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Dateline NBC Season 25 Episodes
Season 25 Episode Guide
46 Episodes 2016 - 2017
Episode 0
Nightfall
Fri, Apr 14, 2017
After a young mom is found dead on the side of a country road, 40 miles from her Knoxville home.
Episode 1
After the Storm
Fri, Sep 23, 2016
Texas, 2001: Diane Holik is strangled in her home. Family and friends are slowly eliminated until it is likely a stranger murder. Then multiple women report a man behaving strangely while looking at properties for sale or rent.
Episode 2
The Accused
Fri, Sep 30, 201660 mins
New York, 2011: Garrett Phillips, 12, is found strangled. His white mom names black ex-boyfriend Nick Hillary as most likely to kill Garret. Nick is targeted. Despite having only circumstantial evidence, the D.A. proceeds with the case.
Episode 3
On a Lonely Road
Fri, Oct 7, 2016
A 30-year-old cold case heats up, when a daughter investigates the mysteries of her mother's death.
Episode 4
Secrets in the Smoky Mountains
Fri, Oct 21, 2016
Tennessee, 2006: Bob McClancy, a Vietnam vet, is found dead of a drug overdose. Bob had PTSD from being a soldier and a cop. His wife Martha Ann soon starts dating Bob's best friend. Suspicions abound and a complex con gradually unravels.
Episode 5
In Cold Blood
Fri, Oct 28, 2016120 mins
Florida, 2012: Kim Dorsey is found stabbed and bludgeoned to death in her home in a gated community in an especially brutal assault. Starting with her husband Derrick, a litany of suspects are investigated including a sound system repair person. The question is: how close-to-home is the murderer?
Episode 6
The Good Husband
Fri, Nov 4, 2016120 mins
New York, 2011: Tom Kolman, a supervisor, is found dead in his car. Tom's a relatively healthy 40-year-old, so investigators rule out a health condition as the cause of death. But there's no obvious cause of death. Until the toxicology reports come back: Tom had Midazolam in his system, a sedative only available to medical professionals. This opens the door for the investigation.
Episode 7
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Fri, Nov 11, 2016
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. A cautionary tale on the recent trend of too-heavy reliance on circumstantial evidence follows.
Episode 8
Stranger Than Fiction
Fri, Nov 18, 2016
Missouri, 2011: Betsy Faria is found stabbed. Her husband Russ is convicted of the murder. He gets a re-trial four years later in 2015 and the case is featured in Dateline's 'Return to Game Night.' This time, the trial is decided only by a judge and Russ is found innocent. But a person who contributed so much to the state's case, Pam Hupp, would have surprises of her own.
Episode 9
The Last Day
Fri, Dec 2, 2016120 mins
California, 2014: Erin Heavilin Corwin, a Marine wife, lives safely on a Marine base. Or so she thinks. She goes missing after visiting Joshua Tree, a vast national park in the Mojave desert. Her husband Jon is suspected first, of course, but he seems to be genuine in his grief for his lost spouse. During the investigation, a web of infidelity, lies and intrigue reveals itself.
Episode 10
Someone Was Waiting
Fri, Dec 9, 2016
When a captivating woman is found dead in her garage, detectives in Frisco, Texas uncover a series of suspects - all of them connected in different ways to her complicated and secretive life. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
Episode 11
The House on the Lake/The Sting
Fri, Dec 16, 2016
New York, 2001: Michele Harris, wife of millionaire car dealer Cal Harris, goes missing on 9/11/2001 but police can't find a body or a murder weapon. The case is featured on Dateline's 'The Mystery at Empire Lake.' Cal is charged with murder after four years. A mistrial is declared twice due to shocking circumstances. What verdict will the third trial bring? Florida, 2009: Dalia Dippolito plots to kill her husband Michael Dippolito. The police record the exchange with an informant after setting up a sting. She claims she and the informant, her former lover Mohammed Shihadeh, were acting in a video project in an ill-conceived attempt to get their own reality TV show. She makes the same claim about her husband. The men deny it. She's convicted in 2011 but wins an appeal. More surprises are in store for the re-trial.
Episode 12
Vanished
Fri, Dec 30, 2016
California, 2011: Michelle Le, a nursing student, goes missing. Police believe that someone close to her did it. After four months, a body is found in a remote canyon area. It's Michelle. But, even before this, police have already made an arrest.
Episode 13
Barack Obama: Reality of Hope
Fri, Jan 13, 2017
Outgoing President Barack Obama sits down with Lester Holt for an intimate interview in Chicago aboard Air Force One, right before Obama's farewell address to the nation.
Episode 14
Kidnapped
Fri, Jan 20, 2017
45th President (elect) Donald J. Trump's inauguration ceremony and simultaneous anti-Trump protests; The Phillipines, 2011: Mother Gerfa and son Kevin Lunsmann and a cousin are kidnapped by terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf. Gerfa and the cousin are eventually released but not Kevin. This is the story of their abduction and escape from terror.
