Deadly First Date

On March 16, 2009, Rhonda Casto went on a hike in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge with her boyfriend, Stephen Nichols, only to never return home. Before Casto headed out on her hike, she joked to a friend that Nichols was either “going to propose or kill me”. Somewhere along the tr ...  Show more

In 2016, Nicole Vander Heyden went out with her boyfriend Doug Detrie and friends but never made it home. A day later, she was found beaten and strangled in a field. Wisconsin police used a host of digital tools to try to solve her murder. One device created an alibi. But other t ...  Show more

With a new conviction just handed down, ‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell is back in the headlines. In Part 2, we follow her twisted relationship with Chad Daybell, the murders that shocked the world, and the latest breaking news updates on her case. Killer Minds is a Crime Hous ...  Show more

Rodney Alcala thought he was smarter than the police, the jury, and even the justice system. In Part 2, we follow the unraveling of "The Dating Game" Killer, from a failed attempt at self-defense to the discovery of a chilling trophy stash that linked him to more murders than any ...  Show more

Aileen Wuornos was dubbed America’s first female serial killer—and she wanted the world to remember her name. In Part 2, we follow her journey from captured killer to death row inmate, exploring her obsession with legacy and her volatile final days. Killer Minds is a Crime House ...  Show more

Blayne Alexander talks with Dennis Murphy and Dateline producer Brad Davis about their episode, “Deadly Mischief.” In 2014, after esteemed FSU law professor Dan Markel was fatally shot, investigators uncovered a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated, according to prosecutors, by M ...