The BEST episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered

#1 - Secrets in the Mist

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/2018

A young mom, married to her high school sweetheart, vanishes; did she leave her family to start a new life or was there another reason for her disappearance; decades later her grown son faces a dark truth at the core of this mystery.

#2 - The Night Lynsie Disappeared

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/7/2018

It was a mystery that stumped investigators for years; a college student disappears after a night out clubbing; her mother thought she was at a sleepover with friends and it takes an eagle-eyed detective to find the truth buried in a pile of lies.

#3 - The Phone Call

Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/29/2024

Kathleen Schroll makes a phone call right before her death where she identifies her killer, which leads to an arrest; two trials and 12 years later, authorities begin to wonder who was really the victim.

#4 - The Inside Man

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/19/2018

A convict is offered a deal as tempting as it is dangerous; he must go undercover in a psychiatric hospital to get information from a suspected serial killer in order to win his freedom, but there's no guarantee he'll get out alive.

#5 - The Valentine's Day Mystery

Season 10 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/24/2021

He was a wealthy doctor with a perfect life and the perfect wife; then, he found her dead on Valentine's Day; she was beloved but did have enemies; investigators followed a bloody trail of evidence, leading to a big courtroom twist.

#6 - The Knock at the Door

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2018

Tara Ord is a beautiful young woman with big dreams, then she vanishes without a trace; it will take years for determined cold case detectives to uncover the long buried clue that blows this case wide open.

#7 - Vanished

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/17/2018

Young nursing student Michelle Le disappears; something draws her out to her car; as her loved ones launch a very public effort to find Michelle, investigators begin their own methodical search, suspecting she may have been murdered.

#8 - Secrets in the Snow

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/2018

She was a dancer who married a dashing photographer; they seemed to have the picture-perfect life -- until the bone-chilling night she disappeared; in a case filled with twists, could the victim help solve her own murder.

#9 - 11 Minutes

Season 10 - Episode 43 - Aired 3/2/2022

Madison Holton’s parents had reached their wit’s end. They called a family meeting to confront their rebellious teen. When it was done, two of them were dead and police were left with a puzzling mystery.

#10 - Deadly House of Cards

Season 9 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/11/2020

After Johnny Altinger vanished, the trail of clues led investigators to a young director. Detectives worried that the case was a hoax staged by a master storyteller. Turns out, the script was darker than anyone knew.

#11 - Poison

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2018

Larry McNabney has a thriving career and a wife he adores, but then vanishes; at the center of the twisted mystery, three lives tangle together in a love triangle, including one who hides a secret identity.

#12 - While They Were Sleeping

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/5/2018

It was a brutal and baffling crime: a husband shot dead in his own bed; no one else in the house was hurt, not even his wife, who was sleeping beside him; investigators were suspicious, but there were more surprises in store.

#13 - After the Storm

Season 10 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/13/2021

A woman is found strangled after a powerful storm; police focus on a fiancé and a co-worker with a crush until they hear from a flood of women who've had chilling encounters with a stranger; It seemed a predator was stalking the women of Austin.

#14 - Before Midnight

Season 10 - Episode 46 - Aired 3/23/2022

Financial adviser Pam Zimmerman was everything to her children, then she was gone, shot dead in her office; detectives focus on three men in Pam's life, wondering if the motive was professional or personal.

#15 - The Devil and Bobbi Parker

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/12/2018

It's a mystery with a mind-boggling twist; the deputy warden's wife claimed she was kidnapped by an escaped convict and held captive for more than a decade; but was she really a hostage or a willing accomplice.

#16 - The Confession

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2018

Soon after Angie Dodge's murder, Christopher Tapp admits he is one of her killers; police capture his confession on videotape, but the victim's mom, who once campaigned to put Tapp in prison, fights for his freedom.

#17 - Against All Odds

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/2018

A toddler is shot in the head and left for dead; despite the odds, she stuns everyone with her will to survive, while a detective vows to crack the case, no matter how long it takes.

#18 - Family Affair

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/26/2018

When the wealthy heir to a legendary hotel is murdered, the list of possible suspects is long; he had his share of enemies, and a complicated family; investigators soon learned someone close to the victim was also in danger.

#19 - Secrets in Seattle

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2018

Fitness executive Nicole Pietz is married to the man of her dreams, then she goes missing after failing to show up for dinner with her husband and friends.

#20 - Secrets of Lake Seminole

Season 9 - Episode 39 - Aired 1/8/2021

Mike Williams went out duck hunting before dawn and never returned. Authorities declared his death an accidental drowning, but his mother believed Mike had been murdered. After a dramatic secret came to light, police believed she might be right.

#21 - A Deadly Path

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/2/2019

#22 - Evil Paid a Visit

Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/7/2024

The episode is about the rape of Donna Palomba, a Connecticut mother, in her home, and the years-long battle for justice that followed. The episode explores the challenges faced by victims of crime and the efforts of investigators to bring perpetrators to justice

#23 - Facing The Music

Season 10 - Episode 45 - Aired 3/16/2022

Twenty-five-year-old Christy Mirack always wanted to be a teacher; she is just getting her start when she is murdered; it takes police 25 years to find her killer; turns out, he is hiding in plain sight the whole time.

#24 - The Long Road

Season 10 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/12/2021

A chance meeting at a nightclub ends in murder; those involved in the gruesome crime thought they had buried the secrets of the past, but a relentless team of investigators will stop at nothing to unearth the truth.

#25 - Vendetta

Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/4/2020

Beloved by his colleagues, Mark Hasse was a fearless prosecutor. He worked to put criminals behind bars and making enemies was a hazard of the job. He didn't know it, but a killer was lurking and Mark wasn't the only target