Dateline: Secrets Uncovered: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Secrets of the Sliding Door
Oct 29, 2025 · 43 min
A beloved Staten Island teacher is found dead in the home she shared with her husband; an unknown number in her cell phone leads investigators to ultimately unearth her killer.
Bethany Vanished
Nov 5, 2025 · 43 min
When a young pregnant mother goes missing in Virginia, her family embarks on a search, but the case goes cold. Years later, investigators find a woman who may hold the key to solvi
Secrets in Silver Lakes
Nov 12, 2025 · 85 min
A young father's murder at work leads investigators to deep secrets about sex, friendship, religion and family.
The Bad Man
Nov 19, 2025 · 85 min
Nearly 40 years after young wife and mother Cathy Krauseneck is found murdered with an axe in her upstate New York home, a new team of investigators joins the cold case to uncover
Finding Rita
Dec 3, 2025 · 85 min
When a Colorado mother vanishes, the detective discovers a connection to a previous assault.
The Undoing
Dec 10, 2025 · 85 min
Detectives search for answers after Annastasia Hester is stabbed to death in Portland, Oregon.
The Figure in the House
Dec 17, 2025 · 85 min
The wife of a college professor and heir of an oil empire is found murdered in her home.
A Deal With the Devil
Jan 7, 2026 · 85 min
A serial killer murders several people while working as a confidential informant for the FBI.
Behind Door 813
Jan 14, 2026 · 85 min
Twenty seven-year-old Jonathan Crews dies mysteriously in his Texas apartment.
Who Killed Courtney Coco?
Jan 21, 2026 · 85 min
The discovery of a young woman's body in rural Texas sparks a long, multi-state investigation.
Who Killed Mindy Morgenstern?
Jan 28, 2026 · 85 min
A quiet North Dakota college town is left in fear after student Mindy Morgenstern is found dead.
The Case of the Man with No Name
Feb 4, 2026 · 85 min
The investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a Canadian man sparks an international manhunt for an elusive killer with multiple...
The Charleston Affair
Feb 11, 2026 · 85 min
A week before a banker's divorce reaches a settlement, an ex-con says he was hired for murder.
Hit List
Feb 18, 2026 · 85 min
Chilling details come to light in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting a former NYC police officer's husband. The officer's...
The Woman At the Bar
Feb 25, 2026 · 85 min
A massive manhunt ensues after Lois Riess murders her husband in Minnesota and flees to Florida, where she kills and steals the identity...
Return to the Lake
Mar 4, 2026 · 85 min
Decades after Susan Smith confessed to drowning her two small sons in South Carolina, she advocates for parole. Her ex-husband speaks out...