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.

Last Updated: 12/8/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Continuing
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#1 - 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;

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#2 - 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.

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The Cult Next Door: The Mystery and Madness of Heaven's Gate
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#3 - 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.

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#4 - 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.

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#5 - 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.

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#6 - 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.

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#7 - 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.

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#8 - 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.

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#9 - 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?

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#10 - 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.

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#11 - 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.

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#12 - 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.

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#13 - 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.

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#14 - 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?

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#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.

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#16 - 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.

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#17 - 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.

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#18 - 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.

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#19 - 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.

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#20 - 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.

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#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.

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#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.

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#23 - 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.

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#24 - 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.

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#25 - Gone at Dawn

Season 45 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2022

For over 26 years, authorities tried to locate Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old anchorwoman who vanished in Mason City, Iowa. Now “20/20” explores surprising new leads in the case.