The BEST episodes of 20/20 season 42
Every episode of 20/20 season 42, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 20/20 season 42!
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#1 - The Woman in the Suitcase
Season 42 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/5/2019
#2 - Evil in Eden
Season 42 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/25/2019
A look into the past of Cary Stayner, who terrorized Yosemite National Park in 1999, murdering four women; interviews with former FBI agents Jeff Rinek and John Boles; an interview with one of Stayner's original intended victims.
#3 - My Father BTK
Season 42 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/1/2019
After "BTK" serial killer Dennis Rader's shocking confession, his daughter had to find ways to cope with her new, shattered reality.
#4 - Black Widow
Season 42 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/8/2019
An upstate New York woman convicted of murdering her second husband and attempting to murder her daughter whom she tried to frame for the deaths of both her late husbands.
#5 - Bundy
Season 42 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/15/2019
Insight into serial killer Ted Bundy's vicious past and crimes, featuring new interviews with key players, including surviving victims and those who were instrumental in helping place him behind bars.
#6 - The Deadly Ride
Season 42 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/22/2019
A former Uber driver terrorizes the city of Kalamazoo, Mich., for eight hours on Feb. 20, 2016, killing six people and seriously injuring two others.
#7 - With Friends Like These
Season 42 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/1/2019
When a 19-year-old woman's car is found on a New Jersey bridge, a classmate comes forward with information that helps authorities discover what happened.
#8 - Deadly Dance in Texas
Season 42 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/8/2019
A love triangle involving a divorced mother and two wealthy doctors ends in a successful murder-for-hire plot.
#9 - The Dropout
Season 42 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/15/2019
The rise of Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes and her technology company Theranos, and their fall amid accusations of massive fraud.
#10 - My Mother's Sins
Season 42 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/22/2019
A woman shoots her three young children, seriously injuring two and killing one.
#11 - The Secret in Her Eyes
Season 42 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/29/2019
The two beautiful young Mormon athletes seemed to have a perfect marriage, but Janet's sisters say that changed dramatically when Abaroa revealed he cheated; According to his account to police, Raven Abaroa said he had been out playing soccer when he came home and found his wife dead. She had been stabbed multiple times.
#12 - Divinely Unfaithful
Season 42 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/18/2019
Televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Baker's religious empire and the sex and financial fraud scandals that engulfed it.
#13 - Your Biggest Fan
Season 42 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/12/2019
Actress Rebecca Schaeffer is shot point blank at the door of her Los Angeles home by her longtime stalker.
#14 - Seed of Doubt
Season 42 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/3/2019
A woman who believed she was conceived by an anonymous sperm donor discovers her biological father is actually her mother's former fertility doctor.
#15 - Last Defense - Darlie Routier
Season 42 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/10/2019
A mother on death row for the unthinkable. Now the court orders testing on crucial crime scene evidence.
#16 - The Final Act
Season 42 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/31/2019
Daniel Wozniak was a community theater actor in California when he was arrested for the murders of Sam Herr, a war veteran, and Julie Kibuishi, a college student and dancer, in May 2010.
#17 - The Perfect Nanny
Season 42 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/14/2019
A true crime case of a husband who did the unthinkable. Having an affair with his nanny and then murdering his wife. New details and emotional interviews.
#18 - President Trump: 30 Hours
Season 42 - Episode 40 - Aired 6/16/2019
Trump on polls showing Biden ahead: 'I don't believe those polls; Trump on Mueller, immigration and putting his personal touch on Oval Office
#19 - A Family Affair
Season 42 - Episode 41 - Aired 6/28/2019
How did an ordinary-looking American family turn into pistol-wielding bank robbers?
#20 - The Affair
Season 42 - Episode 42 - Aired 9/6/2019
When a woman secretly records her husband's affair, she snaps and kills his girlfriend and herself.
#21 - 30 Years Searching
Season 42 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/20/2019
Detectives use DNA evidence to solve a cold case involving the murder of an 18-year-old woman.
#22 - The Hustlers
Season 42 - Episode 43 - Aired 9/13/2019
A lifelong hustler discovers the strip club scene; Strip club workers' new hustle takes a dark turn; Doctor almost swindled out of $100,000 after three dates with woman
#23 - Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
Season 42 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/22/2018
A behind-the-scenes look at "Mary Poppins Returns"; exclusive interviews with cast and crew.
#24 - What Really Killed Prince
Season 42 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/2018
An investigation into the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has been linked to thousands of deaths across the country; the search for undercover labs in China that are responsible for online sales and shipping of the drug.
#25 - The DNA Detective
Season 42 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/2018
DNA detective CeCe Moore's use of crime scene evidence and a genealogical website leads to an arrest in a cold case from 1992.