The following summaries come from TV Guide as they originally aired. It is now
complete. It should not be considered 100% accurate, however, as sometimes
what actually aired was different from what TV Guide listed. Also, many times
only 2 or 3 of the 4 segments were listed.
Please contact me
with any additional information, related links, or corrections. Also, if anyone
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Unsolved Mysteries has solved nearly 300 cases (out of around 1200). The show has been
responsible for 93 reunions and approximately 40% of the fugitives profiled on the series since
its premiere have been apprehended.
Unsolved Mysteries Specials
Unsolved Mysteries began with a single special on the night of January 20, 1987
hosted by Raymond Burr.
The special was so successful that six more were produced during 1987 and early 1988, the
first two hosted by Karl Malden and the rest by Robert Stack.
Special #1
Synopsis: Raymond Burr looks at four real-life mysteries; a Wyoming
man found dead under mysterious circumstances three years after he
disappeared from home; a 72-year-old Detroit woman who claimed to
be the Siamese twin of a member of the Dodge auto family, separated
at birth and put up for adoption, and now heir to the family fortune; the
professional murder of a Tulsa executive at his country club; and two
especially dangerous bank robbers who were then at large.
(Repeated August 9, 1987)
Donald Kemp’s van was found idling in the middle of an intersection, belongings strewn on the ground but he was missing. His
body was found 3 years later just a few miles from where his van had been left. Supposed sightings of him as well as phone
calls he allegedly made after police thought he was dead make his family think he met with foul play. Roger
Wheeler, Sr., President of World Jailai, was gunned down in the parking lot of his Tulsa country club. Brian Halloran
was also executed soon after he claimed he turned down the contract on Wheeler. John Callahan, former President of
World Jailai was also gunned down. Police think all 3 murders are connected. Pat Mealbach found out she was adopted
and learned some information that leads her to believe she is the daughter of Dodge heir, John Dodge. Terry Lee Conner
& Joseph Daugherty escaped from prison and then robbed a bank and to! ok the bank president, Ray Deering, and his
family at gunpoint before escaping. Update – they’ve been captured. More wanted fugitives shown from FBI 10 Most
Wanted List.
Special #2
Synopsis: Karl Malden hosts a second anthology of
dramatizations of actual events, including the disappearance
of a 26-year old woman who left a trail of conflicting
clues; an 18-year old amnesia victim unchanged by her return
to home and family; women who drug and rob their well-to-do
"dates"; and three women who vanished on separate occasions
spanning 18 years, after dining with the same man.
(Repeated December 30, 1987)
Wanda Jean Mays disappeared a year earlier from her aunt & uncle’s home in the middle of the night. Her bloody
nightgown was found on a nearby boat dock. Did she suffer from another anxiety attack and flee or meet with foul play? John
Burns killed his girlfriend, Eleanor Farber, and then disappeared. Police discovered that John Burns is an alias. Who and
where is he? Kyra Cook, 18, was found dazed and disoriented in a park. She now has total amnesia even after being
reunited with her family and has no idea what caused it. Young attractive women are drugging their dates with animal
tranquilizer in order to rob them. Several women are shown who are wanted for these crimes. Three women, Cynthia
Debore, Carol Ann Riley and Patricia Weeks all disappeared in a span of 18 years after dining with the same man, Robert
Weeks. He has disappeared and police are looking for him.
Special #3
Synopsis: Karl Malden hosts a program examining the
real-life mysteries of a flight engineer, wanted on bigamy
charges, who was reported missing by four of his wives
; a Florida man imprisoned for murder, who claims he's innocent;
a serial bomber who has detonated devices in computer
businesses and at universities (later identified as the Unabomber); and a fortune left by an
elderly laborer who died in a Kansas City, Mo., nursing
home. (Repeated April 25, 1988)
An unknown man (later nicknamed the Unabomber) has planted 12 bombs at various places over the last 9 years killing
one and injuring several. Police are searching for him. Updates from #2 Special – John Burns real name is Wilfred Cashman
and he’s an escaped convict. Has been captured. Also Robert Weeks is now in custody. Jack Lutter is missing. Police has
discovered he has several wives and girlfriends and at least 15 children. Final Appeal – Glen Consagra is serving two life
sentences for killing his two friends. He claims he is innocent. George Marsh, a retired laborer, died in a KC nursing home
in 1982. He left an unclaimed fortune of $175,000. Searching for his heirs.
Special #4
Synopsis: Robert Stack hosts this fourth edition of the
program that uses interviews with witnesses and reenactments
to examine real-life mysteries. Included the suspicious
death of a woman whose husband collected $325,000 in
insurance before he disappeared; the disappearance of a
woman who suffered from agoraphobia; the unexplained
circumstances surrounding a fatal car accident in Oklahoma;
the discovery of a human skull suspected to be that of a man
who vanished with his wife on a Grand Canyon rafting trip in
1928. (Repeated December 28, 1988)
Special #5
Synopsis: Robert Stack examines the real-life mysteries
involving the suspected teen-cult murder of a 17-year old in
San Francisco; the FBI manhunt for a high-school fugitive
wanted for kidnapping, robbery and murder; a man sentenced
to life imprisonment, whose guilt has been challenged by
five alibi witnesses; and the search for a newsstand owner's
heirs.
Special #6
Synopsis: Host Robert Stack details unsolved crimes such as
a Hagerstown, Md., case in which the psychic powers of a New
Jersey woman are put to the test; and the case of an Iowa
credit union employee who disappeared with more than $1
million in untraceable bills. Also a report on a bag of
undelivered letters found in an attic and addressed to World
War II servicemen; updates on previous reports.
Special #7
Synopsis: Segments on a Woonsocket, R.I., amnesiac who
survived a brutal attack; a "Con Juan" who preys on women,
stealing their hearts and life savings; a Wellsville, Pa.,
housewife suspected of aiding a convicted murderer in a
prison escape; and treasure hunters who claim to have
deciphered a code that may lead to $21 million in gold and
silver buried by a miner in 1821.
Broadcast history:
Sep 1988-Sep 1994, NBC Wed 8:00-9:00
1988-1989 (1st Season / NBC)
October 5, 1988
The 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.
October 12, 1988
A 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.
Links: Who2Profile: D.B. Cooper
October 26, 1988
This 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.
November 2, 1988
Part 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.
November 9, 1988
Part 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.
November 16, 1988
Reports 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.
November 23, 1988
Cases 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.
November 30, 1988
Segments 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.
December 14, 1988
Reports 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.
December 21, 1988
Segments 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.
January 4, 1989
Reports 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)
January, 11, 1989
Reports 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.
January 18, 1989
Cases 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.
January 25, 1989
Segments on the unexplained deaths of wild horses in Nevada
and the disappearance of a baby from a New York hospital.
February 1, 1989
Segments 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.
February 8, 1989
An 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. (90 minutes)
February 15, 1989
Segments: 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)
February 22, 1989
Reports 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.
March 1, 1989
Segments 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.
March 15, 1989
An 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.
(Note: this episode was postponed from March 8, 1989)
March 22, 1989
(Repeat of the episode that aired on November 2, 1988)
March 29, 1989
(Repeat of the episode that aired on November 9, 1988)
April 5, 1989
Segments 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.
April 12, 1989
Included: 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.
April 19, 1989
(Repeat of the episode that aired on October 26, 1988)
April 26, 1989
Reports 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.
May 3, 1989
A 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.
May 10, 1989
Reports 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.
May 17, 1989
A new segment focuses on a New York family that, according
to this report, bilked Medicaid out of millions of dollars.
Also: an update on a Tennessee fugitive
apprehended in Canada; and repeat segments including UFO
sightings.
May 24, 1989
A report on the capture and arrest of an alleged swindler.
Also: repeat stories on the search for a missing Nebraska
mother; the dragnet for the killers of a Philidelphia child.
May 31, 1989
Included: updates on a Michigan man recently arrested in
connection with the murder of his wife; and the apprehension
of a California extortion-letter writer. Also: repeat
segments on the search for the killers of an Ohio teenager;
and puzzling tragedies involving two priests.
June 7, 1989
(Repeat of the episode that aired on November 30, 1988)
June 14, 1989
(Repeat episode that aired on December 14, 1988)
June 21, 1989
A report on the reunion of an American World War II veteran
and a European refugee which resulted from a viewers tip.
Also repeat segments on the slaughter of wild horses in
Nevada; markings on the surface of Mars; and the search for
the killers of a California teenager.
June 28, 1989
Included: a new report on the capture of an alleged Florida
flimflam man. Also, repeat stories that aired on the
episode from February 15, 1989.
July 5, 1989
Segments include a new report on the capture of an Iowa man
charged with stealing from a credit union. Also, repeat
stories that aired on the episode from February 22, 1989.
July 12, 1989
(Repeat episode that aired on March 1, 1989)
July 19, 1989
A segment on a New York man who, according to this report,
escaped after being arrested for bigamy. Also, repeat
segments on the search for a missing Wyoming woman; a
reportedly haunted gold mine, and a Dutch miner who may have
left behind an unclaimed fortune when he died.
July 26, 1989
New reports on the alleged abduction of a Mississippi
millionaire and the capture of a Los Angeles man charged
with art fraud. Also: repeat segments on a Georgia
restaurant owner; the search for the kidnappers of a
California girl; works of art stolen from museums.
August 2, 1989
(Repeat episode that aired on February 8, 1989)
August 9, 1989
(Repeat episode that aired on February 1, 1989)
August 16, 1989
A report on the Pennsylvania search for a child killer; an
update on an April report about an Los Angeles man who
reportedly swindled investors in a scheme to develop his
futuristic Dale car; and a segment on homeless children in
the early part of this century.
August 23, 1989
A segment on a California woman’s search for her birth
mother. Also, repeat stories that aired on April 12, 1989.
August 30, 1989
(Repeat episode that aired on February 1, 1989)
September 6, 1989
Reports on the reunion of two abducted New Jersey children
with their maternal mother; and the search for the strangler
of a Washington mother and daughter.
September 13, 1989
A new report on the capture of two suspected fugitives.
Also repeat segments on the 1930's New Mexico gold
miner and his search for lost treasure; the 1987 murder of a
Florida gun collector; one man's search for crewman of
a U.S. Merchant Marine vessel believed to have been
destroyed by the Germans in World War II.
1989-1990 (2nd Season / NBC)
September 20, 1989
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.
Links: Missing Persons - Tara Calico and Michael Henley, Jr.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jenbird/calico.html
September 27, 1989
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.
October 11, 1989
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.
