While They Were Sleeping

Hey, Dateline fans. The trailer for season 5 of Morrison Mysteries is waiting for you… Enter the shadowy world of Edgar Allan Poe, brought to life by the unmistakable voice of Dateline’s Keith Morrison. In Season 5 of Morrison Mysteries, experience the mystery and madness of Poe' ... Show More

In Massachusetts, former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell is on trial for the alleged murder of 23-year-old pregnant teacher's aide Sandra Birchmore. His defense attorney says she died by suicide. In North Carolina, prosecutors are trying the man they say killed Universit ... Show More

Keith Morrison sits down with Josh Mankiewicz to discuss his latest episode, “Heartless.”When 53-year-old Talina Galloway went missing from her Oklahoma home in March 2020, her friends knew something was awry. Police began looking into her disappearance, as did a group of online ... Show More

<p>A wealthy couple is gunned down inside their home as they slept. Would the motive be money, sex, power, or none of the above? What police uncovered shocked them all.</p><p> </p><p>For episode information and photos, please visit <a href="https://anatomyofmurder.com/"><strong>h ... Show More

<p>A husband is gunned down in a quiet neighborhood as he walks with his wife. A variety of communications would help solve the crime and bring to light a brutal, surprising plot.</p><p> </p><p>For episode information and photos, please visit <a href="https://anatomyofmurder.com/ ... Show More

<p>On an early June morning in 2012, a successful luxury car salesman slept soundly in his bed inside of his high rise apartment. The man was a heavy sleeper, so he didn’t wake up when someone walked into his room, walked across to his bed side, and then just stood there, standin ... Show More

A young mother is killed in her bed, her toddler unharmed. Unsolved for 40 years, how the unusual crime scene helped close the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. 

A talented television news anchor was shot to death outsider her home; it appeared to be a crime of passion, perpetrated by an obsessed fan. A police dog tracked the scent of the killer through the adjacent woods and back to the crime scene. Could the murderer be one of the onloo ... Show More

Prestigious doctor Sam Sheppard woke up in the middle of the night to find his wife Marilyn dead from a gruesome murder. His account of what happened early that morning was shaky, and it was no secret that Sam had been sleeping around. Did the murderer break into the house to ste ... Show More

<p>Police are called to a couple’s home after they report an active break in. The wife lay dead and her husband shot. An unlikely motive leads police to the killer.</p><p> </p><p>View source material and photos for this episode at <a href="https://anatomyofmurder.com/home-invasio ... Show More

A woman is discovered shot dead in her car with a blood covered man alive on the ground. The man says he has no memory of how he got there. Investigators unravel the strange scene. Peter Van Sant reports. 

A nurse is found dead in her apartment. Surveillance video captures her coming home for the last time. Can investigators piece together what happened next? Natalie Morales reports.