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The first in the series aired in November 2004 as a Dateline NBC segment called Dangerous Web. The operation was set up in a home in Long Island, NY, to which 18 men came over two-and-a-half days after making an appointment for sex with a minor. One of the men in the investigation was a New York City firefighter, who was later fired by the FDNY.

Bethpage, Long Island

Show #03

06/09/97

February 14, 2003

Pro baseball player Alex Rodriguez. An update on conditions at fast-food restaurants.

February 29, 2004

The Apprentice Story

Frasier: Signing Off

Friends Interviews

Jan 1, 2006

Jan 8, 2006

The McCaughey Septuplets; 30 Year Old Rape Case; Broadway Dancer Murdered

Horror Movie Reality

Supermarket Sweep; Until Death Do Us Part

Did Police Delay Help Murderer?

This report aired Dateline Friday, Feb. 3, 9 p.m. We want to warn you some of what you'll see is explicit. But parents need to know what their kids can confront when they sit down at the computer.

To Catch a Predator III

For Better or Worse, or Poison? Also: Who Killed Imette?

Murder 5 Doors Down

Sharon Stone & Stone Phillips

Special Delivery: the Hitman Brings Roses

Michael Shiavo: About Terri

The Mystery of the Jesus Papers; also, Sole Survivor

"The Mystery of the Jesus Papers" (continues)

High School Party Injustice; Searching for Jesse James; Michael J. Fox, Muhammad Ali and Parkinson’s; Crash Tests

Outbreak!

Predators scouring the Internet, targeting children for sex: It's a national problem that Dateline has helped uncover. We got such an overwhelming response from our last investigation— some 15,000 emails from parents, grandparents, teachers and law enforcement— telling us to "keep up the good work," and "keep the issue alive." On Wednesday night, April 26, Dateline is back with the fourth undercover investigation. This time, we traveled to small town America. Even far from the big cities and suburbs, vulnerable young teens are not far from danger. A warning: some of what you're about to see is explicit.

To Catch a Predator 4

A Tale of Two Sisters (a.k.a. Twin Revenge - Twin Sisters)

Angelina Jolie; How Safe is Your Salad?

Murder at Sam Donaldson's Ranch

Cruise Control: Scientology to Katie

This report aired May 10, Wednesday, 9 p.m. An encore presentation airs May 31, 9 p.m.: It's the latest in Dateline's month-long series of undercover investigations— children at risk from grown men online. This time, we take our hidden cameras to Florida. We thought we'd seen and heard just about everything, but what we found there surprised even our own Chris Hansen. A warning: some of what you're about to see is explicit.

To Catch a Predator (continuing feature)

May 13, 2006  Missing !

This report airs May 17, Wednesday, 9 p.m.: This month, millions of people have been watching our investigations into computer sex predators — among them, some of the suspected predators themselves. And what's most surprising is that even knowing that they may be walking into a sting is not enough to keep some of them away. Tonight, we're back in Florida, where we started our investigation last week. We want to remind you that some of what you'll see and read is explicit.

To Catch a Predator (Series Finale)

Impassioned and Inspired

To Catch a Predator (Follow-up)

Secrets to Breaking the Code

Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau

Murder Mystery

Prescription or Poison?

Two Hour Special

Their Father the 'Father'

Britney Spears Interview Special

Britney Spears Interview Revisited

To Catch a Predator: New Updates

Honeymoons Gone Bad

The Paris Hilton Police Tapes

Web of Deceit

Audrey's Story

Like moths to the flame, they just keep coming. It's been more than two years now since we first began our series of reports investigating online sex predators. Five different states... 129 men exposed. On Dateline Wednesday, investigation number six. This time, we've set up our hidden cameras in a rented house in rural Georgia. And once again, even men who've seen our reports show up at the door. We should let you know, some of what you'll see and read below is explicit. This report first aired on NBC, Sept. 13.

To Catch A Predator - Fortson, GA (Part 1)

In community after community, vulnerable young teenagers are still at risk from grown men online. On Sept. 22, Friday, our hidden cameras are in Georgia. This time among the suspected predators caught on tape are three military men — two served in Iraq. Now they could be serving time in prison. Again, we want to warn you, some of what you'll see is explicit.

To Catch A Predator - Fortson, GA (Part 2)

A man is accused of killing his beautiful wife on a moonlit beach walk and then shooting himself to cover up the crime, Dennis Murphy reports.

Murder in the Moonlight

America Remembers: 9/11 Controllers

Flight 93

To Catch a Predator: Harris County (Part 1)

Crossing the Line

Inside the World of Infomercials

To Catch a Predator: Harris County (Part 2)

The Paris Hilton Tapes

Dateline is in the town of Petaluma, Calif. where two high-profile predator cases made national headlines. What would our hidden cameras find there? Again, we want to warn you that some of what you’re about to see is explicit. This report aired Friday, Sept. 29, and repeats Nov. 11, Saturday.

