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Hostage

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In this Dateline classic, survivors of the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, share their stories with Kate Snow. Originally aired on NBC on November 22, 2013.

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Under the Desert Sky: In this Dateline classic, the murder of a Nevada teenager shakes the community to its core when the two most unlikely people make a shocking confession. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 4, 2013. by Dateline NBC
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A Crack in Everything: In this Dateline classic, when a woman is found dead in her home, it's ruled a suicide. But when a new investigation begins, police question if this is a murder case. Will the truth be revealed? Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on March 30, 2018. by Dateline NBC
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A Deal with the Devil: In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on a notorious serial killer, nicknamed Hannibal, who murdered several people while working as a confidential informant for the FBI. The two-hour broadcast tells the inside story of how he was ultimately caught. Originally aired on NBC on September 21, 2018. by Dateline NBC
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Into the Night: The disappearance of a young woman from Bend, Oregon leads to an intense manhunt after the suspect sets off on a two state crime spree. Keith Morrison reports on the latest updates in the case. Originally aired on NBC on May 19, 2019. by Dateline NBC
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The Match: In this Dateline classic, a high school girl, who was nearly beaten to death in her own home, goes under hypnosis in an attempt to identify her attacker. Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on September 7, 2018. by Dateline NBC
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Poisoned: In this Dateline classic, the unexplained death of a beloved chiropractor becomes a criminal investigation when authorities discover she’d been poisoned. Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on December 1, 2017. by Dateline NBC
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The Betrayal of Sarah Stern: The discovery of a nineteen-year-old’s car abandoned on a bridge in New Jersey turns into a missing person case that evolves into a months-long homicide investigation. As the case tears apart a Jersey Shore town, police discover a plot involving money, close friends and a fatal betrayal. Keith Morrison reports on the investigation and the extraordinary undercover video that helped solve the crimes. Originally aired on NBC on May 17, 2019. by Dateline NBC
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She Didn't Come Home: A mother in Pennsylvania disappears one afternoon after she is last seen by her co-workers leaving for lunch. The case remains cold even after 60 investigators try to crack it. Could the 61st detective finally have the answers? Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally Aired on NBC on April 26, 2019. by Dateline NBC
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Secrets of the Desert: In this Dateline classic, the mystery surrounding the deaths of three women deep in the Sonoran desert takes 17 years to untangle, and is only solved when a fourth woman comes forward with the truth. Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on May 19, 2017. by Dateline NBC
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The Watcher: In this Dateline classic, a recent law school graduate in Georgia with a promising future disappears without a trace. What could have happened? Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on June 8, 2018. by Dateline NBC
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11 Minutes: The father of an Alabama teenager calls the police after he returns home to find his son had thrown a party, leaving the place trashed. Just 11 minutes after the deputy leaves their house, there is another 911 call placed. What could have happened? Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on April 19, 2019. by Dateline NBC
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Haunted: Nearly 10 years after Utah mother Susan Powell vanished, private journals, home videos and emails shed new light on what happened to her. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on October 4, 2019. by Dateline NBC
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Twisted in Texas: In this Dateline classic, when one woman breaks off her relationship with a boyfriend she says abused and stalked her, he goes on to something even worse. His accused accomplice? His new girlfriend. Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on April 29, 2018. by Dateline NBC
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The House on Badger Lane: In this Dateline classic, the three young children of a couple who live in a gated community in California hear a thump one morning that becomes the first clue in a mystery that will expose family secrets. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 31, 2016. by Dateline NBC
