Peter Van Sant

I am even more excited to be here. Thanks so much for having me.

I am even more excited to be here. Thanks so much for having me.

Around 20 years for 48 Hours, 41 years with CBS News. I also worked in Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas and Georgia before I got to the network. So it's been a long journey, to say the least, but I love it.

Around 20 years for 48 Hours, 41 years with CBS News. I also worked in Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas and Georgia before I got to the network. So it's been a long journey, to say the least, but I love it.

I love it. Back in the day when I joined CBS News, you had to work your way up through local news. And so I had done a couple thousand stories before CBS hired me and working in Washington State and Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Arizona. But once you just have that natural curiosity, I'm one of these news nerds. When I was about five years old,

I love it. Back in the day when I joined CBS News, you had to work your way up through local news. And so I had done a couple thousand stories before CBS hired me and working in Washington State and Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Arizona. But once you just have that natural curiosity, I'm one of these news nerds. When I was about five years old,

I used to watch Walter Cronkite, the CBS Evening News with my parents, and I started then. And once I got into junior high school, as we called it back then, middle school, I started to think, these reporters, they get to go to all these fascinating places and talk to interesting people and tell a story to the world. That's what I want to do. I mean, I'm really lucky.

I used to watch Walter Cronkite, the CBS Evening News with my parents, and I started then. And once I got into junior high school, as we called it back then, middle school, I started to think, these reporters, they get to go to all these fascinating places and talk to interesting people and tell a story to the world. That's what I want to do. I mean, I'm really lucky.

I decided in the eighth grade, this is what I wanted to do.

I decided in the eighth grade, this is what I wanted to do.

When I first came to CBS News, you know, honestly, my goal was to hopefully get to 60 Minutes. I wanted to get there. I was based in London. I covered the world, the Gulf War, the collapse of the Soviet Union, famine in Africa and things. I saw myself on that path. But also, as you're covering the news, true crime is part of the news.

When I first came to CBS News, you know, honestly, my goal was to hopefully get to 60 Minutes. I wanted to get there. I was based in London. I covered the world, the Gulf War, the collapse of the Soviet Union, famine in Africa and things. I saw myself on that path. But also, as you're covering the news, true crime is part of the news.

To me, true crime is the canary in the mineshaft of our culture, of our civilization. I think why you guys are fascinated with it, why I'm fascinated with it, is that it's a daily gut check on the status of our morality and where we are, how kind we are or not kind to each other, our value of human life or not human life.

To me, true crime is the canary in the mineshaft of our culture, of our civilization. I think why you guys are fascinated with it, why I'm fascinated with it, is that it's a daily gut check on the status of our morality and where we are, how kind we are or not kind to each other, our value of human life or not human life.

And true crime has become this giant interest with people because it's all about us. And the nature of who's committing these crimes, which fascinates me, there's this evolution on our show, more and more women are killing now. We're doing more shows about Women planning the murder of a spouse and the importance of what we do, human life, there's nothing more important.

And true crime has become this giant interest with people because it's all about us. And the nature of who's committing these crimes, which fascinates me, there's this evolution on our show, more and more women are killing now. We're doing more shows about Women planning the murder of a spouse and the importance of what we do, human life, there's nothing more important.

I think it fuels all of us to tell these stories as completely and as honestly, directly as we can. And that's what I owe my audience. And that's what I love to bring to any project I'm working on.

I think it fuels all of us to tell these stories as completely and as honestly, directly as we can. And that's what I owe my audience. And that's what I love to bring to any project I'm working on.

Well, I look at our 48 Hours story as a magazine piece and podcasts that we do now, that's the movie. And we had shot at the time an enormous amount of material. We actually got to Linda Updike, the heiress in this story and at the center of this love triangle. I interviewed her three times before she had any significant interview experience.

Well, I look at our 48 Hours story as a magazine piece and podcasts that we do now, that's the movie. And we had shot at the time an enormous amount of material. We actually got to Linda Updike, the heiress in this story and at the center of this love triangle. I interviewed her three times before she had any significant interview experience.