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Lost & Found
Aug 24, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on Pepper Smith’s search for her family and her true identity after being kidnapped at age 4. Originally aired on NBC on June 3, 2011.</p><p> </p><p>Keith catches up with Ronique, who is a mother and grandmother herself now, and asks what it’s like to finally know who her family is after her decades long search for her mother. </p><p>After the Verdict is available now only by subscription to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts. LINK: <a href="https://apple.co/46I5l4x">https://apple.co/46I5l4x</a></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Investigation
Aug 17, 2021 33 min<p>Lester Holt reports on how the investigation into the murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn revealed decades of misconduct across Philadelphia’s criminal justice system.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Fugitive Millionaire
Aug 11, 2021 42 min<p>While living in paradise, a tech giant's neighbor was found dead. Then, suddenly, the entrepreneur extraordinaire was on the run, taunting authorities and tantalizing the press. It was a riveting game of hide-and-seek, but were police chasing the right man? Keith Morrison reports in this Dateline classic. Originally aired on NBC on March 26, 2015.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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As Darkness Fell
Aug 3, 2021 42 min<p>Mark and Mary Beth Harshbarger had a passion for hunting. They were both excellent shots and rarely missed, until one tragic outing changed everything. Keith Morrison reports in this Dateline classic. Originally aired on NBC on April 22, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Lost in Sin City
Jul 28, 2021 41 min<p>Theresa Insana was smart, fashionable and full of faith. But life took a fatal turn when the girl who grew up in Niagara Falls moved to Las Vegas to pursue a career as a casino sales executive. Josh Mankiewicz reports in this Dateline classic. Originally aired on NBC on June 17, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Cliff’s Edge
Jul 27, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, a romantic night out goes terribly wrong when Jody Scharf falls from the edge of a cliff. But was it an accident -- or was she pushed? Chris Jansing reports. Originally aired on NBC on August 12, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Justice for Bonnie
Jul 21, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports from Alaska on a mother’s emotional crusade to find her daughter’s killer. Originally aired on NBC on January 13, 2012.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Deadly Betrayal
Jul 14, 2021 40 min<p>When loving mother Lisa Knoefel is stabbed to death in her home outside Cleveland, her family is shattered. Josh Mankiewicz reports.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Mystery of the Murdered Major
Jul 7, 2021 41 min<p>Army Major David Shannon is executed while asleep in bed. His wife Joan escapes unscathed but doesn’t see the shooter. The crime scene offers few leads until detectives make a bizarre discovery. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on August 12, 2011</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Day She Disappeared
Jul 6, 2021 43 min<p>In this Dateline classic, a missing persons case quickly becomes a homicide investigation. Police have no suspects, but a grieving family has suspicions. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on August 19, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Player
Jun 30, 2021 42 min<p>It was a double murder that was both shocking and puzzling. There were no witnesses, and few clues. The victims were a respected couple. Their son, it turned out, played poker for a living. Could that lifestyle have had something to do with it? Keith Morrison reports in this Dateline classic. Originally aired on NBC on December 28, 2011. </p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Suspicion
Jun 23, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, a loft apartment building in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, is home to an eclectic group of residents. When a wealthy businessman starts working with two of them, a chain of events is set in motion that leaves one of them dead and another arrested for murder. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on February 3, 2012.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Deadly Exposure
Jun 22, 2021 41 min<p>Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning is the cause for hundreds of American deaths every year, but according to police in Lima, Ohio, one of those deaths wasn’t an accident – in this Dateline classic, they say it was murder. Kate Snow reports. Originally aired on NBC on June 24, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Breakout
Jun 15, 2021 41 min<p>When a Kansas prisoner escapes in a van driven by a wife and mother who volunteers at the prison, investigators scramble to track down the pair. Andrea Canning reports.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Crossing the Line
Jun 9, 2021 41 min<p>In this Dateline classic, after a fatal car crash, investigators find a series of revealing text messages that lead them to believe it may not have been an accident. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on November 11, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Pink Gun Mystery
