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In The Dark

Serial investigative journalism, with host Madeleine Baran and a team of reporters. Season 1 looked at the abduction of Jacob Wetterling in rural Minnesota and the accountability of sheriffs in solvin... Read more

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Season One: The Trailer

Season One: The Trailer

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

29 Aug 2016

3mins

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S1 E1: The Crime

S1 E1: The Crime

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

7 Sep 2016

36mins

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S1 E2: The Circle

S1 E2: The Circle

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

7 Sep 2016

39mins

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S1 E3: The One Who Got Away

S1 E3: The One Who Got Away

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

13 Sep 2016

46mins

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S1 E4: The Circus

S1 E4: The Circus

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

20 Sep 2016

37mins

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S1 E5: Person of Interest

S1 E5: Person of Interest

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

27 Sep 2016

48mins

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S1 E6: Stranger Danger

S1 E6: Stranger Danger

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

4 Oct 2016

38mins

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S1 E7: This Quiet Place

S1 E7: This Quiet Place

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

11 Oct 2016

41mins

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S1 E8: What's Going on Down There?

S1 E8: What's Going on Down There?

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

18 Oct 2016

47mins

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S1 E9: The Truth

S1 E9: The Truth

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

25 Oct 2016

43mins

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