The Trouble with Sarah

Dateline NBC

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

4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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The suspicious death of Sarah Hartsfield’s fifth husband leads investigators to a past filled with failed romances and wild allegations. Keith Morrison reports. Lester Holt and Keith Morrison go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’ Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/49RI4kc Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6LR8fUEw1bU89R2ngcQ4vk

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0:00.0	Tonight on Dateline.
0:02.0	There was a lot of male attention on her.
0:05.0	That electric control that Sarah has over men.
0:10.0	It was explosion after explosion.
0:13.0	Extra dangerous.
0:14.0	Extra dangerous.
0:16.0	I need help for husband.
0:18.0	She told me his sugar dropped and that they were rushing him to the hospital.
0:24.0	But you knew it was very bad.
0:25.1	I just knew.
0:26.1	The deputy got a call that there might possibly be foul play.
0:28.9	You were just a brand-new, minted detective.
0:31.0	Yes.
0:32.2	The story just didn't make sense.
0:34.0	The deeper you went, the more crazy things you'd find out.
0:37.0	Yes.
0:38.3	She's had five husbands.
0:39.3	I'm getting a phone call saying your house is on fire.
0:42.3	I started fearing for my life.
0:44.3	She had shot a man.
0:46.3	I said, did you kill him?
0:48.3	I felt like she was a ticking time while.
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