About this season
A series of reports chosen by "Dateline" correspondents that answers the question they most often get asked — what their most memorable story is and why.
Episodes (7)
1. Deadly Dance
Aired 30 October 2025 • 42 min
A former ballerina shoots her husband in what she alleges was an act of self-defense. The ensuing investigation and dramatic trial spark protests and receives national attention.
2. The Pin at Apartment 210
Aired 6 November 2025 • 42 min
A young Tennessee woman vanishes and misses her family's Thanksgiving dinner. Determined to track her down, her family takes matters into their own hands.
3. Ghost Rider
Aired 13 November 2025 • 43 min
After a nurse and mother-of-three is murdered inside her Illinois home, investigators uncover security camera footage that could be key to solving the case.
4. Justice for Kristin Smart
Aired 20 November 2025
The parents of Kristin Smart speak out in an interview following the sentencing of their daughter's killer.
5. The Secrets of Birch View Drive
Aired 27 November 2025 • 84 min
After an apparent brazen home invasion during the holiday season in a Connecticut community leaves Connie Dabate dead, investigators discover a silent witness that cracks the case wide open.
6. The Haunted House Confession
Aired 4 December 2025 • 84 min
25-year-old Chantay Blankinship's remains are found at a rundown building that locals call the Haunted House; for Blayne Alexander, this case juxtaposes two places that represent good and evil, a church and an abandoned farmhouse.
7. Episode 7
Aired 11 December 2025