
"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 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.

Recently uncovered pages from John Hinckley Jr.'s diary, which he began writing after he was arrested for trying to assassinate President Ronald Reagan; an interview with the officer who questioned Hinckley after the attempted assassination.