This is one of the saddest stories ever broadcast on Dateline. Pete Coones had served thirteen years in prison associated ...

Dateline NBC returned with a new episode, The Ruse, on December 5, 2025. The story goes back to a 2018 case that still makes people pause and ask what actually happened.

The murder of Ryan Cooper, as portrayed in Dateline, shocked many when it was originally reported, and it continues to hang ...

A teenager's life is turned upside down when she finds her mother lying on the patio in what seems like a fatal accident but ends up being something much more disturbing. Keith Morrison reports ...

Forensic and circumstantial evidence was one of the most remarkable points in The Shadow in the Window; it is capable of ...

For the family of Crystal Rogers, the Fourth of July was usually a time spent together, having a backyard barbecue and enjoying the fireworks. But something was wrong on that holiday weekend in 2015.

After California entrepreneur Chris Smith abruptly leaves his business, his family initially believes he is traveling the world until the shocking truth comes to ...

Lester Holt joins TODAY to discuss his new Dateline mystery called “The Ruse.” Holt talks about what makes this case so intriguing, the twists and turns in it and more. “I’ve never seen one quite like ...