Season 2 Update: Five Years Later
08 October 2025

Season 2 Update: Five Years Later

In The Dark

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After nearly twenty-three years behind bars, Curtis Flowers was freed, in part due to In the Dark’s reporting. Now he’s back in Winona, Mississippi, where his saga began. What brought him home, and how is he doing? We visited him to find out. 


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