The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC season 18
Every episode of Dateline NBC season 18, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC season 18!
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 - Michael Jackson: A Mother's Story
Season 18 - Episode 61 - Aired 6/25/2010
#2 - Twisted Faith
Season 18 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/9/2010
A charismatic pastor who offered his counseling services to married couples in trouble had lost his wife in a house fire. What many in his church didn’t know was that this pastor was harboring a sinful secret. Watch the full Dateline NBC hour here.
#3 - The Desperate Hours
Season 18 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/5/2010
A courageous mother works with a hostage negotiator in hope of freeing her husband from kidnappers in Mexico. Keith Morrison reports.
#4 - Death of a Golden Girl
Season 18 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/21/2010
Dateline investigates the murder of model and aspiring Playboy Playmate Paula Sladewski who charred body was discovered in a Miami dumpster.
#5 - Instant Message Murder
Season 18 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/19/2010
#6 - Deadly Affair
Season 18 - Episode 65 - Aired 8/1/2010
#7 - Deadly Ambition
Season 18 - Episode 47 - Aired 6/4/2010
#8 - The House on Murder Mountain
Season 18 - Episode 66 - Aired 8/2/2010
#9 - Behind Closed Doors: Bad Chemistry/The Mystery in the Master Bedroom
Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2009
In "Bad Chemistry", Keith Morrison reports on a story involving a messy divorce where a man is murdered and found in a vat filled with acid In "The Mystery in the Master Bedroom", Dennis Murphy reports on Newlyweds who were settling into a new house and a new life together. Then, a tragedy: The young husband discovers his wife had drowned in the bathtub. It seemed a horrible accident, but police were bothered by one thing: Why was her body dry?
#10 - Little Boy Lost
Season 18 - Episode 64 - Aired 7/26/2010
#11 - America Now: Friends and Neighbors
Season 18 - Episode 63 - Aired 7/25/2010
#12 - The Disappearance of Debbie Hawk
Season 18 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/19/2010
A father is accused of stealing money from his children's trust funds and murdering his ex-wife. Keith Morrison reports.
#13 - The Mystery on Reminisce Road
Season 18 - Episode 59 - Aired 7/12/2010
#14 - The Spies Next Door
Season 18 - Episode 58 - Aired 7/11/2010
#15 - The Mystery in Rock Hill
Season 18 - Episode 57 - Aired 7/9/2010
#16 - 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"
#17 - The Mysterious Death of a Titan
Season 18 - Episode 54 - Aired 6/24/2010
#18 - Unsolved Case Squad: The Gold Coast Killings
Season 18 - Episode 51 - Aired 6/18/2010
#19 - Against All Odds - Hughes
Season 18 - Episode 50 - Aired 6/13/2010
A spunky 2-year-old named Erica Hughes' incredible story captivated a city. It all started after she was found shot in the head deliberately, left for dead by a killer who disappeared into the night.
#20 - Disaster in the Gulf
Season 18 - Episode 48 - Aired 6/10/2010
#21 - The Secret Life of Tiger Woods
Season 18 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/2009
.The inside story of how it all began -- what happened before Tiger Woods' accident and before the headlines. Plus, one of Tiger's alleged 'other women' speaks out.
#22 - Christmas Terrorist Plot; Caught on Camera
Season 18 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/10/2010
Events that led to the thwarted Christmas terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound airplane; an undercover police operation in Las Vegas....
#23 - Recipe for Murder
Season 18 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/26/2010
Keith Morrison reports on the dramatic undercover operation in Palm Beach, Florida to save a wife and mother who had no idea she was in danger.
#24 - Behind the Badge
Season 18 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/29/2010
In the lore of the Lone Star state, Texas lawmen rank pretty high: the good guys in the white hats. Their badge brought prestige - their gunfights, the history books. But in the modern-day town of Denton, Texas -- the "little D" outside "the Big D" of Dallas - there served one Texas lawman with a curious past, all locked up in a box.
#25 - Standing up to Bullying in School
Season 18 - Episode 78 - Aired 9/13/2010
As the age-old problem of bullying grows more intense, parents and school districts are looking at new ways to fight back. NBC's Kate Snow reports