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Introducing: Trace of Suspicion

3/3/20263 min

Hey Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Trace of Suspicion, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Josh Mankiewicz.

After seemingly healthy 23-year-old Marine Todd Sommer dies unexpectedly, his widow Cindy’s lavish spending, cosmetic surgery, and wild partying raise investigators’ suspicions. They accuse her of poisoning him with arsenic for his life insurance, setting off a criminal case that takes a stunning turn... Josh Mankiewicz sits down with the woman at the center of it all in Dateline’s newest podcast. 

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First 90 seconds

  1. Josh Mankiewicz· Host0:00

    [gentle music] He was a young Marine, handsome in his dress blues.

  2. Speaker 10:05

    He had a religious aspect to him.

  3. Josh Mankiewicz· Host0:07

    She was a free spirit who didn't care about convention.

  4. Cindy Sommer· Soundbite0:10

    I'm a hippie. I'm a deadhead.

  5. Josh Mankiewicz· Host0:13

    They married and made a life together, and then one night, the Marine died.

  6. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:19

    911, do you have an emergency?

  7. Cindy Sommer· Soundbite0:21

    Yeah, my husband just collapsed.

  8. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:22

    What happened?

  9. Cindy Sommer· Soundbite0:22

    He just collapsed. He woke up and couldn't breathe and collapsed.

  10. Josh Mankiewicz· Host0:24

    [dramatic music] Drums rolled, guns saluted, and a flag was folded for the widow, all of it by the book: solemn, dignified, appropriate. And then something happened. The widow went off script.

  11. Speaker 4· Soundbite0:43

    She started having a lot of parties shortly after his funeral. A lot of the neighbors were just like, "She got over that pretty quickly."

  12. Josh Mankiewicz· Host0:50

    [dramatic music] With her husband's insurance money, the widow lived it up. New bling, new lovers, new look.

  13. Speaker 5· Soundbite0:59

    This case started because of the breast implants. Think about it. If she had a nose job, would we even be talking about it?

  14. Josh Mankiewicz· Host1:08

    Eyebrows arched, tongues wagged, and an investigation was born. Chemists found arsenic in the Marine's tissues, and his widow was accused of murder.

  15. Speaker 6· Soundbite1:21

    You know, we need to try to pursue justice for this young Marine and his family.

  16. Josh Mankiewicz· Host1:25

    [dramatic music] Our latest podcast takes us to San

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