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The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 28

Every episode of Dateline Season 28 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline Season 28!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dateline Season 28 Episode 1 - The Thing About Pam
    8.0/10(57 votes)

    #1 - The Thing About Pam

    S28:E1

    The unbelievable story of how the murder of Betsy Faria set off a chain of events leaving one man dead, another man implicated and a diabolical scheme exposed. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dateline Season 28 Episode 2 - Haunted
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    #2 - Haunted

    S28:E2

    Nearly 10 years after Utah mother Susan Powell vanished, private journals, home videos and emails shed new light on what happened to her. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dateline Season 28 Episode 3 - The Plan
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #3 - The Plan

    S28:E3

    A double homicide in upstate New York leads detectives on a cross country investigation to piece together a case with a surprising suspect at the center. Dennis Murphy reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dateline Season 28 Episode 4 - The Pink Skirt Plot
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    #4 - The Pink Skirt Plot

    S28:E4

    The murder of a young businessman in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico marks the start of a 15-year hunt and an international game of cat and mouse to find the killer. Natalie Morales reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dateline Season 28 Episode 5 - The Box
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #5 - The Box

    S28:E5

    Years after a Montana man is found dead, his son dreads what he’ll find when he opens up the box of case files, giving him insight into what really happened. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dateline Season 28 Episode 6 - Deliberate Evil
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    #6 - Deliberate Evil

    S28:E6

    A woman is found murdered in her car outside of her apartment. Solving this mystery would take not just years, but also involve at least one more murder. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dateline Season 28 Episode 7 - The Black Widow of Lomita
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #7 - The Black Widow of Lomita

    S28:E7

    A California woman eludes police after both of her husbands are found murdered nearly 20 years apart. Until fate catches up with her. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dateline Season 28 Episode 8 - The Premonition
    5.6/10(16 votes)

    #8 - The Premonition

    S28:E8

    A Pennsylvania father has a premonition that he’ll be murdered and the case will go unsolved. Weeks later, he is found stabbed to death. But would the case go unsolved? Andrea Canning reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dateline Season 28 Episode 9 - Detective Story
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #9 - Detective Story

    S28:E9

    A nurse is murdered in what police say is a burglary gone wrong. The case goes cold for over two decades, until a killer is ID’d -- the last person anyone would suspect. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dateline Season 28 Episode 10 - While They Were Sleeping
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #10 - While They Were Sleeping

    S28:E10

    A husband is shot dead in his own bed; no one else in the house was hurt, including his wife, who was sleeping beside him. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dateline Season 28 Episode 11 - In a Lonely Place
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #11 - In a Lonely Place

    S28:E11

    A California entrepreneur abruptly leaves his business to travel the world, and his family is shocked to find out he was murdered. The convicted killer speaks out. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dateline Season 28 Episode 12 - The Devil Was Watching
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - The Devil Was Watching

    S28:E12

    A Colorado woman vanishes. No crime scene. No evidence. No body. Would a dark secret about her marriage lead to clues that solve the mystery of her disappearance? Dennis Murphy reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dateline Season 28 Episode 13 - Disappearance of Laci Peterson
    8.0/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Disappearance of Laci Peterson

    S28:E13

    A look at the 2004 murder of pregnant California woman Laci Peterson, including rarely seen interrogation footage of her husband, Scott, who was convicted of the crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dateline Season 28 Episode 14 - Bad Blood
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #14 - Bad Blood

    S28:E14

    Identical twins find their mother's dead body in their home, located in a gated community; detectives uncover a hidden diary and clues buried in the victim's past. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dateline Season 28 Episode 15 - Mystery on Blood Mountain
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #15 - Mystery on Blood Mountain

    S28:E15

    Hiker Meredith Emerson goes missing on Georgia's Blood Mountain on New Year's Day 2008. Could her disappearance be linked to two cases with similar circumstances? Dennis Murphy reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dateline Season 28 Episode 16 - The Music Box
    7.1/10(24 votes)

    #16 - The Music Box

    S28:E16

    After Lisa Ziegert is abducted during her evening shift at a gift shop, local detectives, state police and the FBI work relentlessly to find her and solve the case. Andrea Canning reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dateline Season 28 Episode 17 - The Black Candle Confession
    8.0/10(33 votes)

    #17 - The Black Candle Confession

    S28:E17

    A glimpse of a sobbing woman lighting black candles is seared into a 9-year-old girl’s memory. Decades later that girl reveals what she saw, heating up a long-cold case. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dateline Season 28 Episode 18 - Abducted
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Abducted

    S28:E18

    An inside look at the case that made national headlines in December 2019, when a Texas mother was found murdered after she and her newborn daughter disappeared. Andrea Canning reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dateline Season 28 Episode 19 - Devil's Bargain
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #19 - Devil's Bargain

    S28:E19

    Family members and the lead investigators who cracked the Kelsey Berreth case speak out for the first time and take Andrea Canning inside the murder investigation

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dateline Season 28 Episode 20 - Where Are The Children?
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #20 - Where Are The Children?

    S28:E20

    An investigation into the case of two missing Idaho children making national headlines. The trail leads Keith Morrison to Hawaii in search of their mother and her new husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dateline Season 28 Episode 21 - The Woman Who Couldn't Scream
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    #21 - The Woman Who Couldn't Scream

    S28:E21

    When grad student Katie Sepich is murdered, her killer leaves behind his DNA. The Sepich family fights for both justice and to get the law on DNA collection changed. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dateline Season 28 Episode 22 - The House on the Hill
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #22 - The House on the Hill

    S28:E22

    Karl Karlsen’s wife dies in a house fire. Then his prized horses die in a fire. And his son dies in an apparent accident. How can one man can be so unlucky? Andrea Canning reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dateline Season 28 Episode 23 - The Perfect Guy
    7.9/10(53 votes)

    #23 - The Perfect Guy

    S28:E23

    A fugitive steals millions of dollars by conning numerous women and businesses over 25 years. Will law enforcement finally be able to catch him? Andrea Canning reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dateline Season 28 Episode 24 - The Black Box
    6.9/10(26 votes)

    #24 - The Black Box

    S28:E24

    A coroner arrives at the scene of a car wreck to find a woman dead. He becomes suspicious when he notices unusual markings on her face. Was her death really an accident? Andrea Canning reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dateline Season 28 Episode 25 - The Ranch
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #25 - The Ranch

    S28:E25

    Three siblings’ lives change when their father is taken hostage in an orchestrated abduction. For the first time, they open up to Keith Morrison about their ordeal and its stunning conclusion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 28 Ratings Summary

"The Thing About Pam" is the best rated episode of "Dateline" season 28. It scored 8/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/27/2019. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Haunted".