Dateline brings our favorite gumshoe Dennis Murphy back for a third week in a row! This time to a Target parking lot in Georgia where the heartbreaking murder of a young mom has occurred during a child custody swap. And just as shocking as the crime itself... this time it may actually NOT be the husband! Kimberly and Katie, of course, have many questions. Are things getting sudsy and sexy at the local car wash? Is there anywhere in America that you can wear a terrible fake mustache and wig and N...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Dennis Murphy returns for his second Dennisode in a row, which is always a Jenerous gift to our screens from Dateline. So, when a beloved and brave firefighter is murdered in his home, it’s going to take Dennis Murphy’s gumshoe quips and the no-nonsense mama bear skills of Kimberly and Katie's new favorite Dateline detective Val “Vivi” Vaughn to solve this case. Only they can handle the sex, lies, and security footage in this twisted case. Keep those phroggers out of your fridge, try to keep you...
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 30 min
It’s a story that the whole world has been watching, and the lightning fast team at Dateline have managed to squeeze in a huge last minute update to this case! When a beautiful and wealthy mother disappears, it’s always the husband… and his girlfriend and her lawyer and their Olympic croquet private coach from Abu Dhabi. Get your data triangulated and your 7 cars detailed, lock up your 14,000 square foot tony enclave, and join us for A LIFE INTERRUPTED! Official Description from NBCU: New interv...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 23 min
In the epic conclusion of DEATH AT THE SPA, Kimberly and Katie have a lot to discuss. There is not one but two trials, another suspicious death is revealed in some intense outside information, and Josh Mankiewicz has a tough love therapy interview in the way only he can. e a lovesick woman in denial see the light! Then The Mank himself pops by the studio to spill all the tea about the infamous texts, the infamous play 12 Angry Jurors, and his new (infamous) ideas for our A Date with Dateline bin...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 50 min
In honor of Valentine’s Day, Dateline has given us an explosive episode about love gone wrong. When a beautiful esthetician that is loved by both a husband and countless boyfriends is killed at her day spa by bomb, the suspects are many. This episode takes place in Kimberly’s town, so we may add her family to the suspects list! Thank goodness we have Josh Mankiewicz’s compassion and his little smirk to help us wade through the aftermath of a murder. This episode was so wild that we had to split ...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 25 min
What is more fun than a sleepover with all your cousins growing up? Everybody camped out in the living room just playing...telling scary stories...eating hot dogs...until you realize that Dateline's Andrea Canning is telling about the sleepover night in question and that means something tragic is about to occur. And when a mom and Navy air traffic controller is found dead in the parking lot of the Winn-Dixie and it’ll take 20 years for some justice. Or will there ever really be justice? Is it no...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 34 min
It's a case that Josh Mankiewicz himself calls one of the most unusual ever! Gauntlet thrown! But he’s right (as usual)! When a caring mother is stabbed in her home, the who isn’t the real question. Her 18 year old foster daughter was found with the knife. The real question is the why, and the WHO ELSE? The answer is so diabolical that both Lester and Josh say it twice in the first 2 minutes of the episode! And it doesn’t slow down from there. It’s got a man so ick that it gives all others a run...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 16 min
When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu’s genius, the company he co-founded rockets in value to over half a billion dollars. But when a team of researchers makes a startling discovery, they begin to suspect the brilliant doctor is hiding a secret. From Wondery, the new season of Dr. Death: Bad Magic is a story of miraculous cures, magic and mu...
