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Dateline NBC Season 20 Episodes

73 Episodes 2011 - 2012

Episode 0

Justice for Bonnie

Fri, Jan 30, 2026

This installment outlines a mother's emotional crusade to find her daughter's killer. She wants justice for her 18-year-old daughter, Bonnie Craig, who was raped and murdered in an Anchorage, Alaska state park in 1994.

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Episode 1

Deadly House of Cards

Fri, Sep 16, 2011120 mins

What started as an obsession with Dexter, the television series about a serial killer, Keith Morrison tells the story of an indie film-maker connected to the case of a missing man John Altinger. Was it a publicity stunt or something far darker?

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Episode 2

Episode #20.2

Fri, Sep 16, 2011

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Episode 3

Ransom

Fri, Sep 23, 2011

A report on the case of a housewife who claimed she was kidnapped from her multimillion-dollar.

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Episode 4

Episode #20.4

Fri, Sep 30, 2011

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Episode 5

The Secret

Fri, Sep 30, 201160 mins

When a husband unexpectedly vanishes without a trace for eight years, investigators are baffled until they uncover a secret involving the man's work life and the tension that brewed at home between him and his successful wife.

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Episode 6

Episode #20.6

Fri, Oct 7, 2011

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Episode 7

Someone Was Watching/The Ballad of Mike & Dalia

Fri, Oct 14, 201160 mins

"Someone Was Watching" investigates the drowning death of Cristi Hall and whether or not she was murdered by her former police officer husband. "The Ballad of Mike & Dalia" examines of the case of Dalia Dippolito who is accused of planning the murder of her newlywed husband.

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Episode 8

Episode #20.8

Fri, Oct 21, 2011

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Episode 9

Episode #20.9

Fri, Oct 28, 2011

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Episode 10

Episode #20.10

Fri, Nov 4, 2011

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Episode 11

Episode #20.11

Fri, Nov 11, 2011

Episode title: Crossing the Line After a pregnant mother and her young son are killed in a horrific crash, evidence comes to light to suggest that the car wreck was no accident.

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Episode 12

Episode #20.12

Fri, Nov 18, 2011

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Episode 13

Missing in Paradise

Fri, Dec 2, 2011

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Episode 14

Episode #20.14

Fri, Dec 9, 2011

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Episode 15

Episode #20.15

Fri, Dec 16, 2011

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Episode 16

Deadly Triangle

Fri, Dec 30, 201160 mins

Archie McFarland was stabbed to death on his Long Beach, California driveway on a December morning in 1985. Could the killer be his 47-year-old wife Mary Ann's lover Janos Kulcsa?

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Episode 17

Amazing Animals Caught on Tape

Sun, Jan 1, 2012

Jersey, Channel Islands: A child falls into a gorilla pit at the zoo; Superior, Wisconsin: A firefighter performs CPR on a kitten rescued from a burning home; San Antonio, Texas: At SeaWorld, an orca starts pushing the trainer around in its pool; Hohenwald, Tennessee: An elephant at the Elephant Sanctuary forms a bond with a dog; New Mexico: A bear, frantically racing thru town looking for her cub, is almost electrocuted when she climbs a utility pole; Guadalupe, Mexico: A great white shark enters a shark cage with two divers; Anchorage, Alaska: A polar bear snatches a tourist's leg when she gets too close to the cage to take a photo; Hawaii: A pilot whale drags a woman down 30 feet below the surface; South Africa, Kruger National Park: Lions and a crocodile compete for a buffalo calf; Kenya: Christian the lion recognizes his former owners when they return to Kenya.

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Episode 18

Murder on Lockhart Road

Fri, Jan 6, 2012

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Episode 19

Ricky Gervais

Sun, Jan 8, 2012

Interviews with Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Hudson and Ceelo Green.

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Episode 20

Episode #20.20

Fri, Jan 13, 2012

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Episode 21

Episode #20.21

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

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Episode 22

Buried Secrets

Fri, Jan 27, 201260 mins

A house guest with tales of grandeur and wealth weaves a web of deceit that ties him to a cold-case murder decades later. The 15-year-old case about the disappearance of David Jackson.

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Episode 23

Episode #20.23

Fri, Jan 27, 2012

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Episode 24

Suspicion

Fri, Feb 3, 2012

Featuring neighbors that enjoyed mixing business with pleasure.

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Episode 25

A Family's Story

Fri, Feb 10, 201260 mins

In December 2009 Susan Powell disappears from her home in West Valley City, Utah, and her husband Josh is suspected.

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Episode 26

Episode #20.26

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

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Episode 27

Conviction

Sun, Feb 12, 2012

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Episode 28

Remembering Whitney

Sun, Feb 12, 2012

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Episode 29

Episode #20.29

Fri, Feb 17, 2012

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Episode 30

Episode #20.30

Fri, Feb 24, 2012

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Episode 31

The Hansen Files: Day Care

Fri, Mar 2, 2012

Chris Hansen offers an investigation of day care centers raising issues about licensing procedures and who is involved in running the centers. He reveals that some of them have criminal pasts.

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Episode 32

Episode #20.32

Sun, Mar 4, 2012

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Episode 33

Episode #20.33

Fri, Mar 9, 2012

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Episode 34

Internal Affairs

Fri, Mar 9, 2012

North Carolina, 2007: Denita Monique Smith, a promising photography student, is found unconscious at the bottom of stairs in an apartment complex. Jermeir Stroud is a police officer who initially is suspected due to be being her fiance. But his secret mistress is found. This leads to a he said/she said. Who killed Denita?

