After this show, 184 men will have been charged with crimes relating to soliciting a minor online for sex. Dateline continues its investigation of online predators.
Paris Hilton gives authorities information regarding a robbery at the home of Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis. After being interrogated, Paris gives detectives information that leads to the arrest of an ex con.
This time, Dateline is in the town of Petaluma, Calif. where two high-profile predator cases made national headlines.
In most cases DNA evidence is open and shut. But what happens when the suspects are twins? Also, two brothers rose to fabulous wealth, and then fell victim to the same terrible fate. They were both killed -- at different times by different people. One, died after drinking a spiked milkshake. The death of the other is still a mystery.
Dateline continues its investigation of online predators.
Ann Curry continues her reports on the deadly school shootings that took place in an Amish schoolhouse on "Today." Also, an interview with the family of Emily Keyes, who lost her life a week ago when a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and carrying a back pack took her classroom hostage at Platt Canyon High School in Bailey, Colorado.
It’s been more than a year now, since a former model and her boyfriend vanished during a boating trip on Lake Huron. But hope has not vanished that this case will be solved. Hear for the first time you’ll hear from both of this young couple’s families, as her father fights back tears and wages a fight in court. What really did happen on board that boat?
This is the tale of two women from different citties, killed at different times but with a trail of almost identical evidence. Can solving one lead to the truth in the other?
A love triangle ends in cold blood. A crime the small town of East Moline may never forget.
As a child custody battle intensified, so did a young mother's fear that her daughter might be in danger. So she turned to her close-knit family for support. But who turned to murder?
Dateline continues its investigation of online predators.
The long-time boyfriend of Olivia Newton-John—a man named Patrick McDermott—disappeared after an overnight fishing trip. The circumstances were odd, and so was the fact that no one reported him missing for nearly two weeks.
Dateline continues its investigation of online predators.
She was loved by many, and was attractive, bright, and kind. Mary Lynn Witherspoon lived a sweet, Southern life anybody could envy — until a young man obsessed with her decided to take it away.
Every day is a bumper crop of hope here in Hollywood, California. The dreamers can be naive, of course. But still they come from all over to play their slim chances. This story is about the Michigan native Kristi Johnson, who came to Hollywood in 2001 to invent herself. Stanley Kendall kills himself during a dateline investigation into online predators.
Dateline's latest investigation also uncovers some prominent men caught in what police say are criminal acts. Terror gripped an entire city on May 9, 2003.
A woman is found dead at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Her husband’s story was that she had fallen. But police soon had a story of their own—a couple trapped in an unhappy marriage... and a husband with secrets.
A rare look at the frightening power of a charismatic killer, just 18 years old, a teenage mastermind who convinces other kids to kill.
Four victims were found in their office, shot execution-style. The killer left no clues and no trace. The crime remained unsolved— until one investigator started to unravel the mystery of a suspect's seemingly air-tight alibi
Updates on potential predators caught in recent investigations. Also a Dateline, Court TV-exclusive, updating the murder of an Alaskan Mother.
Friday Night Lights follows the Pampa High School Football team. Young players and coaches alike, deal with extreme pressure, as local fans demand continuous winning seasons.
A wife and mother was found dead in the water. Police wondered, did a marriage go so bad, it ended in murder?
A Christian Polygamist's wife is found buried under many rocks. Police and crime labs are stumped. There’s one husband, two wives, but soon there would also be two puzzles. Where was wife number two?
What was the cause of a Nevada politician's mysterious collapse? Did politics— or her husband— have anything to do with her death? Also, 13-year-old Ben Ownby says he's ready to return to school, thanks his classmate whose tip lead to his captor.
On a darkened NYC subway platform, Kendra Webdale's and Andrew Goldstein's paths collided— leaving two lives destroyed, a family shattered, and a community struggling to understand how the system failed.
Did a troubled marriage and a toxic divorce lead to murder in the suburbs?
In another Dateline investigation into online sexual predators, members of Perverted Justice work with law enforcement officers in an effort to expose potential threats in the Long Beach, California area.
She’s maybe the best-known Miss USA we’ve seen in a long time— and for all the wrong reasons. Tara Conner recently emerged from a month in rehab after reports of hard-partying unbecoming a beauty queen. Conner’s rehab triggered a media frenzy and a take-no-prisoners war between Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell. But in the end, Conner emerged crown intact, and, according to her, clean and sober.
In another Dateline investigation into online sexual predators, members of Perverted Justice work with law enforcement officers in an effort to expose potential threats in the Long Beach, California area.
Dozens of young women’s pictures didn't show up in magazines but in an old police case file. All of them disappeared decades ago after posing for one photographer. Dateline reports on the life and times of supermodel and nonstop headline-maker, Anna Nicole Smith.
Members of Perverted Justice work with local law-enforcement professionals in Murphy, Texas, to expose potential internet predators.
