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Jul 1
41m 20s

Cape Fear

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 In this Dateline classic, one woman disappears, and two sets of bones are found near Wilmington, North Carolina. Is one suspect to blame for both deaths? Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on April 10, 2009.

 

Josh Mankiewicz and producer Shane Bishop go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’  

 

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