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Episode 35

Episode #20.35

Sun, Mar 11, 2012

Title: Murder in Broad Daylight Rusty Sneiderman is gunned down in the parking lot of his son's preschool. A fatal triangle is revealed: was this a crime of passion?

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Episode 36

Over the Edge

Fri, Mar 16, 2012

What really happened to a woman that slipped over the edge of a cliff is investigated.

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Episode 37

Episode #20.37

Sun, Mar 18, 2012

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Episode 38

Shooting in Sanford

Sun, Mar 25, 2012

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Episode 39

Episode #20.39

Fri, Mar 30, 2012

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Episode 40

Silent Witness

Fri, Mar 30, 2012

Michelle Young, married to her sweetheart and pregnant with their second child, is murdered.

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Episode 41

What Happened to Phoebe Prince

Sun, Apr 1, 2012

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Episode 42

Vengeance

Fri, Apr 6, 2012

What qualities do you look for in a significant other? She was a hard-working professional. He was charming & confident. Lester Holt profiles the couple at the center of Friday night's Dateline mystery.

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Episode 43

Haunted Memories

Sun, Apr 8, 2012

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Episode 44

Deadly Trust

Fri, Apr 13, 201260 mins

Dateline investigates the 1994 murder of Newport Beach millionaire Bill McLaughlin. Fifteen years after the murder, the police investigation eventually leads to McLaughlin's wife and a former NFL linebacker with whom she was having an affair.

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Episode 45

Stranger-Danger

Sun, Apr 15, 2012

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Episode 46

Episode #20.46

Fri, Apr 20, 2012

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Episode 47

Driving

Sun, Apr 22, 2012

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Episode 48

Poison

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

An attorney's wife and office manager befriends a much younger employee and they become fast friends. The other staff notice them spending big shortly after the death of the attorney and money is missing. Could there be more to his death?

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Episode 49

Episode #20.49

Fri, May 4, 2012

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Episode 50

Discrimination

Sun, May 6, 2012

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Episode 51

Episode #20.51

Fri, May 11, 2012

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Episode 52

Episode #20.52

Sun, May 13, 2012

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Episode 53

In the Middle of the Night

Fri, May 18, 2012

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Episode 54

Episode #20.54

Fri, Jun 1, 2012

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Episode 55

Who Killed the Radio Star?

Sun, Jun 3, 201260 mins

Steven B. Williams, a beloved former radio DJ, receives financial advice from an experienced friend. But then the DJ turns up missing and other friends discover the advisor's advice was not gold plated. So what happened to Steven?

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Episode 56

Episode #20.56

Fri, Jun 8, 2012

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Episode 57

Whispers in a Small Town

Sun, Jun 10, 2012

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Episode 58

The Perfect Catch

Fri, Jun 15, 2012

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Episode 59

Episode #20.59

Fri, Jun 22, 2012

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Episode 60

The Last Dive/Buried Secrets

Sun, Jun 24, 2012

"The Last Dive" examines the case of Shelley Tyre who drowned mysteriously while scuba diving with a companion in the British Virgin Islands. "Buried Secrets" examines the disappearance of David Jackson. After his body is discovered twenty years later, a rookie detective helps find the murderer.

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Episode 61

Living a Transgender Childhood

Sun, Jul 8, 2012

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Episode 62

The Night Lynsie Disappeared

Fri, Jul 13, 2012

A young college student, Lynsie Ekelund, vanishes late one night; ten years later, her mother's persistence and a new investigator help reveal the shocking truth about her sudden disappearance.

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Episode 63

Finding Booker's Place/Deadly Conspiracy

Sun, Jul 15, 2012

"Finding Booker's Place" follows a woman searching for clues about her family history who uncovers information about her grandfather's controversial television appearance in the 1960s and the affect his words had in Greenwood, Mississippi. "Deadly Conspiracy" examines the murder of Jack Jessee who was killed by his wife who was worried that his cancer would eat up the family's wealth.

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Episode 64

Written in Blood

Fri, Jul 20, 201260 mins

A young college student, Lynsie Ekelund, vanishes late one night; ten years later, her mother's persistence and a new investigator help reveal the shocking truth about her sudden disappearance.

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Episode 65

Tragedy in Colorado

Sun, Jul 22, 2012

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Episode 66

Episode #20.66

Sun, Jul 22, 2012

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Episode 67

Episode #20.67

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

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Episode 68

Episode #20.68

Sun, Aug 19, 2012

Lester Holt interviews Olympic gymnast Ganny Douglas. Also: a hidden-camera investigation into the honesty and competency of companies that repair home air conditioners; a look at carnival games; and a chat with comedian Steve Harvey.

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Episode 69

The Confession

Fri, Aug 24, 2012

Idaho Falls police arrest a man, Chris Tapp, who confesses to the murder of a woman, but DNA evidence suggests otherwise. A group of people, including the victim's mother, team up to search for the real killer.

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Episode 70

Secrets in a Small Town

Fri, Aug 31, 201260 mins

Treresa Mayfield's disappearance from a small town in Alabama is discussed.

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Episode 71

Deadly Intent

Fri, Sep 7, 201260 mins

After a bomb explodes underneath Connie Hoagland's car secrets start to emerge.

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Episode 72

The Inside Man

Fri, Sep 14, 201260 mins

Jimmy Keene, a convict serving a 10-year sentence is asked to go undercover.

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