20/20 (1978)
20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects. The program's name derives from the "20/20" measurement of visual acuity. The hour-long program has been a staple on Friday evenings for much of the time since it moved to that timeslot from Thursdays in September 1987, though special editions of the program occasionally air on other nights.
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Episode 1 - Chippendales Murder
Release Date: 2021-10-08Uncovering the dark past of greed and murder-for-hire in the male exotic dance troupe Chippendales.
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Episode 2 - The Principal's Wife
Release Date: 2021-10-15Joe Bryan, a former principal in Clifton, Texas, was convicted of murdering his wife Mickey Bryan in 1985, a crime he maintains he didn't commit. Was it connected to another murder in the small town?
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Episode 3 - Do No Harm
Release Date: 2021-10-22The first wife of a “Jekyll and Hyde” Manhattan plastic surgeon mysteriously disappears. More than 30 years later, Robert Bierenbaum confesses to her murder.
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Episode 4 - Life Online: The Last Days of Gabby Petito
Release Date: 2021-10-29Why the Petito case went viral and the outcry for the same attention to be applied to the cold cases of others, especially people of color and indigenous women.
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Episode 5 - Sincerely, the Happy Face Killer
Release Date: 2021-11-05Before serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known by his nickname "Happy Face Killer," turned himself in in 1995, authorities believed Laverne Pavlinac and her boyfriend murdered his first victim.
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Episode 6 - Goodnight, Mother
Release Date: 2021-11-12Julie Rea was in prison for her 10-year-old son's murder until a "20/20" viewer helped crack open the case, leading to a serial killer confessing to the crime. One of his attack survivors speaks out.
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Episode 7 - Escape From A House Of Horror
Release Date: 2021-11-1913 children were held captive by their parents in a survival story like you’ve never seen. Now, hear from the family for the first time.
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Episode 8 - Nowhere To Run: The Ahmaud Arbery Story
Release Date: 2021-11-26Friends and family of Armaud Arbery reflect on his life and his mother's quest to find truth and justice, after he was tragically killed; documenting the aftermath of Arbery's killing, featuring interviews with the attorneys involved in the case;
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Episode 9 - The Deadly Take
Release Date: 2021-12-10A look into the events leading up to the deadly shooting on the set of "Rust" and the pending investigations into what when wrong;
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Episode 10 - I Now Pronounce You Dead
Release Date: 2022-01-07After a woman was found dead, authorities uncovered an elaborate web of lies surrounding James Addie, spun to conceal his biggest secret of all – he was living a double life.
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Episode 11 - Fall of the House of Murdaugh
Release Date: 2022-01-14A new “20/20” documents the latest details in the developing story on the Murdaugh family murders, the alleged financial crimes of Alex Murdaugh and other unusual events surrounding the family.
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Episode 12 - Adam…& Evil
Release Date: 2022-01-21Lori Vallow’s brother Adam Cox sits down for the first TV network interview about the tragic family events that led up to the murders of his sister’s two children.
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Episode 13 - Gone at Dawn
Release Date: 2022-01-28For over 26 years, authorities tried to locate Jodi Huisentruit, a 27-year-old anchorwoman who vanished in Mason City, Iowa. Now “20/20” explores surprising new leads in the case.
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Episode 14 - You've Got Jail
Release Date: 2022-02-11Michigan mother of three Sharee Miller sat in the center of a complicated love triangle. She used sex, deception and the internet to pit her lover, Jerry Cassaday against her husband Bruce Miller.
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Episode 15 - Home Sweet Murder
Release Date: 2022-02-25An exclusive prison interview with Diane Staudte, the mother behind a sinister plot to poison her husband and two children.
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Episode 16 - The Dropout: The Rise and Con of Elizabeth Holmes
Release Date: 2022-03-04ABC News reports on the latest chapter in the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing company Theranos, once valued at $9 billion.
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Episode 17 - The Cult Next Door: The Mystery and Madness of Heaven's Gate
Release Date: 2022-03-11Diane Sawyer decodes the mysteries behind the Heaven’s Gate cult, including an exclusive interview with Rio DiAngelo, a member who left the group.
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Episode 18 - The Devil You Know
Release Date: 2022-03-18Two months after his death, a new “20/20” reports on Robert Durst, the fugitive multimillionaire New York real estate heir and his shocking trial that led to a murder conviction.
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Episode 19 - Dead Man Talking
Release Date: 2022-03-25The first network interview with Wendi Mae Davidson from prison, where she is serving a 25-year sentence for her husband’s murder.
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Episode 20 - Hell in Heels
Release Date: 2022-04-01For the first time in 20 years, Haylei Jordan speaks out to “20/20” and reveals insight into her mother’s troubled past, including her allegedly volatile relationship with Larry McNabney.
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Episode 21 - Words to Die By
Release Date: 2022-04-08Can text messages sent from miles away lead to time behind bars? “20/20” reports on the unprecedented suicide texting case that landed Michelle Carter in prison.
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Episode 22 - Gone Before the Storm
Release Date: 2022-05-06Anthony Harris speaks with ABC News’ 20/20 more than 20 years after he was released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the murder of his neighbor Devan Dunvier. Her killer is still wanted.
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Episode 23 - Lock the Door Behind You
Release Date: 2022-05-13Never-before-broadcast video gives insight into the mind of serial killer Henry Louis Wallace, who confessed to 11 murders from 1990-1994, and his only surviving victim speaks in his first interview.
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Episode 24 - Double Life, Double Murder
Release Date: 2022-05-20A couple is murdered inside their home. Could the killer be trying to hide a secret double life?
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Episode 25 - Laura Lee Day
Release Date: 2022-06-03An exclusive interview with Laura Day, nearly a decade after her first-degree capital murder conviction for her 6-year-old stepson’s death.
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Episode 26 - The Last Hunt
Release Date: 2022-09-17Two go on safari, one returns; an exclusive interview with a man who says he heard a shocking confession.