Josh Mankiewicz

In this podcast, you'll hear from people who loved that man found lying on the shop floor in August 2014.

In this podcast, you'll hear from people who loved that man found lying on the shop floor in August 2014.

And you'll hear from the newly minted homicide detective whose job it was to find the killer or killers responsible.

And you'll hear from the newly minted homicide detective whose job it was to find the killer or killers responsible.

It's a pretty big first case.

It's a pretty big first case.

I'm Josh Mankiewicz, and this is Deadly Mirage, a podcast from Dateline. And to listen ad-free.

I'm Josh Mankiewicz, and this is Deadly Mirage, a podcast from Dateline. And to listen ad-free.

Hi, everybody. It's Josh Mankiewicz, and we are talking Dateline today with Andrea Canning. Hi, Andrea. Hi, hi. So this episode is called The Killer Among Them. It's from 1996. An Atlanta millionaire named Lance Herndon was found bludgeoned to death in his home, and detectives dug into his life. It turned out one of the people closest to him was his killer.

Hi, everybody. It's Josh Mankiewicz, and we are talking Dateline today with Andrea Canning. Hi, Andrea. Hi, hi. So this episode is called The Killer Among Them. It's from 1996. An Atlanta millionaire named Lance Herndon was found bludgeoned to death in his home, and detectives dug into his life. It turned out one of the people closest to him was his killer.

And that person had actually been at his big glamorous birthday party in Atlanta just a little while before he was killed. Now, when you come back, Andrea has an extra clip that she wants to play for us from the killer's police interrogation. And also later, we're going to answer some of your questions about the episode from social media. And now let's talk Dateline.

And that person had actually been at his big glamorous birthday party in Atlanta just a little while before he was killed. Now, when you come back, Andrea has an extra clip that she wants to play for us from the killer's police interrogation. And also later, we're going to answer some of your questions about the episode from social media. And now let's talk Dateline.

So you say killer among us in the episode. Is this one of those rare instances in which the title is actually your title?

So you say killer among us in the episode. Is this one of those rare instances in which the title is actually your title?

Maybe you're like the muse. I like that. So I loved the using of the clouds and the weather to sort of set the scene at the top. And then it ends with the candles being blown out, which suddenly looks very ominous, which is normally a very happy thing. I thought that was great. And the whole idea that like you just celebrated this birthday with this sort of star studded party and now he's dead.

Maybe you're like the muse. I like that. So I loved the using of the clouds and the weather to sort of set the scene at the top. And then it ends with the candles being blown out, which suddenly looks very ominous, which is normally a very happy thing. I thought that was great. And the whole idea that like you just celebrated this birthday with this sort of star studded party and now he's dead.

And also the fact that the killer was at that party.

And also the fact that the killer was at that party.

And rented the same room, right?

And rented the same room, right?