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Season 2 Update: Five Years Later

Season 2 Update: Five Years Later

Update: 2025-10-081
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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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Season 2 Update: Five Years Later

Season 2 Update: Five Years Later

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