The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 28

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8.3/10(22 votes)
#1 - Haunted
S28:E210/4/2019
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.
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8.2/10(33 votes)
#2 - The Devil Was Watching
S28:E1312/13/2019
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.
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8.2/10(26 votes)
#3 - Where Are The Children?
S28:E202/14/2020
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.
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8.1/10(62 votes)
#4 - The Thing About Pam
S28:E19/27/2019
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.
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8.0/10(38 votes)
#5 - Detective Story
S28:E1111/22/2019
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.
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7.9/10(44 votes)
#6 - The Plan
S28:E310/11/2019
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.
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7.9/10(37 votes)
#7 - The Black Widow of Lomita
S28:E811/8/2019
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.
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7.9/10(37 votes)
#8 - Devil's Bargain
S28:E192/7/2020
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
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7.9/10(58 votes)
#9 - The Ranch
S28:E253/20/2020
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.
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7.9/10(40 votes)
#10 - The Road Trip
S28:E274/3/2020
When Dr. Teresa Sievers is found murdered in her kitchen, detectives struggle to find any leads until an unexpected tip changes everything. Dennis Murphy reports.
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7.8/10(29 votes)
#11 - The Pink Skirt Plot
S28:E410/18/2019
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.
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7.8/10(39 votes)
#12 - Deliberate Evil
S28:E611/1/2019
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.
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7.8/10(51 votes)
#13 - While They Were Sleeping
S28:E1211/29/2019
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.
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7.8/10(43 votes)
#14 - Before Daylight
S28:E294/24/2020
A college student is found murdered and investigators are left with no answers in sight. As police search for the truth, they are stunned to learn who might be involved. Keith Morrison reports.
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7.8/10(22 votes)
#15 - What Happened to JJ and Tylee
S28:E366/22/2020
Lori Vallow’s former best friend speaks to Keith Morrison following the discovery of the remains of Vallow’s children JJ and Tylee on husband Chad Daybell’s property.
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7.8/10(43 votes)
#16 - And Then There Were Three
S28:E469/14/2020
Days before Christmas, a high school senior is found dead in her car after visiting the mall. It would take almost 40 years for investigators to identify her killer. Dennis Murphy reports.
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7.7/10(28 votes)
#17 - What Happened to the Children?
S28:E305/1/2020
Exclusive interviews with close family members of Lori Vallow, the Idaho mother charged with deserting her children, Tylee and JJ, who have not been seen since September. Keith Morrison reports.
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7.7/10(16 votes)
#18 - The Playbook
S28:E346/13/2020
Lester Holt investigates the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and asks if better preparation could have saved lives.
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7.7/10(30 votes)
#19 - The Day Jennifer Disappeared
S28:E397/20/2020
The latest in the case of Jennifer Dulos. In his first network interview, the lead investigator reveals new details to Dennis Murphy of what happened the day the Connecticut mother disappeared.
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7.7/10(25 votes)
#20 - Death in the Driveway #2
S28:E449/4/2020
When police find a prominent lawyer dead and his girlfriend bound in duct tape, their investigation leads to an overwhelming list of potential suspects. Andrea Canning reports.
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7.6/10(37 votes)
#21 - The Premonition
S28:E1011/15/2019
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.
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7.6/10(32 votes)
#22 - The Music Box
S28:E141/10/2020
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.
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7.6/10(32 votes)
#23 - The Death of Gianni Versace
S28:E151/11/2020
A look back at the 1997 murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace, including interviews with his long-time partner Antonio D'Amico, model Beverly Johnson, fashion journalist Hal Rubenstein, author Maureen Orth and more.
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7.6/10(35 votes)
#24 - The Woman Who Couldn't Scream
S28:E212/21/2020
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.
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7.6/10(41 votes)
#25 - The Perfect Guy
S28:E233/6/2020
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.
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