The BEST episodes of Dateline NBC season 32
Every episode of Dateline NBC season 32, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline NBC season 32!
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#1 - The Day Akia Disappeared
Season 32 - Episode 43 - Aired 9/13/2024
A pregnant woman vanishes before her own baby shower; her worried family raises the alarm.

#2 - The Shadow in the Window
Season 32 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/20/2024
A teenager's life is turned upside down by a shocking discovery as what seems like a fatal accident reveals itself to be something much more disturbing.

#3 - The Footprint at the Lake
Season 32 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2023
A small Texas town is shattered when a beloved teacher vanishes from her home in the middle of the night; a gruesome discovery made a short time later leaves investigators with more questions than answers.

#4 - The Clearing
Season 32 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2023
When the body of an Ohio woman is found in a wooded area near her home months after she went missing, investigators must determine whether the death was a suicide or a homicide;

#5 - The Breakup
Season 32 - Episode 42 - Aired 6/14/2024
When a nurse is gunned down in her home, detectives initially believe they have a clear suspect, but new information leads them down a completely different path. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

#6 - Chameleon
Season 32 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/26/2024
A woman goes missing and investigators uncover her husband's chilling history including dark secrets about another missing wife.

#7 - The Case of the Man With No Name
Season 32 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/3/2023
The investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a Canadian man sparks an international manhunt for an elusive killer with multiple false identities.

#8 - Bethany Vanished
Season 32 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2023
When young pregnant mother Bethany Decker goes missing in Virginia, her family embarks on a frantic search, but the case eventually goes cold. Years later, investigators speak with a woman who tells a harrowing story and may hold the key to solving the case.

#9 - The Night Time Stopped
Season 32 - Episode 34 - Aired 4/5/2024
New details in the murder case of a professional cyclist; interview with the plastic surgeon who convicted murderer sought out while on the run.

#10 - Evil Walked Through the Door
Season 32 - Episode 36 - Aired 4/19/2024
The separate murders of two women in Toronto ignite an investigation that spans four decades, taking detectives from the big city to a remote, northern town.

#11 - The Note
Season 32 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2023
When an Illinois high schooler vanishes, her mother finds a note saying she ran away. But a grisly discovery made years later changes the course of the investigation. Andrea Canning reports.

#12 - Dangerous Secret
Season 32 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/2023
A small Ohio town is left in shock after a local coal miner is found fatally shot in the basement of his home; As investigators dig into his personal life, a secret affair reveals a surprising suspect.
#13 - Deadly Swap
Season 32 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/15/2024
After a 25-year-old mother is gunned down in broad daylight by a murderer wearing a disguise, detectives confront a most unlikely suspect. Dennis Murphy reports.

#14 - Losing Faith
Season 32 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2023
Josh Mankiewicz reports on the fatal shooting of Jamie Faith, who was brazenly gunned down while he and his wife were taking their dog for her morning walk outside their Dallas home.

#15 - The Girl With the Hibiscus Tattoo
Season 32 - Episode 40 - Aired 5/31/2024
A group of women help bring down a smooth-talking serial predator turned killer who lured young women with promises of fame and fortune.
#16 - A Girl Named Egypt
Season 32 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/22/2024
Twenty-seven-year-old Egypt Covington is found murdered in her home; investigators in Michigan quickly identify a person of interest but years pass without an arrest.

#17 - Secrets in Pleasant Prairie
Season 32 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2023
The investigation into the poisoning death of a Wisconsin mother takes a surprising turn when detectives learn she wrote a letter just days before her death pointing to a possible suspect.

#18 - On the Hunt for the Zombie Hunter
Season 32 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/2023
The murders of two young women near a Phoenix canal remain unsolved for over 20 years until a team of cold case detectives take on the case and investigate a man known as the Zombie Hunter.

#19 - If These Walls Could Talk
Season 32 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/3/2024
In Southern California, initial signs point to an accidental fall down a staircase as the cause of Susann Sills's death, but does the evidence disprove her husband's story?
#20 - Family Matters
Season 32 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/19/2024
New details on the latest twist in the murder-for-hire plot involving a prominent Florida family that left law professor Dan Markel dead and a grandmother arrested.

#21 - A Promise to Gloria
Season 32 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/5/2024
A mother searches for answers in the unsolved murder of her 14-year-old daughter until new DNA technology changes everything.

#22 - 65 Seconds
Season 32 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2023
After an apparent home invasion in Minnesota leaves Heidi Firkus dead and her husband Nick hospitalized, detectives learn the young couple was facing financial troubles.
#23 - The End of the Affair
Season 32 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/9/2023
After police discover the burned body of a missing Miami man at the edge of the Florida Everglades, the wife of a local supermarket mogul comes forward to reveal a shocking secret and possible lead.

#24 - Justice for Joy
Season 32 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/12/2024
When Joy Hibbs is found dead in a fire, an autopsy shows she was murdered beforehand. The case went cold for years, until decades later, a shocking secret is revealed. Blayne Alexander reports.

#25 - Ghost Rider
Season 32 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/2023
Ghost Rider After a nurse and mother-of-three is murdered inside her Illinois home, investigators uncover security camera footage that could be key to solving the case.