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Talking Dateline: Book of Lies

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

4.440.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Blayne Alexander sits down with Andrea Canning to discuss her latest episode, “Book of Lies.” In 2023, Utah mother of three Kouri Richins appeared on a local talk show to promote a children’s book she’d written about grief after the sudden death of her husband, Eric. Weeks later, she was behind bars, accused of his murder. Prosecutors said Kouri had spiked Eric's cocktail with fentanyl she purchased from the family housekeeper. She went to trial earlier this year and was found guilty. Andrea talks to Blayne about the tensions between Kouri and her in-laws, and the testimony of Kouri’s former lover in court. Andrea shares a podcast-exclusive clip of her interview with the private investigator hired by Eric’s family, and she and Blayne discuss what it takes to be a successful PI. Later, Andrea is joined by Dateline producer Karen Israel to answer viewer and listener questions from social media. Listen to the full episode of “Book of Lies” on Apple: https://apple.co/48s109l Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pdELKI9O9XrY0n816yA0M

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0:00.0

Hi, everyone. I'm Blaine Alexander, and today we are talking Dateline. I'm so excited to have Andrea Canning here to talk about her episode, Book of Lies. Hi, Andrea.

0:14.7

Hey, Blaine. I like to call you my Atlanta partner in crime, right? That's exactly it. Yes. So, hello, partner in crime. Hello, my

0:22.8

partner in crime. We've become a sort of dynamic duo here, haven't we? Yes. Well, this episode is

0:28.1

certainly a good one. If you haven't seen it, you can watch the episode on Peacock or listen to it in the

0:33.6

Dateline podcast feed and then come right back here. And later we'll have an extra clip from

0:38.4

Andrea's interview with a private investigator on the case. And then of course we will answer

0:42.4

some of your viewer and listener questions from social media. All right, Andrea, let's talk

0:46.6

Dateline. Let's do it. Okay. So Andrea, before we dive into this conversation, and there is a lot

0:52.9

to cover in this conversation.

0:54.9

Oh, yes.

0:55.7

I think it's fair to say.

0:56.8

But just give us a quick rundown of what this episode is about.

1:01.2

Yeah, this episode is about a mother, Corey Richens.

1:05.3

She had three young boys.

1:06.7

She's married to Eric Richens.

1:09.3

Corey calls 911 in the middle of the night. She has found Eric cold to the touch. First responders come. She's on the phone with 911. They're telling her to do CPR. She's saying she doesn't know what's wrong. They come. They're trying to figure out what happened to Eric Richens. You know, he's healthy, he's young, he's 39 years old,

1:28.9

he just dies suddenly. So fast forward, Corey, in her grief, writes a children's book about grief.

1:39.2

Corey goes on TV, which is now, I guess you could call it, an infamous TV appearance on Good Things, Utah.

1:46.0

She talks about her book.

1:47.7

She talks about her husband dying.

1:49.8

And then, not too long after that, she is arrested for the murder of Eric Richens.

1:54.8

They say that she poisoned him with fentanyl.

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