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Season 5 – Dateline NBC

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Anchored by Lester Holt, "Dateline" is NBC's signature newsmagazine, bringing viewers storytelling at its best by putting the pieces together to present the full picture of real-life events. NBC News correspondents cover compelling stories and issues of the day, ranging from mystery and crime to in-depth investigations and breaking-news events.
Dateline NBC — Season 5

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 24, 1996 Sweatshop conditions in this country. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 27, 1996 A right-to-die case raises questions about the decedent's final wishes. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 29, 1996 Katie Couric interviews Johnnie Cochran. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 6, 1996 Jay Leno at work; sports nutritional supplements; home drug-testing kits. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 13, 1996 Microbrews; laws governing international air travel. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 18, 1996 Rape case; presidential candidates respond to an anchor's question. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 20, 1996 Sweatshop conditions in this country; presidential candidates respond to an anchor's question. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 22, 1996 Rosie O'Donnell; Seattle woman's choice involves her son's destiny and Nepal; presidential candidates respond to an anchor's question. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 25, 1996 Former talk-show guest's murder trial; authors Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider offer women dating advice. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 27, 1996 Anesthetized patients wake up during surgery; presidential candidates respond to an anchor's question. Details Episode 11 Aired Oct 29, 1996 Sleep-related eating disorder; Richard Jewell interview. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 1, 1996 A teen survives a grizzly bear's attack. Details Episode 13 Aired Nov 3, 1996 Jane Pauley interviews Michael Jordan. Details Episode 14 Aired Nov 8, 1996 A major university and self-proclaimed heirs battle for a deceased bachelor's massive fortune. Details Episode 15 Aired Nov 10, 1996 Minivan bumper tests. Details Episode 16 Aired Nov 12, 1996 Barbra Streisand; woman says she was attacked at Walt Disney World. Details Episode 17 Aired Nov 15, 1996 An Idaho prosecutor uses a long-forgotten law to discourage teens from having sex. Details Episode 18 Aired Nov 17, 1996 Vicki Moore crusades against animal abuse in Spain. Details Episode 19 Aired Nov 19, 1996 Via in-vitro fertilization, a Dutch woman gives birth to fraternal twins of differing races. Details Episode 20 Aired Nov 22, 1996 A broken surrogacy deal leads to a custody battle in court. Details Episode 21 Aired Nov 24, 1996 Credit-repair services. Details Episode 22 Aired Nov 26, 1996 Hidden cameras document breaches in airport security. Details Episode 23 Aired Nov 29, 1996 Families and parenting. Details Episode 24 Aired Dec 1, 1996 Home-repair scams. Details Episode 25 Aired Dec 3, 1996 Stone Phillips interviews Walter Cronkite. Details Episode 26 Aired Dec 4, 1996 A crime victim and police chief each detail a rape-case investigation. Details Episode 27 Aired Dec 6, 1996 Bob Costas interviews Sylvester Stallone. Details Episode 28 Aired Dec 8, 1996 Airport security. Details Episode 29 Aired Dec 10, 1996 Whitney Houston; safety of halogen lamps. Details Episode 30 Aired Dec 13, 1996 Indonesian ferry sinking. Details Episode 31 Aired Dec 15, 1996 One family's attempt to handle holiday stress; electronic price-scanners. Details Episode 32 Aired Dec 17, 1996 Hidden cameras record child labor used in toy manufacturing. Details Episode 33 Aired Dec 22, 1996 People turn to alternative methods to relieve stress and cope with life-threatening illnesses. Details Episode 34 Aired Dec 24, 1996 Miracles and mysteries. Details Episode 35 Aired Dec 27, 1996 Labor Day Young men abandon their children. Details Episode 36 Aired Dec 29, 1996 A man's heroic actions to stop a crime cost him his job. Details