The Detective’s Dilemma – Episode 9

In 2005 Olivia Newton John's ex-boyfriend Patrick McDermott vanished without a trace. Then, in 2006, sightings of him were reported in Mexico. Did he fake his own death? Poppy Damon and Alice Fiennes investigate. New episodes every Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis ... Show More

Episode 10: Families must go on after loss. For Mark and Faye Leveson, the journey to find Matt and give him a proper funeral was long and heartbreaking. Loren and the Levesons talk about how they both coped on their respective journeys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po ... Show More

Episode 9: Court watchers, fair-weather friends, and dealing with the media, the Levesons experienced it all. When tragedies like Matt’s disappearance strike families, most are ill-equipped to deal with the aftermath. What have they learnt about justice? Learn more about your ad ... Show More

When Veronica Compton met Kenneth Bianchi, she was working on a play about serial killers. She interviewed the “Hillside Strangler” as part of her process. But then he charmed his way from research subject to love interest, and Veronica found herself wrapped up in a horrifying sc ... Show More

Florence Okpealuk is not the first Alaska Native to go missing from Nome. Seventeen years prior, Sonya Ivanoff was reported missing by her roommates and was found murdered. The crime has forever left a mark on the relationship between the community and the local police department ... Show More

When Sean Wearmouth wasn't home from his night out, his mum June wasn't unduly worried. After all, he was 29 and he had been through a hard time recently with losing his job and the breakdown of his relationship with his partner. But when he still wasn't home as time ticked by an ... Show More

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, fo ... Show More

Within two hours of 19-year-old Nell Cropsey’s disappearance on November 20th, 1901, the town of Elizabeth City began the search for her. Her 25-year-old boyfriend, Jim Wilcox, was the last to be seen with her and insisted she was alive when they parted ways. Learn more about you ... Show More

The recent news media has intensely focused on alleged murderer Rex Heuermann and his family following his arrest. However, remembering the lives of the women whose bodies were found on Gilgo Beach is just as important, if not more so. Host, Chris Mass, speaks with author Robert ... Show More

Join Correspondent Erin Moriarty and Producer Ruth Chenetz as they discuss the case of Jane Dorotik, who was convicted for the murder of her husband, Bob. A conviction that was overturned 21 years later. They look back on two decades of reporting on Jane's long fight for freedom. ... Show More

Part one of the investigation into the murder of Kari Baker. In 2006, Matt Baker returned to his Texas home to find his wife, Kari, dead next to an empty bottle of sleeping pills and a suicide note. Police ruled it a suicide but her family believed otherwise and started their own ... Show More

On May 20, 2005, Mike Golub left work to pick up his son and was never seen again. His family immediately suspected Shannon Albers, Mike's ex-girlfriend and mother of their son, and her new husband, Chad Floyd. But the absence of a body and the defense's introduction of alternati ... Show More