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Dateline NBC

The Mansion on Ocean Boulevard

Dateline NBC

NBC News

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

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, when two tragic deaths occur within one week of each other in a wealthy area in California, families begin to wonder what happened inside a beachfront mansion. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Updated on January 24, 2021.

Transcript

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I know my sister would have fought.

0:04.0

We used to tell each other that if somebody ever tried to hurt us,

0:08.0

that we would do everything we can to leave something behind,

0:11.0

so the other one can figure it out.

0:14.0

I believe she was murdered.

0:19.0

They located a female in the property who appeared to be deceased.

0:24.0

Her hands were tied, her feet were tied, she was naked.

0:27.0

You found her hanging, I get it.

0:29.0

I guarantee you my heart started racing.

0:33.0

There was a message painted in black paint on the door leading to the room.

0:36.0

It was intriguing from the beginning.

0:38.0

The writing of the door is a key to the case.

0:42.0

Max had too many injuries to be explained with a simple fall.

0:46.0

Something happened at the top of the stairs.

0:48.0

You have a famous mansion and two weird deaths within just a couple of days.

0:53.0

Right.

0:54.0

It was the worst shock in probably my life.

1:08.0

Some places feel secluded, insulated, secure.

1:12.0

I can remember saying that and feeling that and saying nothing bad could ever happen here.

1:20.0

Here is Coronado, California, just over a bridge from San Diego,

1:26.0

a town of beautiful beaches, people, and homes like this one on Ocean Boulevard.

1:34.0

Except that since the summer of 2011, this mansion has been ground zero for a mystery.

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