Talking Dateline: The Bluegrass Mystery

Talking Dateline: The Bluegrass Mystery

Author: NBC News July 15, 2026 Duration: 27:20
Andrea Canning sits down with Blayne Alexander to discuss her episode “The Bluegrass Mystery.” In October 2019, Glenn Jackson reported his wife, Ella, missing. The next day, her adult son, Phillip, did the same. After interviewing Glenn, Phillip, and Ella's ex-husband and close friend, Jason Hans, investigators focused on Glenn, based on his odd behavior and Ella's own words. Test results confirmed their thinking, and police arrested Glenn. But just before trial, a discovery changed everything. Blayne shares an exclusive clip with one of Ella's friends, who remembers her as a devoted mother to her young son, Alex. Blayne and Andrea also discuss the surprising and touching outcome for Alex after his mother’s death. Plus, we answer your questions from social media. Have a question for Talking Dateline? DM us @DatelineNBC or leave a voicemail at (212) 413-5252. Your question could be featured in an upcoming episode. Listen to the full episode of “The Bluegrass Mystery”: https://swap.fm/l/thebluegrassmystery If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit www.thehotline.org Learn more about the unsolved case of Irina Hans: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-unsolved-shooting-of-irina-hans-266495045534

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Book of Lies [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:17
Andrea Canning reports on the case of Utah mother Kouri Richins, who wrote a children’s book about grief following her husband’s death and recently went on trial for his murder. Blayne Alexander and Andrea Canning go beh…
Talking Dateline: Deadly Swagger [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:20
Lester Holt sits down with Keith Morrison to discuss his latest episode, “Deadly Swagger.” In 2021, wealthy California couple Gary Spohr and Wendy Wood were gunned down in their home on Lake Tahoe. Investigators quickly…
Deadly Swagger [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:31
After a couple is shot in their home on Lake Tahoe, investigators work to find a masked killer seen on camera at the house. The man convicted of the crime speaks exclusively with Keith Morrison. Lester Holt and Keith Mor…
Talking Dateline: The Gorge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:02
Blayne Alexander sits down with Andrea Canning to discuss her latest episode, “The Gorge,” about the 2019 disappearance of Alice Ku, a private tutor from California, and her family's desperate search to find her. With th…
The Gorge [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:40
After a California tutor vanishes on a trip to Taiwan, her family’s search for answers reveals secrets and a trail of digital evidence that contradicts everything they thought they knew. Andrea Canning reports. Blayne Al…
Talking Dateline: Temptation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:32
Blayne Alexander sits down with Andrea Canning to discuss her latest episode, "Temptation." In 2023, IRS agent Brendan Banfield told police he'd walked into the bedroom of his Virginia home to find a stranger brutally st…