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Dateline NBC Season 29 Episodes

56 Episodes 2020 - 2023

Episode 1

Trouble at the 7-11 Ranch

Thu, Oct 1, 2020

Josh Mankiewicz reports on the mysterious disappearance of a Colorado rancher, whose friends think something isn't right and spend years fighting for answers;

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Episode 2

Left for Dead

Thu, Sep 24, 202090 mins

The survivor of a horrible attack is convinced that the police have the wrong suspect;

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Episode 3

The Tallahassee Trap

Thu, Oct 1, 2020120 mins

When Florida law professor Dan Markel is found murdered in his garage, the investigation draws national attention;

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Episode 4

Killer Role

Fri, Oct 2, 2020

After filming wraps on an indie horror movie, the cast members learn that their lead actress is not who she says she is and has and has been charged with killing her uncle;

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Episode 5

Lone Star Obsession

Thu, Oct 8, 2020120 mins

When a pathologist is found murdered in his home, the investigation reveals simmering jealousies and a love triangle;

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Episode 6

The Dead of Night

Fri, Oct 9, 2020

As detectives investigate the sudden disappearance of LaJoya McCoy, a mother of two, from her apartment, her friends and family reveal LaJoya feared that she was being stalked;

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Episode 7

What Happened to Don Lewis?

Mon, Oct 12, 2020

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Episode 8

The Client Part 2

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

Before time runs out, detectives race to find a Little Rock, Ark. realtor, who went missing after showing a house;

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Episode 9

A Promise to Helene

Fri, Oct 16, 2020

Helene Pruszynski, a 21-year-old college student is found murdered in 1980. The case remains cold for nearly 40 years, until 2019 when a new detective assigned to this cold case uses genetic genealogy and catches her killer, James Curtis Clanton.

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Episode 10

Even the Devil Went to Church

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

When a small town Alabama resident is murdered in his home, rumors involving a local pastor begin to swirl, as the truth ends up turning the community upside down;

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Episode 11

Return to Shalimar Way

Thu, Oct 29, 2020120 mins

Andrea Canning looks into the September 2012 death of Leslie London Neulander in her Syracuse, NY, area home. Initially ruled an accident, her doctor-husband is later charged with her murder. Canning interviews investigators, as well as friends of the victim and reveals the latest news about the case.

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Episode 12

Hope Whispers

Fri, Oct 30, 2020

A daughter stays with her boyfriend's family, until things settle down after a fight with her mother, but when days go by with no word from her mom, she gets the news that her mother is dead;

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Episode 13

The Eastlake Conspiracy

Fri, Nov 6, 2020

When Ohio resident Pat Sabo is offered $50,000 to kill someone hundreds of miles away, he calls the police to report the incident; acting quickly, investigators set up an elaborate sting operation to bring down those behind the murder-for-hire plot;

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Episode 14

10 Minutes to Sunset

Fri, Nov 13, 2020120 mins

When a pediatric dentist is found dead, police uncovers a complex plot and their suspect leads investigators on an international manhunt; the lead detective speaks out for the first time;

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Episode 15

Voices for Vanessa

Thu, Nov 19, 2020

When a soldier, Vannessa, vanishes from Fort Hood, her family do everything they can to bring attention to her disappearance; Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy speaks about the investigation and allegations of sexual assault in the military;

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Episode 16

Point Blank

Fri, Nov 20, 2020120 mins

After Todd Chance is murdered, police follow a trial video evidence as they work to track down the killer;

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Episode 17

Race for a Vaccine

Thu, Dec 3, 2020

Top executives at Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson talk about plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and efforts to overcome public mistrust; interviews with key advisors from President Donald Trump and President-Elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 task forces;

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Episode 18

Far from Spider Lake

Fri, Dec 4, 2020120 mins

A 40-year-old Minnesota woman is shot to death in her bed, while her husband and teenage daughter are home, leaving investigators to wonder who would want her dead;

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Episode 19

Into the Night - Part 2

Fri, Dec 11, 2020120 mins

The latest in the case of a missing young Oregon woman, whose disappearance led to an intense manhunt, after a suspect embarked on a two-state crime spree;

