The third season of In the Dark, a true crime podcast from The New Yorker, digs up a murder case that many people in power would prefer buried: the killing of at least 24 men, women, and children in Haditha, Iraq, by U.S. Marines in 2005. Only one Marine was ever convicted of a crime in relation to the massacre ("dereliction of duty") and he served no jail time.
Through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits and an impressive amount of gumshoe reporting, In the Dark uncovers details about the incident and the cover-up that are even more disturbing than what was revealed at the time, including the existence of a 25th victim, who died in a military hospital without his family being informed.
