Andrea Canning on how Mariska Hargitay aided real-life prosecutor

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Intro >>> WELL, WE HAVE ALL HEARD THE "DATELINE" WARNING, DON'T WATCH ALONE, BUT IT'S ALSO DON'T LISTEN ALONE. A SERIES WITH NEW EPISODES EVERY SINGLE THURSDAY. ANDREA IS THE HOST, AND SHE IS HERE WITH US. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. >> SO GOOD TO BE BACK. >> SO YOU HAVE A NEW EPISODE COMING OUT LATER THIS WEEK. WHAT STORIES DO YOU HAVE ON DECK? >> A YOUNG WOMAN IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. SHE GOES OUT WITH HER FRIEND. SHE GOES TO A PARTY. SHE WAKES UP. THE NEX MORNING THEY WAKE UP AND SHE IS DEAD IN A DENTIST'S HOUSE. WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY IS A HISTORY. THE DENTIST WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH HIS SON AND A FRIEND. SO THERE IS THAT STORY. WE ALSO HAVE THE STORY OF WAYNE COUNTY PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY WHO DISCOVERED THAT OVER 11,000 RAPE KITS WERE SITTING ON A SHELF IN A POLICE EVIDENCE ROOM, NEVER TESTED. SO SHE MADE IT PERMISSION TO GET ALL OF THEM TESTED. AND I -- SHE DESERVES THE BIGGEST PAT ON THE BACK FOR THIS. THOUSANDS OF CASES WERE SOLVED. THEY FOUND 22 SERIAL RAPISTS AMONG THESE KITS. >> WHERE WAS THIS? >> THIS WAS IN DETROIT. >> YEAH. >> AND THEY NEEDED MONEY FOR THIS EFFORT, TO GET ALL THESE KITS TESTED. SO WHO STEPPED IN? NONE OTHER THAN LAW AND ORDER MARISSA HARGETA. SHE HELPED THEM RAISE THE MONEY TO GET THIS DONE. IT IS HAVING A RIPPLE AFFECT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO HATS OFF TO KIM WORTHY. >> YES. >> WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS IDEA. "DATELINE" REALLY AN ORIGINAL PLAYER IN THE GAME. BUT THIS UNIVERSE THAT "DATELINE" HAS CREATED. IT IS NOT JUST THE EPISODES. IT IS THE PODCASTS NOW. True Crime THERE WAS A SCRIPTED MOVIE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT FOLKS STILL FIND COMPELLING ABOUT TRUE CRIME. YOU COULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT IT IS MORE POPULAR NOW THAN 20 YEARS AGO. >> I AGREE. I HAVE SEEN IT GROW WITH MY OWN EYES. I THINK IT IS WHAT MAKES PEOPLE TICK. WHY DO THEY DO THESE THINGS? HOW DO THESE CASES GET SOLVED, THE MYSTERY ELEMENT, THE IDEA OF YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR WOULD DO SOMETHING SO DIABOLICAL. >> DOES IT MAKE YOU PARANOID? >> YEAH. >> I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD WEIGH ON YOUR PSYCHE AFTER A WHILE. >> IT'S AN ISSUE BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE. USUALLY THERE IS LIFE INSURANCE. THERE IS CHILD ISSUES, WHATEVER. BUT SERIAL KILLERS REALLY DO SCARE ME BECAUSE IT IS SO RANDOM. BUT YOU TALK ABOUT THE "DATELINE" BRAND. WE HAVE MISSING IN AMERICA WITH JOSH MANKIWITDZ WHICH IS HELPING TO SHINE A LIGHT ON PEOPLE MISSING THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY. AND KEITH DOES IT MULTI-EPISODE PODCAST THAT EVERYONE LOVES BECAUSE HE HAS THE GREATEST VOICE IN THE WORLD. SO IT JUST KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING. THE THING ABOUT PAM THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE SERIES. SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL DO MORE OF THOSE. THOSE ARE SO FUN. >> SPEAKING OF JOSH AND KEITH, YOU, THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "DATELINE," YOU GUYS WERE JUST RECOGNIZED BY THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER AS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN PODCASTING. CONGRATULATIONS. HOW DOES THAT FEEL TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THAT LEVEL? >> WE WERE ON THE ROOF OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER OFFICES THERE. IT FEELS SO GOOD. I WAS WITH MY BOSS LIZ IN THE PICTURE. THIS IS LIKE A PINCH ME MOMENT. I LIVED IN L.A. IN MY EARLY 20s PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. AND THEN FAST FORWARD AND YOU ARE ON THE ROOF OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER OFFICES DOING A PICTURE LIKE THAT. DREAMS CAN COME TRUE. >> YOU HAVE THIS OTHER SIDE Hallmark Movies WHERE YOU WRITE MOVIES FOR HALLMARK. YOU PRODUCE THEM. YOU STARRED IN SOME. BUT ALSO WRITING SOME. >> YES. >> HOW DO YOU SWITCH GEARS ON THEM? >> IT'S TWO ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM. IT'S "DATELINE," DIABOLICAL AND THEN THIS. I LOVE IT. IT IS SO MUCH FUN. IT STRETCHES ANOTHER MUSCLE. I HAVE HAD SOME CAMEOS IN THEM. AL DOES THE "MORNING SHOW MYSTERIES" ON HALLMARK. >> IT'S FEEL GOOD. >> IT'S FEEL GOOD. >> SOMEBODY DIES, BUT IT'S FEEL GOOD. >> I WROTE LAST CHRISTMAS THIS "MERRY SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS," WHICH WAS THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE ON HALLMARK. >> HOW MANY KIDS? >> SIX. >> SIX KIDS. >> AT 47, YOU ARE DOING IT ALL. >> WE ALL ARE, COME ON. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> OH, LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. AGAIN, THE P

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