When a woman was found murdered in her Springfield, Massachusetts apartment during the spring of 1984, it only took a matter of days to zero in on a suspect and secure an arrest. And then at trial, a jury decided Edward Wright was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The New England Innocence Project has since taken up his case. So, who really killed Penny An ... Show More
Apr 2
The Murder of James Cassidy, Part 1 (Maine)
In April of 1976, an anonymous call to a sheriff’s department in Maine alerted investigators to something almost impossible to imagine: a burning station wagon hidden off a remote road, and what looked like a body inside. What they found would open a case filled with contradictio ... Show More
34m 51s
Mar 26
The Murder of Brenda Warner & Charlene Ranstrom (New Hampshire)
On a fall morning in 1988, police in Nashua, New Hampshire walked into an apartment and found two women murdered in their bed. What followed seemed, at first, like a case that would never truly reach an ending. There were suspects, confessions, trials, and years of legal battles ... Show More
42m 4s
Mar 19
The Murder of Joan Wertkin (Connecticut)
On a rainy night in late May 1989, a fire was spotted in a Westport, Connecticut parking lot. Within minutes, first responders realized the impossible: a body was burning in the open. Not long after and just a few miles away, a husband called police to report his wife missing. He ... Show More
44m 52s
Apr 2025
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
<p>Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. In Massachusetts, opening statements in the second trial of the woman accused of running over her police officer boyfriend. In Arizona, a jury returns a verdict at Lori Vallow Daybell ... Show More
30m 21s
Nov 2025
Andrea Eilber Case Update - 649
<p>In November 2011, Andrea Eilber, 20, was found dead and slumped on a chair in the basement of her aunt’s Mayfield Township home. Her boyfriend at the time, Kenneth Grondin III, was convicted of her murder in 2015 and sentenced to life. In 2018, the Michigan Court of Appeals ov ... Show More
45m 56s
Jan 2025
The Cotton Club Murder | Hollywood Ending | 6
<p>The investigation takes a stunning turn when a man is found dead in Okeechobee, Florida, and police discover it’s Lanie’s husband. L.A. Detectives must race against the clock to arrest Lanie before she disappears again. Later, Lanie and three other defendants stand trial for t ... Show More
48m 42s
Apr 2025
Karen Read's retrial kicks off. A verdict in the "Mommy Doomsday" case. And Scott Peterson's blockbuster filing.
<p>Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. In Massachusetts, opening statements in the second trial of the woman accused of running over her police officer boyfriend. In Arizona, a jury returns a verdict at Lori Vallow Daybell ... Show More
30m 21s
Jun 2024
Daddy's Girl
On July 19, 2007, Timothy MacNeil, a prominent defense attorney, was shot to death in his San Diego home. The only witness was his 17-year-old stepdaughter, Brae Hansen, who was found tied up at the scene. She told police that a masked gunman had broken in and committed the murde ... Show More
44m 54s