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The Best Episodes of Unsolved Mysteries Season 5

Every episode of Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Unsolved Mysteries Season 5!

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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 call in with tips to help solve the cases.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 12 - Episode #212
    8.1/10(77 votes)

    S5:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 24 - Episode #224
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    S5:E24

    A recap of cases solved include the release of a prisoner who was a victim of mistaken identity. Also: the disappearance of a financially troubled Massachusetts man, who's unaware he's an heir to $750,000; the discovery of a human skeleton in an old footlocker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 10 - Episode #210
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    S5:E10

    Reports on the 1988 abduction and murder of a 7-year-old Midlothian, Ill., girl; and a psychic's claims that he can communicate with those who have ""passed on.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 30 - Episode #230
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    S5:E30

    A report on new evidence suggesting a Government coverup in the 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Also: repeat segments on a New Orleans serial killer who targets prostitutes; a con man who preys on vulnerable women.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 13 - Episode #213
    7.9/10(27 votes)

    S5:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 1 - Episode #201
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    S5:E1

    The fifth season begins with a UFO story involving a 1983 incident in the skies over New York and Connecticut. Also: reports on the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman last seen with an acquaintance; the death of an unidentified man at the Paducah, Ky., airport.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 4 - Episode #204
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    S5:E4

    Reports on the 1985 escape of a convicted cop killer from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary; the remains of a body discovered in a Jaguar near Houston; the 1954 of a 9-year-old.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 5 - Episode #205
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    S5:E5

    Included: the 1970 disappearance of a Houston mother; the search for the murderer of a 23-year-old cab driver in Banff, Alta.; the arrest of the suspected ""satchel bandit"" at a Hamilton, Ont., coffee shop; the death of a 21-year-old mystery woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 20 - Episode #220
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    S5:E20

    A Michigan man's 25-year search for his siblings; a 1991 UFO video, shot in Ottawa, Canada, which includes analysis by a former NASA specialist. Also: the hunt for a fugitive who, in 1988, murdered two women and left a third paralyzed; an investigation into the identity of a young hearing-impaired woman.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 21 - Episode #221
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S5:E21

    Reports on the 1983 murder of a 10-year-old Chicago-area girl; the search by Canadian Indians for their biological families; a Byron, Ill., man's search for his twin and half sister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 27 - Episode #227
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    S5:E27

    The death in Martinsburg, W.Va., of an investigative journalist who was probing Government corruption and conspiracies; the search for a highway rest-stop killer in Ontario, Canada; the prison release of a man who served 10 years for murders he did not commit.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 3 - Episode #203
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    S5:E3

    Unanswered questions in the 1935 shooting of Louisiana senator Huey Long; the search by Cincinnati and Nashville detectives for a suspected serial killer; and a California woman's search for her brother, who was put up for adoption.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 14 - Episode #214
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    S5:E14

    Evidence pointing to the possible innocence of a Florida inmate serving a life term for rape; a Falls Church, Va., man's efforts to piece together his identity from sketchy facts surrounding his 1935 abandonment in a car.

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  14. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 16 - Episode #216
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    S5:E16

    A report on a Rochester man, originally charged in the murder of a 34-year-old woman, who has been granted a final appeal based on juror misconduct. Also: repeat segments include the killing of a Hamilton, Ind., man who was involved in a love triangle.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 31 - Episode #231
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    S5:E31

    Evidence pointing to the possible innocence of a Florida inmate serving a life term for rape; a Falls Church, Va., man's efforts to piece together his identity from sketchy facts surrounding his 1935 abandonment; and the hunt in Gallup, N.M., for a kidnap victim.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 2 - Episode #202
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    S5:E2

    Reports on the killing of an Indiana man who was involved in a love triangle; an amnesiac who showed up at a San Diego homeless shelter; a two-day-old baby stolen from her mother's Berkeley, Cal., hospital room.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 11 - Episode #211
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    S5:E11

    This expanded edition includes live reports. also: segments on an Arizona woman's search for a childhood friend; the search for a Redwood City, Cal., woman wanted for attempted murder of her husband.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 18 - Episode #218
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    S5:E18

    Reports on the disappearance of an Orange County, Cal., executive; and the search for a man suspected in the murder of his employer. Among repeat reports: the 1970 disappearance of a Houston mother.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 28 - Episode #228
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    S5:E28

    A report on the 1991 death in a Mexican prison of a California man who may have been murdered. Also: repeat segments on the 1991 disappearance of a Louisiana man; a UFO sighting by a prospector.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 34 - Episode #234
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    S5:E34

    The arrest in Panama of a fugitive from Texas; and the arrest of a suspect in two Sacramento triple homicides. Repeat segments include the 1990 Telluride, Colo., murder of Eva Schoen, wife of U-Haul heir Sam Schoen; a man's search for the half sister he never met.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 15 - Episode #215
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    S5:E15

    Reports on a couple's search for a stranger they once befriended, who they suspect is the one annually reciprocating their generosity a hundredfold; a hospitalized 7-year-old boy's miraculous recovery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 19 - Episode #219
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    S5:E19

    Segments on the shooting death of an 18-year-old Albuquerque, N.M., woman; an Orange County, Cal., woman's search for her foster sister, whom she hasn't seen for 11 years. Also: the hunt for Yamashita's treasure, discovered in 1971 in the Phillippines.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 8 - Episode #208
    7.3/10(27 votes)

    S5:E8

    Reports on the 1991 disappearance of a Louisiana salesman; a UFO sighting by a prospector at Canada's Falcon Lake; the disappearance of a prison guard in Orange County (Cal.).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 22 - Episode #222
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    S5:E22

    Eerie phenomena surrounding the presence of a Pennsylvania man; the shooting death of a California motorcycle mechanic; a woman's search for her childhood friend, who she discovered was actually her sister; and the death of an unidentified man who used aliases.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Unsolved Mysteries Season 5 Episode 23 - Episode #223
    7.3/10(25 votes)

    S5:E23

    A man's search for a woman who pulled him from the ocean to safety, then disappeared; a restaurateur's harassment by anonymous phone calls, possibly connected to his 1974 kidnapping in Beirut; and a bomb explosion that nearly killed a Navy captain's wife.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Episode #212" is the best rated episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 77 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/2/1992. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode #224".