Episode
Dateline: Broken Circle
Overview
When the owner of a school promoted as a place to help troubled girls is accused of abusing students, his daughter must decide whose side she’s on. Keith Morrison reports.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 30
- Air date
- 2021-02-11
- Runtime
- 40 min
Episode context
Broken Circle is Episode 30 in Season 29 of Dateline. It aired on 2021-02-11. The runtime is 40 min.
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