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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2x01 Episode #29
20 September, 1989 11:00 am
A report on the alleged cover-up of a reported UFO crash landing opens the second season. Also: the story of a Vietnam veteran's 20-year search for a nurse who helped him rebuild his body and mind; and the hunt for the kidnappers of a boy and girl in New Mexico.
2x02 Episode #30
27 September, 1989 11:00 am
Segments on the murder of a Michigan real estate agent; the Florida search for a man believed to have swindled occupants of a nudist camp; and a statue of Jesus in Pennsylvania that is said to have moved.
2x03 Episode #31
11 October, 1989 11:00 am
Segments on the suspicious death of a Virginia woman; the search for five Hawaiian fisherman who reportedly vanished in the South Pacific; and the death threats received by a Missouri woman who cares for stray dogs.
2x04 Episode #32
18 October, 1989 11:00 am
Segments on the search for a Nebraska police chief sought in connection with a murder; the capture of a Georgia convict; an Arizona couple who posed as doctors reportedly to defraud unsuspecting patients; and a Massachusetts law-enforcement official who returned $28 million to it's rightful owners.
2x05 Episode #33
25 October, 1989 11:00 am
Segments include reports of ghostly lights in the sky above a small Texas town; the search for a Georgia woman sought in connection with discount-store robberies; and the murder of two teenagers in Washington State.
2x06 Episode #34
01 November, 1989 11:00 am
A segment on Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess focuses on reports that a double may have served his prison sentence. Also: a missing Montana woman thought to be suffering from amnesia after a car crash; and a Virginia search for the killers of a 24-year-old woman.
2x07 Episode #35
08 November, 1989 11:00 am
A former San Diego policeman who, according to this report, claims that fellow officers may have tried to kill him; the hunt for a Massachusetts fugitive; the sentencing of a Florida bail jumper whose capture was facilitated by a viewer; an Arkansas man who, according to this report, bilked investors out of 4 million.
2x08 Episode #36
15 November, 1989 11:00 am
Segments include the search for missing heirs of a Michigan hermit who left a $250,000 estate.
2x09 Episode #37
22 November, 1989 11:00 am
The 1970 death of boxing champ Sonny Liston is probed in a report that also examines theories that he may have been murdered. Other segments include the Texas search for kidnappers of a 19-year old woman and a California woman's quest to find her foster parents.
2x10 Episode #38
29 November, 1989 11:00 am
A segment on a Nazi death-camp survivor's 44-year search for the American soldier who gave him a miniature American flag; a report on the Maryland murder of a U.S. Army intelligence officer, who may have been killed by Soviet agents; the search in Arizona for a woman wanted for questioning in the death of her boyfriend; an update on the capture of a fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
2x11 Episode #39
06 December, 1989 11:00 am
Segments include a Glendale, Cal., case involving the suspected murder of a homeless man in a 1 million insurance fraud scheme; the search in Washington State for an escaped convict who was imprisoned for the murder of a 13-year old girl; a Los Angeles woman's search for her siblings, from whom she was separated when she was a child.
2x12 Episode #40
13 December, 1989 11:00 am
Included: the reported suicide of a 24-year old Virginia woman, who some believe was the victim of foul play; adult adoptees' searches for their natural parents; the FBI hunt for a Massachusetts man wanted, according to this report, in connection with the murder of a Pennsylvania police chief; the search for a New Mexico man, who bilked investors in a phony gold mine.
2x13 Episode #41
20 December, 1989 11:00 am
Segments include a 1930's case involving a baby left in a hatbox along an Arizona road on Christmas Eve; a Chicago physician who may be the wrong man serving a prison term for murdering his wife; a telephone Santa's 40-year search for his own child.
2x14 Episode #42
03 January, 1990 11:00 am
Reports on the disappearance of a young Ohio woman more than eight years ago; the search for a Florida woman wanted for questioning in a 2 million theft from her ailing husband; the manhunt for an alleged armed robber and killer on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
2x15 Episode #43
10 January, 1990 11:00 am
Repeat segments on a New Jersey woman whose psychic powers are tested; and 19th century miner credited with hiding 21 million in gold and silver. Also: an update on the capture of an Iowan wanted for embezzlement.
