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Killer Role

13 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.9K ratings

The actress Wyn Reed had that powerful combination of charisma, beauty and smarts. She was such a talent that a team of movie producers couldn’t believe it when the 28 year-old Wyn agreed to play the lead — a killer—in their upcoming, small-budget, horror movie. What the filmmakers didn’t know, as they got on location, was that Wyn wasn’t really Wyn. That was all make believe. But the killer part? That was real. This original podcast series from Keith Morrison and Dateline NBC tells a story even Hollywood couldn’t have imagined. Subscribe now and join us for the first two episodes on April 13th.

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Episodes

Introducing: Mortal Sin

November 28, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.12 MB

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Mortal Sin, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline.   Dawn and Nick Hacheney are the perfect couple: spiritual, loving, and devoted to the church where Nick is a pastor. When Dawn is killed in a house fire the day after Christmas, the pastor and his flock are devastated. What few knew at the time was the dark prophecy that foretold it...  Follow now to get the first two episodes on December 5th completely free, or you can subscrib...

BONUS Dateline: Missing in America

August 02, 2022 10:30 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MB

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing a special preview of Dateline: Missing in America, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline. In this episode, Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz tells the story of Keeshae Jacobs, a 21-year-old from Richmond, Virginia, who told her mother she was spending the night at a friend’s house in September of 2016. She never returned home. Subsequent episodes will also each focus on one person’s story, as told by those left behind. Listen carefully to the details, ...

Introducing Dateline: Missing in America

July 19, 2022 10:00 - 1 minute - 1.72 MB

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Dateline: Missing in America, an all-new original podcast series.   Are you the key to solving a mystery? In this podcast, correspondents Josh Mankiewicz and Andrea Canning report on perplexing missing person cases brought to Dateline’s attention by our social media followers. Each episode will focus on one person’s story, as told by those left behind. Listen carefully to the details, descriptions and clues offered by family, friends and inv...

Special Preview: New Podcast Series

December 06, 2021 08:30 - 2 minutes - 2.54 MB

Listen to a special preview of “American Radical”, a new MSNBC original podcast. This five-part series tells the shocking true story of how one woman became a foot soldier in one of the most dangerous movements in America. Listen to the first episode and subscribe to the series: https://link.chtbl.com/americanradical_feed

BONUS: The Thing About Helen & Olga

November 16, 2021 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.64 MB

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing a special preview of The Thing About Helen & Olga, a new podcast from Dateline NBC and Keith Morrison.  Helen and Olga are kindly old ladies who open their hearts and wallets to down-and-out men in Los Angeles. In a city named for angels, the two women seem heaven-sent. After one of the men is killed by a hit-and-run driver -- and then another suffers the same fate -- investigators uncover a horrifying and twisted plot that stuns even the most seasoned dete...

Introducing: Making Space with Hoda Kotb

September 20, 2021 09:00 - 1 minute - 1.41 MB

As a bonus for Killer Role listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of the brand new original podcast, Making Space with Hoda Kotb. Join TODAY’s Hoda Kotb on a journey of self-discovery and resilience of the human spirit. Hoda hears from some of the people she admires most, and whose stories of personal triumph keep her going. Like Hoda, you’ll leave these talks stronger than when you started and inspired to make space in your own life. Listen now to Making Space with Hoda Kotb: https://...

6 - My Jaw Hit the Floor

April 29, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MB

Days before her trial was to begin, Tucker’s lawyer said he had proof of his client’s innocence: a recording of the shooting made by Tucker herself.

5 - What Did You Do With the Gun?

April 27, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MB

Detectives want to know who fired and re-loaded the gun hours before Shane was shot.

4 - Oh, My God. That’s a .38

April 22, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MB

She was there to help with legal documents, but when a fatal shot rang out, she became a key witness. 

3 - A Drop Dead Moment

April 20, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

The gun fired in an instant, but the backstory that preceded the shooting took years to unfold. 

2 - It Just Went Off

April 13, 2021 15:50 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

The story Tucker told police sounded like a scene from a movie, but it was all too real.

1 - In the Dark

April 13, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MB

Indie filmmakers cast Wyn Reed as their star. What they didn’t know was that Wyn wasn’t Wyn.

Introducing: Killer Role

April 02, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 1.54 MB

An actress playing a killer in a horror film is so good, you’d almost think she’d done it in real life. Turns out she had… Dateline’s Keith Morrison takes you inside a story where fiction and reality collide.