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The Best Episodes of Unsolved Mysteries

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  1. 8.5/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Episode #68

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    S2:E30

    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)

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  2. 8.5/10(18 votes)

    #2 - Episode #113

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    S3:E23

    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.

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  3. 8.5/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Episode #285

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    S6:E30

    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.

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  4. 8.4/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Episode #27

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    S1:E27

    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.

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  5. 8.2/10(27 votes)

    #5 - Episode #53

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    S2:E15

    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.

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  6. 8.2/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Episode #65

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    S2:E27

    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.

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  8. 8.2/10(40 votes)

    #7 - Episode #91

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    S3:E1

    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.

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  9. 8.2/10(21 votes)

    #8 - Episode #287

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    S6:E32

    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.

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  10. 8.1/10(15 votes)

    #9 - Episode #61

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    S2:E23

    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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  11. 8.1/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Episode #63

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    S2:E25

    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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  12. 8.1/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Episode #64

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    S2:E26

    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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  13. 8.1/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Episode #67

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    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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  14. 8.1/10(12 votes)

    #13 - Episode #117

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    S3:E27

    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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  15. 8.1/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Episode #147

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    S4:E1

    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.

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  16. 8.1/10(21 votes)

    #15 - Episode #152

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    S4:E6

    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.

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  17. 8.1/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Episode #161

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    S4:E15

    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.

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  18. 8.1/10(23 votes)

    #17 - Episode #166

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    S4:E20

    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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  19. 8.1/10(17 votes)

    #18 - Episode #172

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    S4:E26

    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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  20. 8.1/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Episode #313

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    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.

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  21. 8.0/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Episode #28

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    S1:E28

    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.

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  22. 8.0/10(26 votes)

    #21 - Episode #52

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    S2:E14

    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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  23. 8.0/10(12 votes)

    #22 - Episode #120

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    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.

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  24. 8.0/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Episode #177

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    S4:E31

    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.

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  25. 8.0/10(72 votes)

    #24 - Episode #212

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    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.

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  26. 8.0/10(24 votes)

    #25 - Episode #213

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    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.

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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".