The BEST episodes of 20/20 season 47
Every episode of 20/20 season 47, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 20/20 season 47!
20/20 brings you hard-hitting investigative reports, news-maker interviews and compelling human interest and feature stories.
#1 - Deadly Vows
Season 47 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2023
When a woman vanishes, police uncover her husband's dark past; the missing woman's own past comes under scrutiny;
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Happily Never After
Season 47 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2023
The stunning case of an illicit affair, manipulation and murder.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Catch Us If You Can
Season 47 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2023
An inmate and corrections officer vanish. Was it a kidnapping - or a forbidden romance?
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - First Divorced Then Dead
Season 47 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2023
Reporting on a verdict in the case of a beloved law professor's gruesome murder.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - She Was Almost Home
Season 47 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2023
A young woman’s mysterious disappearance and the search-and-rescue operation that led police to a barn full of dark secrets.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - The Unkindest Cut
Season 47 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/17/2024
In 2016, Fabio "Big Daddy" Sementilli was a beloved and sought-after hairstylist with a client roster that included Jennifer Lopez, Russell Crowe, Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt and more. When Sementilli was discovered lying lifeless on his family's pool deck with multiple stab wounds to his neck and back, his family, friends and the hair-care industry were devastated. Initially, police suspected he had been a victim of a burglary gone wrong — until DNA found in his car led them to an unlikely suspect, who had attended Sementelli's memorial service sporting an injury.
#7 - Ruby Franke
Season 47 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/22/2024
Ruby Franke's YouTube channel "8 Passengers" was a portrait of social media success. For years, the wife and mother of six, who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, amassed nearly 2.5 million followers documenting the daily life of her children. However, the image of the perfect family began to crack when her controversial videos displayed her strict parenting. In August of 2023, one of Ruby's children, malnourished with duct tape and wounds on his wrists and ankles, escaped the home of Franke's friend and business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, and asked a neighbor for help.
#8 - Night Terror
Season 47 - Episode 32 - Aired 8/9/2024
A husband and wife found dead inside their home. Did their own son murder them to cover up a secret double life?
#9 - The Murderer in the Minivan
Season 47 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/2024
Three women -- one missing, one murdered, one kidnapped -- and the clues leading to a killer.
#10 - A Deadly Scream
Season 47 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/31/2024
In 2011, a witness last saw 20-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo walking into the Tennessee woods with an unknown man. Three years later, authorities found her remains miles from her home. After the largest and most expensive investigation in the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's (TBI) history, authorities ultimately charged Zach Adams, Dylan Adams and Jason Autry with the kidnapping and murder of Holly. Although there was little physical evidence and no DNA linking any of the men to the crime, a jury convicted Zach at trial — based mainly on Jason's testimony, in which he stated that he had been present when Zach shot and killed Holly. Dylan Adams and Jason Autry both eventually pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Earlier this year, Jason recanted his testimony, saying he made it all up, and while prosecutors stand by the conviction, lawyers for Zach are now asking a judge to grant him a new trial.
#11 - Baby Holly Found
Season 47 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2023
Forty years after a young couple is murdered, their true identities lead to a shocking twist.
#12 - Diary of a Killer
Season 47 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2023
The murder of a beloved mom sparks an international manhunt; police uncover clues in an accused killer's diary.
#13 - Sealed With a Kill
Season 47 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/2024
When Erik Maund, a prominent, wealthy auto executive from Texas, had an affair with an escort, Holly Williams, on a trip to Nashville, he might have thought there would be no consequences. But when Holly's partner, Bill Lanway, attempted to extort Maund for $25,000 and threatened to expose his affair with Williams to his family, a deadly murder-for-hire plot ended in tragedy. On March 12, 2020, Williams and Lanway were shot to death, and their bodies were left in an abandoned car in Nashville.
#14 - A Killer Renovation
Season 47 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/2024
When Shanti Cooper-Tronnes, a beloved mom and successful businesswoman, is found dead in the Florida home she shared with her husband, David Tronnes, police suspected it was a robbery gone wrong. Why else would her $15,000 diamond ring be missing? When investigators dismiss that theory, they turn their attention to a home renovation that the couple had undertaken, which was to be profiled on the A&E show "Zombie House Flipping."
#15 - Killer on Campus
Season 47 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/2024
A Florida university campus is on edge when a student disappears; police say love, lies and obsession led to murder; a new witness comes forward with a claim that could potentially overturn the case.
#16 - Into the Darkness
Season 47 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/8/2024
When 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel stopped answering text messages mid-conversation during a spring break trip in April 2009, her friends and family instantly knew something was seriously wrong. Drexel — who was last seen on video camera footage leaving a hotel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — had seemingly vanished into thin air, creating a heartbreaking mystery that would haunt her friends and family for more than a decade. Now, "20/20" gives viewers an exclusive inside look at how a new FBI team assigned to the case finally brought justice to Brittanee with the arrest of convicted sex offender Raymond Moody and brings viewers inside the dramatic courtroom confrontation between Brittanee's mom and her daughter's killer for the first time.
#17 - Am I Next?
Season 47 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/5/2024
When 36-year-old Bill Payne and 23-year-old Billie Jean Hayworth were found in their Tennessee home shot dead with their 7-month-old son, unharmed in his dead mother's arms, investigators said the murder looked like it could be a professional hit. Authorities soon learned the young couple had become embroiled in a bitter online feud and uncover a deadly catfishing scheme.
#18 - Love Honor Betray
Season 47 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/2024
Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III had beat the odds. Growing up in what was considered a "tough neighborhood," Tyrone was an honors student who excelled at sports and won a college scholarship to study engineering. He later joined the Army, where he quickly rose through the ranks and would start a family alongside his wife, Army Specialist Kemia Hassel. When he was gunned down while visiting his family for the holidays, police wondered – who would want Sgt. Tyrone Hassel dead?
#19 - Highway Hunter
Season 47 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/15/2024
In the spring and summer of 1997, four young women vanish in quick succession. Two of them go missing just off Texas Interstate 45, and the other two disappear just a few hours north. Could a serial killer be roaming the highways between Texas and Oklahoma? ABC News correspondent John Quiñones takes viewers inside the decades-long cold case investigation and four families' quest for answers. The report features exclusive footage of a hypnosis session with a fifth survivor that helped lead police to the killer and behind-the-scenes details into the killer's confession.
#20 - How'd You Rather Die?
Season 47 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/12/2024
When 16-year-old Skylar Neese disappeared, authorities initially suspected she was a runaway. The only lead police had was a mysterious security surveillance video showing Skylar getting into the back seat of an unknown vehicle shortly after midnight. After months of searching, the tight-knit West Virginia community was shocked when Skylar's two best friends confessed to luring Skylar out of her family's apartment, stabbing her to death, and hiding her body under branches in the woods.
#21 - Follow The Fingerprints
Season 47 - Episode 30 - Aired 6/7/2024
After serving three decades in prison for his wife's 1987 murder, 20/20 documents a man's fight for freedom.
#22 - To Have And To Hoax
Season 47 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/28/2024
A new interview with Keith Papini after his ex-wife Sherri Papini served time in prison for her false kidnapping tale and mail fraud.
#23 - The One That Got Out
Season 47 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2023
When multiple women are murdered in Texas, police hunt for a serial killer – but is he closer than they think?
#24 - Karen Read: The Perfect Storm
Season 47 - Episode 33 - Aired 9/6/2024
Karen Read. The 20/20 interview and exclusive personal video.
#25 - The Pointe of No Return
Season 47 - Episode 34 - Aired 9/13/2024
The former ballerina who shot and killed her husband tells her story, in a 20/20 exclusive.