A woman allegedly kills her fifth husband. A hookah bar owner on trial again. Plus, a Dateline LIVE preview

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🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In Texas, a woman accused of poisoning her fifth husband is gearing up for trial next week. A California hookah lounge owner was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend over a decade ago, but the conviction was overturned. Now, he's getting a new trial. Updates in the Karen Read and Rex Heuermann cases. Plus, the Dateline correspondents are hitting the stage live in Nashville this weekend, and we've got a preview. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com To learn more about Dateline LIVE in Nashville on Sept. 28, and to get tickets, go here: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline-event

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Blaine.
0:03.3	You're listening in to Dateline's morning meeting.
0:06.1	It's a big week.
0:07.2	Our team is catching up on breaking crime news.
0:10.0	There's ring footage. This is all in camera.
0:12.3	Is this going to throw a wrench in the whole trial?
0:14.1	Is it going to be a delay?
0:15.1	We figured this was going to happen.
0:18.2	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly.
0:20.7	I'm Andrea Canning. It's September 25th, and here's what's on our docket.
0:24.6	In California, after serving almost 14 years in prison, a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend and setting their house on fire gets a new trial.
0:34.6	The federal judge says the prosecution misrepresented the evidence at trial. In Dateline Roundup, a judge makes a critical ruling in new trial. The federal judge says the prosecution misrepresented the evidence at trial.
0:38.5	In Dateline Roundup, a judge makes a critical ruling in the case of the alleged Gilgo Beach
0:43.5	serial killer, Rex Heerman. Karen Reid is back in court, this time for her civil case.
0:49.9	And Barry Morphew, the man charged with his wife's murder for a second time, gets some big news.
0:55.6	Barry Morphew was released after posting a $3 million bond.
0:59.3	Plus, I'm joined by my fellow Dateline correspondence.
1:02.5	We'll be in Nashville this week for our first ever Dateline live event.
1:06.3	And we're going to give you a sneak preview.
1:08.7	Everybody getting together, it'll be a wonderful thing.
1:11.1	Before all that, we're heading to a courthouse in Chambers County, Texas, where a woman
1:15.7	accused of poisoning her fifth husband is heading to trial.
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