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Talking Dateline: The Orchard

November 4, 2026·28 min·5-min readconversationaltrue crime
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On this episode of Talking Dateline, host Blayne Alexander sits down with Andrea Canning to break down her Dateline episode 'The Orchard,' the story of Tara Grinstead, a former beauty queen and teacher from small-town Ocilla, Georgia, whose 2005 disappearance became one of the state's mos

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Andrea Canning

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Tara GrinsteadGary RothwellMarcus HarperBo DukesRyan DukePayne LindseyHeath DykesBrooke SheridanTony ThomasTara Baker

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Up and Vanished

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal JusticeInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismMissing PersonsTrue Crime

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