The Man in the Black Mask

A rising young director is shooting a frightening film about a serial killer in a hockey mask. But when a man goes missing near the set, a real-life horror story unfolds. Keith Morrison’s latest Dateline original podcast series takes us into a mysterious netherworld of illusion, fantasy, deception and death. Follow The Man in the Black Mask now and get two new episodes a week, starting October 15 -- completely free. Or subscribe to Dateline Premium now, for early access and ad-free listening.

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Dumdumwantgumgum🗿🗿🗿

Captivating

This show is beautifully put together. It has everything I was looking for in a true crime podcast. I’ve listened to many many true crime podcast, but this series stands above the rest. The story is so interesting and captivating. 10/10 would 100% recommend
Tarawear

Amazing story- narrated so well

Awesome series. Keith is a natural at narrating. Really enjoyed this show.
Poulsenzoo

Really?

This was thin, almost like it could have just been one episode of Dateline…. Oh, wait.
August Rivers Humanities

Spoiler Alert! Don t tell the ending in your review!!!!!

I had not even listened to the first episode. Agree with the reviewer who says: JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN.
Elmarco the PA

He’s the man, Keith M!

You can never go wrong with my favorite narrator of all time, Keith Morrison. The man, the myth, the Legend! And oh what a tale he will spin! Just shut up and listen, bruh.
adventuresofamanda

Epic Diction

Keith Morris's voice makes this attention grabbing and easy to listen to and get hooked on as to what will happen next. Loved this!
Dlangford0073

This one gave me the creeps

Man on man. Dateline never disappoints but this one had me on edge. I honestly was seeing shadows when I was out by myself. Another must listen too
mcotlow

Super entertaining.

This was a great story. Recommended if you’re a Dateline fan!
KaitlynClaas

All Dateline podcasts are amazing

Once I see it is a Dateline production, I am hooked.
Pumadood7

I love dateline but…

This was at best 2 episodes worthy and was horribly redundant and over dramatized. Key details were shared only in the sixth episode that were chronologically known well before the trailer. Absolutely the worst dateline I have ever listened to.
RWTrojan08

Well produced and captivating story

I am a huge Dateline fan and love anything Keith Morrison narrates. This series was well produced and kept me on the edge of my seat.
Matt_B_W

Clown narrator

If you didn’t know Keith Morrison was supposedly this great journalist, you’d think he was a bad community theater wannabe. His ridiculous, phony, contrived voiceover is laugh-out-loud stupid.
Dottie’s Love

Great Job Keith!

The only reason for all the negative comments (in my opinion) is they paid to listen. Get over it, cancel your subscription. The story and Keith’s narration was FANTASTIC!!! Keep them coming, I will listen and continue to paid. PS: Keith, my husband and I hearts go out to you and your family. We love Matt, he brought great laughter into our home and forever be missed.
documentia

Why was this six episodes?

An interesting premise for an audio series but the host’s delivery and the music swells are so overly dramatic I felt like any second Nicole Kidman was going to welcome me to AMC next. Also, for all the lead up the end is abrupt.
Izuy keenso

Great story!

Creepy! Keeps you in the edge of your seat, you can’t believe this is real! Would 100% recommend!
Catladieepodcastlife

This is an old story!

So disappointed. I’m not paying to hear a production of an old dateline episode
WWW dor MEMORY

Great Story

Keith Morison did a great job of reporting and telling this story, This particular crime was both mysterious and chilling, would make a great movie, The film maker who committed the murder got exactly what he deserved a life sentence living miserable in a prison without the possibility of parole is a whole lot better than the death sentence
driven2review

This was a good series

Very weird guy Liked the story and how it rolled out
Father Olachea

Great Listen

I don’t know why some of the ratings are so negative. I get that this story may have been told already. I hadn’t heard it, and I thought this was fascinating! Dateline did a great job of releasing episodes leading right to Halloween (for those of us who don’t want to pay for premium). Predictable? Maybe… I mean if you listen to true crime, you get pretty good at predicting where the narrative goes. That didn’t make this any less horrifying and disturbing. What a crazy real life story!
nixfinity

Worst of the extended Datelines

Despite Keith, this is the worst of the extended set aside Dateline pods don’t far. Way too many too short episodes to sell commercials
Seamussf

Episodes won’t play

I’m a premium subscription and multiple episodes won’t play. No idea who to contact about this.
msT_73

Keith Rocks

Keith, you definitely know how to keep us on the edge of our seats! Kudos for a job well done Sir!
Sistasandy

Mental health and make believe is reality

Creepy story, it didn’t need so many episodes however. We all knew the conclusion early on. It could have been much shorter
idontknowwhatnameisnttaken

The old switcharoo

I like that I had already known this story from YouTube docs but the way they started this story made it seem like an altogether different story & it surprised me. I did figure it out about ten minutes in that it was this case. What an awful guy who thought this was a great use of his time
Jpolney

Love the story….

But I paid for premium for early access and still need to wait? Ugh.
Cronie6114

Ugh

God story bad narration and production
NewyorkJB

Twisted

I love listening to every Dateline episode but this was a very interesting story. Very cool and twisted
irritated126511

Still a re-run…

Slap some extra details about the story that was already told, and it’s STILL a story that’s already been told. I’m not paying money to hear something that I have already heard. Do better.
RMYork

Creepy but so intriguing!!

Thanks for keeping me entertained during my daily walks! Not gonna lie, kept looking over my shoulder. ☠️
PsstErika

Subscription only. Money grab.

Subscription only. Money grab.
LItz55

I love it

It’s so amazing the story the true crime
Luna Steeler

It's ok

It's fine just need more stuff and I could not get throw episode 1!
smurfy105

Narration

Narration stops randomly-have to close and reopen the app! Is this what I am paying for?
P-cat

Always entertaining

Dateline has the perfect blend of storytelling filled with suspense and actual clips, that allows the listener to follow along. My favorite true crime channel, I have never missed an episode.
Imperial Purple

??”

Confusing as heck. The story keeps jumping around. I can’t even get through episode one. Feels like an editor issue
pnw_21

Great!

I’m hooked. I can’t wait for the new episodes
hustycleaner

I can’t believe this story is real

I was drawn in from the start. I binged season 1 and season 2 can’t be available soon enough!
Akminer

Confused

I never have trouble falling a Dateline story. This one is too bizarre and disjointed for me.
Durst98

Intriguing

I like most of Keith Morrison’s work, and this show seems promising. But every Dateline podcast has issues with compression or limiting causing the very low frequencies of some musical passages to interfere with the dialogue, reducing the volume of the narration. Audio post production guy, look into this please. Audio mastering isn’t a set it and forget it situation. Listen, listen, listen.
Socal1818

Peacock

Should give peacock subscription holders this membership for no charge IMO
FWoke

Boring

Can’t even get through the first episode. Editor needed to get it up to Dateline standards.
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