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Dennis Murphy talks with Andrea Canning about her episode, “Justice for Nikki.” In 2016, the body of 31-year-old mother Nikki VanderHeyden was found in a field days after she didn’t return home from a night out with friends. Detectives quickly closed in on someone close to her. Dennis and Andrea discuss the clues that made an innocent man look guilty and how technology helped lead investigators to the real killer. Andrea tells Dennis what made her jailhouse interview with Nikki’s murderer so memorable and shares a clip from her interview with another family heavily invested in Nikki’s case. Plus, Dennis and Andrea answer viewer and listener questions from social media.

Listen to the full episode “Justice for Nikki” here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_justicefornikki

Hey Dateline fans, we’re sharing with you a special preview of the next episode of an all-new season of Dateline: Missing in America.   

Josh Mankiewicz tells the story of Tyler Goodrich, a man who left his home in Lincoln, Nebraska in November of 2023 and hasn’t been seen or heard from since that night.  

Listen carefully to the details, descriptions and clues offered by family and friends. Something you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities crack a case.   

Follow Dateline: Missing in America and listen now: https://link.chtbl.com/dmiast_eth  

When a young woman is found dead in a field on the outskirts of Green Bay, Wis., a fitness tracker helps detectives solve the mystery. Andrea Canning reports.

Hey Dateline fans, we’re sharing with you a special preview of the next episode of an all-new season of Dateline: Missing in America.  

Josh Mankiewicz tells the story of Marcus Rutledge, a father who took his daughter to daycare in Nashville, Tennesse in 1998 and hasn’t been heard from or seen since dropping her off. 

Listen carefully to the details, descriptions and clues offered by family, friends and investigators. Something you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities crack a case.  

Follow Dateline: Missing in America and listen now: https://link.chtbl.com/dmiast_efo

Andrea Canning talks to Josh Mankiewicz about his episode, “Open Desert.” On March 8, 2020, 16-year-old Britney Ujlaky told her dad she was leaving a park to meet up with a friend. She never came home. Her partially-clothed body was found three days later in the Nevada desert. Detectives investigated multiple potential suspects before they turned their attention to the last person to see Britney alive. Josh and Andrea discuss Britney’s strong relationship with her father, Jim Ujlaky, and the blackmail scheme that gave her family false hope after she disappeared. Later, Josh shares a podcast-exclusive clip from his interview with Jim about his first impressions of the killer. Plus, Dateline producer Ann Preisman joins the conversation to share her experience making the episode and to answer viewer and listener questions from social media.

Listen to the full episode “Open Desert” here:  https://link.chtbl.com/dl_opendesert

Hey Dateline fans, we’re sharing with you a special preview of the first episode of an all-new season of Dateline: Missing in America.  

Josh Mankiewicz tells the story of Arelie Garcia, a 25-year-old woman who left the Salinas, California apartment she shared with her mother in 2022, and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. 

Each of the six episodes will focus on one person’s story, as told by those left behind. Listen carefully to the details, descriptions and clues offered by family, friends and investigators. Something you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities crack a case.    

Follow Dateline: Missing in America and listen now: https://link.chtbl.com/dmiast_lw

When Britney Ujlaky disappears, a small Nevada town bands together to track down a potential unknown suspect. Soon, their focus turns to someone closer to the teen. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

Josh Mankiewicz and Keith Morrison discuss Keith’s episode, “The Ranch,” about the harrowing 2007 kidnapping of Eduardo Valseca in the small city in Mexico where he lived with his wife, Jayne, and their three young children. As Jayne worked to meet the ransom demands for her husband, Eduardo endured seven months of deprivation and torture before finally being released. Keith reflects on the strength of the Valseca family and their unbreakable bond in the face of tragedy. He also shares an extra clip from his interview with Jayne Valseca in which she speaks about how she met Eduardo, the man who would become the love of her life. Keith and Josh answer viewer and listener questions from social media. 

Listen to the full episode of "The Ranch" here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_theranch

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for season 3 of Dateline: Missing in America. The chart-topping podcast series is back with a brand-new season and brand-new cases.   

Are you the key to solving a mystery? Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz reports on perplexing missing person cases brought to Dateline’s attention by our social media followers. Each episode focuses on one person’s story, as told by those left behind. Listen carefully to the details, descriptions and clues offered by family, friends and investigators. Something you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities crack a case.   

Follow Dateline: Missing in America now and listen to season 3 starting Tuesday, July 16: https://link.chtbl.com/miast_tw  

The Valseca siblings' lives are changed when their father is taken hostage in an orchestrated abduction. Keith Morrison reports.

Josh Mankiewicz sits down with Andrea Canning to discuss her episode, “Facing the Music.” 25-year-old teacher Christy Mirack was found murdered in her Lancaster, Pennsylvania apartment in 1992. Police began an investigation that would go cold for 25 years, until new technology ruled out initial potential suspects and pointed to a surprisingly familiar face as the killer. Andrea and Josh discuss the role of DNA in cold case investigations and Andrea talks about having her own composite portrait generated using her DNA. Andrea also shares an extra clip from an interview with one of Christy’s former students and answers viewer and listener questions about the episode from social media. 

