
"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 detective comes face to face with a serial killer when she promises to get justice for the mother of a victim whose body turns up at an Anaheim trash facility.

When a father goes missing and his body is found in a field several miles away, the investigation reveals multiple suspects -- including members of his own family.

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.

When a young Army medic based at Ft. Bragg, N.C., goes missing, police can't solve the case despite having a suspect until an unorthodox private investigator steps in to help.