The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC season 23
Every episode of Dateline NBC season 23, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC season 23!
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#1 - Vanished
Season 23 - Episode 99 - Aired 9/3/2015
When Amber Dubois vanished in San Diego County, a search turned up nothing. Then, a year later, Chelsea King disappeared in a neighboring town. Keith Morrison reports on the mystery of the missing California teens
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - The Shadow
Season 23 - Episode 74 - Aired 9/11/2015
A home in a small Iowa town is disturbed in the middle of the night by an intruder. Keith Morrison reports.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - 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.
#4 - Spy Games
Season 23 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/12/2015
The poisoning death of former Russian spy and businessman Alexander Litvinenko, traveling to London, Moscow and Rome to take a closer look at the circumstances surrounding his murder and the people that are involved.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Finding Savanna
Season 23 - Episode 72 - Aired 8/7/2015
After losing a hard-fought custody battle, a mother vanishes with her nearly one-year-old daughter, forcing the father to embark on a desperate, two decade search for his child across four continents, making international headlines along the way. Andrea Canning reports.
#6 - Escape: The Great California Fire
Season 23 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/26/2015
A look through the eyes of more than a dozen survivors of California's largest wildfire.
#7 - The Accomplice
Season 23 - Episode 75 - Aired 9/18/2015
Joyce Mitchell comes to work at a prison tailor shop and meets two inmates -- David Sweat and Richard Matt -- serving life for murder.
#8 - True Lies
Season 23 - Episode 40 - Aired 4/16/2015
After a mother is murdered in her own bed, the 911 dispatch center fields two calls, one from her son and one from her husband, both of whom claim the other is the killer, telling wildly different stories that the authorities must figure out. Dennis Murphy reports.
#9 - Indiscretion
Season 23 - Episode 71 - Aired 7/31/2015
Authorities in Baltimore find a young woman who was murdered in her own home, but they cannot crack the case until a decade later, when DNA evidence provides them with a new suspect, giving two detectives renewed vigor to solve the cold case. Dennis Murphy reports.
#10 - The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom
Season 23 - Episode 52 - Aired 5/29/2015
When a single mother of three goes missing, her family and the authorities organize a huge search, but as the investigation continues, the police learn that she was living a double life that points them toward several dangerous suspects. Keith Morrison reports.
#11 - A Perfect Spot
Season 23 - Episode 36 - Aired 4/9/2015
The authorities are left searching for answers while investigating a Georgia couple's private Valentine's Day getaway that turned deadly, but plot thickens when they uncover evidence of tire treads at the scene and a series of cell phone calls. Keith Morrison reports.
#12 - Lethal Weapon
Season 23 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/2/2015
When an accomplished young doctor is rushed to the hospital after collapsing in her home, her friends and co-workers are left perplexed, but when it turns out the cause was cyanide poisoning, the authorities begin a criminal investigation. Dennis Murphy reports.
#13 - The Fugitive Millionaire
Season 23 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/26/2015
Keith Morrison reports on John McAfee, the antivirus pioneer who remains a person of interest to police in their investigation into the murder of Gregory Faull in Belize. In a new interview with Dateline, McAfee discusses his new computer security business and his decision to stop running and settle down.
#14 - Infatuation
Season 23 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/13/2015
An art student from Dallas who was murdered in her own bed with no signs of forced entry, which leads the authorities to realize that she likely knew the person who ended up killing her. Keith Morrison reports.
#15 - Queen of the County
Season 23 - Episode 43 - Aired 4/23/2015
When the head of a well known Texas dynasty passes, the once close family comes apart at the seams amidst accusations of distrust, betrayal and greed.
#16 - Robert Durst: Inside the Long, Strange Trip
Season 23 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/19/2015
Murder case involving New York real estate heir Robert Durst, including interviews with the detectives and investigators, as well as close friends, as he outlines the lengthy journey to uncover the truth.
#17 - Deadly Betrayal
Season 23 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/2015
When a loving mother is found brutally stabbed to death, police quickly determine who held the knife. But was it part of a cold-blooded conspiracy?
#18 - Miami Heat
Season 23 - Episode 69 - Aired 7/10/2015
When a woman kills the man she suspected to have been behind the murder of her husband a month earlier, she claims that she was acting in self-defense, but when new evidence comes to light years later, investigators decide to re-open the case. Keith Morrison reports.
#19 - The Promise (2015)
Season 23 - Episode 44 - Aired 4/24/2015
The vanishing of a 20-year-old honors student is investigated in a mystery that would take more than 20 years to solve. Josh Mankiewicz reports
#20 - After Midnight (2015)
Season 23 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/2015
The murder of 18-year-old Alexandra Kogut by her boyfriend at SUNY College at Brockport
#21 - My Kid Would Never Do That: Cyberbullying
Season 23 - Episode 68 - Aired 6/28/2015
The parents of teenagers get the hidden cameras turned back on them to see how they will react to a scenario involving bullying; "Queen Bees and Wannabes" author Rosalind Wiseman shares her advice on how to handle bullying and cliques.
#22 - Deadly Deceit (Update)
Season 23 - Episode 41 - Aired 4/17/2015
Questions surround a young father when his wife perishes in a house fire and a second tragedy takes his son's life. The Arson Investigator on the case speaks out to Dateline for the first time.
#23 - On the Brink
Season 23 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/12/2015
An inside look at what it's like to live with autism as a young adult, chronicling the lives of two people who live with the disorder as they transition into adulthood after graduating and subsequently "age out" of their structured support system. Andrea Canning reports.
#24 - Escape: Swept Away
Season 23 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/27/2015
Survivors of the 2004 tsunami that hit Thailand -- including Petra Nemcova -- share their stories.
#25 - The Mystery Man
Season 23 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/2015
A woman seeks the truth when her whirlwind romance turns into a mystery involving government agents.