Deadly Mirage - Introducing: Deadly Mirage

Episode Date: November 22, 2024

Dateline’s newest podcast takes Josh Mankiewicz to Silver Lakes, a lush manmade oasis in California’s Mojave Desert, where Rob and Sabrina Limon seem to have the perfect life: two young children, a beautiful home, and a tight-knit group of friends who call themselves the “Wolf Pack.” But when Rob is found murdered, investigators uncover deep secrets about sex, friendship, and religion that shatter carefully crafted illusions.Follow now to get the first two episodes on Tuesday, December 3 completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or DatelinePremium.com. Subscribers receive ad-free listening and early access to episodes.

They called it the happiest place on the high desert. The perfect place to raise a family. It was sort of Palm Springs light. The big, spacious houses. Families with kids running around, bikes in the streets. It looked like kind of the American dream neighborhood. It was a desert oasis, lush and green. Home to a tight-knit group of 30-somethings who liked to party.

And took to heart the biblical commandment to love thy neighbor. My wife and I and Rob and Sabrina would engage in sexual activities. If that's what a couple agrees with in their marriage, then that's their business. Then one day, a handsome outsider crashed the party. I started getting text messages saying, I would love to come hang out with you guys. Soon, discord descended on this Eden, east of Los Angeles. The people were so cruel. I had to get a restraining order.

And a sudden death reveals the happiest place to be, a mirage. I need someone here to test. He's not here. He knew his attacker. That's somebody who knew intimate details about his life. Our latest podcast takes us to a railroad outpost on the edge of California's high desert, where passion leads to murder, and a killer seeks God's help with the cover-up.

Whatever the crime lab has found, God, please help this to be a method, a mode that keeps our stories being told. It's a story about love and betrayal. Does she know you guys cooperated? Yeah. I didn't trust her from day one. From the first time I met her, I did not trust her. It's about indiscretions and a string of bad choices.

Her frustrations became my frustrations. Her demons became my demons. Do you make decisions on your own at any point? Yes, I sure do. Apparently many bad ones. Most of all, it's about the danger of indulging delusions and allowing daydreams to become nightmares. It had sex, religion, the seemingly perfect, beautiful family that had all these secrets. It had everything.

I'm Josh Mankiewicz, and this is Deadly Mirage, an all-new podcast from Dateline. You can listen to all episodes now, completely free. To listen to all Dateline podcasts ad-free, subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or datelinepremium.com. Dateline Premium