Unsolved Mysteries Season 1

October. 05,1988      TV-PG
Rating:
8.3
Trailer Synopsis

Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human and paranormal mysteries. An audience interactive call-to-action request allowed viewers to call in with tips to help solve the cases.

Episode 38 : Episode #38
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.
Episode 37 : Episode #37
September. 06,1989
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.
Episode 36 : Episode #36
August. 23,1989
A segment on a California woman's search for her birth mother. Also, repeat stories that aired on April 12, 1989.
Episode 35 : Episode #35
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.
Episode 34 : Episode #34
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.
Episode 33 : Episode #33
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.
Episode 32 : Episode #32
July. 12,1989
(repeat of March 1, 1989)
Episode 31 : Episode #31
July. 05,1989
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.
Episode 30 : Episode #30
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.
Episode 29 : Episode #29
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.
Episode 28 : Episode #28
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.
Episode 27 : Episode #27
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.
Episode 26 : Episode #26
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.
Episode 25 : Episode #25
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.
Episode 24 : Episode #24
May. 10,1989
• Treasure: Victoria Peak Treasure • Missing Persons: Kari Lynn Nixon • Unexplained Death: Dexter Stefonek
Episode 23 : Episode #23
May. 03,1989
• Unexplained Death: Gus Hoffman • Updates: "Missing Persons: Matthew Chase" • Mysterious Legends: Charles Nungesser & Francois Coli • Unexplained Death: Patsy Wright • Lost Loves: The Families of the S.S. Muskogee Crew
Episode 22 : Episode #22
April. 26,1989
• Wanted: John Mooney • Fraud: Liz Carmichael • Updates: "Missing Persons: Annie Hearin" • Unexplained Death: Terri McClure
Episode 21 : Episode #21
April. 12,1989
• Unexplained Death: Lisa Marie Kimmell • Treasure: Lost Dutchman Mine • Missing Persons: Audrey Moate
Episode 20 : Episode #20
April. 05,1989
• Wanted: Donald Smith • Mysterious Legends: Billy the Kid and Brushy Bill Roberts • Updates: "Missing: Angelo Desideri" • Wanted: Charles Mule
Episode 19 : Episode #19
March. 01,1989
• Wanted: The Burrowing Bandits • The Unexplained: Near Death Experiences (Kristle Merzlock & Thomas "Tom" Sawyer) • Updates: "Lost Heirs: Dan Willans" • Unexplained Death: Permon Gilbert
Episode 18 : Episode #18
March. 01,1989
• Unexplained Death: Mickey & Trudy Thompson • Wanted: Michael Mohon • Mysterious Legends: Bigfoot in Colorado • Lost Heirs: George J. Stein • Unexplained Death: Joyce McLain
Episode 17 : Episode #17
February. 22,1989
• Special: Alcatraz Escape
Episode 16 : Episode #16
February. 15,1989
• Unexplained Death: Lester Garnier • Updates: "Fraud: Arthur Frankford" • Unexplained Death: Kathy Hobbs • Solved: "Lost Loves: Philip Pelletier" • Lost Loves: Jackie Purintan • Missing Persons: Angelo Desideri
Episode 15 : Episode #15
February. 08,1989
• Wanted: Micki Jo West • Solved: "Waned: Dave Davis" • Lost Loves: Sylvia Wemhoff & Margaret Murphy • The Unexplained: Dorothy Allison
Episode 14 : Episode #14
February. 01,1989
• Missing Persons: Jeremy Bright • Unexplained Death: John Martin • Lost Heirs: Dan Willans • Wanted: Leo Koury • Wanted: Michaela Garecht • The Unexplained: Tatum House
Episode 13 : Episode #13
January. 25,1989
• Murder: Lee Selwyn • Solved: "Fraud: Steven Cox" • Missing Persons: Michael Rosenblum • Updates: "Missing Persons: Rogest Cain" • Fraud: Arthur Frankford
Episode 12 : Episode #12
January. 18,1989
• Lost Loves: Philip Pelletier • Missing Persons: Matthew Chase • Unexplained Death: Marilu Geri • Lost Loves: Dolores Valadez
Episode 11 : Episode #11
January. 11,1989
• Amnesia: Jenny Pratt • Solved: "Wanted: Joe Shepherd" • Fraud: Jack Quinn • Unexplained Death: Clarence Roberts • Wanted: Fumbles
Episode 10 : Episode #10
December. 21,1988
• Wanted: Ann Sigmin & Gary Goff • Updates: "Unexplained Death: Don Henry & Kevin Ives" • The Unexplained; Robert Matthews & Kristina Florence • Missing Persons: Rogest Cain
Episode 9 : Episode #9
December. 14,1988
• Unexplained Death: Kurt Sova • Lost Loves: Melvin & Daniel Nellis • Unexplained Death: Father Reynaldo Rivera & Father John Kerrigan • The Unexplained: Mystery Rock
Episode 8 : Episode #8
November. 30,1988
• Missing Persons: Christi Nichols • Solved: "Missing Persons: Gail Delano" • Wanted: Mark Adams • Fraud: Steven Cox • Unexplained Death: Barbara Jean Horn
Episode 7 : Episode #7
November. 23,1988
• The Unexplained: The General Wayne Inn • Murder: Gretchen Burford • Unexplained Death: Son of Sam • Missing Persons: Annie Hearin
Episode 6 : Episode #6
November. 16,1988
• Unexplained Death: Son of Sam • Lost Heirs: Walter Green • Unexplained Death: Harold & Thelma Swain • Updates: "Wanted: Jerry Strickland & Missy Munday"
Episode 5 : Episode 5
November. 09,1988
• Mysterious Legends: D.B. Cooper • Update: "Wanted: Diane Brodbeck & Jon Yount" • Unexplained Death: Don Henry & Kevin Ives • Fraud: Dennis Walker
Episode 4 : Episode #4
November. 02,1988
• The Unexplained: The Queen Mary • Wanted: Joe Shepherd • Missing Persons: Gail DeLano
Episode 3 : Episode #3
October. 26,1988
• Amnesia: Doreen Picard • Fraud: Louis Carlucci • Wanted: Diane Brodbeck & Jon Yount • Treasure: Beale's Treasure
Episode 2 : Episode #2
October. 12,1988
• Wanted: Jerry Strickland & Missy Munday • Final Appeal: Michael Martin • Unexplained Death: Kurt McFall • Lost Loves: Undelivered WWII Letters
Episode 1 : Episode #1
October. 05,1988
• Wanted: Dave Davis • Updates: "Lost Heirs: George Marsh" • Unexplained Death: Aileen Conway • Mysterious Legends: Glen & Bessie Hyde • Missing Persons: Dottie Caylor

Seasons

Season 14
Season 14 2008
Season 13
Season 13 2002
Season 12
Season 12 2001
Season 11
Season 11 1999
Season 10
Season 10 1997
Season 9
Season 9 1996
Season 8
Season 8 1995
Season 7
Season 7 1994
Season 6
Season 6 1993
Season 5
Season 5 1992
Season 4
Season 4 1991
Season 3
Season 3 1990
Season 2
Season 2 1989
Season 1
Season 1 1988

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