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The Best Episodes of Unsolved Mysteries Season 1

Every episode of Unsolved Mysteries Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Unsolved Mysteries Season 1!

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...
Genres:MysteryDramaCrime
Episodes
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Episode #1" is the best rated episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 91 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/5/1988. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Episode #2".

  • Episode #1
    7.5/10(91)

    #1 - Episode #1

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 10/5/1988

    • Wanted: Dave Davis • Updates: "Lost Heirs: George Marsh" • Unexplained Death: Aileen Conway • Mysterious Legends: Glen & Bessie Hyde • Missing Persons: Dottie Caylor

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #2
    7.4/10(87)

    #2 - Episode #2

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/12/1988

    • Wanted: Jerry Strickland & Missy Munday • Final Appeal: Michael Martin • Unexplained Death: Kurt McFall • Lost Loves: Undelivered WWII Letters

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #3
    7.7/10(68)

    #3 - Episode #3

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/26/1988

    • Amnesia: Doreen Picard • Fraud: Louis Carlucci • Wanted: Diane Brodbeck & Jon Yount • Treasure: Beale's Treasure

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #4
    7.5/10(68)

    #4 - Episode #4

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 11/2/1988

    • The Unexplained: The Queen Mary • Wanted: Joe Shepherd • Missing Persons: Gail DeLano

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 5
    7.4/10(73)

    #5 - Episode 5

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 11/9/1988

    • Mysterious Legends: D.B. Cooper • Update: "Wanted: Diane Brodbeck & Jon Yount" • Unexplained Death: Don Henry & Kevin Ives • Fraud: Dennis Walker

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #6
    7.5/10(57)

    #6 - Episode #6

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 11/16/1988

    • Unexplained Death: Son of Sam • Lost Heirs: Walter Green • Unexplained Death: Harold & Thelma Swain • Updates: "Wanted: Jerry Strickland & Missy Munday"

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Episode #7
    7.5/10(61)

    #7 - Episode #7

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/23/1988

    • The Unexplained: The General Wayne Inn • Murder: Gretchen Burford • Unexplained Death: Son of Sam • Missing Persons: Annie Hearin

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #8
    7.7/10(56)

    #8 - Episode #8

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/30/1988

    • Missing Persons: Christi Nichols • Solved: "Missing Persons: Gail Delano" • Wanted: Mark Adams • Fraud: Steven Cox • Unexplained Death: Barbara Jean Horn

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #9
    7.5/10(56)

    #9 - Episode #9

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 12/14/1988

    • Unexplained Death: Kurt Sova • Lost Loves: Melvin & Daniel Nellis • Unexplained Death: Father Reynaldo Rivera & Father John Kerrigan • The Unexplained: Mystery Rock

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #10
    7.5/10(49)

    #10 - Episode #10

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/21/1988

    • Wanted: Ann Sigmin & Gary Goff • Updates: "Unexplained Death: Don Henry & Kevin Ives" • The Unexplained; Robert Matthews & Kristina Florence • Missing Persons: Rogest Cain

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #11
    7.5/10(51)

    #11 - Episode #11

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 1/11/1989

    • Amnesia: Jenny Pratt • Solved: "Wanted: Joe Shepherd" • Fraud: Jack Quinn • Unexplained Death: Clarence Roberts • Wanted: Fumbles

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #12
    7.3/10(45)

    #12 - Episode #12

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 1/18/1989

    • Lost Loves: Philip Pelletier • Missing Persons: Matthew Chase • Unexplained Death: Marilu Geri • Lost Loves: Dolores Valadez

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #13
    7.2/10(43)

    #13 - Episode #13

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 1/25/1989

    • Murder: Lee Selwyn • Solved: "Fraud: Steven Cox" • Missing Persons: Michael Rosenblum • Updates: "Missing Persons: Rogest Cain" • Fraud: Arthur Frankford

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #14
    7.5/10(41)

    #14 - Episode #14

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 2/1/1989

    • Missing Persons: Jeremy Bright • Unexplained Death: John Martin • Lost Heirs: Dan Willans • Wanted: Leo Koury • Wanted: Michaela Garecht • The Unexplained: Tatum House

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #15
    7.6/10(43)

    #15 - Episode #15

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 2/8/1989

    • Wanted: Micki Jo West • Solved: "Waned: Dave Davis" • Lost Loves: Sylvia Wemhoff & Margaret Murphy • The Unexplained: Dorothy Allison

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #16
    7.5/10(42)

    #16 - Episode #16

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 2/15/1989

    • 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #17
    7.5/10(43)

    #17 - Episode #17

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/22/1989

    • Special: Alcatraz Escape

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #18
    7.3/10(44)

    #18 - Episode #18

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 3/1/1989

    • Unexplained Death: Mickey & Trudy Thompson • Wanted: Michael Mohon • Mysterious Legends: Bigfoot in Colorado • Lost Heirs: George J. Stein • Unexplained Death: Joyce McLain

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #19
    7.5/10(40)

    #19 - Episode #19

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 3/1/1989

    • Wanted: The Burrowing Bandits • The Unexplained: Near Death Experiences (Kristle Merzlock & Thomas "Tom" Sawyer) • Updates: "Lost Heirs: Dan Willans" • Unexplained Death: Permon Gilbert

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #20
    7.3/10(39)

    #20 - Episode #20

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 4/5/1989

    • Wanted: Donald Smith • Mysterious Legends: Billy the Kid and Brushy Bill Roberts • Updates: "Missing: Angelo Desideri" • Wanted: Charles Mule

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #21
    7.3/10(41)

    #21 - Episode #21

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 4/12/1989

    • Unexplained Death: Lisa Marie Kimmell • Treasure: Lost Dutchman Mine • Missing Persons: Audrey Moate

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #22
    7.8/10(37)

    #22 - Episode #22

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 4/26/1989

    • Wanted: John Mooney • Fraud: Liz Carmichael • Updates: "Missing Persons: Annie Hearin" • Unexplained Death: Terri McClure

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #23
    7.4/10(35)

    #23 - Episode #23

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 5/3/1989

    • 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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #24
    7.6/10(41)

    #24 - Episode #24

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 5/10/1989

    • Treasure: Victoria Peak Treasure • Missing Persons: Kari Lynn Nixon • Unexplained Death: Dexter Stefonek

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode #25
    7.2/10(23)

    #25 - Episode #25

    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 5/10/1989

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A