The WORST episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered

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

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: 7/26/2024Network: OxygenStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Before Daylight

Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/24/2024

A college student is found murdered in a residential neighbourhood; as police search for the truth, they are stunned to learn that one of their own might be involved.

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#2 - What happened to Anton Black

Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/19/2024

When 19-year-old Anton Black dies while being taken into police custody, the community seeks justice. A yearlong Dateline investigation looks at missed warning signs and the officer at the centre of the case.

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#3 - The Jacket

Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2024

When 18-year-old Anjelica AJ Hadsell disappears, the investigation into her inner circle reveals a sinister betrayal.

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2 votes

#4 - Devil's Bargain

Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/17/2024

Lead investigators and family members speak about the murder of Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth, whose disappearance made national headlines after she was last seen grocery shopping on Thanksgiving in 2018.

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#5 - Far from Spider Lake

Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/10/2024

A 40 year old Minnesota woman is shot to death in her bed while her husband and teenage daughter are home, leaving investigators to wonder who would want her dead.

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#6 - Murder in Kitchen one

Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/3/2024

Detectives in Portland, Oregon, discover a puzzling connection between the 2018 murder of chef Dan Brophy and a blog post written years earlier, titled How to Murder Your Husband.

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6 votes

#7 - Something Sweet

Season 10 - Episode 57 - Aired 6/8/2022

On a warm August day, Ray Kotomski quenched his thirst with a cool drink. Kotomski was dead within hours. Investigators had to figure out what killed the happily retired Pennsylvania man, and also whether this was even a crime at all.

Mystery on Horseshoe Drive
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#8 - Mystery on Horseshoe Drive

Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/27/2024

A man is shot and killed while picking up his daughter for a court-ordered visit.

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12 votes

#9 - What Lies Beneath

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/2021

Investigators go to unexpected depths to solve the mystery of missing Lynn Friend, a devoted mother who had wedding plans when she vanished.

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#10 - A Shot in the Dark

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/28/2019

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#11 - Under a Halloween Moon

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2019

It is just before Halloween; Joel Lovelien and his fiancé head to a local bar packed with people in costume; Joel steps outside and walks into a troubling mystery.

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6 votes

#12 - A Family's Story

Season 11 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/2023

Two years after the disappearance of his wife, Josh Powell kills his two sons and himself. Watch Josh's last in-depth TV interview. Plus, a 911 dispatcher discusses the emergency call placed by a social worker.

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13 votes

#13 - The House on Sidney's Cove

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/14/2018

The security cameras at the home of a wife and mother of three's home may hold the key to solving the mystery of her disappearance.

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#14 - Deadly Liaisons

Season 11 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/31/2023

She was a small-town girl from rural Wisconsin; he was a Chicago superstar, a hometown hero with the legendary Bears; together, they were expecting their first child, but no one was expecting their tale to end in the deadly way that it did.

Deadly Secret
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#15 - Deadly Secret

Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/2023

Before the Menendez brothers, the Bobbitts or even O.J., Pamela Smart was television's first true-crime fascination; Smart's husband was found murdered and when police began to investigate, they discovered that she was keeping a big secret.

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11 votes

#16 - 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.

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5 votes

#17 - Shattered Bonds

Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/10/2024

A car belonging to a missing man erupts in a blaze, leading to clues regarding his whereabouts.

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12 votes

#18 - The Face of Evil

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2018

As detectives struggle to find leads in the murder of a college student, the perpetrator strikes again.

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14 votes

#19 - House of Secrets

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/7/2018

A community is left in shock when a Cornell student and star athlete gets caught in the middle of a homicide investigation.

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8 votes

#20 - Someone Was Watching

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/1/2018

In a plot straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock film, a woman peers into a neighbor's yard and catches a glimpse of something unsettling; she sets into motion a chain of events that will divide a family and a jury.

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12 votes

#21 - The Killing in Cobb County

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/2019

It is a story of obsession that boiled over into a brutal crime. Right away, one woman said she knew what happened. Yet, it took years to bring the alleged killer to trial and the verdict was far from the end of this case.

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10 votes

#22 - Deadly detour

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/2020

Diane McIver was a successful businesswoman who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle with her husband. Then she was gone. It was a mystery riddled with privilege and power, but investigators needed to answer a crucial question: was this an accident or murder?

Robert Durst: The Lost Years
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#23 - Robert Durst: The Lost Years

Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2024

Friends of accused murderer Robert Durst talk about his arrest in New Orleans and his previous whereabouts over 30 years.

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2 votes

#24 - The People v. OJ Simpson: What the Jury Never Heard

Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/17/2024

It was called the trial of the century and, decades after the polarizing case, questions remain; hear answers and insights through interviews done over the years, rare footage and revealing conversations with key players who offer new details.

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3 votes

#25 - The Call

Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/24/2024

A dancer is murdered in her Virginia home; after interviewing a series of suspects, detectives realize the case is much more complicated than previously thought.