Hi, this is Josh Dean, host of Witness Faye to Black.

You may have seen that not long ago, the Peabody Award-winning investigative

podcast, In The Dark, joined the New Yorker.

Now this week, after four years of reporting, in the dark is releasing its third season.

It is the most ambitious story they've done yet. It looks at a shocking crime that was

committed during the war in Iraq, the killings of 24 civilians by U.S. Marines.

Over the course of nine episodes, the podcast reconstructs what happened that day in Haditha

and sheds light on the failure of the U.S. military to bring the men responsible to justice.

Whether you're a fan of true crime or not, this is an astonishing story and some of the best

investigative reporting you'll encounter this year. Now here's the beginning of the best investigative reporting you'll encounter this year.

Now here's the beginning of the first episode of season 3 of in the dark. Two years ago, I went to Iraq to talk to a man about what sounded like a murder.

It had happened almost 17 years earlier. The killing of the man's

sister, his nephew, so many others. 24 people in all. It was a killing that had gone unpunished,

where not a single person had ever gone to prison, a killing committed by U.S. Marines. The man whose family was killed is named Kalad Salmane received. He met me in the lobby of a hotel in the city of Erbil, Iraq.

We headed up to a room with our producer Samara Freemark and our interpreter,

a woman named Ayamuthana. with our producer, Samara Freemark, and our interpreter,

a woman named Ayamathana.

We all sat down.

Mr. Kallard, why don't you sit here?

Okay.

Can I get you a water or a coffee or anything like that?

Some water?

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