Season 20
Episodes
S20 · E1 · 23 Sept 2011 · 90 min
The Secret
Investigators search for a New Mexico mechanic who has been missing for eight years.
S20 · E2 · 30 Sept 2011 · 90 min
Strangers on a Train
When a woman disappears after an encounter on a train, her family hires detectives to investigate.
S20 · E4 · 14 Oct 2011 · 43 min
Someone Was Watching
In Someone Was Watching, Cristi Hall, who appeared to have a perfect thirty-year marriage to Chris, but was found dead in the backyard spa. In The Ballad of Mike & Dalia, a story-book marriage, lust, greed and deceit led to an elaborate murder plot that makes reality TV look like a fairytale.
S20 · E5 · 21 Oct 2011 · 43 min
Deadly Retreat
In October 2009, James Arthur Ray, a renowned self-help author and speaker, held a "Spiritual Warrior" retreat in Sedona, AZ. Three people died during the retreat, and Ray was charged with manslaughter but convicted of a lesser charge.
S20 · E6 · 28 Oct 2011 · 43 min
The Player
A couple meets at the craps table in Las Vegas. She was a beautiful trapeze artist and he was a professional poker player -- with a secret. Did he take a gamble that led to murder?
S20 · E7 · 4 Nov 2011 · 43 min
The Last Days of Michael Jackson
The case against Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, is in the hands of the jury, who will decide whether he played a role in the death of the pop star.
S20 · E8 · 11 Nov 2011 · 43 min
Crossing the Line (2011)
A fatal car crash in Montana may not have been an accident after investigators find a revealing set of text messages.
S20 · E9 · 18 Nov 2011 · 43 min
The Mystery at Heath Bar Farm
Tom Foley is shocked to find himself the lead suspect in the case of his wife Darlene's murder. Thinking the case was over, the defense team is soon approached by a stranger with new evidence that would turn everything upside down.
S20 · E10 · 2 Dec 2011 · 43 min
Missing in Paradise
A vacation in Aruba that morphed into a mystery, Robyn Gardner went missing and many presume she's dead.
S20 · E11 · 9 Dec 2011 · 43 min
After Midnight (2011)
Susan Cox Powell is a young mother from Utah who suddenly disappears on a winter night in 2009. Dateline NBC's Keith Morrison reports.
S20 · E12 · 16 Dec 2011 · 43 min
The Case of the Missing D.A.
10 Years ago, the accusation that Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a child, came to the attention of Ray Gricar, the local district attorney. 3 years later Gricar went missing. His laptop was found but the hard drive was unreadable. Could Gricar’s disappearance be linked to the Sandusky scandal? Lester Holt reports.
S20 · E13 · 23 Dec 2011 · 43 min
The Town That Jobs Forgot
Millen, Georgia, a small industrial town so devastated by the Great Recession, its unemployment numbers peaked at 21% - more than twice the national average.
S20 · E14 · 30 Dec 2011 · 43 min
Deadly Triangle
The story of an unsolved case involving a woman's love triangle that ended in her husband's fatal stabbing in front of their home, but more than two decades later, detectives have re-opened the case and need her help.
S20 · E15 · 6 Jan 2012 · 43 min
Overboard
Couple on a honeymoon cruise when George went overboard. An active, ongoing investigation. Royal Caribbean has conducted an investigation about what happened aboard the ship.
S20 · E16 · 8 Jan 2012 · 43 min
Jennifer Hudson & Secrets in a Small Town
Jennifer Hudson talks about her weight loss, healthy living tips, details of her upcoming nuptials, and more. Also the story of a mother who was found dead in her car off a lonely dirt road. With no arrest in the case, strange sequence of events led investigators to an unlikely suspect.
S20 · E17 · 13 Jan 2012 · 45 min
Secrets in a Small Town
Investigators find an unlikely suspect in a woman's death.
