your Season 3 Questions, Answered
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Was it scary to knock on all those Marines’ doors? What was it like to report in Iraq? Is it still possible for any Marines to face consequences for...
Bonus: “Cleared by Fire”
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the past year, the Interactives Department at The New Yorker has been working alongside In the Dark on a remarkable visual exploration of what hap...
Episode 9: Patient #8
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, we’d thought what everyone thought: that there were twenty-four civilians killed by Marines in Haditha on November 19, 2005. But maybe ev...
Episode 8: On Trial
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The case against the squad leader, Frank Wuterich, finally goes to trial. To find online-only features, visit newyorker.com/season3. And to get episo...
Episode 7: Innocent in My Eyes
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The conflicting narratives about what happened in Haditha make their way through the opaque inner workings of the military justice system, until they ...
Episode 6: The Full Picture
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Startling new information emerges from deep within the investigation files. Then the In the Dark team gets a big break. To find online-only features,...
Episode 5: Four Brothers
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Was it a face-off with insurgents or the murder of four innocent brothers? We investigate what happened in the final house the Marines entered that da...
Episode 4: What They Saw
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two conflicting stories about what happened that day emerge—one from the Marines involved in the killings, and another from a very different perspec...
Episode 3: Sounds Like Murder
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We travel around the U.S. to find the Marines who were on the ground in Haditha on the day of the killings. To get episodes early and ad-free, visit ...
Episode 2: I Have Questions
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A trip to a Marine Corps archive reveals a clue about something that the U.S. military is keeping secret. To get episodes early and ad-free, visit ne...
Episode 1: The Green Grass
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team: Can you investigate how my family was killed? To get episodes early and ad-free, visi...
Start Listening to Season 3 Today
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episodes 1 and 2 of our new season are coming out on July 30th, but subscribers can listen to episodes early. If you aren’t currently a New Yorker s...
Trailer
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A crime committed. A crime forgotten. A crime unpunished.Season 3 of In the Dark, coming July 30th. Listen early and ad-free at newyorker.com/dark. ...
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 4: Hostage
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Secret recordings reveal what happened to Latifa after armed men stormed the yacht she was hoping would bring her to freedom."The Runaway Princesses...
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 3: A Nice Lunch
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 2: Escape
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
The Runaway Princesses, Episode 1: Sisters
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
Trailer: The Runaway Princesses
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
An Announcement
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Big news! In the Dark has a new home and a new team of partners. The podcast now comes to you from The New Yorker—the legendary home of extraordinar...
S2 E20: Curtis Flowers
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During three years investigating the Curtis Flowers case, we’d talked to nearly everyone involved: lawyers, witnesses, jurors, family members, inves...
S2 E19: Freedom
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After 24 years, the case against Curtis Flowers is finally over. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch asks the judge to dismiss the charges against...
Coronavirus in the Delta E6: Delta State
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
College football is practically a religion in Mississippi. And for the players, it's life. As Covid-19 upended their world, the teammates at Delta Sta...
Coronavirus in the Delta E5: Geno
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the coronavirus swept into the Mississippi Delta, a judge in the small city of Indianola decided to release every inmate she had in jail. That is, ...
Coronavirus in the Delta E4: Watermelon Slim
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the middle of a pandemic, with so many people suffering alone, it seemed an appropriate time to hear from a Delta blues singer. Enter Watermelon Sl...
Coronavirus in the Delta E3: The Hospital
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The doctors and nurses at Greenwood Leflore Hospital brace for the pandemic, cordoning off their ICU and preparing for an influx of patients. Then the...
Coronavirus in the Delta E2: Parchman
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you self-isolate when your home is a single room that you share with 107 men? That's what inmates at Mississippi's infamous Parchman prison hav...
Coronavirus in the Delta E1: Greenville
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A storm hits Greenville just in time for Easter. Two pastors and a mayor clash over how to do church during a pandemic. Learn about your ad choices...
Coronavirus in the Delta: The Trailer
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A new limited-run series from In the Dark, reporting on Covid-19 in the Mississippi Delta. Episodes every Thursday, beginning April 30. Support journa...
S2 E18: The Recusal
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
District Attorney Doug Evans has prosecuted Curtis Flowers for 23 years and six trials. Now he says he's done. Learn about your ad choices: dovetai...
S2 E17: Home
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After almost 23 years, Curtis Flowers is no longer behind bars. For his family, it's a long-awaited reunion. But not everyone in Winona is happy. L...
S2 E16: A Hearing
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly 23 years locked up, Curtis Flowers has a chance to get out on bail -- if his lawyers can convince the judge to rule in his favor. Lear...
S2 E15: Revelations
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been 11 days since the U.S. Supreme Court threw out Curtis Flowers' conviction. But the story didn't end there. In recent days, there have been t...
