The Trouble in Bardstown

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🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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The disappearance of Kentucky mother-of-five Crystal Rogers in Bardstown sends shockwaves through the picturesque community and ignites a decade-long fight for justice. Andrea Canning reports. Lester Holt and Andrea Canning go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’ Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/47Se9Ya Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zpcZPaYOtJKWFGD2vW3KK

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0:00.0	Tonight on Dateline.
0:02.8	The minute my daughter wouldn't answer that phone, I knew.
0:06.4	I said something's wrong.
0:07.8	I feel it.
0:09.8	Crystal Rogers was reported missing.
0:12.7	She wasn't with her car, her phone.
0:15.4	This is really bad.
0:17.4	Crystal's dad, Tommy, started his own investigation.
0:20.8	Very early, yeah. started his own investigation.
0:21.9	Very early, yeah.
0:23.7	He's killing himself.
0:26.7	Trying to solve the disappearance of his daughter.
0:32.6	There is a massive twist coming that will shake this community to its core.
0:33.6	It was hard to believe.
0:35.3	He told me Tommy you've been shot?
0:40.0	Did the same people who wanted Crystal gone take care of Tommy as well?
0:46.9	Who's involved here? Had you any Crystal ever talked about breaking up? It's mentioned, but it's never happened. This guy, he was a silver-tonged devil. How did he do in the polygraph? He didn't do well at all.
0:52.8	I don't like it when people call me alive.
0:54.7	They said you're dealing with some very serious people here.
0:57.9	How much more do y'all want with it do?
0:59.6	Everything.
1:01.2	This is good versus evil.
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