Dateline crosses oceans and continents, sending beloved host Andrea Canning to the beautiful wilds of Zambia for their 11th episode of season 31 SAFARI STORY. Avid hunting enthusiasts, Larry and Bianca Rudolph, visited Africa regularly for their hobby, but on the final day of one of their excursions a terrible mishap with one of the rifles takes the life of Bianca. But officials, co-workers and bartenders on both continents are pretty sure this was no accidental misfiring. Kimberly, an avid non-hunting enthusiast and Katie discuss surprising recurring themes in Dateline like..dentists, dentists having affairs and dentists and other men trying to have affairs with one very specific woman named... Betsy. Get ready for an episode filled with familiar faces, unique locations and a big, giant croc...it's A DATE WITH DATELINE: Somebody's Lion.

Official Description from NBCU:   A hunting safari in Zambia’s Kafue National Park ends in a nightmare when a shot rings out from the cabin of dentist Larry Rudolph and his wife, Bianca. Andrea Canning reports.

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