Killer Role

Killer Role

The actress Wyn Reed had that powerful combination of charisma, beauty and smarts. She was such a talent that a team of movie producers couldn’t believe it when the 28 year-old Wyn agreed to play the lead — a killer—in their upcoming, small-budget, horror movie. What the filmmakers didn’t know, as they got on location, was that Wyn wasn’t really Wyn. That was all make believe. But the killer part? That was real. This original podcast series from Keith Morrison and Dateline NBC tells a story even Hollywood couldn’t have imagined. Listen to all episodes of Killer Role now completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.com

Episodes

April 2, 2021 2 mins

An actress playing a killer in a horror film is so good, you’d almost think she’d done it in real life. Turns out she had… Dateline’s Keith Morrison takes you inside a story where fiction and reality collide. 

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Indie filmmakers cast Wyn Reed as their star. What they didn’t know was that Wyn wasn’t Wyn.

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April 13, 2021 34 mins

The story Tucker told police sounded like a scene from a movie, but it was all too real.

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April 20, 2021 33 mins

The gun fired in an instant, but the backstory that preceded the shooting took years to unfold. 

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April 22, 2021 32 mins

She was there to help with legal documents, but when a fatal shot rang out, she became a key witness. 

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April 27, 2021 35 mins

Detectives want to know who fired and re-loaded the gun hours before Shane was shot.

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April 29, 2021 36 mins

Days before her trial was to begin, Tucker’s lawyer said he had proof of his client’s innocence: a recording of the shooting made by Tucker herself.

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July 16, 2024 3 mins

Hey Dateline fans, we’re sharing with you a special preview of the first episode of an all-new season of Dateline: Missing in America. 

Josh Mankiewicz tells the story of Arelie Garcia, a 25-year-old woman who left her Salinas, California apartment she shared with her mother in 2022, and hasn’t been seen or heard from since.

Each of the six episodes will focus on one person’s story, as told by those left behind. Listen carefully to t...

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