The best episodes of Dateline NBC
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- 01
In the Shadow of Justice: The Interrogation
Robert Davis, who was convicted of murdering a woman and her son, claims his confession was coerced and tries to prove he is innocent.
- 02
A teenage girl is murdered at a scenic spot on a Utah river. The case almost goes cold until a hairdresser turned detective, with the help of the victim's determined mom, finds the truth.
- 03
Two double homicides committed five years apart lead police to suspect a serial killer is responsible.
- 04
A community comes together to search for a young woman who goes missing from a Halloween party.
- 05
Dennis Murphy on the latest developments in a bizarre cyber-revenge case that lands a young woman in jail. Andrea Canning reports on a murdered Tennessee woman whose case stumps investigators
- 06
After a 15-year-old girl disappears, investigators discover a creek where the local teenagers hang out that may hold the answer to her disappearance.
- 07
Sixteen parents fighting to end college hazing at fraternities speak out together for the first time; cases of alleged hazing at various universities.
- 08
Lester Holt spends two nights embedded inside the largest maximum security prison in America, the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola.
- 09
The Box (aka: Mystery in Montana)
Years after a Montana man is found dead, his son opens up a box of case files to find out what really happened.
- 10
A fugitive steals millions of dollars by conning numerous women and businesses over 25 years. Will law enforcement finally be able to catch him? Andrea Canning reports.
- 11
A Connecticut bank executive is targeted by criminals who force him to rob his own bank. Dennis Murphy reports.
- 12
When a University of Utah athlete is found murdered on campus, investigators learn that she had reached out to the campus police for help multiple times before her death.
- 13
A deadly high-speed chase in Montana leads "Dateline" on a search through 50 years of history to unravel the mystery of how one man turned into a monster and committed one of the state's most notorious crimes.
- 14
The Terrible Night on King Road
Exclusive new details about the investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students are revealed; featuring never-before-reported evidence that investigators say track the accused killer's movements.
- 15
The House on the Lake / The Sting
A man's children stand by him as he deals with courts in upstate New York; a woman accused to attempting to hire a hit man to kill her husband.
- 16
Professional basketball player Lorenzen Wright goes missing in 2010 and is found dead ten days later; Lorenzen's mother insists she knows who murdered her son and is relentless in helping detectives solve his case.
- 17
When Kathleen Schroll makes a phone call that names her killer right before her death, it leads to the arrest of a father for murder. But two trials and 12 years later, authorities begin to wonder if he was the victim, not the villain.
- 18
When film executive Gavin Smith vanishes, Los Angeles detectives search for clues amid reported sightings and suspicious circumstances.
- 19
When a father goes missing and his body is found in a field several miles away, the investigation reveals multiple suspects -- including members of his own family.
- 20
A love triangle leads to years of stalking, property destruction, threats, and murder.
- 21
A murder outside Pleasantville, Iowa divides a family and forces one man to take the investigation into his own hands. Dennis Murphy reports.
- 22
A recent law school graduate in Georgia who has a promising future disappears without a trace.
- 23
The murder of a young businessman in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, marks the start of a 15-year-long hunt to find the killer.
- 24
When Tina Sandoval disappears, her parents and loved ones spend years searching for her; a secret she was keeping may lead to clues about what happened to her.
- 25
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