The Man in the Black Mask

Hey Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Deadly Engagement an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Josh Mankiewicz. It’s the story of Denita Smith, a promising young photographer with a bright future and engagement ring from a man she loved. But her future vanished in a puff of gun smoke when a mysterious assailant shot her dead outside her home. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz takes us to North Carolina for a twisted story that reveals a love triangle involving sex, lies and an audio tape that had everyone guessing who really killed Denita. Follow now to get the first two episodes on Tuesday, September 16 completely free. Or subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or DatelinePremium.com to hear the first two episodes now. Subscribers receive ad-free listening and early access to subsequent episodes.

At trial, Twitchell plays a surprising card. Will he walk, or will everything come tumbling down?

After Twitchell is arrested on Halloween, a city debates whether he is a monster or a master manipulator.

He wanted dinner and a movie. His “date” seemed to want something else entirely…

Police recover a deleted document from Mark Twitchell’s computer that reads like a script for a horror film. But was it more than just fiction?

A horror film director and a seasoned homicide detective match wits in a high stakes game of cat and mouse.

In a quiet neighborhood, a frightening figure in a hockey mask appears. Then another man disappears.

A rising young director is shooting a frightening film about a serial killer in a hockey mask. But when a man goes missing near the set, a real-life horror story unfolds. Keith Morrison’s latest Dateline original podcast series takes us into a mysterious netherworld of illusion, fantasy, deception and death. Follow The Man in the Black Mask now and get two new episodes a week, starting October 15 -- completely free. Or subscribe to Dateline Premium now, for early access and ad-free listening.