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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 history. It explores the stories through firsthand accounts told by people who are close to the crime, including investigators who dedicated their time to the cases and family members who are still trying to confront the tragedies that befell their loved ones.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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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 history. It explores the stories through firsthand accounts told by people who are close to the crime, including investigators who dedicated their time to the cases and family members who are still trying to confront the tragedies that befell their loved ones.
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Episode 1
Heidi Allen was working at a store to earn cash for college and was last seen there when she vanished. A man was convicted of murdering her, but years later someone else confessed to friends that he did it, blowing the old case wide open.
Guest stars Dennis Murphy
Episode 2
Corey Parker had plenty of admirers, but maybe one of them liked her too much. Her murder jolted a sleepy seaside community with the chilling realization that a killer was walking among them.
Guest stars Andrea Canning
Episode 3
Fences make good neighbors, but this one triggered a deadly fight. Only two men were there and the man who shot first told investigators his story. However, the crime scene was telling another story.
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Episode 4
She yearned to make it in Hollywood. Instead, Brittany Tavar made headlines when she vanished. Investigators had plenty of leads – a handsome boarder, the friend turned enemy, or they wondered if the free spirit could have left on her own.
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Episode 5
Realtor Lindsay Buziak thought she'd landed dream clients when a mystery couple said they wanted to buy a million-dollar home. What seemed like a golden opportunity turned deadly when Lindsay was murdered in the ritzy home.
Guest stars Josh Mankiewicz
Episode 6
They were a couple who seemed made for each other. Seemona Sumasar thought she had met Mr. Right, but her instincts proved wrong. Nothing was as it seemed.
Guest stars Lester Holt
Episode 7
In a suburb of Toronto, a family lives in fear as one relative after another is found dead over the years in the same house.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 8
It was a mystery from day one: A young father’s life cut short. Matt Podolak's death was puzzling. The word poison kept coming up. Matt’s brother embarks on a long quest for the truth.
Guest stars Keith Morrison, Kate Snow
Episode 9
Uncovered pages from John Hinckley Jr.’s diary are revealed. Hinckley began writing after he was arrested for trying to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.
Guest stars John Hinckley Jr.
Episode 10
Two Tulsa brothers fight for more than 20 years to prove their innocence, after they were wrongfully convicted for separate murders;
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 11
Lester Holt spends two nights locked up and embedded inside the largest maximum-security prison in America.
Guest stars Lester Holt
Episode 12
Before the Menendez brothers, the Bobbitts or even O.J., Pamela Smart was television’s first true-crime fascination. Smart’s husband was found murdered and when police began to investigate, they discovered that she was keeping a big secret.
Guest stars Pamela Smart
Episode 13
Rod Covlin calls 911 after his young daughter finds his estranged wife unconscious in the bathtub. Soon after her mysterious death, family members would come to suspect what happened was no accident.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 14
When college student MacKenzie Lueck vanished from a park in Salt Lake City, her friends were dedicated to finding answers. The search made national headlines and the investigation revealed a secret that stunned even her closest friends.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 15
Police are perplexed when they find the body of a young woman but are unable identify her; with the help of amateur investigators and new DNA technology, a dogged investigator finds her killer and her identity.
Guest stars Craig Melvin, Keith Morrison
Episode 16
Two tenacious sisters are determined to fulfill a promise to investigate the mystery surrounding their mother's death.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 17
When a model and up-and-coming YouTube celebrity is found dead in their pool, police question her husband see if he can provide any answers.
Guest stars Keith Morrison, Kate Snow
Episode 18
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.
Guest stars Warren Jeffs
Episode 19
Gianni Versace’s longtime partner Antonio D’Amico speaks about the murder of the fashion icon. Versace’s murder came amid a months-long manhunt for Andrew Cunanan, who was accused of committing four other murders throughout the US in 1997.
Guest stars Gianni Versace
Episode 20
Linda Watson is a single mom raising a beautiful daughter when she disappears; then, suddenly, Linda's mom goes missing too, along with another friend; police are convinced the three cases are connected, but unraveling the mystery takes years.
Guest stars Dennis Murphy, Kate Snow
Episode 21
She was an A-lister in a town famous for glitzy ski resorts and celebrities; when socialite Nancy Phister was murdered, the news reverberated around Aspen; Nancy had a long list of friends, but she also had enemies.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 22
Friends think something isn't right after the mysterious disappearance of a Colorado rancher and spend years fighting for answers.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 23
A high-society hustler with a flair for spinning lies, the con man known as Clark Rockefeller is accused of murder; to solve the mystery, cold-case detectives begin to retrace his steps along a decades-old trail of deceit.
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Episode 24
Two years after the disappearance of his wife, Josh Powell kills his two sons and himself. Watch Josh's last in-depth TV interview. Plus, a 911 dispatcher discusses the emergency call placed by a social worker.
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Episode 25
She was a small-town girl from rural Wisconsin; he was a Chicago superstar, a hometown hero with the legendary Bears; together, they were expecting their first child, but no one was expecting their tale to end in the deadly way that it did.
Guest stars Craig Melvin, Rob Stafford
Episode 26
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.
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Episode 27
A small-town girl moves to Las Vegas, where she finds a new career and new love; soon after, however, she vanishes, and within days, police find her body; finding who killed her will be a tougher mystery to crack.
Guest stars Josh Mankiewicz
Episode 28
It is common for long-haul truck driver Lloyd Ford to be gone for stretches, and when he disappears, it doesn't raise many flags; at least two people know where he is, and they guard the secret for 27 years, but the truth is about to be revealed.
Guest stars Craig Melvin, Keith Morrison
Episode 29
Brooke Wilberger was 19 when she was kidnapped; her family begged for her return, but months passed before police got their first break, a similar attack more than 1,000 miles away.
Guest stars Kate Snow
Episode 30
The murder of a young businessman in the Old San Juan district of Puerto Rico marks the start of a 15-year-long hunt to find the killer.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 31
When hikers find a 21-year-old UCLA student's body in a Los Angeles-area train tunnel, detectives wonder if his interest in an alternative religion is connected to his murder.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode 32
Details expose how the Gucci family was undone by jealousy, backstabbing and, ultimately, an act of murder; insiders close to the fashion empire speak out about the murder of a prominent family member.
Where to watch Dateline: Secrets UncoveredEpisode information updated Sep 3, 2026
Craig MelvinSelf - Correspondent
Dennis MurphySelf - Correspondent
Andrea CanningSelf - Correspondent
Josh MankiewiczSelf - Correspondent
Lester HoltSelf - Correspondent
Keith MorrisonSelf - Correspondent
Rob StaffordSelf - Correspondent
Oscar PistoriusSelf (archive footage)
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