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Eryk Pruitt
The Long Dance Podcast
On February 12, 1971, in Durham, North Carolina, a 20 year-old nursing student and her 19 year-old boyfriend left a Valentine's Dance to park down a secluded lover's lane. They never returned. Two weeks later, their bodies were found deep within the Carolina pines. They had been strangled, tortured, and murdered. Their murders have never been solved. THE LONG DANCE is the story of the lives touched by the murders of Patricia Mann and Jesse McBane. Produced by crime fiction author Eryk Pruitt, investigative reporter Drew Adamek, and sound engineer Piper Kessler, it uses recorded interviews...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.6 stars from 392 ratings
One of my favorites!
This is one of my favorite podcasts ever. I looked forward to listening everyday when driving to work, and was sad when it was over.
elhokay via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/18/24
This ranks right up with the best true crime podcasts. The research is very diligent. The construction of the narrative is excellent. The reporting is high quality and objective with lots of first-hand sources interviewed. The information collected by this project significantly progressed the...Read full review »
Carlos in BNC via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/14/24
Promising but poorly executed
I am from NC and have affiliations with the modern inhabitants of Watts Hospital, so I was interested in this story. However, it was a slog to get through all the episodes. The producers’ inability to edit down Tim Horne’s interviews and or to pivot from the frequent melodramatic commentary made...Read full review »
MagistraDeCamp via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/16/23
Recent Episodes
What can be done—after forty-seven years—to solve the murders of Patricia Mann and Jesse McBane. Thanks to new technology, Captain Tim Horne may have one last chance to bring closure to the families and deliver justice to the killer. Will it be enough? Is it too late?
Published 07/01/18
Published 07/01/18
The information gleaned from the 1970s investigation is called into question when a scandal involving two of the detectives is unearthed. How will that affect Captain Tim Horne's suspicions? What does this mean for our story?
Published 07/01/18
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