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The Thing About Pam: The unbelievable story of how the murder of one woman, Betsy Faria, set off a chain of events leaving one man dead, another man implicated and a diabolical scheme exposed. Keith Morrison unravels the latest chapter, including why Betsy’s friend, Pam Hupp, impersonated a real-life Dateline producer. Listen in conjunction with the hit 6-episode behind-the-scenes podcast of the same name. Originally aired on NBC on September 27, 2019. by Dateline NBC
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Shining Star: In this Dateline classic, an up-and-coming Baton Rouge defense attorney is found dead in her office after a long night at work. Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on July 17, 2015. by Dateline NBC
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The Knock at the Door: In this Dateline classic, the case of a young woman found murdered turns cold soon after she is found. Will her mother’s search for answers bring justice? Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on July 7, 2017. by Dateline NBC
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The Plan: A double homicide in upstate New York leads detectives on a cross country investigation to piece together a case with a surprising suspect at the center. Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on October 11, 2019. by Dateline NBC
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As Night Fell: In this Dateline classic, a young woman is shot in her home just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Was it an accident? Or something far more sinister? Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on June 23, 2017. by Dateline NBC
42 min listen
Abducted: Andrea Canning reports on the case that made national headlines in December 2019, when a Texas mother was found murdered after she and her newborn daughter disappeared. Originally aired on NBC on January 31, 2020. by Dateline NBC
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While They Were Sleeping: In this Dateline classic, Melissa Oxley wakes up to find her husband, Ben Oxley, shot in the head next to her. No one in the house sees or hears anything. Who could have committed this brutal murder? Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC May 4, 2012. by Dateline NBC
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Finding Venus: A mother of two mysteriously vanishes from her parents' home in Michigan while going to check the mailbox, leaving her phone and identification behind. Police declare her dead before they even find her body. The disappearance and complicated investigation takes years for detectives to unravel. Dennis Murphy reports on the most recent developments in the case. Originally aired on NBC on January 20, 2019. by Dateline NBC
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The Halloween Party: In this Dateline classic, detectives settle in for a long investigation while a Michigan town searches for clues when one of their residents goes missing from a Halloween party. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on October 27, 2017. by Dateline NBC
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The Shadow: In this Dateline classic, a home in a small Iowa town is disturbed in the middle of the night by an intruder. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on September 11, 2015. by Dateline NBC
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Bad Blood: In this Dateline classic, Twin sisters Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead discover their mother Nikki savagely murdered in their home. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on August 1, 2014. by Dateline NBC
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The Silhouette: In this Dateline classic, a husband shoots his wife, saying he mistook her for an intruder one early morning in San Antonio, Texas. Was this a terrible accident or a case of deliberate murder? Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on June 16, 2017. by Dateline NBC
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Final Curtain: In this Dateline classic, Rachel Buffett speaks to Dateline about being at the center of a murder investigation involving both her former fiancée and her friend, a 26-year-old Army veteran. Josh Mankiewicz reports on the details of the gripping and twisted case that made international headlines. Originally aired on NBC on November 30, 2018. by Dateline NBC
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The Unusual Suspect: In this Dateline classic, investigators question if there is a serial killer in a suburb of Maryland when two mothers and their teenage daughters are murdered. Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 23, 2015. by Dateline NBC