October 18, 1989
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.
October 25, 1989
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.
Link: The Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Roland Cook Murder Case
November 1, 1989
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.
November 8, 1989
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.
November 15, 1989
Segments include the search for missing heirs of a Michigan
hermit who left a $250,000 estate.
November 22, 1989
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.
November 29, 1989
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.
December 6, 1989
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.
December 13, 1989
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.
December 20, 1989
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.
December 27, 1989
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.
January 3, 1990
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.
January 10, 1990
Repeat segments on the murder of a Michigan real-estate
agent by two masked gunmen, and a story of religious faith
in Pittsburgh involving a blinking statue of Christ. Also:
an update on the Dale Car rip-off featuring the capture of
an alleged swindler.
January 17, 1990
Segments on an Oklahoma boy's search for his grandfather,
who has been missing for more than 40 years; a near-fatal
attack on a Connecticut woman; a hearing-impaired Ohio
woman's quest to locate her biological father; and the
murder of a Nashville man, which is reportedly linked to the
music charts.
January 24, 1990
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.
January 31, 1990
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
February 7, 1990
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.
February 14, 1990
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.
February 21, 1990
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.
February 28, 1990
Reports on the murders of two Washington teens; nocturnal sightings in the skies
above Texas; the vanishing of a Pennsylvania security guard and a fortune
in platinum. (Repeat)
March 7, 1990
A report on Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess suggests that a double may have served his prison
sentence. Also: the search for a missing Montana woman. (Repeat)
March 14, 1990
Segments on the reunion of lost members of an Oklahoma family; the search for an Arizona
couple who posed as doctors reportedly to defraud unsuspecting patients. (Repeat)
March 21, 1990
Segments on a "Southern belle" who, according to this report, bilked investors out of millions
in a pyramid scheme; a Colorado Vietnam veteran's search for a fellow soldier.
March 28, 1990
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.
April 4, 1990
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.
April 11, 1990
From November: Reports on the shooting of a former San Diego cop, who resigned from the force
after testifying against fellow cops; the capture of a scam artist who preyed upon a Florida
nudist camp. (Repeat)
April 18, 1990
Segments: the murder of a North Carolina woman who was shot in her car while returning home from a
holiday party; fortunetelling scam artists working in the Midwest. (Repeat)
April 25, 1990
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.
May 2, 1990
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.
May 9, 1990
The search for an Arizona woman in connection with the death of her boyfriend; the Florida capture
of a most-wanted-list fugitive; a Nazi death-camp survivor's search for an American soldier; and the
Maryland death of a U.S. Army intelligence officer. (Repeat)
May 16, 1990
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.
May 23, 1990
Updates on December stories include a report on a California woman's reunion with her lost
siblings, located with viewer help; the capture of a Washington fugitive.
May 30, 1990
Reports on a Chicago doctor who claims he's the wrong man jailed for his wife's murder; the hunt in
the Northwest for the killer of a mother and daughter. (Repeat)
June 6, 1990
Reports on the disappearance of an Ohio woman nearly 10 years ago; Nebraska churchgoers
who feel their lives were miraculously spared. (Repeat)
Link: Urban Legends Reference Pages: A World of Luck (Choir Non-Quorum)
June 13, 1990
Segments on the reported link between a Nashville murder and the weekly music charts; an
Oklahoma boy's search for his grandfather, missing for more than 40 years; a near-fatal attack on
a Connecticut woman. (Repeat)
June 20, 1990
Segments on the disappearance of a Chicago mystery writer who went to Colorado to write;
a North Carolina teenager's death, reported to be racially motivated. (Repeat)
June 27, 1990
Segments: the 1977 murder of an Arizona businessman; reported sightings of a lake
monster in British Columbia; a New Mexico bowling-alley massacre. (Repeat)
July 4, 1990
A third-anniversary show recalls fugitives apprehended with viewers' help.
Also: an update on a $2 billion treasure at Victorio Peak, N.M.; cases of loved ones
found. (Repeat)
July 11, 1990
Reports: an Ohio woman who claims she's the reincarnated spirit of a 19th-century woman; the possible
murder of a law officer in New Mexico. (Repeat)
July 18, 1990
Segments on a Vietnam vet's reunion with the nurse who took care of him; a five-man fishing
trip in which one man never returned; a bank president's unexplained death; the search
for a witness due a reward. (Repeat)
July 25, 1990
Segments: a boy's disappearance from his Chicago home; an elaborate drug-money
laundering scheme; the capture of a bail-jumper; a man who preyed on women's hearts
and pocketbooks. (Repeat)
August 1, 1990
From 1989: A mother's search for her son's suspected killers; new evidence in a Texas
woman's death; the fate of 34 merchant marines believed lost at sea during World War II.
August 8, 1990
Included: an update on a 1988 story about the murder of an Arkansas man; and repeat
segments, also from 1988, on a UFO encounter and a missing teenager.
August 15, 1990
This expanded edition from 1989 features segments on Alcatraz, the former penitentiary in
San Francisco Bay, and the 1962 escape of three inmates. (Repeat / 90 minutes)
August 22, 1990
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.
August 29, 1990
Segments examine the paranormal aspects of a Chicago murder case; the capture of 12
criminals in a reverse sting operation by Virginia authorities. (Repeat)
September 5, 1990
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.
September 12, 1990
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.
September 16, 1990
Reports on out-of-body experiences; the modus operandi in a series of L.A. bank robberies;
the possible link between organized crime and a repairman's murder. (Repeat) [New episodes
begin Wednesday at this time.]
1990-1991 (3rd Season / NBC)
September 19, 1990
The series' third season opens with a report on sightings of a bright orange fireball that crashed
in Pennsylvania and was reportedly removed under military supervision; a woman's first
meeting with her biological father; an arsonist's home movies.
September 26, 1990
Segments: a murder attempt on a former Florida mayor; an Arkansas family's search for
a long-lost brother; a five-plane Navy patrol's 1945 disappearance over the Bermuda Triangle;
an antidrug activist's shooting.
October 3, 1990
Reports on the search for a Bakersfield, Cal., physician; the FBI hunt for a robbery gang
suspected in armored-car holdups in Minnesota and Baltimore; and the disappearance
of a Spokane electrician. (Note: this episode ran 1 hour, 5 minutes)
October 10, 1990
Segments on the 1976 murder of a New Yorker who may have known too much about an organized-crime
ring; a case involving the infilitration of Government computers and private phone lines.
October 17, 1990
Reports on the search for Nazi treasures buried near the Austrian-Swiss border; the disappearance
of a movie producer's adult son in Beverly Hills; the search for an escaped convict; the disappearance
of a boat and crew headed for Haiti.
October 24, 1990
Reports on a series of child-molestation cases; a Tennessee family's search for a missing sibling;
a series of bizarre murders in a small town in New Hampshire.
October 31, 1990
Segments include the story of a South Carolina couple whose home withstood the destruction
of 1989's Hurricane Hugo after their reported encounter with a ghost; the disappearance
of a La Jolla, Cal., financial analyst in the El Paso desert.
November 7, 1990
New evidence in the 1937 disappearance of Amelia Earhart; the search for the murderer
of a Woodstock, Ill., family; a climatologist who accurately predicted seven earthquakes
in the past decade.
November 11, 1990
Repeat segments from the past three seasons include reports on Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess;
the murder of race-car driver Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy; and supposed findings of
intelligent life on Mars.
Unexplained Death: Mickey Thompson (UPDATE)
November 14, 1990
The FBI probe into the 1965 murder of a black lawman in Louisiana; 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 in Arizona
and Washington.
November 21, 1990
Segments: the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts youth; the disappearance of a 4-year-old on a picnic
in Montana; the murder of a truck driver at an Oklahoma rest stop; a reunion of two childhood friends.
November 28, 1990
The possible wrongful conviction of a Missouri man with the murder of a 79-year-old woman, which later
resulted in a confession from a Kansas inmate.
December 5, 1990
Reports on the search for an assailant in the shooting of a North Carolina secretary; the murder
of a pizza deliveryman and the subsequent finding three years later of the gun in a pawnshop;
the unclaimed fortune of a deceased British socialite.
December 12, 1990
The search for a "casanova killer" who wooed then murdered women; a Florida man's
search for his brother, who reportedly died in Vietnam but who may still be alive.
December 19, 1990
Unanswered questions involving the death of a 28-year-old
nurse found in a North Carolina pond; a woman's search for
her father, reportedly involved with the CIA.
December 26, 1990
Reports: a five-plane Navy patrol's 1945 disappearance over the Bermuda Triangle; a murder attempt
on a former Florida mayor; the search for suspects in the shooting of an anti-drug activist. (Repeat)
January 2, 1991
A new segment probes the reopening of a murder case following anonymous phone calls to Florida
police insisting the victim is still alive. Also: repeat reports on the experiences of three sets of identical
twins; a policeman's hunt for his partner's killer.
January 9, 1991
Reports on the 1989 death of a Spokane teen; the FBI probe into the murders of a Bethesda, Md.,
Government worker's wife, three sons and mother; the apprehension in Albuquerque
of two Federal fugitives.
January 16, 1991
Reports on the search for a man whose wife and two stepdaughters were murdered in Las Vegas in
October; the FBI search for a bank robber who twice escaped from prison.
January 23, 1991
A report on the FBI hunt for a coldhearted con man wanted for bilking women. Also: a repeat segment
on sightings of a bright orange fireball that crashed near Kecksburg, Pa., in 1965.
January 30, 1991
Reports on the FBI search for a four-time prison escapee charged with bank fraud; the murder of a Maryland
teenager; and the discovery on a South Pacific atoll of a possible artifact from Amelia Earhart's missing plane.
February 6, 1991
Reports on the connection between voodoo rituals and five deaths on St. Croix; a Hungarian man's
four-year search for his sister in America; and a Texas UFO sighting. Also: viewer tips (postponed from
last week) leading to the arrest of a man on kidnapping charges.
February 13, 1991
Segments: evidence said to refute historical theories on the deaths of Old West outlaws Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid; the death of a pediatric nurse who had been harassed and terrorized for seven years;
a woman's search for her siblings.
February 20, 1991
A segment on crime fighter Eliot Ness's effort to solve the case of a 1930s Cleveland killer known as the Butcher
of Kingsbury Run. Also: the 1989 murder of an Oregon prison director; a woman's 7-years search for her
two sons; and viewer tips.
February 27, 1991
A report on the FBI hunt for a con man wanted for bilking women; a repeat segment on sightings
of an orange fireball that crashed near Kecksburg (Pa.) in 1965 and was reportedly removed
under military supervision; and an update on a reunion. [Postponed from an earlier date.]
