October 2009 - Posts
When a well-liked young man lost his wife and son on a family outing, an entire town mourned. But there was somebody who suspected the tragedy was no accident.
He was the only one who could discover the truth - but also the one most afraid to do just that - because he was the widower's best friend.
NBC's Keith Morrison uncovers the Mystery at Lost Dog Road at 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT on Dateline Friday.
It was a crime that happened twenty years ago, but for the detective in charge, it could have been yesterday. The cold-case file was always right on the corner of his desk, where he could reach it whenever the victim's family called. She was a young woman who had been murdered in her own home. The detective thought he knew who killed her - but he had to prove it. And, he would, with some help from the victim herself.
NBC's Keith Morrison reports on "When the Smoke Clears," at 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT on Dateline Friday.
One of the world's most popular authors, Dan Brown, sits down for a rare and exclusive interview with NBC News' Matt Lauer to talk about his new book, "The Lost Symbol," the beliefs of the Freemasons, the power of the human mind, whether people can become gods and a little known science that may tie them all together. For the hour-long report, "Secrets of the Lost Symbol," set to air on Friday, Oct. 16 (9:00 p.m. ET), Lauer travels to Washington, D.C. to interview Brown and explore the backdrop and secrets of this new bestseller.
"Secrets of the Lost Symbol" will take viewers behind the scenes of the secretive brotherhood of the Freemasons in attempt to make sense of what is fact and what is fiction for all Brown's fans, and find out from the Freemasons themselves what he got right, and what he got wrong. The broadcast also goes in search of what Brown calls the true meaning of his book and why, he says, its so unlike his others. Additionally, he speaks with Lauer at length about the beliefs of the nation's founding fathers, saying "America wasn't founded a Christian country. It became a Christian country."
He was an intruder who came in from the rain, in the dark of night, assaulting women in upscale neighborhoods. The hunt for the man in the mask went on for years. He might have gotten away with it forever, except for one thing he didn't count on: the courage of his victims, extraordinary women who would keep their composure in moments of terror, and trap a predator who haunted an entire community for 14 years.
NBC's Keith Morrison reports on "Through the Pouring Rain," at 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT on Dateline Friday.
