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>> it was all surreal, it still is. things like that don't happen to small town people. i was very scared, i was worried that i was going to be next. >> he was the friendly former about to make it big on reality tv. >> he loved being on tv. >> a success to celebrate after so much loss, his first wife killed in an awful of fire. >> i was devastated this is my sister she was just this sweet giving person. >> they called it a horrible accident, but here is the thing. accidents just seemed to keep happening, deadly ones. >> these things kept coming up, intuitions that something wasn't ri...

sister she was just this sweet giving person. >> they called it a horrible accident, but here is the thing. accidents just seemed to keep happening, deadly ones. >> these things kept coming up, intuitions that something wasn't right. >> wife number two had a growing suspicion. and she also had a plan. >> i had actually watched an episode of dateline and i had a revelation. >> a dangerous mission, was her own life at risk? >> this is a mystery that won't and, you couldn't write the story. hello and welcome to dateline. the death of a young mother in my house fire was almost too much f...

Laugh on the way. >> stand right here, chris. >> they were a cute couple, christina the little cheerleader from california. carl the rough and ready country boy. christina's sister like the way carl made chris laugh. >> they would laugh and joke and he was this big barrel chested guy, and my sister four foot 11. >> he got work at the local quarry and it wouldn't be long before he knew christina had three kids. erin, levi and katie. >> she would be on the floor playing with them or teaching them or instruction them or coddling them. and it wasn't just her kids, it was all of our kids. >> look a...

Decorating mode and started painting, so in curtains, every time i'd go up i would say wow, this looks really good. >> carl, thank you darling. >> christine and karl celebrated christmas with christina's family in 1990. but just a week later their lives will change forever. it was new year's day, 1991. >> i came outside saw the smoke from the house, i could see where the smoke was. >> carl and christine's house was on fire. carl said he had been in the garage but he rushed to the house. he pulled the kids out of their bedroom windows where they were napping. christina was trapped in the bathro...

The finger lakes, a stunning part of upstate new york. this is where the carlson family put down its roots. >> all right carl. >> and it's here that carl carlson brought his bride christina to meet his family in 1986. his brother mike took to her right away. >> she was small, tiny little girl, not very tall at all. very simple, sweetheart of a kid. >> christina and karl had met in north dakota where carl was stationed in the air force. he was discharged, they came to his home to make a life. >> was she a good fit to the carlson family? >> absolutely, yeah. she would give it out and take it. la...