Killer Role

ByNBC News

•7 episodes

Podcast Summary

The actress Wyn Reed had that powerful combination of charisma, beauty and smarts. She was such a talent that a team of movie producers couldn’t believe it when the 28 year-old Wyn agreed to play the lead — a killer—in their upcoming, small-budget, horror movie. What the filmmakers didn’t know, as they got on location, was that Wyn wasn’t really Wyn. That was all make believe. But the killer part? That was real. This original podcast series from Keith Morrison and Dateline NBC tells a story even Hollywood couldn’t have imagined. Listen to all episodes of Killer Role now completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.com

Introducing: Killer Role

An actress playing a killer in a horror film is so good, you’d almost think she’d done it in real life. Turns out she had… Dateline’s Keith Morrison takes you inside a story where fiction and reality collide.

2021-04-02•2mins

Introducing: Killer Role

2021-04-02•2mins

1 - In the Dark

Indie filmmakers cast Wyn Reed as their star. What they didn’t know was that Wyn wasn’t Wyn.

2021-04-13•33mins

1 - In the Dark

Indie filmmakers cast Wyn Reed as their star. What they didn’t know was that Wyn wasn’t Wyn.

2021-04-13•33mins

2 - It Just Went Off

The story Tucker told police sounded like a scene from a movie, but it was all too real.

2021-04-13•34mins

2 - It Just Went Off

The story Tucker told police sounded like a scene from a movie, but it was all too real.

2021-04-13•34mins

3 - A Drop Dead Moment

The gun fired in an instant, but the backstory that preceded the shooting took years to unfold.

2021-04-20•33mins

3 - A Drop Dead Moment

The gun fired in an instant, but the backstory that preceded the shooting took years to unfold.

2021-04-20•33mins

4 - Oh, My God. That’s a .38

She was there to help with legal documents, but when a fatal shot rang out, she became a key witness.

2021-04-22•32mins

4 - Oh, My God. That’s a .38

She was there to help with legal documents, but when a fatal shot rang out, she became a key witness.

2021-04-22•32mins

5 - What Did You Do With the Gun?

Detectives want to know who fired and re-loaded the gun hours before Shane was shot.

2021-04-27•35mins

5 - What Did You Do With the Gun?

Detectives want to know who fired and re-loaded the gun hours before Shane was shot.

2021-04-27•35mins

6 - My Jaw Hit the Floor

Days before her trial was to begin, Tucker’s lawyer said he had proof of his client’s innocence: a recording of the shooting made by Tucker herself.

2021-04-29•36mins

6 - My Jaw Hit the Floor

Days before her trial was to begin, Tucker’s lawyer said he had proof of his client’s innocence: a recording of the shooting made by Tucker herself.

2021-04-29•36mins