March 6, 1991
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)
March 8, 1991
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)
March 13, 1991
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)
March 20, 1991
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.
Link: Official Site of Edgar Cayce's A.R.E.
March 27, 1991
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.
April 3, 1991
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.
April 10, 1991
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.
April 17, 1991
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)
April 24, 1991
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.
May 1, 1991
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.
May 3, 1991
This compilation of high-profile murder and mystery cases is culled from previous episodes. Robert
Stack is the program host.
May 8, 1991
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.
May 15, 1991
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.
May 22, 1991
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.
May 29, 1991
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)
June 5, 1991
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)
June 12, 1991
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)
June 19, 1991
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)
June 26, 1991
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.
July 3, 1991
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)
July 10, 1991
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)
July 17, 1991
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)
July 24, 1991
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)
July 31, 1991
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)
Link: Official Site of Edgar Cayce's A.R.E.
August 7, 1991
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.
August 14, 1991
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)
August 21, 1991
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.
August 28, 1991
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.
September 4, 1991
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.
September 8, 1991
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)
September 11, 1991
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.
1991-1992 (4th Season / NBC)
September 18, 1991
Beginning a fourth season: U.S. military officers discuss a 1980 sighting of an
unidentified flying craft near a U.S. air base in England. Also: the murders of two
Texas teens reportedly involved with a cult; a Nashville, Tenn., woman's discovery
about her parentage.
September 25, 1991
New theories in the death of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth; the disappearance
of a 65-year-old man with no past; and the search for a convicted child abuser.
November 27, 1991
Reports on the FBI arrest of a fugitive in Commerce City, Colo; a possible military coverup in the 1989
death of a Marine Corps captain; the search for a Florida church arsonist; the discovery by two women
that they are sisters; and a report on an impostor.
October 2, 1991
Reports: an amnesiac found unconscious in the Las Vegas desert; the grisly murder of a Virginia
woman; the controversy surrounding the Shroud of Turin.
October 9, 1991
The hunt for a suspected serial killer who's been stalking women in Connecticut since 1981;
the search of Florida siblings for their twin brother and sister, who were adopted as infants;
the first-time meeting of a father and his 32-year-old daughter.
October 16, 1991
U.S. intelligence reports suggesting that there were survivors of a spy plane shot down over
Laos in 1973; the search for a fugitive con artist who defrauded the elderly out of millions;
a West Virginia woman's reunion with her twin sister's four sons.
October 23, 1991
Reports on suspicions surrounding the disappearance of an Oregon police officer's son;
an Indiana man's search for a friend and father figure of 20 years ago; the hunt for a man
who reportedly murdered his estranged wife and her co-worker in front of witnesses;
the recovery of a Maryland amnesia victim.
October 30, 1991
Segments include reports of ghostly goings-on at a New
Mexico hotel, and hauntings experienced by a couple who
moved to a 109 year old Florida mansion last year. Also:
the search for a con man who poses as a doctor to steal
jewelry, coins and computers.
November 3, 1991
This special edition focuses on what producers call "the diabolical mind." Included: profiles
of Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein; an interview with a convicted murderer.
Link: Angels & Demons - The murders of Jo, Michelle and Christie Rogers by Oba Chandler
November 6, 1991
Reports on a case of past-life regression; the search for a couple reportedly involved in a
Christmastime fraud escapade; a 1985 murder-extortion plot in Denver; the disappearances
of Florida convenience-store workers.
November 10, 1991
A repeat report on crime fighter Eliot Ness's efforts to solve the case of a 1930s Cleveland
serial killer. Also: new reports on law enforecement's use of psychics to solve cases;
an investigation into the death of a North Dakota woman; and a Maryland amnesia victim.
November 13, 1991
Included: a woman's search for the police officer who risked his job to free her from an
unjust sentence; new evidence in the case of a mother jailed for the death of her son; the hunt for a
Fort Pierce, Fla., con-artist team who reportedly committed murder.
November 20, 1991
UFO sightings over Belgium are discussed by reported witnesses, the police and military
personnel. Also: the disappearance of a Michigan company president, charged with embezzlement;
questions surrounding a police chief's death.
November 27, 1991
Reports on the FBI arrest of a fugitive in Commerce City, Colo.; a possible military coverup
in the 1989 death of a Marine Corps captain; the search for a Florida church arsonist; the discovery
by two women that they are sisters and a report on an impostor.
December 4, 1991
Reports on the murderous aftermath of Durant, Okla., jail escape by two killers; the suspicious
death of a man who squandered an elderly widow's money; two brothers' search
for the mother they haven't seen in 42 years; the abduction of a 6-year-old boy.
December 11, 1991
Reports: a con game using state lottery tickets that took in millions of dollars in New York state alone;
the search for a homeless person who may stand to inherit $100,000; a former runaway's search
for three of her nine estranged siblings.
December 18, 1991
Segments on an abusive grandmother who reportedly kidnapped
her 2-year old grandson; a convicted murderer who claims
he's innocent in his wife's 1983 murder; a fugitive's
capture outside Birmingham, Ala; and two Ojibwa sisters from
Manitoba who are searching for their estraged sister.
December 25, 1991
U.S. military officers discuss a 1980 UFO sighting near a U.S. air base in England. Other segments include
the murders of two Teas teens reportedly involved with a cult. (Repeat)
January 8, 1992
Repeat segments on new theories in the death of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth; and the
disappearance of a 65-year-old man with no past. Also: viewer tips leading to the arrest of a fugitive
child molester.
January 15, 1992
Reports on the 1988 disappearance of a Washington State student who picked up a hitchhiker and was never
seen again; a Georgia man's search for his brother, who he suspects is still alive following a 1990
boating accident; the search for a "love child" who stands to inherit $24 million.
January 22, 1992
Repeat reports on the grisly murder of a Virginia woman; an amnesiac found unconscious in the Las
Vegas desert; the controversy surrounding the Shroud of Turin; and the search for the husband of a murdered
Rochester, N.Y., woman.
January 29, 1992
Reports on a Tennessee man's search for a family to whom he gave refuge during the Depression;
the homicide death of a North Dakota woman previously thought to have died in a car fire;
and the search for a fugitive who escaped from a hospital prison ward.
February 5, 1992
Reports on the disappearance of a Scottsdale, Ariz., bank-fraud investigator who had probed money
laundering; a mother-daughter financial scheme; the FBI search for a mother who reportedly
kidnapped her son to raise him in a fundamentalist sect.
February 12, 1992
A report (postponed from last week) on a clever mother-daughter financial scheme;
evidence that some claim substantiates the existence of the elusive Big Foot; the hunt
for a Florida man wanted in connection with hit-and-run homicides.
February 19, 1992
100th Episode: Reports in this expanded edition include a Virginia man whose investigation
of UFO sightings threatened his credibility; a Columbus, Ohio, reporter who went undercover
in a search of a trucker responsible for murdering prostitutes; a repeat segment detailing
new evidence in the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Also: an Oregon
bank teller who helped identify a career bank robber; a haunted New Jersey mansion; and
viewer tips leading to the apprehension of three fugitives. (2 Hours)
February 26, 1992
The hunt for suspects in a slick Henderson, Nev., bank robbery; the search for a woman who murdered her
aunt and uncle near Chattanooga, Tenn., and stole their savings; an Abilene, Texas, children's
aid center whose adoption records were lost.
March 4, 1992
New reports on a rash of Northern California pizza-restaurant robberies; the reunion of a
millionaire and his daughter; and a fugitive's arrest in Colorado for kidnapping and murder.
Repeat segments include U.S. intelligence reports suggesting there were survivors
of a spy plane shot down over Laos in 1973; and the search for a fugitive con artist.
March 11, 1992
Segments include ghostly goings-on at a New Mexico hotel, and hauntings experienced
by a couple who moved to a 109-year old Florida mansion. Also: an update on the arrest
in Roanoke, Va., of a man who posed as a doctor to steal from patients. (Repeat)
March 18, 1992
Reports on the search for a Houston millionaire suspected of hiring two men to have
his former lover killed; the mystery of a seemingly destitute Oregon woman, who left a
$100,000 estate when she died in 1991; the reunion of a British Columbia man with his
family.
March 25, 1992
"The Diabolical Mind" includes profiles of Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein; an interview
with a convicted killer; and an examination of two chilling murder cases. (Repeat)
April 1, 1992
A new segment reports on a mysterious malady that has claimed the lives of six
members of a Northern California family. Updates include the Alabama apprehension of a
fugitive who reportedly murdered his estranged wife and her co-worker in 1988.
April 8, 1992
IRS and FBI efforts to stop a medical-investment scam operated by a team of con artists;
the murders of two Swedish women vacationers, discovered in 1983 by deer hunters
near Santa Barbara; a 17-year-old disappearance case, stumbled upon by a rock climber.
April 15, 1992
A report on a wealthy Phoenix woman who was found shot to death in her home in 1988.
Also: repeat segments on law enforcement's case of psychics to solve cases, the
search for a New Hampshire lawyer who embezzled from his clients and an amnesia
victim who lost 16 years of her life because of a stroke.
April 22, 1992
Reports on a $1 million armored-car robbery in Vallejo, Cal., that left three
employees dead; and a tip from an Oregon cop leading to the arrest of a Las
Vegas woman wanted for forgery. Repeat segments include an unsolved 1985
murder-extortion plot in Denver.
April 29, 1992
Reports on the 1989 assault and murder in Louisiana of a 26-year-old Milwaukee
woman; the 1991 kidnapping of an Austin, Texas, woman at a car wash; an adventurer's discovery
of a formation on Turkey's Mount Ararat believed to be the remains of Noah's Ark.
May 6, 1992
A report on a case of mistaken identity that claimed a Phoenix man's life includes talks
with experts who think the intended target was a reporter probing a murder case. Also:
the 1986 murder of a 15-year-old boy at his Long Beach, N.Y., school dormitory;
an $11 million armored-car heist; an adopted woman's search for her twin brother.
May 13, 1992
Reports on a man's seven-year attempt to regain custody of his son; and the Texas arrest
of a Tennessee woman who allegedly murdered her aunt and uncle. Also: repeat
segments on the search for perpetrators of evangelist mail bombings; the hunt for a Fort
Pierce, Fla., con-artist team.
