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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 look at some of the most mysterious cases of recent

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 1 Episode 17 - Diabolical
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    #1 - Diabolical

    S1:E17

    A newlywed receives terrifying emails with threats of kidnapping and death; the emails appear to come from an ex-girlfriend, but hiding behind the threats is a cyber-secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 1 Episode 23 - Tangled
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    #2 - Tangled

    S1:E23

    At first it looked like a home invasion gone wrong at the house Ralph Candelario shared with his second wife, but when police learn the antique dealer's first wife had disappeared, they take a closer look.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 2 Episode 11 - The Quiet One
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    #3 - The Quiet One

    S2:E11

    Dark secrets come to light as officials investigate what happened to a wife and mother of three who was found dead in her bathtub.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 2 Episode 15 - Troubled Waters
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    #4 - Troubled Waters

    S2:E15

    A couple's romantic boat trip turns tragic when a young wife is lost at sea. Did she accidentally drown or was it something more sinister? The case was cold for years until a model with a checkered past goes undercover to find the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 7 Episode 7 - The Fire Inside
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    #5 - The Fire Inside

    S7:E7

    After a house fire in suburban New Jersey, investigators discover a twisted love triangle filled with jealously, love and murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 14 - The Threat
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    #6 - 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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  7. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 8 Episode 20 - The Carrollton Plot
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    #7 - 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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  8. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 10 Episode 37 - Mean Girls
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    #8 - Mean Girls

    S10:E37

    When Ricky Cowles and his girlfriend moved in together, her best friends moved in too; at first, it was like a big sleep over, then Rickie was found shot dead; his killer would let a secret slip, but turns out, he was keeping more than one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 10 Episode 53 - Before Dawn
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    #9 - Before Dawn

    S10:E53

    Lisa Techel was newly married and pregnant when a shotgun blast ended everything. Police questioned the neighbour, who had a gun and a grudge. There were whispers that her husband had a secret. The case tested three juries then took one final twist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 11 Episode 18 - Unbreakable
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    #10 - Unbreakable

    S11:E18

    This is the behind-the-scenes story of Rebecca Musser vs. Warren Jeffs, one of the FBI’s most notorious fugitives. Rebecca opens up about life in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and why she decided to leave.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 11 Episode 26 - Kidnapped
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    #11 - Kidnapped

    S11:E26

    A young woman is abducted in Ecuador, and as her family and investigators race to save her, she plots to save herself; her daring plan involves a little something hidden at the bottom of her bag, but time is running out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 13 Episode 5 - Murder in Kitchen One
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    #12 - Murder in Kitchen One

    S13:E5

    Detectives in Portland, OR, discover a puzzling connection between the 2018 murder of chef Dan Brophy and a blog post written years earlier titled How to Murder Your Husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 13 Episode 7 - Devil's Bargain
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    #13 - Devil's Bargain

    S13:E7

    Flight instructor Kelsey Berreth vanishes after she was last seen grocery shopping with her daughter on Thanksgiving in Woodland Park, CO; the case makes national headlines, but the secret behind Kelsey's disappearance is lurking much closer to home.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 13 Episode 8 - Before Daylight
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    #14 - Before Daylight

    S13:E8

    College student Jesse Valencia is found murdered in a residential neighborhood in Columbia, MO; the police search for the truth, and they are stunned to learn that one of their own might be involved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 13 Episode 9 - A Wanted Man
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    #15 - A Wanted Man

    S13:E9

    The mystery of a surgeon's whereabouts remains unanswered for five years after he disappears while on vacation with his wife, leaving behind financial ruin and mounting malpractice suits.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 13 Episode 10 - Evil Paid a Visit
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    #16 - Evil Paid a Visit

    S13:E10

    Eleven years after Waterbury, CT mother Donna Palomba is raped in her home while her children slept in 1993, investigators finally track down her attacker. Donna speaks out about the case, including her fight to keep her assailant from walking free.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 13 Episode 11 - A Monster at Large
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    #17 - A Monster at Large

    S13:E11

    In Stephenville, TX, in 1987, Susan Woods doesn't show up for work for 2 days; she is discovered by her father dead at home in her bathtub. As police search for answers, they find a trail of victims - men associated with Susan, including her estranged husband living in Indianapolis. But the case wasn't solved for almost 2 decades.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 13 Episode 12 - The Premonition
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    #18 - The Premonition

    S13:E12

    A Blairsville, PA man, 39-year-old dentist and father Dr. John Yelenic, is convinced his messy divorce put a target on his back. When he's found stabbed to death in 2006, his friends and family realize he was right all along in predicting his own gruesome murder.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 14 Episode 2 - Fire & Ice
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    #19 - Fire & Ice

    S14:E2

    Firefighters make a grisly discovery of the body of 39-year-old wife and mother Carmella Knight after responding to a house fire outside Toronto. An elaborate undercover sting reveals a devious murder-for-hire plot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 14 Episode 3 - The Streets of Laredo
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    #20 - The Streets of Laredo

    S14:E3

    A woman is found executed on a rural road 25 miles from downtown Laredo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 14 Episode 4 - Down the Basement Stairs
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    #21 - Down the Basement Stairs

    S14:E4

    When young mother and paramedic Annamarie Cochrane Rintala is found dead at the bottom of her basement stairs, it takes four trials and 13 years before justice is served.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 14 Episode 5 - The Secret in Black Rock Canyon
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    #22 - The Secret in Black Rock Canyon

    S14:E5

    When Idaho police retrace the final hours of 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart in 2006, they uncover evidence including a homemade horror film that points to her killers. Keith Morrison reports.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 14 Episode 6 - The Ultimate Betrayal
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    #23 - The Ultimate Betrayal

    S14:E6

    After Tahereh Ghassemi disappears from the Louisiana home she shares with her adult son, detectives discover that she'd recently come into a great deal of money. The investigation reveals an astonishing plot with international implications.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 14 Episode 7 - The Last Mile
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    #24 - The Last Mile

    S14:E7

    A month after Mollie Tibbetts' disappearance in Iowa, investigators discover surveillance video that captured a blurred image of Mollie jogging while being followed by a mysterious black car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 14 Episode 10 - The Breakup
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    #25 - The Breakup

    S14:E10

    A nurse is gunned down in her home and detectives believe they have a suspect. As they delve deeper into the investigation, new information leads them down a completely different path.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Diabolical" is the worst rated episode of "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/10/2017. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Tangled".