A Hidden Threat

In 1979, police officer John Busby was shot in the face as he sat in his car. He barely survived and as he lay in the hospital he wrote his family a note saying he knew who did it. John and his family went into hiding but for years afterward lived in fear that the killer would st ...  Show more

48 Hours correspondents Natalie Morales and Anne-Marie Green discuss the survivor story of Hannah Pettey, a young mother from Alabama who was poisoned with lead. They discuss why police first suspected both Hannah’s mother and her husband, Brian, why Hannah believes Brian had att ...  Show more

When Sherri Papini vanished during a jog in 2016, the search gripped the nation. Morgan and Kaelyn revisit the twists in this bizarre kidnapping case: a frantic husband’s 911 call, a nationwide hunt, Sherri’s shocking roadside reappearance, and the clues—DNA, text messages, and a ...  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 ...

In 2002, 14 year-old Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home in the middle of the night, sparking one of America’s most intense true crime investigations. For nine months, she was held captive by a self-proclaimed prophet and his wife: hidden in plain sight. Mo ...  Show more

Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with guest host, Blayne Alexander. In Arizona, the prosecution plays phone calls Lori made to her insurance agent in the days after her husband's shooting. In Massachusetts, a jury is finally seated in th ...