May 17, 1992
Reports in this expanded edition include the search for the killer of an elderly
Washburn, Texas, man. Also: repeat segments on a Virginia man whose investigation into
UFO sightings threatened his credibility; an Oregon bank teller who helped identify
a career bank robber; new evidence in the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. (2 Hours)
May 20, 1992
New segments on claims of a murder coverup in two boys' deaths in a blazing shack; and
a woman's reunion with her surrogate family with whom she lived during the Depression.
Repeat segments: UFO sightings over Belgium, discussed by reported witnesses, the
police and military personnel.
May 27, 1992
A report on the capture of a fugitive after his escape from a prison ward at a Chicago
hospital. Also: repeat segment on the search for a reported homeless woman
who may stand to inherit $100,000; the disappearance and subsequent death of
a Madison, Wis., man.
June 3, 1992
An update on a Tennessee man's reunion with members of a family
to whom he gave refuge during the Depression. Also: repeat reports on
a Georgia man's search for his brother following a 1990 boating accident; the mystery
of a caretaker who squandered the riches of an elderly widow.
June 10, 1992
Segments on an abusive grandmother who reportedly kidnapped her 2-year-old
grandson; a man's search for his missing brother, who he suspects is a POW
in Vietnam; two women in Manitoba who are searching for their estranged sister. (Repeat)
June 17, 1992
Reports on the arrest of a woman charged with kidnapping her 9-year-old son;
the murderous aftermath of a Durant, Okla., jail escape by two killers;
the murder of a Phoenix millionairess. (Repeat)
June 24, 1992
A new segment reports on a man's reunion with his daughter, ending a 43-year search for his only
living relative, to whom he plans to bequeath an estate worth more than $1 million.
Repeat segments include the disappearance of a Scottsdale, Ariz., bank-fraud investigator.
July 1, 1992
A report on the arrest in Vermont of a Florida man wanted for a deadly hit-and-run. Repeat
segments include a New York con game using state-lottery tickets; and the efforts
of a Minnesota man, convicted of murdering his wife, to prove his innocence.
July 8, 1992
This expanded edition reports on the FBI arrest of a fugitive in Commerce City, Colo.; the
search for 17 tons of gold bullion buried since the 1930s atop a mesa in New Mexico; a suspected
military coverup in the 1989 death of a Marine Corps captain; a reporter's undercover search for
an Ohio serial killer. (Repeat / 90 minutes)
July 15, 1992
Segments on the search for a Houston millionaire who reportedly hired two men to kill
his former lover; a seemingly destitute Oregon woman who died and left a
$100,000 estate; a series of late-night disappearances of women at Florida-area convenience
stores. (Repeat)
July 22, 1992
Reports on IRS and FBI efforts to stop a medical-investment scheme; the murders of two vacationing
Swedish women, discovered in 1983 by deer hunters near Santa Barbara; a woman's claims
that her son's death in a blazing shack was a murder coverup. (Repeat)
August 12, 1992
Reports on a botched armored-car heist in Vallejo, Cal., that left three guards dead; a woman's
search for the baby she was forced to give up for adoption 27 years ago; a rock climber's
grisly discovery that reopened a 17-year-old murder case. (Repeat)
August 19, 1992
Among the segments is an update on two hitchhikers who may have information on a suspect in an unsolved
Texas murder. Also: repeat reports, including the case of mistaken identity that claimed the life of a Phoenix
computer draftsman in May 1990.
August 26, 1992
Updates include the reunion of a family of Ojibwa sisters from Manitoba, Canada; the 1991 prison
release of a Hillsboro, Mo., woman. Also: repeat reports on the search for a truck driver who
kidnapped a woman in Clinton, Mo.; and a mysterious medical condition that claimed the lives of six
family members.
August 30, 1992
A viewer tip leads to the arrest of a Rollingwood, Texas, woman suspected or robbing and
murdering her aunt and uncle in Tennessee. Repeat reports: an adventurer's search for
the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas; a woman's search for her twin brother.
September 2, 1992
A new segment on an Illinois man's finding that he has an identical twin brother and possibly
a half sister; and an update on a couple's reunion with the daughter they gave up
for adoption at birth.
September 4, 1992
Reports on the possible wrongful murder conviction of an Aurora, Mo., man; a woman who draws
uncanny likenesses of people she's never met who have died; the mysterious poisoning death
of a North Dakota man. (Repeat)
September 9, 1992
A segment on a man wanted by San Francisco authorities for the strangling of his girlfriend
and the attempted murder of her aunt; an update on a man's search for his missing sister.
Included in repeat reports: the search for the killer of a 26-year-old woman.
1992-1993 (5th Season / NBC)
September 16, 1992
The fifth season begins with 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 last seen with an acquaintance; the death of an unidentified man at the Paducah, Ky., airport.
Links: Brian Stanley Duecker (John Doe) / Paducah, Ky.'s 'John Doe' was somebody's beloved son
September 23, 1992
Reports on the killing of an Indiana man who was involved in a love triangle; an
amnesiac who showed up at a San Diego homeless shelter; a two-day-old baby
stolen from her mother's Berkeley, Cal., hospital room.
September 30, 1992
Unanswered questions in the 1935 shooting of Louisiana senator Huey Long; the search
by Cincinnati and Nashville detectives for a suspected serial killer; and a California
woman's search for her brother, who was put up for adoption. Host: Robert Stack
October 7, 1992
Reports on the 1985 escape of a convicted cop killer from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary; the remains
of a body discovered in a Jaguar near Houston; the 1954 of a 9-year-old.
October 14, 1992
Included: the 1970 disappearance of a Houston mother; the search for the murderer of a
23-year-old cab driver in Banff, Alta.; the arrest of the suspected "satchel bandit" at
a Hamilton, Ont., coffee shop; the death of a 21-year-old mystery woman.
October 21, 1992
Reports include an Atlanta psychologist's investigation into the phenomenon of dreams that
come true; the search for a New Orleans serial killer who preys on prostitutes; the hunt
for a con man who's bilked at least 17 women.
October 28, 1992
This Halloween edition features segments on a ghost known as the Blue Lady, said to inhabit
the cliffs above Moss Beach, Cal.; and eerie happenings at California's Drum Barracks
Civil War Museum. Also: the search for birth mothers following a San Antonio
nurse's baby-selling operations in the '50s and '60s.
Link: Moss Beach Distillery: Blue Lady
November 4, 1992
Reports on the 1991 disappearance of a Louisiana salesman; a UFO sighting by a prospector
at Canada's Falcon Lake; the disappearance of a prison guard in Orange County (Cal.).
November 11, 1992
Segments on reported POW sightings of an American colonel who was shot down over Laos
in 1965; the search for a man who witnessed a Belle Glade, Fla., murder in a sugarcane
field; the Bismarck, N.D., prison escape of an inmate who remains at large.
November 18, 1992
Reports on the 1988 abduction and murder of a 7-year-old Midlothian, Ill., girl; and a psychic's
claims that he can communicate with those who have "passed on."
November 25, 1992
This expanded edition includes live reports. also: segments on an Arizona woman's
search for a childhood friend; the search for a Redwood City, Cal., woman wanted for attempted
murder of her husband.
December 2, 1992
Segments include the 1990 Telluride, Colo., murder of Eva Schoen, wife of U-Haul heir
Sam Schoen; the 14-year search for a Texas fugitive; a man's quest to find the half-sister
he never met; and the search for witnesses to the disappearance of a young mother.
December 9, 1992
Reports on the 1985 disappearance of a 4-year-old boy from the Lake Tahoe, Nev., area; new evidence
linking a 1930s Cleveland killer to the 1940s serial killer responsible for the Black Dahlia murder.
December 16, 1992
Evidence pointing to the possible innocence of a Florida inmate serving a life term for rape;
a Falls Church, Va., man's efforts to piece together his identity from sketchy facts surrounding
his 1935 abandonment in a car.
December 23, 1992
Reports on a couple's search for a stranger they once befriended, who they suspect
is the one annually reciprocating their generosity a hundredfold; a hospitalized 7-year-old
boy's miraculous recovery.
January 6, 1993
A report on a Rochester man, originally charged in the murder of a 34-year-old woman, who has
been granted a final appeal based on juror misconduct. Also: repeat segments include the killing
of a Hamilton, Ind., man who was involved in a love triangle.
January 13, 1993
Unanswered questions in the 1935 shooting of Louisiana senator Huey Long; the search for an arsonist;
and a California woman's search for her younger brother. (Repeat)
January 20, 1993
Reports on the disappearance of an Orange County, Cal., executive; and the search for a
man suspected in the murder of his employer. Among repeat reports: the 1970
disappearance of a Houston mother.
January 27, 1993
Segments on the shooting death of an 18-year-old Albuquerque, N.M., woman; an Orange County,
Cal., woman's search for her foster sister, whom she hasn't seen for 11 years. Also: the hunt for
Yamashita's treasure, discovered in 1971 in the Phillippines.
February 3, 1993
A Michigan man's 25-year search for his siblings; a 1991 UFO video, shot in Ottawa,
Canada, which includes analysis by a former NASA specialist. Also: the hunt for a
fugitive who, in 1988, murdered two women and left a third paralyzed; an investigation into the identity
of a young hearing-impaired woman.
February 9, 1993
Reports on the 1983 murder of a 10-year-old Chicago-area girl; the search by Canadian
Indians for their biological families; a Byron, Ill., man's search
for his twin and half sister.
February 10, 1993
Eerie phenomena surrounding the presence of a Pennsylvania man; the shooting death of
a California motorcycle mechanic; a woman's search for her childhood friend, who she
discovered was actually her sister; and the death of an unidentified man who used aliases.
February 17, 1993
A man's search for a woman who pulled him from the ocean to safety, then disappeared;
a restaurateur's harassment by anonymous phone calls, possibly connected to his 1974
kidnapping in Beirut; and a bomb explosion that nearly killed a Navy captain's wife.
February 24, 1993
A recap of cases solved include the release of a prisoner who was a victim of mistaken
identity. Also: the disappearance of a financially troubled Massachusetts man, who's
unaware he's an heir to $750,000; the discovery of a human skeleton in an old footlocker.
March 3, 1993
The 1985 escape of a convicted cop killer from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary; the discovery
of the remains of a body, found in a car near Houston; the 1954 disappearance of a 9-year-old
boy. (Repeat)
March 7, 1993
A former helicopter pilot's reunion with the nurse who helped him recover from a 1967 crash
in Vietnam; the disappearance of an Orange County, Cal., prison guard eight years ago;
a case of amnesia that erased 16 years from a Maryland woman's memory. (Repeat)
March 10, 1993
The death in Martinsburg, W.Va., of an investigative journalist who was probing Government
corruption and conspiracies; the search for a highway rest-stop killer in Ontario, Canada;
the prison release of a man who served 10 years for murders he did not commit.
