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The Best Episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered

Every episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genres:CrimeDocumentary
Network:Oxygen

Best Episodes Summary

"The Match" is the best rated episode of "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". It scored 8.6/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/3/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lost and Found".

  • The Match
    8.6/105 votes
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    #1 - The Match

    Season 10 Episode 33 - Aired 11/3/2021

    Diane Marcell walked into her home and found her daughter covered in blood. Then, she felt pure terror. The attacker said she was next. A single drop of blood was the key to finding him, but it took nearly a decade to unlock its secrets.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost and Found
    8.5/1012 votes
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    #2 - Lost and Found

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/1/2017

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Angels & Demons
    8.5/1015 votes
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    #3 - Angels & Demons

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/2020

    Angel's Landing was a community of free-spirits with Lou Castro at its center. Investigators were suspicious of the mysterious deaths happening there. Now, commune members have courageously decided to tell their stories in hopes of helping others.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Vendetta
    8.4/1010 votes
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    #4 - Vendetta

    Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 9/4/2020

    Beloved by his colleagues, Mark Hasse was a fearless prosecutor. He worked to put criminals behind bars and making enemies was a hazard of the job. He didn’t know it, but a killer was lurking and Mark wasn’t the only target.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • After the Storm
    8.4/108 votes
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    #5 - After the Storm

    Season 10 Episode 30 - Aired 10/13/2021

    A woman is found strangled after a powerful storm; police focus on a fiancé and a co-worker with a crush until they hear from a flood of women who've had chilling encounters with a stranger; It seemed a predator was stalking the women of Austin.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Connection
    8.3/107 votes
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    #6 - Deadly Connection

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 9/24/2018

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Promise
    8.3/106 votes
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    #7 - The Promise

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2018

    When Cathy Torrez never came home after work, her family feared the worst. An intensive search ended after her car was found, with her body in the trunk. Who would commit such a savage crime? It take years to get to the truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Trap
    8.3/1011 votes
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    #8 - The Trap

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/2019

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Vanished
    8.2/109 votes
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    #9 - Vanished

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 9/17/2018

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Toxic
    8.2/106 votes
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    #10 - Toxic

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2019

    Kevin and Morgan Mengel were happy at first, but when the marriage went bad, he went missing. Police wondered if he simply left, but a family’s relentless pursuit lead to a stunning confrontation and, eventually, the truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Trap
    8.2/1010 votes
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    #11 - Death Trap

    Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 3/20/2020

    Dateline has been covering this twisted tale for more than a decade. Pizza deliveryman Brian Wells robbed a bank with a bomb locked around his neck and, from there, it turned into one of the strangest cases the FBI has ever encountered

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jagged
    8.2/106 votes
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    #12 - Jagged

    Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 8/19/2021

    Detective identify multiple suspects after a mother disappears, but they later face scrutiny from the woman's family due to the lack of answers they have provided.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Over the Edge
    8.1/108 votes
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    #13 - Over the Edge

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/2018

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blind Justice
    8.1/1015 votes
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    #14 - Blind Justice

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/13/2018

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Graduation Night
    8.1/109 votes
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    #15 - Graduation Night

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2019

    It started with a party, high school seniors celebrating graduation. Before the night was through, one man was dead and two teens were facing a long fight for justice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Villainous Plan
    8.1/109 votes
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    #16 - A Villainous Plan

    Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/2020

    A bank executive tries to rob his own bank. Investigators think it is an inside job but eventually learn the crime is connected to a spree carried out by men who managed to keep their identities secret, praying on people who did the opposite.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Queen of the County
    8.1/108 votes
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    #17 - Queen of the County

    Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 5/20/2021

    The Harkey name was famous for pecan harvesting in Texas; the matriarch, with a powerful grip on the family fortune, went missing, so investigators focused on the family; in fact, the plot was more tangled than the branches of a pecan tree.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Jacket
    8.1/107 votes
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    #18 - The Jacket

    Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 6/5/2024

    When 18-year-old Anjelica 'AJ' Hadsell disappears, the investigation into her inner circle reveals a sinister betrayal.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nightfall
    8.0/106 votes
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    #19 - Nightfall

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/18/2017

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Heart of Darkness
    8.0/106 votes
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    #20 - Heart of Darkness

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/1/2017

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Consumed
    8.0/106 votes
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    #21 - Consumed

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/16/2018

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ransom
    8.0/105 votes
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    #22 - Ransom

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/2018

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Deadly Path
    8.0/107 votes
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    #23 - A Deadly Path

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 8/2/2019

    When a woman falls to her death while hiking with her husband in Rocky Mountain National Park, rangers question if her death was an accident or a heinous act of violence.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mystery in Mustang
    8.0/109 votes
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    #24 - Mystery in Mustang

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 9/20/2019

    Keith Bryan was a beloved fire chief, a pillar of his community. Then he was shot in his home, leaving police to wonder who would want to hurt the local hero? Turns out, someone was living a secret life, and it was about to be exposed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Secrets in Pleasant Grove
    8.0/109 votes
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    #25 - Secrets in Pleasant Grove

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2019

    The doctor and the model made a stunning couple. Together they built a loving family. Her death was sudden but ruled natural causes. Secrets remained hidden for years. Then, her daughters became amateur detectives to help unlock the mystery.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A