About this season
20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects. The program's name derives from the "20/20" measurement of visual acuity. The hour-long program has been a staple on Friday evenings for much of the time since it moved to that timeslot from Thursdays in September 1987, though special editions of the program occasionally air on other nights.
Episodes (26)
1. Chippendales Murder
8.0Aired 8 October 2021 • 80 min
Uncovering the dark past of greed and murder-for-hire in the male exotic dance troupe Chippendales.
2. The Principal's Wife
8.0Aired 15 October 2021 • 80 min
Joe Bryan, a former principal in Clifton, Texas, was convicted of murdering his wife Mickey Bryan in 1985, a crime he maintains he didn't commit. Was it connected to another murder in the small town?
3. Do No Harm
Aired 22 October 2021 • 80 min
The first wife of a “Jekyll and Hyde” Manhattan plastic surgeon mysteriously disappears. More than 30 years later, Robert Bierenbaum confesses to her murder.
4. Life Online: The Last Days of Gabby Petito
Aired 29 October 2021 • 80 min
Why the Petito case went viral and the outcry for the same attention to be applied to the cold cases of others, especially people of color and indigenous women.
5. Sincerely, the Happy Face Killer
Aired 5 November 2021 • 81 min
Before serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known by his nickname "Happy Face Killer," turned himself in in 1995, authorities believed Laverne Pavlinac and her boyfriend murdered his first victim.
6. Goodnight, Mother
Aired 12 November 2021 • 79 min
Julie Rea was in prison for her 10-year-old son's murder until a "20/20" viewer helped crack open the case, leading to a serial killer confessing to the crime. One of his attack survivors speaks out.
7. Escape From A House Of Horror
Aired 19 November 2021 • 82 min
13 children were held captive by their parents in a survival story like you’ve never seen. Now, hear from the family for the first time.
8. Nowhere To Run: The Ahmaud Arbery Story
Aired 26 November 2021 • 81 min
Friends and family of Armaud Arbery reflect on his life and his mother's quest to find truth and justice, after he was tragically killed; documenting the aftermath of Arbery's killing, featuring interviews with the attorneys involved in the case;
9. The Deadly Take
Aired 10 December 2021 • 79 min
A look into the events leading up to the deadly shooting on the set of "Rust" and the pending investigations into what when wrong;
10. I Now Pronounce You Dead
Aired 7 January 2022 • 81 min
After a woman was found dead, authorities uncovered an elaborate web of lies surrounding James Addie, spun to conceal his biggest secret of all – he was living a double life.
11. Fall of the House of Murdaugh
10.0Aired 14 January 2022 • 81 min
A new “20/20” documents the latest details in the developing story on the Murdaugh family murders, the alleged financial crimes of Alex Murdaugh and other unusual events surrounding the family.
12. Adam…& Evil
Aired 21 January 2022 • 81 min
Lori Vallow’s brother Adam Cox sits down for the first TV network interview about the tragic family events that led up to the murders of his sister’s two children.
13. Gone at Dawn
Aired 28 January 2022 • 81 min
For over 26 years, authorities tried to locate Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old anchorwoman who vanished in Mason City, Iowa. Now “20/20” explores surprising new leads in the case.
14. You've Got Jail
Aired 11 February 2022 • 81 min
Michigan mother of three Sharee Miller sat in the center of a complicated love triangle. She used sex, deception and the internet to pit her lover, Jerry Cassaday against her husband Bruce Miller.
15. Home Sweet Murder
Aired 25 February 2022 • 80 min
An exclusive prison interview with Diane Staudte, the mother behind a sinister plot to poison her husband and two children.
16. The Dropout: The Rise and Con of Elizabeth Holmes
Aired 4 March 2022 • 79 min
ABC News reports on the latest chapter in the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing company Theranos, once valued at $9 billion.
17. The Cult Next Door: The Mystery and Madness of Heaven's Gate
Aired 11 March 2022 • 81 min
Diane Sawyer decodes the mysteries behind the Heaven’s Gate cult, including an exclusive interview with Rio DiAngelo, a member who left the group.
18. The Devil You Know
Aired 18 March 2022 • 81 min
Two months after his death, a new “20/20” reports on Robert Durst, the fugitive multimillionaire New York real estate heir and his shocking trial that led to a murder conviction.
19. Dead Man Talking
Aired 25 March 2022 • 81 min
The first network interview with Wendi Mae Davidson from prison, where she is serving a 25-year sentence for her husband’s murder.
20. Hell in Heels
Aired 1 April 2022 • 81 min
For the first time in 20 years, Haylei Jordan speaks out to “20/20” and reveals insight into her mother’s troubled past, including her allegedly volatile relationship with Larry McNabney.
21. Words to Die By
Aired 8 April 2022 • 81 min
Can text messages sent from miles away lead to time behind bars? “20/20” reports on the unprecedented suicide texting case that landed Michelle Carter in prison.
22. Gone Before the Storm
Aired 6 May 2022 • 81 min
Anthony Harris speaks with ABC News’ 20/20 more than 20 years after he was released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the murder of his neighbor Devan Dunvier. Her killer is still wanted.
23. Lock the Door Behind You
Aired 13 May 2022 • 81 min
Never-before-broadcast video gives insight into the mind of serial killer Henry Louis Wallace, who confessed to 11 murders from 1990-1994, and his only surviving victim speaks in his first interview.
24. Double Life, Double Murder
Aired 20 May 2022 • 81 min
A couple is murdered inside their home. Could the killer be trying to hide a secret double life?
25. Laura Lee Day
Aired 3 June 2022 • 81 min
An exclusive interview with Laura Day, nearly a decade after her first-degree capital murder conviction for her 6-year-old stepson’s death.
26. The Last Hunt
Aired 17 September 2022 • 79 min
Two go on safari, one returns; an exclusive interview with a man who says he heard a shocking confession.