Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human and paranormal mysteries. An audience interactive call-to-action request allowed viewers to call in with tips to help solve the cases.
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1x01 Episode #1
05 October, 1988 11:00 am
The occasional series begins a weekly run, focusing first on UFO sightings over Gulf Breeze, Fla.; a fugitive wanted for two murders, who escaped from a Tennessee prison more than 10 years ago; and a divorced mother from Maine who vanished while dating from the personals columns.
1x02 Episode #2
12 October, 1988 11:00 am
A recap of D.B. Cooper's 1971 airline hijacking and extortion, and his subsequent disappearance after parachuting out of the plane over Washington State; new forensic evidence suggesting murder in the 1987 deaths of two teenage boys on a Bryant, Ark., railroad track; a story on missing memorabilia acquired by a Medford, Ore., sports collector, who died in Las Vegas in 1987; and an update on a previous report on a prison escapee.
1x03 Episode #3
26 October, 1988 10:00 am
This Halloween edition delves into the claim that the Queen Mary (which is docked in Long Beach) is haunted by a sailor's ghost. Other segments examine the forces that drove a Horicon, Wis., family from it's home; rumors about a haunted 18th-century inn in Merion, Pa.; apparitions that torment a Georgia couple whose home is located on a Civil War battle site.
1x04 Episode #4
02 November, 1988 11:00 am
Part 1 of two on the "Son of Sam" killings explores the theory that David Berkowitz may have been a suspected scapegoat in the 1970's New York slayings. Also: the unclaimed inheritance of a Nebraska railroad man who died in 1978; and clues left behind in the 1985 shootings of a Waverly, Ga., couple.
1x05 Episode #5
09 November, 1988 11:00 am
Part 2 of a report on new evidence in the Son of Sam killings suggesting David Berkowitz' involvement with a satanic murder cult; the search by a British woman, now 45, for her American military-officer father; the search for two men suspected of masterminding an insurance-fraud scheme; and the kidnapping of a wealthy Jackson, Miss., woman.
1x06 Episode #6
16 November, 1988 11:00 am
Reports on a 1986 San Quentin prison escapee who's still at large; the murder of a 4-year old Philadelphia child; a Nebraska mother who disappeared at Christmastime 1987; and a Medford, Ore., businessman who vanished with investors' money.
1x07 Episode #7
23 November, 1988 11:00 am
Cases involving the suspected murders of two priests, one in New Mexico and one in Montana; the good fortune experienced by the family of a Washington State youth, who found a peculiarly marked rock in the forest; the disappearance of a Los Angeles man after he used an automatic bank-teller machine; the death of a 17-year-old Ohio youth, who disappeared after attending a Halloween party.
1x08 Episode #8
30 November, 1988 11:00 am
Segments detail a U.S. airman's claim of a frightening encounter with a UFO on Cape Cod in the 1960's, and include a discussion of genetic experimentation said to involve non-Earthlings. Also: the search for suspects in the murder of an Arkansas telephone worker said to be a victim of witchcraft.
1x09 Episode #9
14 December, 1988 11:00 am
Reports on the deaths of three persons in a Nashville, Ind., house fire; a Carlsbad, Cal., teenager who was in a coma for three months following a motorcycle accident; and the killing of Pacific sea lions in Redondo Beach, Cal. Also: updates on previous reports on the 1978 murders of two Tennessee women; and a suspected Los Angeles bank robber.
1x10 Episode #10
21 December, 1988 11:00 am
Segments on a murdered Texas woman whose life insurance policy is the source of a family dispute; a Los Angeles man who vanished after withdrawing money from an automatic teller machine; a 70-year old Hungarian immigrant who's trying to locate a U.S. soldier who befriended him 40 years ago at a refugee camp in Austria.
1x11 Episode #11
04 January, 1989 11:00 am
Reports on the death of a California deejay in October 1988 and the disappearance of a Pennsylvania man on Valentine's Day 1980. Also: an update on the case of an Oregon man who vanished with investors' money. (See the episode that aired on November 16, 1988)
1x12 Episode #12
18 January, 1989 11:00 am
Missing Persons: The 1986 disappearance of 14 year-old Jeremy Bright, who was last seen at an Oregon carnival. Rumors abound that Bright may have been shot by bullies who used him as a human target.
Unexplained Death: The unsolved 1988 shooting of Officer John Martin of the Lee County, Virginia Sheriff's Department.
Lost Heirs: The lost heirs of prospector Dan Willans could stand to inherit nearly 3 million dollars.
Wanted: Businessman Leo Koury is on the FBI's ten most wanted list for murder, attempted murder, extortion, assault, racketeering, fraud, and arson.
