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Hi, I'm Keith Morrison from Dateline NBC. Here's a special preview of our new podcast, Murder in the Moonlight.
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It was late past midnight. The moon was nearly full, and its pale ghost lights spread across the great dark Nebraska plains.
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Not quite enough to see much of anything. The moon had no competition, not out here, so far from the polluting light of a city or town of any size.
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A few farm buildings, caught in the muted glow, through black moon shadows, and all around was silence.
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Almost. It was a pickup truck by the sound of it, tires crunching over gravel, headlights poking at the night along the country road.
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As if the driver was looking for something. And there it was, rising out of the dark.
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A farmhouse. The pickup slowed down, turned in. The driver looked at his companion.
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This was the place. They gathered up their tools, got out, gently, gently shut the truck's doors,
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and walked across the yard. It was a big two place Old established Even in the moonlight it showed off a little Like people cared about this house about appearances Was anyone home Maybe maybe not No sign of life no movement inside no dog barked
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One of them made a decision. They would not enter through the front door as family would,
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but in quick order, they found a window unlocked. So, here it was, the way inside. No turning back now.
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This is a story about fear. I was sitting up in bed and I said, Andy, should I be shaking?
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And he said, that's normal. The shock. The fight, flight or freeze kind of fear that grabs you by the throat.
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So there was a real, genuine itch in your back that somebody was going to come after you.
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Come after me, come after my family. And it's a story about certainty. I'm going to do my little best to hang your ass from the highest tree.
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certainty right or wrong I know what happened and no one will believe me and it's about a secret
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hidden far far away and all but forgotten a secret that waited for the one who could find
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the golden key I'm Keith Morrison and this is Dateline's newest podcast Murder in the Moonlight
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