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425: Worst Ex Ever: Killing for Custody

Tue, 29 Apr 2025

When Eric met Rosa, he thought he'd met the woman of his dreams--smart, funny, and interesting. But everything changed after they had their daughter. Suddenly Rosa was demanding and abusive, forcing Eric to work long grueling hours and often disappearing with their daughter. And when Eric and Rosa's relationship ended, he had no way of knowing just how diabolical Rosa would become.

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424: Love You to Death: Playbook for Murder

Tue, 22 Apr 2025

When Jessica and Patrick met, it was love at first sight. The two were crazy about each other. But when Patrick is murdered in broad daylight just inside his own front door, authorities have to look at everyone in his life as a suspect. And when the killer is revealed, it is one "stay stupid" moment after another that leads to their downfall.

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423: Dateline's "The Capture"

Thu, 17 Apr 2025

On August 23, 2008, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Semolina insurgents in southern Somalia. Amanda, in particular, would endure 15 months of torture before being released. And even when that nightmare was over, her captor still tormented her with demands of more money, "or else." This episode tells Amanda's harrowing story and her journey to capturing her captor.

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422: State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith

Tue, 15 Apr 2025

In October of 2020, Brittany Smith was brutally attacked in her home. In order to save herself, she shot and killed her attacker. By all accounts this is a clear case of a person legally acting in self defense. But the question is, does this law apply equally to men and women? I think you know the answer.

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421: Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna

Tue, 08 Apr 2025

On October 21, 2021, on the set of the movie RUST, a prop gun held by actor Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet, wounding the film’s director and killing its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Within hours, the catastrophic accident was international news. In this documentary, part "who done it" and part tribute to Halyna, investigative filmmakers try to get to the bottom of what really happened on set that day and what, if anything, we can learn from this horrific event.

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