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Dateline Originals

The Man in the Black Mask - Ep. 1: Where's Johnny?

23 Dec 2024

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In a quiet neighborhood, a frightening figure in a hockey mask appears. Then another man disappears. This episode originally published on October 15, 2024.

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10.12 - 34.126 Narrator

It was a happy habit, their evening walk. A summer habit, of course. Too soon now that crisp bite in the air would turn bitter cold. But not yet. That day, Friday, October 3rd, had been uncommonly warm for Edmonton, and twilight seemed to linger as they ambled along the path that wound its way through their neighborhood.

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35.273 - 58.423 Narrator

It was a good neighborhood, safe, established, not quite grand, but not modest either. So they wandered, the two of them, and listened to parents calling in kids from the park. Almost dark now. There, out of nowhere, there it was, sudden, shocking, terrifying.

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59.292 - 62.633 Marissa Guarini

I have never in my life felt fear like that.

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63.293 - 69.475 Narrator

That is Marissa Guarini, remembering the young man who stumbled out of an alley and collapsed at their feet.

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69.915 - 72.976 Marissa Guarini

Came right across our path, just kind of fell in front of us.

73.716 - 81.639 Narrator

So stumbling along, yes. Marissa's partner, Trevor Hossinger, was alarmed too, but something about it seemed off somehow.

82.572 - 91.518 Unnamed Witness

And to me, that didn't look real. It looked like it was staged. And what was he doing or saying or how was he behaving? He looked at me and said, I'm being robbed. Can you help me?

91.718 - 101.785 Marissa Guarini

And it was just an instant bad feeling. It was like everything in my body just tensed up. I felt bad. This is a bad situation. I knew right away something was wrong.

103.41 - 108.453 Narrator

And then, as if on cue, another man appeared, seemingly in pursuit.

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