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The Best Episodes of 20/20

Every episode of 20/20 ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of 20/20!

The Best Episodes of 20/20

20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show...
  1. Background image for A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains

    S31:E25

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Dying to Meet You
    8.8/10(22 votes)

    #2 - Dying to Meet You

    S46:E33

    After a popular local musician is found dead, covert police surveillance uncovers horrific murders in Colorado and exposes a killer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.6/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Trapped

    S43:E12

    Interviews with Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight, who made headlines when they escaped their Cleveland kidnapper's home, after a decade of captivity.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Chippendales Murder
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Chippendales Murder

    S46:E13

    Behind the glitz and glam of one of the sexiest shows in entertainment, an FBI investigation revealed Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee was the mastermind behind multiple murder-for-hire plots.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Final Act
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #5 - The Final Act

    S42:E38

    Daniel Wozniak was a community theater actor in California when he was arrested for the murders of Sam Herr, a war veteran, and Julie Kibuishi, a college student and dancer, in May 2010.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Last Seen in Lakeland
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Last Seen in Lakeland

    S46:E1

    For three decades, Leo Schofield has been serving life in prison since his wife’s brutal stabbing. The “20/20” season 45 premiere poses the question: is Leo in prison for the crime of another man?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Cold to the Touch
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Cold to the Touch

    S46:E10

    A mysterious drug overdose kills new mom Christina Harris. Would she leave behind a crucial clue that actually points to a killer?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Unholy Matrimony
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    #8 - Unholy Matrimony

    S46:E26

    An open marriage, a secret affair, and a sinister plot for murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for A Captive Student
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    #9 - A Captive Student

    S46:E11

    Police launch a 38-day nationwide manhunt to find a 15-year-old Tennessee student taken by her teacher.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Switched at Birth or Stolen?
    8.3/10(22 votes)

    #10 - Switched at Birth or Stolen?

    S43:E10

    Thirty years after she had learned that she was switched at birth, Kimberly Mays reveals the details about her tough childhood and her struggle with her identity; interviews with Kimberly's biological siblings, and her mother, Regina Twigg;

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Darkest Night
    8.3/10(23 votes)

    #11 - The Darkest Night

    S46:E4

    New details about the case of 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel, whose disappearance while on spring break stumped police for years.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Red Handed
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Red Handed

    S46:E6

    Video evidence leads police to learn the shocking identity of a former Arkansas senator’s killer.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Kill Or Be Killed?
    8.3/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Kill Or Be Killed?

    S46:E18

    Was it a case of self-defense or murder after a mom of two shot and killed her partner?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Long Island Serial Killer
    8.3/10(17 votes)

    #14 - Long Island Serial Killer

    S46:E36

    The investigation of the Gilgo Beach murders, featuring interviews with family members of the victims and key players in the case - including Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison and Suffolk County Defense Attorney Ray Tierney.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Siegfried & Roy: Behind the Magic
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #15 - Siegfried & Roy: Behind the Magic

    S43:E1

    How Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn rose to fame, survived the tiger accident and changed Las Vegas forever.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Undercover Girlfriend
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    #16 - Undercover Girlfriend

    S43:E8

    When a University of Illinois scholar goes missing, a suspect's girlfriend works with the FBI to go under cover and secretly record a conversation that ultimately cracks the case.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Doctor Deceit
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Doctor Deceit

    S46:E12

    An exclusive interview with a ‘fake doctor’ who hid a deadly secret.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Horror in Idaho: The Student Murders
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Horror in Idaho: The Student Murders

    S46:E15

    The latest reporting on the investigation, exclusive interviews and chilling new details in the Idaho case.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for 'Til Death Do Us Part
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #19 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    S47:E25

    After a small-town minister is killed at home, police uncover the dark truth of his marriage.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Hungryland Homicide
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #20 - The Hungryland Homicide

    S47:E26

    When a young mom goes missing, police question a pastor, the ex-husband, and even a local ventriloquist. But authorities are left wondering – who would want to harm Tricia Todd?

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Abby Hernandez
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #21 - Abby Hernandez

    S42:E1

    14-year-old girl reported missing after she doesn't come home from school; Kidnapping survivor recalls life in captivity and how she kept hope alive.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Hitman From Pop to Prison
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #22 - The Hitman From Pop to Prison

    S43:E11

    The life of disgraced mogul Lou Pearlman, including his role in one of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, his blimp business, how he got involved in the boy band scene and how he led authorities on an international manhunt, which ended with his final destination to prison.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Overboard
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    #23 - Overboard

    S43:E14

    A couple preparing to sell their yacht to move closer to family – when they vanished forever. Investigators found that complete strangers to the couple were responsible.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Chameleon
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #24 - The Chameleon

    S43:E23

    Decades after four bodies were discovered in New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park, a podcast renews interest in the cold case and helps lead to authorities solving it.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for In the Cold Dark Night
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #25 - In the Cold Dark Night

    S43:E30

    In 2017, authorities reopen the investigation into the 1983 murder of a young Black man in Georgia.

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains" is the best rated episode of "20/20". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/13/2009. This episode scored 1.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dying to Meet You".