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Jul 2025
41m 2s

Twisted Tale

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An abduction appears to have been a hoax until a similar case pops up. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Josh Mankiewicz and Blayne Alexander go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’ Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/3GCGhEX Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/73wTYZaO5pdDmyrfZhncdp 
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