About this season
For more than 25 years, Dateline has brought viewers investigations into some of biggest mysteries in America. This entry in the franchise takes a second look at some of the most mysterious cases of recent history. It explores the stories through firsthand accounts told by people who are close to the crime, including investigators who dedicated their time to the cases and family members who are still trying to confront the tragedies that befell their loved ones.
Episodes (13)
1. The Jacket
Aired 5 June 2024 • 43 min
When 18-year-old Anjelica 'AJ' Hadsell disappears, the investigation into her inner circle reveals a sinister betrayal.
2. House of Horrors
Aired 12 June 2024 • 43 min
When Nichole Payne and her son Taylor are found dead in their home, investigators wonder if this is a murder-suicide or if someone wants it to look that way. The mystery takes nearly a decade to unravel.
3. What Happened to Anton Black?
Aired 19 June 2024 • 43 min
When 19-year-old Anton Black dies while being taken into police custody, the community seeks justice. A yearlong Dateline investigation looks at missed warning signs and the officer at the center of the case.
4. Out of The Shadows
Aired 26 June 2024 • 43 min
The investigation into a newlywed's murder starts with a widow and ends with a possible serial killer.
5. Murder in Kitchen One
Aired 3 July 2024 • 43 min
Detectives in Portland, OR, discover a puzzling connection between the 2018 murder of chef Dan Brophy and a blog post written years earlier titled How to Murder Your Husband.
6. Far From Spider Lake
Aired 10 July 2024 • 84 min
A 40-year-old Minnesota wife and mother, Janet 'Jan' Kruse, is shot to death in her bed while her husband Chris and teenage daughter Bailey are home, leaving investigators to wonder who would want her dead.
7. Devil's Bargain
Aired 17 July 2024 • 84 min
Flight instructor Kelsey Berreth vanishes after she was last seen grocery shopping with her daughter on Thanksgiving in Woodland Park, CO; the case makes national headlines, but the secret behind Kelsey's disappearance is lurking much closer to home.
8. Before Daylight
Aired 24 July 2024 • 84 min
College student Jesse Valencia is found murdered in a residential neighborhood in Columbia, MO; the police search for the truth, and they are stunned to learn that one of their own might be involved.
9. A Wanted Man
Aired 31 July 2024 • 84 min
The mystery of a surgeon's whereabouts remains unanswered for five years after he disappears while on vacation with his wife, leaving behind financial ruin and mounting malpractice suits.
10. Evil Paid a Visit
Aired 7 August 2024 • 84 min
Eleven years after Waterbury, CT mother Donna Palomba is raped in her home while her children slept in 1993, investigators finally track down her attacker. Donna speaks out about the case, including her fight to keep her assailant from walking free.
11. A Monster at Large
Aired 14 August 2024 • 84 min
In Stephenville, TX, in 1987, Susan Woods doesn't show up for work for 2 days; she is discovered by her father dead at home in her bathtub. As police search for answers, they find a trail of victims - men associated with Susan, including her estranged husband living in Indianapolis. But the case wasn't solved for almost 2 decades.
12. The Premonition
Aired 21 August 2024 • 84 min
A Blairsville, PA man, 39-year-old dentist and father Dr. John Yelenic, is convinced his messy divorce put a target on his back. When he's found stabbed to death in 2006, his friends and family realize he was right all along in predicting his own gruesome murder.
13. The Phone Call
Aired 28 August 2024
Kathleen Schroll makes a phone call right before her death where she identifies her killer, which leads to an arrest; two trials and 12 years later, authorities begin to wonder who was really the victim.