Dateline Down the Rabbit Hole
Definition
The title of a 2024 episode from the investigative true-crime series 'Dateline NBC', hosted by Keith Morrison. It chronicles the 2012 murder of Mary Ann Murphy in her Humble, Texas home, where her 16-year-old daughter Keri called 911 reporting a break-in, leading police into a labyrinth of family secrets and twists.
Figuratively, an in-depth journalistic dive (à la Dateline) into a convoluted, mysterious story that spirals unpredictably, much like tumbling 'down the rabbit hole' in Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.
Examples
Binge-watching 'Dateline Down the Rabbit Hole' turned my cozy couch into a suspect interrogation room—now I side-eye every family photo.
She went 'Dateline down the rabbit hole' on that true-crime podcast, emerging three days later with conspiracy charts pinned to her fridge.
Forget Netflix; nothing preps you for a late-night 'Dateline Down the Rabbit Hole' marathon where every neighbor looks guilty.
His obsession led him dateline down the rabbit hole of unsolved cases, swapping sleep for suspect sketches.