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Episode 20

The Life and Death of Princess Diana

Fri, Dec 18, 2020120 mins

More than 2 decades since the tragic death of Princess Diana, Dateline reveals new insights into the real story of the very private royal, including a look at Diana's troubled marriage, her turbulent life in the royal family, and the investigation into her death;

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Episode 21

Journey for Justice

Thu, Jan 7, 2021

The families of George Floyd, Jacob Blake Jr, and Eric Garner open up together in a raw and emotional conversation about their pain, anger, and frustration over police violence;

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Episode 22

Open Water

Fri, Jan 8, 2021120 mins

A romantic Mediterranean cruise, which was intended to rekindle the love between a woman and her ex-husband, had led to the vanishing of her; the investigation would reveal secret recordings, a surprising star witness, and an undercover hit man;

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Episode 23

The Prussian Blue Mystery - Part 2

Fri, Jan 15, 2021

A woman's mysterious illness reveals a horrific crime;

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Episode 24

The Grudge

Thu, Jan 21, 2021

The deadly 2020 shooting at U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas' home, which killed her son and critically injured her husband;

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Episode 25

Night of the Summer Solstice

Fri, Jan 22, 2021120 mins

When hikers find a 21-year-old UCLA student's body in a Los Angeles area train tunnel, detectives wonder if Ron's interest in an alternative religion is connected to his murder;

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Episode 26

Lauren's Promise

Thu, Jan 28, 2021

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;

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Episode 27

The Woman at the Bar

Fri, Jan 29, 2021120 mins

After grandmother Lois Riess murders her husband David Riess in Minnesota and flees to Florida, she kills and steals the identity of a look-alike woman, Pamela Hutchinson, who she had met and befriended. Law enforcement eventually connects the murders and apprehends Lois Riess, who pleads guilty to the 2018 murder of Pamela Hutchinson. She receives a life sentence in prison.

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Episode 28

Shannon's Story

Thu, Feb 4, 2021

A college student goes missing, in broad daylight, from her off campus job at a softball field; investigators receive a mysterious phone call that changes everything;

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Episode 29

Death of a Hometown Hero

Fri, Feb 5, 2021120 mins

Professional basketball player Lorenzo Wright goes missing in 2010 and is found dead 10 days later; Lorenzo's mother insists that she knows who murdered her son and is relentless in helping detectives solve the case;

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Episode 30

Broken Circle

Thu, Feb 11, 2021

An investigation of abuse allegations against one of the owners of the religious reform school, Circle of Hope;

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Episode 31

The Monster at Large

Fri, Feb 12, 2021120 mins

When Susan Woods doesn't show up for work, she is soon discovered dead in her bathtub; as police search for answers, they find a trail of victims;

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Episode 32

The Widower: Part 1

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

The murder of Sharon Randolph, a Las Vegas wife and mother, pits detectives against her wily husband, Thomas Randolph, who has many secrets and four dead wives;

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Episode 33

The Widower: Part 2

Fri, Feb 19, 2021120 mins

Detectives, investigating Sharon Randolph's murder, hit the road to learn more about her husband, Thomas Randolph's, five other marriages and three dead wives, and discovering that he's been on trial before, in a case that resembles their own;

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Episode 34

The Widower: Part 3

Sun, Feb 21, 2021

Thomas Randolph continues to fire his defense lawyers and eventually he faces a series of prosecutions witnesses in Nevada, Texas, during the oral trial phase.. A decision is finally made and no one can believe the decision.

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Episode 35

Collateral Damage

Fri, Feb 26, 2021120 mins

Former NXIVM member Dr. Danielle Roberts defends branding members of the alleged sex cult; former members India Oxenberg and her mother, Catherine Oxenberg, open up about how they are doing, after the group's founder is convicted of felonies;

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Episode 36

Return to the Landing

Thu, Mar 4, 2021

In an attempt to move on from a tumultuous love triangle, South Carolina native Heather Elvis goes out on a first date on December 17, 2013. After returning home, Heather calls her friend, Brianna. Heather is never seen or heard from again. Her friend Brianna is found guilty of kidnapping her.

