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Illustration of a man wearing a suit standing in the wreckage of a home.
Long-form investigative journalism, hosted by Madeleine Baran.

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In the Dark

Episode 4: What They Saw

Two conflicting stories about what happened that day emerge—one from the Marines involved in the killings, and another from a very different perspective.
In the Dark

Episode 3: Sounds Like Murder

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

Season 3

The New Yorker investigative podcast examines the killings of twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and asks why no one was held accountable for the crime.
In the Dark

Episode 2: I Have Questions

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

Episode 1: The Green Grass

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

In the Dark’s New Season Examines a Crime That Went Unpunished

The New Yorker investigative podcast asks why one of the most high-profile war-crimes prosecutions in U.S. history failed to deliver justice.
In the Dark

Episode 4: Hostage

Latifa was captured and returned to Dubai. Secret recordings shed light on her desperate fate.
In the Dark

Episode 3: A Nice Lunch

Aboard a yacht in the Arabian Sea, Latifa was briefly free. Then commandos stormed the boat.
In the Dark

Episode 2: Escape

After Princess Shamsa was caught trying to flee her father, Princess Latifa decided to make her own attempt.
In the Dark

Episode 1: Sisters

Why the daughters of the ruler of Dubai decided to escape his control.