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Jun 2019
1h 23m

A Deal with the Devil

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In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on a notorious serial killer, nicknamed Hannibal, who murdered several people while working as a confidential informant for the FBI. The two-hour broadcast tells the inside story of how he was ultimately caught. Originally aired on NBC on September 21, 2018. 
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