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 - 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
#5 - The Thing About Pam
Season 28 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2019
The unbelievable story of how the murder of Betsy Faria set off a chain of events leaving one man dead, another man implicated and a diabolical scheme exposed. Keith Morrison reports.
#6 - In a Lonely Place 2
Season 28 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/2019
The man convicted of murdering California entrepreneur Chris Smith speaks out.
#7 - The Black Box
Season 28 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/13/2020
A coroner arrives at the scene of a car accident to find his friend, Judy Orr Baldwin, deceased. He begins to think her death looks suspicious after he notices some unusual markings on her face. Was it an accident, or something far more sinister? Andrea Canning reports.
#8 - Return to the Lonely Road
Season 28 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/2020
Brittany Stork's decades-long quest to find out more about her mother's mysterious death leads to a dramatic courtroom decision; the man at the center of the case tells his side of the story.
#9 - Before Daylight
Season 28 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/24/2020
A college student is found murdered in a residential neighborhood and investigators are left with no answers in sight. As police search for the truth, they are stunned to learn who might be involved. Keith Morrison reports.
#10 - Mystery in Orange County #2
Season 28 - Episode 40 - Aired 8/31/2020
After a young Army veteran disappears, detectives uncover a cryptic 911 call, placed 11 days before she went missing, which exposes a twisted story --- and the truth.
#11 - 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.
#13 - Secrets from the Grave
Season 28 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/18/2020
A man calls 911 to report that his pregnant wife has died by suicide; the case is closed until a suspicious house fire, 24 years later, leads police to question what really happened that day
#14 - Vegas Homicide: Father of the Year
Season 12 - Episode 80 - Aired 6/18/2004
Detectives investigate a high-profile disappearance that becomes a murder probe when blood is discovered in the home of the missing couple.
#15 - Evil Paid a Visit
Season 30 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2022
A Connecticut mother speaks out about her fight to keep her assailant from walking free.
#16 - Family Secrets
Season 24 - Episode 61 - Aired 9/16/2016
A father and his sons have a dream to build an extreme sport theme park. But reality hits when the dad is found dead on the floor of their Skim-X warehouse.
#17 - Deadly Exchange
Season 23 - Episode 99 - Aired 5/3/2015
A foreign exchange student and soccer player's participation in a dangerous game leads to deadly consequences.
#18 - 19 January 1993
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 1/19/1993
#19 - 16 February 1993
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 2/16/1993
#20 - 9 March 1993
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 3/9/1993
