The WORST episodes of 20/20
Every episode of 20/20 ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of 20/20!
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#1 - Undercover Girlfriend
Season 43 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2019
When a University of Illinois scholar goes missing, a suspect's girlfriend works with the FBI to go under cover and secretly record a conversation that ultimately cracks the case.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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
#4 - Siegfried & Roy: Behind the Magic
Season 43 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2019
How Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn rose to fame, survived the tiger accident and changed Las Vegas forever.
#5 - Sole Survivor
Season 43 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2019
Daughter of Kansas woman who went missing found alive 15 years later; John Robinson, the conman; John Robinson goes to trial for three murders in Kansas.
#6 - Over My Dead Body
Season 43 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2019
Dan Markel and Wendi Adelson's marriage falls apart in Florida; FBI tries to get more information on Markel's murder; Where Dan Markel murder case stands today.
#7 - The Death of a Playmate
Season 43 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2019
Dorothy Stratten's life and promising career are cut short when her estranged husband kills her.
#8 - The Wicked
Season 43 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2019
Payton Leutner speaks out for the first time after two friends stabbed her and left her for dead in the woods of Waukesha, Wis., to prove themselves to a fictitious character known as "Slender Man."
#9 - Shattered Love (Texas Love Triangle)
Season 43 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2019
A man is convicted of killing his 8-month-pregnant wife; a tip points to another suspect.
#10 - Growing Up Buttafuoco
Season 43 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2019
Mary Jo Buttafuoco, Joey Buttafuoco and their daughter Jessie reflect on their lives following Mary Jo's shooting in 1992.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Manhunter
Season 43 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2019
Beth Holloway takes her first extensive trip back to Aruba in nearly ten years after her daughter, Natalee Holloway, disappeared while on vacation there almost 15 years ago.
#13 - Switched at Birth, or Stolen?
Season 43 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/2019
Thirty years after she learned she was switched at birth, Kimberly Mays reveals details about her tough childhood and her struggle with her identity.
#14 - The Hitman: From Pop to Prison
Season 43 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2019
The life of disgraced mogul Lou Pearlman, including how he got involved in the boy band scene.
#15 - Trapped
Season 43 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/2020
Interviews with Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who made headlines when they escaped their Cleveland kidnapper's home after a decade of captivity.
#16 - Tainted Love, Murder & Pamela Smart
Season 43 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/2020
Pamela Smart, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for her involvement in the 1990 murder of her husband, talks about the case and the possibility for a new chance at freedom.
#17 - Overboard
Season 43 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/2020
The chilling story of one couple who killed another couple at sea. Why did they do it? New interviews and shocking details.
#18 - Cutthroat Inc.
Season 43 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/2020
Ruthless, Diabolical, Money & Murder | ‘Cutthroat Inc.’ - The Exclusive Jailhouse Interview. The story of two California friends whose business partnership took a deadly turn. Now, stunning new interviews & details – WATCH the 20/20 event special Friday night at 9|8c on ABC.
#19 - Life with Bundy
Season 43 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/2020
Now finally his longtime girlfriend & her daughter reveal their haunting story. The stunning new interview and 20/20 Event Special airs this Friday at 9|8c on ABC.
#20 - Gone in a Flash
Season 43 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/2020
Details surrounding the Jodi Arias murder case, including excerpts from Arias' personal journal and victim Travis Alexander's blog, and new interviews with Alexander's friends and family.
#21 - The Woman in the Suitcase
Season 42 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/5/2019
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.