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Introducing Dateline: True Crime Weekly: As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Dateline: True Crime Weekly, an all-new weekly podcast series. Every Thursday Andrea Canning and her guests dive into the biggest crime stories of the week, bringing you the latest on trials and investigations around the country.   Listen to the first episode on Thursday, May 16 and follow now wherever you get your podcasts: https://link.chtbl.com/dtcw_fdtw by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: If These Walls Could Talk: Josh Mankiewicz and Keith Morrison sit down to talk about Keith’s most recent episode, “If These Walls Could Talk.” In November 2016, Susann Sills was found dead at the bottom of the staircase in the home she shared with her husband and their two children in San Clemente, California. Susann’s death appeared to have been a terrible accident, but investigators soon discovered evidence that led them to believe it was something more sinister. Keith tells Josh about the puzzling circumstances surrounding Susann’s death and shares behind-the-scenes details of filming the episode. Keith also plays a podcast-exclusive clip from his interview with one of Susann’s brothers and Dateline producer Michelle Madigan joins in to answer viewer questions. Listen to the full episode of “If These Walls Could Talk” here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_ifthesewallscouldtalk Listen to “Poison,” the episode Josh mentions that also took place in San Clemente here: h by Dateline NBC
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If These Walls Could Talk: A Southern California woman's fall down the stairs initially appears to be a fatal accident, but when deputies arrest her husband, his story unravels. Keith Morrison reports. by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: Chameleon: Josh Mankiewicz sits down with Andrea Canning to talk about her latest episode, “Chameleon.” When Fran Gladden Smith went missing from her New Jersey home in 1991, police had their eyes on her husband, John Smith. Over the course of their investigation, they discovered that Fran wasn’t the first of John’s wives to go missing. Suddenly, one case became two, and a decades-long search for justice ensued. Josh and Andrea discuss the dedication of Fran’s family in trying to solve both cases, and Andrea shares a podcast-exclusive clip from a taped phone call with John Smith. Plus, Andrea answers viewer and listener questions about the episode. by Dateline NBC
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Chameleon: When a New Jersey woman goes missing, investigators uncover her husband’s chilling history, including dark secrets about another missing wife. Andrea Canning reports. by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: Evil Walked Through the Door: Andrea Canning interviews Josh Mankiewicz about his newest episode, “Evil Walked Through the Door.” The 1983 murders of Toronto women Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice four months apart left police stumped for nearly four decades. Finally, a breakthrough in investigative techniques led detectives to a freezing town in northern Canada in search of their killer. Josh and Andrea discuss the different ways of handling grief highlighted in the episode, and Josh plays a podcast-exclusive clip from his interview with Erin Gilmour’s brother. Josh describes his chilly journey to Moosonee, Ontario, and Andrea explains how, as a native of Canada, she no longer has a Canadian accent. Then, Josh answers viewer and listener questions about the episode. Watch Josh’s travelogue of his journey to get the story here: https://x.com/DatelineNBC/status/1781106464355938813 by Dateline NBC
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Evil Walked Through the Door: The separate murders of two women in Toronto ignite an investigation that spans four decades, taking detectives from the big city to a remote, northern town. Josh Mankiewicz reports. by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: Justice for Joy: Andrea Canning talks to Blayne Alexander about her most recent episode, “Justice for Joy.” In 1991, Joy Hibbs was stabbed, strangled, and her Pennsylvania home was set on fire to cover up the brutal crime. The investigation went cold until a detective with the Bristol Township Police Department picked up the case file decades later and uncovered a connection between the department and a man who’d been interviewed at the time of Joy’s murder. Blayne tells Andrea about the Hibbs family’s desperate search for answers and plays a podcast-exclusive clip from her interview with the woman who finally unlocked the mystery. Blayne and Andrea also discuss how motherhood has affected their approach to interviews. Blayne and Dateline producer Justin Balding answers viewer and listener questions about the episode. Listen to the full episode of “Justice for Joy” here: https://link.chtbl.com/justiceforjoy by Dateline NBC
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Justice for Joy: When Joy Hibbs is found dead in a house fire, an autopsy shows she was murdered beforehand. Even with multiple suspects, the investigation stalls, leaving the case cold for years. Decades later, a shocking secret is revealed. Blayne Alexander reports. by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: The Night Time Stopped: Josh Mankiewicz interviews Keith Morrison about his latest episode, “The Night Time Stopped.” The hunt for the killer of champion cyclist Moriah Wilson in 2022 took detectives and the Dateline team from the gravel bike paths of Austin, Texas to the sandy beaches of Costa Rica. Keith tells Josh what he discovered about the suspect’s plastic surgery and the technology that was key to investigators cracking the case. He also shares with Josh a new clip from one of the police interviews and they answer viewer and listener questions from social media. by Dateline NBC
