Book of Lies

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Andrea Canning reports on the case of Utah mother Kouri Richins, who wrote a children’s book about grief following her husband’s death and recently went on trial for his murder. Blayne Alexander and Andrea Canning go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in 'Talking Dateline' Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/4t238vK Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F2CtvcWe7j641Cmvumz02

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0:00.0	Tonight on Date Live.
0:02.0	You took a innocent mom away from her babies, and this means war.
0:06.0	I'm ready to get this one heck of a fight.
0:09.0	Something's terrible with Eric.
0:11.0	Corey says she went into the master bedroom.
0:13.0	He's cold. He doesn't have a pulse.
0:15.0	Eric died in his sleep.
0:17.0	He seemed like a healthy guy.
0:18.0	Strong as an ox.
0:19.0	She was a mess. Just shattered.
0:21.5	Corey wrote a book for kids on coping with grief.
0:25.1	We think here she is trying to help other families.
0:27.9	I thought, wow, that's wonderful.
0:30.2	The results of the toxicology come back, and it's stunning.
0:34.0	Eric has fentanyl in his body.
0:36.6	More than five times a lethal amount.
0:39.3	People have skeletons in their closet.
0:41.3	Eric and Corey both have secrets.
0:44.3	We're keeping from each other.
0:46.3	Did you feel that she loved you?
0:48.3	Yeah.
0:49.3	Yeah.
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