March 17, 1993
A report on the 1991 death in a Mexican prison of a California man who may have
been murdered. Also: repeat segments on the 1991 disappearance of a Louisiana man;
a UFO sighting by a prospector.
March 24, 1993
Spirits said to inhabit the cliffs above Moss Beach, Cal; eerie happenings at a California
Civil War museum; the search for witnesses who may help solve the disappearance
of a young mother. (Repeat)
March 31, 1993
A report on new evidence suggesting a Government coverup in the 1968 assassination of
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Also: repeat segments on a New Orleans serial killer
who targets prostitutes; a con man who preys on vulnerable women.
April 4, 1993
Evidence pointing to the possible innocence of a Florida inmate serving a life term
for rape; a Falls Church, Va., man's efforts to piece together his identity from sketchy
facts surrounding his 1935 abandonment; and the hunt in Gallup, N.M., for a kidnap
victim. (Repeat / Postponed from an earlier date)
April 7, 1993
The search for paintings by American artist Ben Stahl, which were stolen
from a Sarasota, Fla., museum; the Philadelphia investigation of a fugitive
couple who reportedly cashed the disability checks of two persons who may have
been murdered.
April 14, 1993
Segments on reported sightings of a POW, an American colonel shot down over Laos in 1965;
the search for a man who witnessed a Belle Glade, Fla., murder. (Repeat)
April 21, 1993
The arrest in Panama of a fugitive from Texas; and the arrest of a suspect
in two Sacramento triple homicides. Repeat segments include the 1990 Telluride,
Colo., murder of Eva Schoen, wife of U-Haul heir Sam Schoen; a man's search for the half sister he
never met.
April 28, 1993
A report on a New Jersey woman's disappearance. Also: repeat segments include the search
for a man wanted for questioning in an Odessa, Texas, murder.
May 5, 1993
Reports on the search for a cult leader; a possible link between a reported terrorist
attack on a U.S. Army troop-transport plane and the death of an L.A. bomb-squad
detective involved in the investigation.
May 12, 1993
Included: the murder of a Tampa woman reportedly abducted from her night job
at a gas station; and the arrest of an Oklahoma State Penitentiary escapee,
apprehended in Deadwood, S.D. Also: repeat reports include the search by two sisters
for their missing siblings.
May 19, 1993
This expanded season ender includes four bank robbery
stories; a New York woman's search for the foster parents
who cared for her briefly during her childhood; a Navy blimp
that landed reportedly without a crew in the San Francisco
Bay area during World War II; and reports of a Columbus,
Ohio, girl's unusual brain-wave activity. (2 hours)
May 26, 1993
The hunt for a suspect who shot a cop in an Albuquerque bar in 1984; and an update
on a woman who saved a swimmer in Virginia Beach, Va. Repeat segments include a
gold treasure (discovered in the Phillippines in 1971), which was reportedly confiscated
by Ferdinand Marcos's military forces.
June 2, 1993
Reports: a 1991 UFO video, shot in Ottawa, Canada, which includes analysis
by a former NASA specialist; the hunt for a fugitive who, in 1988, murdered two women and left a third
paralyzed; an investigation into the identity of a young hearing-impaired woman. (Repeat)
June 9, 1993
Eerie phenomena surrounding the presence of a Pennsylvania man; the shooting death of
a California motorcycle mechanic; a woman's search for her childhood friend, who she discovered
was her sister. (Repeat)
June 16, 1993
A final appeal resulting in the release of a wrongly convicted Lowell, Mass., man from prison after serving time
for murder. Repeat segments include the search for a fugitive couple suspected of killing
two people.
June 23, 1993
An update on a man's search for the woman who pulled him from the ocean
to safety in 1987; a Washington, D.C., restaurateur's harassment by anonymous phone calls since
his 1974 kidnapping in Beirut; a terrorist explosion in San Diego. (Repeat)
June 30, 1993
A recap of cases solved includes the release of a prisoner who was a victim of mistaken identity. Also: the 1992
death of a military policeman at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.; the discovery of a human skeleton
in an old military footlocker. (Repeat)
July 7, 1993
The death in Martinsburg, W. Va., of an investigative journalist who was probing Government corruption and
conspiracies; the search for a highway rest-stop killer in Ontario; the release of a man who served a 10-year
sentence for murders he didn't commit. (Repeat)
July 14, 1993
The arrest of a wanted man in Osteen, Fla. Repeat segments
on the search for paintings by American artist Ben Stahl,
stolen from a Sarasota, Fla. musuem.
July 21, 1993
A possible link between a reported terrorist attack on a U.S. Army troop-transport plane and the death of an L.A. bomb-squad
detective involved in the investigation; a woman's search for her brother, who she believes may be in Utah. (Repeat)
July 28, 1993
The search for suspects in the 1983 murder of a 10-year-old Chicago-area girl; the reunion of
three Ojibwa Indian siblings; and an arrest made following the death of a North Hollywood, Cal.,
man. (Repeat)
August 4, 1993
Reports include four bank-robbery cases; the unusual brain-wave activity of a 14-year-old
Columbus, Ohio, girl; and a New York woman's search for her foster parents. (Repeat)
August 11, 1993
Segments include a World War II Navy blimp that landed--reportedly without a crew--in the
San Francisco Bay area; arrests made in the alleged rape and sexual assault of Explorer Scouts
in Danbury, Conn.; and a Texas man's appeal of his life sentence for murder. (Repeat)
August 18, 1993
Reports: the reunion of an Arizona woman and her childhood friend; an update on the kidnapping
of a 12-year-old boy; the search for a Redwood City, Cal., woman wanted for questioning in the attempted
murder of her husband. (Repeat)
August 25, 1993
The search for an alleged narcotics smuggler suspected of transporting heroin from Southeast Asia to
the U.S. in 1991; an update on the 1988 murder of a 7-year-old Illinois girl.
September 1, 1993
Included: an update on a man's search for his late wife's family; a report on a 1991 arrest
following six homicides in Northern California. Also: repeat segments on the study of dreams
that foretell the future; and (postponed from an earlier date) a retired couple's search for a kind
stranger they met.
September 8, 1993
Reports on evidence suggesting a Government coverup in the 1968 assassination of Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr; the 1991 disappearance of a 32-year-old woman; and the hunt for an armed
and dangerous man who shot and wounded a police officer. (Repeat)
September 15, 1993
A report on the search for a man whose boat capsized in Mexico during a 1991 fishing trip. Also: repeat
segments include an amnesiac's discovery of his identity; a viewer tip leading to the capture
of a fugitive.
1993-1994 (6th Season / NBC)
September 22, 1993
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.
September 29, 1993
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.
October 6, 1993
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.
October 13, 1993
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.
October 20, 1993
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.
October 27, 1993
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.
November 3, 1993
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.
November 10, 1993
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.
November 17, 1993
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.
November 24, 1993
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.
December 1, 1993
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.
December 8, 1993
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.
December 22, 1993
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.
December 29, 1993
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)
December 30, 1993
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.
Links: Brian Stanley Duecker (John Doe) / Paducah, Ky.'s 'John Doe' was somebody's beloved son
January 5, 1994
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.
January 12, 1994
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.).
January 19, 1994
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.
January 26, 1994
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.
February 2, 1994
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.
February 9, 1994
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.
February 16, 1994
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.
February 23, 1994
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.
March 2, 1994
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.
March 9, 1994
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)
March 16, 1994
Reports on near-death experiences include widows "visited" by their late husbands;
tips that ended the search for missing siblings; the hunt for a gunman who killed
a Jewish community leader in 1990; a Los Angeles collector's search for an heirloom bible's
owners.
March 23, 1994
The search for a suspected murderer who reportedly harassed the victim's family
and friends; a Los Angeles collector's search for owners of an heirloom Bible; the manhunt for
the murderer of a computer salesman's fiancee in Marietta, Ga.
March 30, 1994
Segments include reports on a 1917 solar phenomenon known as the "Fatima Miracle," supposedly
witnessed by crowds in Portugal; a Nebraska choir miraculously spared in a church explosion;
the 1992 disappearance of three persons from a store. (Repeat)
April 3, 1994
Reports include the healing powers of water in Lourdes, France; viewer tips leading to
an Idaho man's reunion with his family; the hunt for the killer of a San Jose man murdered
on the highway in front of his date in 1991; and the search for paintings by American
artist Ben Stahl. (Repeat)
April 6, 1994
Reports include the 1986 disappearance of a Morro Bay, Cal., man, whose wife was murdered
in 1982. Also: repeat segments on the hunt for a fugitive health-care worker; an update on
a German Air Force officer's search for his biological father.
April 13, 1994
Segments include instances of cures reportedly achieved by the laying on of hands; and a
Vietnam veteran's search for the Army comrade who saved his life on the battlefield.
April 27, 1994
Segments include a $7 million hidden treasure, reportedly buried in New York in 1933 by gangster
Dutch Schultz; a couple who in 1993 became victims of a gunman in a Marietta, GA., hotel room; a
1988 child abduction; the Texas murder of a woman and her 5-year-old.
May 4, 1994
Reports on near-death experiences include a Seattle doctor's studies of widows who have
reportedly been "visited" by their late husbands, and the case of a mother's after-death
"visit" with her deceased 18-year-old daughter. Also: a man's reunion with a childhood
friend; a woman's search for her birth father.
May 11, 1994
A report on the 1973 murder of a Massachusetts prison inmate, believed by some to have been
the Boston Strangler (suspected of the murders of 13 women in the 1960s). Also: a man's search for
a half-sister he only recently discovered he had.
May 25, 1994
Segments on this expanded edition include high-tech investigations into reported Bigfoot
sightings in the Pacific Northwest; so-called "angelic" encounters; viewer tips leading
to the arrest of a murder suspect.