Jun 8, 2021 1h 23m<p>When a complicated Texas love triangle ends in murder, a pink gun leads to an arrest, until new evidence prompts investigators to rethink the case. Josh Mankiewicz reports.</p><p>Josh Mankiewicz catches up with Katie Spielbauer to talk about life after being accused of murder, her remarkable story of manipulation and trauma, and her determination to represent defendants in criminal cases. </p><p>After the Verdict available now only by subscription to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts. LINK: <a href="https://apple.co/3GN9DxD">https://apple.co/3GN9DxD</a></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Goldfinger Mystery
Jun 2, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, California entrepreneurs James and Pamela Fayed live a golden life. In a few short years they turn a fledgling coin company into a gold trading empire. But when Pamela is brutally stabbed to death and it’s captured on tape, questions about her murder reveal a federal fraud investigation and a marriage filled with lies. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 20, 2012.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Deadly Triangle
Jun 1, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, Gary McFarland awakens on a December morning in 1985 to find his father Archie stabbed to death in the driveway. As police arrive Gary suddenly realizes he knows who did it. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on December 30, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Deadly Conspiracy
May 26, 2021 41 min<p>In this Dateline classic, a woman leaves her ailing father for just 15 minutes and during that brief time he is stabbed to death. A buried clue indicates the murder was a conspiracy. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on July 15, 2012.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Secrets by the Bay
May 25, 2021 1h 22m<p>After the body of missing mother Elizabeth Sullivan is discovered nearly two years after she vanished, medical examiners begin to question when she died. Keith Morrison reports.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Kidnapped
May 19, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, 24-year-old Elisa Levy thinks she’s headed to a meeting about an environmental project. But the “meeting” is really a setup for abduction. Kate Snow reports. Originally aired on NBC on July 22, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Murder in Broad Daylight
May 12, 2021 41 min<p>In this Dateline classic, Rusty Sneiderman was a young entrepreneur whose world comes crashing down one morning with four gunshots. A fatal triangle is revealed: Was this a crime of passion? Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on March 16, 2012.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Window of Opportunity
May 11, 2021 1h 22m<p>A Michigan community is shocked when a local mother is found stabbed to death. After the case goes cold for more than a decade, a bombshell reignites the investigation. Andrea Canning reports.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Shattered Bonds
May 5, 2021 41 min<p>When Stephen Moore suddenly disappears in New Jersey, his whereabouts remain a mystery until a car erupts in flames in a nearby town, leading to a major break in a case. Andrea Canning reports.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Mystery in Mustang
May 4, 2021 43 min<p>In this Dateline classic, beloved fire chief, Keith Bryan, is a pillar of his community. Then, when he is shot in his home, police are left to wonder who would want to hurt the local hero? Turns out, someone was living a secret life, and it was about to be exposed. Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on August 2, 2013.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Behind Closed Doors: The Phony Rockefeller
Apr 28, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, young newlyweds, John and Linda Sohus simply vanish. There was no reason to suspect foul play until an eerie discovery tied to a case that made international headlines, and was linked to the name of one of America’s most famous families. Mike Taibbi reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 27, 2012. </p><p>Justice came in August 2013 for John Sohus. His wife Linda is still missing. </p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Necklace
Apr 27, 2021 1h 22m<p>When a private investigator and former police officer vanishes, detectives think there may be more to the story when strange text messages start to appear... Keith Morrison reports.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Obsession: The Jodi Arias Story
Apr 21, 2021 42 min<p>In this Dateline classic, Josh Mankiewicz takes an in-depth look into the case and trial of Jodi Arias, the 32-year-old Arizona woman who admitted to killing her former boyfriend, Travis Alexander. Originally aired on NBC on May 10, 2013.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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Someone Was Watching
Apr 14, 2021 42 min<p>A Dateline classic with a plot straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock film. A young woman peers into her neighbor's yard, and sees something for a few mysterious seconds. Was it some kind of accident, or a crime? Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on October 14, 2011.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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The Plot Thickens
Apr 8, 2021 41 min<p>A Hollywood stuntman is shot four times in his own home and left to die. Who would want him dead? And the most stunning twist in this Dateline classic is what didn’t happen. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on September 28, 2012. </p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>