Hey Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Murder in the Moonlight, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In this podcast, Keith Morrison takes listeners to a quiet farmhouse on America’s Great Plains, where Sharmon and Wayne Stock have just celebrated Easter with their big, loving family. That night, under a pale moon, the couple is shot to death in their bedroom. The investigation includes four suspects, spans three states, and comes down to a single shiny clue: A gold ring found at the scene of the crime. Follow now to get the first two episodes on Monday, February 17th completely free. Or subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or DatelinePremium.com to hear the first two episodes now. Subscribers receive ad-free listening and early access to subsequent episodes.
There are verities in this great land.
The simple joys of an Easter egg hunt.
The family centered traditions on a fine baked farm in the heart of the western plains.
The all but certain confidence that some places are safe from chaos and violence.
Never in a million years would you think
that you'd see your parents house taped off the farm taped off by that yellow tape.
It was a very brutal crime scene.
One of the worst I've ever seen.
Careful what myths you choose to rely on.
Like truth for example.
And the weakness that makes us think we alone have found it.
Literature.
Gas.
Lethal injection.
That's what kind of case this is.
As we stumble in the dark until we hear what we need to hear.
Put the gun to her face and blew it away.
An inside job, apparently.
A family affair, as murder often is.
You're just sitting there trying to take it all in.