Dateline’s Andrea Canning Knows Why Women Are Obsessed With True Crime — And Her Answer Gave Me Chills

Dateline’s Andrea Canning Knows Why Women Are Obsessed With True Crime — And Her Answer Gave Me Chills

From After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings by Dear Media and Big Little Feelings

June 17, 2026 · 1h 3m

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Andrea Canning discusses the fascination with true crime and the challenges of motherhood while building a career.

If you’re a true crime girlie, stop what you’re doing and press play. Because this conversation with Dateline’s Andrea Canning is one of those episodes you’ll be thinking about long after it’s over. Andrea has spent more than a decade interviewing killers, sitting with grieving families, and uncovering what really happened behind the closed doors of seemingly “perfect” lives. In this episode, she reveals the relationship patterns she sees over and over again, the red flags she wishes more women would trust, why women are so fascinated by true crime in the first place, and the case that still haunts her to this day. But this isn’t just an episode about murder mysteries. It’s also about motherhood. Because Andrea is raising six kids while building a career most of us can only dream about. We talk honestly about mom guilt, ambition, traveling for work, freezer-pop-induced breakdowns, teenagers who want absolutely nothing to do with you, and the surprising freedom that comes with realizing you don’t have to do everything perfectly. This episode will make you laugh, give you chills, validate your experience as a working mom, and might just change the way you think about trusting your…

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