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The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 23

Every episode of Dateline Season 23 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline Season 23!

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Season 23 Ratings Summary

"Before Dawn" is the best rated episode of "Dateline" season 23. It scored 7.4/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/26/2014. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Wire".

  • Before Dawn
    7.4/1011 votes

    #1 - Before Dawn

    Season 23 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2014

    The investigation into the death of a pregnant woman just months after she wed her high school sweetheart reveals secret lives and feuds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Wire
    7.2/1025 votes

    #2 - The Wire

    Season 23 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2014

    20 years after an attractive young nurse was murdered in her studio apartment, authorities try to piece together what little evidence that remains to solve the cold case, including a necklace that was broken and a strange murder weapon. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • While She Was Sleeping
    7.4/1018 votes

    #3 - While She Was Sleeping

    Season 23 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2014

    When a well-known woman from a prominent family is found dead in her Aspen, Colo. home, the entire community is left in a state of shock, leaving the authorities wondering who was behind her apparent murder and why they did it. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Carrollton Plot
    7.4/1027 votes

    #4 - The Carrollton Plot

    Season 23 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2014

    While away on business in California, Frank Howard, a high flying accountant from Carrollton, Texas, learns that his wife has been brutally attacked in their home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mystery In Orange County
    7.4/1026 votes

    #5 - Mystery In Orange County

    Season 23 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2014

    A cryptic 911 call made days before a young Army veteran disappears helps detectives uncover the truth, exposing a twisted story of unrequited love Josh Mankiewicz reports..

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Secret Lives
    7.4/1031 votes

    #6 - Secret Lives

    Season 23 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2014

    When young mother and wife from upstate New York mysteriously vanishes, the authorities on the case find some unexpected secrets that leave them wondering if her disappearance is related to her online life, or something much closer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Someone Was Out There
    6.8/1021 votes

    #7 - Someone Was Out There

    Season 23 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2014

    When two women from the same church are the victims of violent crimes one year apart, the authorities try to determine if there is a connection, and a photo surfaces that leads them to believe the similarities between the case are not coincidental. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Root of All Evil
    7.8/1032 votes

    #8 - The Root of All Evil

    Season 23 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2014

    The community of Jonesboro, Arkansas is stunned when a local father and real estate investor is found dead in his own kitchen, leaving the authorities on the case wonder who could have possibly been behind the young man's murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mystery on the Early Shift
    7.0/1025 votes

    #9 - Mystery on the Early Shift

    Season 23 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2014

    When a wife and mother is found dead in a Kentucky warehouse where she worked, detectives soon zero in on one person of interest.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death in the Driveway
    7.4/1017 votes

    #10 - Death in the Driveway

    Season 23 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/2014

    A well known lawyer from a southern town is found brutally murdered, with his girlfriend bound by duct tape, and as the authorities put together a list of potential leads, the primary suspect has a surprising connection to the victim. Andrea Canning reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Poison
    NaN/100 votes

    #11 - Poison

    Season 23 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2014

    A newly married couple both manage to recover from the same strange illness, but months later, the wife ends up passing away after showing the same symptoms again, leaving the investigators without answers, until some old recordings surface. Dennis Murphy reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mystery Man
    7.2/1026 votes

    #12 - The Mystery Man

    Season 23 Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/2015

    A woman seeks the truth when her whirlwind romance turns into a mystery involving government agents.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Secrets at the Sunshine Motel
    7.2/1021 votes

    #13 - Secrets at the Sunshine Motel

    Season 23 Episode 21 - Aired 2/13/2015

    The story of a successful realtor who was attacked and left for dead while showing a home in what looks like a murder-for-hire, and the authorities are left to question his business partners and family to determine a motive. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Dance
    7.3/1032 votes

    #14 - The Last Dance

    Season 23 Episode 33 - Aired 4/3/2015

    A popular kindergarten teacher and mother makes a lifestyle change, losing several hundred pounds, but when mysteriously vanishes from her home, the police suspect her dramatic weight loss could be connected to her disappearance. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • True Lies
    NaN/100 votes

    #15 - True Lies

    Season 23 Episode 40 - Aired 4/16/2015

    After a mother is murdered in her own bed, the 911 dispatch center fields two calls, one from her son and one from her husband, both of whom claim the other is the killer, telling wildly different stories that the authorities must figure out. Dennis Murphy reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Exchange
    NaN/100 votes

    #16 - Deadly Exchange

    Season 23 Episode 45 - Aired 4/30/2015

    German foreign exchange student and soccer player Diren Dede's dreams of studying in America came true when he began his junior year at a Montana high school. But when he decides to play a reckless teenage game, the consequences turn deadly. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A