S20 · E18 · 20 Jan 2012 · 43 min
Justice for Bonnie
A woman seeks justice for her 18-year-old daughter, who was raped and murdered in an Anchorage state park in 1994.
S20 · E19 · 27 Jan 2012 · 43 min
The Goldfinger Mystery
Police suspect a woman's estranged husband in her stabbing death, but surveillance video shows he was not at the scene.
S20 · E20 · 3 Feb 2012 · 43 min
Buried Secrets
A house guest with tales of grandeur and wealth weaves a web of deceit that ties him to a cold-case murder decades later. The 15-year-old case about the disappearance of David Jackson.
S20 · E21 · 10 Feb 2012 · 43 min
Suspicion
In the lead up to a murder trial, it begins to look like police arrested the wrong man.
S20 · E22 · 12 Feb 2012 · 43 min
A Family's Story
Two years after the disappearance of his wife, Josh Powell kills his two sons and himself.
S20 · E23 · 17 Feb 2012 · 43 min
Mystery at Moon Palace
TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman and his wife Monica who were vacationing with their family at a luxury resort in Cancun Mexico in April 2010. But when Monica was later found dead on the hotel property, Mexican investigators now had a murder mystery on their hands...and a primary suspect, her husband.
S20 · E24 · 24 Feb 2012 · 43 min
Mystery in the Master Bedroom
Millionaire developer Bob Ward dancing in his cell just days after his wife, Diane, was shot to death in their Florida mansion. Did the husband pull the trigger? The police think so. His daughters disagree. What will a jury decide?
S20 · E25 · 2 Mar 2012 · 43 min
The Hansen Files - Daycare
Inner-workings of Reliable Day Care, a modern day "social norm" of American child rearing. Not all Day Care operators are who they seem to be and may actually be dangerous.
S20 · E26 · 4 Mar 2012 · 43 min
The Hansen Files - Pharmaceutical Drugs
The process pharmaceutical companies go through to get a new drug tested, approved, and available to consumers. It may not be as careful as people are led to believe.
S20 · E27 · 9 Mar 2012 · 43 min
Internal Affairs
In 2009 a Los Angeles police detective examines the cold case file on an attractive nurse, Sherri Rasmussen, who was murdered in her own home in 1986. At the time it looked like a botched burglary, involving two men but a bite mark containing saliva is found on Sherri's arm and reignites the investigation.
S20 · E28 · 11 Mar 2012 · 43 min
The Hansen Files - Lottery
A group of undercover investigators try to uncover the reason that some lottery retailers actually end up with winning tickets, while the customers who bought the tickets walk away with nothing.
S20 · E29 · 16 Mar 2012 · 43 min
Over the Edge (2012)
A father is murdered in broad daylight after he dropped his son off at a daycare and the culprit is as surprising as the reason that the father was targeted for murder.
S20 · E30 · 18 Mar 2012 · 45 min
Murder in Broad Daylight
A man with a surprising motive shoots a father in broad daylight.
S20 · E31 · 23 Mar 2012 · 43 min
Taken (2012)
A young man with a new love goes missing, and family members and detectives crack the case by connecting a series of seemingly random crimes.
S20 · E32 · 25 Mar 2012 · 43 min
Trayon Martin; Insurance
Lester Holt travels to Florida to report the latest information on the story of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager who was killed by a neighborhood watch member; Chris Hansen confronts companies making false promises about their insurance coverage.
S20 · E33 · 30 Mar 2012 · 43 min
Silent Witness
Michelle Young, a 29 year-old woman from Raleigh, N.C., who was found murdered in her home while her husband was away on a business trip and why it took five years to convict the woman's killer. Keith Morrison reports.
S20 · E34 · 1 Apr 2012 · 43 min
Silent Witness
Michelle Young was pregnant when she was brutally murdered while her husband was away.
S20 · E35 · 6 Apr 2012 · 43 min
Vengeance
A woman accuses her boyfriend of rape and finds herself on the wrong side of the law. A he said, she said case turns into a quest for revenge.
