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Jan 2020
42m 28s

The Mystery Man

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In this Dateline classic, a woman looking for love finds Mr. Right – but he soon pulls her into a dark world of undercover espionage where nothing is as it seems. Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 25, 2015. 
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