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The 10 Best Episodes of the True-Crime Series

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Since 1992, fans of ‘Dateline’ have tuned in for some truly unbelievable true crime stories. We’ve narrowed down the best episodes of the series.

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Because the true crime genre is so ubiquitous today, Dateline may come across as a bit antiquated and dare we say almost charming. Each episode follows one story and is narrated by one of the current rotating correspondents. The most popular host is Keith Morrison, whose poetic turn-of-phrase and silky voice have become staples of the long-running show.

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To really understand the ongoing appeal of Dateline, you have to put yourself into 1992 when the series began. There was nothing like it on television and one could argue Dateline absolutely informed the true crime genre we consume today. For better or worse, viewers have gained a deeper understanding of the way some minds work. Although it’s difficult to pick favorites from more than 30 years of options, we’ve landed on the best Dateline episodes. As Keith might say, oh these pesky stories.

Keith Morrison onstage during Audible Theater and the Today show present: Murder in Studio One at Audible Theater
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‘At the Bottom of the Pool’

On Feb. 22, 2014, the body of 38-year-old Samira Frasch was found at the bottom of her backyard pool at the home she shared with her husband Adam Frasch. The couple met in Paris during Fashion Week 2006. She was a model and he was a podiatrist. They married three years later and had two daughters; however, Adam had a wandering eye. After Samira filed for divorce, he took the kids which violated their custody agreement. Hours later she would be dead. As always, there is more to this story.

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‘The Phone Call’

Right before police found Kathleen Schroll and her husband dead in their home, she called police to say Olin “Pete” Coones was in their house threatening to kill them both. One wrongful conviction later, Coones walked free. What possesses Schroll to make this accusation? It’s a haunting story.

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‘On a Dark, Deserted Highway’

A high-speed chase caught on camera leads Keith Morrison down a rabbit hole that spanned 50 years. Lloyd Barrus committed one of Montana’s most notorious crimes, but how in the world did he get there? “We dug deeply into this man’s past and discovered an absolutely fascinating story that begins in Idaho,” Morrison told East Idaho News. You have to watch to believe.

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‘Devil’s Bathtub’

A family annihilator is one person who murders their entire family. The motivation is usually financial. What about a family who murders one member? Craig Rideout’s estranged wife Laura Rideout and their eldest son, Colin, were convicted of second-degree murder while their younger son, Alex, was convicted of evidence tampering in the murder of this husband and father. What happened to this all-American family?

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‘The Haunting’

When authorities arrived at this Nebraska home, the only thing they heard was the sound of music from a video game coming from its basement. Inside there were two bodies and countless questions. Whoever did this, said host Josh Mankiewicz, was “just getting started.” Was it a serial killer? Dateline has the answers.

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‘Angels & Demons’

Daniel Perez told his followers he was an angel who had been alive for centuries. They lived on a commune called Angel’s Landing which ran off insurance money he collected from dead members of their cult. Perez told members the only way he could survive was by having sex with underage girls. The group moved from state-to-state, with Perez committing hideous crimes in their wake. Eventually he would be found guilty of 28 charges ranging from first-degree murder to sexual exploitation of a child.

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‘The Night Before Halloween’

According to the Los Angeles Times, “Robin Lucille Hoynes, 21, of Whittier was found dead on the morning of Oct. 31, 1984, by a co-worker at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant where she was an assistant manager.” Her throat was slashed, and she was stabbed in the back while closing the previous night. It would take nearly 23 years to find her killer. What took authorities so long?

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‘Along Came Sarah’

Is Sarah Jean Hartsfield unlucky, or is she the puppet master pulling the strings? “Every relationship that it appears that she’s been in, everybody wants out of it because they fear for their life,” Sheriff Brian Hawthorne told NBC News. As of the time of this writing, Hartsfield has been charged with the murder of her fifth husband. Now authorities are looking into the mysterious death of a former fiancé. Could there be more suspicious deaths in her past?

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‘The Secret Keepers’

“I just got home, and I opened the door, and my husband’s dead on the floor,” said Kelly Baker to a 911 dispatcher. The coroner thought Randy Baker died of natural causes until two small bullets were discovered buried in his body. Could this have something to do with his former life as a drug dealer? Or did the violence hit closer to home?

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‘Dead Man Talking’

This is by far the wildest story Dateline has ever covered. It involves a death hoax, fake British accents, faux long Covid symptoms, and a Scottish prison. It’s stranger than fiction, and is far from over. Nicholas Alahverdian is a cartoon villain.

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A Customer Asked a Waitress for $50 for His Dinner Bill

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A TikToker recalled a strange interaction with a restaurant customer, where the guest asks the host and waitress for $50 to cover his dinner bill.

