8.0/1039 votes#1 - 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
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1032 votes
#2 - Episode #40
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1989
Segments on the murder of a Michigan real estate agent; the Florida search for a man believed to have swindled occupants of a nudist camp; and a statue of Jesus in Pennsylvania that is said to have moved.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1029 votes
#3 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1028 votes
#4 - Episode #42
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1989
Segments on the search for a Nebraska police chief sought in connection with a murder; the capture of a Georgia convict; an Arizona couple who posed as doctors reportedly to defraud unsuspecting patients; and a Massachusetts law-enforcement official who returned $28 million to it's rightful owners.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1030 votes
#5 - Episode #43
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1989
Segments include reports of ghostly lights in the sky above a small Texas town; the search for a Georgia woman sought in connection with discount-store robberies; and the murder of two teenagers in Washington State.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1027 votes
#6 - Episode #44
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1989
A segment on Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess focuses on reports that a double may have served his prison sentence. Also: a missing Montana woman thought to be suffering from amnesia after a car crash; and a Virginia search for the killers of a 24-year-old woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1023 votes
#7 - Episode #45
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1989
A former San Diego policeman who, according to this report, claims that fellow officers may have tried to kill him; the hunt for a Massachusetts fugitive; the sentencing of a Florida bail jumper whose capture was facilitated by a viewer; an Arkansas man who, according to this report, bilked investors out of 4 million.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1026 votes
#8 - Episode #46
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1989
Segments include the search for missing heirs of a Michigan hermit who left a $250,000 estate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1028 votes
#9 - Episode #47
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1989
The 1970 death of boxing champ Sonny Liston is probed in a report that also examines theories that he may have been murdered. Other segments include the Texas search for kidnappers of a 19-year old woman and a California woman's quest to find her foster parents.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1025 votes
#10 - Episode #48
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1989
A segment on a Nazi death-camp survivor's 44-year search for the American soldier who gave him a miniature American flag; a report on the Maryland murder of a U.S. Army intelligence officer, who may have been killed by Soviet agents; the search in Arizona for a woman wanted for questioning in the death of her boyfriend; an update on the capture of a fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1024 votes
#11 - Episode #49
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1989
Segments include a Glendale, Cal., case involving the suspected murder of a homeless man in a 1 million insurance fraud scheme; the search in Washington State for an escaped convict who was imprisoned for the murder of a 13-year old girl; a Los Angeles woman's search for her siblings, from whom she was separated when she was a child.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1025 votes
#12 - Episode #50
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1989
Included: the reported suicide of a 24-year old Virginia woman, who some believe was the victim of foul play; adult adoptees' searches for their natural parents; the FBI hunt for a Massachusetts man wanted, according to this report, in connection with the murder of a Pennsylvania police chief; the search for a New Mexico man, who bilked investors in a phony gold mine.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1028 votes
#13 - Episode #51
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1989
Segments include a 1930's case involving a baby left in a hatbox along an Arizona road on Christmas Eve; a Chicago physician who may be the wrong man serving a prison term for murdering his wife; a telephone Santa's 40-year search for his own child.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1025 votes
#14 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1024 votes
#15 - 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
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1024 votes
#16 - Episode #54
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/10/1990
Repeat segments on the murder of a Michigan real-estate agent by two masked gunmen, and a story of religious faith in Pittsburgh involving a blinking statue of Christ. Also: an update on the Dale Car rip-off featuring the capture of an alleged swindler.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1018 votes
#17 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1023 votes
#18 - Episode #56
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1990
Segments examine the shooting death of a Colorado woman's husband; and the search for missing youths across the country. Also: a September story on UFOs in the Southwest.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1023 votes
#19 - Episode #57
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/31/1990
A report from Great Britain on the unexplained creation of odd-shaped wheat and corn crops. Also: the disappearance of a Chicago writer who went to Colorado to write a mystery novel; a black North Caroline teenager's death, reported to be racially motivated.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1014 votes
#20 - Episode #58
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/1990
Included: reported sightings of an aquatic monster known as Ogopogo in British Columbia's Lake Okanagan; the 1977 murder of an Arizona businessman who claimed to work for the Government; and the reunion of a Los Angeles woman with her brother. Also: a segment on grandparents who abducted their grandchildren.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1014 votes
#21 - Episode #59
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/14/1990
Reports: an Ohio woman who claims she's the reincarnated spirit of someone from a century earlier; the murder of a New Mexico law officer; the search for a suspected drug dealer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1012 votes
#22 - Episode #60
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1990
Reports on a Seattle man suspected in the killing of his wife; the Texas search for two teens charged with killing four persons; a Georgia woman's quest to locate the person who protected her from child abuse.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1015 votes
#23 - 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)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1014 votes
#24 - Episode #62
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1990
A report on Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess suggests that a double may have served his prison sentence. Also: the search for a missing Montana woman. (Repeat)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1014 votes
#25 - 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)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Episode #39" is the best rated episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/20/1989. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Episode #40".