the word divorce being thrown around. from the beginning they had one suspect, it was chris. there was another purse here that could ve done this, and it was german. that would be a motive for murder. that was a concern. you see it on tv happening to other people, but you don t think it will happen to you. two shots were fired. and then 1001 questions. you just don t think that things will happen in a small town to good people. and it did. reporter: it was, this was where happiness lived. happiness, memories, and desire. wishes and dreams just out of reach. its name is spider lake, one of those thousands of lakes that filled up the rocky gouges and glaciers left behind. maybe that s why they sparkle the way they do. why this one in minnesota spread out every which way. and here, near the tip of its northern is the spider lake resort. family cabins. it calls itself one of northern minnesota s best kept secrets. secrets. the word that will certainly apply
what did that say to you? a great deal of rage by someone. he looked like your average high school student. tall, clean cut, polite. a teenager with two sides. he would yell at her. he would be pushing her around. a puzzle seemingly solved, then blown apart. we recorded the conversation and it was dynamite. micaela was on the ground and she wasn t really moving. to unravel the mystery, investigators would follow a trail through high school hallways, teaming with secrets and schemes. the hatred grew more and more and more. bad idea that became a horrible idea. bad idea that went very, very bad. they call him wendover will. he waves at you from miles. the big neon cowboy. wendover will is what he s called. and his job has been to tampa travelers off of interstate 80 near the utah-nevada border. pull them off the road to this tiny casino commerce. and most evenly a little lighter on the wallet. knowing precious little about the stories wendover like to te
our hearts leslie. thank you for the laughs and for the light, for the love, and your incredible warmth. you will truly be missed. and on that beautiful and very sad note, i wish you all the best. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow so, here s how it worked in 2020. two years ago, almost exactly in october 2020, we reported here on this show on something that we first learned about from one of the great historic gigantic radio stations and the united states, that the michigan behemoth that is wwj radio in detroit, michigan. wwj has been on the air for more than 100 years. they re just a huge deal in american broadcasting history. they are still on the air today. they are still a big deal today. and just about exactly two years ago, on october, 2020, we learned about a story that was broken by a reporter at wwj, named sandra mcneill. sandra mcneill had gotten a tip fr
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he would be pushing her around. a puzzle seemingly solved, then long apart. we recorded that conversation, then it was dynamite. mckayla was on the ground, and she wasn t really moving. to unravel the mystery, investigators would follow a trail through high school hallways, teaming the secrets and schemes. the hatred grew more and more and more. the whole idea became a horrible idea. a bad idea that went very, very bad. he waves at you from miles. the big neon cowboy. wendover whale is what they call him, and it was his job for more than 60 years. and it s here at the nevada utah border. pull him off the road to this tiny high desert casino casino, and most leave again a little and the wallet. knowing precious little about the stories west winter love loves to tell, about the races who come here, who breaks speed records of flats. about the local airbase, and the gate took up from hiroshima. but there s also the story they whisper to each other, up a