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As Darkness Fell

Dateline NBC

NBC News

True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Mark and Mary Beth Harshbarger had a passion for hunting. They were both excellent shots and rarely missed, until one tragic outing changed everything. Keith Morrison reports in this Dateline classic. Originally aired on NBC on April 22, 2011.

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0:00.0

It was getting dark as the hunter pulled the trigger.

0:03.4

The shape someone said looked like a bear wasn't.

0:09.4

And I heard this gun awful scream.

0:11.6

But was this an accident?

0:13.4

There's absolutely no allegation of evil intent or something else.

0:18.0

She says I'm worth more to her death than I am alive.

0:35.0

Thanks for joining us.

0:36.0

I'm Lester Holt.

0:37.0

Two outsiders, every marriage is a mystery, like the couple in the story you're about to see.

0:43.2

Some saw two people in love.

0:45.2

Others a marriage in trouble.

0:47.3

They all agreed this husband and wife did have one thing going for them.

0:51.3

They both loved hunting.

0:53.1

They were also both excellent shots.

0:55.6

So good, they rarely missed.

0:58.0

Whatever the target.

1:00.0

Here's Keith Morrison.

1:02.0

Twilight.

1:05.0

The day going fast now.

1:07.8

Night eating up the rotted track.

1:09.9

The meadow.

1:10.9

The wild black wood.

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