The BEST episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered season 5
Every episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered season 5!
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.
#1 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Infatuation
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2018
A talented, young art student is murdered; the killer left no fingerprints and no DNA; police zero in on three fellow students and, soon, the dark portrait of a killer began to emerge.
#5 - Deadly Ambush
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/2018
A U.S. Air Force captain who is deployed overseas for long stretches of time finds himself caught in the crossfire resulting from a love triangle at home.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - The Disappearance of Debbie Hawk
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/2018
When Debbie Hawk vanishes, her friends and family are left searching for answers; investigators discover that Debbie was planning to divulge secrets and wonder if she has been silenced as a result.
#7 - Justice for Bonnie
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/3/2018
When Bonnie Craig is found dead, police collect DNA but it doesn't match anyone in the system; twelve years later, there is a hit but the man is thousands of miles away; turns out, prosecutors would need more than DNA to convict a killer.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - The Promise
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2018
When Cathy Torrez never comes home after work, her family fears the worst; an intensive search ends after her car is found, with her body in the trunk; it take years to get to the truth.
#9 - Secrets on Hot Springs Drive
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2018
A woman is murdered in a home invasion; her best friend and neighbor is shot the following night; investigators unearth disturbing secrets that suggest the cases may be linked.
#10 - Down the Back Staircase
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2018
It all began when a best selling author found his wife at the base of the stairs; the story makes headlines and has been covered for more than a decade; Michael Peterson answers questions.
#11 - The Bathtub Mystery
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2018
She was a beaming bride; it was a haunting death; Sarah and Ryan were newlyweds when she drowned in the bathtub; did she die of natural causes or was it deliberate; it took three trials to find the truth.
#12 - The Silhouette
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2018
Debbie Kelly and Lars Itzo make their marriage of opposites work; then, Debbie is shot dead in the dark of night; investigators ask whether her death is a case of mistaken identity or the bloody end to a marriage gone bad.
#13 - Swept Away
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2018
A young man from small town Indiana heads to Japan where he falls for a beautiful woman; then, they are caught up in one of the biggest natural disasters in history.
#14 - Return to Manitowoc County
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2018
In Wisconsin, Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, are convicted of killing Teresa Halbach in a case that defies easy answers.