S20 · E36 · 8 Apr 2012 · 43 min
Haunted Memories
A divorced mother of four children, who was accused of a heinous crime and then served 15 years in prison for the same wrongdoing even though there are many that claim the horrible crime never actually happened.
S20 · E37 · 15 Apr 2012 · 43 min
My Kid Would Never Do That: Stranger Danger
A look into how much parents and children really know about the danger of abduction; as a test, elementary school children are offered a tour of an ice cream truck and a stranger asks young teens for their names and personal addresses.
S20 · E38 · 13 Apr 2012 · 43 min
Deadly Trust
A millionaire from Newport Beach who was murdered in 1994, the investigation went cold, but 15 years later his widow and an ex-football player were arrested for the crime.
S20 · E39 · 20 Apr 2012 · 43 min
Day of Reckoning
A man accused of murdering a prostitute in 2003. His wifevrecently testified against her husband and revealed that he confessed the murder to her before threatening her into silence.
S20 · E40 · 22 Apr 2012 · 43 min
My Kid Would Never Do That: Driving
A Penn State professor and consultant to MADD, investigate what really happens when teenagers start driving; teenagers are tested in three different and potentially dangerous driving situations.
S20 · E41 · 27 Apr 2012 · 43 min
Sean's Story
Meredith Vieira interviews 11 year-old Sean Goldman, the boy who was kidnapped by his mother when he was four and taken to Brazil, about the entire ordeal, the repercussions in his life now, and what it's like to live with his biological father.
S20 · E42 · 29 Apr 2012 · 43 min
My Kid Would Never Do That: Cheating
Natalie Morales and Rosalind Wiseman, an expert on teen ethics and behavior, investigate what happens when teens are confronted with the temptation to cheat: tests include using cell phones during tests and changing scores in athletic drills.
S20 · E43 · 4 May 2012 · 43 min
While They Were Sleeping
The story of Ben Oxley, a 36 year-old who was murdered while he was asleep next to his wife, and new reports about how the accused murderer was able to break in to the house, and leave without leaving any trace of forensic evidence behind him.
S20 · E44 · 6 May 2012 · 43 min
My Kid Would Never Do That: Discrimination
Despite the fact that the current generation of American children is the most diverse in history, some teens may not know what to do when confronted with racial and ethic discrimination and how damaging such occurrences of discrimination can be.
S20 · E45 · 11 May 2012 · 43 min
Secrets in the Suburbs
Jane Bashara, wife and mother of two from upscale Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, is found murdered in her Mercedes SUV that’s been left in a seedy Detroit alley. Her husband's secret life makes the police suspect that he may have been involved in the murder.
S20 · E46 · 13 May 2012 · 43 min
Stand Your Ground
A boy who claims that he is victim of bullying is charged with manslaughter; Colonel Greg Gadson shares his inspirational story; Chris Hansen investigates Tronix Country's business deals; an update from a small town affected by the Great Recession.
S20 · E47 · 20 May 2012 · 43 min
Dead in the Water
Keith Morrison reports the story of Steven B., a radio DJ who was found dead in the waters off of Catalina Island, and why solving his murder took five years.
S20 · E48 · 18 May 2012 · 43 min
Poison (2012)
After a prominent attorney from Nevada is found murdered, the investigators were led to two suspects, but could not determine the nature of their relationship.
S20 · E51 · 3 Jun 2012 · 43 min
Who Killed the Radio Star?
A former radio DJ and multi-millionaire disappears from his yacht in the Pacific Ocean, but investigators discover he didn't drown.
S20 · E52 · 1 Jun 2012 · 43 min
Twisted
An Iowa mother, home alone with her three kids, is attacked and the confrontation turns fatal. But is the truth more twisted than anyone could imagine?
