The Dateline Correspondents' Year in Review. And true crime goes viral.

Josh Mankiewicz sits down with Andrea Canning to talk about her episode, “The Farmer’s Wife.” In 2021, 42-year-old husband and father Ryan Cooper was shot to death as he slept in a recliner in the liv...

17 Dec 202528min

In the aftermath of Ryan Cooper's murder, rumors sweep through his small Iowa town, but investigators must uncover whether the talk is gossip or a crucial clue. Andrea Canning reports.Josh Mankiewicz ...

16 Dec 20251h 22min

In Massachusetts, Brian Walshe comes face to face with his dead wife's lover in court. Prosecutors say the affair was Walshe's motive to kill his wife. Walshe says that's not true. Forty-three years a...

11 Dec 202526min

Keith Morrison sits down with Lester Holt and Dateline senior investigative producer Dan Slepian to talk about their episode, “The Ruse.” In August of 2018, Tom Perez Jr. called the Fontana, Californi...

10 Dec 202526min

When Tom Perez Sr. fails to return home after a trip to check the mail, Tom Jr. calls police — only to find himself the focus of their investigation until a stunning revelation upends the case. Lester...

9 Dec 202528min

Brian Walshe, the art swindler who admitted to dismembering his wife's body but denied killing her, reveals his defense. He says his wife died of natural causes. Emotions run high after a Mississippi ...

4 Dec 202527min

At our in-person event in Nashville earlier this fall, actors, avid Dateline watchers, and real-life husband-and-wife team Michael McKean and Annette O’Toole turned the tables on the Dateline correspo...

3 Dec 202526min

In the early morning in San Antonio, Texas, a husband shot his wife, saying he mistook her for an intruder. Was this a terrible accident or a case of deliberate murder? Andrea Canning reports. Hosted ...

2 Dec 202541min