Andrea Canning

We'll have tips on how to keep your home safe.

A burglary happens about every 28 seconds in the U.S.

But before all that, we're headed to Missouri for a preview of one of the most highly anticipated trials of 2026.

And a defendant Dateline fans know all too well.

If you've been watching and listening to Dateline in recent years, you'll surely recognize the name Pam Hupp.

She's been the subject of six Dateline episodes and one of the very first podcast series we ever did.

You may also have seen the NBC miniseries, The Thing About Pam, starring Renee Zellweger, which was based on our reporting.

You know when people want you to admit to something you didn't do?

But believe it or not, the Pam Hupp saga isn't done yet.

The case revolves around the 2011 stabbing death of Hupp's friend, Betsy Faria.

Even though he had an alibi, Betsy's husband, Russ, was charged with her murder.

And in 2013, a jury convicted him, thanks in large part to Hupp's testimony against him.

But Russ, who always maintained his innocence, was granted a new trial in 2015 and acquitted.

While Russ rebuilt his life, Pam's began to unravel.

In 2016, she fatally shot a man by the name of Louis Gumpenberger.

She claimed it was in self-defense that the man tried to kidnap her and made it look like he'd been hired by none other than Russ Faria.

But investigators didn't buy it.

They uncovered evidence that Pam had lured the victim to her home by posing as a Dateline producer and then murdered him.

Why would she do that?

Well, like most things involving Pam Hupp, it's complicated.