Listen to the full episode of “Facing the Music” here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_facingthemusic

Listen to the episode about Brittani Marcell Andrea mentions: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_thematch

When a young schoolteacher in Pennsylvania is murdered, her friends wonder if the killer will be caught. Following years without an arrest, investigators discover a new tool that may finally help unlock the murderer’s identity. Can police work fast enough to catch the suspect? Or will the killer slip away again? Andrea Canning reports.

Listen to Andrea Canning and Josh Mankiewicz as they go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’: https://link.chtbl.com/tdl_facingthemusic

Andrea Canning talks to Keith Morrison about his episode, “The Secret in Black Rock Canyon.”  In 2006, 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart was found stabbed to death at a relative’s home in Pocatello, Idaho. Detectives quickly learned that Cassie’s last day alive was nothing short of a real-life horror movie, with video to prove it, and the filmmakers-turned-killers were not at all who they expected. Keith and Andrea discuss his interview with one of Cassie’s killers and Keith shares an extra clip from his interview with Dr. James Garabino, a psychologist and expert on teen violence. Plus, Keith and Andrea are joined by the detective who investigated Cassie’s murder, retired Captain John Ganske.

Listen to the full episode of "The Secret in Black Rock Canyon" here: https://link.chtbl.com/dateline_podcast

When police retrace the final hours of 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart, they uncover evidence including a homemade horror film that points to her killers. Keith Morrison reports.

Listen to Keith Morrison and Andrea Canning as they go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’: https://link.chtbl.com/tdl_thesecretinblackrockcanyon

Keith Morrison talks to Josh Mankiewicz about Josh’s latest episode, “The Breakup.” In 2010, a California nurse was found dead in her home. Police thought they had a clear suspect, but soon discovered evidence that pointed them in a direction no one saw coming, one that kept our viewers and our correspondents guessing until the end. Keith plays Josh an extra clip from his interview with the detectives as they describe coming face to face with their initial suspect, and Josh answers viewer and listeners questions with Dateline assistant producer Jess Koernig.

Listen to the full episode of "The Breakup" here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_thebreakup

When a nurse is gunned down in her home, detectives initially believe they have a clear suspect, but new information leads them down a completely different path. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

Listen to Keith Morrison and Josh Mankiewicz as they go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’: https://link.chtbl.com/tdl_thebreakup

Josh Mankiewicz and Andrea Canning sit down to talk about Andrea’s newest episode, “Dark Intentions.” In 1996, the murder and sexual assault of two women in the same apartment complex rattled the city of Arlington, Texas and stumped police. But when two other women from the area survive sexual assaults, police find evidence that connects all four crimes.Andrea tells Josh what she learned from the women who survived their brutal attacks, and she describes the involved investigation that finally cracked the case. Andrea also plays a podcast-exclusive clip and Dateline producer Haylee Barber joins in to answer viewer questions from social media.

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 or visit online.rainn.org

Listen to the full episode of “Dark Intentions” here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_darkintentions

Two women are murdered in the same Arlington, Texas apartment complex, and police are stumped. Years later, evidence from two subsequent rapes provides a breakthrough. Andrea Canning reports.

Andrea Canning interviews Keith Morrison about his latest episode, “The Girl with the Hibiscus Tattoo,” based on his original podcast “Murder in the Hollywood Hills.” 21-year-old Kristi Johnson mysteriously disappeared in 2003 after meeting a man at the Century City Mall in Los Angeles who invited her to audition for a Bond movie.  She was found dead days later. Keith talks about the group of women who helped bring Kristi’s killer to justice and shares a clip from his 2023 interview with Kristi’s mother, Terry Hall. Susan Leibowitz, one of the producers of the episode, answers viewer and listener questions.

Listen to “Murder in the Hollywood Hills” here:https://link.chtbl.com/mithh_social

Listen to Keith’s interview with Terry Hall available to Dateline Premium subscribers: https://dateline.supportingcast.fm/listen/dateline-nbc-premium/after-the-verdict-death-in-the-hollywood-hills

Listen to the episode about the murder of Crystal Taylor mentioned by Susan Leibowitz:https://link.chtbl.com/dl_onemoment

Hear from the forensic sketch artist who worked on the Kristi Johnson and Crystal Taylor cases: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/how-forensic-artists-aid-investigations-1077038147665

A terrifying killer and serial predator is brought down by a courageous group of women after he lures them with false promises of fame and fortune in Hollywood. Keith Morrison reports.

Listen to Keith’s original podcast on this story, “Murder in the Hollywood Hills” here: https://link.chtbl.com/mithh_social

Resources: National Sexual Assault Hotline 800-656-4673 or online.rainn.org

Listen to Andrea Canning and Keith Morrison as they go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’:https://link.chtbl.com/tdl_thegirlwiththehibiscustattoo