Dancing With The Devil

Forensic Files

HLN

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The crime scene was awash with blood. Analysis showed it had come from two people, one of whom was female. The male DNA was the victim's, which meant the killer was a woman. Leads dried up and the case went cold... until a suspect arrested for drug possession offered police a deal, and told a bizarre tale of an exotic dancer who listened to voices in her head.

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0:00.0	Up next, a middle-aged man looks for some excitement.
0:05.0	He's just like any other guy that would go to a strip club.
0:08.0	And later, turns up dead.
0:10.0	Police ask if the two are connected.
0:13.0	She said she killed him, and I asked her why,
0:15.0	and she said because they told her to.
0:17.0	Police question the dancer's boyfriends.
0:20.0	We do not allow boyfriends or husbands to be in the bar.
0:24.0	Eventually, with forensic evidence and a little luck,
0:27.0	the pieces start to fit.
0:40.0	Many young men and women dream of working in the television or film industry.
0:45.0	Pat McRae fulfilled that dream, and he was good at it.
0:49.0	He worked at Iowa Public Television.
0:51.0	He was a video production coordinator.
0:54.0	He was very well liked at that place.
0:57.0	Friendly face of Connie, he's always smiling when I saw him.
0:59.0	McRae typically worked long hours.
1:02.0	Unfortunately, it took its toll.
1:05.0	In 1997, he and his wife of 12 years divorced.
1:09.0	McRae took it hard, but remained a devoted father to his two young children.
1:16.0	We would go towards my dad's every Wednesday,
1:19.0	and we'd watch TV, hang out.
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