By D.M.

Sep. 28 2023, Published 8:49 a.m. ET

On TikTok, user @sassyserver0529, whose real name is Steph Carlisle, uses the platform to share horror stories from her time working in the restaurant industry. Needless to say, her tales are very bizarre.

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In a TikTok video posted on Sept. 24, 2023, Steph recalled a time when a guest asked the host and the waitress for $50 to cover their bill. The interaction with the customer named Mr. Williams started innocently enough. Here’s what went down.

A customer asked a host and waitress to spot him $50 if needed to cover his bill.

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The customer, Mr. Williams, entered and the restaurant the host approached him like normal. The host asked the man if he would be dining as a party of two, but the man suggested he was meeting another couple for dinner at the restaurant. “We’re meeting another couple here and I fully intend on them paying the tab tonight. But should they not, can you spot me $50?” the customer asked. Adding, “I’m dead serious. Money has been really tight lately. Can you spot me the $50 just in case?”

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An hour into the meal, Mr. Williams asked the host a second time to borrow $50 but she denied his request. “I do not have $50 I can spot you,” the host said. “If money has been tight then please don’t dine out.” Mr. Williams then said he would ask the waitress to lend him the money, but the meal was later paid for by the other couple. The ordeal has gotten TikTokers up in arms, as most are siding with the restaurant workers who refused to let Mr. Williams borrow $50.

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The internet agrees that Mr. Williams should pay his own bill.

Most of the internet seems to agree that Mr. Williams should be responsible for his own restaurant bill. The video has garnered more than 10,000 views, as TikTokers are shocked that Mr. Williams would ask employees at the restaurant he was eating at for $50.

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And while Mr. Williams was a regular at the establishment, others pointed out that he appeared to be overly comfortable with the staff at the restaurant.

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Meanwhile, others made their point very clear, suggesting that Mr. Williams should avoid dining at restaurants if he can’t pay the bill. Steph even replied to a commenter and explained that Mr. Williams’s request was “the most outlandish thing anyone has ever asked.”

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And of course, there was one person who wanted to know why Steph didn’t lend Mr. Williams $50. Asking, “So why didn’t ya?” Really? What would this person do if they were put in the same situation?

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Other servers have gotten even stranger requests from customers.

Steph isn’t the first restaurant employee to receive a strange request from a customer. In June, TikToker Mitchell Todd (who goes by @mitchii.moo on the platform) recalled a weird encounter with a customer. The incident occurred during a brunch shift at the restaurant where Mitchell works. The customer, who Mitchell said was “extremely attractive,” was polite at first. Mitchel admits to being flirty with the customer during their interaction, which may have prompted the strange request.

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“He’s like ‘I have a weird request. I was wondering if you could spit in my food?’” the man asked. Mitchell denied the man’s request and explained that it was against company policy to spit on someone’s food. Mitchell suggested that the man ask the restaurant manager if the spitting would be OK, and the manager obliged.

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A Carnival Cruise Blackout Confuses and Concerns Guests

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A woman describes being on a Carnival cruise during an unexpected and unexplained blackout and there may be a good reason for this.

If you ever needed another reason not to take a vacation on a cruise, then one woman’s TikTok about a blackout in the middle of the ocean may do it for you. A user by the name of @nieceeb41 shared a video in which she says she and her travel companions “experienced a blackout” with no warning and no information on what was happening in the moment.

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I am in the camp of preferring my vacations on land, where I have the ability to leave if there is an emergency. So, to hear of a Carnival Horizon cruise stopping in the middle of the ocean and cutting all power is a literal nightmare. In her video, the TikTok user doesn’t explain why the cruise blackout happened, but she does give a firsthand account of what it was like.

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A Carnival cruise’s blackout caused panic among the guests.

In her video, the creator explains that she and the other guests aboard a Carnival Horizon cruise, which had set sail for Aruba, were covered in almost complete darkness. She says that low emergency lights were turned on in the hallways, but that, without warning from a captain or any staff, the power cut off and she and other guests aboard the ship had no clue what happened. Again I say, literal nightmare.

“Tonight, just a few seconds ago, we experienced a blackout, a complete blackout,” she says in the TikTok. “And guess what? Nobody was explaining anything, we got no announcement, no nothing. People in the hallway [were] confused, they had emergency lights on at the bottom [of the hallway walls]… Nobody knows nothing. What is going on, Carnival?”

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If this were a standard power outage, apparently the actual danger is minimal. Cruise ships, including those owned by Carnival, are equipped with high-powered generators. They can turn power back on for lighting, get elevators back up and running, keep communication lines open, and even power the engines.

