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Mommy Doomsday

26 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 4.7K ratings

The disappearance of two of Lori Vallow’s children in Rexburg, Idaho in September 2019 would expose a bizarre trail of death, devotion and Doomsday beliefs that captivated the nation… A haunting podcast from Keith Morrison and Dateline NBC.

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Episodes

Introducing: Murder in the Hollywood Hills

March 19, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MB

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Murder in the Hollywood Hills, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline.   In this story Keith Morrison takes us to the city of dreams, where a smooth-talking predator lured young women into a nightmare with promises of fame and fortune. He evaded justice for years, but when a group of women banded together, they fought to lock him up for life.  Listen to Murder in the Hollywood Hills for free starting Tuesday. Or, subscribe to Date...

Keith Morrison on Making Space with Hoda Kotb

March 13, 2024 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MB

As a bonus for Dateline fans, we’re sharing a preview of the Making Space with Hoda Kotb podcast. In this week’s episode of Making Space, TODAY co-anchor Hoda Kotb is joined by our very own Keith Morrison. Keith and Hoda have known each other for a long time, since Hoda was a Dateline correspondent back in the 1990s. They dive into everything from Keith’s early days getting started in journalism to now becoming a pop culture icon. You can listen to the full conversation by searching “Makin...

BONUS: The Girl in the Blue Mustang

March 14, 2023 10:00 - 4 minutes - 4.5 MB

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing a special preview of The Girl in the Blue Mustang, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison.   When 18-year-old Michelle O’Keefe is found murdered in her shiny new blue Mustang in a California park and ride, investigators encounter a confusing crime scene and a witness who seems to know too much. In Dateline’s latest original podcast series, Keith Morrison takes us to the High Desert outside Los Angeles for a story featuring twist...

Preview of “MISSING: Alexis Ware”

August 16, 2022 10:30 - 3 minutes - 2.89 MB

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing a special preview of the latest episode of Dateline: Missing in America, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline.   Dateline’s Andrea Canning tells the story of 29-year-old Alexis Ware. She was last seen around 7:30 p.m. at a 7-Eleven off Highway 29  in Anderson, South Carolina on January 30, 2022. Calls to her phone went directly to voicemail after that. On February 1, Alexis was officially reported missing. Each episode of the series focuses on ...

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 - 2.55 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: The Thing About Helen & Olga

November 09, 2021 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.19 MB

As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer 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 detectives....

UPDATE: Keith Morrison and Producer Shane Bishop Discuss Latest Charges

June 02, 2021 12:30 - 8 minutes - 5.96 MB

Keith Morrison sat down with producer Shane Bishop to discuss the recent developments and charges in the case that has taken yet another bizarre turn.

BONUS: Killer Role

April 13, 2021 18:29 - 4 minutes - 3.34 MB

As a bonus for Mommy Doomsday listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of Killer Role, a new podcast from Dateline NBC and Keith Morrison.     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.   Listen Now to Killer Role: https://link.chtbl.com/kr_dateline_fd    

Introducing: Killer Role

April 06, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 1.54 MB

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 ...

BONUS: Keith Morrison and Producer Shane Bishop Talk Mommy Doomsday

March 24, 2021 12:30 - 7 minutes - 4.81 MB

Ahead of the 2-hour broadcast version of Mommy Doomsday, Keith Morrison sat down with producer Shane Bishop, who details the new content to expect in the episode. You can watch the Mommy Doomsday television episode on demand or on Peacock now.

What Happened to the Children

March 04, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

The six-month search for Lori’s two missing children has followed a trail from snowy Idaho to sunny Kauai and back again. And the question of where the children are is finally answered.

6 - What Happened to the Children

March 04, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MB

The six-month search for Lori’s two missing children has followed a trail from snowy Idaho to sunny Kauai and back again. And the question of where the children are is finally answered.

Gone

March 02, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MB

As the investigation into Lori’s missing children intensifies, she and her new husband leave town. Then another person close to Lori dies unexpectedly.

5 - Gone

March 02, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MB

As the investigation into Lori’s missing children intensifies, she and her new husband leave town. Then another person close to Lori dies unexpectedly.

4 - Somewhere Cold

February 25, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

Lori moves to Idaho,  as mysterious and disturbing events continue to unfold around her and Chad.

Somewhere Cold

February 25, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MB

Lori moves to Idaho,  as mysterious and disturbing events continue to unfold around her and Chad.

He Saw It Coming

February 23, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MB

A deadly shooting at Lori Vallow’s home brings police to her door. And it wasn’t the first time they’d met.

3 - He Saw It Coming

February 23, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

A deadly shooting at Lori Vallow’s home brings police to her door. And it wasn’t the first time they’d met.

The Start of Something Big

February 16, 2021 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Lori is drawn to an end-times author. They’re both married to other people. That’s about to change.

2 - The Start of Something Big

February 16, 2021 21:00 - 29 minutes - 19.9 MB

Lori is drawn to an end-times author. They’re both married to other people. That’s about to change.

1 - Ticking Time Bomb

February 16, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

Lori Vallow was a wife, mother, and beauty pageant contestant. Then people around her started dying. 

Ticking Time Bomb

February 16, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Lori Vallow was a wife, mother, and beauty pageant contestant. Then people around her started dying. 

Introducing: Mommy Doomsday

February 09, 2021 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.14 MB

The disappearance of two of Lori Vallow’s children in Rexburg, Idaho in September 2019 would expose a bizarre trail of death, devotion and Doomsday beliefs that captivated the nation. A haunting podcast from Keith Morrison and Dateline NBC, Mommy Doomsday premieres February 16th. Subscribe now.