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The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 32

Every episode of Dateline Season 32 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline Season 32!

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Season 32 Ratings Summary

"Losing Faith" is the best rated episode of "Dateline" season 32. It scored 7.4/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/29/2023. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Note".

  • Losing Faith
    7.4/1031 votes

    #1 - Losing Faith

    Season 32 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2023

    Josh Mankiewicz reports on the fatal shooting of Jamie Faith, who was brazenly gunned down while he and his wife were taking their dog for her morning walk outside their Dallas home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Note
    7.3/1031 votes

    #2 - The Note

    Season 32 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2023

    When high school student Megan Nichols vanishes from her Illinois home, her mother finds a note saying that she ran away; a grisly discovery made three years later changes the course of the investigation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Clearing
    7.4/1030 votes

    #3 - The Clearing

    Season 32 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2023

    When the body of an Ohio woman is found in a wooded area near her home months after she went missing, investigators must determine if her death was a suicide or homicide.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Secrets in Pleasant Prairie
    7.1/1029 votes

    #4 - Secrets in Pleasant Prairie

    Season 32 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2023

    The investigation into the poisoning death of Wisconsin mother-of-two Julie Jensen takes a surprising turn when detectives learn that Julie wrote a letter just days before her death pointing to a possible suspect.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Footprint at the Lake
    7.6/1031 votes

    #5 - The Footprint at the Lake

    Season 32 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2023

    A small Texas town is shattered when beloved teacher Manuela Allen vanishes from her home in the middle of the night. When a gruesome discovery is made a short time later at a local lake, investigators are left with more questions than answers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bethany Vanished
    7.0/1025 votes

    #6 - Bethany Vanished

    Season 32 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2023

    When a young pregnant mother goes missing in Virginia, her family embarks on a frantic search, but the case eventually goes cold; years later, investigators speak with a woman who tells a harrowing story and may hold the key to solving the case.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • 65 Seconds
    6.9/1033 votes

    #7 - 65 Seconds

    Season 32 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2023

    After an apparent home invasion in Minnesota leaves Heidi Firkus dead and her husband Nick hospitalized, detectives learn the young couple was facing financial troubles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dangerous Secret
    7.1/1027 votes

    #8 - Dangerous Secret

    Season 32 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/2023

    A small Ohio town is left in shock after a local coal miner is found fatally shot in the basement of his home. As investigators dig into his personal life, a secret affair reveals a surprising suspect.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • On the Hunt for the Zombie Hunter
    7.3/1030 votes

    #9 - On the Hunt for the Zombie Hunter

    Season 32 Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/2023

    The murders of two young women near a Phoenix canal remain unsolved for over 20 years until a team of cold case detectives take on the case and investigate a man known as the Zombie Hunter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ghost Rider
    7.2/1030 votes

    #10 - Ghost Rider

    Season 32 Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/2023

    After a nurse and mother-of-three is murdered inside her Illinois home, investigators uncover security camera footage that could be key to solving the case.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Case of the Man With No Name
    7.6/1036 votes

    #11 - The Case of the Man With No Name

    Season 32 Episode 11 - Aired 11/3/2023

    The investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a Canadian man sparks an international manhunt for an elusive killer with multiple false identities.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The End of the Affair
    6.9/1023 votes

    #12 - The End of the Affair

    Season 32 Episode 12 - Aired 11/9/2023

    After police discover the burned body of a missing Miami man at the edge of the Florida Everglades, the wife of a local supermarket mogul comes forward to reveal a shocking secret and possible lead.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Killer
    7.5/1032 votes

    #13 - The Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Killer

    Season 32 Episode 13 - Aired 11/10/2023

    An investigation into the murders of several women found dead along Gilgo Beach in Long Island, N.Y.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Part of the Plan
    7.1/1027 votes

    #14 - Part of the Plan

    Season 32 Episode 14 - Aired 11/16/2023

    Las Vegas detectives investigate the fatal shooting of a U.S. Air Force Airman.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Murdaugh Murders: Inside the Investigation
    6.3/1027 votes

    #15 - The Murdaugh Murders: Inside the Investigation

    Season 32 Episode 15 - Aired 11/17/2023

    Lead detectives break their silence on the investigation into once-prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ultimate Betrayal
    7.0/1028 votes

    #16 - The Ultimate Betrayal

    Season 32 Episode 16 - Aired 11/30/2023

    After Tahereh Ghassemi disappears from the Louisiana home she shares with her adult son, detectives discover that she'd recently come into a great deal of money; the investigation reveals an astonishing plot with international implications.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Day Alissa Disappeared
    7.3/1030 votes

    #17 - The Day Alissa Disappeared

    Season 32 Episode 17 - Aired 12/1/2023

    When 17-year-old Alissa Turney is reported missing in Phoenix, it takes years before detectives treat her case as a homicide; a new investigation unearths dark family secrets.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Open Desert
    7.1/1025 votes

    #18 - Open Desert

    Season 32 Episode 18 - Aired 12/7/2023

    When 16-year-old Britney Ujlaky disappears, a small town in Nevada bands together to track down a potential suspect - an unknown cowboy; Soon, their focus turns to someone much closer to Britney.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Weekend
    7.4/1029 votes

    #19 - The Last Weekend

    Season 32 Episode 19 - Aired 12/8/2023

    After trumpet player Scott Sessions fails to show up for a scheduled gig, his family learns his body was abandoned in the remote Colorado Rockies; as the investigation narrows in on two suspects, a second murder catches police by surprise.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Down the Basement Stairs
    7.2/1028 votes

    #20 - Down the Basement Stairs

    Season 32 Episode 20 - Aired 12/15/2023

    When a young mother and paramedic, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, is found dead at the bottom of her stairs, it takes four trials and 13 years before justice is served.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Room Downstairs
    7.1/1027 votes

    #21 - The Room Downstairs

    Season 32 Episode 21 - Aired 1/4/2024

    While responding to a house fire in New Jersey, firefighters discover the burned remains of homeowner Rob Cantor in the basement, leading investigators to question what really happened: new interviews and legal developments about the latest twists and turns in the case.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Promise to Gloria
    7.6/1024 votes

    #22 - A Promise to Gloria

    Season 32 Episode 22 - Aired 1/5/2024

    A mother searches for answers in the unsolved murder of her 14-year-old daughter until new DNA technology changes everything.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ghosts Can't Talk
    7.7/1030 votes

    #23 - Ghosts Can't Talk

    Season 32 Episode 23 - Aired 1/12/2024

    When deadly gunfire erupts in an Austin, Texas, home in the middle of the night, detectives wonder if the homeowners' jewelry business is a possible motive; an investigation uncovers a suspect that no one saw coming.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Family Matters
    7.6/1028 votes

    #24 - Family Matters

    Season 32 Episode 24 - Aired 1/19/2024

    New details on the latest twist in the murder-for-hire plot involving a prominent Florida family that left law professor Dan Markel dead and a grandmother arrested.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sleepover
    7.2/1028 votes

    #25 - The Sleepover

    Season 32 Episode 25 - Aired 2/2/2024

    Navy petty officer and devoted mother Sherri Malarik is found shot to death in her minivan after she disappeared. The case remains cold until new revelations and old memories resurface, dividing the Florida family.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A