{"podcast":{"title":"Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder","slug":"dead-certain-the-martha-moxley-murder-7557703","podcast_index_feed_id":7557703,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/HC1RIAgS","website_url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8ba89b80-a681-4cd2-87bd-79a6315b0474/b266aed0-d9e3-405b-a527-8f83b75e8aca/3000x3000/newsstudios-deadcertain-finalartwork-3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"NBC News","episode_count":14,"summary":"The night before Halloween 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death outside her family’s home in the tony Greenwich, Connecticut, enclave of Belle Haven. The local police, used to dealing more with traffic stops than a high-profile murder, grappled with a lack of forensic evidence – or a motive. They had their suspects of course. The creepy neighbor. The eldest teenage son of the Skakel family next door. The Skakel children’s burly tutor. But without concrete evidence or a confession, the case stalled out. For decades, it remained unsolved and it seemed like no one would ever be charged with her killing. But then, a series of improbable events involving, among others, Dominick Dunne, William Kennedy Smith, and Mark Fuhrman, compounded to deliver the public a new suspect – 39-year-old Michael Skakel, who’d been 15, like Martha, at the time of the crime. The arrest made national headlines – and not just because Michael Skakel was an accused killer. He was also a cousin of the Kennedys. Skakel’s 2002 high-profile murder trial was a media feeding frenzy. Reporters wondered – would this rich, privileged son of a scion get away with it? Despite flimsy evidence and w…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T20:17:09.506696+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dead-certain-the-martha-moxley-murder-7557703"},"episode":{"title":"Dateline Presents: An all-new season of ‘Dateline: Missing In America’","slug":"dateline-presents-an-all-new-season-of-dateline-missing-in-america","published_at":"2026-07-27T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dead-certain-the-martha-moxley-murder-7557703/dateline-presents-an-all-new-season-of-dateline-missing-in-america","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dead-certain-the-martha-moxley-murder-7557703","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/WyZndMW35x3t79tHlknd/nbcnews.simplecastaudio.com/114550e2-916a-443e-8314-00dcdc5fe0a2/episodes/a1ef238b-dc94-4a8b-a128-72bd30d9cf3b/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=114550e2-916a-443e-8314-00dcdc5fe0a2&awEpisodeId=a1ef238b-dc94-4a8b-a128-72bd30d9cf3b&feed=HC1RIAgS","summary":"As a bonus for Dead Certain fans, we’re sharing the trailer for Season 5 of our award-winning podcast, Dateline: Missing In America, which returns with all-new episodes and compelling new cases. Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz reports on missing person cases brought to Dateline’s attention by our social media followers. Each of the 6 episodes centers on one individual’s disappearance, told through the voices of those left behind. Listen closely. You could be the key to solving a mystery. Details shared by loved ones and investigators may spark a memory that could help bring answers. Follow now to get each episode completely free. Or subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or DatelinePremium.com. Subscribers receive ad-free listening and early access to episodes. swap.fm/l/miafdlw","meta_description":"As a bonus for Dead Certain fans, we’re sharing the trailer for Season 5 of our award-winning podcast, Dateline: Missing In America, which returns with al…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":132,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dead-certain-the-martha-moxley-murder-7557703/episodes/dateline-presents-an-all-new-season-of-dateline-missing-in-america/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dead-certain-the-martha-moxley-murder-7557703/dateline-presents-an-all-new-season-of-dateline-missing-in-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}