7.6/1021 votes#1 - Episode #389
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1996
A ninth season of stories begins as amateur researchers find similarities in the cases of the Zodiac killer and the Unabomber; and a bizarre West Virginia case involves multiple identities--and murder. Also: two Macon, Ariz., college students are brutally murdered. Wanted: Andre Gerald Wilson Wanted: William Jordan Missing: April Gregory & Kristin Smart Update: Wanted - Carl & Mary Dennie
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1020 votes
#2 - Episode #390
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/1996
Reports include the suicide of actress Margaux Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway; a Los Angeles man's search for his biological mother; the hunt for the killers of two Mercer College students. Lost Love: Sean Moore Wanted: Jonathan Kern Update: Wanted - Albert Leon Fletcher
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1017 votes
#3 - Episode #391
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1996
Included: the 1966 death of rock star Bobby Fuller, who some believe was murdered; and an update on a bizarre West Virginia murder case from 1994. Also: people who have been robbed in their homes form a coalition. Wanted: David Coleman Update: Wanted - William Cooper
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1019 votes
#4 - Episode #392
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1996
A Halloween-themed profile of a Salem, Mass., woman who uses her alleged psychic powers to help the police solve crimes. Other reports include the 1994 murder of a DEA agent in Phoenix; the story behind a New Yorker's 1991 lottery win. Missing: Meriah & Sabria Widboom Wanted: Yessica Mendez Wanted: Augustin Mendoza Update: Lost Love - Tim Harrell
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1015 votes
#5 - Episode #393
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1996
Probing NASA findings of life on Mars. Other reports include an update on a 1988 construction-site fire in Kansas City, Mo.; possible foul play in the 1995 death of a Colorado man. Lost Heir: Owen Walker Lost Heir: Temperee Hawkins Wanted: Tony DeCompo (Wanted for Questioning) Update: Lost Love - Jeff Linn Update: Lost Love - Candice & Sharina Berry
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1015 votes
#6 - Episode #394
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1996
A report on incidents of sleepwalking; updates on the disappearance of two young sisters, and a man's search for his siblings. Also: a woman believes that her twin sister, who supposedly died at birth, may still be alive. Missing: Lance Guevarra Missing: Jesus De La Cruz Wanted: Karen Pelletiere Missing: Susan Hurley Harrison Lost Love: Lois Cappoziello Update: Arson - Kansas City Explosion
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1019 votes
#7 - Episode #395
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1996
Segments include a man's 1985 experiences in a French hospital that led to his becoming a minister; another man's search for a good Samaritan who saved his life on the day his child was born; a toddler's 1993 abduction. Wanted: Jimmy Ray Legate Wanted: Michael Wilburn Wanted: Unidentified Subject Lost Love: Steve Newton Update: Wanted - Richard Cepulonis & Karen Walters
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1016 votes
#8 - Episode #396
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1996
A talk with Cokeville, Wyo., residents whose lives were spared during a 1968 hostage crisis at an elementary school, and with patients of a doctor schooled in the ancient Chinese medical practice known as Qi Gong. Wanted: Samuel Lee Glover & Marshall Kirkpatrick Wanted: James ""Whitey"" Bulger Missing: Le-Zhan Williams
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1018 votes
#9 - Episode #397
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/1996
Included: the 1966 death of rock star Bobby Fuller, who some believe was murdered; an update on a bizarre West Virginia murder case from 1994. Also: people who have been robbed in their homes from a coalition to catch the intruders. (Repeat)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1015 votes
#10 - Episode #398
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1996
Reports on a daring jail escape; a 1986 hostage incident at a Cokeville, Wyo., elementary school; the death of an international financial consultant in a fire at a Washington, D.C., townhouse; and an adoptee's desperate search for her biological parents. Unexplained Death - Lynn Amos Special Bulletin - Lost Love - Regina Davis Lost Love: Dave & Christie Carlsen
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1016 votes
#11 - Episode #399
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 12/27/1996
Repeat segments include: amateur researchers find similarities in the cases of the Zodiac killer and the Unabomber. Other reports include a Phoenix teenager who claims that she was miraculously healed following a 1993 accident; an insurance scheme; missing college students. Wanted: William Jordan
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1019 votes
#12 - Episode #400
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1997
Segments on heroic pets; a Phoenix woman's efforts to find her kidnapped daughter; a death on a hotel balcony; the search for a mail bomber who terrorized New York City area residents. Link: Missing: Zenith Elaine Helton / Transcript of segment Wanted: Jimmy Wayne Pierce
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1017 votes
#13 - Episode #401
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1997