To Catch a Predator: Petaluma (Part 1)

The Milkshake Murders (a.k.a. A Tale of Two Brothers)

It's what prompted our entire series of predator investigations: Grown men sending graphic e-mails to young teenagers. And now, it's what has forced a powerful congressman out of office in the scandal that's consuming Washington. Representative Mark Foley of Florida is accused of having sexually explicit online chats with underage teens. Dateline's latest investigation also uncovers some prominent men caught in what police say are criminal acts. They, too, risk losing their jobs... and in some cases, perhaps even their freedom. Again, we want to warn you that some of what you’re about to see is explicit. This report airs Friday, Oct. 6.

To Catch a Predator: Petaluma (Part 2)

Recent School Shootings

Death on the Lake

Death & the Dentist

Circle of Friends

Family Ties

Madonna's Confessions

Fatal Attraction

Death in the Hills

Murder by Stairs

Killer Charisma

The Lady in the Lake

Body of Evidence (a.k.a. Bigamy Murder)

Nevada Control Murder

Subway Pusher

Till Death Do Us Part: Murder on Hearthglow Lane

Someone, we don't know who, posted an online warning that Dateline's hidden cameras are in the neighborhood. But think that stopped these men? We want to warn you that some of what you’re about to read is explicit. This report aired Tuesday, Jan. 30.

To Catch a Predator: Long Beach (Part 1)

Death and the Dentist; Tara Conner

We're back in Long Beach, California, where the long arm of the law has reached out and grabbed more than 3 dozen men in just 3 days. And perhaps the most surprising arrest in our most recent investigation? It didn't happen overnight in our undercover house — it happened in broad daylight, in a public park. We want to warn you that some of what you’re about to see is explicit. This report aired Tuesday, Feb. 6.

To Catch a Predator: Long Beach (Part 2)

The Death of a Centerfold

More predators caught in Dateline’s phenomenal sting operation.

To Catch a Predator: Murphy, Texas (Part 1)

This report airs Tuesday, Feb. 20 on NBC.

To Catch a Predator: Murphy, Texas (Part 2)

Anna Nicole Smith: Inside the Legal Battle

Last Days of a Secret Agent (a.k.a. The Man Who Knew Too Much)

Dateline's cameras are on the beach, and suspected predators are online. We want to warn you that some of what you’re about to see is explicit. This report airs Tuesday, Feb. 27 on NBC.

To Catch a Predator: Flagler Beach, Florida (Part 1)

How Paris Helped Solve a Crime

Dateline continues its investigation in Florida, where over the course of our four-day investigation, 21 suspected predators showed up at Dateline's undercover house on the beach. We want to warn you that some of what you’re about to see is explicit. This report airs Tuesday, March 6 on NBC.

To Catch a Predator: Flagler Beach, Florida (Part 2)

Wild Bill: Breaking and Entering

Killer Instinct

Tonight we follow Chris Hansen behind the scenes of this remarkably popular series. Whether you love it or hate it, it's hard to look away. The personal accounts and some very memorable confrontations are equally riveting in this episode.

To Catch a Predator: Behind the Scenes

Honey, You're on Hidden Camera

Chris Hansen embarks on a new series of investigations that takes him into real danger as he exposes internet cons via emails preying on people believing in promises of money from foreign sources.

To Catch a Con Man: On the Trail of a Nigerian Spam Scammer

Irradiation, Gross-ceries, Download This!, 50 Shots

Dateline's Chris Hansen goes on an undercover investigation that starts at a computer keyboard and travels across America and the Atlantic.

To Catch an ID Thief

Thief of Hearts

We’re on the hunt for a new kind of predator: Wendy, the apparent mastermind of an international identity theft ring. So far, the search had taking us taken us clear across the country and it’s about to take us around the world as we track down the crooks who steal your credit card and banking information to go on shopping sprees with your money.

To Catch an ID Thief (2)

What Lies Beneath

A Deadly Mission

This has to make you wonder if Dateline is the only way anyone is caught doing anything. Tonight, undercover cameras in Houston, Texas and reporter Victoria Corderi not only document the car thefts, but follow the car .

To Catch a Car Thief

Three separate shootings in Albuquerque, N.M. left five dead.

Don Imus: After the Fall

The Deadly Case of Mr. Hyde

Dateline NBC, or simply Dateline, is a weekly American television newsmagazine series. It was previously the network's flagship newsmagazine, but now focuses mainly on true crime stories with only occasional editions that focus on other topics.

The Best Seasons of Dateline

The Best Seasons of Dateline

The Best Seasons of Dateline

Season 28

Season 27

Season 29

Season 26

Season 31

Season 30

Season 25

Season 23

Season 32

Season 24

Season 22

Season 33

Season 15

Season 20

Season 19

Season 18

Season 1

Season 21

Season 17

Season 12

Season 4

Season 11

Season 13

Season 14

Season 16