Episode 37 Aired Dec 31, 1996 "Florida vs. Lusskin," a murder-for-hire case involves unborn twins. Details Episode 38 Aired Jan 3, 1997 Hidden cameras record police pulling over unsuspecting motorists. Details Episode 39 Aired Jan 5, 1997 Extreme winter weather causes catastrophe in the Northwest. Details Episode 40 Aired Jan 7, 1997 Reckless motor-vehicle operators. Details Episode 41 Aired Jan 10, 1997 Assault of a Stanislaus, Calif., woman might be linked to an extremist group. Details Episode 42 Aired Jan 12, 1997 A hidden-camera investigation into the hair transplant industry targets bald men. Details Episode 43 Aired Jan 14, 1997 Jane Pauley returns to Indianapolis to report on how court-ordered busing has changed her alma mater. Details Episode 44 Aired Jan 17, 1997 Stone Phillips revisits his family's farm in Waxahachie, Texas. Details Episode 45 Aired Jan 19, 1997 A marine biologist leads efforts to release Lolita, a killer whale in captivity in Seattle. Details Episode 46 Aired Jan 21, 1997 A blind woman recaptures her independence with the help of a guide dog. Details Episode 47 Aired Jan 24, 1997 Taming the Wild People domesticate wild animals. Details Episode 48 Aired Jan 28, 1997 Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter discuss evidence in the O.J. Simpson case. Details Episode 49 Aired Jan 29, 1997 An angry ex-employee seeks revenge on live television. Details Episode 50 Aired Jan 31, 1997 U.S. Marine Corps and hazing. Details Episode 51 Aired Feb 1, 1997 White sharks. Details Episode 52 Aired Feb 7, 1997 A report on the risks of major destruction from a meteorite crashing to Earth. Details Episode 53 Aired Feb 11, 1997 A Pennsylvania teacher's stalker targeted her at school. Details Episode 54 Aired Feb 14, 1997 A con man bilks Texans with his claims of producing a movie. Details Episode 55 Aired Feb 18, 1997 One woman's infidelity on the Internet destroyed her family. Details Episode 56 Aired Feb 21, 1997 The most dangerous roads in America. Details Episode 57 Aired Feb 23, 1997 Miep Gies recalls helping Anne Frank hide during World War II. Details Episode 58 Aired Feb 25, 1997 Stone Phillips interviews Victoria Gotti; hypnosis and weight-loss seminars. Details Episode 59 Aired Feb 26, 1997 Nature's Wrath A report on people caught in natural disasters includes teens who survived a rock slide in Yosemite. Details Episode 60 Aired Mar 2, 1997 Howard Stern; a woman tangles with the legal system due to mandatory sentencing in drug cases. Details Episode 61 Aired Mar 4, 1997 A beloved church leader's behavior baffles his community and the police. Details Episode 62 Aired Mar 5, 1997 Stories of courage and acts of heroism include a a deadly fire in a crowded office building. Details Episode 63 Aired Mar 7, 1997 Couple goad and videotape their small children in a violent confrontation; the latest on the floods. Details Episode 64 Aired Mar 10, 1997 A stalking case involving a respected teacher tears a community apart. Details Episode 65 Aired Mar 11, 1997 "Georgia vs. Chapel," a case involving money and murder. Details Episode 66 Aired Mar 14, 1997 Kathryn Harrison recalls her relationship with her father in her memoir "The Kiss"; the latest theory on the crash of TWA flight 800. Details Episode 67 Aired Mar 16, 1997 Marine recruits must face the crucible, a basic-training test. Details Episode 68 Aired Mar 18, 1997 Three young siblings ask a Milwaukee judge for a divorce from their father. Details Episode 69 Aired Mar 21, 1997 Dennis Murphy interviews Patricia Hearst. Details Episode 70 Aired Mar 23, 1997 Red tide in North Carolina. Details Episode 71 Aired Mar 25, 1997 Doctor's death raises questions of hospital security. Details Episode 72 Aired Mar 26, 1997 A teacher is tried for raping her student. Details Episode 73 Aired Mar 28, 1997 Mass suicide; Tanya Tucker. Details Episode 74 Aired Mar 30, 1997 Cult leader; vitamin C. Details Episode 75 Aired Apr 1, 1997 Former Judge Sol Wachtler is released from prison. Details Episode 76 Aired Apr 4, 1997 An accident victim's condition divides his family. Details Episode 77 Aired Apr 8, 1997 A couple must rebuild a life together when the bride suffers catastrophic memory loss. Details Episode 78 Aired Apr 11, 1997 Experts