Dateline NBC

The Man Who Loved Christmas

September 22, 2026·40 min·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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This Dateline episode investigates the shocking murder of Harold Allen, a kind-hearted man poisoned by his wife Marsha and her daughter Ashley, whose greed and manipulation led to a meticulously planned death disguised as natural causes. The case unraveled only after a botched burglary ex

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Harold AllenMarsha BuxtonAshley JonesStephen WhiteLester HoltDetective Clint BurchamDetective J.L. McElfreshLindsay Fleetwood

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Criminal JusticeForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue Crime

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