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Jon (Animated)'s avatar

Absolutely loved this! You captured the eerie thrill Unsolved Mysteries delivered so well. Just brilliant.

Liz LaPoint's avatar

“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 😱

John Toma ⚡️ That 80s Dude's avatar

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!!

Shawn Gallagher's avatar

My college buddies and me would talk about the Rudolph Hess episode at length. The actor's eyebrows were the stuff of legend.

John Toma ⚡️ That 80s Dude's avatar

That episode is absolutely engrained in my mind because of that dude's eyebrows! 🤣🤣

SaM.'s avatar

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

John Toma ⚡️ That 80s Dude's avatar

That's very interesting, sounds very similar to Unsolved Mysteries! Thanks for sharing that!

Kyle Beckett's avatar

Great content! Somehow I tricked my parents into thinking I was not scared of this show and they actually let me watch it (are they the fools or am I?!). An hour later, I'm in bed with the covers pulled over my head, sweating my butt off and barely able to breathe through the little hole I allow myself to breath through, as I hide from the ghost or alien I just KNOW is standing beside my bed watching me... waiting for me to reveal myself so it can gaze down upon me with its hollow eyes. Man, I lost so many hours of sleep and fresh air from this show. Who else was convinced into thinking their house was built on an "Indian burial ground" and was the true cause of every little squeak of the house settling and source of temporarily lost items? And yet I still find myself gravitated to paranormal YouTube channels!

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John Toma ⚡️ That 80s Dude's avatar

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.