Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder

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• Dateline Presents: Five Miles From Home 08.06.2026 2min

  As a bonus for Dead Certain fans, we’re sharing the trailer for Five Miles From Home, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. When beloved high school junior Micaela Costanzo disappears on her way home from track practice, the race to find her leads to unlikely suspects, simmering rage, and unimaginable betrayal. Keith Morrison takes us to a small Nevada casino town to find out what really happened that night under the desert sky. If you like what you hear, just search Five Miles From Home to listen to the first two episodes now, completely free. Or subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or DatelinePremium.com. Subscribers get early access to new episodes and can listen to all Dateline podcasts ad-free. swap.fm/l/fmfhlwfd
• Known Unknowns 20.01.2026 1h 5min

  Blood found in a Belle Haven home raises questions. A new potential suspect emerges. Amanda Knox speaks on wrongful convictions. Andrew shares parting thoughts.
• Martha Speaks 13.01.2026 1h

  Could Martha Moxley’s diary entries contain clues about her murder? Plus, a revelation from Tommy Skakel and a new potential suspect.
• The Out of Towners 06.01.2026 1h 15min

  An unexpected figure emerges with a new theory and possible new suspects. RFK Jr. sees a breakthrough, but deeper scrutiny reveals cracks in the story.
• Family Ties 30.12.2025 1h 12min

  Skakel reconnects with his Kennedy cousins, but when scandal erupts, the reunion collapses. A memoir recorded for self-protection becomes a liability.
• The Joker 23.12.2025 1h 4min

  Michael Skakel’s defense attorney Mickey Sherman thought the case was a home run, but lost at trial. A hard look at his tactics and strategy raise red flags.
• About Those Confessions... 16.12.2025 55min

  A deep dive into the State’s case and the witnesses it put on raises questions. Michael Skakel speaks about the trial verdict and its aftermath.
• The Trial 09.12.2025 56min

  Michael’s trial begins amidst a media frenzy. The state faces an uphill battle to convict him. Michael’s alibi is questioned.
• Michael Speaks 02.12.2025 1h 14min

  Mark Fuhrman pens a book naming Michael Skakel as suspect. For the first time, Michael speaks publicly about his painful childhood and time at reform school.
• No Good Deed 25.11.2025 58min

  An ill-conceived plan to clear the Skakel name goes awry. The Moxley case is thrust back in the spotlight. Suspicion falls on Michael Skakel for the first time.
• The Night Visitor 18.11.2025 58min

  Almost a year after Martha’s death, former live-in Skakel tutor Ken Littleton finds himself at the center of the investigation into her murder.
• The Boy Next Door 11.11.2025 56min

  The Moxley murder investigation heats up. Police attention is quickly focused on Martha’s neighbor Thomas Skakel, the last known person to be seen with Martha.
• Mischief Night 04.11.2025 50min

  On Halloween 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley’s brutally beaten body is found steps from her home. The town of Greenwich, Connecticut is rocked by the murder.
• Introducing Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder 27.10.2025 3min

  The night before Halloween 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley is bludgeoned to death just steps from her home in the ritzy Belle Haven neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut. The murder weapon? A golf club. In the wake of the brutal killing, Greenwich police find themselves out of their depths. Over the next 25 years, an improbable series of events unfolds, leading to the arrest and conviction of Michael Skakel, who was 15 years old at the time of the murder. A former neighbor to the Moxleys, he is also a relative of the Kennedy family, which leads to widespread media coverage of the case. But Michael’s conviction is eventually overturned, which raises the question posed by the series: if he didn’t kill Martha Moxley, who did? Unfolding over 12 episodes, this podcast will explore, in intimate detail, the twists and turns of this fascinating and confounding case as it hits its milestone 50th anniversary. Hosted by journalist Andrew Goldman and produced by NBC News Studios, the series is built upon a decade of original reporting, brand new investigative information, firsthand voices, and a half century of archival audio– as well as multiple interviews with Michael Skakel, who is speaking publicly about the case for the first time ever.