The BEST episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered season 1

Every episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered season 1!

For more than 25 years, ``Dateline'' has brought viewers investigations into some of biggest mysteries in America. This entry in the franchise takes a second look at some of the most mysterious cases of recent history. Hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Craig Melvin, the show explores the stories through firsthand accounts told by people who are close to the crime, including investigators who dedicated their time to the cases and family members who are still trying to confront the tragedies that befell their loved ones.

Last Updated: 12/15/2024Network: OxygenStatus: Continuing
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8.13
8 votes

#1 - Troubled Waters

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/15/2017

A California couple's romantic getaway on a boat turns tragic when the young wife and mother is lost at sea; the case goes cold for years until a model with a checkered past goes undercover to find the truth.

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7.89
9 votes

#2 - Deadly Triangle

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/3/2017

If a killer is still free after 25 years, then maybe they got away with murder; the trail goes cold, never to warm up again, until one day it does.

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7.88
16 votes

#3 - Frantic

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/22/2017

After Christina, the twenty-three-year-old fashionista, goes out to a high-end shopping mall on a Friday night and vanishes, police question everyone; they know someone is lying, but not who.

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7.86
7 votes

#4 - The Goldfinger Mystery

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/6/2017

A couple who made a fortune in gold is headed for divorce when the wife is murdered; on tape, the husband is not at the crime scene, but police think the video holds the key to unlocking a mystery.

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7.77
13 votes

#5 - Diabolical

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/10/2017

A newlywed receives terrifying emails with threats of kidnapping and death; the emails appear to come from an ex-girlfriend, but hiding behind the threats is a cyber-secret.

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7.71
14 votes

#6 - Collision

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/24/2017

A wife and a mistress vying for the same man end up in a high-speed showdown on a highway; after the man of their dreams, on his motorcycle nearby, gets struck and killed, his wife becomes accused of his murder.

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7.68
19 votes

#7 - The Mystery of the Murdered Major

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/8/2017

After an attack on a respected U.S. Army major in the middle of the night, police launch an investigation that reveals wild secrets -- secrets that might hold the key to murder.

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7.67
12 votes

#8 - The Player

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/29/2017

A double murder reveals a double life; the victims are a well-respected couple whose son plays poker for a living; his alibi is his ace in the hole, but when detectives find key evidence, they think they are holding all the cards.

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7.59
17 votes

#9 - Secrets in a Small Town

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/13/2017

A woman's life ends in mystery on a dead end road; a mother of three, loved by her family and tight-knit community; for years the murder investigation went cold, but secrets have a way of eventually coming out.

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7.56
18 votes

#10 - Lost and Found

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/1/2017

A 4-year-old girl abducted and raised by her kidnapper spends decades trying to get back home, and she finally accomplishes her goal; as it turns out, that ending was only the beginning.

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7.55
11 votes

#11 - Tangled

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/22/2017

At first it looked like a home invasion gone wrong at the house Ralph Candelario shared with his second wife, but when police learn the antique dealer's first wife had disappeared, they take a closer look.

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7.54
24 votes

#12 - A Texas Twist

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/11/2017

This part of the Lone Star State is largely sheltered from hurricanes, but, as it turned out, not from one unnatural disaster.

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7.50
22 votes

#13 - The House in the Woods

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/15/2017

A hockey player finds his wife murdered in their home; his daughter says she saw a robber, but the killer's identity turns out to be far more complicated; police have their suspects but her family members have questions of their own.

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7.50
14 votes

#14 - The Day She Disappeared

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/17/2017

A woman disappears while on her morning jog.

Betrayed
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7.46
26 votes

#15 - Betrayed

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/4/2017

Melissa Lewis disappears, leaving signs of a struggle and a strange orange mist behind her; her boss goes missing and leaves behind an even bigger mess, and a missing fortune.

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7.43
21 votes

#16 - Nightfall

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/18/2017

After a young mom is found dead on the side of a country road, 40 miles from her Knoxville home, investigators scramble to figure out how she ended up there.

Unimaginable
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7.34
38 votes

#17 - Unimaginable

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/28/2017

Investigating whether a toddler left in the car for seven hours while his dad was at work was a heartbreaking accident or murder.

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7.33
15 votes

#18 - Burning Suspicion

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/25/2017

At first, the fatal fire that swept through the home of a young couple looked like an accident then investigators took a closer look and what they discovered about the fire, and this couple, left them burning with suspicion.

House on the Lake
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7.33
45 votes

#19 - House on the Lake

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/21/2017

A mom suddenly vanishes and a dad is under suspicion, but there was no body, weapon or eyewitness, and surprises cropped up along the way.

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7.27
15 votes

#20 - Crossing the Line

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/20/2017

Big sky country and a dangerous highway set the scene of a fatal car crash; determining if the tragedy was an accident or a crime and the secrets behind the truth hiding in text messages sent just before a car crossed the line.

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7.22
9 votes

#21 - Heart of Darkness

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/1/2017

A mother, her son and a cousin are kidnapped by terrorists while on vacation; a father turned negotiator tries to end the international hostage drama, but the price of freedom is a huge ransom.

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7.19
16 votes

#22 - Mystery at Heath Bar Farm

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/27/2017

A popular teacher is savagely murdered in her home; there is an arrest, a trial, and a conviction, but when a bombshell comes in after the verdict, the convicted murderer is given a chance at freedom.

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7.13
15 votes

#23 - The Last Dance

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/8/2017

A beloved kindergarten teacher and mother of two finds a new lease on life after shedding hundreds of pounds; when she suddenly vanishes from her home, investigators uncover a connection between her dramatic weight loss and mysterious disappearance.