The BEST episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered season 9

#1 - 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.

#2 - 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.

#3 - 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

#4 - Footprint in the Dust

Season 9 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/18/2020

Susie Casey was an outgoing mother of four going through a divorce. She was twenty steps from her front door when she vanished. Police were investigating three men in her life. The unbelievable thing? They were all there the morning of her murder.

#5 - The Ultimatum

Season 9 - Episode 41 - Aired 1/21/2021

Michele and Lloyd Neurauter were devoted to their three daughters, even after divorce. When Michele was found dead in her home, police suspected suicide. Then, they uncovered a deadly betrayal too twisted to be true. Except that it was.

#6 - Up in Flames

Season 9 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/27/2020

Brett and Vashti were high school sweethearts now busy raising two boys. Then a fire ripped through their home. In the ashes, investigators found a mystery. What happened that night was no accident.

#7 - Double Lives

Season 9 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/11/2021

A single mother of three vanishes and potential suspects emerge when police discover she may have been living a double life. Where is Paige Birgfeld?

#8 - Bad Blood

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/19/2020

Nikki Whitehead was a single mom working toward a brighter future. She found love, moved into a nice neighborhood and enrolled in college. Then, tragedy struck. Police searched for answers but one thing was certain. This crime was personal.

#9 - Everything She Knew

Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/10/2020

Amber Belken was a young woman with big dreams. Then, she was found murdered. Was Amber the victim of a robbery gone wrong or was this brutal crime personal? Three people knew the truth. Two of them would risk their lives to reveal it.

#10 - Mystery on the Mississippi

Season 9 - Episode 43 - Aired 1/7/2021

A mother of four dies unexpectedly on Valentine’s Day. Everyone in town assumes she died of natural causes until a detective suspects someone has gotten away with murder. But would a jury agree?

#11 - The Mystery on Bridle Path

Season 9 - Episode 46 - Aired 2/25/2021

#12 - On the Outskirts of Town

Season 9 - Episode 40 - Aired 1/15/2021

Halee Rathgeber enjoyed taking care of others, so it made sense that she hoped to become a nurse. What made no sense was that someone wanted her dead. The crime scene told detectives little, but a jaw-dropping moment in the courtroom spoke volumes.

#13 - Toxic Relations

Season 9 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/2/2020

Linda Curry had it all: looks, a great job and a brilliant husband. When she got sick, doctors were stumped. Then, she died and police were as puzzled as the doctors, but not her close friends and family. They just needed someone to listen.

#14 - Unraveled

Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/7/2020

For an agonizing four days, the fear was paralyzing. A city was under siege. Six people had been gunned down, but how were the killings linked? A retired detective connected the dots, initiating the manhunt for a man with a gun and a grudge.

#15 - The Good Husband

Season 9 - Episode 42 - Aired 1/28/2021

A forty-year-old man was found dead in his car. Initially, there was no obvious medical explanation for Tom’s death but when police uncovered a love triangle, this tragedy quickly turned into a tangled mystery.

#16 - A Bronx Tale

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/22/2020

Eric Glisson was convicted of a murder he swore he didn't commit. To prove his innocence, he had to find the real killers, unearthing their long-held secrets. It would take years for the truth to be revealed, but could it set him free?

#17 - The Unusual Suspect

Season 9 - Episode 28 - Aired 10/23/2020

It was in the still of the night when it started. A cold-blooded serial killer, lurking in the woods, peeping through windows and stalking for his next victim. It's a tale that would be hard to believe, if it didn't really happen.

#18 - The Mystery Man

Season 9 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/30/2020

At first, Mischele Lewis' new boyfriend seemed almost too good to be true. She would learn her dream man did have secrets, but was he just playing spy games with her? A single mom goes on a dangerous mission of her own to find out the truth.

#19 - Evil Was Waiting

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/3/2020

Vince Goslyn's military career was thriving and he had built a beautiful family; one night, the father of five was gunned down.

#20 - Something Wicked

Season 9 - Episode 38 - Aired 1/1/2021

Skylar Neese was everything her parents hoped for, but their world turned upside down when she vanished without a trace. At first, police thought she ran away but hints on social media pointed to a more sinister reason for her disappearance.

#21 - The Comic Book Murder

Season 9 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/20/2020

Barbara George was murdered in her comic store on Friday the 13th. The case went cold and her husband moved away, starting a new life with a new wife. But then there was a new prosecutor with an old connection to the case, and he wanted it solved.

#22 - Secrets on the Emerald Coast

Season 9 - Episode 37 - Aired 12/25/2020

Marie Carlson was radiant but behind the glow she hid a darkness. For a while, Marie drifted but, then, a pastor and his wife welcomed her into their lives. It was a spiritual awakening which made Marie’s disappearance all the more mysterious.

#23 - Mystery in South Beach

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/5/2020

Wendy Trapaga is a beaming young bride, and just four days after saying "I do," she is found dead in a parking lot; investigators discover the newlyweds were keeping secrets, and there was also someone else involved with a secret.

#24 - The Farm

Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/26/2020

Bill and Shirley Carter had raised a family on their sprawling farm in America's heartland. As their golden years approached, tragedy struck and the seeds of a mystery pitting one family member against another had been planted.

#25 - Deception

Season 9 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/13/2020

Wendy Ratte, a free-spirited mother of two, was missing. Police investigated: a bitter feud with a neighbor, a possible serial killer. Or, did danger lurk closer to home? It'd take an elaborate, undercover mission to finally crack this case.