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NBC's true crime reality series Dateline will air another chilling episode titled 'Deadly Mischief' on October 24.
The official synopsis for the upcoming episode reads as follows:
Dennis Murphy reports on the trial of 75-year-old Florida grandmother Donna Adelson, whose family is tied to an elaborate murder-for-hire plot in the death of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel. Dennis Murphy reports Friday, October 24 at 9/8c on NBC.
Dateline: Deadly Mischief will be reported by Dennis Murphy and will follow the 2014 chilling murder case of Daniel Markel. Daniel was a Florida-based attorney and law professor who had recently divorced from his wife and was currently undergoing a brutal custody battle for his two sons.
In July 2014, he was brutally killed in a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his mother-in-law and brother-in-law to put an end to their custody battle and allow his wife to have the sole custody of their children.
More on this in our story.
Dateline: Deadly Mischief - Release and streaming details
Gear up for another chilling murder investigation on Dateline titled Deadly Mischief, which will air on NBC on Friday, October 24 at 9/8c. A day later, you can also stream the episode on Peacock, which also features all the previous episodes of the true-crime docuseries.
Hosted by Dennis Murphy, you can expect another thrilling case in Deadly Mischief, which shocked the community of Florida in 2014. A decade after his shocking death, Murphy will interview friends and family members close to the victim (Dan Markel) and piece together the incidents that transpired in his brutal killing back in 2014 at his home in Tallahassee, Florida.
Dennis Murphy is a veteran journalist who has been a correspondent with NBC's true crime show since 1994. Fans of true crime can expect another chilling and riveting murder investigation case with Murphy.
Who is the victim in Dateline: Deadly Mischief?
Deadly Mischief will follow the shocking murder of Daniel Markel, a Canadian-born attorney and law professor. Markel was a respected attorney in his Florida community and a popular professor, known for his work on retribution in criminal law. Dan earned his Doctor of Law from Harvard University in 2001, following which, he worked as a law clerk to a federal judge and an associate at a legal firm.
In 2005, he finally joined the faculty of Florida State University. A year later, Dan married Wendi Adelson, a child advocate and a clinical law professor also employed at Dan's university.
In 2014, Dan was involved in a child custody battle for his two children following a divorce from Wendi. The Dateline victim was brutally shot in a murder-for-hire plot on July 18, 2014 at 11 a.m. at his Florida home. Daniel Markel succumbed to his gunshot wound and died early the following day.
A short preview for Dateline: Deadly Mischief
Dateline's upcoming episode, titled Deadly Mischief, will follow Daniel Markel's murder-for-hire, which was orchestrated by his mother-in-law, Donna Adelson. The police concluded that Donna and his son Charlie used the latter's 'personal relationship' with Katherine Magbanua to hire Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera to murder Wendi's husband. Both Garcia and Rivera were prime suspects in Daniel Markel's killing and the authorities had found several evidence which proved their connection.
You can expect a chilling tale of familial issues, deceit and a brutal custody battle, where a desperate mother orchestrated the murder of her daughter's husband. This was done to allow Wendi Adelson to relocate to the Miami area with the children.
On October 13, 2025, Donna Adelson was sentenced to life imprisonment on the charges of first-degree murder, solicitation of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Tune in to Dateline: Deadly Mischief on NBC on October 24.
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