Detectives trace the last day of a murder victim’s life
About Dateline: The Last Day
Dateline: The Last Day is a Dateline spin-off that presents murder cases through the perspective of the victim’s last day (much like The Last 24). The tone surrounding the true crime show is more serious than Dateline, but it features regular Dateline correspondents Keith Morrison, Josh Mankiewicz, and Andrea Canning, along with additional contributor Stephanie Gosk.
Each episode follows the events of the victim’s last day and the key people they interacted with during those events, described by the investigators involved, victims’ friends and families, and through police interviews.
In the first season, the show has less emphasis on intimate partner homicide than Dateline and includes murders by strangers, friends, and others. And unlike Dateline, it omits lengthy trial clips or description of the trials. Instead, the focus is squarely on the timeline of the victim.
If you can’t get enough Dateline in your life, this show is for you.
The Show Elements
Seasons: 1 (2022-)
Where to stream: Peacock
More shows like Dateline: The Last Day: Dateline NBC, The Last 24, A Time to Kill, Killing Time
See also this list of true crime shows
✓ Police interviews
✘ Trial clips
✓ Narration
✘ Re-creations
✘ Experts
✓ Victims’ families and friends
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