I was listening to an episode this morning and now I’m told I have to subscribe. I’ve enjoyed in the dark but resent the bait and switch. Won’t subscribe on principle.

See above. The host needs a raise.

So irritating that you get hooked only to find out the rest of the episodes are for subscribers only on season 3. Boo!!

I hate it so much

The woman with the British accent has been wonderful, really. But we miss the original ladies; Madeleine and crew. It feels like the New Yorker bought In The Dark and gutted the core team that made the podcast special. Heidi is obviously very talented and her stories are wonderfully told and harrowing but I miss the OG's that's all

Ok so I heard about this pod from another pod and I got hooked by the first episode. Third episode in I find out it’s only for subscribers. So for the rest of the season. I take a look at the other seasons and it’s the same. I don’t have money like that so I’ll have to give sad pass unfortunately. This pod gave me counterclock vibes. Guess I’ll stick to listening to them.

Season 2 of in the dark was a life changing listen. I have no words. Amazing reporting. Wow

I love her voice, for one. And I was hooked from the first episode. Justice for Jeremy.

One of the best investigative journalism podcasts I’ve heard. The sheriff’s department is absolutely incompetent and so filled with ego and hubris they cannot apologize for their incompetence and failure to actually listen to people.

You guys are heroes. You’ve uncovered so many facts in each of these cases with determination and charm. Thank you for helping to shed light upon the innocent.

I randomly found the most recent season and I love it. Downfall, all other season are behind a pay wall :( You cld have many more people listening if it wasn’t behind a paywall. Too many other podcasts that are free to bother paying for one

I’m listening to season 2 for the 3rd time, it’s such a powerful story in so many ways. The reporting is excellent, and the situation heart wrenching! Too many innocent people go through this, and the egos that keep them locked away are evil and the total opposite of justice! I listen to a lot of true crime, Serial, Undisclosed, Up and Vanished…the list goes on. Season 2 of In The Dark is my absolute favorite. I’m so grateful for reporters, lawyers, and podcasters that bring this darkness to light, and (if the wheels turn the right way) free innocent people that are abused and discarded by the “system”. I pray we find a better way, and fast!!!!

Top Notch investigating and infuriating injustice!Bingeworthy story telling as if a book I couldn’t put down! This podcast shines a light on the holes in the institutions we rely on.

Didn’t realize only 2 episodes were available for free, I’ve never come across a podcast on here that does that. Offer an ad version, or make it more obvious that only 2 episodes of the season are free. There are too many crime podcasts on here to only have a paid version.

To the point. Well done.

This podcast is so well done. The conflicted emotions it brought out in me were immense. I am appalled by the story. However having a military family I felt guilty for being appalled. A truly horrible and tragic story. Thank you for the story.

Were they able to establish if Jeremy’s father actually called Jeremy for help that evening? Seems like that would be a key piece of evidence.

What it comes down to is the style of the presentation isn’t great. It’s just one person telling a story in a strange format with another person interjecting occasionally with “wow” or “interesting” and other no-value-add stuff. Compared to other investigative podcasts, this one just isn’t as listenable.

Excellent quality work. Truly interesting.

It seems like it could be a decent story, but that it had to be stretched to more episodes. The narrator speaks incredibly slowly, but even more annoying, she will play a tape of someone making a comment, then she will repeat the comment. This happens over and over again. I cannot understand why they don’t simply choose between taped comment and narrator saying the same exact words, instead of giving us both. It is annoying, seems like filler,and really distracts from the story.

Interesting story, but the reporter is so desperate to find a smoking gun that she loses all perspective.

I was captivated for the first couple of episodes and then started to notice little things that showed the Podcaster was a bit biased. Some examples: repeatedly referring to the first detective as Bumbling Rob; stating things as facts even though the interviewee said “I think” or “I’m not really sure, it’s been so long ago”; the giggling like a teenage girl when Jeremy would talk to her and saying “Aww” numerous times. One of the interviewees, I believe cousin Anne’s husband, warned the podcaster not to fall for Jeremy’s charm, but it seems that she didn’t take that advice.

I’m truly blown away by season 6! Amazing journalism and a compelling story. I haven’t been this captivated by a true crime story since In the Dark’s season 2 about Curtis Flowers.

How sad the lengths that institutions will go to to double down on their mistakes instead of just admitting they made mistakes and righting their wrongs. Thank you for the years of painstaking and porous research in the pursuit of justice.

Blown away. Thank you for all your efforts in the pursuit of justice

The Haditha Iraq story will stay with me forever! A must listen!

I enjoyed the first and second seasons and follow up content. You lost me at, what I can imagine is going to be, coming after the military. Just a couple minutes in and I won’t be listening to more. Our military puts their lives on the line and I’m not about to start talking bad about choices they have had to make in terrible situations.

I began listening to Season 1 a couple months ago and made it to episode 5 or 6, then got busy and forgot. Went back to finish the season and the episodes are now designated as “Subscriber Only” (for The New Yorker). Really?? And even for an OLD season?? What a shame.

