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The Best Episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8

Every episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 1 - Graduation Night
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 2 - Secrets and Lies
    7.2/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Secrets and Lies

    S8:E2

    The fire broke out before dawn. After the smoke cleared, a mother of two young children was found dead. It was the tragic end to a life that held so much promise, but for investigators, it was just the beginning. Was this an accident or murder?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 3 - Toxic
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Toxic

    S8:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 4 - Deadly Deceit
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Deadly Deceit

    S8:E4

    A family mourned the loss of a young mother in a house fire. Authorities ruled it an accident. Then, years later, there was another accident and second loved one was gone. Was this just a string of bad luck or the work of a calculating killer?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 5 - Murder on Nantucket Island
    7.3/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Murder on Nantucket Island

    S8:E5

    She was a savvy entrepreneur. He got his start in finance. Their connection was instant but when their summer love cooled, tempers flared and the relationship took a tragic turn. It seemed like an open and shut case but there was a surprise in store.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 6 - Secrets in Pleasant Grove
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Secrets in Pleasant Grove

    S8:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 7 - The Killing in Cobb County
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #7 - The Killing in Cobb County

    S8:E7

    It is a story of obsession that boiled over into a brutal crime. Right away, one woman said she knew what happened. Yet, it took years to bring the alleged killer to trial and the verdict was far from the end of this case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 8 - A Sister's Search
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #8 - A Sister's Search

    S8:E8

    Aasha Davis moved to Hollywood with big dreams. Her sister Lesley followed for support. Then, Lesley went missing and Aasha was desperate to find her. In a town built on deception, police came up with a high-stakes plan to smoke out their suspect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 9 - Under a Halloween Moon
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    #9 - Under a Halloween Moon

    S8:E9

    It was just before Halloween. Joel Lovelien and his fiancee headed to a local bar packed with people in costume. Then, Joel stepped outside and walked into a troubling mystery. Police rounded up potential suspects, but could they unmask a killer?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 10 - At Close Range
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #10 - At Close Range

    S8:E10

    Keith Reed was a highly-regarded school superintendent. When he didn't show up at an out-of-town conference, it set off alarm bells. Investigators took a hard look at his love life for clues and made a startling discovery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 11 - Deep In The Woods
    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Deep In The Woods

    S8:E11

    Kelli Bordeaux was just starting what she hoped to be a long career in the military, but fate had other plans. When she vanished, friends and family launched a frantic search, but it was stranger hell-bent on justice who uncovered the ugly truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 12 - The Other Side of Paradise
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #12 - The Other Side of Paradise

    S8:E12

    Sandra Galas was born and raised in paradise. So how did something so ugly happen there? Police investigated two men in Sandra's life, but the case went cold. Her father refused to give up, relentlessly pursuing the truth for more than a decade.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 13 - Deadly Detour
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Deadly Detour

    S8:E13

    Diane McIver was a successful businesswoman who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle with her husband. Then she was gone. It was a mystery riddled with privilege and power, but investigators needed to answer a crucial question: was this an accident or murder?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 14 - The Threat
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Threat

    S8:E14

    She was a divorced mother excited about her next chapter in life. Then, five gunshots shattered her plans. Proving who murdered Joan Lockwood was a daunting task for police. An ominous killer was still out there and her family was living in fear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 15 - What They Saw
    6.6/10(10 votes)

    #15 - What They Saw

    S8:E15

    Detectives believed two young children witnessed the unthinkable, the brutal murder of their mother. The prosecution's case would be built around what they thought those kids observed, but was another version of events possible?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 16 - Reckless
    7.2/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Reckless

    S8:E16

    This is a story of teens, text messages and a complicated search for the truth. Conrad Roy had vanished. Turns out, he shared a secret with someone close to him. What that confidant did and did not do with the information shattered two families.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 17 - The Capture
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 18 - Inside the Hunt for El Chapo
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Inside the Hunt for El Chapo

    S8:E18

    For over a decade, El Chapo evaded authorities but one man was determined to catch the infamous kingpin. Former DEA agent Andrew Hogan comes out of the shadows to detail his search and capture with never-before-seen videos and photographs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 19 - Angels & Demons
    8.4/10(16 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 20 - The Carrollton Plot
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Carrollton Plot

    S8:E20

    This is a story about faith, temptation and secrets. A churchgoing mom was shot at point-blank range in her garage. Saving her would take a miracle and investigators wanted to know if this crime was random or if someone wanted her dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 21 - The Man Who Wasn't There
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #21 - The Man Who Wasn't There

    S8:E21

    He was the hardworking dad, she the doting mom. In the still of the night, strangers armed with knives destroyed all they had built together. Turns out, someone was hiding an ugly secret. Police would hatch an elaborate plan to uncover the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 22 - One Moment
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #22 - One Moment

    S8:E22

    She was a young mom, pregnant with her second child, when she was gunned down on her way to work. Police zeroed in on the men in her life. To help find her killer, her sisters became amateur detectives and uncovered a secret.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 23 - Death Trap
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #23 - 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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 24 - A Villainous Plan
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Graduation Night" is the best rated episode of "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered" season 8. It scored 7.5/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/18/2019. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Secrets and Lies".