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Episode 37

COVID One Year Later: Life After Lockdown

Thu, Mar 11, 2021

Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen discusses the economic toll of COVID-19; White House chief of staff Ron Klain discusses the vaccine rollout; new variants; the future of travel; how small businesses are coping; the path to regaining a sense of normalcy;

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Episode 38

The Life She Wanted

Fri, Mar 12, 2021120 mins

A wife and mother is handcuffed and put into an unmarked car by a blond woman on a Monday morning, but her family is unable to find any record of the arrest;

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Episode 39

The Woman with No Name

Thu, Mar 18, 2021

When police are unable to identify a young murder victim, a dogged investigator employs the help of armchair detectives and new DNA technology to find her killer --- and her identity;

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Episode 40

The Waiting Car

Thu, Mar 25, 2021

A man uses a dating site to meet and murder a college student;

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Episode 41

Mommy Doomsday

Fri, Mar 26, 2021120 mins

Insiders speak out about Lori and Chad Daybell, the Idaho couple charged, following the deaths of Lori's children; the mysterious deaths of Chad's former wife, Tammy, and Lori's former husband, Joe;

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Episode 42

Sex, Lies and Murder

Fri, Jun 30, 2023120 mins

When a woman is found dead in her SUV, the investigation into her murder reveals a tangled web of sex and lies; interviews about the prominent family's dark secrets;

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Episode 43

The Phone Call

Fri, Apr 16, 2021120 mins

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 after two trials and 12 years, authorities begin to wonder if he was the victim;

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Episode 44

The Necklace

Fri, Apr 23, 2021120 mins

Private investigator and former police officer Taylor Wright vanishes, but detectives think that there is more to the story, after her girlfriend receives strange text messages from Taylor's phone;

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Episode 45

Killer Role #2

Fri, Apr 30, 2021120 mins

After filming wraps on an indie horror movie, the cast members learn that their lead actress is not who she says she is and has been charged with killing her uncle;

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Episode 46

Window of Opportunity

Fri, May 7, 2021120 mins

A bombshell, more than a decade after the crime, reignites the investigation into the death of Sarah Pagel's mother, who was killed when Sarah was 7;

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Episode 47

A Wanted Man

Fri, May 14, 2021120 mins

The question of a surgeon's whereabouts remains unanswered for five years, after he disappears while on vacation in the Greek Islands with his wife, leaving behind the financial ruin and the mounting malpractice suits from patients in the U.S.

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Episode 48

Secrets by the Bay

Fri, May 21, 2021120 mins

A San Diego mother suddenly vanishes in 2014; nearly two years later, her body is found in the San Diego Bay, but medical examiners say that she has only been dead for a month or two;

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Episode 49

Breakout

Fri, Jun 11, 2021

When Kansas prisoner John Manard escapes with the help of Toby Dorr, a 48-year-old prison volunteer and mother of two, investigators scramble to track the pair down;

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Episode 50

The Story of Somebody

Fri, Jun 25, 2021

When Courtney Copeland is shot and killed, his mother investigates whether police detectives did enough to try to solve the case;

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Episode 51

House of Horrors

Fri, Jul 9, 2021

When Nichole Payne and her son, Taylor, are found dead in their home, it takes nearly a decade to unravel what happened; for the first time on television, Nichole's children share what they saw the day that their mother and brother were murdered;

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Episode 52

Twisted Loyalty

Fri, Jul 16, 2021

Chicago police search for a killer after Robert O'Dubaine, a nightclub owner, is gunned down in his home; as detectives investigate the motive, they discover that it was a targeted killing, connected to a twisted sense of loyalty and tradition;

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Episode 53

The Investigation

Fri, Aug 13, 2021

A Philadelphia murder reveals decades of misconduct in the city's criminal justice system and raises questions about whether the police caught the right person; key insiders in the case speak out, for the first time, on national television;

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Episode 54

The Secrets of Spirit Lake

Fri, Aug 27, 2021

Discusses the epidemic of missing and murdered Native American women, how jurisdictional rules between tribal (Bureau of Indian Affairs) and non-tribal law enforcement can hinder investigations.

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Episode 55

Heroes: The Story of Flight 93

Fri, Sep 10, 2021

Lester Holt interviews family members, including the now-grown children, of some of the passengers and crew of Flight 93, as they honor the lives and courage that inspired the world on 9/11;

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Episode 56

What Happened to Amy?

Fri, Sep 17, 202160 mins

Ohio investigators search for answers in the decades-old murder of 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic; a retracing of Amy's steps from the day of the kidnapping;

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