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The New Yorker

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.…

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Season 2 Update: Curtis Flowers Has Died
2026-10-09 · 9 min
 We received tragic news this week from Winona, Mississippi. Curtis Flowers was found dead in his home at age fifty-six.  Photo by Ben Depp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
The Journey, Episode 4: The Courts
2026-10-06 · 56 min
One of the surrogates secretly takes home the baby she carried. And, in an unprecedented circumstance, it seems like she might have the chance to keep her.  New Yorker subscribers get early, a...
The Journey, Episode 3: The Industry
2026-09-29 · 59 min
It takes a village to create such a large family. Ava uncovers how the stunning lack of regulation in the surrogacy industry enabled the couple’s plans. New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free ac...
The Journey, Episode 2: Intended Parents
2026-09-22 · 58 min
Ava investigates what is going on inside the Arcadia mansion. What is the couple actually up to? And why do they want so many kids?  New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free access to “The Jo...
The Journey, Episode 1: Gifts
2026-09-15 · 59 min
A woman in Texas agrees to carry a child for a wealthy couple in California. She thinks she’s helping a family in need. Then she becomes a whistle-blower. New Yorker subscribers get early, ad-free ...
Trailer: The Journey
2026-09-08 · 3 min
Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? A five-part series from In the Dark, hosted by the New Yorker staff writer Ava Kofman, investigates. New Yorker subscribers get ...
Blood Relatives, Episode 2
2025-10-28 · 60 min
Heidi visits an unlikely group of detectives: the victims’ extended family. Their sleuthing upended the police’s original theory of the case.  New Yorker subscribers get full, ad-free access to ...
Blood Relatives, Episode 1
2025-10-28 · 50 min
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 New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake finds that almo...
Trailer: Blood Relatives
2025-10-21 · 3 min
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? “Blood Relatives,” a six-part series from In the Dark, i...
Season 2 Update: Five Years Later
2025-10-08 · 49 min
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, Mississippi, where his saga began. What brought him home, and ho...

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