Hi, I'm Keith Morrison from Dateline NBC.

Here's a special preview of our new podcast, Murder in the Moonlight.

It was late past midnight.

The moon was nearly full, and its pale ghost lights spread across the great

dark Nebraska plains. Not quite enough to see much of anything. The moon had no competition,

not out here so far from the polluting light of a city or town of any size. A few farm buildings

caught in the muted glow through black moon shadows, and all around

was silence.

Almost.

It was a pickup truck by the sound of it, tires crunching over gravel,

headlights poking at the night along the country road,

as if the driver was looking for something.

And there it was, rising out of the dark, a farmhouse.

The pickup slowed down, turned in.

The driver looked at his companion.

This was the place.

They gathered up their tools, got out,

gently, gently shut the truck's doors and walked across the yard. It was a big two-story place. Old, established.

Even in the moonlight, it showed off a little, like people cared about this house, about appearances.

Was anyone home? Maybe, maybe not. No sign of life, no movement inside. No dog barked.

One of them made a decision. They would not enter through the front door as family would,

but in quick order, they found a window unlocked.

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