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.
Watch Now:Amazon#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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#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.