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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...

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  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains

    S31:E25

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 8.6/10(117 votes)

    #4 - Escape From A House Of Horror

    S45:E7

    13 children were held captive by their parents in a survival story like you’ve never seen. Now, hear from the family for the first time.

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  5. 8.6/10(15 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 8.5/10(9 votes)

    #6 - 6/6/1978

    S1:E1

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  8. 8.5/10(15 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 8.5/10(11 votes)

    #8 - If I Can't Have You...

    S44:E26

    New details are revealed in the case of a missing Colorado mom who secretly ran an expensive escort business.

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  10. 8.5/10(14 votes)

    #9 - Gone at Dawn

    S45:E13

    For over 26 years, authorities tried to locate Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old anchorwoman who vanished in Mason City, Iowa. Now “20/20” explores surprising new leads in the case.

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  11. 8.5/10(19 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 8.5/10(14 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 8.5/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Unholy Matrimony

    S46:E26

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

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  14. 8.4/10(21 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. 8.4/10(19 votes)

    #14 - You've Got Jail

    S45:E14

    Michigan mother of three Sharee Miller sat in the center of a complicated love triangle. She used sex, deception and the internet to pit her lover, Jerry Cassaday against her husband Bruce Miller.

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  16. 8.4/10(12 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 8.3/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Murder in Atlanta

    S44:E18

    A special edition of "20/20" looks into the shootings in Georgia and the rise in hate crimes against the Asian American Pacific Islander community.

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  18. 8.3/10(23 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 8.3/10(19 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. 8.3/10(17 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. 8.2/10(24 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 8.2/10(15 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. 8.2/10(20 votes)

    #22 - A Tangled Web

    S44:E7

    A woman's seemingly obsessive and threatening messages to an ex precede a stunning twist.

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  24. 8.2/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Lock the Door Behind You

    S45:E23

    Never-before-broadcast video gives insight into the mind of serial killer Henry Louis Wallace, who confessed to 11 murders from 1990-1994, and his only surviving victim speaks in his first interview.

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  25. 8.2/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Red Handed

    S46:E6

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

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  26. 8.2/10(14 votes)

    #25 - Doctor Deceit

    S46:E12

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

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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 N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/13/2009. This episode scored 1.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dying to Meet You".