The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 26

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8.6/10(51 votes)
#1 - The Threat
S26:E547/9/2018
A mother is murdered in her home and police suspect her husband is the killer. It takes 14 years before he’s caught and convicted. But it’s feared he could kill again. Keith Morrison reports.
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8.2/10(11 votes)
#2 - No Way Out
S26:E244/15/2018
The idyllic town of Montecito was threatened by the worst wildfire in California history, then inundated by catastrophic mudslides. Keith Morrison reports on four families who barely escaped alive, and the rescuers who risked their own lives to help
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8.2/10(38 votes)
#3 - Swept Away
S26:E425/27/2018
Two young people from opposite sides of the world find themselves falling in love on the eve of one of the biggest natural disasters in recent memory. Keith Morrison reports.
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8.2/10(10 votes)
#4 - The Feud
S26:E527/1/2018
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8.1/10(42 votes)
#5 - Unspeakable
S26:E191/19/2018
A couple's anniversary celebration ends in murder during what appears to have been a home invasion, but investigators believe the suspect might be connected to the victim.
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8.1/10(21 votes)
#6 - Noises In The Night
S26:E567/16/2018
A Knoxville, TN community is shaken when a popular high school student is found murdered in her bed. Two students who helped police solve the case speak to Andrea Canning.
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8.0/10(31 votes)
#7 - Secret In Silver Lakes
S26:E611/3/2017
A young father's murder at work leads investigators to deep secrets about sex, friendship, religion and family.
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8.0/10(48 votes)
#8 - The Women and Dirty John
S26:E171/12/2018
A look at the case of con man John Meehan, including interviews with his wife and her daughter, his ex-wife, law enforcement officers, and the Los Angeles Times reporter who shined a spotlight on the story.
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8.0/10(16 votes)
#9 - Deep In The Woods
S26:E253/16/2018
When a young Army medic based at Ft. Bragg, N.C., goes missing, police can't solve the case despite having a suspect until an unorthodox private investigator steps in to help.
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8.0/10(11 votes)
#10 - The Women & Dirty John - Update
S26:E466/10/2018
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7.9/10(61 votes)
#11 - Scorned
S26:E19/29/2017
A love triangle leads to years of stalking, property destruction, threats, and murder.
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7.9/10(36 votes)
#12 - The College Fraternity Crisis
S26:E446/3/2018
Sixteen parents fighting to end college hazing at fraternities speak out together for the first time; cases of alleged hazing at various universities.
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7.9/10(43 votes)
#13 - The Other Side of Paradise
S26:E476/15/2018
Keith Morrison follows a cold case for nearly 10 years, as a father fights to bring his daughter’s killer to justice through one setback after another.
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7.9/10(37 votes)
#14 - The Dividing Line
S26:E506/24/2018
The reality of life along the U.S.-Mexico border, including interviews with families seeking asylum, news on the controversial policy of separating migrant families, and fact checks on claims made by both political parties.
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7.8/10(47 votes)
#15 - The Halloween Party
S26:E510/27/2017
A community comes together to search for a young woman who goes missing from a Halloween party.
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7.8/10(44 votes)
#16 - Cold Blooded
S26:E304/13/2018
When a young Florida law professor is shot, baffling his family, friends and police, a complicated investigation leads police to a surprising theory of the crime; the victim's family speaks out for the first time.
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7.8/10(29 votes)
#17 - Simply Diabolical
S26:E324/20/2018
A bizarre cyber-revenge case lands a young woman in jail and makes national headlines. Dennis Murphy reports on the unexpected twist that revealed the real culprit and the new developments in the case.
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7.8/10(27 votes)
#18 - Deadly Circumstances
S26:E334/20/2018
Andrea Canning reports on a murdered Tennessee woman whose case stumps investigators.
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7.8/10(18 votes)
#19 - The House on Pitch Pine Crescent
S26:E395/18/2018
In a suburb of Toronto, a family lives in fear as one relative after another is found dead over the years in the same house.
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7.8/10(49 votes)
#20 - The Watcher
S26:E456/8/2018
A recent law school graduate in Georgia who has a promising future disappears without a trace.
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7.8/10(38 votes)
#21 - Jonestown: An American tragedy
S26:E557/13/2018
An in-depth look at the journalists who exposed the dangers of cult leader Reverend Jim Jones; interviews with witnesses to murders carried out by Jones' followers.
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7.7/10(30 votes)
#22 - Mystery on the Mississippi
S26:E210/6/2017
When a mother of four dies unexpectedly on Valentine's Day, her death is attributed to natural causes, but a detective suspects that someone murdered the woman.
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7.7/10(26 votes)
#23 - Unthinkable: The Menendez Murders
S26:E911/17/2017
A comprehensive look at the 1989 murders of José and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik; featuring interviews with key players in the case, including Lyle Menendez.
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7.6/10(14 votes)
#24 - The Prophet's Daughter
S26:E711/10/2017
Author Rachel Jeffs talks about what it was like to grow up as the daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Warren Jeffs.
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7.6/10(20 votes)
#25 - Finding Sarah Goode
S26:E1011/24/2017
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