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MSNBC Dateline December 16, 2019 08:06:00

the year, and randy moved up the ranks quickly. in 1992 he was named deputy warden at the oklahoma state reformatory. in a tiny town called granite. bobbi and randy lived on prison grounds, just outside the wall. what was life like in granite? >> it slowed down for me and my family a little bit. but it was -- it was good. >> if there wasn't much happening in granite, inside the prison it was the opposite. there was a new warden determined to shake things up. his name, jack cowley. >> i didn't set behind my desk a lot. i was out in the yard with the guys. i let inmates call me jack. >> and one inmate that got cowley's attention, randolph dial. >> he was an unforgettable character. intelligent, manipulative, a quick study, meaning that i wasn't going to have any trouble with him. so we hit it off. >> dial was one of the most illustrious and infamous inmates in oklahoma back then. a murderer who confessed to

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