The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC season 25
Every episode of Dateline NBC season 25, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC season 25!
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#1 - The Charleston Affair
Season 25 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/26/2017
A wealthy Charleston banker and his wife are locked in a bitter divorce. One week before their divorce hearing, authorities find an ex-con in town who confesses he had been hired to kill someone in their family. Who was the mastermind behind the hit? Keith Morrison reports.
#2 - Haunting
Season 25 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/17/2017
A pair of double homicides in Nebraska, five years apart, lead police to fear a serial killer may be on the loose. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
#3 - Heart of Darkness
Season 25 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/28/2017
After a Virginia man’s wife and son are kidnapped while on vacation in the Philippines, a dangerous group of international terrorists demands millions in ransom. With time running out, the FBI joins the case, which comes to a heart-stopping conclusion. Keith Morrison reports.
#4 - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Season 25 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2016
After seeing a report on the murder of college student Michelle O'Keefe, a son asks his father for help looking into the case. Keith Morrison reports.
#5 - The House in the Woods; Frantic
Season 25 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/24/2017
Andrea Canning reports on a case about a former hockey player, who finds his wife murdered inside of their home, but although his daughter claims that she saw a robber, the killer's identity turns out be more complicated than expected. Also, Josh Mankiewicz reports on a 23-year-old woman who vanished from an upscale shopping mall in Plano, Texas.
#6 - Nightfall; Good and Evil
Season 25 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/14/2017
Andrea Canning reports on a young mother found dead on a country road. And Keith Morrison shares the story of a detective’s search for justice that brings her face to face with a serial killer.
#7 - Devil's Bathtub
Season 25 - Episode 49 - Aired 9/22/2017
After a father goes missing, his body is found in a field several miles away. Investigators start putting the pieces together and uncover multiple suspects – even within his own family. Andrea Canning reports.
#8 - Finding Sarah Goode
Season 25 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/10/2017
When the youngest sister of a large, tight-knit family on Long Island goes missing, they go to extraordinary lengths to find her. Andrea Canning reports in a two-hour Dateline.
#9 - Stranger Than Fiction
Season 25 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2016
After a man's conviction for murdering his wife is overturned, new allegations take the tale in an unexpected direction. Keith Morrison reports.
#10 - Hostage
Season 25 - Episode 46 - Aired 8/27/2017
Kate Snow speaks with two families about their unforgettable stories of surviving the 2013 Westgate Mall terrorist attack in Kenya.
#11 - Secrets in the Smoky Mountains
Season 25 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2016
A son uncovers a dark family conspiracy when he questions his mother following a man's apparent suicide. Keith Morrison reports.
#12 - In Cold Blood
Season 25 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2016
A Jacksonville, Fla., firefighter discovers a disturbingly violent scene in his darkened bedroom on a Halloween weekend. Andrea Canning reports.
#13 - The Knock at the Door
Season 25 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/7/2017
A woman continues searching for answers after the investigation into her daughter's murder goes cold. Keith Morrison reports.
#14 - The Last Day
Season 25 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2016
On June 28, 2014, 19-year old Marine wife Erin Corwin tells her husband she is going out to scout hiking trails in Joshua Tree National Park. She then vanishes without a trace. Andrea Canning reports.
#15 - At the Bottom of the Stairs
Season 25 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/9/2017
A young woman's body is discovered in the basement of her home in western Massachusetts. What could explain the horror that greeted first responders?
#16 - As Night Fell
Season 25 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/23/2017
A young woman is shot in her home just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Was it an accident? Or something far more sinister? Josh Mankiewicz reports.
#17 - The Summer of Manson
Season 25 - Episode 43 - Aired 8/4/2017
Keith Morrison reports on the mind and myth of Charles Manson. The one-hour special features rarely-seen video of Manson and interviews with his former parole officer and a “Manson Family” confidant. Morrison also speaks with key players in the case including: Gregg Jakobson, former music producer; Barbara Hoyt, former Manson family member; Debra Tate, victim Sharon Tate’s sister; Anthony DiMaria, victim Jay Sebring’s nephew; Virginia Graham, key witness for the prosecution; and Manson expert and author Jeff Guinn.
#18 - Down the Back Staircase
Season 25 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/7/2017
In a new, two-hour Dateline, Dennis Murphy sits down with Michael Peterson in his first network television interview since his release from prison in 2011.
#19 - A Texas Twist
Season 25 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/2017
A recent high school graduate is miraculously found alive after she and her friend are brutally attacked. Who could have committed such a horrific attack? Josh Mankiewicz reports.
#20 - Collision
Season 25 - Episode 41 - Aired 7/21/2017
The battle between a wife and a mistress for the heart of one man leads to a deadly car chase. Andrea Canning reports.
#21 - The Accused
Season 25 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2016
A man who was recently acquitted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend's 12-year-old son tells his story; interview with the victim's mother and key players in the case.
#22 - Double Lives
Season 25 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/31/2017
After a mother of three vanishes in Colorado, police discover she was living a dangerous double life. Keith Morrison reports.
#23 - Secrets of the Desert
Season 25 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/19/2017
Deep in the Sonoran desert, the mystery surrounding the deaths of three women takes 17 years to untangle, and is only solved when a fourth woman comes forward with the truth. The two people at the center of the case speak out exclusively to Dennis Murphy.
#24 - Unimaginable
Season 25 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/2017
After Ross Harris left his 22-month old son in a hot car for hours, it sparked a murder investigation and an explosive trial. Andrea Canning reports with an interview with Ross Harris' cousin.
#25 - The Intruder
Season 25 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/2/2017
When shots ring out at a home in Saco, Maine, Rachel Owens is found shot in the head. Police launch a complex investigation that involves three states, all holding pieces to the puzzle. Andrea Canning reports. Dennis Murphy reports.