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 (15)
1. The Shadow in the Window
Aired 4 June 2025 • 44 min
A teenager's life is turned upside down by a shocking discovery is what seems like a fatal accident reveals itself to be something much more disturbing.
2. The Note
Aired 11 June 2025 • 42 min
When high school student Megan Nichols vanishes from her Illinois home, her mother finds a note saying that she ran away. A grisly discovery made three years later changes the course of the investigation.
3. Dangerous Secret
Aired 18 June 2025 • 43 min
A small Ohio town is left in shock after a local coal miner is found fatally shot in his basement. As investigators dig into his personal life, a secret affair reveals a surprising suspect.
4. Secrets in Pleasant Prairie
Aired 25 June 2025 • 42 min
An investigation into the poisoning of Wisconsin mother Julie Jenson takes a surprising turn when detectives learn that she wrote a letter days before her death pointing to a possible suspect.
5. The End of the Affair
Aired 2 July 2025 • 43 min
After police discover the burned body of a missing Miami man at the edge of the Florida Everglades, the wife of a local supermarket mogul comes forward to reveal a shocking secret and possible lead.
6. The Room Downstairs
Aired 9 July 2025 • 42 min
While responding to a house fire in New Jersey, firefighters discover the burned remains of the homeowner in the basement. New interviews and legal developments about the latest twists and turns in the case.
7. The Murdaugh Murders: Inside the Investigation
Aired 16 July 2025 • 43 min
Lead detectives break their silence on the investigation into once-prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh.
8. 10 Minutes to Sunset
Aired 23 July 2025 • 42 min
When a pediatric dentist is found dead, police uncover a complex plot and their suspect leads investigators on an international manhunt. The lead detective speaks out for the first time.
9. The Sleepover
Aired 30 July 2025 • 43 min
A devoted mother is found shot to death in her minivan. The case stays cold until old memories resurface and new revelations come to light, dividing her Florida family.
10. The Hands of a Killer
Aired 6 August 2025 • 43 min
When former Arkansas State Senator Linda Collins is found fatally stabbed outside her home, detectives investigate if her murder is connected to her political career or her personal life; the victim's children speak out about the case.
11. The Day the Music Died
Aired 13 August 2025 • 44 min
After a plastic surgeon and local musician is murdered in his Asheville, N.C., home, investigators uncover a trail of clues pointing to an unlikely killer. New details emerge from exclusive TV interviews with insiders close to the case.
12. Righteous Obsession
Aired 20 August 2025 • 43 min
The investigation into a deadly home invasion involving a local business owner takes a turn when an unlikely witness comes forward; new details emerge from exclusive interviews and never-before-seen police interviews.
13. On the Hunt for the Zombie Hunter
Aired 27 August 2025 • 42 min
The murders of two young women near a Phoenix canal remain unsolved for more than 20 years until a team of cold case detectives take on the case and investigate a man known as the Zombie Hunter.
14. Footprints in the Snow
Aired 3 September 2025 • 43 min
The missing-persons case of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews in Colorado remains a mystery for more than three decades until detectives narrow in on a suspect whose bizarre behavior after her disappearance hints at something much more sinister.
15. The Girl with the Hibiscus Tattoo
Aired 10 September 2025 • 84 min
A group of women help bring down a smooth-talking serial predator turned killer who lured young women with promises of fame and fortune.