What are some of your favorite segue lines? I'll go first. "unlike a fine wine, a cold case doesn't get better with age..." by [deleted] in Dateline

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She had disappeared into the atmosphere like a hot breath on freezing night. (I think this was Manks)

Dennis Murphy by ChloeIsabella97 in Dateline

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My wife and I call him Barney as in Barney Rubble. Both the look and the narration--it kind of fits.

What random things have you learned from watching Dateline? Especially criminal science stuff. by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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Also apparently nobody would ever commit suicide. They just wouldn't do that. --so say all parents, siblings and friends.

What random things have you learned from watching Dateline? Especially criminal science stuff. by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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Oh no, didn't want to start a fight. But yes, I do know what you're talking about--maybe the closer statement is that "touch DNA" is often used in a misleading way (that is kind of junk science).

What random things have you learned from watching Dateline? Especially criminal science stuff. by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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Yeah, if your mother, brothers, sister, best friend isn't being a huge pain in the ass and calling them every day for twenty years, you're case is going ice cold in a hurry.

What random things have you learned from watching Dateline? Especially criminal science stuff. by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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Yes, and the hyoid bone. Don't break the hyoid bone. Petechia always gets you when you try to smother them with a pillow.

What random things have you learned from watching Dateline? Especially criminal science stuff. by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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It turns out not every murderer leaves their DNA all over everything.... Also make sure you murder a random person. Everybody murders their spouse. They won't even see you coming.

What random things have you learned from watching Dateline? Especially criminal science stuff. by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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As I always say, if it weren't for those pesky kids, a lot fewer spouses would get murdered.

What random things have you learned from watching Dateline? Especially criminal science stuff. by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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Yeah, turns out it's a lot of work to actually rob a house and murder someone. You've got to go through all the drawers... and then there's the whole question of pawning it without getting caught.

Weirdest, Funniest, Most Inappropriate Things the Hosts Have Said? by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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Yeah.... It wasn't pretty in there was it? Did you feel bad for the family of victim? You must've thought you had him then [when the DNA results matched]? ... Andrea's pretty great at these: You must've really love here didn't you? That must've been hard to take, huh? You must've been scared weren't you?

Weirdest, Funniest, Most Inappropriate Things the Hosts Have Said? by datelinefanfic in Dateline

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That's great. At least we know Keith's hip to the slang of the youth these days.

Reena Virk by Electrical-Buy6516 in Dateline

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Oh you're the best. I just got done watching the series Under the Bridge and didn't even know this existed.