The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC season 22

Every episode of Dateline NBC season 22, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC season 22!

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.

Last Updated: 9/2/2025Network: NBCStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Nowhere to Hide

Season 22 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/2013

Kate Snow tells the unforgettable story of two families as they struggle to survive the Westgate Mall.

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Secrets in Pleasant Grove
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#2 - Secrets in Pleasant Grove

Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/2013

Keith Morrison reports on the Martin MacNeill trial that captured the attention of the nation when the Utah doctor was accused of killing his wife by drugging her and drowning her in their bathtub, and then hiding evidence from the the police.

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#3 - Twisted

Season 22 - Episode 49 - Aired 8/15/2014

An Iowa mother, home alone with her three kids, is attacked. The confrontation turns fatal. But is the truth more twisted than anyone could imagine? Dennis Murphy reports.

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#4 - The Man Who Wasn't There

Season 22 - Episode 50 - Aired 7/25/2014

the case of a mother who was murdered in her home that went unsolved for years, until a new detective took an interest in it, which resulted in an undercover investigation and several unexpected revelations coming to light. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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#5 - The Mystery on Bridle Path

Season 22 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/28/2014

The 2008 murder of a teacher and mother is investigated. Keith Morrison reports.

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#6 - The Man Who Talked to Dogs

Season 22 - Episode 53 - Aired 12/6/2013

When a dog trainer with celebrity clientele disappears, investigators track down a suspect with help from two witnesses.

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#7 - Secrets of Cottonwood Creek

Season 22 - Episode 41 - Aired 5/30/2014

A weekend away at a Colorado cabin takes a deadly turn after a married couple of 27 years go on an afternoon hike that ends in a drowning, and the subsequent investigation would require hundreds of pieces of evidence and five years to solve. Andrea Canning reports.

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#8 - The Killing in Cobb County

Season 22 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/2013

After a masked man killed a young mother and left her 5 year-old son for dead, a neighbor's past experience with a teenage stalker is drawn to the forefront of the investigation, but the relationship between the two parties may jeopardize the case.

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#9 - The People vs. O.J. Simpson: What the Jury Never Heard

Season 22 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/11/2014

Twenty years later, Dateline provides new insights into a case that both consumed and divided the country. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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#10 - Into the Wild

Season 22 - Episode 54 - Aired 8/24/2014

A 17 year-old trainee pilot who seemed to have vanished while over Montana during her first long solo flight, leaving her friends and family fearing that the worst had happened. Keith Morrison reports.

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#11 - Mystery on Lockhart Road

Season 22 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/31/2014

Former Indiana State trooper, David Camm, came home to find his wife and children murdered. He would spend the next 13 years fighting to clear his name. Dennis Murphy reports.

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#12 - The House on Sumac Drive

Season 22 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/14/2014

In 2011, Russell Faria found his wife Betsy dead on the living room floor in their home outside of St. Louis. Investigators soon zeroed in on Russell, but was the story as simple as it seemed? Keith Morrison reports.

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#13 - Mystery in South Beach

Season 22 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/11/2014

Some of the most incredible, death defying escapes to ever be caught on tape; authorities investigate the mysterious death of a young woman, whose body was found on the streets of Miami a mere four days after her wedding. Dennis Murphy reports.

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#14 - The Charleston Affair

Season 22 - Episode 46 - Aired 9/19/2014

A week before a wealthy banker's divorce was set to reach a settlement, an ex-con says he was hired to murder someone in the family.

Deadly Intent
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#15 - Deadly Intent

Season 22 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2013

A woman's truck explodes outside of her workplace & terrorism is suspected. Is her picture perfect family what it appears to be? Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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#16 - Bad Blood

Season 22 - Episode 51 - Aired 8/1/2014

Authorities investigate the death of a young mother who was found in her own home by her identical twin daughters, in a presumably safe, gated community, leaving behind clues from her past that point to a potential love triangle. Keith Morrison reports.

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#17 - Mystery on Sunrise Drive

Season 22 - Episode 43 - Aired 6/20/2014

Josh Mankiewicz reports the story of a larger than life Arizona real estate developer and entrepreneur who was murdered in a stunning car bombing, and the subsequent investigation would end up taking nearly twenty years to solve.

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#18 - The Road Home

Season 22 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/20/2014

Columbine shooting survivor Sam Granillo is interviewed, discussing the event and the aftermath in the following years, and goes on a cross country journey to meet five other survivors of school shootings on the campuses where each occurred. Lester Holt reports.

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#19 - Something Wicked

Season 22 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/2014

After a 16-year-old girl mysteriously vanished one night, her parents learn that her best friends have been keeping a dark secret that supercedes any typical teenage drama. Andrea Canning reports.

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#20 - Oscar Pistorius; The Race of His Life - Update of

Season 22 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/28/2014

Developments in the murder case against track star Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in February 2013. Included: interviews with key witnesses. Keith Morrison reports.

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#21 - In the Dead of Night (2014)

Season 22 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/2014

When a retired California police officer takes a trip to visit his grandchildren, he is shocked to find his son-in-law dead on the kitchen floor. Lee Radder is dead. Was it suicide or something else? Keith Morrison reports.

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#22 - Killing in Cottonwood

Season 22 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/2014

A family is convinced that a crazed killer is on loose after a mother of five is found dead in her bedroom after her son's baseball game. Keith Morrison reports.

Manner of Death
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#23 - Manner of Death

Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2013

After young father Matthew Podolak dies from antifreeze poisoning, the manner of his death remains undetermined until his brother embarks on a quest for the truth.

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#24 - Miles from Nowhere

Season 22 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/2013

A young father calls 911 saying that a car full of strangers opened fire on him, forcing him to fire back at them to protect himself, but the investigators aren't sure if his story of self defense is true, or if there's more to this shoot-out. Keith Morrison reports.

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#25 - Deadly Deceit

Season 22 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/2014

A father rescues his children from a fire, but loses his wife.When a second tragedy takes his son’s life, his new wife begins to wonder.