Deadly Engagement - Ep. 6: A Command Performance

Deadly Engagement - Ep. 6: A Command Performance

Author: NBC News November 13, 2025 Duration: 34:44
Former lovers are reunited in court as Denita Smith’s accused killer goes to trial. This episode originally published on October 2, 2025.

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Deadly Engagement - Ep. 5: Good Neighbors [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Deadly Engagement - Ep. 2: He Said, She Said [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:21
As they dig deeper into the case, detectives begin to focus on two people with very different stories about one another. This episode originally published on September 16, 2025.
Dateline Missing in America – Ep. 25: Marked with an X [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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On November 4, 1980, 44-year-old Nancy Snow boarded a flight to Baltimore from St. Louis, Missouri, where she had spent several months working on Gene McNary’s U.S. Senate campaign. That night she went to a party in Balt…
Dateline Missing in America – Ep. 23: Through the Cracks [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:01
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Duration: 36:28
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Dateline Missing in America – Ep. 21: Taking Teekah [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:10
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Dateline Missing in America – Ep. 20: Lost Lane [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:52
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Murder in the Moonlight - Ep. 6: The Final Dominoes Fall [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:18
Judgment day for the accused brings anger and sorrow for the Stocks. And one of the killers talks to Keith about the night of the murders. This episode originally published on March 5, 2025.