Before Dawn

Before Dawn

Author: NBC News February 28, 2020 Duration: 1:25:37
In this Dateline classic, newlyweds Seth and Lisa Techel are expecting their first child, but a shotgun blast shatters their dreams on Memorial Day weekend, 2011. Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on September 26, 2014.

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 102

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The Ruse [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:37
When Tom Perez Sr. fails to return home after a trip to check the mail, Tom Jr. calls police — only to find himself the focus of their investigation until a stunning revelation upends the case. Lester Holt reports. Keith…
Talking Dateline: True Crime, True Impact [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:31
At our in-person event in Nashville earlier this fall, actors, avid Dateline watchers, and real-life husband-and-wife team Michael McKean and Annette O’Toole turned the tables on the Dateline correspondents -- peppering…
The Silhouette [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:40
In the early morning in San Antonio, Texas, a husband shot his wife, saying he mistook her for an intruder. Was this a terrible accident or a case of deliberate murder? Andrea Canning reports.
Talking Dateline: Raising the Dead [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:50
Andrea Canning talks with Keith Morrison about his episode, “Raising the Dead.” After a couple was found stabbed to death inside a Wisconsin farmhouse, investigators spent decades chasing down possible suspects with no l…
Raising the Dead [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:26
In rural Wisconsin, a couple is found stabbed to death at home. Thirty years later, the daughter of one of the original suspects comes forward, reigniting the case. Keith Morrison reports. Andrea Canning and Keith Morris…
Talking Dateline: Running Man [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:27
Blayne Alexander talks with Andrea Canning about her episode, “Running Man.” When the remains of Ontario mother Ashley Schwalm were found inside a burned-out car in 2023, investigators narrowed in on her firefighter husb…
Running Man [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:25
Investigators find a car engulfed in flames and pull a body from the wreckage. Was it an accident, or something more sinister? Andrea Canning returns to her hometown to report on the mystery. Blayne Alexander and Andrea…