A Date With Dateline

Keith Morrison is back with a Dateline DOOZY. Who is Sarah? What happened when she Came Along? Is she the female Tom Randolph (AKA The Widower)? The one thing we know for certain is family, husbands, boyfriends, new love interests of former husbands or boyfriends, children, nephews, neighbor's children... no one seems to be safe when this mysterious Sarah comes along. Our Lean King Keith Morrison...

Sir Josh Mankiewicz is back on the pod and discussing not one but two of his latest Dateline episodes with us, Justice for Kristin Smart and Behind Door 813! We're getting all the behind the scenes gossip, like did Mank finger gun the defense attorney when he dropped the metaphorical mic, was gum code for drugs, and what was the deal with our newest obsession, Matthew, the most interesting man in...

We've been treated to our second dose of Mank in as many weeks, and we're relishing every moment of it! In BEHIND DOOR 813, a golden hankied Josh Mankiewicz brings us a case of fatal attraction, which means that no bunnies, no pregnant sister-in-laws, and no women in elevators are safe from the blind jealousy of a woman named Brenda (did you know that jealousy could be blind?). We meet the lovely...

Dateline is bringing us a case we've all been following for years that has finally gotten justice! We meet the parents of student Kristin Smart, who disappeared in 1996, and learn how their dedication, along with a bearded podcaster's skills and commitment, have finally given us answers in this tragic case. And of course, making defense attorneys all over the country squirm with his shrewd questio...

Dateline's official Florida Man packs his sandals and heads to the Caribbean for the mysterious death of a beloved wife and teacher who while scuba diving met a tragic fate. At first ruled an accident, many years later a man goes to trial for her murder in THE LAST DIVE. Kimberly and Katie dust off their oxygen tanks and take a deep dive into the details of this case and the wreckage it caused. So...

In Dateline's THE MURDER OF LORENZEN WRIGHT, our Queen Andrea Canning is holding court as she reports on the grizzlie murder of a Memphis NBA star. But this update of a 2021 episode is traveling from the basketball court to the judicial court as the legal system calls a foul on the two most likely suspects. But, be sure to set aside your Chanel finery and luxury automobiles because Lorenzen's Mama...

Dateline's Dennis Murphy proves he is more than enough for all continents! It's Euro Dennis as he splits this episode between his home turf of sunny Florida and the charming cobblestone streets of Belgium! In Season 31 Episode 19, THE WINDOW, Dennis reports on the case of a young wife and mother who falls to her death from an apartment window while living in Belgium with her Navy lieutenant husban...

Dateline is bringing us the Southern saga on everyone's newsfeed and the name(s) on everyone's lips- Alecs/Alex/Alek/and now Allen Murdaugh. Craig Melvin returns in Season 31, Episode 20 for THE TRIAL OF ALEX MURDAUGH. Also known as the "trial of the century" for South Carolina due to the privilege and notoriety of the defendant and the heinous double homicide he committed to try to cover even mor...

Dateline takes us to beautiful and freezing Pennsylvania in this vintage episode from season 20, THE CASE OF THE MISSING DA. And Lester Holt has forgone his usual episode bookends to report on the mysterious disappearance of District Attorney Ray Gricar. 20 years after his disappearance, we only have a waterlogged laptop, something called "football", and a crime scene investigator with no crime sc...

Dateline's own Dennis Murphy returns to the snowy postcardesque tundra that is Colorado for a case that took decades for justice in Season 31, Episode 18 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW. When Jonelle Matthews goes missing right before Christmas in 1984, detectives focus first on the family. When her body is tragically uncovered years later two credible suspects have emerged and Dennis, detectives and podca...

Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, no one could say how it got there. When a young mother disappears under unexplained circumst...

This classic Dateline episode features one of the most televised, most talked about, most closely followed romances gone wrong in the last 25 years. And no it does not involve a particular pirate of the Caribbean variety. In Season 21, Episode 36, Josh Mankiewicz reports from Arizona on the trial and conviction of America's anti-sweetheart Jodi Arias. Kimberly is getting a well deserved break, so...