Members of Perverted Justice work with local law-enforcement professionals in Murphy, Texas, to expose potential internet predators.
Florida Courts battle over the final resting place of Anna Nicole Smith's body two weeks after her passing. Meanwhile in California, there is another court fight over who may have fathered Anna Nichol's baby girl, an infant that may inherit millions. Brittany Spear's recent episodes force us to ask the question, is the country hung up on celebrities and free fall?
He made scandalous accusations that struck at the heart of the Kremlin— and ended up in a real-life spy story of political intrigue and murder. The death of Alexander Litvinenko is investigated.
Members of Perverted Justice work with local law-enforcement professionals in Flager Beach, Florida., to expose potential internet predators.
Barack Obama and John McCain have several things in common. They’re both U.S. senators, they’re both running for president, and now they’ve both had to apologize for saying the same thing. What they both said was that the lives of the more than 3,100 U.S. troops lost in the Iraq war were wasted.
Members of Perverted Justice work with local law-enforcement professionals in Flager Beach, Florida., to expose potential internet predators.
Will neighbors call 911 in a carjacking or home robbery? Will kids fall victim to child lures? Security consultant Bill Stanton puts people to the test.
A simple, hardworking mother becomes obsessed with the idea of justice, justice for her murdered mother, a brutalized little girl, and her wrongfully-accused husband. Melinda Elkins would take on police, prosecutors, and the state of Ohio in her relentless quest.
After the investigations of several potential internet predators, Chris Hansen talks about what goes on behind the scenes, the feedback, the criticism and why it's so important.
Women from all over, place hidden cameras right in their own homes to catch their unknowing husbands on videotape. Is there anything they can do to steal their husbands' attention during a football game? America takes a look into the lives of innocent wives caught in a kind of love triangle, battling for their husbands’ attention, with the players of the NFL.
Chris Hansen uses the internet to catch con artists. Con men from around the globe use the internet to send emails to unsuspecting parties, in an effort to scam money through various propositions.
Take a closer look at how police officers make those momentous, split-second “shoot-don’t-shoot” decisions. Josh Mankiewicz explores the explosion of e-lebrities.
Chris Hansen goes on an undercover investigation that starts at a computer keyboard and travels across America and the Atlantic. Using bait credit cards and a fake online store, can criminals be lured out of the Internet's underground?
Mortgage broker Matthew Cox's book ends with a fugitive con man, on a Florida cruise ship, carrying a bag with millions in cash, sailing away with the girl of his dreams one step ahead of the angry throng giving chase. Cox, a severe dyslexic, had somehow written a book, called “The Associates,” a work of fiction with a main character whose charm, personality, and even physical description mirrored Cox's. But is the book all fiction?
Chris Hansen continues his undercover investigation, using bait credit cards and a fake online store.
Diane Zamora and David Graham were high school sweethearts and among the nation’s best and brightest, until they were convicted of murder. The Texas Cadet Murder case, was one of the most notorious crimes of the ‘90s.
It can take less than 30 seconds to steal a car, a statistic that's possibly the reason a car is stolen every 30 seconds in the U.S. In addition to these startling numbers, only 60 percent of stolen vehicles are ever recovered, so if your car is stolen, don’t expect to get it back.
From his earliest days as a radio show host, his audience always knew what it was in for. Imus was Imus, Over 2 million listeners a day, media bigwig guests and authors, slurs for gays, women, Jews and many more.
They came to Blacksburg, Va., from all over the country and all over the world. They came to study, and they came to teach. They had plans. They had friends. They had families. As the list of confirmed victims in Monday's massacre on the Virginia Tech campus grew, so too did the number of stories about the individuals who fell victim to the gunman, 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui of Centreville, Va.
Did Eric Volz murder his ex-girlfriend? Despite a strong alibi and evidence in his defense, he's convicted by a Nicaraguan court.
Josh Mankiewicz reports on Fred Brito, the master pretender. Fred posed as a pastor, a doctor and many other things. A look at the many cons Fred pulled off before being discovered.
A woman, Cheryl Miller is murdered by a former boyfriend who was on his honeymoon at the time of the murder.
Donna Palomba was raped in her home, but the police turned the investigation at her, claiming that she was having an affair and was not actually raped. When a new detective is assigned to the case, Donna agreed to work with him to catch the rapist, despite the past treatment she received from the police. Eleven years later Detective O'Leary finally finds the rapist.
Eight year old Amy Yates is murdered just before her 9th birthday in Carrollton, GA. The police arrested a 12 year old boy almost immediately, but years later another boy Amy was friends with confessed to the murder. Police were reluctant to believe the second boy's story, but in the end his confession provided too many details that were not released to the public for the grand jury to dismiss the case.
Dateline shows us how one moment caught on tape can change a life, solve a crime or unravel a mystery.
