Andrea Canning catches up with Keith Morrison about his latest episode, “A Little Patch of Perfect.” When wealthy Atlanta lawyer Gary Farris was found dead in a burn pile on his estate in 2018, police wondered if he had fallen into the fire while tending it. But a further investigation revealed a family full of secrets and grudges, which led authorities to believe Gary had been killed by one of his own. Keith and Andrea discuss different theories about the murder and the victim’s reference to Dateline before his death. Plus, Keith shares a podcast-exclusive clip from an interview with the 11th-hour witness whose testimony shook up the killer’s trial. Then, Andrea is joined by one of the episode’s producers, Keith Greenberg, to answer viewer and listener questions from social media.Listen to the full episode of "A Little Patch of Perfect" on Apple: https://apple.co/4hl2FPVListen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QHBETHjgUVMjcL4pVRy1Y
Full Episode
Hi, everyone. I'm Andrea Canning, and we are Talking Dateline. Today, I'm joined by Keith Morrison to discuss his latest episode, A Little Patch of Perfect. Hey, Keith.
Hello, Andrea. How are you?
Good. So if you haven't seen A Little Patch of Perfect, it's the episode right below this one on your Dateline podcast feed. So go there and listen to it or stream it on Peacock and then come back here. But first, a quick recap.
When wealthy Atlanta lawyer Gary Ferris was found dead in a burn pile on his estate in 2018, police wondered if he had fainted from the heat and fallen into the fire while tending to it. But a further investigation revealed a family full of secrets and grudges and that Gary had been killed by one of his own.
For this episode, Keith is going to share an extra clip from an interview with Martha Jane Barton, the woman whose last-minute testimony surprised the courtroom. And later, one of the producers of this episode, Keith Greenberg, will be on to answer your questions about the show from social media. Okay, Keith, let's talk Dateline.
All right.
So, okay, a little patch of perfect. You know, those drone shots looking at that beautiful piece of property, beautiful house, beautiful land. It does look like a little patch of perfect, but it wasn't so perfect, was it?
You know, nothing's ever perfect, Andrea. I mean, we all like to strive for it. We imagine it. We fantasize about exactly the lovely country property we'd love to have with the mansion or the beautiful big house on it. And our grown children taking part in the running of it. It's just a delightful idea of an idyllic family living out its days.
But of course, nothing is ever perfect, and behind that lovely facade, some people called this family the Ferris wheel. They hated that, and they still hate it.
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