A bright spotlight in the dark woods, solar lights marking a hidden driveway, headlights speeding down a winding mountain road and an ominous green laser light on the dashboard of a car. In this classic Dateline MILES FROM NOWHERE (Season 22 Episode 5) forget about being scared of the dark, the real nightmare begins with a series of lights culminating in the tragic end of a young red-haired man wi...

Sergeant Jill Evans is a small-town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less than impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces and one affair, she's beginning to worry that love is only true in fairy tales. That is until she meets: Dean. He's a wealthy beauty entrepreneur with his own range of toiletries. Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They kiss a...

What does one do when Dateline Friday is a repeat and you are looking for a case that is just a little bit... what's that word again, Dennis? Oh yes, DIABOLICAL. Luckily for Kimberly and Katie, the ID Network has a show called just that. In Season 3, Episode 1 a missing father, a besought brother, a few very lucky friends and husbands all cross paths with a masseuse with a real killer pair of hand...

Tighten that totally tubular side pony and get ready to travel back to 1982 with Dateline for a case that spans nearly half a century in THE BAD MAN! Andrea Canning reports from chilly upstate New York on a murder so tragic and shocking that even cops on the scene didn't believe their eyes. And even in the midst of a very likely suspect, a very creepy curly letter, and a very tenacious law enforce...

Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that's the end of his story. But, really, it's just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to life in the future. And that belief will pull multiple generations of the Pilgeram f...

DATELINE brings their incredible investigative journalism skills together with the compassionate prose of the legendary Keith Morrison to report on the unfolding case of "KILLINGS IN A COLLEGE TOWN". This is the case on everyone's lips and screens which means seemingly everyone has an opinion and a theory as to what, how, and why these horrendous murders occurred in the wee hours of morning of Nov...

It's a new year and Dateline returns with an all new case and new (whispers) secrets with Season 31, Episode 13 THE SECRETS OF BIRCH VIEW DRIVE! Andrea Canning is in beautiful Connecticut, reporting on the case of a wife, mother and friend named Connie who was supposedly killed in a home invasion by a Hollywood action star look-alike. But the circumstances of the murder are certainly strange enoug...

For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle's face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every le...

Another Keithmas has come and gone and as we dive Dateline first into 2023, and after hundreds of recaps, it's shocking that somehow we missed A DANGEROUS MAN! This episode truly has it all. In one Dateline we have shady business dealings, even shadier prison tattoos, religion used for good, evil and apparel, black gold, white vans, white teeth, and 250 lbs. of solid steroided muscle. Oh, and the...

For the last time in 2022, join K and K and their Lean King for a Dateline classic! When a Florida Woman disappears after heading to an Obama Fashion Show, everyone is puzzled. Soon they are perplexed when an arson occurs at the inn she runs that is possibly named after Haley Mills. They are downright dumbfounded when her car is found driven by a man with a face tattoo that is either a playboy bun...

Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. You can binge the entire series early and ad-free right now by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.  When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that's the end of his story. But, really, it's just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have s...

Andrea Canning returns to her native Canada for a Dateline story wild enough to be from Florida, tragic enough to be from Shakespeare and mysterious enough to spark the interest of Jessica Fletcher. A Toronto family experiences loss in an unfathomable way and while two deaths in THE HOUSE ON PITCH PINE CRESCENT might be able to be explained away, the third strike at this family means someone is ou...

Dateline crosses oceans and continents, sending beloved host Andrea Canning to the beautiful wilds of Zambia for their 11th episode of season 31 SAFARI STORY. Avid hunting enthusiasts, Larry and Bianca Rudolph, visited Africa regularly for their hobby, but on the final day of one of their excursions a terrible mishap with one of the rifles takes the life of Bianca. But officials, co-workers and ba...