Donald Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense caught the attention of the In the Dark team. Hegseth,... more

In the Dark presents the first episode of “Sold a Story,” an award-winning investigative podcast that is changing how children... more

Was it scary to knock on all those Marines’ doors? What was it like to report in Iraq? Is it... more

For the past year, the Interactives Department at The New Yorker has been working alongside In the Dark on a... more

For years, we’d thought what everyone thought: that there were twenty-four civilians killed by Marines in Haditha on November 19,... more

The case against the squad leader, Frank Wuterich, finally goes to trial.  To find online-only features, visit newyorker.com/season3. And to get... more

The conflicting narratives about what happened in Haditha make their way through the opaque inner workings of the military justice... more

Startling new information emerges from deep within the investigation files. Then the In the Dark team gets a big break.  To... more

Was it a face-off with insurgents or the murder of four innocent brothers? We investigate what happened in the final... more

Two conflicting stories about what happened that day emerge—one from the Marines involved in the killings, and another from a... more

We travel around the U.S. to find the Marines who were on the ground in Haditha on the day of... more

A trip to a Marine Corps archive reveals a clue about something that the U.S. military is keeping secret.  To get... more

A man in Haditha, Iraq, has a request for the In the Dark team: Can you investigate how my family... more

Episodes 1 and 2 of our new season are coming out on July 30th, but subscribers can listen to episodes... more

A crime committed. A crime forgotten. A crime unpunished. Season 3 of In the Dark, coming July 30th. Listen early and... more

Secret recordings reveal what happened to Latifa after armed men stormed the yacht she was hoping would bring her to... more

Latifa has made it to international waters, but she’s not out of danger. Her father has powerful forces at his... more

Princess Latifa is desperate to help her sister Shamsa, who’s been captured, drugged, and imprisoned on her father’s orders. She... more

As sex workers flee Sheikh Mohammed’s U.K. estate bruised and weeping, no one is held to account. British authorities look... more

The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed’s family... more

Big news! In the Dark has a new home and a new team of partners. The podcast now comes to... more

During three years investigating the Curtis Flowers case, we’d talked to nearly everyone involved: lawyers, witnesses, jurors, family members, investigators,... more

After 24 years, the case against Curtis Flowers is finally over. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch asks the judge to... more

College football is practically a religion in Mississippi. And for the players, it's life. As Covid-19 upended their world, the... more

As the coronavirus swept into the Mississippi Delta, a judge in the small city of Indianola decided to release every... more

In the middle of a pandemic, with so many people suffering alone, it seemed an appropriate time to hear from... more

The doctors and nurses at Greenwood Leflore Hospital brace for the pandemic, cordoning off their ICU and preparing for an... more

How do you self-isolate when your home is a single room that you share with 107 men? That's what inmates... more

A storm hits Greenville just in time for Easter. Two pastors and a mayor clash over how to do church... more

A new limited-run series from In the Dark, reporting on Covid-19 in the Mississippi Delta. Episodes every Thursday, beginning April... more

District Attorney Doug Evans has prosecuted Curtis Flowers for 23 years and six trials. Now he says he's done.

After almost 23 years, Curtis Flowers is no longer behind bars. For his family, it's a long-awaited reunion. But not... more

After nearly 23 years locked up, Curtis Flowers has a chance to get out on bail -- if his lawyers... more

It's been 11 days since the U.S. Supreme Court threw out Curtis Flowers' conviction. But the story didn't end there.... more

On Friday, June 21, after months of deliberation, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion in the Curtis Flowers... more

After nearly nine years of appeals of his sixth trial, Curtis Flowers finally had his case argued before the U.S.... more

We resume Season Two with the U.S. Supreme Court weighing Curtis Flowers' case. We preview oral arguments and delve into... more

We answer your questions and report on a fire in Winona.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Curtis Flowers' appeal. Now the justices will examine if District Attorney Doug... more

In Season 1 of our podcast, we reported that the Jacob Wetterling case was a botched investigation. Just yesterday, law... more

Two months after the season ended, we return to Winona to see what has changed. Turns out, a lot. Curtis... more

For the last episode of the season, we went to meet Jeffery Armstrong, who, a few years after Curtis Flowers... more

Prosecutors have always said that Curtis Flowers was the only serious suspect in the Tardy Furniture investigation. But we found... more

After re-examining the case, we'd found no direct evidence linking Curtis Flowers to the murders at Tardy Furniture. But we... more

After investigating every aspect of the Curtis Flowers case, we were nearly ready to present what we'd found to District... more

There's one critical aspect of the Curtis Flowers case that we haven't looked at yet -- the makeup of the... more

Odell Hallmon, the state's key witness in the Curtis Flowers case, is serving three consecutive life sentences. We wondered what... more

No witness has been more important to the prosecution's case against Curtis Flowers than Odell Hallmon. He testified in four... more

Over the years, three inmates have claimed that Curtis Flowers confessed to them that he killed four people at the... more

Investigators never found the gun used to kill four people at Tardy Furniture. Yet the gun, and the bullets matched... more

The case against Curtis Flowers relies heavily on three threads of evidence: the route he allegedly walked the morning of... more

On the morning of July 16, 1996, someone walked into a furniture store in downtown Winona, Mississippi, and murdered four... more

Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime. For 21 years, Flowers has maintained his innocence. He's... more

The sentencing of Danny Heinrich on Nov. 21, 2016, brought to a close the 27-year investigation into the abduction and... more

When Danny Heinrich confessed in court on Sept. 6 to abducting and murdering Jacob Wetterling and assaulting Jared Scheierl 27... more

In November 2012, a police officer named Tom Decker was shot and killed in Cold Spring, Minn., after getting out... more

Soon after the abduction and murder of Jacob Wetterling in 1989, Stearns County sheriff's investigators came face to face with... more

In the 1970s and early '80s, missing children weren't considered a policing priority. You couldn't even enter missing child information... more

Dan Rassier now wishes he'd insisted that police search his family's St. Joseph farm top to bottom the night Jacob... more

The Wetterling abduction story kept getting bigger as the case served as a conduit for public fear and grief. Capitalizing... more

The closest you can get to a conversation with Jacob Wetterling about his abduction is to talk to Jared Scheierl.... more

When Jacob Wetterling was taken, authorities launched what would turn into one of the largest searches for any missing person... more

The abduction of Jacob Wetterling, which made parents more vigilant and led to the first national requirement that states track... more

After he disappeared nearly 27 years ago, Jacob Wetterling's remains have been found. Why did it take so long?