Dateline - Season 34
1 - The Phantom
Air Date: September 26, 2025
The murder of a Colorado mother seems to point to an obvious suspect, but as investigators dig deeper, they uncover and elaborate plot filled with secrets and deception that turns the entire case upside down.
2 - The Bucket Hat Mystery
Air Date: October 3, 2025
Paradise turns deadly in Oahu, HI, when Jon Tokuhara, an acupuncturist and surfer with no known enemies, is shot dead in his clinic. Investigators uncover the victim's tangled love life, pointing to several persons of interest - until surveillance video reveals a new and unexpected suspect.
3 - The Prince, The Whiz Kid & The Millionaire
Air Date: October 10, 2025
When 74-year-old Clifford Lambert goes missing in California, the case eventually reveals a sophisticated web of deception, forged documents, and greed-fueled betrayal—resulting in multiple convictions, one inmate’s death, and a decade-long legal saga that only recently concluded.
4 - A Perfect Spring Morning
Air Date: October 17, 2025
The quiet community of Chevy Chase, MD, is shaken when mother Leslie Preer is found murdered in her shower. Detectives find plausible suspects quickly, but without evidence the case goes cold until a surprising lead unmasks the killer two decades later.
5 - Deadly Mischief
Air Date: October 24, 2025
On the morning of July 18, 2014, esteemed Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was ambushed and shot twice in the head in his Tallahassee driveway. What began as a targeted assassination in a quiet Tallahassee neighborhood would eventually expose a web of lies, manipulation, and greed within a wealthy South Florida family.
6 - The Death of Dr. Schwartz
Air Date: October 31, 2025
Steven Schwartz, a prominent kidney specialist, was found brutally murdered on May 28, 2014, in his waterfront home in Tarpon Springs, FL. At first glance, the scene looked like a botched burglary, but investigators would eventually uncover a decades-old secret that led to a violent killing.
7 - The Trouble in Bardstown
Air Date: November 7, 2025
The disappearance of a mother of five sends shockwaves through the picturesque town of Bardstown, KY, which witnesses five murders in four years. Frustrated with stalled progress, her family takes the investigation into their own hands.
8 - Running Man
Air Date: November 14, 2025
Investigators discover a car engulfed in flames in a remote wooded area near the Blue Mountains. When first responders pull the body of a local mother from the wreckage, the question arises: was the crash an accident, or something far more sinister?
9 - Raising the Dead
Air Date: November 21, 2025
In rural Wisconsin, a woman and her boyfriend are found stabbed to death inside her farmhouse. Thirty years later, the daughter of one of the original suspects comes forward, reigniting the case all the way to trial.