6.8/1025 votes#1 - Chippendales Murder
Season 45 Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2021
Uncovering the dark past of greed and murder-for-hire in the male exotic dance troupe Chippendales.
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- 7.5/1010 votes
#2 - The Principal's Wife
Season 45 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2021
Joe Bryan, a former principal in Clifton, Texas, was convicted of murdering his wife Mickey Bryan in 1985, a crime he maintains he didn't commit. Was it connected to another murder in the small town?
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- 7.8/108 votes
#3 - Do No Harm
Season 45 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2021
The first wife of a “Jekyll and Hyde” Manhattan plastic surgeon mysteriously disappears. More than 30 years later, Robert Bierenbaum confesses to her murder.
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- 6.8/1021 votes
#4 - Life Online: The Last Days of Gabby Petito
Season 45 Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2021
Why the Petito case went viral and the outcry for the same attention to be applied to the cold cases of others, especially people of color and indigenous women.
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- 7.3/1016 votes
#5 - Sincerely, the Happy Face Killer
Season 45 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2021
Before serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known by his nickname "Happy Face Killer," turned himself in in 1995, authorities believed Laverne Pavlinac and her boyfriend murdered his first victim.
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- 8.1/1013 votes
#6 - Goodnight, Mother
Season 45 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2021
Julie Rea was in prison for her 10-year-old son's murder until a "20/20" viewer helped crack open the case, leading to a serial killer confessing to the crime. One of his attack survivors speaks out.
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- 8.6/10113 votes
#7 - Escape From A House Of Horror
Season 45 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2021
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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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Nowhere To Run: The Ahmaud Arbery Story
Season 45 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2021
Friends and family of Armaud Arbery reflect on his life and his mother's quest to find truth and justice, after he was tragically killed; documenting the aftermath of Arbery's killing, featuring interviews with the attorneys involved in the case;
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- 7.4/1057 votes
#9 - The Deadly Take
Season 45 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2021
A look into the events leading up to the deadly shooting on the set of "Rust" and the pending investigations into what when wrong;
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- 7.3/1013 votes
#10 - I Now Pronounce You Dead
Season 45 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2022
After a woman was found dead, authorities uncovered an elaborate web of lies surrounding James Addie, spun to conceal his biggest secret of all – he was living a double life.
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- 7.3/1016 votes
#11 - Fall of the House of Murdaugh
Season 45 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2022
A new “20/20” documents the latest details in the developing story on the Murdaugh family murders, the alleged financial crimes of Alex Murdaugh and other unusual events surrounding the family.
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- 7.2/1026 votes
#12 - Adam…& Evil
Season 45 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2022
Lori Vallow’s brother Adam Cox sits down for the first TV network interview about the tragic family events that led up to the murders of his sister’s two children.
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- 8.6/1014 votes
#13 - Gone at Dawn
Season 45 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2022
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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- 8.4/1019 votes
#14 - You've Got Jail
Season 45 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2022
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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- 8.0/108 votes
#15 - Home Sweet Murder
Season 45 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2022
An exclusive prison interview with Diane Staudte, the mother behind a sinister plot to poison her husband and two children.
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- 7.7/1021 votes
#16 - The Dropout: The Rise and Con of Elizabeth Holmes
Season 45 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2022
ABC News reports on the latest chapter in the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing company Theranos, once valued at $9 billion.
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- 8.1/1023 votes
#17 - The Cult Next Door: The Mystery and Madness of Heaven's Gate
Season 45 Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2022
Diane Sawyer decodes the mysteries behind the Heaven’s Gate cult, including an exclusive interview with Rio DiAngelo, a member who left the group.
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- 7.7/1017 votes
#18 - The Devil You Know
Season 45 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2022
Two months after his death, a new “20/20” reports on Robert Durst, the fugitive multimillionaire New York real estate heir and his shocking trial that led to a murder conviction.
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- 7.8/1013 votes
#19 - Dead Man Talking
Season 45 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2022
The first network interview with Wendi Mae Davidson from prison, where she is serving a 25-year sentence for her husband’s murder.
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- 7.9/108 votes
#20 - Hell in Heels
Season 45 Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/2022
For the first time in 20 years, Haylei Jordan speaks out to “20/20” and reveals insight into her mother’s troubled past, including her allegedly volatile relationship with Larry McNabney.
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- 7.8/1018 votes
#21 - Words to Die By
Season 45 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/2022
Can text messages sent from miles away lead to time behind bars? “20/20” reports on the unprecedented suicide texting case that landed Michelle Carter in prison.
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- 8.1/1012 votes
#22 - Gone Before the Storm
Season 45 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2022
Anthony Harris speaks with ABC News’ 20/20 more than 20 years after he was released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the murder of his neighbor Devan Dunvier. Her killer is still wanted.
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- 8.2/1015 votes
#23 - Lock the Door Behind You
Season 45 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2022
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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- 7.7/1015 votes
#24 - Double Life, Double Murder
Season 45 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/2022
A couple is murdered inside their home. Could the killer be trying to hide a secret double life?
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- 8.1/1015 votes
#25 - Laura Lee Day
Season 45 Episode 25 - Aired 6/3/2022
An exclusive interview with Laura Day, nearly a decade after her first-degree capital murder conviction for her 6-year-old stepson’s death.
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The Best Episodes of 20/20 Season 45
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Season 45 Ratings Summary
"Chippendales Murder" is the best rated episode of "20/20" season 45. It scored 6.8/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/8/2021. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Principal's Wife".