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The Best Episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered

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Every episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered!

The Best Episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered

For more than 25 years, Dateline has brought viewers investigations into some of biggest mysteries in America. This entry in the franchise takes a second...
  1. Background image for Lost and Found
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Lost and Found

    S1:E7

    A 4-year-old girl abducted and raised by her kidnapper spends decades trying to get back home, and she finally accomplishes her goal; as it turns out, that ending was only the beginning.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Deadly Connection
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Deadly Connection

    S3:E14

    They were bright young women out for a little fun with their friends. Kenya Monge and Lydia Tillman didn't know each other but they would be forever related, both falling prey to a smooth-talking stranger with a terrifying secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Trap
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #3 - The Trap

    S6:E11

    It was an affluent neighborhood with tree lined streets. Violent crime was unheard of here until that morning when, under the very noses of the cops, a terrible murder occurred. Investigators found a riddle, a deception, a piece of pure evil.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Ransom
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Ransom

    S3:E3

    It began with a young mom abducted at gunpoint. Her family and veteran investigators spent desperate days trying to find out where she was but they never could have guessed WHO had her and WHY.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Consumed
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Consumed

    S2:E9

    When remains are found amid the rubble after a house fire, authorities soon discover the incident was no accident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Blind Justice
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #6 - Blind Justice

    S3:E8

    For investigators, motive can be the hardest thing to find. This crime took place in Florida but detectives didn't discover a motive for murder until they looked into a tropical island thousands of miles away, where a festering grudge was born.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Deadly Conspiracy
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Deadly Conspiracy

    S4:E5

    Jack Jessee was a family man who didn't seem to have an enemy in the world, up until the night he was killed. Was someone carrying a secret grudge? The case went cold but a relentless detective was determined to catch Jack's killer

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Nightfall
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Nightfall

    S1:E5

    After a young mom is found dead on the side of a country road, 40 miles from her Knoxville home, investigators scramble to figure out how she ended up there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Heart of Darkness
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Heart of Darkness

    S1:E20

    A mother, her son and a cousin are kidnapped by terrorists while on vacation; a father turned negotiator tries to end the international hostage drama, but the price of freedom is a huge ransom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Over the Edge
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Over the Edge

    S3:E1

    What happened that September night when romance turned to danger? Something went terribly wrong and a woman slipped over the edge of a cliff. Did she fall by accident or was she pushed? It would take almost 20 years to find answers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Mystery on Blood Mountain
    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Mystery on Blood Mountain

    S3:E7

    It started with a frightening horror flick from the '80s. Then decades later, it was happening for real. Four people were dead and investigators believed they were chasing a serial killer. Could this old movie hold the key to solving these cases?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Vanished
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Vanished

    S3:E13

    Young nursing student Michelle Le had disappeared. Something drew her out to her car. As her loved ones launched a very public effort to find Michelle, investigators began their own methodical search. Was she missing or murdered?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The House In The Woods
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #13 - The House In The Woods

    S1:E9

    A hockey player finds his wife murdered in their home; his daughter says she saw a robber, but the killer's identity turns out to be far more complicated; police have their suspects but her family members have questions of their own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Under a Full Moon
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Under a Full Moon

    S2:E3

    When detectives track down the killer of a Las Vegas cocktail waitress and mother, it becomes clear that the investigation has just begun.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for In the Dead of Night
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #15 - In the Dead of Night

    S3:E11

    It was Easter Sunday. The Stock family celebrated at home. Hours later, gunshots turned their farmhouse into a house of horrors. There was an arrest but one tiny clue didn't fit. This case was far from being solved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Silent Witness
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Silent Witness

    S4:E1

    Michelle Young was married to her college sweetheart and pregnant with their second child when she was murdered. In the search for her killer, detectives uncovered a marriage riddled with secrets but cracking this complicated case took years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Frantic
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Frantic

    S1:E10

    After Christina, the twenty-three-year-old fashionista, goes out to a high-end shopping mall on a Friday night and vanishes, police question everyone; they know someone is lying, but not who.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Deadly Exchange
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Deadly Exchange

    S2:E2

    A foreign exchange student and soccer player's participation in a dangerous game leads to deadly consequences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Great Escape
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #19 - The Great Escape

    S3:E9

    Dr. Mark Weinberger was a successful surgeon hiding a secret from his medical staff and from his adoring wife. There was a malpractice suit and a death. Then the doctor vanished, sparking an international manhunt and a family's fight for justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Buried Secrets
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Buried Secrets

    S4:E3

    Judy Carlson lived in a painful limbo. Her son disappeared without a trace. Years went by and she may never have known his fate if not for a rookie detective's dogged work but to solve this cold case, the investigator also need the help of a killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Secrets in the Mist
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Secrets in the Mist

    S4:E10

    A young mom, married to her high school sweetheart, vanishes. Did she leave her family to start a new life or was there another reason for her disappearance? Decades later her grown son faced a dark truth at the core of this mystery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Plot Thickens
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #22 - The Plot Thickens

    S4:E17

    It's a true Hollywood whodunit. A show business stuntman was shot four times and left to die. Investigators uncovered a love story gone wrong and a villain with a dark secret. But the most stunning twist of all is what didn't happen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Shadow
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #23 - The Shadow

    S6:E9

    The save the date cards had gone out. Angie Ver Huel went to sleep next to her fiancee, Justin Michael, with big dreams but woke up to a nightmare. Someone was running from their bedroom and Justin was dead. Why did the killer target him, sparing her?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Necklace
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #24 - The Necklace

    S14:E13

    Private Investigator and former police officer Taylor Wright vanishes, but detectives think there is more to the story after her girlfriend receives strange text messages from Taylor's phone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for The Face of Evil
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #25 - The Face of Evil

    S2:E4

    As detectives struggle to find leads in the murder of a college student, the perpetrator strikes again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Lost and Found" is the best rated episode of "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". It scored 8.5/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/1/2017. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Deadly Connection".