S2 E14: The Decision
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, June 21, after months of deliberation, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion in the Curtis Flowers case. In a 7-2 ruling, the just...
S2 E13: Oral Arguments
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly nine years of appeals of his sixth trial, Curtis Flowers finally had his case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue was whether ...
S2 E12: Before the Court
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We resume Season Two with the U.S. Supreme Court weighing Curtis Flowers' case. We preview oral arguments and delve into the allegations at the heart ...
S2 Update: Q&A + A Fire in Winona
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We answer your questions and report on a fire in Winona. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
S2 Update: SCOTUS Takes the Case
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Curtis Flowers' appeal. Now the justices will examine if District Attorney Doug Evans had a history of racia...
S1 Update: The Wetterling File
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Season 1 of our podcast, we reported that the Jacob Wetterling case was a botched investigation. Just yesterday, law enforcement acknowledged it to...
S2 Update: Back to Winona
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Two months after the season ended, we return to Winona to see what has changed. Turns out, a lot. Curtis Flowers' mother has died. The whole town is t...
S2 E11: The End
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For the last episode of the season, we went to meet Jeffery Armstrong, who, a few years after Curtis Flowers first went to prison, found what might ha...
S2 E10: Discovery
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Prosecutors have always said that Curtis Flowers was the only serious suspect in the Tardy Furniture investigation. But we found a document showing th...
S2 E9: Why Curtis?
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After re-examining the case, we'd found no direct evidence linking Curtis Flowers to the murders at Tardy Furniture. But we had one lingering question...
S2 E8: The D.A.
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After investigating every aspect of the Curtis Flowers case, we were nearly ready to present what we'd found to District Attorney Doug Evans. But firs...
S2 E7: The Trials of Curtis Flowers
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There's one critical aspect of the Curtis Flowers case that we haven't looked at yet -- the makeup of the juries. Each of the four times Flowers was c...
S2 E6: Punishment
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Odell Hallmon, the state's key witness in the Curtis Flowers case, is serving three consecutive life sentences. We wondered what he might say now that...
S2 E5: Privilege
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
No witness has been more important to the prosecution's case against Curtis Flowers than Odell Hallmon. He testified in four trials that Flowers had c...
S2 E4: The Confessions
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Over the years, three inmates have claimed that Curtis Flowers confessed to them that he killed four people at the Tardy Furniture store. But they've ...
S2 E3: The Gun
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Investigators never found the gun used to kill four people at Tardy Furniture. Yet the gun, and the bullets matched to it, became a key piece of evide...
S2 E2: The Route
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The case against Curtis Flowers relies heavily on three threads of evidence: the route he allegedly walked the morning of the murders, the gun that in...
S2 E1: July 16, 1996
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the morning of July 16, 1996, someone walked into a furniture store in downtown Winona, Mississippi, and murdered four employees. Each was shot in ...
Season Two: The Trailer
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime. For 21 years, Flowers has maintained his innocence. He's won appeal after appeal, but ever...
S1 Update: A Sentencing, A Demand, No Closure
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The sentencing of Danny Heinrich on Nov. 21, 2016, brought to a close the 27-year investigation into the abduction and murder of Jacob Wetterling. But...
S1 E9: The Truth
25 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When Danny Heinrich confessed in court on Sept. 6 to abducting and murdering Jacob Wetterling and assaulting Jared Scheierl 27 years ago, investigator...
S1 E8: What's Going on Down There?
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2012, a police officer named Tom Decker was shot and killed in Cold Spring, Minn., after getting out of his car to check on a man who live...
S1 E7: This Quiet Place
11 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Soon after the abduction and murder of Jacob Wetterling in 1989, Stearns County sheriff's investigators came face to face with his killer, Danny Heinr...
S1 E6: Stranger Danger
04 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1970s and early '80s, missing children weren't considered a policing priority. You couldn't even enter missing child information into the FBI's...
S1 E5: Person of Interest
27 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Rassier now wishes he'd insisted that police search his family's St. Joseph farm top to bottom the night Jacob Wetterling was abducted. That way, ...
S1 E4: The Circus
20 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Wetterling abduction story kept getting bigger as the case served as a conduit for public fear and grief. Capitalizing on a growing sense that ped...
S1 E3: The One Who Got Away
13 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The closest you can get to a conversation with Jacob Wetterling about his abduction is to talk to Jared Scheierl. Scheierl was walking home from an ic...
S1 E2: The Circle
07 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When Jacob Wetterling was taken, authorities launched what would turn into one of the largest searches for any missing person in the history of the Un...
S1 E1: The Crime
07 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The abduction of Jacob Wetterling, which made parents more vigilant and led to the first national requirement that states track sex offenders via regi...
Season One: The Trailer
29 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After he disappeared nearly 27 years ago, Jacob Wetterling's remains have been found. Why did it take so long? Learn about your ad choices: dovetai...