Josh Mankiewicz

The humiliating journey from billionaire to inmate doesn't happen that often. And it may not happen this time. Sometimes wealth and fame speak as loudly as any witness in the criminal justice system. And Combs has beaten daunting charges before. Is he really a bad boy in the eyes of the law? Or is all that part of some lifelong performance?

The humiliating journey from billionaire to inmate doesn't happen that often. And it may not happen this time. Sometimes wealth and fame speak as loudly as any witness in the criminal justice system. And Combs has beaten daunting charges before. Is he really a bad boy in the eyes of the law? Or is all that part of some lifelong performance?

Now the curtain rises on what might be the final act in this drama.

Now the curtain rises on what might be the final act in this drama.

Hi, everybody. I'm Josh Mankiewicz, and we are talking Dateline today with Blaine Alexander. Hi. Hello. So we're here to talk about Blaine's episode called Murder in Minot. Now, if you haven't seen it, it's the episode right below this one on your Dateline podcast feed. So go there, listen to it, stream it on Peacock or go to your DVR.

Hi, everybody. I'm Josh Mankiewicz, and we are talking Dateline today with Blaine Alexander. Hi. Hello. So we're here to talk about Blaine's episode called Murder in Minot. Now, if you haven't seen it, it's the episode right below this one on your Dateline podcast feed. So go there, listen to it, stream it on Peacock or go to your DVR.

And watch it because you record it every single week, which is what you ought to be doing. And then come back here. Now, to recap, college student Anita Knutson was found stabbed to death in her North Dakota apartment in 2007, and it took nearly 15 years for investigators to make an arrest immediately. in that murder.

And watch it because you record it every single week, which is what you ought to be doing. And then come back here. Now, to recap, college student Anita Knutson was found stabbed to death in her North Dakota apartment in 2007, and it took nearly 15 years for investigators to make an arrest immediately. in that murder.

And then that turned out to be one of the first people they spoke with at the crime scene, which was Anita's roommate, Nicole. Now, she maintained her innocence. And as you saw or heard in the episode, she was acquitted after a week-long trial.

And then that turned out to be one of the first people they spoke with at the crime scene, which was Anita's roommate, Nicole. Now, she maintained her innocence. And as you saw or heard in the episode, she was acquitted after a week-long trial.

So for this Talking Dateline, we have an extra clip for Blaine's interview, really great interview, I thought, with Anita's sister, Anna, and how she talks about that long fight for justice for her sister, which ultimately did not lead where the family wanted it to lead. So let's talk Dateline. Let's do it. a couple of things I loved about this episode.

So for this Talking Dateline, we have an extra clip for Blaine's interview, really great interview, I thought, with Anita's sister, Anna, and how she talks about that long fight for justice for her sister, which ultimately did not lead where the family wanted it to lead. So let's talk Dateline. Let's do it. a couple of things I loved about this episode.

One, like it wasn't clear until pretty close to the end who police thought the guilty party was. A lot of times you have a pretty good idea earlier on, uh, There were a lot of sort of equally rated suspects as you sort of tick them off through the investigation.

One, like it wasn't clear until pretty close to the end who police thought the guilty party was. A lot of times you have a pretty good idea earlier on, uh, There were a lot of sort of equally rated suspects as you sort of tick them off through the investigation.

And then, of course, this great twist in which the person that gets arrested that everybody thinks did it, at least at that point, is acquitted. So let's talk a little bit about that for starters.

And then, of course, this great twist in which the person that gets arrested that everybody thinks did it, at least at that point, is acquitted. So let's talk a little bit about that for starters.

But I mean, we hate that word. Yeah.

But I mean, we hate that word. Yeah.

There's a period at the end of the sentence. And somebody almost always got convicted. I mean, you're talking about this was your first acquittal. I mean, in 30 years here, I've done, I don't know, maybe 10. I mean, they just don't come along that often.

There's a period at the end of the sentence. And somebody almost always got convicted. I mean, you're talking about this was your first acquittal. I mean, in 30 years here, I've done, I don't know, maybe 10. I mean, they just don't come along that often.