Podcast season 2 · True Crime
In the Dark S2
In the Dark · APM Reports
A model investigative season: rigorous enough to challenge the official case and humane enough to keep the people harmed by it in view.
LR score 94 · 1 published rating
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What you’re committing to
- Work
- Self-contained season 2
- Release
- Complete
- Episodes
- 20 verified main-run episodes
- Count scope
- This is a verified main-run count, not an all-published feed total; bonus, update, trailer, and epilogue items may be excluded.
- Facts reviewed
- July 21, 2026
- Editorial review
- July 22, 2026
Listening Record verdict
Why we recommend it
The reporting does more than retell the Curtis Flowers prosecutions; it examines how evidence, racial bias, and prosecutorial power reinforced one another, making the season especially useful for listeners who value method over sensational revelation.
Best for: Listeners seeking patient reporting about wrongful conviction, prosecutorial power, and the mechanics of reinvestigation.
Not for: Listeners looking for a light mystery or an escape from detailed discussion of racism, murder, and capital punishment.
Strengths
- Builds its case through painstaking reinvestigation rather than recap.
- Connects individual evidence failures to broader institutional power.
Caveats
- The subject matter is emotionally demanding and includes sustained attention to racial injustice and the death penalty.
Sensitivity guidance: Contains detailed discussion of murder, racism, wrongful conviction, and capital punishment.
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