May 31, 1994
Reports include the search in Canada and the U.S for a child killer and molester; Florida
authorities' search for a woman who disappeared after the 1992 murder or her boyfriend; the hunt for a suspect
in the 1990 kidnapping of a bank executive. (Repeat)
June 8, 1994
The 1984 murder of a policeman's 7-year-old son; the search for the heir to a $150,000 estate; the search
for a man believed to have survived a 1991 boat wreck in Mexico; and a woman's meeting with the good
Samaritan who pulled her from a burning car. (Repeat)
June 15, 1994
An update on an adoptee's search for her identity and for the family who found her as an infant; a report on
the 1932 discovery in Wyoming of a small mummified human; a series of Mississippi jail deaths being probed
by the U.S. Attorney General's Office. (Repeat)
June 22, 1994
Reports include a mysterious letter writer who seems to be guiding a woman's search to find
her missing son; efforts to find a man who disappeared in 1986, four years after his wife was murdered;
and viewer tips leading to arrests. (Repeat)
June 29, 1994
Reports on pets being reunited with their owners; a man who tracks top-secret military aircraft;
the disappearance of a scuba diver near the Mississippi River gulf outlet; and the suspected murder
of a man. (Repeat)
July 6, 1994
A viewer tip leading to the identification of a comatose man, injured in 1992; a man's reunion with
a childhood friend he meat at an orphanage in 1956; a woman on an international search for her only daughter;
and the hunt for killers of a woman and her 5-year-old son near Dallas. (Repeat)
July 13, 1994
Segments include South Chicago residents' reported sightings of the ghost of a woman killed
in 1934; an update on a former South Vietnam Air Force officer's search for his American
daughter; the hunt for a robbery duo who target grocery stores. (Repeat)
July 20, 1994
Segments include a Florida mother's search for her daughter; a high-school senior
who disappeared in 1974; and Coloradans who were bilked out of some $1 million. (Repeat)
July 27, 1994
Reports of mothers' psychic links to their children; the harassment of a murdered
Jewish community leader's family and friends; the investigation into an
alleged auto insurance-fraud ring; a Los Angeles collector's search for owners
of an heirloom Bible. (Repeat)
July 31, 1994
Reports on this expanded edition include eerie phenomena witnessed by Stroudsburg, Pa.,
residents and prison guards at the Monroe County correctional facility; threats
against an elderly Ohio couple; the reunion of two childhood friends; the disappearance
50 years ago of a Navy blimp's crew in the San Francisco Bay Area; the 1988 abduction
and murder of a 7-year-old Midlothian, Ill., girl. (2 hours / Repeat)
August 3, 1994
Reports on therapeutic healing; the search for bank robbers; the 1993 arrest
of a burglary suspect in Santa Fe, N.M.; the search for a Memphis-based
real-estate executive who disappeared in 1993. (Repeat)
August 10, 1994
Segments include a $7 million hidden treasure, reportedly buried
in New York in the 1930s by gangster Dutch Schultz; an update
on a brother and sister's search for their father; the search for a gunman
who held a couple at gunpoint in a hotel room. (Repeat)
August 17, 1994
Reports on two cousins who disappeared three years apart--one in Arizona and the other
in Arkansas; viewer tips leading to the 1993 arrest of a fugitive in Carlsbad, Cal.; the 1990
disappearance and suspected murder of a Rhode Island woman. (Repeat)
August 24, 1994
A report on the 1973 murder of a Massachusetts inmate believed to have been the Boston
Strangler, a man suspected of 13 women in the 1960s. Also: a man's search
for the half-sister he only recently discovered he had. (Repeat)
August 31, 1994
Reports include unexplained encounters with angels; a woman's quest to find
her missing husband. Also: a man who disappeared in 1993 while scuba
diving near the entrance to the Mississippi River gulf outlet. (Repeat)
September 7, 1994
Reports on the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin; the search for two missing
French sailors, last seen in the Atlantic; unexplained encounters with angels;
a woman's search for biological father. (Repeat)
September 18, 1994
"Mysteries of Alien Beings" reports on four men who say they were abducted while
on a fishing trip in Maine's Allgash Wilderness, and includes research by
Harvard psychiatrist John Mack. Also: a pilot's alleged UFO sightings in
Kazakhstan; efforts to locate a nurse who reportedly helped with
autopsies of alien beings that emerged from the wreck of a UFO.
1994-1995 (7th Season / NBC)
September 25, 1994
A seventh season opens with reports on the origins of the bizarre Ice Man
creature, once exhibited at the 1968 Chicago Stock Fair; coincidences linking
adoptees with their birth families; the probe into a biochemist's mysterious
death in 1953.
October 2, 1994
Segments include a real-life team of ghostbusters who track paranormal evidence
in top-secret cases of hauntings; information suggesting that an alleged
international drug kingpin may have faked his own death; treasure hunters who claim
that a Southern California park may be a burial ground for treasures.
October 9, 1994
Reports include efforts calling for the beatification of an ordained priest (born in 1904)
who, some say, performed miraculous cures prior to his death in 1957. Also: evidence
suggesting that Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth was not shot by Union
soldiers, but instead lived under aliases until 1903.
October 14, 1994
Reports on a man's search for his son, who disappeared in 1991 from an adult-care
facility; the arrest of a fugitive outside of a Boise truck stop; studies of twins
separated at birth; and a family's search for a wife and mother who disappeared some
14 years ago.
October 21, 1994
"Mysteries of the Afterlife" are explored in reports on a man who was struck by
lightning and recovered with new-found psychic powers; a woman who,
according to loved ones, "came back" to them after her death; and members
of a family who claim that their neighborhood is haunted.
October 28, 1994
Reports include video footage of alleged UFO sightings that occured over Mexico City in
1991 during a solar eclipse; a fugitive's arrest in Cobb County, Ga.; the 1992 murder of
a man who was asleep in his vehicle; and the search for a missing Rhode Island couple.
November 11, 1994
This expanded edition celebrates the reunion of a GI and the comrade who saved his life
in Vietnam. Other segments include anonymous letters threatening residents of
central Ohio; the brief 1926 disappearance of mystery novelist Agatha Christie;
a 1988 prison escape. (2 hours / 200th Mystery Solved!)
December 2, 1994
The disappearance of an American sea captain and his crew from a Europe-bound ship
found abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic; a viewer tip leading to the reunion of a woman and
her birth mother; a woman's career as a police psychic.
December 9, 1994
Reports include evidence that a U.S. soldier, missing in action in Vietnam, may still be alive
and in hiding. Also: a viewer tip that helps a woman search for the family that found her as an
infant; a woman's claim that she was visited by her late father.
December 16, 1994
Segments include the 1991 murder of a teenage girl in Ramsey, Ill.; a private investigator's
tip leading to the reunion of two sisters; a so-called "walking apparition" reportedly
seen in southwest Arkansas.
December 23, 1994
Holiday segments include a Christmas Eve miracle for a couple and their gravely ill
baby. Also: repeat segments on efforts calling for the beatification of a priest who
some say performed miraculous cures; the search by a Hungarian refugee family for the U.S. serviceman
who aided them after World War II; and a family's reunion with missing siblings.
December 30, 1994
Segments include a real-life team of ghostbusters who track paranormal evidence in top-secret
cases of hauntings; information suggesting that a reported international drug kingpin
may have faked his own death. (Repeat)
January 6, 1995
Included: new evidence uncovered by a forensic pathologist in the death of a college student;
the search for a suspect accused of bilking senior citizens; a man's search for his younger brother.
January 13, 1995
Reports include a planned salvaging expedition in the San Francisco Bay area to find a
World War II enemy submarine; a woman's search for the family who found her as
an infant; a man's search for justice in the 1991 murder of his daughter and son-in-law;
the work of forensic scientists and police psychics.
January 20, 1995
An Italian priest thought to have supernatural powers; the
1988 death of a Cook County sheriff's captain whose
family and co-workers believe he was targeted for murder.
February 3, 1995
An episode about the paranormal includes a story about a woman's electrical
psychokinetic powers; a "psychic vision" surrounding the 1980 disappearance
and murder of a young nurse in Pacoima (Cal.); and a man who claims proof
of life after death.
February 10, 1995
Reports include the search for suspects in a 1988 Kansas City, Mo., construction-site
fire that killed six firefighters; the manhunt for a fugitive who may be hiding
out in Florida or the Caribbean; an Army lieutenant's search for his
double, whom he first encountered in 1994.
February 17, 1995
Reports include a woman's search for information about the 15 American flyers she aided
in Czechoslovakia during World War II; the search for a missing Ft. Bragg, Cal.,
woman; the police manhunt surrounding a nurse's 1993 murder; an Arizona
woman's reunion with her birth mother.
February 24, 1995
Segments include a profile of a self-proclaimed "spirit channeler" in Sao Paulo, Brazil,
who attempts to spread the message of life after death in his paintings. Also: a
man's war experience as a youngster in 1944; a hospital escape.
March 3, 1995
Reports on the origins of the bizarre Ice Man exhibit at the 1968 Chicago Stock Fair;
the investigation into a biochemist's mysterious death in 1953. (Repeat)
March 17, 1995
A new report on a 1994 prison escape and the same-day
disappearance of a warden's wife; and repeat
segments on three inmates who escaped from Alcatraz 33
years ago and may still be alive.
March 24, 1995
Reports include a self-proclaimed "spirit channeler" in Sao Paulo, Brazil, who spreads
the message of life-after-death in his paintings; the 1994 apprehension of a fugitive
in Cobb County, Ga.; a boy's experiences during World War II; the 1992
disappearance of a waitress.
March 31, 1995
"Mysteries of Alien Beings" reports on four men who say they were abducted by aliens
while on a fishing trip in Maine, and includes research by psychiatrist John Mack.
Also: a physicist's claim that he worked on a captured extraterrestrial spacecraft
at a top-secret U.S. Air Force testing center. (Repeat)
April 7, 1995
A new report details the FBI's search for suspected
arsonists. Also: repeat segments on the search for a
Redwood City, Cal., woman whose husband was poisoned; a
fraud scam on a retired judge.
April 14, 1995
A new report examines puzzling circumstances surrounding a
couple's death. Also: repeat segments include video
footage of reported UFO sightings over Mexico City in
1991.
April 21, 1995
Mysteries of the afterlife are explored in reports on a man who was struck by lightning
and recovered with new-found psychic powers; a woman who, according to loved ones,
"came back" to them after her death. (Repeat)
April 28, 1995
A psychic helps track a couple's killer; the
high-tech crime unit of the San Jose Police Department
probes computer-related thefts. Also: the disappearance
of a young mother and her 6-year-old son.
May 5, 1995
An examination of healing and the mind; and an update on a
brother and sister's search for their four other
siblings. Also, reports on a missing 5-year-old boy;
computer technology that enhances video images.
May 12, 1995
A psychic mystery involving a St. Louis woman's
experience with a Ouija board, through which the works of
a 17th-century writer were channeled. Also:
a family's search for a Houston couple who rescued
them from a car accident in 1983; the manhunt for a
Delaware woman's killer.