A report on the use of bee venom to treat the crippling effects of multiple sclerosis; an update on an Austrian woman's search for her adopted brother in America; an engineering lab's challenge to arguments in a Darien, Conn., rape trial. Link: Wheeling Police Department: Santos Murder Unexplained Death: Jamie Santos
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1016 votes
#14 - Episode #402
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1997
Reports on the suicide of actress Margaux Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway; the hunt for the killers of two Mercer College students; and the search for a con man. Also: a Geneva, N.Y., man receives a letter (found in a bottle) that he'd written. (Repeat) Wanted: Jonathan Kern
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1019 votes
#15 - Episode #403
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1997
Examining the human-like characteristics of an unusual primate; the story of a missing reporter who disappeared in 1996; the search for a suspect in Mexico; and news of a so-called aphrodisiac ""wonder drug.""; final appeal of Tommy Ziegler. Missing: Susan Walsh
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1017 votes
#16 - Episode #404
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1997
Reports include one man's crusade to reinvestigate the 1994 death of rock star Kurt Cobain. Also: a controversial medical diagnosis--by a dog; a 1975 shootout at a furniture store; and a 1995 missing-persons case. Links: E! Online News: Who Killed Kurt Cobain?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1019 votes
#17 - Episode #405
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1997
A report on aphrodisiacs, including one man's claim that chocolates improved his sex life; and theories involving a reported secret government ray gun. Also: a family finds new evidence in a son's 1977 death.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1016 votes
#18 - Episode #406
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1997
Segments include a case of reported vampirism involving the murders of a Florida couple; the death of a USC film student in Tijuana; suspicions of an insurance scam in Mexico. Missing: Ceara O'Connell
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1012 votes
#19 - Episode #407
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1997
A profile of a Salem, Mass., woman who uses her alleged psychic powers to help solve crimes. Other reports include the 1994 murder of a DEA agent; the story behind a New Yorker's 1991 lottery win. (Repeat) Wanted: Augustin Mendoza Wanted: Yessica Mendez Special Bulletin: Unidentified Subject
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1012 votes
#20 - Episode #408
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1997
Examining several theories about who gunned down rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in September 1996. Other segments involve the search for suspects in the abduction of a 5-6ear-old girl; and the armed robbery of a woman and her grandson. Also: two women's search for a long-lost brother. Links: Video Clips of the Tupac Shakur segment / 2Pac Mansion - Unsolved Mysteries article Unexplained Death: Tupac Shakur Missing: Therese Rose Walsh
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1010 votes
#21 - Episode #409
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1998
Probing NASA findings of life on Mars. Other reports include possible foul play in the death of a Colorado man; the hunt for a woman's alleged captor; a viewer tip leading to a suspect's arrest in Jackson (Miss.). (Repeat)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1011 votes
#22 - Episode #410
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1997
Included: a profile of a so-called ""psychic spy"" in the Government's Stargate program; a report on cloning the dead; the search for a nanny wanted for questioning in Los Angeles. Wanted: Maria Rosa Hernandez Wanted: Melvin Luther Wilson
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1011 votes
#23 - Episode #411
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 4/4/1997
A profile of a family that claims to be tormented by unseen forces, including ghostly visions, electrical phenomena and mysterious medical troubles; and so-called sightings of MIBs, strange and furtive ""Men in Black"" who travel in threes, speak in unison and are said to be aliens. Also: the search for a suspected swindler in Mexico. Wanted: Maria Socorro de Rodriguez LaPine Wanted: Mark Gagliardo
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Episode #412
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 4/11/1997
Repeat segments include: incidents of sleepwalking; a woman believes that her twin sister, who supposedly died at birth, may still be alive; the abduction of a toddler; two brothers investigate their mother's puzzling disappearance. Also: an update on a construction-site fire in Kansas City, Mo. Wanted: Karen Pelletiere Missing: Jeanette Theresa Federico
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Episode #413
Season 9 Episode 25 - Aired 4/18/1997
Reports on so-called sightings of MIBs, furtive ""Men in Black"" who travel in threes, speak in unison and are said to be aliens; and a Canadian man's puzzling journey, ending in his death. Update: Dennis Keith Smith
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Episode #389" is the best rated episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" season 9. It scored 7.6/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/20/1996. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Episode #390".