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There are verities in this great land. The simple joys of an Easter egg hunt. The family-centered traditions on a fine big farm in the heart of the Western Plains.
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The all but certain confidence that some places are safe from chaos and violence.
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Never in a million years would you think that you'd see your parents' house taped off,
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the form taped off by that yellow tape. It was a very brutal crime scene. One of the worst I've ever seen.
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Careful what myths you choose to rely on. Like truth, for example. And the weakness that makes us think we alone have found it.
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Literature, gas, lethal injection. That's what kind of case this is. As we stumble in the dark
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until we hear what we need to hear. Put the gun to her face and blew it away. An inside job, apparently.
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a family affair as murder often is. You're just sitting there trying to take it all in,
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trying to figure out why does this happen. But sometimes it takes a second set of eyes to see
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a clue missed until that moment that took a case of double murder on a long strange trip.
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I said that like looking for a needle in a haystack Three tiny letters the ultimate key to a mystery That pretty much sends a chill down your spine Sometimes the least likely of all things can be
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real. I am not kidding. And if no one believes me, then I really want to go back to myself.
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Truth can be hidden in strange places. She looked at me and she said, I'm screwed. And I said,
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You just got to tell the truth. That's all you can do at this point. If there was truth to be found.
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Maybe he was lying to you. Not a chance. If anyone could figure it out. It was this and then it was that and then it was this and then it was that.
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When a top lawman was caught in a lie. You wake up one morning and they say you're a criminal.
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Well, it kind of was like that. You know, wish there was a time machine and go back in time and say, forget this ever happened.
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I'm Keith Morrison and this is Murder in the Moonlight an all new podcast from Dateline
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