• Air date: 22 Sep '93 52 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 (52)
    • 1. Episode #256

      22 Sep '93
      The series' sixth season opens with a report on a Glendora, Cal., man's recollections of a ""past life"", a viewer tip leading authorities to an alleged cult leader and his followers in the San Angelo, Texas, area; the search for a suspect in a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of an 11-year-old boy.
    • 2. Episode #257

      29 Sep '93
      The FBI probe into the identity of a convicted bank robber who won't reveal his name; viewer tips leading to a man's reunion with his family; a pilot's strange disappearance after reporting a UFO hovering near his plane as he flew between Australia and Tasmania.
    • 3. Episode #258

      06 Oct '93
      A russian archaeological study and DNA tests are used to determine whether Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia really died when the royal family was executed in 1917.
    • 4. Episode #259

      13 Oct '93
      Reports include a man who fears for his life after discovering a way to locate underground water in Nevada; a tip leading to a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Los Angeles DJ; the unsolved murder of a surgeon; and an Austrian woman's search for her brother.
    • 5. Episode #260

      20 Oct '93
      The 1992 disappearance of two women and a girl from a Chandler, Okla., shopping center; the search for a rabbi wanted for questioning in cases of international bank fraud; the police hunt for a suspect in the murder of a woman found in a dumpster.
    • 6. Episode #261

      27 Oct '93
      Paranormal researchers study mysterious goings-on at a Lake Wales, Fla., home; Also: the search for the killer of a teacher in Agawam, Mass; and the hunt for a gunman in the 1991 maiming of an Orange, Cal., man.
    • 7. Episode #262

      03 Nov '93
      Included: reports of a 1917 solar phenomenon known as the ""Fatima Miracle,"" supposedly witnessed by a crowd in Fatima, Portugal. Also: the search for a suspect wanted for bilking Coloradans in a log-cabin building scheme.
    • 8. Episode #263

      10 Nov '93
      Reports include a German Air Force officer's search for his father, who he believes is Canadian or American; the 1986 murder of twin sisters.
    • 9. Episode #264

      17 Nov '93
      Reports: a computer artist's claims that the Mona Lisa is actually a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci; the 1990 disappearance of a Rhode Island woman thought to have been subsequently murdered; a fugitive's arrest in Tennessee.
    • 10. Episode #265

      24 Nov '93
      Reports include the search in Canada and the U.S. for a child killer; Daly City, Cal., authorities' search for the identity of a comatose man found injured on a highway in 1992; and a roll call of heirs to unclaimed fortunes and estates.
    • 11. Episode #266

      01 Dec '93
      Reports include the hunt for a fugitive who allegedly tampered with medication at a healthcare facility; a woman's search for the good Samaritan who once pulled her from a burning car wreck; and a Denver man's search for a childhood friend he first met in 1956.
    • 12. Episode #267

      08 Dec '93
      The 1989 disappearance of a Peoria, Ariz., woman whose cousin vanished from her Arkansas home three years earlier. Repeat segments include a Glendora, Cal., man's recollections of a past life; and a family's search for an Oklahoma relative.
    • 13. Episode #268

      22 Dec '93
      A new report outlines an Illinois family's search for siblings separated in 1948. Repeat segments on the riddle of the Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia; and the search for a suspect in a hit-and-run accident.
    • 14. Episode #269

      29 Dec '93
      Included: a pilot's disappearance after he reported sighting a UFO as he flew between Australia and Tasmania. Also: the search for a car thief who shot and paralyzed an Orange, Cal., man in 1991. (Repeat)
    • 15. Episode #270

      30 Dec '93
      Segments include a UFO story involving a 1983 incident in the skies over New York and Connecticut. Also: reports on the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman; the death of an unidentified man at the Paducah, Ky., airport; the victim of an apparent hit-and-run.
    • 16. Episode #271

      05 Jan '94
      Reports include a viewer tip leading to the arrest of a burglary suspect in Santa Fe, N.M.; the search for more substantial clues in the assassination of a Chicago attorney; and a man's search for a friend.
    • 17. Episode #272

      12 Jan '94
      Reports include a mysterious letter writer who seems to be guiding a woman's search throughout Canada for her missing son; a viewer tip leading to the arrest of a wanted fugitive in Diamond Bar (Cal.).
    • 18. Episode #273

      19 Jan '94
      A new report on the search for two robbers who target stores in the Pacific Northwest. Also: repeat segment on a surgeon's murder; a viewer tip leading to a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Los Angeles DJ; and a Polish family's search for their son.
    • 19. Episode #274

      26 Jan '94
      Reports include a Florida mother's search for her daughter, who was a high-school senior when she disappeared in 1974; the search for heirs to a wealthy recluses's estate. Also: a woman's search for her biological mother ends in the Syracuse, N.Y., area.
    • 20. Episode #275

      02 Feb '94
      Reports include the 1932 discover in Wyoming of a small mummified human; a viewer top leading to a suspect's arrest in Canada; a series of Mississippi jail deaths that may be linked to racially-motivated crimes of the 1960s; the search for a New Mexico rapist.
    • 21. Episode #276

      09 Feb '94
      Reports include a Vietnamese air-force officer's search for his American daughter; a family's search for a missing relative who was injured in a motorcycle accident in San Francisco; and a viewer tip leading to the identification of a certain good Samaritan.
    • 22. Episode #277

      16 Feb '94
      Segments include cases involving alleged schemes targeting elderly homeowners; and the murder of a San Jose man on the highway. Also: an 86-year-old woman's search for her younger sister.
    • 23. Episode #278

      23 Feb '94
      Reports include the alleged 1992 murders of two U.S. Army sergeants. Also: repeat segments on a former rocket scientist's discovery of an underground waterway in the West; a woman's search for a childhood friend.
    • 24. Episode #279

      02 Mar '94
      Reports on pets being reunited with their owners; a man who tries to track top-secret military aircraft; the arrest of a suspect for questioning in schemes against elderly homeowners; and a suspected murder, allegedly prompted by the victim's plans to blow the whistle on operations conducted at a nuclear-weapon facility.
    • 25. Episode #280

      09 Mar '94
      Reports from paranormal researchers studying mysterious goings-on at a Lake Wales, Fla., home. Also: a scheme against an elderly judge; the search for the killer of a 24-year-old teacher in Agawam (Mass.). (Repeat)