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Friday, July 24: Patty Hearst's story and a weekend murder mystery

Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:04 PM by Elizabeth Chuck

You've probably heard of it, maybe even remember when it happened: the story of Patty Hearst, the newspaper heiress who was kidnapped by terrorists, and then later proclaimed herself one of them. The Vietnam War was raging, so was the Watergate scandal, and yet, this story held the nation spellbound for nearly two years. This past spring, 35 years later, the last member of the group that kidnapped Patty Hearst was released from jail. NBC's Josh Mankiewicz has details you haven't heard before, plus the final chapter of a tale that helped define an era: "Kidnapped Heiress: The Patty Hearst Story."

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Plus: You couldn't meet a nicer family than the one in Dateline's second story-- well-known, well-liked leaders of their community. And when a killer invaded their home while the father was away, a town was overwhelmed with shock and grief, and demands for justice. But the case was a puzzle from the beginning: few clues, no murder weapon, and no apparent motive. The only suspect was thousands of miles from the scene of the crime. An ironclad alibi. Or was it? NBC's Keith Morrison has "The Mystery of the Lost Weekend."

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