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Unsolved Mysteries : Season 1
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Air date: 05 Oct '88 - 38 episodesUnsolved 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...
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List of Episodes (38)
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Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
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1. Episode #1
05 Oct '88The 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.
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2. Episode #2
12 Oct '88A 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.
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3. Episode #3
26 Oct '88This 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.
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4. Episode #4
02 Nov '88Part 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.
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5. Episode #5
09 Nov '88Part 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.
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6. Episode #6
16 Nov '88Reports 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.
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7. Episode #7
23 Nov '88Cases 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.
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8. Episode #8
30 Nov '88Segments 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.
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9. Episode #9
14 Dec '88Reports 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.
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10. Episode #10
21 Dec '88Segments 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.
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11. Episode #11
04 Jan '89Reports 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)
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12. Episode #11
11 Jan '89Reports on the bizarre death of a California disc jockey in October 1988; the disappearance of a Pennsylvania man on Valentine's Day 1980; and a Florida case in which people allegedly were conned out of their money. Also: an update on an Oregon case in which a businessman vanished with investors' money.
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13. Episode #13
18 Jan '89Cases involve the disappearance of an Oregon teenager at a carnival; the search for a policeman's killer in Virginia; the hunt for missing shrimpers in the Northwest. Also: an update on a World War II soldier who's been reunited with an Austrian family he helped.
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14. Episode #14
25 Jan '89Segments on the unexplained deaths of wild horses in Nevada and the disappearance of a baby from a New York hospital.
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15. Episode #15
01 Feb '89Segments include the hunt for a former monk's killers; markings on the surface of Mars; the search for the killers of a 16-year old who was abducted from a Las Vegas supermarket in 1987. Also: a review of evidence that suggests two Frenchmen flew across the Atlantic less than two weeks before Lindberg.
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16. Episode #16
08 Feb '89An expanded edition, featuring a visit to Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay to examine the puzzling 1962 escape of three inmates, and review the legends of renowned prisoners of ""the Rock"" such as Al Capone and the Birdman of Alcatraz. Also, the search for a California couple wanted, according to this report, for the attempted murder of a police officer.
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17. Episode #17
15 Feb '89Segments: the Los Angeles manunt for the killers of race-car driver Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy; the search for a bank robber who made off with $130,000; the brutal 1980 killing of a Maine teenager; and reports of a new Big Foot creature in Colorado. Unexplained Death: Mickey Thompson (UPDATE)
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18. Episode #18
22 Feb '89Reports on two Los Angeles bank robberies in which tunnels were dug to steal the loot; ""out of body"" experiences; an emotional meeting between the son of a missing World War II Navy captain and the German U-boat commander who sank his ship.
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19. Episode #19
01 Mar '89Segments on the theory that lawman Pat Garrett never shot Billy the Kid, but killed the outlaw's partner instead; the search for a Louisiana policeman who, according to this report was charged with rape and child molestation; the disappearance more than 10 years ago of five Hawaiian fisherman.
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20. Episode #20
15 Mar '89An investigation into the slaying of a young Montana woman; probe into the 1956 murder of a Louisiana man and his lover's disappearance; the search for an Arizona gold mine.
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21. Episode #21
05 Apr '89Segments 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.
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22. Episode #22
12 Apr '89Included: segments on a California ""witch doctor"" who, according to this report, swindled people; a Florida bank robber who often drops his gun at the scene of the crime; the search for a Montana senior citizen's killer; and the Arizona manhunt for an escaped convict.
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23. Episode #23
26 Apr '89Reports 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.
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24. Episode #24
03 May '89A report on the 1980 Los Angeles murder of U.S. Secret Service agent Julie Y. Cross who was conducting surveillance on an alleged counterfeiting operation. Also the FBI's 18 year search for a Massachusetts coed charged with robbery and the killing of a bank guard; and new evidence about the flight of two French aviators who may have crossed the Atlantic before Charles Limbergh.
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25. Episode #25
10 May '89Reports on the 50-year search for a Native American gold mine in New Mexico; the hunt for a missing South Carolina teenager; and the search for a North Carolina doctor embroiled in a custody battle with his wife.
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