Episode
Dateline: The Professor & The Poet
Overview
A years-long international hunt after Sue Ann Marcum, an accounting professor at American University, is found murdered in her Maryland home.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 34
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2026-03-06
- Runtime
- 83 min
Episode context
The Professor & The Poet is Episode 16 in Season 34 of Dateline. It aired on 2026-03-06. The runtime is 83 min.
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