Hi, everyone. I'm Blaine Alexander, and today we are talking dateline. I'm here with the one, the only, Josh Mancowicz. Hi, Josh. Hello.

Okay, so today's episode is called 11 minutes. It's the story of 17-year-old Madison Holton, who was charged with the September 2016 murder of his parents, Michael and Jennifer Holton, after a family

dispute turned deadly in their small town of Ecclectic Alabama. Madison insisted he was innocent,

joining forces with his uncles and a retired FBI investigator who stepped in to fight for him.

They raised serious doubts about the case against him and pointed to a different explanation that Madison's father may have murdered his mother in a murder suicide.

Now remember, if you haven't listened to or watch the full episode yet, it's right below this one on your podcast list.

So go listen to it or stream it now on Peacock and then come back here.

And when we come back, we'll have

two extra clips from the story, including one from Madison Holton, the person at the center of it

all. So stick around. All right. Josh, let's talk Dayline. Let's talk Dateline. You squeeze a whole lot

into an hour here, my friend. Yeah. There was a lot of the story. It's a weird story because no matter which way you go with this, whether you believe

prosecutors and the sheriff or whether you believe Madison and his supporters, there

are big holes in the story.

Like none of it makes sense.

Well, as I was watching this and going along, I'm thinking,

oh, there are so many ways this could go. Oh, yeah, he definitely did it. Wait, no, he didn't do it.

Oh, wait, he's handcuffed. No, they have problems. I mean, all of these things just kind of keep

coming to where you really don't know how it's going to shake out. And in the end, nobody saw coming. Well, I mean, then we did a good job because when,

you know, you're watching and you're thinking, oh, I understand it. Wait, I don't understand it.

Wait, now I think it's this. And then at the end, it's something you didn't see coming.

That means we've done our job. Yeah. Let's talk about this family. We start the story getting to know Madison, learning about this family dynamic. They're dealing with a teenage son who they're trying to figure out how to get a hold on him. And at the same time, the parents are going through divorce themselves. I can't imagine that kind of turmoil in one house at the same time. Yeah. And that's the kind of dynamic that's going on in houses all across the country, which was one sort of great thing about this story,

is that it was kind of emblematic what a lot of families are struggling with all over the United States.

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