sitting in prison. i was mad. you got to fight for what s right. now a mind boggiling new development. she s facing murder charge herself. they said pam hupp shot somebody. she shot until the gun stopped firing. now i m starting to panic. are there more twists to come? three people died suspiciously. you feel like you re in a movie that you can t wake up from. such a bizarre scheme. it s nuts. truth is really stranger than fiction. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison. reporter: there s a story here in the distant suburbs of st. louis, missouri. a case so outrageous, so full of surprises, it s huh, how to describe it? if it wasn t so serious, it would be almost a skit on a comedy show. if it were a movie, it wouldn t be realistic. reporter: disturbing? yes. shocking? certainly. and more than that. i think it s impossible to describe this case in a few words unless it s unbelievable or crazy or unprecedented. report
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i was mad. you got to fight for what s right. now a mind bogging new development. she s facing murder charge herself. they said pam hupp shot somebody. she shot until the gun stopped firing. now i m starting to panic. are there more twists to come? three people died suspiciously. you feel like you re in a movie that you can t wake up from. such a bizarre scheme. it s nuts. truth is really stranger than fiction. here s keith morrison. reporter: there s a story here in the distant suburbs of st. louis, missouri. a case so outrageous, so full of surprises, it s huh, how to describe it? if it wasn t so serious, it would be almost a skit on a comedy show. if it were a movie, it wouldn t reporter: disturbing? yes. shocking? certainly. and more than that. i think it s impossible to describe this case in a few words unless it s unbelievable or crazy or unprecedented. reporter: so we will tell you the story and, as you u ee, the strangestof its crazy
right. now a mind boggiling new development. she s facing murder charge herself. they said pam hupp shot somebody. she shot until the gun stopped firing. now i m starting to panic. are there more twists to come? three people died suspiciously. you feel like you re in a movie that you can t wake up from. such a bizarre scheme. it s nuts. truth is really stranger than fiction. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison. reporter: there s a story here in the distant suburbs of st. louis, missouri. a case so outrageous, so full of surprises, it s huh, how to describe it? if it wasn t so serious, it would be almost a skit on a comedy show. if it were a movie, it wouldn t be realistic. and more than that. i think it s impossible to describe this case in a few words unless it s unbelievable or crazy or unprecedented. reporter: so we will tell you the story and, as you ll see, the strangestof its crazy twists and bizarre surprises.
you got to fight for what s right. now a mind bogging new development. she s facing murder charge herself. they said pam hupp shot somebody. she shot until the gun stopped firing. now i m starting to panic. are there more twists to come? three people died suspiciously. you feel like you re in a movie that you can t wake up from. such a bizarre scheme. it s nuts. truth is really stranger than fiction. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison. reporter: there s a story here in the distant suburbs of st. louis, missouri. a case so outrageous, so full of surprises, it s huh, how to describe it? if it wasn t so serious, it would be almost a skit on a comedy show. if it were a movie, it wouldn t be realistic. shocking? certainly. and more than that. i think it s impossible to describe this case in a few words unless it s unbelievable or crazy or unprecedented. reporter: so we will tell you the story and, as you ll see, the stran