May 19, 1995
Reports include theories about a mysterious sonic
phenomenon that baffles scientists; the case of a man who
reportedly drowned in 1987 during a fishing trip.
May 26, 1995
A study of adoptees who link up with biological relatives; the 1992 murder
of a man who was sleeping in his vehicle; a father's search for his son, who
disappeared in 1991 from an adult-care facility. (Repeat)
June 23, 1995
Reports focus on new evidence uncovered by a forensic pathologist in the
death of a student; claims by genealogist Henry Jones of a paranormal
connection to his ancestors; a 1994 prison escape. (Repeat)
June 30, 1995
Reports include the FBI's search for an Ohio couple; a woman's claim that she was visited
by her late father; evidence that a U.S. soldier once missing in action, may still be alive and in
hiding; and the continuing search for the killer of a South Carolina state trooper. (Repeat)
July 7, 1995
Reports include the discovery of a human skeleton buried near a San Marino (Cal.) home;
a planned salvaging expedition in the San Francisco Bay area to find a World War II
enemy submarine. (Repeat)
July 14, 1995
Included segments focusing on a so-called "walking apparition," reportedly seen in southwest
Arkansas; anonymous letters threatening residents of central Ohio. (Repeat)
July 21, 1995
A psychic mystery involving an experience with a Ouija board, through which the works of
an early 20th-century writer were "channeled." Also: a soldier's disappearance. (Repeat)
July 28, 1995
The search for suspects in a 1988 Kansas City, Mo., construction-site fire that killed
six firefighters; the manhunt for a fugitive who may be hiding out in Florida on
the Caribbean; an Army lieutenant's search for his double, whom he first encountered
in 1944. (Repeat)
August 4, 1995
An episode about the paranormal includes a story about a woman's electrical psychokinetic powers;
another woman's "psychic vision" surrounding the 1980 disappearance and murder of a young
nurse. (Repeat)
August 11, 1995
Segments include a prisoner's hospital escape; the search for treasure reportedly
buried on the grounds of the Alamo; a man's efforts to solve the 1991 murders
of his daughter and son-in-law. (Repeat)
August 18, 1995
A psychic helps track a couple's killer; the high-tech crime unit of the San Jose Police
Department probes computer-related thefts. also: the disappearance of a young
mother and her 6-year-old son. (Repeat)
August 30, 1995
A new report examines the case of a Chicago teacher who vanished in 1987. Repeat
segments include the work of a "spirit channeler" in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the 1994
arrest of a fugitive outside of Boise, Idaho, truck stop; a former runaway's search
for three good Samaritans.
1995-1996 (8th Season / NBC)
October 20, 1995
The eighth season opens with reports on new theories concerning the mysterious
deaths of actors Bruce Lee and his son Brandon. Other segments focus on the abduction
of an infant girl; the arrests of two fugitives in Oregon and the California manhunt
for another.
October 27, 1995
Reports include the search for a suspect in the July 1995
murder of a bailiff who worked in Judge Lance Ito's
courtroom. Also: a family who was terrorized on a
Memorial Day outing in Glenrose, Texas; reports of
religious visions in Kentucky.
November 3, 1995
Included: mysterious patient deaths; efforts to revive a
newborn at a hospital; a viewer's tip leading to an
arrest in a case of mail fraud; theories about the 1995
disappearance of a rock musician.
November 10, 1995
Reports on the search for an alleged con man who preys on girlfriends and grandmothers;
the 1987 disappearance of a Chicago college instructor who had been affiliated with a
spiritual leader; the phenomena of the Nazca Lines of Peru, gigantic drawings
purportedly made by aliens 2000 years ago; a building designer's disappearance.
November 17, 1995
A report on the search for a missing rock star; the powers
of voodoo, focusing on a woman in 1800&'s New Orleans
who purportedly healed the sick; a Santa Fe, N.M.,
therapist's methods of healing animals; a
sibling's search for a sister with whom she lost
touch after their mother's death in 1965.
December 1, 1995
Included: a suspected coverup following claims of a 1964 UFO sighting in New Mexico;
an update on a search for two unknown "guardian angels" who saved family members' lives
after a 1983 auto accident in Mexico; the murder of a Dallas lawyer.
December 8, 1995
A report on new evidence in the 1959 death of actor George Reeves (TV's first Superman)
includes interviews with costar Jack Larson (who played Jimmy Olsen), researcher
Michael Hayde and editor Jim Nolt. Also: the arrests of two fugitives in Salt Lake City.
Link: George Reeves
December 15, 1995
An adoptee searches for her biological mother who
abandoned her on a New York subway as an infant; and two
scientists seek to verify the existence of a sea creature
in the waters off western Canada. Also: the 1994 abduction of a
6-year-old boy from his school.
December 29, 1995
Segments include a family terrorized on a Memorial Day outing in Glenrose, Texas; reports of religious
visions in Kentucky; the 1994 murder of a computer manufacturer in California's Silicon Valley. (Repeat)
January 5, 1996
Included: reported sightings in the Adirondack Mountains of the ghost of a woman murdered
at the turn of the century; the arrests of two fugitives in Salt Lake City; a 1994 convenience store
robbery that was taped by a surveillance camera; the death of a forklift driver, whose former
co-worker had disappeared.
January 12, 1996
Reports include claims of spiritual activity in an area northeast of San Antonio known as Devil's Backbone;
a man's 42-year odyssey to find his son, abducted in 1953; a woman's efforts to prove that her brother's
1968 death was really a case of murder.
January 19, 1996
Included: the disappearance of an architect who was married to a brewing-company heir; a viewer tip leading
to an arrest in a case of mail fraud; and efforts to revive a newborn at a Louisville hospital. Also:
mysterious patient deaths; the 1994 disappearance of a New Jersey woman.
January 31, 1996
A new report focuses on the search for clues to the fate of a Florida bird-ranch owner and his aunt.
Repeat segments include an update on a man who had been missing since 1993; the
search for a rock star who seemingly vanished in 1995; a sibling's search for a sister with
whom she lost touch after their mother's death; the reported healing powers of a New Orleans
"voodoo queen" of the 1800s; the 1984 disappearance of a youth.
February 2, 1996
Reports include the investigation into the death of Seattle rock musician Mia Zapata.
Also: the puzzling circumstances in the drowning of a female student at a Maryland
seamanship school.
Florida man arrested, charged in 1993 slaying of punk singer Mia Zapata
February 9, 1996
A woman's miraculous survival after being found in a snowbank; a viewer tip
that led a Miami woman to the son she hadn't seen for 23 years; the search for clues
in the 1992 murder of an airline employee; scientific research being done on twins; and the
manhunt for a fugitive.
February 16, 1996
An interview with a late suspect's brother sheds light on the still-unsolved case of the
Green River serial murders in the Pacific Northwest. Also included: a 20-year-old
Greenwich, Conn., murder case involving a teenager slain in her yard; communication with
the dead; a woman trying to locate her mother and siblings; and an update on a
family's reunion.
February 18, 1996
A profile of an 8-year-old prodigy from Denver; and a report on the 1995
disappearance of a Mason City, Iowa, TV anchorwoman. Also: repeat
segments include a suspected coverup of an alleged UFO sighting in 1964
New Mexico; an insurance-scam investigation; the murder of a Dallas lawyer.
February 23, 1996
Reports concern a ghost that is said to inhabit a Sunset Strip
comedy club in L.A.; an Iowa woman's success in locating two
of her three siblings; the disappearance of a Kansas truck driver in Arizona.
March 1, 1996
Repeat segments include: the search for an alleged con man
who preys on girlfriends and grandmothers; the 1987
disappearance of a Chicago college instructor who had been
affiliated with a spiritual leader; the use of bloodhounds
to trace missing persons.
March 8, 1996
An adoptee searches for her biological mother--who abandoned her on a New
York subway as an infant; and two scientists seek to verify the existence
of a sea creature in the waters off western Canada. Also: the
1994 abduction of a 6-year-old boy from his school. (Repeat)
March 15, 1996
Exploring the notion that Gettysburg, Pa., is overrun with ghosts
from the crucial Civil War battle fought there in 1863. In other segments,
a fugitive turns himself in; a forensic psychic offers theories on unsolved
murders; a Kansas truck driver disappears in Arizona.
March 22, 1996
Two office workers injured in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing seek
to find the men who rescued them from the toppled building; a woman's
search for her birth mother offers promising news; author James Ellroy
is inspired to probe an unsolved murder in his family. Also: a probe
into the 1993 death of Presidential counsel Vincent Foster.
March 29, 1996
An Oklahoma woman claims that a lightning bolt brought about a miraculous
cure; the surviving family of a murdered Maine veteran offers theories
about his death; Nashville FBI agents arrest a fugitive in Clarksville, Tenn.
April 5, 1996
Repeat segments on the evidence in the 1959 death of actor
George Reeves (TV's first Superman) includes
interviews with costar Jack Larson (who played Jimmy
Olsen), researcher Michael Hayde and biographer Jim
Beaver. Also: an update on the murder of Los Angeles
model Linda Sobeck; a woman's search for two
brothers with whom she lost touch in the 1960's.
April 12, 1996
Segments examine a 19th-century stagecoach heist that reportedly led to the slaughter
of Native Americans; a Houston woman's probe into her mother's slaying; a 1994
accident in Madison, Wis., that resulted in amnesia for a minor-league baseball player; and
the manhunt for a kidnapping suspect linked to the armed robbery of a Nevada
casino and hotel.
April 19, 1996
An examination of the mysterious Nazca Lines of Peru, gigantic geometric drawings
believed to have been carved into the landscape some 2000 years ago. Also: a probe
of eerie goings-on that have been spooking Texas cowboys.
April 26, 1996
Segments include the controversy surrounding the 1993
death of heiress Doris Duke; reports of a kangaroo-like
monster (chupacabra) responsible for animal deaths in Puerto Rico; a
viewer's tip leading to a fugitive's arrest in
South America; a woman's search for two best
friends.
May 3, 1996
A report on conspiracy theories surrounding the
disappearance of photographs taken of Robert F.
Kennedy's 1968 assassination in Los Angeles; the
increasing threat of vigilante attacks on judges, Federal
officials and law enforcement agents in the U.S.; and a
motorcyclist's near-death experience on the highway.
Also: the capture of a Federal fugitive.
May 10, 1996
A medical doctor sheds a new light on why death and
illness seemingly followed the opening of King Tut's
tomb in Egypt in 1922. Others interviewed attribute the
casualties to a mummy's curse, a punishment to
those who disturbed the Pharaoh's shrine. Also: the
search for the mastermind of a bank robbery.
