
"Dateline" has been a staple of the newsmagazine genre since premiering in 1992. Given how long it's been on the air, the show has an extensive archive of in-depth news stories and investigative journalism. This syndicated version offers viewers another chance to watch some of the show's previous content, serving up real-life mysteries and in-depth investigations from the show's 20-plus years on the air. Cases involving murders and missing people are frequent topics on the series that has won multiple Emmys in the news and documentary category.

A brilliant woman who rose from poverty and became a successful criminal defense attorney is murdered; investigators look into her clients and follow a bizarre string of clues.

Karen Smith is murdered while her 5-year-old son is brutally stabbed and a neighbor says she knows who did it; she later recants her testimony and fights for the suspect's defense.

A man calls 911 to report that his pregnant wife has died by suicide; the case is closed until a suspicious house fire 24 years later leads police to question what really happened that day.

A man steals millions of dollars by conning numerous women and businesses over 25 years; one woman brings together a group of his victims to hold him accountable and make him face justice.