{"id":25,"date":"2008-11-21T19:22:45","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T00:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=25"},"modified":"2013-01-29T09:30:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T14:30:21","slug":"beneath-the-north-texas-dirt-video-full-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/beneath-the-north-texas-dirt-video-full-report\/25\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Beneath the North Texas Dirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This video is no longer available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In fall 2006, an elderly couple in Wylie, TX, slept soundly while a killer entered their home. In the middle of the night, they were thrown violently from their beds and burned to death. The perpetrator: natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>An official investigation by state regulators found that natural gas had leaked into Benny and Martha Cryer\u2019s home when a gas line coupling came loose beneath the meter in the alley outside. 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