P poisoned him . Theres the allegation of poisoning. Narrator a toxic mystery with an unforgettable meltdown in court. And a surprise witness with a bombshell. Do you remember what you told me about the drinks . What did i tell you about that . It wasnt supposed to happen like this. Im holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with toxic. Narrator it was a mystery from day one. From that time right around the end of the hockey season. It didnt make sense what was happening to matt podalak. Matt the outdoorsman, the fisherman, the athlete. He woke up that morning with that pain in his back. And after that night in the hospital a couple of weeks later, nothing made sense of that. God knows there were accusations. Oh, yes, plenty of those. And a brother, mark, for whom the story, the mystery became a kind of obsession. Its had quite an affect on me for the past seven years. Lets begin in the spring of 2006. Matt was 31 years old. Maybe more than ever, he was loving the intense male
And a brother, mark, for whom the story, the mystery became a kind of obsession. Its had quite an affect on me for the past seven years. Lets begin in the spring of 2006. Matt was 31 years old. Maybe more than ever, he was loving the intense male roughness of amateur hockey. He was number 10 an he was good at it. He even managed to keep all these teeth. He started to take it up when he was in high school. That was really one of his loves. Mark podalak was a little older, a little les athletically accomplished than his brother. But he loved him. My dad was a cop, so he sort of put the fear of god into me and my brother growing up. Matt told his wife that he was going to brooklyn, ohio, its one of the towns around the edge of cleveland. Matt has always wanted to be a Police Officer since he was little. Narrator his dad was a 39yearold veteran of the brooklyn pd. He went to work for his uncle, whose phoenix industrial powder coated engine parts for ford and other companies. What did he th
Rafters go flying out of their boat, knocked unconscious. And the hero who jumped into the fierce waters to rescue them in the nick of time. And a very good friday morning to you, america. We have a great show on the way, as george and robin have some muchdeserved time off. And take a look. Just north of us, up to central park. The party in the park continuing today. Oh, theyre going to get the spirit award. Its not quite hot enough. But the spirit out there this morning. Jason derulo, lara. Yeah, and people have lined up all night. Theyre so excited for breakout summer star, jason derulo. His huge breakthrough hit, the other side. Fans dressing, as are we, in cherry red for this redhot party. I believe sam is, as well. Redhot party. But first, were going to talk about the redhot temperatures. Its forced thousands to evacuate period abcs linzie is in the heart of it. You can see all of is the childrens play house. This place is very close to the small mountain communities and also palm