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Dateline NBC Season 18 Episodes

56 Episodes 2009 - 2010

Episode 1

Behind Closed Doors: Bad Chemistry/The Mystery in the Master Bedroom

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

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Episode 2

The Michael Jackson Tapes

Fri, Sep 25, 2009

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Episode 3

In Plain Sight: Jaycee Dugard

Fri, Oct 2, 2009

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Episode 4

Through the Pouring Rain

Fri, Oct 9, 2009

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Episode 5

The Grifters

Wed, Oct 14, 2009

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Episode 6

Mystery at Lost Dog Road

Fri, Oct 30, 2009

A tragic family outing costs a man his wife and son, but the widower's best friend has suspicions.

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Episode 7

Episode #18.7

Fri, Nov 20, 2009

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Episode 8

The Night MaryJane Disappeared

Fri, Nov 20, 2009

A young mother vanishes and her husband is a suspect, but the woman's 3-year-old daughter may have insight on the case.

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Episode 9

The Trial of Amanda Knox

Fri, Dec 4, 2009

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Episode 20

Searching for Kyron

Fri, Jan 30, 2026

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Episode 21

Bringing Sean Home: The Untold Story

Fri, Jan 8, 2010

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Episode 22

The Passenger in Seat 19A

Sun, Jan 10, 2010

Dateline investigates the thwarted Christmas terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in which Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up the plane using explosives hidden in his underwear. It takes to passengers on the plane who describe what they witnessed and counter-terrorism experts who offer analysis of the attack.

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Episode 23

Critical Condition

Sun, Jan 24, 2010

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Episode 24

On the Trail of the Pink Panthers

Sun, Jan 31, 2010

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Episode 25

The Doctor's Wife

Fri, Mar 12, 2010

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Episode 28

The Desperate Hours

Fri, Mar 5, 2010

A courageous mother works with a hostage negotiator in hope of freeing her husband from kidnappers in Mexico.

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Episode 29

The Girl with the Blue Mustang

Sat, May 1, 2010

California, 2000: Michelle O'Keefe is found dead in her car in a parking lot. Raymond Lee Jennings, a security guard patrolling the parking lot, says he saw her after she was shot. He seems to know things only the killer would know. But, due to lack of any forensic evidence (and even blood evidence that seems to rule him out), he isn't arrested until nearly six years later.

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Episode 30

Death of a Golden Girl

Fri, Mar 19, 201060 mins

Dateline investigates the murder of model and aspiring Playboy Playmate Paula Sladewski who charred body was discovered in a Miami dumpster.

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Episode 31

Instant Message Murder

Fri, Mar 19, 2010

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Episode 32

Recipe for Murder

Fri, Mar 26, 2010

Kieth Morrison reports on the dramatic undercover operation in Palm Beach, Florida to save a wife and mother who had no idea she was in danger.

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Episode 33

America Now: A Circle of Hands

Sun, Mar 28, 2010

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Episode 34

The Family Secret

Fri, Apr 2, 201060 mins

27 years after the disappearance of her step-father Lloyd Ford, Kim can no longer contain the secret that she and her mother committed his murder.

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Episode 35

Rescue on the High Seas

Sun, Apr 4, 2010

Dateline interviews Richard Phillips the captain of an American cargo ship that was held hostage by a group of Somali pirates. Captain Phillips talks about how he and his crew were treated in captivity and discuss the dramatic rescue performed by Navy sharp shooters.

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Episode 36

Twisted Faith

Fri, Apr 9, 2010

After his wife, dies mysteriously, the secrets of a charismatic pastor come to life, which, in turn, shakes the faith and trust of his congregation as the case reveals the true cost of their unshakable trust in the pastor they believed in.

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Episode 37

America Now: City of Heartbreak and Hope

Sun, Apr 18, 201060 mins

An examination of the decades of urban decay that have reduced Detroit to a shadow of its former vibrancy, now standing as a crime-ridden city with a near-absent economy, a lack of public amenities and a long tradition of political corruption, leading officials to propose such drastic measures as shrinking the city boundaries and razing entire communities.

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Episode 38

Cracked: The Case of Janelle Patton

Mon, Apr 19, 2010

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Episode 39

What Were You Thinking?

Sun, Apr 25, 2010

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Episode 40

The Seduction

Fri, May 7, 2010

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Episode 41

The Strange Story of Seduction

Sun, May 9, 2010

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Episode 42

Episode #18.42

Fri, May 21, 2010

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Episode 43

The Case of the Merry Widow

Fri, May 28, 2010

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Episode 44

Deadly Ambition

Fri, Jun 4, 2010

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Episode 45

Disaster in the Gulf

Thu, Jun 10, 2010

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Episode 46

Against All Odds

Sun, Jun 13, 201060 mins

A toddler, Erica Hughes, was shot in the head and left for dead. Her mother, Earon Harper, was killed. Against all odds Erica survives.

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Episode 47

Episode #18.47

Sun, Jun 13, 2010

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Episode 48

The Secrets in the Suitcase

Fri, Jun 18, 2010

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Episode 49

Unsolved Case Squad: The Gold Coast Killings

Fri, Jun 18, 2010

The case of Brock and Davina Husted, a couple murdered in their million-dollar beach-front home.

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Episode 50

The Mysterious Death of a Titan

Thu, Jun 24, 2010

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Episode 51

Michael Jackson: A Mother's Story

Fri, Jun 25, 2010

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Episode 52

A Father's Mission

Sun, Jun 27, 2010

Dateline goes to Afganistan to report one one of the deadliest battles of the war: the Battle of Wanat. It looks at the impact of the battle on the father of a fallen soldier who enlisted the help the help other parents to find out who was responsible for the battle going horribly wrong.

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Episode 53

The Mystery in Rock Hill

Fri, Jul 9, 2010

A father confesses to killing his daughter, yet DNA evidence suggests otherwise.

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Episode 54

The Spies Next Door

Sun, Jul 11, 2010

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Episode 55

The Mystery on Reminisce Road

Mon, Jul 12, 2010

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Episode 56

The Disappearance of Debbie Hawk

Mon, Jul 19, 201060 mins

In 2006 the three young Hawk children arrived home one evening to find their mother Debbie was missing. It took ten years to find her body.

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Episode 57

America Now: Friends and Neighbors

Sun, Jul 25, 2010

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Episode 58

Little Boy Lost

Mon, Jul 26, 2010

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Episode 59

The Best Man

Mon, Jul 26, 2010

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Episode 60

Deadly Affair

Sun, Aug 1, 2010

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Episode 61

The House on Murder Mountain

Mon, Aug 2, 2010

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Episode 62

Tangled Lives

Fri, Aug 6, 2010

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Episode 63

Dangerous Connection

Sat, Aug 21, 2010

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Episode 64

Hurricane Katrina: The First Five Days

Sun, Aug 22, 2010

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Episode 65

Family Portrait

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

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Episode 66

Joran Van Der Sloot: Behind Bars

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

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Episode 67

On the Run

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

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Episode 68

The Perils of Parenting

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

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