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Jun 2024
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Talking Dateline: The Girl with the Hibi...

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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” on Apple: https://apple.co/3BpBIeC

Listen to "Murder in the Hollywood Hills" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/41TsLwTYp3BNn4B0xx0E22

 

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 on Apple: https://apple.co/3OSy7sK

Listen to the episode about the murder of Crystal Taylor mentioned by Susan Leibowitz on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6astHXGYB67vwupnnEdTmA

 

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

 

Listen to the full episode of “The Girl with the Hibiscus Tattoo” on Apple: https://apple.co/3VuPX8P

Listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hwsu24Ya6Uv66PBg6wyA0

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