2 Oct 2025 · 35 min
A Command Performance
Former lovers are reunited in court as Denita Smith’s accused killer goes to trial.
Podcast · True Crime
Deadly Engagement
by NBC News · English · True Crime
Denita Smith was about to fulfill her dreams. Just months away from getting her master’s degree, Denita had recently gotten engaged to her college sweetheart. But her future vanished in a puff of smoke with one gunshot from a mysterious assailant. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz takes you to North Carol
- New episodes
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 31 min
- Latest
- 2 Oct 2025
- Language
- English
Latest episode
Earlier episodes 6 most recent
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S1 · E5 · 30 Sep 2025 · 33 min
Good Neighbors
A knife in a trash can raises questions about a key witness.
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S1 · E4 · 25 Sep 2025 · 31 min
A Knife in the Night
Two women. One man. And a stunning new allegation.
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S1 · E3 · 23 Sep 2025 · 39 min
Homecoming
Just days before Denita Smith is laid to rest, a suspect is charged with her murder.
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S1 · E2 · 16 Sep 2025 · 30 min
He Said, She Said
As they dig deeper into the case, detectives begin to focus on two people with very different stories about one another.
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S1 · E1 · 16 Sep 2025 · 30 min
The Telltale SUV
When Denita Smith, a talented North Carolina graduate student, is gunned down outside her home, investigators hunt for witnesses and clues.
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S1 · 5 Sep 2025 · 3 min
Introducing: Deadly Engagement
Denita Smith was about to fulfill her dreams. Just months away from getting her master’s degree, Denita had recently gotten engaged to her college sweetheart. But her future vanished in a puff of smoke with one gunshot from a mysterious assailant. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz takes you to North Carolina for a twisted story of sex, lies and betrayal that will keep you guessing until the very end.
About Deadly Engagement
Denita Smith was about to fulfill her dreams. Just months away from getting her master’s degree, Denita had recently gotten engaged to her college sweetheart. But her future vanished in a puff of smoke with one gunshot from a mysterious assailant. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz takes you to North Carol
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- Publisher
- NBC News
- Language
- English
- Category
- True Crime
- New episodes
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 31 min
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2025
- Feed
- RSS — paste into any podcast app
- Apple Podcasts
- podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837934108
- Rights
- 2025 NBCUniversal Media LLC, all rights reserved
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