The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC season 13
Every episode of Dateline NBC season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC season 13!
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 - Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2004
Aron Ralston had set out for a carefree desert hike through Blue John Canyon in Southeastern Utah when, with no warning, he had descended into hell. The young man's arm was trapped by an 800-pound boulder and he was forced to make an unimaginable decision in order to survive.
#2 - To Catch a Predator - Bethpage, Long Island
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2004
The first in the series aired in November 2004 as a Dateline NBC segment called Dangerous Web. The operation was set up in a home in Long Island, NY, to which 18 men came over two-and-a-half days after making an appointment for sex with a minor. One of the men in the investigation was a New York City firefighter, who was later fired by the FDNY.
#3 - Hurricane Ivan; Brown's Chicken Massacre
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2004
A report on Hurricane Ivan; a speck of DNA may provide clues to the murder mystery of seven people in a Chicago fast-food restaurant years ago