Josh Mankiewicz

How did somebody end up dead on the kitchen floor?

That's our story, not what the crime scene guys put together.

We certainly need all that, but I think that's why Dateline distinguishes itself from some of the other shows.

Among ourselves?

Yeah.

We look at each other and go, how could he do that?

Why didn't they just get a divorce?

In my mind, no question, I would go to Fall River, Massachusetts and meet Lizzie Borden.

Do you remember Lizzie Borden took an ax, gave it, you can all say that, right?

Well, she went to trial, and there's immaculate records of the trial, all the testimony.

It was a terrific book a few years back.

She was acquitted.

She was found not guilty.

All the time.

Every single time.

The hardest thing we do.

Yeah.

And I never lose sight of the fact that this show is not coming from a writer's room.

These are real-life people who've had the worst experience in their lives, and we come knocking on the door.

We've got our cameras, and we want you to sit down and tell us the worst thing that ever happened to you.