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The Best Episodes of Dateline Season 25

Every episode of Dateline Season 25 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dateline Season 25!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dateline Season 25 Episode 1 - After The Storm
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    #1 - After The Storm

    S25:E1

    Season premiere - When a woman is strangled to death in her upscale Texas home, police look at the men in the victim’s life, while also considering that a stranger may have killed her. Keith Morrison reports .

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  2. Dateline Season 25 Episode 2 - The Accused
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    #2 - The Accused

    S25:E2

    A man who was recently acquitted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend's 12-year-old son tells his story; interview with the victim's mother and key players in the case.

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  3. Dateline Season 25 Episode 3 - On a Lonely Road
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    #3 - On a Lonely Road

    S25:E3

    A daughter's determination to learn more about her mother's mysterious death leads to the reopening of a 30-year-old cold case. Dennis Murphy reports.

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  4. Dateline Season 25 Episode 4 - A Dangerous Man
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    #4 - A Dangerous Man

    S25:E4

    The investigation into the death of Spokane, Wash., businessman exposes a web of malevolence extending from the Pacific Northwest to a North Dakota oil field. Keith Morrison reports.

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  5. Dateline Season 25 Episode 5 - Secrets in the Smoky Mountains
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    #5 - Secrets in the Smoky Mountains

    S25:E5

    A son uncovers a dark family conspiracy when he questions his mother following a man's apparent suicide. Keith Morrison reports.

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  6. Dateline Season 25 Episode 6 - In Cold Blood
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    #6 - In Cold Blood

    S25:E6

    A Jacksonville, Fla., firefighter discovers a disturbingly violent scene in his darkened bedroom on a Halloween weekend. Andrea Canning reports.

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  7. Dateline Season 25 Episode 7 - The Good Husband
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    #7 - The Good Husband

    S25:E7

    Police initially suspect natural causes as they investigate a man's death, until they learn about an unconventional love triangle, which points the investigation in a new direction. Andrea Canning reports.

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  8. Dateline Season 25 Episode 8 - The Man Who Knew Too Much
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    #8 - The Man Who Knew Too Much

    S25:E8

    After seeing a report on the murder of college student Michelle O'Keefe, a son asks his father for help looking into the case. Keith Morrison reports.

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  9. Dateline Season 25 Episode 9 - Stranger than Fiction
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    #9 - Stranger than Fiction

    S25:E9

    After a man's conviction for murdering his wife is overturned, new allegations take the tale in an unexpected direction. Keith Morrison reports.

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  10. Dateline Season 25 Episode 10 - The Last Day
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    #10 - The Last Day

    S25:E10

    On June 28, 2014, 19-year old Marine wife Erin Corwin tells her husband she is going out to scout hiking trails in Joshua Tree National Park. She then vanishes without a trace. Andrea Canning reports.

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  11. Dateline Season 25 Episode 11 - Someone Was Waiting
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    #11 - Someone Was Waiting

    S25:E11

    When a woman is found dead in her garage, detectives in Frisco, Texas uncover a series of suspects – all of them connected in different ways to her secretive life. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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  12. Dateline Season 25 Episode 12 - The House on the Lake
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    #12 - The House on the Lake

    S25:E12

    Keith Morrison on the final chapter of Cal Harris' journey through the courts in upstate New York. Dennis Murphy interviews Dalia Dippolito whose second trial took a stunning twist in Florida.

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  13. Dateline Season 25 Episode 13 - The Sting
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    #13 - The Sting

    S25:E13

    Dalia Dippolito, accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband, goes on trial for the third time. Dennis Murphy reports on the mesmerizing story of an undercover police sting.

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  14. Dateline Season 25 Episode 14 - Kidnapped; Trump Inauguration
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    #14 - Kidnapped; Trump Inauguration

    S25:E14

    Donald Trump is inaugurated President of the United States in Washington, DC. Plus, A Virginia man learns that his wife and son have been kidnapped while on vacation in the Philippines by an Islamic militant group. The man soon receives a call demanding $10 million in ransom. Dennis Murphy reports.

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  15. Dateline Season 25 Episode 15 - Unimaginable
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    #15 - Unimaginable

    S25:E15

    After Ross Harris left his 22-month old son in a hot car for hours, it sparked a murder investigation and an explosive trial. Andrea Canning reports with an interview with Ross Harris' cousin.

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  16. Dateline Season 25 Episode 16 - A Texas Twist
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    #16 - A Texas Twist

    S25:E16

    A recent high school graduate is miraculously found alive after she and her friend are brutally attacked. Who could have committed such a horrific attack? Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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  17. Dateline Season 25 Episode 17 - Fury
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    #17 - Fury

    S25:E17

    A private investigator searches for answers after two women are murdered five years apart in different states. Is there a connection between these two cold cases? Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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  18. Dateline Season 25 Episode 18 - Return to Manitowoc County
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    #18 - Return to Manitowoc County

    S25:E18

    A new hour of Dateline details the latest efforts to free Steven A. Avery and Brendan Dassey, featuring rarely seen video and interviews with key players in the case. Andrea Canning reports.

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  19. Dateline Season 25 Episode 19 - Diabolical
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    #19 - Diabolical

    S25:E19

    In her first-ever TV interview, Michelle Hadley talks to “Dateline NBC” about spending three months in jail last year, accused of stalking Angela Diaz online and more. Dennis Murphy reports.

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  20. Dateline Season 25 Episode 20 - Ransom
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    #20 - Ransom

    S25:E20

    Florida, 2009: Quinn Gray, a homemaker, calls her husband Reid and tells her she's kidnapped, she doesn't know where she is and three men want $50,000 to release her. The Grays are wealthy, so Reid has no problem getting the money together quickly. She calls him repeatedly with money drop locations but the directions are so rushed and chaotic that no money is exchanged. Quinn's mom takes over and drops the money in a parking lot. Three random guys pick it up and call 911 so they don't get into trouble. The money drop is a bust. But, as investigators dig and dig, a sighting of a kidnapper on a security camera leads to a bomb blast of a revelation.

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  21. Dateline Season 25 Episode 21 - Betrayed
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    #21 - Betrayed

    S25:E21

    When a rising attorney in South Florida is murdered, police investigate whether her death is connected to a web of fraud, betrayal and more than $1 billion in missing money. Dennis Murphy reports.

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  22. Dateline Season 25 Episode 22 - Finding Sarah Goode
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    #22 - Finding Sarah Goode

    S25:E22

    A large, tight-knit Long Island family go to extraordinary lengths to find their missing sister, Sarah Goode.

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  23. Dateline Season 25 Episode 23 - Haunting
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    #23 - Haunting

    S25:E23

    A pair of double homicides in Nebraska, five years apart, lead police to fear a serial killer may be on the loose. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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  24. Dateline Season 25 Episode 24 - The House in The Woods
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    #24 - The House in The Woods

    S25:E24

    Andrea Canning reports on a case about a former hockey player, who finds his wife murdered inside of their home, but although his daughter claims that she saw a robber, the killer's identity turns out be more complicated than expected. Also, Josh Mankiewicz reports on a 23-year-old woman who vanished from an upscale shopping mall in Plano, Texas.

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  25. Dateline Season 25 Episode 25 - Double Lives
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    #25 - Double Lives

    S25:E25

    The investigation into the disappearance of a mother of three in Colorado reveals she was living a double life.

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Season 25 Ratings Summary

"After The Storm" is the best rated episode of "Dateline" season 25. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/23/2016. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Accused".