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Dateline NBC Season 28 Episodes

42 Episodes 2019 - 2020

Episode 1

The Thing About Pam

Fri, Sep 27, 2019

The thing about Pam- cold blooded killer of two innocent people. The unbelievable story of how the murder of Betsy Faria set off a chain of events leaving one man dead, another man implicated and a diabolical scheme exposed. Keith Morrison reports.

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Episode 2

Haunted

Fri, Oct 4, 2019120 mins

Rarely seen private journals, home videos, and emails shed new light on the 2009 disappearance of Utah mother Susan Powell;

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Episode 3

The Plan

Fri, Oct 11, 2019120 mins

A double homicide in upstate New York leads detectives on a cross-country investigation to piece together a case with a surprising suspect at the center; the architect behind the murders is interviewed;

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Episode 4

The Pink Skirt Plot

Fri, Oct 18, 2019120 mins

The murder of a young businessman in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico marks the start of a 15-year hunt and the FBI begins an international game of cat and mouse to find the killer. Natalie Morales reports.

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Episode 5

The Box

Fri, Oct 25, 2019120 mins

Years after a Montana man is found dead, his son opens up a box of case files to find out what really happened.

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Episode 6

Deliberate Evil

Fri, Nov 1, 2019120 mins

A woman is found murdered in her car outside of her apartment. Solving this mystery would take not just years, but also involve at least one more murder, her boyfriend's twin brother.

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Episode 7

The Black Widow of Lomita

Fri, Nov 8, 2019120 mins

A California woman eludes police after both of her husbands are found murdered nearly 20 years apart. Until fate catches up with her. Keith Morrison reports.

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Episode 8

A Song for Whitney

Sat, Nov 9, 2019120 mins

Whitney Houston's best friend, Robyn Crawford, shares behind-the-scenes personal stories from Houston's three-decade career;

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Episode 9

The Premonition

Fri, Nov 15, 2019120 mins

A Pennsylvania father has a premonition that he'll be murdered and the case will go unsolved. Weeks later, he is found stabbed to death. But would the case go unsolved?

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Episode 10

Detective Story

Fri, Nov 22, 2019

A nurse is murdered in what police say is a burglary gone wrong. The case goes cold for over two decades, until a killer is identified the last person anyone would suspect. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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Episode 11

While They Were Sleeping

Fri, Nov 29, 201960 mins

Ben Oxley is shot in the head in his own bed; no one else in the house was hurt, including his wife Melissa Oxley, who was sleeping beside him. Keith Morrison reports.

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Episode 13

The Devil was Watching

Fri, Dec 13, 2019120 mins

A Colorado woman vanishes. No crime scene. No evidence. No body. Would a dark secret about her marriage lead to clues that solve the mystery of her disappearance? Dennis Murphy reports.

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Episode 14

The Music Box

Fri, Jan 10, 2020120 mins

After Lisa Ziegert is abducted during her evening shift at a gift shop, local detectives, state police and the FBI work relentlessly to find her and solve the case after decades.

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Episode 15

The Black Candle Confession

Fri, Jan 17, 2020120 mins

A glimpse of a sobbing woman lighting black candles is seared into a 9-year-old girl's memory. Decades later, that girl reveals what she saw, reopening the investigation of the unsolved murder of an Iowa bartender. Keith Morrison reports.

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Episode 16

Abducted

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

A Texas mother, Heidi Broussard, is abducted and murdered; one of her closest friends is charged with murder;

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Episode 17

Devil's Bargain

Fri, Feb 7, 2020120 mins

Family members and the lead investigators, who cracked the Kelsey Berreth case, speak about the murder of Colorado mother Kelsey, whose disappearance made national headlines after she was last seen grocery shopping on Thanksgiving in 2018.

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Episode 18

Where are the Children?

Fri, Feb 14, 2020120 mins

Where are the children? An investigation into the case of two missing Idaho children are making national headlines. The trail leads Keith Morrison to Hawaii in search of their mother and her new husband;

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Episode 19

The Woman Who Couldn't Scream

Fri, Feb 21, 2020120 mins

When grad student Katie Sepich is murdered, her killer leaves behind his DNA. The Sepich family fights for both justice and to get the law on DNA collection changed. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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Episode 20

The House on the Hill

Fri, Feb 28, 2020120 mins

Romulus, New York, November 20, 2008: A truck falls off a jack and kills Levi Holger Karlsen, age 23 and a father of two young children. His death at first was ruled an accident, but through further investigation, it develops that Levi Karlsen was intentionally murdered by his father, Karl H. Karlsen, who had recently taken out a life insurance policy on his son. Karl Karlsen received over $700,000 in life insurance proceeds for the murder of his son Levi. When Karl Karlsen's crimes come to light, it also sparks an investigation into the death of Karl's former wife in California who died in a 1991 house fire. It is determined that, on January 1, 1991, Karl Karlsen intentionally set the residence fire and knowingly killed Christina Ann Alexander Karlsen, age 30, of Murphys, Calaveras County, California, so that he could collect on a $200,000 life insurance policy he took out 19 days before her death. In November 2013, Karl Karlsen pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for his son Levi Karlsen's death. Karl Karlsen's second wife, Cindy Karlsen, worked with investigators when she learned that her husband Karl Karlsen had taken out a $1.2 million life insurance police on her life. She feared that she would most likely become his third murder victim. Karl Karlsen was sentenced to life in prison.

