7.6/1023 votes#1 - The Butterfly
Season 33 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2024
Dateline investigates the case of a young Fairfield, Ohio, woman, 21-year-old Katelyn Markham, who vanishes one summer night in 2011, prompting her community to conduct a massive search. When her skeletal remains are found in Indiana two years later, investigators question her friends and family to uncover her killer, but It takes 12 years and a detective with dogged determination.
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7.0/1023 votes#2 - Wrong Turns
Season 33 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2024
A new father is found dead on the side of a road. Then the stabbing of a young woman leads police on a high speed chase. Could these two chilling murders be connected? Josh Mankiewicz reports.
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6.9/1020 votes#3 - Down the Rabbit Hole
Season 33 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2024
In Humble, Texas, a frantic 911 caller, 16-year-old Keri Murphy, reports hearing her mother's screams after an intruder entered their home. When first responders arrive, they find Mary Ann Murphy dead after receiving more than 70 stab wounds. What happened on that dark summer night?
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6.8/1017 votes#4 - The Night of the Nor'easter
Season 33 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2024
A monster storm had rolled into Canton, Massachusetts, and Karen Read's boyfriend, police officer John O'Keefe, was dead, his body discovered in front of another officer's house. Karen was charged with John's death. Was she to blame?
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6.8/1022 votes#5 - Deadly Omission
Season 33 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2024
In Marietta, Georgia, a woman's murder shines a light on an unsolved mystery from years earlier. As the connection between the two cases becomes clear, a long-hidden truth surfaces. Could a master manipulator be behind both crimes? Andrea Canning reports.
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7.2/1020 votes#6 - After the Halloween Party
Season 33 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2024
After a 2011 Halloween party at a country club in Dyersburg, TN, Karen Swift, a wife and mother of four, vanishes. Nearly a decade later, a private investigator claims to uncover chilling new clues that turn the town upside down.
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6.8/1023 votes#7 - The Menendez Brothers: Chance at Freedom
Season 33 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2024
Latest developments and new interviews in the high-profile murder trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
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6.5/1016 votes#8 - Deadly Dance
Season 33 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2024
Dubbed the 'Black Swan' case, a former ballerina falls in love with a man 30 years her senior, but when their love story spirals out of control, one of them winds up dead.
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7.2/1018 votes#9 - The Killer Among Them
Season 33 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2024
Millionaire entrepreneur Lance Herndon is found bludgeoned to death in his Atlanta home. The search for his killer reveals no shortage of suspects or secrets.
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7.5/1012 votes#10 - The Man of Many Faces
Season 33 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2024
Andrea Canning reports on the dramatic updates in the case of international fugitive Nicholas Rossi—also known as Arthur Knight and Nicholas Alahverdian—who faked his death. Will the man with multiple identities finally face justice?
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The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 33
Every episode of Dateline Season 33 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline Season 33!
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Season 33 Ratings Summary
"The Butterfly" is the best rated episode of "Dateline" season 33. It scored 7.6/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/27/2024. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Wrong Turns".