Wanted: The 1988 abduction of 9 year-old Michaela Garecht from an Oakland, California shopping mall.
Missing Persons: A report on a shrimp boat, sailed by Red Dixon and his children, lost off the Oregon coast in 1986.
1x13 Episode #13
25 January, 1989 11:00 am
Lost: Micki Jo West, Update: Wanted: David Davis/Murder: Shannon Davis, Lost: The Brother of Sylvia Wemhoff/Margaret Murphy, Lost: Marlene Santana/Carlina, White/Christopher Abeyta, Wanted: The Bald Mountain Shooters, Wanted: Robert Leads
1x14 Episode #14
01 February, 1989 11:00 am
Legend: Face on Mars
Update: "Wanted: Arthur Frankford"
Murder: Kathy Hobbs[78]
Update: "Lost loves: Philip Pelletier"
Lost loves: Jackie Harrington
Missing: Angelo Desideri
1x15 Episode #15
08 February, 1989 11:00 am
The Alcatraz Escape
Wanted: Jean Marie Gagnon
Wanted: Thomas Nauss Jr.
Wanted: Carl Alfred Eder
Wanted: Lena Regina Smith
Wanted: Joseph Mancini
1x16 Episode #16
15 February, 1989 11:00 am
Murder: Mickey and Trudy Thompson
Wanted: Crazy Glue Bandit
Legend: Bigfoot in Colorado
Lost heirs: Heirs of George J. Stein
Murder: Joyce McLain
1x17 Episode #17
22 February, 1989 11:00 am
Wanted: The Burrowing Bandits
Mystery: Kristle Merzlock and Tom Sawyer
Wanted: Walter Wenke
Wanted: Ronald Denslow
Murder: Permon Gilbert
Update: "Wanted: Robert Leads"
1x18 Episode #18
01 March, 1989 11:00 am
Murder: Donald Smith
Mystery: Brushy Bill Roberts
Wanted: Charles Mule[94]
Update: "Wanted: Jean Marie Gagnon"
1x19 Episode #19
15 March, 1989 11:00 am
Murder: Lisa Marie Kimmell
Legend: Lost Dutchman Mine
Missing: Audrey Moate/Murder: Thomas Hotard
Update: "Wanted: Louis Carlucci"
1x20 Episode #20
05 April, 1989 11:00 am
Wanted: John Mooney
Wanted: Liz Carmichael
Murder: Terri McClure
Wanted: Charles Wickman
Update: "Missing: Anne Hearin"
1x21 Episode #21
12 April, 1989 11:00 am
Segments on the hunt for a man who, according to the show, disguised himself as a woman and bilked investors out of millions for an auto prototype; the seach for a Georgia convict; the murder of a Nevada woman; and the story of a former Florida nun who stands to lose her home and money after posting bond for her brother, who then jumped bail.
1x22 Episode #22
26 April, 1989 11:00 am
Missing: Gus Hoffman
Wanted: Ron Rushton
Mystery: Patsy Wright
Lost loves: The Families of the S.S. Muskogee Crew
Update: "Missing: Matthew Chase"
1x23 Episode #23
03 May, 1989 11:00 am
Reports on a California mother's search for the killers of her 20-year-old son; the fate of 34 merchant marines believed lost at sea during World War II; the unexplained death of a Texas woman; the apprehension of two Los Angeles seamen suspected of killing a sea lion.
1x24 Episode #24
10 May, 1989 11:00 am
Legend: Victorio Peak Treasure
Missing: Kari Lynn Nixon
Wanted: Dr. David Rhodes/Missing: Keelan and David J. Rhodes
1x25 Episode #25
17 May, 1989 11:00 am
A new segment focuses on a New York family that, according to this report, bilked Medicaid out of millions of dollars. Also: an update on a Tennessee fugitive apprehended in Canada; and repeat segments including UFO sightings.
1x26 Episode #26
16 August, 1989 11:00 am
A report on the Pennsylvania search for a child killer; an update on an April report about an Los Angeles man who reportedly swindled investors in a scheme to develop his futuristic Dale car; and a segment on homeless children in the early part of this century.
1x27 Episode #27
06 September, 1989 11:00 am
Reports on the reunion of two abducted New Jersey children with their maternal mother; and the search for the strangler of a Washington mother and daughter.
1x28 Episode #28
13 September, 1989 11:00 am
A new report on the capture of two suspected fugitives. Also repeat segments on the 1930's New Mexico gold miner and his search for lost treasure; the 1987 murder of a Florida gun collector; one man's search for crewman of a U.S. Merchant Marine vessel believed to have been destroyed by the Germans in World War II.
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