The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC season 29
Every episode of Dateline NBC season 29, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC season 29!
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#1 - 10 Minutes to Sunset
Season 29 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/13/2020
When pediatric dentist Kendra Hatcher is found dead in Dallas, Texas, police uncover a complex plot that leads them on an international manhunt. Keith Morrison reports.
#2 - The Client: A New Look
Season 29 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/2020
A new look at The client. Beverly Carter, a top-selling realtor from Little Rock, Arkansas, goes missing after showing a house. When her friends receive mysterious text messages from Beverly, they know something isn’t right. What could have happened?
#3 - The Story of Somebody
Season 29 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/25/2021
A mother's search for answers in her son’s murder raises questions about whether Chicago police detectives did enough to try to solve his case. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
#4 - The Eastlake Conspiracy
Season 29 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/18/2020
When an Eastlake, Ohio resident is offered $50,000 to kill someone, he calls the police. Acting quickly, investigators set up an elaborate sting operation. Andrea Canning reports.
#5 - Voices for Vanessa
Season 29 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/19/2020
When soldier Vanessa Guillen vanishes from Fort Hood, her family works to bring attention to her disappearance. Vanessa’s case inspires a movement across the country. Andrea Canning reports.
#6 - House of Horrors
Season 29 - Episode 45 - Aired 7/9/2021
After a mother and son are found dead, it takes nearly a decade to unravel the case. Andrea Canning reports the latest, including how a second investigation led to a new and unexpected arrest.
#7 - Point Blank
Season 29 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/20/2020
After Todd Chance is murdered, police follow a trail of video evidence as they work to track down his killer. Andrea Canning reports.
#8 - What Happened to Don Lewis
Season 29 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2020
Josh Mankiewicz reports on the mysterious disappearance of Carole Baskin’s husband, Don Lewis, who vanished in 1997 while preparing for a trip to Costa Rica
#9 - Shannon's Story
Season 29 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/4/2021
A college student goes missing in broad daylight from her off-campus job. As police begin to investigate, they receive a mysterious phone call that changes everything
#10 - Hope Whispers
Season 29 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/30/2020
After Ellie Green doesn't hear from her mother for a few days following an argument, she begins to worry. Then she learns her mother is dead. But is that the truth? Keith Morrison reports.
#11 - Lone Star Obsession – Re-do of
Season 29 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2020
When a doctor is found murdered, investigators are stumped as to who would want him dead. Police discover simmering jealousies and a love triangle. Andrea Canning has the latest developments.
#12 - The Secrets of Spirit Lake
Season 29 - Episode 48 - Aired 8/27/2021
A woman who helps solve cases searches for her missing niece and pushes for change as part of the growing movement to save missing and murdered Indigenous women. Andrea Canning reports.
#13 - Lauren's Promise
Season 29 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/28/2021
When a University of Utah athlete is found murdered on campus, investigators learn that she had reached out to the campus police for help multiple times before her death.
#14 - The Monster at Large
Season 29 - Episode 29 - Aired 2/12/2021
When Susan Woods doesn’t show up for work, she is soon discovered dead in her bathtub. As police search for answers, they find a trail of victims. Natalie Morales reports.
#15 - Even the Devil Went to Church
Season 29 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/23/2020
In Morris, Alabama, faith is a way of life. But when a man is murdered, rumors involving a pastor begin to swirl and the truth ends up turning the community upside down. Andrea Canning reports.
#16 - Left for Dead
Season 29 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2020
A young woman survives a brutal attack and detectives work tirelessly to find a suspect. But when they finally do, the victim is convinced they have the wrong man. Keith Morrison reports.
#17 - The Woman at the Bar
Season 29 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/29/2021
A nationwide manhunt is launched after a woman dubbed the “killer grandma” goes on the run through the Gulf Coast. Dennis Murphy reports.
#18 - Collateral Damage
Season 29 - Episode 30 - Aired 2/26/2021
Former NXIVM member Dr. Danielle Roberts defends branding members of the alleged sex cult; former members India Oxenberg and her mother, Catherine, open up about how they are doing after the group's founder is convicted of felonies.
#19 - The Life She Wanted
Season 29 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/12/2021
Witnesses see a woman handcuffed in a parking lot and taken into an unmarked car by a blond woman. But detectives can't find any record of an arrest. Where could she be? Josh Mankiewicz reports.
#20 - The Woman with No Name
Season 29 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/18/2021
Amateur internet investigators, new DNA technology and a dogged investigator help police find a killer – and identify a victim for years known only as "Lavender Doe."
#21 - The Dead of Night
Season 29 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2020
THE STORY: When LaJoya McCoy, a mother of two, suddenly goes missing, police arrive to find a crime scene at her apartment. As detectives investigate, her friends and family reveal LaJoya feared she was being stalked. REPORTED BY: Josh Mankiewicz WHERE: Monrovia, California
#22 - Death of a Hometown Hero
Season 29 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/5/2021
Popular basketball player Lorenzen Wright is found murdered in 2010. His mother insists she knows who murdered her son and is relentless in her pursuit of justice. Andrea Canning reports.
#23 - Trouble at the 7-11 Ranch
Season 29 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2020
When a Colorado rancher mysteriously disappears, his friends know something isn’t right and spend years fighting for answers. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
#24 - The Investigation
Season 29 - Episode 47 - Aired 8/13/2021
Lester Holt reports on how the investigation into the murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn revealed decades of misconduct across Philadelphia’s criminal justice system.
#25 - Tallahassee Trap
Season 29 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2020
Dennis Murphy has the latest on the case of a Florida law professor murdered in his garage, including new details, newly-released evidence and bombshell testimony from a long-awaited trial.