The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 23

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#1 - Infatuation
S23:E273/13/2015
An art student from Dallas who was murdered in her own bed with no signs of forced entry, which leads the authorities to realize that she likely knew the person who ended up killing her. Keith Morrison reports.
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8.0/10(29 votes)
#2 - A Perfect Spot
S23:E364/9/2015
The authorities are left searching for answers while investigating a Georgia couple's private Valentine's Day getaway that turned deadly, but plot thickens when they uncover evidence of tire treads at the scene and a series of cell phone calls. Keith Morrison reports.
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8.0/10(9 votes)
#3 - My Kid Would Never Do That: Stranger Danger
S23:E566/7/2015
My Kid Would Never Do That: Stranger Danger Hidden cameras capture the choices that children make when they are approached by an actor playing the part of a family contractor; Safely Ever After's Pattie Fitzgerald shows families how to prevent their children from becoming victims.
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7.9/10(42 votes)
#4 - The Root of All Evil
S23:E811/14/2014
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.
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7.8/10(23 votes)
#5 - Death in the Driveway
S23:E1011/28/2014
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.
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7.8/10(28 votes)
#6 - Indiscretion
S23:E717/31/2015
Authorities in Baltimore find a young woman who was murdered in her own home, but they cannot crack the case until a decade later, when DNA evidence provides them with a new suspect, giving two detectives renewed vigor to solve the cold case. Dennis Murphy reports.
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7.7/10(34 votes)
#7 - The Fugitive Millionaire
S23:E313/26/2015
Keith Morrison reports on John McAfee, the antivirus pioneer who remains a person of interest to police in their investigation into the murder of Gregory Faull in Belize. In a new interview with Dateline, McAfee discusses his new computer security business and his decision to stop running and settle down.
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7.7/10(34 votes)
#8 - Miami Heat
S23:E697/10/2015
When a woman kills the man she suspected to have been behind the murder of her husband a month earlier, she claims that she was acting in self-defense, but when new evidence comes to light years later, investigators decide to re-open the case. Keith Morrison reports.
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7.6/10(36 votes)
#9 - While He Was Sleeping
S23:E666/26/2015
Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz reports on the death of a wealthy luxury car dealer, who was found murdered in his sleep, as one chance clue reopens the cold case and enables detectives to dig further into his past with one of his many lovers.
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7.6/10(31 votes)
#10 - Vanished
S23:E769/3/2015
When Amber Dubois vanished in San Diego County, a search turned up nothing. Then, a year later, Chelsea King disappeared in a neighboring town. Keith Morrison reports on the mystery of the missing California teens
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7.5/10(38 votes)
#11 - The Carrollton Plot
S23:E410/17/2014
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.
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7.5/10(34 votes)
#12 - After Midnight (2015)
S23:E131/4/2025
The murder of 18-year-old Alexandra Kogut by her boyfriend at SUNY College at Brockport
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7.5/10(32 votes)
#13 - The Mystery Man
S23:E184/5/2015
A woman seeks the truth when her whirlwind romance turns into a mystery involving government agents.
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7.5/10(29 votes)
#14 - Secrets at the Sunshine Motel
S23:E212/13/2015
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.
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7.5/10(25 votes)
#15 - Vendetta
S23:E222/27/2015
A small Texas town is left in shock when an admired prosecutor is killed in front of the town courthouse, but when the District attorney and his wife are murdered months later, the authorities quickly realize that the two cases are connected. Andrea Canning reports.
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7.5/10(26 votes)
#16 - The Devil in Disguise
S23:E586/12/2015
A newlywed dead. His bride suspected foul play. The mystery wasn't just who killed him, but how.
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7.4/10(36 votes)
#17 - The Wire
S23:E210/3/2014
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.
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7.4/10(35 votes)
#18 - Robert Durst: Inside the Long, Strange Trip
S23:E293/20/2015
Murder case involving New York real estate heir Robert Durst, including interviews with the detectives and investigators, as well as close friends, as he outlines the lengthy journey to uncover the truth.
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7.4/10(16 votes)
#19 - Deadly Twist
S23:E303/20/2015
When an attractive young mother is murdered in California by four men, the authorities uncover information that forces them to take another look at a puzzling case from decades earlier involving the death of a young woman on a Georgia mountain trail. Keith Morrison reports.
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7.4/10(38 votes)
#20 - The Last Dance
S23:E334/3/2015
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.
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7.4/10(36 votes)
#21 - The Promise (2015)
S23:E444/24/2015
The vanishing of a 20-year-old honors student is investigated in a mystery that would take more than 20 years to solve. Josh Mankiewicz reports
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7.4/10(32 votes)
#22 - The Evil to Come
S23:E515/28/2015
When a successful businesswoman is found dead in her own home, the authorities find little in the way of forensic evidence, but wiretaps and data analysis provide them with a lead when a seemingly untraceable call points them to a familiar person. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
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7.4/10(33 votes)
#23 - The Accomplice
S23:E759/18/2015
Joyce Mitchell comes to work at a prison tailor shop and meets two inmates -- David Sweat and Richard Matt -- serving life for murder.
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7.3/10(36 votes)
#24 - What Lies Beneath
S23:E202/6/2015
A witness comes forward to help solve a 20 year-old cold case involving a woman who mysteriously vanished in Florida just days before she was going to move to a new city with her 5 year-old son, leaving behind very few clues for authorities. Dennis Murphy reports.
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7.3/10(15 votes)
#25 - Game Night
S23:E656/25/2015
Correspondent Keith Morrison reports on the death of a terminally ill woman, whose husband returned to their house in St. Louis and found her dead on the living room floor, as new information comes to light and complicates the seemingly-simple case.
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