Smoke and Mirrors

Smoke and Mirrors

Author: NBC News December 31, 2025 Duration: 41:52
When a Chicago pharmaceutical representative stops returning calls, her large and loving family begin to worry. Keith Morrison reports.

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Bringing Jay Home [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:24
A University of Mississippi student vanishes from his apartment. Friends and family fear that his identity as a Black gay man may complicate the pursuit of justice. Blayne Alexander reports.
Talking Dateline: Secrets in the Ashes [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:51
Lester Holt talks with Andrea Canning about her episode, “Secrets in the Ashes.” When 31-year-old Texas mother Patricia Leigh Mills is found dead in a house fire, her family suspects her husband, Delbert, of setting the…
Secrets in the Ashes [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:06
A South Texas house fire kills Patricia Leigh Mills, while her young son escapes. When her husband remarries just months later, suspicion grows and questions emerge. Andrea Canning reports. Lester Holt and Andrea Canning…
Talking Dateline: The Trouble with Sarah [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:50
Lester Holt sits down with Keith Morrison to discuss his episode, “The Trouble with Sarah.” In January 2023, Joe Hartsfield was found unresponsive at his home and rushed to a hospital in Baytown, Texas. He was taken off…
The Trouble with Sarah [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:24
The suspicious death of Sarah Hartsfield’s fifth husband leads investigators to a past filled with failed romances and wild allegations. Keith Morrison reports. Lester Holt and Keith Morrison go behind the scenes of the…
Graduation Night [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:08
When a woman attempts to connect with old neighborhood friends on Facebook, she has no idea it will dredge up a shocking, long buried truth. Keith Morrison reports.
Reckless [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:20
Lead detectives and family members speak to Dateline about the case of teenager Michelle Carter, who was convicted of bullying her boyfriend to kill himself. Andrea Canning reports.