8.5/1013 votesLoading...#1 - Episode #68
Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/18/1990
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)
Director: N/A
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- 8.5/1018 votesLoading...
#2 - Episode #113
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/13/1991
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.5/1017 votesLoading...
#3 - Episode #285
Season 6 Episode 30 - Aired 4/6/1994
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.4/1023 votesLoading...
#4 - Episode #27
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 5/24/1989
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.4/1024 votesLoading...
#5 - Episode #53
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1990
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.3/1038 votesLoading...
#6 - Episode #91
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1990
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.2/1014 votesLoading...
#7 - Episode #65
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 3/28/1990
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.2/1020 votesLoading...
#8 - Episode #287
Season 6 Episode 32 - Aired 4/27/1994
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.1/1025 votesLoading...
#9 - Episode #52
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1989
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.
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- 8.1/1018 votesLoading...
#10 - Episode #55
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1990
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.
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- 8.1/1015 votesLoading...
#11 - Episode #61
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/28/1990
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)
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- 8.1/1014 votesLoading...
#12 - Episode #63
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/14/1990
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)
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#13 - Episode #64
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 3/21/1990
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.
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- 8.1/1013 votesLoading...
#14 - Episode #67
Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 4/11/1990
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)
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- 8.1/1012 votesLoading...
#15 - Episode #117
Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 3/8/1991
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)
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- 8.1/1027 votesLoading...
#16 - Episode #147
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1991
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.1/1021 votesLoading...
#17 - Episode #152
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1991
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.1/1027 votesLoading...
#18 - Episode #161
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/11/1991
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.1/1023 votesLoading...
#19 - Episode #166
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/22/1992
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.
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- 8.1/1017 votesLoading...
#20 - Episode #172
Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 3/4/1992
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.
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- 8.1/1024 votesLoading...
#21 - Episode #313
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1994
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.0/1019 votesLoading...
#22 - Episode #28
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 5/31/1989
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.0/1039 votesLoading...
#23 - Episode #39
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1989
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.
Director: N/A
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- 8.0/1029 votesLoading...
#24 - Episode #41
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1989
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.
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- 8.0/1012 votesLoading...
#25 - Episode #120
Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 3/27/1991
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.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Unsolved Mysteries
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Best Episodes Summary
"Episode #68" is the best rated episode of "Unsolved Mysteries". It scored 8.5/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/18/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode #113".