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Episode 21

The Perfect Guy

Fri, Mar 6, 2020120 mins

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.

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Episode 22

The Black Box

Fri, Mar 13, 2020

A coroner arrives at the scene of a car accident to find his friend, Judy Orr Baldwin, deceased. He begins to think her death looks suspicious after he notices some unusual markings on her face. Was it an accident, or something far more sinister? Andrea Canning reportS.

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Episode 23

The Ranch

Fri, Mar 20, 2020120 mins

Three siblings' lives change when their father is taken hostage in an orchestrated abduction. For the first time, they open up to Keith Morrison about their ordeal and its stunning conclusion.

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Episode 24

Return to the Lonely Road

Fri, Mar 27, 2020120 mins

Brittany Stork's decades-long quest to find out more about her mother's mysterious death leads to a dramatic courtroom decision; the man at the center of the case tells his side of the story;

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Episode 25

The Road Trip

Fri, Apr 3, 2020120 mins

When Dr. Teresa Sievers is found murdered in her kitchen, detectives struggle to find any leads until an unexpected tip changes everything. For the first time on national TV, the woman who helped investigators speaks out. Dennis Murphy reports.

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Episode 26

The House

Fri, Apr 17, 2020

A former FBI agent is murdered at his house, and as police dig into his past, they begin to think the key to solving the mystery might be quite close to home. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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Episode 27

Before Daylight

Fri, Apr 24, 2020120 mins

College student Jesse James Valencia, age 23, is murdered on 6/5/2004 in Columbia, MO. Police investigate a member of their own department. Ex-cop Steven Rios is convicted of the murder and is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

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Episode 28

Mystery on the Jordan River

Sun, Apr 12, 2020

A former hairdresser who became a police detective takes the death of a 15 year old girl whose body was found on a scenic Utah river personal, working the case for years and in honor of a fallen fellow officer.

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Episode 29

What Happened to the Children?

Fri, May 1, 2020120 mins

Exclusive interviews with close family members of Lori Vallow, the Idaho mother charged with deserting her children, Tylee and JJ, who have not been seen since September. Keith Morrison reports.

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Episode 30

Unbreakable

Fri, May 8, 2020120 mins

The story of motivational speaker Rebecca Musser vs. the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) leader and notorious FBI fugitive Warren Jeffs. Rebecca opens up to Keith Morrison about life in the church and why she decided to leave the denomination;

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Episode 31

Episode #28.31

Fri, May 15, 2020

The youngest sister of a large, tight-knit family on Long Island, vanishes without a trace. The two-hour broadcast features the latest in the case, as well as extended interviews with key players in the investigation. Andrea Canning reports

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Episode 32

Episode #28.32

Fri, May 22, 2020

When Bryan Rein, a young Montana veterinarian, is found dead at his home with a gun nearby, police quickly discover there is more to the case than meets the eye. Keith Morrison reports.

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Episode 33

Before Midnight #2

Fri, May 29, 2020

A successful businesswoman and mother of three is found shot in her office; the investigation into her death leaves a family divided. Keith Morrison reports.

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Episode 34

The Playbook

Sat, Jun 13, 2020

An in-depth and comprehensive look at whether the COVID-19 pandemic, that tore through the United States, could have been contained or slowed had government agencies responded differently;

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Episode 35

The Long Road to Freedom

Fri, Jun 19, 2020

Two Tulsa brothers fight for more than 20 years to prove their innocence, after they were wrongfully convicted for separate murders;

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Episode 36

What Happened to JJ and Tylee

Mon, Jun 22, 2020

An interview with the former best friend of Lori Vallow, the Idaho mom charged in connection with the disappearance of her two children, whose remains were recently discovered;

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Episode 37

The Disappearance of Tara Grinstead

Mon, Jul 6, 2020

New details and interviews in the case of missing history teacher and former Georgia beauty queen Tara Grinstead.

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Episode 39

The Day Jennifer Disappeared

Mon, Jul 20, 2020

Sgt. Kenneth Ventresca, lead investigator in the case of missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos, tells Dateline NBC that the police is still "actively" investigating her disappearance;

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Episode 40

Mystery in Orange County #2

Mon, Aug 31, 2020

After a young Army veteran disappears, detectives uncover a cryptic 911 call, placed 11 days before she went missing, which exposes a twisted story --- and the truth;

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Episode 41

Death in the Driveway #2

Fri, Sep 4, 2020

When police find a prominent lawyer dead and his girlfriend bound in duct tape, their investigation leads to a surprising suspect;

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Episode 42

The Rise and Fall of Oscar Pistorius

Fri, Sep 11, 2020

Oscar Pistorius shoots and kill his girlfriend, just eight months after competing in the London Olympics, telling police that he believed that she was an intruder and he was acting in self-defense;

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Episode 43

And Then There Were Three

Mon, Sep 14, 2020

Nearly 40 years after an Iowa high school senior is found stabbed to death, in her car, after visiting the mall before Christmas, investigators identify the killer.

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Episode 44

Secrets From the Grave

Fri, Sep 18, 2020

A man calls 911 to report that his pregnant wife has died by suicide; the case is closed until a suspicious house fire, 24 years later, leads police to question what really happened that day;

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