S20 · E53 · 8 Jun 2012 · 43 min
In the Middle of the Night (2012)
A college student is murdered in her Dallas condo. Although there are a few possible suspects, the case eventually goes cold. Years later, her friend’s calls to the police lead to the case being reopened, and eventually solved.
S20 · E54 · 8 Jun 2012 · 43 min
In an Instant
Keith Morrison reports the story of a young woman who died after having a spray tan.
S20 · E56 · 10 Jun 2012 · 43 min
Whispers in a Small Town
A look is taken at the story of a high school valedictorian who was murdered in Montana and the new witnesses who could change the 30 year-old story.
S20 · E57 · 15 Jun 2012 · 43 min
The Perfect Catch
A look is taken at the story of Esther Pilgrim, the woman who was conned by former rap star Tim Dog in an online dating scam, and how she plans to get revenge.
S20 · E58 · 22 Jun 2012 · 43 min
Buried Secrets
Officials identify a man's remains more than 20 years after his mysterious disappearance.
S20 · E59 · 24 Jun 2012 · 43 min
America Now: Lost in Suburbia
Dateline cameras roll as three formerly middle-class families confront poverty for the first time.
S20 · E60 · 6 Jul 2012 · 43 min
The Last Dive
Examines the case of Shelley Tyre who drowned mysteriously while scuba diving with a companion in the British Virgin Islands.
S20 · E61 · 8 Jul 2012 · 43 min
Deadly Conspiracy
Investigating the mysterious murder of a family patriarch.
S20 · E62 · 20 Jul 2012 · 43 min
The Night Lynsie Disappeared: Theater Shooting
The killing of 12 people in Aurora, Colorado during a screening of the new Batman movie. Also, A young college student vanishes late one night; ten years later, her mother's persistence and a new investigator help reveal the shocking truth about her sudden disappearance. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
S20 · E63 · 15 Jul 2012 · 43 min
Finding Booker's Place; Deadly Conspiracy
The story of two strangers who were brought together by a unique bond that goes back to the Civil Rights movement; an investigation of the murder of a family patriarch and the detective who finally trapped the true killers.
S20 · E64 · 17 Aug 2012 · 43 min
Written in Blood (2012)
Tim Permenter calls 911 to report a horrible discovery; his girlfriend Karen Pannell, a one-time model and flight attendant, has been murdered in her kitchen. On the wall next to her body is a message written in her own blood: the letters R O C. What does it mean? Dennis Murphy Reports.
S20 · E65 · 20 Jul 2012 · 43 min
The Evidence Whisperer
A young woman from Southern California goes missing. Did she run away? Was she kidnapped? The police have suspects but no real evidence. It would take over nine years and the expertise of a cold case investigator, The Evidence Whisperer, to figure out what happened to Lynsie Ekelund. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
S20 · E66 · 24 Aug 2012 · 43 min
The Confession (2012)
The heartbreaking case of Angie Dodge, an 18-year-old woman murdered in her home in Idaho Falls, Ind. Her mother fights to free the man (Chris Tapp) convicted of murdering her daughter. Keith Morrison reports.
S20 · E67 · 13 Jul 2012 · 43 min
Deadly Connection
The disappearance of a young woman from Denver and the near fatal attack of another young woman in a neighboring town. Keith Morrison reports.
S20 · E68 · 15 Sept 2012 · 45 min
The Inside Man
A fast-talking hood risks his life by going undercover in one of the country's roughest prisons to expose a suspected serial killer’s secrets.
S20 · E69 · 21 Sept 2012 · 45 min
The Devil & Bobbi Parker
A look is taken at a the story of an escaped convict and a deputy warden's wife who were found after a decade on the run and if she a hostage or accomplice.
S20 · E71 · 7 Oct 2011 · 43 min
The Secret
A troubled marriage, then suddenly a man disappears, leaving behind a daughter and step-son. The truth from a secret kept for over eight years. Andrea Canning reports.
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