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The Best Episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered

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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 After the Storm
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #1 - After the Storm

    S10:E30

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Match
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #2 - The Match

    S10:E33

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Lost and Found
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Angels & Demons
    8.4/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Angels & Demons

    S8:E19

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Vendetta
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Vendetta

    S9:E21

    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.

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

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Promise
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #7 - The Promise

    S5:E4

    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.

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

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for A Villainous Plan
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #9 - A Villainous Plan

    S8:E24

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Jagged
    8.3/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Jagged

    S10:E22

    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.

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

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Family Business
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Family Business

    S6:E14

    An explosion in a rice field in Colusa County, California kills farm manager Roberto Ayala. But was it an accident or murder?

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Death Trap
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Death Trap

    S8:E23

    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

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Nightfall
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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

    #15 - Consumed

    S2:E9

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Over the Edge
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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

    #17 - 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.

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

    #18 - 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

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Knock at the Door
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #19 - The Knock at the Door

    S5:E9

    When a young woman is found brutally murdered, investigators start to lose hope when they believe that the case is unsolvable, but the victim's mother is determined to get justice and figure out what happened to her daughter.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Graduation Night
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #20 - Graduation Night

    S8:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Capture
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #21 - The Capture

    S8:E17

    Amanda Lindhout was a journalist braving the world's most dangerous hotspots. Then, she became the story. What she endured from her captors was terrifying. Years later they found her again and secret agents put a daring undercover sting into action.

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

    #22 - 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.

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

    #23 - 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?

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

    #24 - 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?

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Infatuation
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Infatuation

    S5:E5

    A talented, young art student was murdered. The killer left no fingerprints and no DNA. Police zeroed in on three fellow students and, soon, the dark portrait of a killer began to emerge.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"After the Storm" is the best rated episode of "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". It scored 8.6/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/13/2021. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Match".