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The Night Time Stopped: Keith Morrison reports new revelations in the headline-making case of murdered professional cyclist Moriah Wilson, including fresh courtroom evidence and a police interview with a key witness. by Dateline NBC
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The Ultimate Betrayal: After Tahereh Ghassemi disappears from the Louisiana home she shares with her adult son, detectives discover an astonishing plot with international implications. Andrea Canning reports. by Dateline NBC
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Part of the Plan: After a U.S. Air Force airman is shot multiple times inside his garage, a trail of clues leads Las Vegas detectives to a secret love affair and a murderous plan. Keith Morrison reports. by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: A Girl Named Egypt: Keith Morrison talks to Andrea Canning about her most recent episode, “A Girl Named Egypt.” In June 2017, a young woman named Egypt Covington was found murdered in her Michigan home. The local police quickly zeroed in on someone close to her as a possible suspect, only for the case to go cold. Andrea tells Keith about the family’s painful search for answers over the years and the unsettling motive Michigan State Police discovered for the murder after they took over the case. Andrea and Keith also discuss what they’ve learned from other stories they’ve worked on involving the wrongfully accused and put their Dateline knowledge to the test with some trivia questions. by Dateline NBC
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A Girl Named Egypt: Michigan State Police detectives speak out for the first time to Andrea Canning and reveal clues they uncovered in the case of 27-year-old Egypt Covington, who was found murdered in her home in 2017. by Dateline NBC
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Dateline presents: Murder in the Hollywood Hills: Hey Dateline fans! As a bonus, we’re giving you a special preview clip of our new podcast series, Murder in the Hollywood Hills. In this story Keith Morrison takes us to the city of dreams, where a smooth-talking predator lured young women into a nightmare with promises of fame and fortune. He evaded justice for years, but when a group of women banded together, they fought to lock him up for life. If you like what you hear, you can listen to Murder in the Hollywood Hills for free each week. Or, subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or DatelinePremium.com to unlock new episodes one week early: https://link.chtbl.com/mithh_fdlw by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: Deadly Swap: Andrea Canning and Dennis Murphy sit down to talk about his most recent episode, “Deadly Swap.” When a young mother was shot in broad daylight in a Georgia parking lot, investigators combed through eyewitness testimony and surveillance footage to zero in on an unlikely killer. Dennis tells Andrea what he learned about the killer’s motive and they discuss an unforgettable police interview. Dennis also shares a podcast-exclusive clip from the victim’s grieving boyfriend and answers your questions from social media. Listen to the full episode of “Deadly Swap” here: https://apple.co/4aoADjb by Dateline NBC
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Deadly Swap: After a 25-year-old mother is gunned down in broad daylight by a murderer wearing a disguise, detectives confront a most unlikely suspect. Dennis Murphy reports. by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: The Killer on Camera 4: Josh Mankiewicz talks to Dennis Murphy about his recent episode, “The Killer on Camera 4,” which follows the 2017 murder of Baltimore volunteer firefighter Jon Hickey, the victim of a love triangle of which he was unaware. Josh asks Dennis about the murderer’s extensive double life and about the security footage that cracked the case. Dennis shares a podcast-exclusive clip from his interview with the killer’s former wife and invites veteran Dateline producer Izhar Harpaz to answer your questions from social media. by Dateline NBC
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Talking Dateline: A Life Interrupted: Andrea Canning and Dennis Murphy discuss his latest episode, “A Life Interrupted.” Within months of the disappearance of Connecticut mother of five, Jennifer Dulos, Dennis sat down with her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos – the man investigators believe murdered her. Dennis tells Andrea what it was like in 2024 to sit in a Connecticut courtroom and see not Fotis, but his girlfriend Michelle Troconis on trial for conspiracy to commit murder, among other charges. Dennis brings Andrea up to speed on the high-tech investigation at the center of the case and the heartache of those left behind. He plays a podcast-exclusive snippet of his powerful interview with a group of Jennifer’s friends and answers viewers and listeners questions from social media. by Dateline NBC
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