Episodes

  • A verdict in Kentucky's "trial of the decade." Snapchat messages on the stand. Plus, Josh Mankiewicz drops by.
    Jul 10 2025

    In Kentucky, emotions ran high as the jury returned a verdict in the Crystal Rogers murder case a decade after she disappeared. In Iowa, Snapchat messages take center stage at the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband. Closing arguments in the murder trial of MLB pitcher Dan Serafini and a sentencing date for Sean Diddy Combs. Plus, Josh Mankiewicz tells us what it was like reporting on the missing person’s case of someone he might actually have met.

    Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

    Learn more about the Nancy Snow case and Season 4 of Missing in America: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/nancy-snow-mysterious-annapolis-disappearance-rcna178477

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    28 mins
  • Talking Dateline: Twisted Tale
    Jul 9 2025

    Blayne Alexander talks with Josh Mankiewicz about his episode, “Twisted Tale.” In March 2015, Aaron Quinn called the Vallejo Police Department to report that someone had broken into his home, drugged him and kidnapped his girlfriend, Denise Huskins. The police began searching for the missing woman, but they also seemed suspicious of Aaron's story. Two days later, Denise resurfaced 400 miles from Vallejo, and described being held against her will, drugged, and assaulted. At a press conference following Denise’s reappearance, Vallejo police accused the couple of faking the story for publicity. It wasn't until months later, after a man was caught following a similar crime, that Aaron and Denise’s story was proven to be true. Blayne and Josh dive into the media frenzy that surrounded the case and explore how Harvard-educated former Marine, Matthew Muller, was ultimately linked to a string of crimes. Josh shares a podcast-exclusive clip from his interview with journalist Henry Lee, and catches Blayne up on how Denise and Aaron are doing today.

    Have a question for Talking Dateline? DM us @DatelineNBC or leave a voicemail at (212) 413-5252 — your message might be featured in an upcoming episode.

    Listen to the full episode "Twisted Tale" on Apple: https://apple.co/3GzpvGM

    Listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qOSdYhGnwOW5DEYZQ5Cl7

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    17 mins
  • What Happened to Nancy Snow? Preview Dateline: Missing in America Season 4
    Jul 8 2025

    Hey Dateline fans, here’s a special preview of the next episode of Dateline: Missing in America Season 4. Josh Mankiewicz tells the story of 44-year-old Nancy Snow, a Republican National Committee staffer, who vanished after returning home to Maryland from the campaign trail in November 1980. Listen to the full episode in the ‘Dateline: Missing in America’ feed – a detail you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities crack her case.

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    3 mins
  • Twisted Tale
    Jul 8 2025

    An abduction appears to have been a hoax until a similar case pops up. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Josh Mankiewicz and Blayne Alexander go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’

    Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/3GCGhEX

    Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/73wTYZaO5pdDmyrfZhncdp

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    41 mins
  • Bryan Kohberger's bombshell plea. A double prosecution in Kentucky. Plus, a verdict for Sean Combs.
    Jul 3 2025

    In Idaho, Bryan Kohberger faces a judge and the families of the students he murdered as he pleads guilty. In Kentucky, the prosecution calls more than a dozen witnesses in the case of a murdered mom of five. A verdict in Sean Combs's trial and new charges in the Kouri Richins case. Plus, in New Mexico, a new public alert system for the missing.

    Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

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    29 mins
  • Sean Combs: The verdict.
    Jul 3 2025

    After more than 13 hours of deliberation over three days, the New York jury found Combs not guilty on a RICO conspiracy charge, not guilty on a sex trafficking charge involving Cassie Ventura, and not guilty on a sex trafficking charge involving his ex-girlfriend "Jane," who testified under a pseudonym. He was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, then denied bond while he waits for his sentencing hearing. That hearing is scheduled for October but could move up. The prosecution is arguing he should be sentenced to around four and a half years, while the defense says the federal guidelines for his offenses put him closer to two years.

    If you want to read NBC's coverage of the trial, check out our newsletter, “Diddy On Trial”: NBCNews.com/Diddy

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    14 mins
  • Talking Dateline: Cape Fear
    Jul 2 2025

    Josh Mankiewicz catches up with Dateline producer Shane Bishop about their classic episode, “Cape Fear.” Young mother Allison Jackson Foy went missing after leaving a Wilmington, North Carolina bar in 2006. Two years later, a man walking in the woods three miles from that bar, found her remains. Just 10 feet away, another set of remains was found—another missing woman, later identified as Angela Rothen. Both women had been murdered. Both murders remain unsolved. Josh and Shane discuss the “Unsolved Case Squad” used in this episode—which included Karen Read’s defense attorney Alan Jackson. They share behind the scenes details from Josh’s interview with the man Allison's family believes was responsible for her murder—something he denies. Plus, Josh shares an excerpt from his recent interview with Allison’s sister, Lisa Valentino, who today volunteers with the CUE Center for Missing Persons. “Lost Lane,” one of the cases she is working on, is featured in Season 4 of Josh’s Dateline: Missing in America podcast.

    If you have a question for Talking Dateline, send us an audio message on social @datelinenbc or leave us a voicemail at 212-413-5252.

    Listen to Season 4 of “Dateline: Missing in America” on Apple here: https://apple.co/4gdC871

    Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dI7xHWuZj2tMBQSrUrV0J?si=c1f1c4671b47431f

    Listen to the full episode “Cape Fear” on Apple: https://apple.co/3I4ijmy

    Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Na8eD9QPDBQEyXRuoDfrD

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    22 mins
  • What happened to Tiffany Reid? Preview Dateline: Missing in America Season 4
    Jul 1 2025

    Hey Dateline fans, here’s a special preview of the next episode of Dateline: Missing in America Season 4. In ‘Through the Cracks,’ Josh Mankiewicz reports on the disappearance of 16-year-old Tiffany Reid, who vanished in May 2004 on the 10-minute walk to her high school in Shiprock, New Mexico. Listen to the full episode in the ‘Dateline: Missing in America’ feed – you may know something that could help bring Tiffany home.

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    2 mins