examine the wreckage of the Titanic. Details Episode 79 Aired Apr 13, 1997 Taxpayers claim the Internal Revenue Service abuses its power; Aberdeen sergeant faces court-martial. Details Episode 80 Aired Apr 15, 1997 Dating services. Details Episode 81 Aired Apr 18, 1997 Co-workers question whether their work is responsible for their serious illnesses. Details Episode 82 Aired Apr 20, 1997 Figure skater Oksana Baiul; a man promises to help people earn money working at home. Details Episode 83 Aired Apr 21, 1997 Hidden-camera revelations about altruism; inappropriate doctor/patient relationships. Details Episode 84 Aired Apr 22, 1997 Child modeling; celebrity charities. Details Episode 85 Aired Apr 25, 1997 Josh Mankiewicz reports on the end of the hostage crisis in Peru. Details Episode 86 Aired Apr 29, 1997 Traveling auction business; author Carl Anthony discusses Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Details Episode 87 Aired May 2, 1997 Smoking; People magazine's annual list of the "World's Most Beautiful People." Details Episode 88 Aired May 6, 1997 Floral delivery services. Details Episode 89 Aired May 9, 1997 The Valujet crash; TV host Marc Summers copes with his obsessive-compulsive disorder. Details Episode 90 Aired May 13, 1997 The voluntary removal of mercury dental fillings. Details Episode 91 Aired May 16, 1997 Seattle arson case. Details Episode 92 Aired May 18, 1997 Rescue dogs. Details Episode 93 Aired May 20, 1997 Banker George Revelle is accused of his wife's murder. Details Episode 94 Aired May 23, 1997 Roller coasters. Details Episode 95 Aired May 30, 1997 Texas tornadoes. Details Episode 96 Aired Jun 2, 1997 Tasers, new self-defense weapons; stuttering. Details Episode 97 Aired Jun 3, 1997 An officer, trapped in the line of fire, gives his account of a bank-robbery shootout. Details Episode 98 Aired Jun 6, 1997 A deadly domestic dispute leads to the unusual court case of Florida vs. Gamble. Details Episode 99 Aired Jun 9, 1997 Stone Phillips interviews Farrah Fawcett. Details Episode 100 Aired Jun 10, 1997 Girls' eating disorders may be linked to their mothers' behavior. Details Episode 101 Aired Jun 13, 1997 Journalist claims he found a link between the crack cocaine epidemic and the CIA. Details Episode 102 Aired Jun 16, 1997 A woman makes a painful discovery of her husband's true identity. Details Episode 103 Aired Jun 17, 1997 Luxury car safety. Details Episode 104 Aired Jun 20, 1997 A man's writings reveal a terrible childhood secret. Details Episode 105 Aired Jun 22, 1997 A man's stories solicit money over the phone. Details Episode 106 Aired Jun 23, 1997 The Mom USA pageant. Details Episode 107 Aired Jun 24, 1997 Former military commander claims to have seen aliens in Roswell, N.M. Details Episode 108 Aired Jun 27, 1997 Why Can't We Live Together? Tom Brokaw examines racial separation in one American community. Details Episode 109 Aired Jun 29, 1997 Disciplining children. Details Episode 110 Aired Jun 30, 1997 The husband of a multiple sclerosis sufferer serves time for trying to kill her. Details Episode 111 Aired Jul 1, 1997 New air purifying machine. Details Episode 112 Aired Jul 6, 1997 A visit to a Chicago hospital's emergency room. Details Episode 113 Aired Jul 7, 1997 The mysterious death of writer Eugene Izzi; people attempt to answer questions from the U.S. citizenship test. Details Episode 114 Aired Jul 8, 1997 Patients and government regulators debate the effectiveness of an experimental drug for the treatment of Lou Gehrig's disease. Details Episode 115 Aired Jul 11, 1997 Allegations of sexual abuse in a small Washington town. Details Episode 116 Aired Jul 13, 1997 A woman seeks her daughter's killer for 10 years. Details Episode 117 Aired Jul 14, 1997 Deaf parents say they needed interpreters to plead their case against child abuse. Details Episode 118 Aired Jul 15, 1997 The 1955 crash of United Flight 629 in Denver changes aviation and spurs a new investigative method; Arkansas trooper Ronnie Anderson. Details Episode 119 Aired Jul 18, 1997 Friends and families of victims of TWA Flight 800 discuss their lives a year later. Details Episode 120 Aired Jul 20, 1997 Sara James examines a theory claiming genetic predisposition to criminal