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The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 19

Every episode of Dateline Season 19 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline Season 19!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dateline Season 19 Episode 3 - Taken
    8.0/10(33 votes)

    S19:E3

    Detectives connect a series of seemingly random crimes to crack the case of a missing young man.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Dateline Season 19 Episode 19 - The Man Who Talked to Dogs
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    S19:E19

    When a "dog trainer to the stars" disappears, his friends and co-workers fear the worst. Keith Morrison follows all the twists and turns in the case as investigators track down the suspect with the help of two witnesses who were in the right place at the right time. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dateline Season 19 Episode 67 - Deadly Game
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    S19:E67

    When a woman goes missing in a small town in rural Michigan, her husband becomes the primary suspect. But eyewitnesses and surveillance cameras support his alibi that he was in Virginia the day she disappeared - more than 700 miles away. Dennis Murphy reports.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Dateline Season 19 Episode 69 - Lost and Found
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    S19:E69

    A woman finds her way back to her family after being kidnapped 30 years earlier.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dateline Season 19 Episode 72 - Secret Life of the Homecoming Queen
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    S19:E72

    A former homecoming queen comes under suspicion after her husband is found stabbed to death and an affair with the local youth pastor is uncovered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dateline Season 19 Episode 6 - Rescue in the Mountainside
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    S19:E6

    "Rescue on the Mountainside" Ann Curry reports on the August 9, 2010 plane crash in Alaska that killed Senator Ted Stevens and the heroic efforts of the crash survivors and rescuers who responded quickly to the crisis

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dateline Season 19 Episode 13 - Winds of War: George Clooney in Sudan
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    S19:E13

    George Clooney embarks on a fact-finding mission across war-torn Sudan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dateline Season 19 Episode 22 - The Hansen Files
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    S19:E22

    Hidden cameras reveal scams including a psychotherapist with a dark secret, fortune tellers and air duct cleaning companies. dumpster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dateline Season 19 Episode 47 - Her Royal Journey
    7.5/10(11 votes)

    S19:E47

    NBC’s Dennis Murphy traces the journey of Kate Middleton from commoner to Her Royal Highness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dateline Season 19 Episode 70 - Follow the Money
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    S19:E70

    Chris Hansen goes face-to-face with a man, who along with other conspirators, cheated a Connecticut woman out of her life savings through an internet scam.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dateline Season 19 Episode 74 - Deadly Exposure
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    S19:E74

    Police doubt an Ohio doctor's story about events leading to his wife's death.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Dateline Season 19 Episode 2 - Deadly House of Cards
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    S19:E2

    Police link a filmmaker who is obsessed with the show "Dexter" with a man's disappearance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dateline Season 19 Episode 7 - Blind Justice
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    S19:E7

    "Blind Justice" Keith Morrison investigates the murder of Susan Sutton and the blinding of her husband John in their Coral Gables, Florida home on August 22, 2004.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dateline Season 19 Episode 20 - Tucson Shooting Survivor; Operation Desert Storm Review; Michael Douglas
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    S19:E20

    Actor Michael Douglas discusses his battle with cancer; former President George H.W. Bush's foreign policy team; Tucson, Ariz., shooting survivor Suzi Hileman.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Dateline Season 19 Episode 44 - Deadly Liaisons; The Night Before Halloween
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    S19:E44

    Rob Stafford investigates the cold-blooded slaying of an expectant mother. In a second report, Keith Morrison tracks the work of a dauntless detective and a determined attorney to solve the cold-case killing of a 21-year-old woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dateline Season 19 Episode 5 - The Mystery on Horseshoe Drive
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    S19:E5

    A young devoted Illinois father, Steven Watkins, finds the woman of his dreams, who's beautiful and comes from a tight-knit, religious family. NBC News' Rob Stafford reports

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Dateline Season 19 Episode 15 - Elizabeth Smart: The Way Back Home, Trouble in Paradise
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    S19:E15

    Previously unknown details of the Elizabeth Smart abduction, reported by Natalie Morales; investigators fear the case of a murdered businessman may go unsolved despite their continued efforts, reported by Chris Hansen.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Dateline Season 19 Episode 10 - Deadly Ambush
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    S19:E10

    An Air Force captain is shot dead, leaving police to suspect his wife and her sharpshooter lover.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Dateline Season 19 Episode 53 - The Night before Halloween
    6.9/10(18 votes)

    S19:E53

    A detective and a deputy district attorney solve the decades-old murder of a young woman at a fast-food restaurant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dateline Season 19 Episode 4 - In the Dead of Night (2010)
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    S19:E4

    An Easter Sunday celebration in 2006 turns tragic when Wayne and Sharmon Stock are murdered. Correspondent Keith Morrison traces the search for justice in the case.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Dateline Season 19 Episode 57 - As Darkness Fell
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    S19:E57

    A man is shot to death on a family hunting trip in Newfoundland.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Dateline Season 19 Episode 23 - Bringing Brooke Home
    6.6/10(29 votes)

    S19:E23

    “Bringing Brooke Home" Kate Snow reports on the disappearance and murder of Brooke Wilberger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dateline Season 19 Episode 26 - Inconceivable
    6.6/10(22 votes)

    S19:E26

    “Inconceivable" Meredith Vieira reports on a mother who discovered she was carrying another couple's embryo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dateline Season 19 Episode 33 - Conduct Unbecoming
    6.6/10(12 votes)

    S19:E33

    A top-ranking officer in the Canadian military pleaded guilty to a number of crimes, from home invasions and lingerie theft to murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dateline Season 19 Episode 54 - Deadly Liaisons
    6.6/10(9 votes)

    S19:E54

    The investigation into the murder of a pregnant woman leads to a former pro football player.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 19 Ratings Summary

"Taken" is the best rated episode of "Dateline" season 19. It scored 8/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/8/2010. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Man Who Talked to Dogs".