Dateline: Secrets Uncovered: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
The Sting
Jan 5, 2019 · 43 min
Newlywed Dalia Dippolito returned home from the gym to the awful news that her husband had been killed. In a case where almost nothing was as it seemed, investigators wanted to kno
Dark Valley
Jan 12, 2019 · 43 min
Gavin Smith was dashing. When he vanished, LA detectives were unsure if they were investigating a crime or a suicide. His wife said he'd gotten lost in drugs and flings. Police won
Black Friday
Jan 18, 2019 · 43 min
Ashlea Harris had no shortage of admirers. So when she was found dead after a suspicious fire consumed her apartment, police were baffled. This was no accident but were the clues t
Out There in the Dark
Jan 25, 2019 · 43 min
Brandy Daniels believed someone was stalking her. Then, the single mother was found slumped over in her car, shot dead. Investigators would spend years navigating the twists and tu
The Women & Dirty John
Feb 2, 2019 · 43 min
Debra Newell thought she found Mr. Right but her daughters sensed something wrong about John Meehan. They started digging into his past and their search for answers exposed a dange
As Night Fell
Feb 8, 2019 · 43 min
Heidy and Conrad Truman were an enviable couple with a bright future. Then, one fateful night, Heidy was found shot and, just like that, she was gone. In the aftermath, fingers wer
Good & Evil
Feb 15, 2019 · 43 min
When a woman's body is discovered at a trash facility, a detective makes a promise to her mother to get justice. She doesn't know she will come face to face with a serial killer.
Deadly Trust
Feb 22, 2019 · 43 min
Wealthy residents felt safe in their gated community but it was not safe for one millionaire, murdered in his waterfront home. Police investigated but the case grew cold. Turned ou
The Shadow
Feb 28, 2019 · 43 min
The save the date cards had gone out. Angie Ver Huel went to sleep next to her fiancee, Justin Michael, with big dreams but woke up to a nightmare. Someone was running from their b
Internal Affairs
Mar 7, 2019 · 43 min
A beautiful, popular graduate student is shot dead outside her apartment in Durham, North Carolina. Who would want her dead, and why?
The Trap
Mar 14, 2019 · 43 min
It was an affluent neighborhood with tree lined streets. Violent crime was unheard of here until that morning when, under the very noses of the cops, a terrible murder occurred. In
Deadly Twist
Mar 22, 2019 · 43 min
When Todd Winkler was arrested for killing his wife Rachel, he claimed self-defense. Investigators learned Rachel wasn't the first Mrs. Winkler to die and traveled cross country to
Mystery on Lockhart Road
Mar 29, 2019 · 43 min
After finding his wife and two children dead in his garage, a former Indiana state trooper spends 13 years trying to clear his name.
Family Business
Apr 4, 2019 · 43 min
An explosion in a rice field in Colusa County, California kills farm manager Roberto Ayala. But was it an accident or murder?