Talking Dateline: The Bluegrass Mystery
7/15/202627 min
Andrea Canning sits down with Blayne Alexander to discuss her episode “The Bluegrass Mystery.” In October 2019, Glenn Jackson reported his wife, Ella, missing. The next day, her adult son, Phillip, did the same. After interviewing Glenn, Phillip, and Ella's ex-husband and close friend, Jason Hans, investigators focused on Glenn, based on his odd behavior and Ella's own words. Test results confirmed their thinking, and police arrested Glenn. But just before trial, a discovery changed everything. Blayne shares an exclusive clip with one of Ella's friends, who remembers her as a devoted mother to her young son, Alex. Blayne and Andrea also discuss the surprising and touching outcome for Alex after his mother’s death. Plus, we answer your questions from social media.
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Listen to the full episode of “The Bluegrass Mystery”: https://swap.fm/l/thebluegrassmystery
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Learn more about the unsolved case of Irina Hans: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-unsolved-shooting-of-irina-hans-266495045534
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Andrea Canning· Host0:56
[gentle music] Hi, everyone. I'm Andrea Canning, and we are talking Dateline, and today we're joined by Blayne Alexander to talk about her episode, The Bluegrass Mystery. And if you haven't seen it, you can watch the episode on Peacock or listen to it in the Dateline podcast feed and then come right back here. Later, we'll have an extra clip from Blayne's interview with one of Ella Jackson's friends about the two words she'd use to describe Ella as a mom. But first, let's talk Dateline. Hey, Blayne. How are you?
Blayne Alexander· Guest1:28
Let's do it.