• Air date: 19 Sep '90 56 episodes
      Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack from 1987 until 2002 and later by Dennis Farina starting in 2008. In addition, TV presenter Keely Shaye Smith and actress Virginia Madsen contributed greatly to its success. Keely Shaye played the role of a reporter from the confines of an office interacting with Stack and responding to questions for further information. In this capacity, she was a welcomed addition to the cast and revered tremendously by Stack, who would "cut to" her for more detailed information. Academy-award-winning actress Virginia Madsen's contribution to the show included performing in Stack's role as announcer for several years. It was broadcast first as specials in 1987, then as a regular series on NBC, CBS, Lifetime and Spike. Lifetime once again airs the revived version of the series, but only in reruns. Although the show is not in current production, Cosgrove-Meurer Productions maintains a website for the show, featuring popular accounts...
  • List of Episodes (56)
    • 51. Episode #141

      14 Aug '91
      Reports on a Colorado double homicide; a 4-year-old Montana girl's disappearance during a family picnic; a haunted Victorian-era home in Carson City (Nev.). (Repeat)
    • 52. Episode #142

      21 Aug '91
      A report on the 1990 murder of a Michigan high-school counselor, and the subsequent shoot-out between the police and the suspect. Also: repeat segments on two L.A. disc jockeys suspected of staging a phony murder confession to boost their ratings; the Missouri arrest of a fugitive wanted for fraud.
    • 53. Episode #143

      28 Aug '91
      A report on a 41-year-old California man's search for both his father and his son; repeat segments on a New York City coin scheme.
    • 54. Episode #144

      04 Sep '91
      New segments: the search for a former Miami bank employee wanted for embezzling $500,000; the hunt for a con man who bilked lonely, middle-aged women; the arrest of a fugitive cult leader.
    • 55. Episode #145

      08 Sep '91
      From last season: Reports on an Ohio woman who claims she's the reincarnated spirit of a 19th-century woman; the unexplained death of a 21-year-old rookie cop from Mountainaire, N.M. (Repeat)
    • 56. Episode #146

      11 Sep '91
      New reports on a Las Vegas woman's confession to felony kidnapping; new evidence in the case of a convicted Missouri woman; the arrest of a Federal fugitive on theft and computer-hacking charges.