2x16 Episode #44
17 January, 1990 11:00 am
Wanted: Brayman Road Attacker
Missing: Ray Hickingbotham
Murder: Kevin Hughes
Lost loves: Robert Miller
Update: "Wanted: Ann Sigmin"
2x17 Episode #45
24 January, 1990 11:00 am
Segments examine the shooting death of a Colorado woman's husband; and the search for missing youths across the country. Also: a September story on UFOs in the Southwest.
2x18 Episode #46
31 January, 1990 11:00 am
A report from Great Britain on the unexplained creation of odd-shaped wheat and corn crops. Also: the disappearance of a Chicago writer who went to Colorado to write a mystery novel; a black North Caroline teenager's death, reported to be racially motivated.
2x19 Episode #47
07 February, 1990 11:00 am
Included: reported sightings of an aquatic monster known as Ogopogo in British Columbia's Lake Okanagan; the 1977 murder of an Arizona businessman who claimed to work for the Government; and the reunion of a Los Angeles woman with her brother. Also: a segment on grandparents who abducted their grandchildren.
2x20 Episode #48: Third Anniversary Show
11 February, 1990 11:00 am
Update: Wanted: Robert Weeks, Update: Wanted: Steven Cox, Update: Wanted: John Mooney, Update: Legend: Victorio Peak Treasure, Update: Wanted: John Burns, Update: Wanted: David Davis/Murder: Shannon Davis, Update: Lost: Billie and Joey Rogers, Update: Lost: Lt. Karen Stephens, Lost: The Family of Pat Mealbach, Mystery: Jenny Pratt
2x21 Episode #49
14 February, 1990 11:00 am
Reports: an Ohio woman who claims she's the reincarnated spirit of someone from a century earlier; the murder of a New Mexico law officer; the search for a suspected drug dealer.
2x22 Episode #50
21 February, 1990 11:00 am
Reports on a Seattle man suspected in the killing of his wife; the Texas search for two teens charged with killing four persons; a Georgia woman's quest to locate the person who protected her from child abuse.
2x23 Episode #51
21 March, 1990 11:00 am
Lost loves: Linda Sharp
Wanted: Gertrude Pruett
Mystery: William L. Toomey
Murder: Dan Short
Update: "Wanted: David Fisher/Murder: Laura Burbank"
2x24 Episode #52
28 March, 1990 12:00 pm
A 45-year-old kidnapping case examines a Chicago man's search for his brother, who was abducted from their parents' home. Also: a profile of a Missouri man who preyed on women's hearts and pocketbooks.
2x25 Episode #53
04 April, 1990 11:00 am
A report on a mysterious illness that struck an Oakland family; an update on the puzzling death of a Virginia woman; and repeat segments on a New York City coin scam, and the search for a Missouri arsonist.
2x26 Episode #54
25 April, 1990 11:00 am
Reports on a Chicago case in which a murdered woman's friend claims to have communicated with the victim from the grave; a Virginia sting operation involving charges of fraud and bribery.
2x27 Episode #55
02 May, 1990 11:00 am
Reports on three sets of identical twins; the Boston search for a shopping-mall robber; the FBI hunt for drug dealers in the Miami area.
2x28 Episode #56
16 May, 1990 11:00 am
A report examining a new angle in the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy; repeat segments on the Texas manhunt for a young woman's abductors, and a family's search for a sibling missing since the 1930s.
2x29 Episode #57
22 August, 1990 11:00 am
A new segment involves a policeman's search for his partner's killer. Repeat segments include the recovery of a 7-year-old girl who was in a coma for five months.
2x30 Episode #58
05 September, 1990 11:00 am
A new segment on a missing 4-year-old Tennessee girl, who has reportedly been seen since her alleged 198 death; an update on the arrest of a woman in a mother-son pyramid scheme. Repeat segments include one on a former world heavyweight champ.
2x31 Episode #59
12 September, 1990 11:00 am
A new segment examines the search for a man who killed a woman at an automatic-teller machine. Also: updates include the story of the puzzling crop formations found in England.
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