Episode 15
Unimaginable
Fri, Jan 27, 201760 mins
Georgia, 2014: 22-month-old Cooper Harris is found dead after being in a hot car for about 7 hours. His dad, who was the only one in the car with Cooper, and his mother exhibit suspicious behavior in reaction to their son's death. His dad, Justin Ross Harris, says he forgot to drop Cooper off at daycare and totally forgot about him being in the car. He forgets about Cooper on multiple occasions even though there are numerous things that could have (and perhaps should have) jogged his memory. Leanna Taylor, Cooper's mother, is worried and starts searching for Cooper but she seems more concerned about her husband upon learning of her son's death. The prosecution believes this is intentional homicide on the part of Ross. The defense believes it was a tragic accident and Taylor is the star witness for the defense.
Episode 16
Tom Brokaw: The First 50 Years
Sun, Jan 29, 2017
A 2-hour celebration of 50 years of reporting (1966-2016) by anchor and correspondent Tom Brokaw, featuring his most memorable stories. Also, Brokaw interviews celebrities such as Oprah and Tom Hanks on the future of America and they interview him back.
Episode 17
A Texas Twist
Fri, Feb 3, 201760 mins
Texas, 2012: Mollie Olgin, a high school graduate, is found dead by a beach. Alongside her is Kristene Chapa, shot but miraculously alive. She regains consciousness a few days later and is able to give a description of her unknown attacker to create a police sketch. Suspects are investigated, but the case grows cold. Then, two years later, a letter arrives that points to a new suspect and re-ignites the case.
Episode 18
Fury
Fri, Feb 10, 2017
Kansas, 1989: Sarah De Leon, in her first year of community college, is found stabbed and bludgeoned by some railroad tracks. Five years later, another murder of a female nearby seems similar and possibly linked but police don't make a connection. The case goes cold for more than 20 years due to lack of a crime scene, a murder weapon and forensic evidence. After persistence and pressure by the original investigator and the family, the case is re-opened and suspects are finally identified. Then, in 2016, an arrest is made.
Episode 19
Return to Manitowoc County: The State of Wisconsin vs. Steven A. Avery
Fri, Feb 17, 2017
Wisconsin, 2017: Teresa Halbach, murdered in 2005, was the victim in the Netflix 10-part documentary Making a Murderer (MaM), which became a Netflix binge-watching phenomenon in 2015. Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey were convicted in 2007 to life in prison for the murder. This updates the case with surprising information not included in MaM. Lead investigator Tom Fassbender, who interrogated Dassey and some believe produced a false confession, is on camera for the first time defending his actions and the prosecution's evidence. He says Avery's blood found in Halbach's car didn't have EDTA in it so it's not planted. Ken Kratz, who wrote a book defending his view of the two as guilty, presents new circumstantial evidence. Avery's high-profile attorney Kathleen Zellner says she has new evidence to acquit Avery. The appeals status of Avery and Dassey are also presented.
Episode 20
Diabolical
Fri, Feb 24, 2017
California, 2016: Angela Diaz is harassed via email threats by a person who creates fake 'rape fantasy' ads on Craigslist and gives Diaz's address so men show up in person to her house expecting sex. Diaz claims one of the men rapes her. Diaz files a restraining order against Michelle Hadley, her husband's ex-girlfriend, claiming Hadley sent the emails and caused her to get raped. When men keep coming due to the Craigslist ad, Hadley is arrested but let out on bail and then arrested again. But as the police dig deeper into the case, they uncover what may be the exact opposite of what they see.
Episode 21
Ransom
Sun, Feb 26, 201760 mins
Florida, 2009: Quinn Gray, a homemaker, calls her husband Reid and tells her she's kidnapped, she doesn't know where she is and three men want $50,000 to release her. The Grays are wealthy, so Reid has no problem getting the money together quickly. She calls him repeatedly with money drop locations but the directions are so rushed and chaotic that no money is exchanged. Quinn's mom takes over and drops the money in a parking lot. Three random guys pick it up and call 911 so they don't get into trouble. The money drop is a bust. But, as investigators dig and dig, a sighting of a kidnapper on a security camera leads to a bomb blast of a revelation.
Episode 22
Betrayed
Fri, Mar 3, 2017
When a rising star attorney in South Florida is murdered, police investigate whether her death is connected to a web of fraud, betrayal and more than $1 billion in missing money. Dennis Murphy reports.
Episode 23
Finding Sarah Goode
Fri, Mar 10, 2017120 mins
A large, tight-knit Long Island family go to extraordinary lengths to find their missing sister, Sarah Goode.
