Blayne Alexander

Hi, everyone.

I'm Blaine Alexander, and today we are talking Dateline.

Today I'm here with Keith Morrison to talk about his original podcast series, Murder and Magnolias.

Keith, my friend, it's so good to talk to you.

Now, if you have not listened to it yet, you need to go do so.

We drop the full series in the Dateline feed as a bonus.

while Dateline has been taking a break for these past few weeks for the Winter Olympics.

So go there, listen, and then come right back here.

And later, we will be joined by Dateline producer Carol Gable to share what it was like behind the scenes reporting on this story as it unfolded.

And then as always, we're going to take some of your questions.

Okay, let's talk Dateline.

Keith, so this story was fascinating for a number of reasons.

Can you just give us a quick primer, just kind of run down what the story was about?

Let's start with those fascinating characters.

I have to say you give a great primer, but there is so much to this story that it's almost impossible to kind of summarize it all.

You do.

But one thing that you can't really describe, even with the rundown that you just gave, I think just the southern feel of these folks, of these characters, and the fact that it took place in South Carolina somehow just takes the story to another level for me.

So let's talk about the couple at the center of this, the Lathams.

So you mentioned you grew up far away from South Carolina.

I'm right next door.