Dateline: True Crime Weekly with Andrea Canning

Keith Morrison reports on the latest developments in the high-profile murder case of Lyle and Erik Menendez that continues to captivate the nation.

Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. A prosecutor reveals new details in the disturbing murder of Kentucky restaurant hostess Amber Spradlin. A dramatic conclusion in the longest-running criminal trial in Georgia history as defendant Young Thug makes a surprising decision. The latest from the Delphi murders trial. And, a former secret service agent has tips on how to tell if someone is lying. To get new episodes every Thursday, follow here: https://link.chtbl.com/dtcw_fdlwFind out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

Blayne Alexander and Keith Morrison sit down to discuss his episode, “After the Halloween Party.”  Friends and family were at a loss when Karen Swift, a Tennessee mother of four, went missing on October 29th, 2011. It took investigators 6 weeks to find Karen’s body and prosecutors 11 years to charge someone with her murder, but the case is anything but closed. Keith and Blayne talk about the small-town gossip that plagued the investigation in Dyersburg, Tennessee, and the private investigator from out of town who set out to solve the case herself. Then, Keith shares a podcast-exclusive clip from an interview with two of Karen’s neighbors who knew her as a child, and Dateline associate producer Sam Springer joins Blayne to answer viewer and listener questions from social media.   Learn about more cases featured in Dateline’s Cold Case Spotlight series here: https://www.nbcnews.com/cold-case-spotlightYou can also read the stories of those covered in Dateline’s Missing in America series here: https://www.nbcnews.com/missing-in-americaListen to the full episode of "After the Halloween Party" here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_afterthehalloweenparty

After a Halloween party at a country club, a wife and mother of four vanishes. Nearly a decade later, a private investigator claims to uncover chilling new clues that turn the town upside down. Keith Morrison reports.Listen to Keith Morrison and Blayne Alexander as they go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’: https://link.chtbl.com/tdl_afterthehalloweenparty

Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. A jury watches video of the police interrogation of the man accused of killing two Indiana school girls in 2017. A few weeks after a Texas mother of four goes missing, her husband and his business partner are behind bars. Was she murdered? And what happens next in the Menendez brothers saga? Plus, safety tips from a former Secret Service agent on what to do if you suspect you're being followed.   To get new episodes every Thursday, follow here: https://link.chtbl.com/dtcw_fdlwFind out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

Blayne Alexander and Andrea Canning go behind the scenes of Andrea’s latest episode, “Deadly Omission." When Kasi Peek was found shot to death in her bed in 2005, investigators turned their attention to a double homicide from nearly a decade earlier to help catch her killer. Andrea tells Blayne what she learned about love bombing from reporting on this case and plays an extra clip from a police interview with the main suspect about his previous marriages. Later, they answer your questions from social media.Listen to the full episode of “Deadly Omission” here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_deadlyomissionWant to see the shirt Blayne’s husband made? Check it out: https://x.com/DatelineNBC/status/1843663263508378057

A woman's murder shines a light on an unsolved mystery from years earlier. As the connection between the two cases becomes clear, a long-hidden truth surfaces. Could a master manipulator be behind both crimes? Andrea Canning reports.Listen to Andrea Canning and Blayne Alexander as they go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’: https://link.chtbl.com/tdl_deadlyomission

Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. Emotions are running high in a Delphi, Indiana courtroom as the prosecution starts building its case against a man accused of murdering two middle schoolers. Across the country in San Francisco, a star witness takes the stand - the sister of the man charged with the murder of tech mogul, Bob Lee. And, highlights from the testimony of the Florida woman on trial for allegedly leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcase. Plus, some Halloween safety tips for kids and their parents. To get new episodes every Thursday, follow here: https://link.chtbl.com/dtcw_fdlwFind out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com 

Blayne Alexander and Andrea Canning discuss Andrea’s episode, “The Night of the Nor’easter.”  In 2022, Karen Read was charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, by drunkenly backing her car into him in blizzard conditions. She says that never happened, and her defense – that she was being framed as part of a police cover up – gained national attention and sparked demonstrations and protests at the courthouse. Andrea talks about covering Read’s high-profile trial this summer, and what it was like interviewing Read’s defense attorney, Alan Jackson. Later, Andrea shares a podcast-exclusive clip from her conversation with one of John O’Keefe’s family members. And Dateline producer Sue Simpson stops by to answer viewer and listener questions from social media.Listen to the full episode of "The Night of the Nor'easter" here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_thenightofthenoreaster

Andrea Canning reports on the latest developments in the high-profile murder trial of Karen Read, who is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, by reversing her car into him after a night out.Listen to Andrea Canning and Blayne Alexander as they go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’: https://link.chtbl.com/tdl_thenightofthenoreaster