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Feb 2025
1h 23m

Return to the Lake

NBC NEWS
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Exclusive new details in the case of Susan Smith, who murdered her two young boys in 1994. Craig Melvin speaks with David Smith about his ex-wife’s recent attempt to be released from prison.

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

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