Talking Dateline: Unmasking the Monster
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Talking Dateline: Unmasking the Monster

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 202634 min
  • Crime & justice

Andrea Canning sits down with Blayne Alexander to talk about her episode “ Unmasking the Monster." In 1989, Dana Beatty, a successful young businesswoman, was sexually assaulted in her Cincinnati home by an unknown masked man. Even with several leads, investigators could not find the man responsible for the violent crime. Decades later, Dana’s daughter, Andra Beatty, reignited the investigation in the hope of getting justice for her mother. With advances in DNA technology, investigators had evidence from the scene retested and, through forensic genetic genealogy, learned that Dana’s attacker was someone she knew. Blayne and Andrea discuss the impact...

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Corrupt people will always run for office, but we have to stand up to them. When a local journalist... If officers do something that's against the law, we're going to write about it. ...takes on a sheriff.

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We began getting allegations of violence. Nothing's more dangerous than the truth. These stories really got him angry. It was a complete madhouse.

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It cost us everything. I knew they didn't like us. I had no idea they would talk about killing us. From producer Rachel Maddow, Killberry Print.

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