Karen Kraemer is following the trail anywhere to find her daughter, Becky. Did she run away or did an abusive boyfriend have something to do with it? Ali Gilmore was ambitious, hard-working and reliable. So when she disappeared, her family was certain she hadn't just run off. Three children came home one day to an empty house with traces of blood. All they knew was their mother, Debbie Hawk, was missing.
Miracle Workers, is a collection of stories, in which the human spirit helped medical miracles occur.
A nurse says her husband walked out on her, but a few days later, a suitcase surfaces in a bay miles away. Could Melanie McGuire have dismember her husband?
An update on the murder of Susan Polk, who is accused of killing her husband, who was her therapist when she was a teen.
Are our soldiers receiving the best possible body armor? After testing several bullet proof vests, Dateline asks war veterans and military officials to answer the question. Tony Blair makes plans to step down in a special interview. An extremely young actress, known for playing tough girl rolls, is murdered in what seems to be a gang related homicide.
Author John Grisham discusses the murder case that resulted in the wrongful conviction of two Oklahoma men.
Angelina Jolie talks about playing Mariane Pearl, and her off-screen role as mom in an ever-expanding family. She also talks about losing her mom, and the privilege of doing humanitarian work with Brad Pitt.
Keith Morrison reports on a young man who was convicted and sent to death row based on fingerprints found at a crime scene. Now after nearly two decades new evidence may clear him.
A young newlywed falls to her death from a 1,000-foot cliff. Did she fall accidentally, or was she pushed by her husband? Also, Probably the most-discussed jail term ever, Paris Hilton is on her 8th day behind bars.
An FBI informant is imprisoned and treated like an insurgent for 97 days. Also, Vietnamese-Americans of New Orleans make a remarkable recovery after Katrina and manage to inspire an entire community.
In their first ever U.S. television interview Prince William and Prince Harry of Wales talk exclusively with Matt Lauer.
A mystery killer captivates Italy after grisly murders target young lovers in their cars.
After giving up her glamorous career for life as a single mom, Christa Worthington's happy life, came to a mysterious and tragic end.
Interviews, investigations and stories on which Stone Phillips has reported in the past 15 years.
An update to the report in which police suspected a professor's ex-wife, when he was found shot dead in his own driveway.
A preacher and his wife looked like they had a marriage made in heaven, until a body was found in the parsonage. Was it cold-blooded murder or something else?
A cellist's husband turns out to be a charmer who seduced and swindled a string of women. But was he a killer? Also, he was a preacher and a husband, a man with two wives. When one of them disappeared, investigators were puzzled. Was it murder? And if so, where was the body?
A teacher's husband admits he killed the young man who'd become his wife's lover. Was it a crime of passion, or something else entirely?
Part 1 of Chris Hansen's report from the New Jersey shore, in the eleventh hidden camera investigation that catches men who appear to be trying to meet children online for sex.
He was charming. She was vivacious. A romance that blossomed in Nantucket seemed so right, until it went very wrong.
Part 2 of Chris Hansen's "To Catch a Predator" report from the New Jersey shore.
Author J.K. Rowling reveals her secrets and what you never knew about Harry Potter.
The couple had shared a marriage, three children and a divorce. She had moved on, he couldn't.
Is it possible, to use the same technology that made the i-Pod a phenomenon, to catch i-Pod thieves? A Dateline hidden camera investigation into i-jackers.
An Update on the 1990 murder of a Bronx, N.Y., nightclub bouncer, as well as interviews with the assistant DA leading the investigation into the case.
The life, loss and travels of Sandra Camille Powers, a woman some call a cold-blooded criminal, and others say has just had terrible luck.
Reports in human sex trafficking taking place in Malaysia and Cambodia.
Fred Brito worked as a doctor, pastor, and a Red Cross fundraiser. But his resume was most remarkable for what wasn't on it, an ounce of truth.
When Teri Lee's life was threatened by an ex-boyfriend, she did everything she could to protect herself and her children, but would anyone else help her?
A wealthy adventurer's disappearance leads investigators to discover the dark secrets that can hide behind the face of friendship.
Inside an autopsy room, a chief medical examiner says her job is to hear the dead so she can help heal the living. The Kentucky medical examiner uses forensics to discover the truth at several crime scenes.
After an argument with her cheating husband, an Iowa woman says she grabbed a knife to protect herself and he walked into it.
A look back at the life of Princess Diana 10 years after her death.
Security consultant Bill Stanton, travels the country to demonstrate how to stay safe by being aware of your surroundings.
A series of horrible rapes and murders on a peaceful bike path went unsolved over decades. Could they have been committed by the same man? Also, new details about evidence found in the home of a controversial To Catch a Predator suspect.
An update on the most controversial episode of To Catch a Predator. In the town of Murphy Texas, last year, 24 men were caught in the undercover operation there. One of the subjects, a law enforcement official who would later take his own life.
A brutal home-invasion leaves a Connecticut woman's