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 in 2024, it released “The Runaway Princesses,” a four-part series that asks why the women in Dubai’s royal family keep trying to run away. Season 3, released in 2024, asked why no one was punished for the killings of twenty-five civilians in Haditha, Iraq. In the Dark won the Pulitzer Prize for audio for Season 3. The podcast is a three-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. New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free access. In Apple Podcasts, tap the link at the top of the feed to subscribe or link an existing subscription. Or visit newyorker.com/dark to subscribe and listen in the New Yorker app. If you have comments or story tips, please send them to inthedark@newyorker.com.
What this show covers
surrogacyinvestigationtrue crimemysteryobituary updateCurtis FlowersSeason 2Winona Mississippifamily lawcustody disputereproductive ethicsfamilyregulationindustryArcadia mansion
What listeners will find here
A brief, somber update on the death of Curtis Flowers
Curtis Flowers has died at age 56 after being found dead in his home in Winona, Mississippi. This episode appears to be a short, tragic update centered on that news and its immediate significance.
A surrogate takes the baby home—and the courts may let her keep her
A surrogate secretly takes home the baby she carried, setting up an extraordinary legal fight. This episode turns on a rare possibility: that she may actually have a chance to keep the child.
How weak oversight in surrogacy shaped a family’s plans
This episode turns to the surrogacy industry and the lack of regulation surrounding it. Ava examines how that gap in oversight made the couple’s plans possible, widening the story from one family to the system around them.
Inside Arcadia: Why the Couple Wants So Many Children
Ava digs deeper into the Arcadia mansion to figure out what the couple is really doing and why they want so many kids. This episode pushes the mystery forward by focusing on motive, secrecy, and what may be happening behind closed doors.
A notorious British family murder case gets a fresh, unsettling reexamination
This trailer introduces Blood Relatives, a six-part In the Dark series about one of Britain’s most infamous crimes: five family members murdered and a sixth imprisoned for life. The central question is whether the justice system got it wrong.
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