Jan 26, 2024•8 min
It’s the Dateline update episode everyone has been waiting for! Dennis Murphy is back to continue the saga surrounding the tragic death of FSU professor Dan Markel. And while the hitmen responsible are already behind bars it appears that with this crime FAMILY MATTERS as the Adelson family of Florida is being taken down one by one. This includes the infamous "Maestro" of Douchebaggery and also the Grandmommy of Not Knowing She’s Being Recorded On Phone Calls. So join Kimberly and Katie as they d...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 30 min
GHOSTS CAN’T TALK. We know what you’re thinking. Patrick Swayze. Casper. The entire cast of the US and UK series Ghosts. But go with Dateline on this. A furious Andrea Canning is taking us along on a truly spooky tale of murder, diamonds, and family. Make sure to clean your Renewal by Anderson windows and tell Father you need some burn salve for the flames on the side of your face, because Kimberly and Katie are running hot and you might to. Prepare yourself for GHOSTS CAN’T TALK...or can they? ...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 33 min
It's 2024! New year! New resolutions! New attitudes! New sassy intros! New updates on classic Dateline episodes! New phone, who di.... you get the idea. Dateline is starting off 2024 with THE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS and Andrea Canning returning to New Jersey to update us on the tragic case of Rob Cantor, his French lover Sophie and the tri-state Tony who came between them. It's a case that has Kimberly and Katie itching to discuss in detail even if they get a little Tung tied in some poorly executed acc...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 39 min
Well dear friends and listeners, it's taken some time, but the time has come where we finally solve the Kathleen and Michael Peterson case! Was it an owl? Michael? An accident? Wait, what? It’s ANOTHER staircase murder? Uh oh. In Dateline's DOWN THE BASEMENT STAIRS, Annamarie is found at the bottom of her basement stairs and her wife Kara is the only suspect in her tragic death. The case itself is a classic Dateline: with mysterious trash dumps, financial and emotional affairs, and a crime scene...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 39 min
In this very special Double Date episode Kimberly and Katie are with two of their favorite podcast friends from MOMS AND MYSTERIES- Mandy and Melissa! And of course the topic du jour has to be the frightening criminal phenomenon sweeping the nation known as phrogging! More specifically the series PHROGGING: HIDER IN MY HOUSE Episode 8 which has two tales of unwanted house visitors, each with their own brand of terror. In this discussion: Melissa tells of an unwanted visitor in her own house (wit...
Dec 16, 2023•1 hr 27 min
It’s time for THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL from Dateline, and we’re not talking about Lester Holt giving up his vests for a familiar pocket square! In this episode we’re talking about a murderous plot that takes the life of a beloved mother who had just started to achieve her hard-earned and well-deserved American dream. Warning: This episode contains an unusual number of criminal teens with rhyming names. Thank goodness for Andrea Canning who is here to walk us through all the details and remind us to...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Dennis Murphy is in Mark Twain country, which on a Dateline usually means something terrible has happened in a picturesque and seemingly safe town. In GHOST RIDER a wife, mother, nurse and just all around wonderful person, Becky Bliefnick, is found murdered in her bathroom shortly after Valentine's day. In this Cheat Date with Dateline Katie is joined by Jake to discuss bow ties, bogus judicial rulings and bags, bags and more bags. It may be a classic Dateline tale of someone close to this woman...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Let’s get physical...evidence! Mr. Dennis Gumshoe Murphy is taking us to Seattle where we’re going to GTL, but since this is DATELINE, Gym Tan Laundry now means Gym’s Terrible Liar. When a lovely young wife goes missing, was it the husband? Or was the husband just making really truly horrible decisions with regards to women but not a murderer? Is your favorite gym chain our new Brands Unhappy Being On Dateline And Are Now Associated With Murder? Don’t be a run-around/ louse/ crumb bumb, and join...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Think you’ve heard everything about Alec/Alex/Elic Murdaugh/Murdow/Murdick/ Murdock, but you haven’t! Dateline has gotten the inside scoop from the investigators at SLED, the family’s housekeeper, and so much more! Guiding us through the low country swampy maze of yarn dolls, Poots, and Becky with the Bad Instincts is K&K's new favorite Dateline associate Craig Melvin! So hop on into the front seat for your Dateline interview, because it’s THE MURDAUGH MURDERS: INSIDE THE INVESTIGATION! Offi...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 47 min
Dateline's favorite Florida Man (the non bath salts gator kidnapping kind of Florida Man) Dennis Murphy is in his home turf reporting on the tragic case of a father and frisbee lover who is murdered in cold blood near the everglades. Kimberly and Katie are ready to wade deep into the wild Florida swamp where somehow a supermarket chain magnate, a drug cartel with an affinity for horrific neckwear and an MMA gym are all connected. It may be THE END OF THE AFFAIR, but that's just the beginning of ...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Kimberly and Katie have stepped out on a Double Date from Dateline with the hilarious Ellyn and Joey from the I THINK NOT Podcast! Topic of the night... what else? Phrogging. Specifically the Phrogging: Hider in my House episode CREEPY CRAWLERS (S.1 Ep.5). It's a tale of two Tims: one Portland beer connoisseur, one Oklahoma oil baron and the men who phrogg them. There is also an epic closet tour, a cat in a sweater and nerve-wracking bathroom situation. Please be warned, not only will we be disc...
