“Dateline” is an award-winning newsmagazine that delivers viewers stories ranging from compelling mysteries to powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Each episode incorporates the classic elements of drama and great storytelling: good guys, bad guys, conflict with the highest stakes, suspense and resolution. Hear the chilling tales directly from those most affected and involved, including investigators tasked with cracking the cases and the families confronting tragedy.

Upcoming Episodes
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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SANDI JOHNSON
Wed, Jan 14, 2026
8/7c
Sandi Johnson always put her kids first. When she vanished without a word, her loved ones were frantic. Police discovered dark secrets in Sandi’s marriage and several men in her life. Which one of them had something to hide?
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12 MINUTES ON ELM STREET
Wed, Jan 14, 2026
9/8c
When two teenage cousins, Nicholas Brady and Haile Kifer, don’t show up for Thanksgiving dinner in their hometown of Little Falls, Minnesota, their families fear the worst has happened.
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DEADLY INTENT
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
8/7c
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A a car bomb explodes in front of a suburban San Diego day care home. Josh Mankiewicz reports on the driver, a married mother of three children.
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DEADLY DENIAL
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
9/8c
When Raven Abaroa comes home to find his wife stabbed to death, detectives began digging into the couple's complicated past. Josh Mankiewicz reports.
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BAD BLOOD
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
8/7c
Twin sisters, Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah, find their mother murdered in their Georgia home. As police begin to investigate, they discover that the sisters may know something that could turn this case upside down.
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DEATH IN THE DRIVEWAY
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
9/8c
In a quiet Southern town, on a cold and rainy night, police find a prominent lawyer brutally murdered and his girlfriend bound in duct tape. Who could have done it?
Recent Episodes
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THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED
Wed, Jan 7, 2026
8/7c
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Keith Morrison tells the story of Nancy Cooper, who went missing in a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina. How did this go from a missing persons case to a homicide?
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THE PLAYER
Wed, Jan 7, 2026
9/8c
Ernest Scherer Jr., a real estate investor, and Charlene Abendroth, a lecturer at California State University, were found brutally beaten and stabbed at their Castlewood Country Club home in Pleasanton, California on March 14, 2008. Investigators piece together a case with circumstantial evidence and an unusually large set of coincidences.
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AFTER THE PARTY
Wed, Dec 31, 2025
8/7c
After The Party looks into the mysterious death of a young mother who ended up dead with a gunshot wound to the head after hosting a New Year's Eve party. What was at first ruled a suicide was later thought to be a homicide that was covered up by the police to protect one of their own.
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WITHOUT A TRACE
Wed, Dec 31, 2025
9/8c
Carrie Elaine Olson goes missing and the current boyfriend and ex-boyfriend are suspects. Circumstantial evidence starts mounting and pointing to one suspect.
Cast
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    Correspondent
    Josh Mankiewicz
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    Correspondent
    Dennis Murphy
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    Correspondent
    Andrea Canning
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    Host/Correspondent
    Craig Melvin
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    Host/Correspondent
    Keith Morrison
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