The BEST episodes of 20/20 season 45
Every episode of 20/20 season 45, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 20/20 season 45!
20/20 brings you hard-hitting investigative reports, news-maker interviews and compelling human interest and feature stories.
#1 - Laura Lee Day
Season 45 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/3/2022
A new “20/20,” in collaboration with Plum Pictures, features an exclusive interview with Laura Day, nearly a decade after her first-degree capital murder conviction for her 6-year-old stepson’s death.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Double Life, Double Murder
Season 45 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/2022
A couple is murdered inside their home. Could the killer be trying to hide a secret double life?
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - The Deadly Take
Season 45 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2021
A look into the events leading up to the deadly shooting on the set of "Rust" and the pending investigations into what when wrong.
Watch Now:Amazon
#4 - The Cult Next Door: The Mystery and Madness of Heaven's Gate
Season 45 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2022
Decoding the mysteries behind Heaven's Gate cult. Survivors speak for first time.
#5 - Words to Die By
Season 45 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/2022
An unprecedented case lands teen behind bars for encouraging boyfriend's suicide via text.
#6 - Nowhere to Run: The Ahmaud Arbery Story
Season 45 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2021
Friends and family of Ahmaud Arbery reflect on his life and his mother's quest to find truth and justice, after he was tragically killed; documenting the aftermath of Arbery's killing, featuring interviews with the attorneys involved in the case;
Watch Now:Apple TV#7 - The Devil You Know
Season 45 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2022
Two months after his death, a new “20/20” reports on Robert Durst, the fugitive multimillionaire New York real estate heir and his shocking trial that led to a murder conviction.
#8 - I Now Pronounce You Dead
Season 45 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2022
After a woman was found dead, authorities uncovered an elaborate web of lies surrounding James Addie, spun to conceal his biggest secret of all – he was living a double life.
#9 - Dead Man Talking
Season 45 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2022
A new “20/20” in collaboration with Plum Pictures features the first network interview with Wendi Mae Davidson from prison, where she is serving a 25-year sentence for her husband’s murder.
#10 - Escape From A House Of Horror
Season 45 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2021
13 children were held captive by their parents in a survival story like you’ve never seen. Now, hear from the family for the first time.
#11 - Goodnight, Mother
Season 45 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2021
Julie Rea was in prison for her 10-year-old son's murder until a "20/20" viewer helped crack open the case, leading to a serial killer confessing to the crime. One of his attack survivors speaks out.
Watch Now:Apple TV#12 - Chippendales Murder
Season 45 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2021
Uncovering the dark past of greed and murder-for-hire in the male exotic dance troupe Chippendales.
#13 - The Principal's Wife
Season 45 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2021
Joe Bryan, a former principal in Clifton, Texas, was convicted of murdering his wife Mickey Bryan in 1985, a crime he maintains he didn't commit. Was it connected to another murder in the small town?
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - Life Online: The Last Days of Gabby Petito
Season 45 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2021
Why the Petito case went viral and the outcry for the same attention to be applied to the cold cases of others, especially people of color and indigenous women.
#15 - The Last Hunt
Season 45 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/16/2022
Two go on safari, one returns; an exclusive interview with a man who says he heard a shocking confession.
#16 - Lock the Door Behind You
Season 45 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2022
Never-before-broadcast video gives insight into the mind of serial killer Henry Louis Wallace, who confessed to 11 murders from 1990-1994, and his only surviving victim speaks in his first interview.
#17 - Hell in Heels
Season 45 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/2022
For the first time in 20 years, Haylei Jordan speaks out to “20/20” and reveals insight into her mother’s troubled past, including her allegedly volatile relationship with Larry McNabney.
Watch Now:Apple TV#18 - Home Sweet Murder
Season 45 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2022
A new “20/20,” in collaboration with Plum Pictures, features an exclusive prison interview with Diane Staudte, the mother behind a sinister plot to poison her husband and two children.
#19 - Adam...& Evil
Season 45 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2022
Lori Vallow’s brother Adam Cox sits down for the first TV network interview about the tragic family events that led up to the murders of his sister’s two children.
#20 - Fall of the House of Murdaugh
Season 45 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2022
The latest details in the developing story on the Murdaugh family murders, the alleged financial crimes of Alex Murdaugh and other unusual events surrounding the family.
#21 - Do No Harm
Season 45 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2021
The first wife of a “Jekyll and Hyde” Manhattan plastic surgeon mysteriously disappears. More than 30 years later, Robert Bierenbaum confesses to her murder.
#22 - Sincerely, the Happy Face Killer
Season 45 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2021
Before serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known by his nickname "Happy Face Killer," turned himself in in 1995, authorities believed Laverne Pavlinac and her boyfriend murdered his first victim.
#23 - You've Got Jail
Season 45 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2022
Michigan mother of three Sharee Miller sat in the center of a complicated love triangle. She used sex, deception and the internet to pit her lover, Jerry Cassaday against her husband Bruce Miller.
#24 - The Drop Out: The Rise and Con of Elizabeth Holmes
Season 45 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2022
In a special “20/20” event, ABC News reports on the latest chapter in the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing company Theranos, once valued at $9 billion.
#25 - Gone Before the Storm
Season 45 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2022
Anthony Harris speaks with ABC News’ 20/20 more than 20 years after he was released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the murder of his neighbor Devan Dunvier. Her killer is still wanted.