May 17, 1996
Reports include the search for suspects in the 1991 murder
of actor Dennis Cole's son Joe, a Venice Beach, Cal.
videographer who was the victim of a botched robbery.
Also: an L.A. TV reporter tries to find his biological mother; a
trail guide's mysterious vision helps locate a
missing hiker in the mountains near Truckee, Cal.
May 31, 1996
Repeats segments include: reported sightings in the
Adirondack Mountains of the ghost of a woman murdered at
the turn of the century; the arrests of two fugitives in
Salt Lake City; a 1994 convenience store robbery that was
taped by a surveillance camera; the death of a forklift
driver, whose former co-worker had disappeared; and the
search for a fugitive.
June 14, 1996
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June 21, 1996
Reports include the arrest in Clarksville, Tenn., of a Federal fugitive; the drowning
of a female student at a Maryland seamanship school; the death of Seattle rock
musician Mia Zapata; a California woman's reunion with a daughter she gave
up for adoption years before. (Repeat)
Florida man arrested, charged in 1993 slaying of punk singer Mia Zapata
June 28, 1996
The 1993 disappearance of a man whose car was found abandoned near Lake Erie; an
adoptee's search for three siblings; a woman's miraculous survival after being found
in a snowbank; the 1992 murder of an airline employee. (Repeat)
July 5, 1996
Reports concern a ghost that is said to inhabit a Sunset Strip comedy club
in L.A. Also: the suspicious 1986 death of a young man;
a woman's search for a good Samaritan who helped her through troubled times at
age 16; the reunion of two men who first met in war-torn Europe in 1944. (Repeat)
July 10, 1996
Segments examine a 19th-century stage-coach heist that reportedly led to the slaughter
of Native Americans; a Houston woman's probe into her mother's slaying; a 1994
accident in Madison, Wis., that resulted in amnesia for a minor-league baseball
player; and the manhunt for a kidnapping suspect linked to the armed robbery of
a Nevada casino. (Repeat)
July 12, 1996
An interview sheds light on the case of the Green River serial murders in the Pacific
Northwest. Also included: a 20-year-old Greenwich, Conn., murder case
involving a teenager slain in her yard; communication with the dead. (Repeat)
August 16, 1996
An attorney injured in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing seeks to find the men who rescued him
from the toppled building; a woman's search for her birth mother offers promising news;
and an unsolved family murder influences one of author James Ellroy's crime novels. Also:
a probe into the 1993 death of President counsel Vincent Foster. (Repeat)
August 23, 1996
Segments include the controversy surrounding the 1993 death of heiress Doris Duke;
reports on a kangaroo-like monster (chupacabra) responsible for animal deaths in Puerto Rico;
a woman's search for two friends. (Repeat)
August 30, 1996
A report on conspiracy theories surrounding the
disappearance of photographs taken of Robert F.
Kennedy's 1968 assassination in Los Angeles; the
increasing threat of vigilante attacks on judges, Federal
officials and law enforcement agents in the U.S.; and a
motorcyclist's near-death experience on the highway.
Also: the capture of a Federal fugitive. (Repeat)
September 6, 1996
A new segment details the search for two suspects in the murder of a Houston teenager in
1995. Repeat segments examine the manhunt for a bank robber; theories about the death of a
murdered Maine veteran; and suspicions that a church fire may have been deliberately set.
September 13, 1996
A new segment spotlights a couple who rekindled their relationship at a high-school
reunion and are now seeking the daughter they gave up for adoption more than two decades
ago. Repeat segments include reports of a "mummy's curse" following the opening of King
Tut's tomb in 1922.
1996-1997 (9th Season / NBC)
September 20, 1996
A ninth season of stories begins as amateur researchers find similarities in the cases of
the Zodiac killer and the Unabomber; and a bizarre West Virginia case involves multiple identities--and
murder. Also: two Macon, Ariz., college students are brutally murdered.
Link: Son of Susan (Kristin Smart case)
September 27, 1996
Reports include the suicide of actress Margaux Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest
Hemingway; a Los Angeles man's search for his biological mother; the hunt for the
killers of two Mercer College students.
October 18, 1996
Included: the 1966 death of rock star Bobby Fuller, who some believe was murdered;
and an update on a bizarre West Virginia murder case from 1994. Also: people who have
been robbed in their homes form a coalition.
October 25, 1996
A Halloween-themed profile of a Salem, Mass., woman who uses her alleged
psychic powers to help the police solve crimes. Other reports include the
1994 murder of a DEA agent in Phoenix; the story behind a New Yorker's
1991 lottery win.
November 1, 1996
Probing NASA findings of life on Mars. Other reports include an update
on a 1988 construction-site fire in Kansas City, Mo.; possible foul play
in the 1995 death of a Colorado man.
November 8, 1996
A report on incidents of sleepwalking; updates on the
disappearance of two young sisters, and a man's
search for his siblings. Also: a woman believes that her
twin sister, who supposedly died at birth, may still be
alive.
November 15, 1996
Segments include a man's 1985 experiences in a French hospital that led
to his becoming a minister; another man's search for a good Samaritan who saved
his life on the day his child was born; a toddler's 1993 abduction.
November 22, 1996
A talk with Cokeville, Wyo., residents whose lives were spared during
a 1968 hostage crisis at an elementary school, and with patients of
a doctor schooled in the ancient Chinese medical practice known as Qi Gong.
December 6, 1996
Included: the 1966 death of rock star Bobby Fuller, who some believe was murdered;
an update on a bizarre West Virginia murder case from 1994. Also: people who have been
robbed in their homes from a coalition to catch the intruders. (Repeat)
December 13, 1996
Reports on a daring jail escape; a 1986 hostage incident at a Cokeville, Wyo., elementary
school; the death of an international financial consultant in a fire at a Washington, D.C.,
townhouse; and an adoptee's desperate search for her biological parents.
December 27, 1996
Repeat segments include: amateur researchers find
similarities in the cases of the Zodiac killer and the
Unabomber. Other reports include a Phoenix teenager who
claims that she was miraculously healed following a 1993
accident; an insurance scheme; missing college students.
January 3, 1997
Segments on heroic pets; a Phoenix woman's efforts to find her kidnapped
daughter; a death on a hotel balcony; the search for a mail bomber who
terrorized New York City area residents.
Link: Missing: Zenith Elaine Helton / Transcript of segment
January 10, 1997
A report on the use of bee venom to treat the crippling effects of multiple sclerosis; an
update on an Austrian woman's search for her adopted brother in America; an engineering
lab's challenge to arguments in a Darien, Conn., rape trial.
Link: Wheeling Police Department: Santos Murder
January 17, 1997
Reports on the suicide of actress Margaux Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway; the hunt
for the killers of two Mercer College students; and the search for a con man. Also: a Geneva, N.Y.,
man receives a letter (found in a bottle) that he'd written. (Repeat)
January 31, 1997
Examining the human-like characteristics of an unusual primate; the story of a missing
reporter who disappeared in 1996; the search for a suspect in Mexico; and news of a so-called
aphrodisiac "wonder drug."; final appeal of Tommy Ziegler.
February 7, 1997
Reports include one man's crusade to reinvestigate the 1994 death of rock star Kurt
Cobain. Also: a controversial medical diagnosis--by a dog; a 1975 shootout at a furniture
store; and a 1995 missing-persons case.
Links: E! Online News: Who Killed Kurt Cobain?
February 14, 1997
A report on aphrodisiacs, including one man's claim that chocolates improved his sex life;
and theories involving a reported secret government ray gun. Also: a family finds new evidence
in a son's 1977 death.
February 21, 1997
Segments include a case of reported vampirism involving the murders of a Florida couple;
the death of a USC film student in Tijuana; suspicions of an insurance scam in Mexico.
March 7, 1997
A profile of a Salem, Mass., woman who uses her alleged psychic powers to help solve
crimes. Other reports include the 1994 murder of a DEA agent; the story behind a New Yorker's
1991 lottery win. (Repeat)
March 14, 1997
Examining several theories about who gunned down rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in September
1996. Other segments involve the search for suspects in the abduction of a 5-year-old girl;
and the armed robbery of a woman and her grandson. Also: two women's search for a
long-lost brother.
Links: Video Clips of the Tupac Shakur segment /
2Pac Mansion - Unsolved Mysteries article
March 21, 1997
Probing NASA findings of life on Mars. Other reports include possible foul play in the death of
a Colorado man; the hunt for a woman's alleged captor; a viewer tip leading to a suspect's
arrest in Jackson (Miss.). (Repeat)
March 28, 1997
Included: a profile of a so-called "psychic spy" in the Government's Stargate program; a report
on cloning the dead; the search for a nanny wanted for questioning
in Los Angeles.
April 4, 1997
A profile of a family that claims to be tormented by unseen forces, including ghostly
visions, electrical phenomena and mysterious medical troubles; and so-called sightings
of MIBs, strange and furtive "Men in Black" who travel in threes, speak in unison
and are said to be aliens. Also: the search for a suspected swindler in Mexico.
April 11, 1997
Repeat segments include: incidents of sleepwalking; a
woman believes that her twin sister, who supposedly died
at birth, may still be alive; the abduction of a toddler;
two brothers investigate their mother's puzzling
disappearance. Also: an update on a construction-site
fire in Kansas City, Mo.
April 18, 1997
Reports on so-called sightings of MIBs, furtive "Men in Black" who travel in threes,
speak in unison and are said to be aliens; and a Canadian man's puzzling journey, ending
in his death.
April 25, 1997
Authorities search for a suspect in the rapes of two Texas A&M students; a woman
credits her medical recovery to a visit from a "healing UFO"; and a former
reporter tries to locate the woman she recently discovered to be her sister. Also:
a probe of why serial killers murder.
Link: Kristie Gunderson Lee Memorial Site
May 2, 1997
Reports of cyberstalkers using the anonymity of computers when threatening victims; a youngster's
hypnosis-induced account of a past life as a soldier in the Civil War; the murder of a star
lacrosse and soccer player.
May 9, 1997
American and Russian archaeologists discover the bones and weapons of ancient
women warriors; Residents of Oakville, Washington, report mysterious
gooey blobs that rained down from the sky; a comatose man experiences what
doctors call a "miracle survival"; a mother searches for the murderer of her son.
Links: Transcript of the Oakville, Washington segment /
Chemtrail Central
May 16, 1997
Reports on a possible link between the bombing in Atlanta during the Summer Olympics
and a series of bombings in Spokane, Wash.; the search for a Baltimore con man;
the murder of a South Carolina
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