Dateline TN…
Between last weeks story on Mary Winkler (born and raised in Knoxville) who shotgunned Matthew Winkler, her Selmar minister husband, and got basically 6 months in jail and probation for it, and the story last night on Dateline about the Knoxville love triangle that resulted in Eric McLean shooting Sean Powell, the 18 year old former student turned lover of his 29 year old former student teacher / wife Erin McLean, in front of the McLean house on Coker Ave, I wonder when Dateline is going to just set up a field office in Nashville or Knoxville to cut down on their travel and put equipment in the field quickly and easily for them. Tennessee seems to be the center of odd and dimensional stories at this time.
I would expect that there may be a third Dateline from Tennessee soon as well. What you ask, well I think the story about the Knoxville murder of two dating teens by five car jackers will eventually go nationwide. It think this story has nationwide appeal and has enough levels that it will carry nationwide. Of course there is also the story about the Selmar drag racer that killed spectators when the car went out of control. I don’t think that one will have legs long term though as there is not a lot of depth to that story. It is more of a headline and a few follow ups (which have already occurred).
Simply and unfortunately, Dateline may need to invest in a permanant base in Tennessee.