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But, because the TikToker doesn’t explain why the blackout happened on the Carnival cruise in the video or any videos after it, we don’t have any answers as to what happened or how things progressed once the staff inevitably informed the guests what was going on. Luckily, other people who have been on cruises or even worked on them have some ideas about why there was an unexplained blackout on the ship.

Cruises are often in danger of pirates on the open ocean.

Most of the comments under the TikTok video claim that the cruise ship likely went dark and, therefore, silent in the middle of the ocean because of pirates. If a smaller ship was spotted nearby, it would make sense for the ship to cut power at night and turn off the sounds that pirates could detect.

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“If they announced [a blackout], the pirates would hear them,” one user commented. “Keep an open mind. Most ships don’t just have a blackout.”

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Another person agreed, “Sounds like they saw pirates out there… They are indeed out there and the ships have protocols for them.”

While some of the comments explain that “pirates are real,” others show that people who prefer not to go on cruises are happily justified in their decisions. And with no answers about the blackout and the danger of pirates on the ocean, you can have your cruises.

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David Spade Wants to Get Married — Is He Husband Material?

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David Spade is worth an estimated $40 million, but does he have a wife to share his fortune with? Has David ever been married? Details ahead.

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The Gist:

  • David Spade is a well known comedian who has never been married.
  • He has dated 20 women over the years.
  • David has a daughter, Harper, from his relationship with former Playboy bunny Jillian Grace.

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There is something to be said about people being attracted to a person’s sense of humor. Whenever people list off what they’d like in a life partner, many times a “sense of humor” or “funny” is at the top of the list for most desired qualities.

That’s why it makes so much sense that famous comedians have dated some of the most beautiful Hollywood actors and models. Funny guy David Spade is no exception to that. David was one of the most well-known comedians in the 1990s after he first appeared on Saturday Night Live. David’s successful and lengthy career has helped him to earn a net worth estimated at $40 million, but does he have a wife to share his fortune with? Has David ever been married?

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David Spade has never been married, but he has dated quite a few ladies.

According to Ranker, David has dated an impressive 20 women but has never tied the knot with any of them. The comedian once admitted that it’s very hard for him to settle down, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t thought about it or actually tried.

David Spade at the 2019 E! People's Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on Nov. 10, 2019
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He told The New York Times, “It’s very hard for me, for various reasons, which we won’t get into. Too much data, too many gigabytes. But I have been trying to do that. I’ve known someone for a long time. I’ve been trying to make something work.”

David Spade’s list of ex-girlfriends is long and blonde.

David has dated numerous actors and celebrities, including Heather Locklear, Lara Flynn Boyle, Julie Bowen, Teri Hatcher, and Naya Rivera, just to name a few. E! News actually called him “a bachelor-era George Clooney of the comedy world” after photos of David and Naya cuddling in a swimming pool went viral. His friends concur that he has got a way with women.

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David Spade and Heather Locklear on July 20, 2006 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Howard Stern, on his radio show while discussing the dating reports, said that David was simply that charming of a guy, one who’s always had success with the ladies.

In 2016, David was seen out with Baywatch‘s Charlotte McKinney. Their outing caused a lot of speculation and rumors, but nothing was confirmed. A few years later, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he admitted that he was still single.

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That being said, David had another daring confession. “I’m dating someone now,” he told Page Six. Unfortunately, he didn’t really give any additional details, so fans are still left in the dark about if its that serious and who the mystery person is.

David Spade has a daughter with a Playboy bunny.

David shares custody of his daughter with her mother, a former Playboy bunny named Jillian Grace. The two broke up shortly after Harper was born. She was born in 2008.

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Jillian Grace and David Spade with their daughter Harper on a ride at Disneyland
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David said that having a daughter of his own has truly changed his viewpoint on his own father and he revealed in his book, A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World. He stopped talking to his father after Harper was born.

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David spilled his true feelings about fatherhood in his tell-all book.

David explained more about his dad and wrote, “This one’s going to be a little tricky — this is a chapter about my dad, and the way that it fits into this audiobook is I’m a dad now. And the difference – and why it caused some complications with my own dad — is because he was sort of a ne’er-do-well, which is putting it mildly. I think f–k up is more on the nose.”

David Spade and his father Sam Spade at the 2nd Annual Saks 5th Avenue Project ALS. Benefit
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He continued, “So when I had [Harper], I got this new tidal wave of resentment towards my dad because of his irresponsible behavior and manipulative mean streak. So I stopped talking to him.”

It’s still a mystery as to if David will settle down with anyone, but he remains a dedicated father and one of the best comedians in his craft. Fans will just have to wait and see.

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