“He could make reading a grocery list sound ominous” 😆 TRUE
That show’s theme song was so effectively eerie that I couldn’t listen to it if I was home alone. If I had the TV on and the show began, I’d sprint to the remote control to turn the channel or turn it off 😱
Lol, I don't know what it was, but even though the show gave me the creeps, I still had this internal desire to never miss it!! Thanks for reading Liz!!
Loved this show! I loved how film noir it was. At some point in the later seasons they stopped using film and switched to videotape for their interviews, and it wasn't as evocative.
One episode I really liked was about a prisoner surname "Dial" who got some woman to help him escape.
According to Unsolved Mysteries wiki, this case was solved, which is pretty cool to see (I think the episode aired mid-90s if I recall:
In April 2005, Dial was arrested in East Texas on a chicken ranch after a tip from an America's Most Wanted viewer. Bobbi was found working on a farm soon after. Dial was returned to prison and Bobbi was reunited with her family. However, she was later arrested and charged with helping Dial escape. The charges indicated that they were romantically involved. However, Dial denied this, claiming that he did kidnap her. He also claimed that their relationship was never romantic. He reportedly told her that he would harm her or her family if she tried to leave.
Dial died in 2007 after a lengthy illness in Oklahoma at the age of 62. Bobbi's trial on escape charges began on July 5, 2011. Prosecutors claimed to have found photos, emails, handwritten letters, and condoms in Bobbi and Dial's trailer that indicated they were a willing couple. They also claimed that Bobbi had previously had intimate contact with other prison inmates. She denied this and insisted that she had been drugged and kidnapped by Dial. However, she was later convicted of helping him escape from prison. After serving six months of a one-year sentence she was released. She has since moved back in with Randy. She continues to maintain that she did not help Dial escape.
Thanks, John! I recollect the husband's interviews, he was like a classic cuckold, to use a really outdated word. No idea why this particular episode stuck with me. But then, I'm a fan of “The Thin Blue Line” and of the “I Survived” series (from A & E? I forget), which are similar to UM in some ways. These use mostly interviews with re-enactments for “Blue” and moody, evocative b-roll for “Survived.” The interviews are the main thing for both, so it's just pure storytelling.
Absolutely loved this! You captured the eerie thrill Unsolved Mysteries delivered so well. Just brilliant.
Thanks so much Jon!!
“He could make reading a grocery list sound ominous” 😆 TRUE
That show’s theme song was so effectively eerie that I couldn’t listen to it if I was home alone. If I had the TV on and the show began, I’d sprint to the remote control to turn the channel or turn it off 😱
Lol, I don't know what it was, but even though the show gave me the creeps, I still had this internal desire to never miss it!! Thanks for reading Liz!!
My college buddies and me would talk about the Rudolph Hess episode at length. The actor's eyebrows were the stuff of legend.
That episode is absolutely engrained in my mind because of that dude's eyebrows! 🤣🤣
Loved this show! I loved how film noir it was. At some point in the later seasons they stopped using film and switched to videotape for their interviews, and it wasn't as evocative.
One episode I really liked was about a prisoner surname "Dial" who got some woman to help him escape.
*surnamed
According to Unsolved Mysteries wiki, this case was solved, which is pretty cool to see (I think the episode aired mid-90s if I recall:
In April 2005, Dial was arrested in East Texas on a chicken ranch after a tip from an America's Most Wanted viewer. Bobbi was found working on a farm soon after. Dial was returned to prison and Bobbi was reunited with her family. However, she was later arrested and charged with helping Dial escape. The charges indicated that they were romantically involved. However, Dial denied this, claiming that he did kidnap her. He also claimed that their relationship was never romantic. He reportedly told her that he would harm her or her family if she tried to leave.
Dial died in 2007 after a lengthy illness in Oklahoma at the age of 62. Bobbi's trial on escape charges began on July 5, 2011. Prosecutors claimed to have found photos, emails, handwritten letters, and condoms in Bobbi and Dial's trailer that indicated they were a willing couple. They also claimed that Bobbi had previously had intimate contact with other prison inmates. She denied this and insisted that she had been drugged and kidnapped by Dial. However, she was later convicted of helping him escape from prison. After serving six months of a one-year sentence she was released. She has since moved back in with Randy. She continues to maintain that she did not help Dial escape.
Thanks, John! I recollect the husband's interviews, he was like a classic cuckold, to use a really outdated word. No idea why this particular episode stuck with me. But then, I'm a fan of “The Thin Blue Line” and of the “I Survived” series (from A & E? I forget), which are similar to UM in some ways. These use mostly interviews with re-enactments for “Blue” and moody, evocative b-roll for “Survived.” The interviews are the main thing for both, so it's just pure storytelling.
In Germany GenX's (& following generation's) rituals before going to sleep are highly influenced by this TV 'impact':
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktenzeichen_XY..._ungel%C3%B6st
That's very interesting, sounds very similar to Unsolved Mysteries! Thanks for sharing that!