• 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)
    • 26. Episode #116

      06 Mar '91
      Reports on the 1976 murder of a New Yorker who may have known too much about an organized-crime ring; the search for a fugitive computer hacker; the reunion of two childhood friends. (Repeat)
    • 27. Episode #117

      08 Mar '91
      From 1988: Segments examine the claim that the Queen Mary luxury liner is haunted by a sailor's ghost; rumors of a haunted 18th-century Merion (Pa.) inn; and apparitions that torment a Georgia couple. (Repeat)
    • 28. Episode #118

      13 Mar '91
      The search for Nazi treasures buried near the Austrian-Swiss border; the disappearance of a Beverly Hills man; the FBI search for a maximum-security-jail escapee. (Repeat)
    • 29. Episode #119

      20 Mar '91
      The controversy over the identity of a Los Angeles woman whose body was reportedly found inside her apartment, and the anguish of her family who don't believe it's their daughter. Also: Edgar Cayce 40-year history of diagnosing illnesses; a Michigan town's outrage over the murder of a high-school counselor.
    • 30. Episode #120

      27 Mar '91
      A new segment reports on a Los Angeles man's search for his kidnapped son. Repeat segments include the search for a California doctor wanted in connection with the rape of two women.
    • 31. Epsidoe #121

      03 Apr '91
      Reports on the rampage of a pharmacy student, triggered by academic frustrations; the 1958 disappearance of a U.S. Army officer who had participated in atomic testing in Nevada; and a family's search for a brother, adopted in 1939. Also: viewer tips.
    • 32. Episode #122

      10 Apr '91
      A report on the arrest of a suspected serial child molester, profiled in October. Also: repeat segments on a Tennessee family's search for a missing sibling; a series of bizarre New Hampshire murders; the disappearance of a man who authorities believe is alive.
    • 33. Episode #123

      17 Apr '91
      The FBI probe into the 1965 murder of a black Louisiana sheriff; an update on a series of 1988 arsons; a policeman's nine-year search for his two sons; the hunt for a ""cowboy"" bank robber, suspected of crimes in Arizona and Washington. (Repeat)
    • 34. Episode #124

      24 Apr '91
      Reports on the search for a suspect in the 1982 death of a Virginia woman; an El Paso woman's search for her GI father, whom she never met; and an underground tunnel reportedly used to transport cocaine.
    • 35. Episode #125

      01 May '91
      Reports on a convicted con artist; the search by Sacramento sheriffs for a gunman who killed six at convenience stores; a 1982 double homicide in Colorado.
    • 36. Episode #126

      03 May '91
      This compilation of high-profile murder and mystery cases is culled from previous episodes.
    • 37. Episode #127

      08 May '91
      A report on the Missouri murder of a 6-month-old whose mother says he died of a rare genetic disorder. Also: repeat segments on the search for a trio of armored-car robbers; and the 1937 disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
    • 38. Episode #128

      15 May '91
      A new segment profiles a fugitive cult leader wanted by the FBI on charges of child abuse and of kidnap and murder threats against a Federal judge. Repeat segments: the disappearance of a La Jolla, Cal., financial analyst; the search for an Illinois man following the 1988 murder of his girlfriend's parents.
    • 39. Episode #129

      22 May '91
      A new segment examines the case of a paroled murderer, who was convicted in the death of his first wife, and who is wanted now in connection with the death of his second wife. Repeat segments include the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts youth.
    • 40. Episode #130

      29 May '91
      The possible conviction of a Missouri man in connection with an elderly woman's murder, which later resulted in a confession from another inmate. (Repeat)
    • 41. Episode #131

      05 Jun '91
      Reports on the murder of a pizza deliveryman and the finding of the gun in a pawnshop three years later; a treasure hunter's search for gold, diamonds and silver reportedly buried in Arizona in 1881; the unclaimed fortune of a deceased British socialite. (Repeat)
    • 42. Episode #132

      12 Jun '91
      Unanswered questions involving the 1985 death of a nurse found in a North Carolina pond; a woman's search for her father, a pilot reportedly involved with the CIA; the search for a Wisconsin grandmother, missing since 1910. (Repeat)
    • 43. Episode #133

      19 Jun '91
      Reports on the FBI search for a Bethesda, Md., Government worker, whose wife, three sons and mother were murdered in 1976; the 1987 disappearance of a 4-year-old Union, Tenn., girl. (Repeat)
    • 44. Episode #134

      26 Jun '91
      Repeat segments on the FBI search for a convicted murderer; and a man's search for his family, children of Hungarian immigrants. Also: the arrest of two juveniles.
    • 45. Episode #135

      03 Jul '91
      Reports on the FBI search for a four-time prison escapee; suspects in a Maryland teenager's murder; the search for a Wisconsin grandmother, missing since 1910. (Repeat)
    • 46. Episode #136

      10 Jul '91
      Reports on voodoo rituals and five unexplained deaths on St. Croix; the search for a man who bragged over a CB radio about murdering a trucker; the arrest of a man wanted for kidnapping. (Repeat)
    • 47. Episode #137

      17 Jul '91
      Segments: new theories on the deaths of Old West outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; the death of a nurse who had been terrorized for seven years; a Wyoming woman's search for her siblings; a 25-year-old missing-persons case. (Repeat)
    • 48. Episode #138

      24 Jul '91
      Reports on crime fighter Eliot Ness's effort to solve the case of a 1930s Cleveland serial killer; the 1989 murder of an Oregon prison director; the possible murder of an exotic dancer in Hollywood. (Repeat)
    • 49. Episode #139

      31 Jul '91
      The reported hit-and-run death of a Spokane teen whose parents believe he was murdered; Edgar Cayce's history of diagnosing and treating illnesses; a Houston woman's six-year search for her two sons. (Repeat)
    • 50. Episode #140

      07 Aug '91
      A new segment details the arrest of a cold-hearted con man. Also: repeat reports on the aftermath of a Missouri pharmacy student's violent rampage; the 1958 disappearance of an Army officer who had participated in atomic tests; and a family's search for a brother.