The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC
Every episode of Dateline NBC ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC!
Dateline presents in-depth coverage of news stories. Rather than just reading news reports, as most news shows do, the reporters for this show research their subjects and interview the people closely involved to create an informative work of investigative journalism.
#1 - Secrets In Pleasant Grove - Update
Season 26 - Episode 58 - Aired 7/27/2018
#2 - Orphans of Duplessis
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/21/1999
#4 - The Secrets in the Suitcase
Season 18 - Episode 52 - Aired 6/18/2010
#5 - A Father's Mission
Season 18 - Episode 62 - Aired 6/27/2010
NBC News' Chief Foreign Correspondent and award-winning chronicler of America's War on Terror, Richard Engel reports from Afghanistan and around the country on one of the deadliest battles in the Afghan War – the Battle of Wanat – and the impact it had on a fallen soldier's father in a special edition of "Dateline: A Father's Mission"
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Mystery at Bootlegger's Cove
Season 16 - Episode 44 - Aired 5/26/2008
The disappearance of 21-year-old Bethany Correira, who vanished just days after arriving at college in Anchorage, Alaska, prompts a detective's determinaton to solve her case.
#9 - Inside the Financial Fiasco: The Mortgage Crisis
Season 17 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/2009
How risky home loans helped cause a chain reaction that led to failures on Wall Street
#11 - The Surfer and the Bird Rock Bandits
Season 17 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/1/2009
Authorities investigate the death of a 24-year-old surfer from California.
#13 - The Figure in the Garage
Season 26 - Episode 59 - Aired 7/30/2018
When a beloved former firefighter is found dead in his garage, police are desperate for answers. Dennis Murphy reports.
#16 - The Day Jennifer Disappeared
Season 28 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/20/2020
Sgt. Kenneth Ventresca, lead investigator in the case of missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos, tells Dateline NBC that the police is still "actively" investigating her disappearance.
#21 - The Necklace
Season 29 - Episode 38 - Aired 4/23/2021
When a private investigator and former police officer vanishes, detectives think there may be more to the story when strange text messages start to appear... Keith Morrison reports.
#22 - America Remembers
Season 10 - Episode 65 - Aired 9/11/2002
One the one year anniversary of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attack on the U.S., Dateline and Tom Brokaw talks with air traffic controllers (ATCs) who saw the events of that day unfold before their very eyes, from beginning to end.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Death in the Driveway #2
Season 28 - Episode 41 - Aired 9/4/2020
When police find a prominent lawyer dead and his girlfriend bound in duct tape, their investigation leads to a surprising suspect