Episode 24
Haunting
Fri, Mar 17, 2017
Tom Hunter and Shirlee Sherman were murdered by a killer who was just getting started.
Episode 25
The House in the Woods/Frantic
Fri, Mar 24, 2017
The House in the Woods: A former hockey player discovers his wife murdered in their home. His young daughter says she saw a robber, but the killer's true identity turns out to be far more complicated. Andrea Canning reports. Frantic: A twenty-three year old woman goes missing from a high-end shopping mall in Plano, TX. Her family members search for her, while police try to find out who might have been responsible for her disappearance. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
Episode 26
Double Lives
Fri, Mar 31, 2017120 mins
The investigation into the disappearance of Paige Birgfeld, a mother of three, in Colorado reveals she was living a double life.
Episode 27
Down the Back Staircase
Fri, Apr 7, 201760 mins
Michael Peterson, who was granted a new trial after the 2003 conviction in the murder of his wife was overturned, discusses the case and his decision to enter an Alford plea.
Episode 28
Nightfall/Good & Evil
Fri, Apr 14, 201760 mins
After a young mom is found dead on the side of a country road, 40 miles away from her Knoxville home, investigators scrambled to figure out how she ended up there.
Episode 29
The Laci Peterson Story: A Dateline Investigation
Fri, Apr 21, 2017120 mins
A look at the 2004 murder of pregnant California woman Laci Peterson, including previously unseen interrogation footage of her husband, Scott Peterson, who was convicted of the crime.
Episode 30
The Death of Gianni Versace: A Dateline Investigation
Fri, Apr 28, 2017
Gianni Versace's partner discuss the details about the fashion icon murder and long manhunt for Andrew Cunanan, who was accused of committing four other murders in 1997 when he went on a killing spree around the country. Keith Morrison reports.
Episode 31
A Shot in the Dark
Fri, May 12, 2017
When Cara Ryan shoots her ex-husband and accuses him of threatening to kill her, police question her motive. This Friday, Ryan speaks out exclusively to Keith Morrison about the outcome of the stunning trial.
Episode 32
Secrets of the Desert
Fri, May 19, 2017
Deep in the Sonoran desert, the mystery surrounding the deaths of three women takes 17 years to untangle, and is only solved when a fourth woman comes forward with the truth.
Episode 33
Under the Prairie Sky
Sun, May 21, 2017
When a mother of three mysteriously disappears, the only clue is her abandoned vehicle on a lonely Montana highway.
Episode 34
The Intruder
Fri, Jun 2, 2017
When shots ring out at a home in Saco, Maine, Rachel Owens is found shot in the head; the murder leads to a complex investigation that spans three states.
Episode 35
At the Bottom of the Stairs
Fri, Jun 9, 2017
The theme of today's episode is At the Bottom of the Stairs.
Episode 36
The Silhouette
Fri, Jun 16, 201760 mins
In the early morning dark in San Antonio, Texas, a husband, Lars Itzo, shot his wife, Debbie Kelly, saying he mistook her for an intruder. Was this a terrible accident or a case of deliberate murder?
Episode 37
As Night Fell
Fri, Jun 23, 2017
Police investigate whether the shooting of a young woman in Utah was an accident or something more sinister.
Episode 38
The Knock at the Door
Fri, Jul 7, 201760 mins
After a young woman Tara Ord-Sidarovich is found murdered, her case eventually goes cold. Will her mother's search for answers bring justice?
Episode 39
The Fire Inside
Fri, Jul 14, 2017120 mins
When a fire is set to cover a murderer's tracks in Berger County, N.J. for the third time in a year, authorities suspect a serial killer may be on the loose;
Episode 40
Collision
Fri, Jul 21, 201760 mins
The battle between a wife, Frances Hall, and a mistress, Bonnie Contreras, for the heart of one man, Bill Hall Jr., leads to a deadly car chase.
Episode 41
After the Early Shift
Fri, Jul 28, 201760 mins
Josh Mankiewicz reports on the latest developments in the investigation of a young woman, Michelle Mockbee, found dead in a Kentucky warehouse where she worked. After a man is convicted, could an unexpected revelation change his fate?
Episode 42
The Summer of Manson
Fri, Aug 4, 201760 mins
The compelling story of the infamous killer Charles Manson is recounted, using archives, never-before-seen footage, and rare interviews that showcase the murder mystery that took over the news headlines during the summer of 1969.
Episode 43
The Target
Fri, Sep 8, 201760 mins
A love triangle between a podiatrist, Ira Bernstein, his estranged wife, Susan, and his new girlfriend, Kelly Gribeluk, takes shape.
Episode 44
Dark Valley
Fri, Sep 15, 201760 mins
A philandering film executive, Gavin Smith, goes missing. Is he seeking a new life or has he upset a dangerous rival?
Episode 45
Devil's Bathtub
Fri, Sep 22, 2017
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.