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On November 19, 2005, a small group of U.S. Marines killed twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The case against them would become one of the most high-profile war-crimes prosecutions in American history, and then it would all fall apart. On Season 3 of the New Yorker investigative podcast, Madeleine Baran and the In the Dark team examine what happened that day in Haditha—and why no one was held accountable. Read more»
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The Haditha Massacre Photos That the Military Didn’t Want the World to See

When U.S. Marines killed twenty-four people in an Iraqi town, they also recorded the aftermath of their actions. For years, the military tried to keep these photos from the public.

By Madeleine Baran

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This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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Season 1

Eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling disappeared in October, 1989. Why did it take nearly twenty-seven years to solve the crime?
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Ben Depp

Season 2

A Black man on death row in Mississippi spent more than twenty years fighting for his life. A white prosecutor was trying just as hard to execute him.

The Runaway Princesses

Episode 1: Sisters

By Madeleine Baran and Heidi Blake

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

Episode 2: Escape

By Madeleine Baran and Heidi Blake

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

Episode 3: A Nice Lunch

By Madeleine Baran and Heidi Blake

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

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