Nov 11, 2023•52 min
Dateline’s THE CASE OF THE MAN WITH NO NAME has everything: a cowboy detective, a prairie poltergeist, and a literal garbage person. But that’s not all! There is also a mysterious litterbug, a made-up glass company, and a runaway rickshaw... Ok maybe not that last thing, but it's truly a case with so many oooooodd details there is only one man who can tell us the story! That's right. Canadian national hero Keith Morrison is taking us on a manhunt across all of North America! So zip up your fleec...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 30 min
It's time for Dateline's one and only Andrea Canning to take you on a wild ride in Olney, Texas, where not Olney the crime is bigger. The hats are bigger too. So are the convenience stores, and we’re Allsups and ready for them. When a beloved teacher is attacked and taken from her home in the middle of the night, how did the other three people in the house not hear a thing? Where is she? Who took her? Why do the Texas Rangers even bother having cameras? Can Andrea get to the bottom of this case ...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Tristan Redman is a journalist who doesn’t believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom – weirder than normal. When, years later, he discovers subsequent occupants of his family home say they have been visited by the ghost of a faceless woman, he’s curious. It just so happens that the house Tristan grew up in is right next door to the house where his wife’s great grandmother, Naomi Dancy, was murdered – killed by two gunshots to the face. Could there be a connection? Trist...
Oct 24, 2023•12 min
In its time honored tradition of giving us episodes with “secrets” in the title, Dateline has provided us with a Thursday night doozy of a case, SECRETS IN PLEASANT PRAIRIE! Andrea Canning walks us through the untimely murder of a mom and wife in Wisconsin, who's husband found himself in a real jam. This episode really has it all, 90s hair fashion that made Kimberly & Katie very delighted, inappropriate sex photos that made K & K very uncomfortable, and a plunger in the bathtub that made...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 27 min
Dateline's favorite Florida Man Dennis Murphy heads deep into the Ohio woods for his season 32 premiere, THE CLEARING, and he’s emerging covered in leaves… and mysteries! Is the smirking lumberjackian husband a murderer, or does he just give a really bad interview? Join Kimberly and Katie as they get mired in the thick underbrush of conflicting evidence. It's an early season episode with extensive body cam footage, an epic red flag round up, and plenty of phone noodling. Charles may think he’s i...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 45 min
Season 32 of Dateline is upon us and Josh Mankiewicz is starting out the season strong, reporting from Texas in all his pocket squared glory in LOSING FAITH. The case revolves around a Hawaiian shirt sporting husband, a purple heart receiving veteran and the speech therapist they both love. Kimberly and Katie, fresh from CrimeCon, have to dissect some suspiciously organized sensual emails, a suspiciously gift laden funeral and some seriously suspicious long lost sibling data that Kimberly has be...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 39 min
It's a Dateline episode with so many twists (of the deadly kind) and turns that we need two episodes to cover it completely! Kimberly and Katie will be leaning on Keith Morrison as a guide to the windy Georgia mountain roads where we are headed in the second half of this DEADLY TWIST coverage. The banjos are plucking and a fire is ablaze on a hillside to cover the second murder in this story! But, be sure to listen to ADWD's Part 1 coverage of this case before you embark on this part of the jour...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 22 min
It's the Dateline episode that has been highly requested and hard to forget... it's DEADLY TWIST! A story so complex it cannot be contained in one part! To quote this episode- "this whole story is a mixture of murder and blood and failings and grace and heaven and God." Especially murder. This is Dateline after all. Two murders to be exact. Part one of ADWD coverage will be the first heinous crime. And with a story this big, we are never more grateful for the poetic storytelling of Keith Morriso...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Last week was Secrets in the Snow, this week is SECRETS IN THE MIST! Next up, Secrets in the Hail! This is one of Kimberly’s classic most-watched episodes, but she wasn’t expecting two huge twists! One is a crazy update at the end that she had never seen, and the second is that Katie recognized John Lewin! This episode also features Keith Morrison's very own cold case squad, including The Evidence Whisperer. It’s also got the most detailed reimaginactment ever (congrats to the props department),...
Sep 13, 2023•1 hr 25 min
We’ve had secrets in the suburbs, in Silver Lakes, and in the desert. But we’ve never had SECRETS IN THE SNOW. When a dancer (pronounced fancy like you’re French) goes missing in the freezing cold, her husband smirks his way into the suspect #1 position. Was her marriage a pas de deux with danger? Not so quick (step)! What about the flamenco dancer that had recently waltzed into her heart? And what about the flamenco dancer’s wife who is tired of having another woman jete through her marriage? A...
Sep 06, 2023•1 hr 20 min
In Dateline’s classic SMOKE AND MIRRORS, when a beloved young woman disappears, her loving family isn’t going to rest until she’s found. Their family is so big they’ve got full siblings, half siblings, 3/4 siblings once removed, an Ashley and an Ashlee! The one thing they don’t have is a Lean King, so thank goodness Keith Morrison is there to walk us through this case featuring several vacant parking lots, Gucci shoes, a shopping trip to Target in matching clothes, and some bright little baubles...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min