For those of us who can’t subscribe, why bother teasing us with a few episodes? I guess that’s a good tactic to strong-arm your subscribers, but for the rest of us, we’re barred from participating in what is excellent storytelling. Capitalism wins again.

Great storytelling/reporting. Alittle disappointed there was nothing the New Yorker could have done to help. Seems a bit cruel to get someone’s hopes up and make a profit. However I reckon there was nothing to be done when dealing with a corrupt criminal system besides exposing them and making more folks aware of the miscarriage of justice.

Great reporting, heart breaking story. Shame on the CCRC.

I’m not used to leaving reviews but this podcast was so emotional that I felt the need to leave a 5 star review. You guys are the best, your work was so professional that the ending couldn’t have been better.

Very professional and engaging. Enjoyed this thoroughly.

The level of investigative reporting in this podcast is beyond compare. I am hooked. I was hooked season one, but every season is amazing. Heartbreaking and infuriating and you are right there with her and her team. I also appreciate the season update updates. I was happy to hear how Curtis is doing. Thank you for this incredible work and please keep doing what you’re doing. The world needs more like you.

Very informative. Unfortunately I don’t think this government entity will ever admit any wrongdoing. It will cost them too much…reputation and money. His family took his inheritance. The silencer is very suspicious. The family should not have been allowed in that home. Money makes people ugly. I do hope this gentleman gets an appeal. The structure of the process needs to change. Good job New Yorker! I know I have watched a film about this before…now I need to go watch it again. All I remember is how awful the story was because of those little boys!

Come on now - subscription required to listen to more than two episodes. Lame!

Just finished the latest season of In The Dark and just loved it. Too bad he couldn’t get the ending he wanted but it shows that corruption is everywhere. It doesn’t matter that he’s innocent just let the lies continue

Enjoyed the first season but this subscribers only for the last episodes is just gross.

It was conniving to get us interested in the series, then withhold the final episode unless we subscribe

To give this podcast anything less than 5 stars is patently incorrect. And that goes for all 6 seasons. Excellent podcast all around and I highly recommend it if you have any taste at all.

I’ve written before about the amazing work of Madalen & back again with huge admiration of how she does not guard & has the wisdom to share the mic with other wonderful female investigative journalists. In Season 6 she yields to Heidi Blake and her almost unbelievable- but unfortunately completely believable- story of police failings, complex framings, and the false imprisonment for 40 years of a young confused young man who should have been free to grieve the horrific loss of his entire immediate family. But simplicity is just too much for the simple minded & bumbling keystone cops who sought an “Agatha Christie” story at the behest of obviously jealous more distant relatives possessed by greed. Good work! Great story telling! & Excellent investigative journalism! Btw - the production & editing is captivating & compelling- Brava to those ladies as well!

Heidi Blake’s cadence is genuinely unbearable. The story sounds so interesting but I just cannot get past the way she ends her sentences with the same inflection every single time. Such a bummer because in her non narration/everyday speaking voice, she sounds lovely.

First, to the New Yorker: as a newer listener, I’m asking you to please include the GoFundMe for Curtis Flowers in the show notes of each episode. After everything he endured, he’s received only a token amount from the state of Mississippi, and his GoFundMe still hasn’t even reached its modest $100k goal. If you share it, listeners will donate. And to anyone who hasn’t listened to this podcast yet, I implore you to do so. The wrongful convictions, the corrupt DA (there are barely words to capture the extent of his misconduct), the fabricated witness statements—you have to hear it to believe it. It sounds like something from the early 1900s, yet it unfolded in the 2000s. At the center is a man who was tried over and over again, spent half his life behind bars, and now receives just $50k a year—capped at $500k total—for losing decades of his freedom. It’s shocking, heartbreaking, and makes you question everything about our justice system. And while DA Doug Evans drove this injustice, he didn’t act alone; he was enabled by a system full of people willing to look the other way. And the worst part? Despite everything he did, Evans can’t even be sued because he’s protected as a government official. It’s appalling and infuriating.

Seriously you have to subscribe to finish the series. No thanks.

I’m a latecomer, but the two seasons of this podcast that I’ve listened to so far have made me realize the profound potential of podcast programs. These people are doing the kind of investigative journalism that literally changes lives for people who have been so utterly failed by our broken criminal justice systems. I am beyond moved by their tireless work and exhaustive attention to all the details in these cases. May we all have this kind of compassion for others.

Yes, yes, yes! So well done. The details are just enough to give you the full picture but not too much that you want to fast forward through the fluff. I must also say “free the man, already”.

Just a heads up….you won’t get the full season unless you pay.

Oh my gosh the satisfaction hearing Curtis Flowers cutting up ! Yes thank you season 2 has always stayed with me fantastic job! incredible haunting story !🙌💞💞

So appreciate the thorough doggedness with which you investigated this tragic miscarriage of justice. At once both infuriating and enlightening

I very rarely leave reviews- but Wow! Corruption much Essex police & CRC?! Doesn’t take a genius to see that! Terrifying and disgraceful^100. UK needs the Brit version of The Innocence Project…yesterday! *MAKE THIS SEASON FREE SO THERE’s A BIGGER IMPACT!