behavior; courtroom implications. Details Episode 121 Aired Jul 21, 1997 The science of sleep, including methods for improving sleep habits. Details Episode 122 Aired Jul 22, 1997 Suspects say they confessed due to police manipulation. Details Episode 123 Aired Jul 25, 1997 A court case involves a teacher's claim that a colleague stalked her; Andrew Cunanan's life and legacy. Details Episode 124 Aired Jul 27, 1997 A midair collision forces a passenger to land a hot-air balloon. Details Episode 125 Aired Jul 28, 1997 Dr. Dean Ornish claims his diet program can stop heart disease without medication or surgery. Details Episode 126 Aired Jul 29, 1997 In an attempt to break the round-the-world record, a yachtsman struggles alone when his boat capsizes. Details Episode 127 Aired Aug 1, 1997 Fishermen's small boat catches on fire during a tournament in the Caribbean. Details Episode 128 Aired Aug 3, 1997 Sports psychologists study how hearts and brains function under pressure. Details Episode 129 Aired Aug 4, 1997 In a lawsuit, a man claims "Seinfeld" cost him his job. Details Episode 130 Aired Aug 5, 1997 Fire and plane-crash survival techniques. Details Episode 131 Aired Aug 8, 1997 After candy millionaire Helen Brach disappears, a former boyfriend does time. Details Episode 132 Aired Aug 10, 1997 Conformity experiments; sharks. Details Episode 133 Aired Aug 11, 1997 Members of Elvis Presley's inner circle discuss his life. Details Episode 134 Aired Aug 12, 1997 One work-at-home company's job may not be as profitable for employees as the firm claims. Details Episode 135 Aired Aug 15, 1997 Trainer says he communicates with horses and can tame them quickly and painlessly. Details Episode 136 Aired Aug 18, 1997 Indiana man's search for his father, a missing soldier, spans nearly 30 years. Details Episode 137 Aired Aug 19, 1997 A homeless woman struggles to regain her former business success; Johnny Chung. Details Episode 138 Aired Aug 22, 1997 Hidden cameras capture police entrapping motorists. Details Episode 139 Aired Aug 24, 1997 A tobacco company conducts research when residents of Greenfield, Iowa, quit smoking. Details Episode 140 Aired Aug 25, 1997 Pennsylvania court case involves a teacher's claim that a colleague stalked her. Details Episode 141 Aired Aug 26, 1997 Millionaire Senate candidate faces accusations she is linked to her father's death. Details Episode 142 Aired Aug 29, 1997 A family claims an angry neighbor's testimony leads to a charge of child abuse. Details Episode 143 Aired Aug 31, 1997 Philadelphia firefighters rescue a man trapped in a building collapse. Details Episode 144 Aired Sep 1, 1997 The Death of Princess Diana The death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Details Episode 145 Aired Sep 2, 1997 Skater Scott Hamilton discusses his battle with testicular cancer. Details Episode 146 Aired Sep 3, 1997 Long-range weather forecasting; People magazine's best- and worst-dressed issue. Details Episode 147 Aired Sep 5, 1997 Diana: A Last Goodbye The death of Princess Diana; author Barbara Cartland; anchors Jane Pauley in London, Stone Phillips in New York. Details Episode 148 Aired Sep 7, 1997 Princess Diana's funeral; the JonBenet Ramsey case. Details Episode 149 Aired Sep 9, 1997 Hidden cameras show people with disabilities enduring discrimination. Details Episode 150 Aired Sep 12, 1997 Inventor Graham Hawkes plans to visit unexplored areas of the Pacific in his one-man submarine. Details Episode 151 Aired Sep 14, 1997 A woman says addiction to prescription drugs destroyed her. Details Episode 152 Aired Sep 15, 1997 Dog emotions; author Kitty Kelley ("The Royals"). Details Episode 153 Aired Sep 16, 1997 Chronic-pain management. Details Episode 154 Aired Sep 19, 1997 A woman charged with killing her son says he had a psychological disorder causing self-abuse. Details Episode 155 Aired Sep 21, 1997 Pamela Anderson Lee. Details Episode 156 Aired Sep 22, 1997 A couple whose own son died agree to care for conjoined twins who must be separated to survive. Details
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Season Info

Network
NBC
Rating
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Genre
News, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 24, 1996