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Killer Role

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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.


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Introducing: Killer Role

Introducing: Killer Role

2021-04-0202:526

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. 
1 - In the Dark

1 - In the Dark

2021-04-1333:4414

Indie filmmakers cast Wyn Reed as their star. What they didn’t know was that Wyn wasn’t Wyn.
2 - It Just Went Off

2 - It Just Went Off

2021-04-1335:0116

The story Tucker told police sounded like a scene from a movie, but it was all too real.
3 - A Drop Dead Moment

3 - A Drop Dead Moment

2021-04-2034:497

The gun fired in an instant, but the backstory that preceded the shooting took years to unfold. 
She was there to help with legal documents, but when a fatal shot rang out, she became a key witness. 
Detectives want to know who fired and re-loaded the gun hours before Shane was shot.
6 - My Jaw Hit the Floor

6 - My Jaw Hit the Floor

2021-04-2938:2520

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.
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 “Making Space with Hoda Kotb” or by clicking here: https://link.chtbl.com/ms_sflw
Comments (76)

Ryan Phillips

when three people have the same story it's like they're telling the truth or something so wrong with police tell the truth they must have made the story up tell the truth they must be all in a conspiracy together tell the truth it just doesn't matter they're always going to think you're lying. never talk to police always request an attorney every time

Nov 10th
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Ryan Phillips

you're really stretching it for this story when you have three women say the same story it's not because they made it up it's because it's probably true I know you need ratings but Jesus Christ

Nov 10th
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Tiffany

Kelly set this all up to get everything and it worked. Then Kelly & Shane’s mother helped. Both of them were just as guilty if not more.

Sep 28th
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yoyo

i think this show needs a few more producers😃

Jun 11th
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Jill K

But if Shane scheduled the notary, then why was Kelly, Tucker and Lori at the house?? Did they go to the house prior and just waited there for Shane to arrive?

Jun 8th
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Megan Langreck

so many aspects are heartbreaking. hearing this woman transform into a gelatinous sobbing puddle as the realization dawns on her that she is being thrown under the bus, and of course the final outcome.

May 30th
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Kate Kennamer

for goodness sake 4-5 of these episodes are just the same interview played over and over.

May 29th
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Suzanne Hubbard Gerken

This podcast is fascinating. Thank you for your amazing ability to both, be a great journalist, and to weave a tale; to draw me in to the person's life of whom you're telling.

May 23rd
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Caitlyn Gallagher

WARNING This episode includes an audio recording of a man dying. It shows the noises an actual human being made after being fatally shot with no warning immediately preceding the audio. It is extremely disturbing. Please be aware of that before listening.

May 20th
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Hugal Mcdougall

"Like the screams of a woman at the gates of hell." 🤣🤣🤣

May 12th
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Goomer Doctor

awful dinner theater level acting from this mom/daughter duo

May 8th
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yoyo

jeez, does this show have enough producers??

May 5th
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David Charles Luke Millis

talk about stretching it out this could just as easily be done in 2-3 episodes.

May 4th
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Julia Prole Terry

a recent date line I saw was almost the same scenario a family dynamics, but the father was the killer and the daughter was the planner they got 68 and 48 years respectively. then from prison the daughter tried to develop a hit upon her ex mother-in-law using her mother to transfer money to the hitman, and even her mother got as much time as Tucker got for pulling the trigger. meanwhile Tucker's mother gets the house/ farm and no jail time. doesn't make sense. Small town and cobid or not, she got away with murder.

May 3rd
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Death Doula ☠

Too easy

May 1st
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Brooke Venning

The way they pronounce Aisling...😂. It's a Celtic name that's supposed to be pronounced like Ash-ling, Ash-lin, or Ash-leen. 🤷‍♀️😁

Apr 30th
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Pete Jackson King

Absolutely ridiculous plea bargain!!!

Apr 29th
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PotatoCouch

that last 16 seconds of the recording from the young woman's cell phone. omg. I never need to hear that again. 😢

Apr 29th
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PotatoCouch

I think I have fallen prey to the sunken costs fallacy with this podcast: I've trudged along this far, I might as well make it to the end. even if it moves at about .5 mph

Apr 29th
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An-D

Lesson: if your young and attractive you're going to get a better deal in the criminal justice system.

Apr 29th
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