The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC season 28
Every episode of Dateline NBC season 28, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC season 28!
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#1 - The Day Jennifer Disappeared
Season 28 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/20/2020
Sgt. Kenneth Ventresca, lead investigator in the case of missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos, tells Dateline NBC that the police is still "actively" investigating her disappearance.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - In a Lonely Place 2
Season 28 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/2019
The man convicted of murdering California entrepreneur Chris Smith speaks out.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Secrets from the Grave
Season 28 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/18/2020
A man calls 911 to report that his pregnant wife has died by suicide; the case is closed until a suspicious house fire, 24 years later, leads police to question what really happened that day
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Mystery in Orange County #2
Season 28 - Episode 40 - Aired 8/31/2020
After a young Army veteran disappears, detectives uncover a cryptic 911 call, placed 11 days before she went missing, which exposes a twisted story --- and the truth.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Death in the Driveway #2
Season 28 - Episode 41 - Aired 9/4/2020
When police find a prominent lawyer dead and his girlfriend bound in duct tape, their investigation leads to a surprising suspect
#6 - The Rise and Fall of Oscar Pistorius - see
Season 28 - Episode 37 - Aired 9/11/2020
International celebrity Oscar Pistorius shoots and kills his girlfriend. When police arrive he says he acted in self-defense, as he believed he was firing at an intruder. Keith Morrison reports.
#7 - Return to the Lonely Road
Season 28 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/2020
Brittany Stork's decades-long quest to find out more about her mother's mysterious death leads to a dramatic courtroom decision; the man at the center of the case tells his side of the story.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Before Daylight
Season 28 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/24/2020
A college student is found murdered in a residential neighborhood and investigators are left with no answers in sight. As police search for the truth, they are stunned to learn who might be involved. Keith Morrison reports.
#9 - The Day Jennifer Disappeared - REDO of
Season 28 - Episode 36 - Aired 7/20/2020
The latest in the case of Jennifer Dulos. In his first network interview, the lead investigator reveals new details to Dennis Murphy of what happened the day the Connecticut mother disappeared.
#10 - A Sister's Search
Season 28 - Episode 38 - Aired 9/14/2020
As actress Aasha Davis' career takes off, her sister and brother-in-law go missing.
#11 - The House on the Hill
Season 28 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/28/2020
Karl Karlsen's wife dies in a house fire. Then his prized horses die in a fire. And his son dies in an apparent accident. How can one man can be so unlucky? Andrea Canning reports.
#12 - The Playbook
Season 28 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/13/2020
Lester Holt investigates the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and asks if better preparation could have saved lives.
#13 - What Happened to JJ and Tylee
Season 28 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/22/2020
An interview with the former best friend of Lori Vallow, the Idaho mom charged in connection with the disappearance of her two children, whose remains were recently discovered.
#14 - Mystery on the Jordan River
Season 28 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/12/2020
A former hairdresser who became a police detective takes the death of a 15 year old girl whose body was found on a scenic Utah river personal, working the case for years and in honor of a fallen fellow officer.
#15 - The Ranch
Season 28 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/20/2020
Three siblings' lives change when their father is taken hostage in an orchestrated abduction. For the first time, they open up to Keith Morrison about their ordeal and its stunning conclusion.
#16 - The Music Box
Season 28 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/2020
After Lisa Ziegert is abducted during her evening shift at a gift shop, local detectives, state police and the FBI work relentlessly to find her and solve the case after decades.
#17 - The Pink Skirt Plot
Season 28 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2019
The murder of a young businessman in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, marks the start of a 15-year-long hunt to find a killer.
#18 - The Long Road to Freedom
Season 28 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/19/2020
Two Tulsa, Oklahoma brothers fight for more than 20 years to prove their innocence after they were each wrongfully convicted for separate murders. Craig Melvin reports.
#19 - Finding Sarah Goode - Update of
Season 28 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/15/2020
A young mother goes missing after a rare night out with friends. Her family is determined to find her. Update to S25E21
#20 - The Rise and Fall of Oscar Pistorius
Season 28 - Episode 42 - Aired 9/11/2020
Oscar Pistorius shoots and kill his girlfriend, just eight months after competing in the London Olympics, telling police that he believed that she was an intruder and he was acting in self-defense
#21 - The Black Box
Season 28 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/13/2020
A coroner arrives at the scene of a car accident to find his friend, Judy Orr Baldwin, deceased. He begins to think her death looks suspicious after he notices some unusual markings on her face. Was it an accident, or something far more sinister? Andrea Canning reports.
#22 - The Thing About Pam
Season 28 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2019
The unbelievable story of how the murder of Betsy Faria set off a chain of events leaving one man dead, another man implicated and a diabolical scheme exposed. Keith Morrison reports.
#23 - The Plan
Season 28 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2019
A double homicide in upstate New York leads detectives on a cross country investigation to piece together a case with a surprising suspect at the center.
#24 - Where are the Children?
Season 28 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/2020
Where are the children? An investigation into the case of two missing Idaho children are making national headlines. The trail leads Keith Morrison to Hawaii in search of their mother and her new husband.
#25 - Haunted
Season 28 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2019
Nearly 10 years after Utah mother Susan Powell vanished, private journals, home videos and emails shed new light on what happened to her. Keith Morrison reports.