The Mushroom Mystery

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When a woman finds a body on a rural road outside of Indianapolis, police learn the victim might have been poisoned with mushrooms. Blayne Alexander reports. Josh Mankiewicz and Blayne Alexander go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in 'Talking Dateline': https://swap.fm/l/talkingdatelinethemushroommystery Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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