Jacob WetterlingPosts Tagged “Jacob Wetterling”2 postsPodcast EpisodeMarch 17, 202627 Years in the Dark: How Podcasts Documented Jacob Wetterling's CaseJacob Wetterling was 11 years old when he vanished while cycling home from a convenience store in rural Minnesota in October 1989. Twenty-seven years later, DNA evidence and a confessional plea deal would finally reveal what happened to him—and podcasters would document every twist of this watershed case.In the DarkSpotifyJacob Wetterling+28Podcast EpisodeMay 26, 2025In the Dark: How a Podcast Exposed Systemic Justice FailuresSince launching in September 2016, *In the Dark* has become one of the most consequential true crime podcasts, using meticulous investigative journalism to examine not the crimes themselves, but the systemic failures that allow injustice to persist. Now produced by *The New Yorker* and Condé Nast Entertainment, the series has prompted legislative reform and overturned convictions.PodcastUnsolved caseTrial+31
