I feel that there should be one about vanishings. They could involve cases like the one about Elaine and Adam Emery, the dissapearance of that girl that was talking to her b/f at a phone booth before she was being kidnapped, the one about that elderly couple who apparently died in a fire but seemed to reappear and die in another fire, and about the older gentlemen who could of possibly been involved in a heist where platinum was stolen from the factory he worked in. I feel that there should be another volume added to the Bizarre Murders and Strange Legends.

I agree with you 110 percent in regards to a vanishings set. Though the emery case is only a partial vashing case now as Elaine's bones were found in the river not too long after the original broadcast. This set could also include the dissappearnce of that Texes business man who file for bankruptcy in 1984 and set his car on fire to fake his death in 1988 as to elude authorites and supposed mobsters who put a hit on him(I forget this guy's name), Randolph Dial and Bobbie Parker, Amy Billig, Sneha Philip, Angela Hammond(the girl kidnapped from the payphone during the call), and a few others that I can't think of at the moment

And the bizzare murdres case could have another volume as well, including the deaths of Ted Losef, Rebecca Young, David Hurley, Matt Flores, the woman kidnapped from the gas station who was later killed, the Canadian highway reststop killer.

I also though a Most Wanted Fugitives set would be great. This could have cases like the East Area rapist who tied husbands to their beds and raped the wives in another room, the "grandpa bandit" and "milk carton bandit", Arturo Lopez Jr., Carlos Berdeja, the people who set the MO fire that killed six firemen, the stalkers of the for beruit prisoner, the person/s who put the bomb in the Navy captain's van the went off when his wife drove it.

I feel the Psychics episode lacks two mandatory segments. The one of Tina Roech, the columbus girl who had things move around on their own in her house back in '84 when she was 14, and the spontanious human combustion stories.

There needs to be a set about Lost Loves. I think it would be a huge seller.

Justin

I'd really like a WANTED set.

I don't know how good sales have been, but I'm sure they haven't been spectacular. I mean, the show is on twice a day, so while WE demand it, the rest of the world might not, since it's still being shown on TV.

I mention sales because no matter how many of us want new sets, the first thing they will look at is how the other sets have sold. If they didn't sell well, you can bet they won't release any more.

Anyone have any info about the UM DVD sales?

I like the vanishing one idea.I would buy it if they would release it.

I can tell they aren't selling good... they are at Wal-Mart here(UFO's and Ghosts) and are deeply discounted. They are on a hard-to-find shelf in a hard-to-see spot as well.

Theres gotta be a better way to market and sell these dvds. This series was a VERY popular show back in its heyday. I hope the producers dont give up on future releases. :(

i think it just got weak promotion, the only tv commercials were ran on lifetime for a small period of time

i think it just got weak promotion, the only tv commercials were ran on lifetime for a small period of time

That's what I suspect. If such commercials are shown exclusively on one channel, then that's not sufficient promotion, and the chances of garnering satisfactory sales are slim to none.

The UM DVDs would probably have sold better if they had been advertised more vigorously (and that includes, but is not limited to, showing the TV commercials on numerous channels). It doesn't guarantee excellent sales all the time, but vigorous promotions are a key factor in boosting the chances of good sales.

showing commercials on A&E at night, and at any time on Court TV would probably boost the sales significantly since thats the right audience to target

oh well :(

Something that may have increased the sales of the DVD would be to offer more special features.The last 3 sets did not offer anything except commentary in the way of special features.

A Missing Persons DVD Set should be made! This topic was on the show quite often. Why should a Miracles or Psychics DVD Set be made but not a Missing Persons? :confused:

These sets are only going to be bought by hardcore fans. I bet netflix gets a lot of rentals of them. I'm a huge fan, but I'm not interested in the UFO or Ghosts sets. I can't imagine the cost of actually producing these sets. Getting 5.1 mixes of the segments, recording audio commentaries, designing menus and the Robert Stack tributes as well as the editing involved is expensive. If they have sets availalble of Greatest American Hero and Ba Ba Black Sheep, then Unsolved Mysteries is absolutely a must. If the other sets would have sold poorly, I doubt they'd have done psychics and mysterious legends sets.

Here's the problem..

They screwed up when they made the boxsets. They tried to save a few bucks by releasing a sorta "Very Best" collection based on themes but what they should've done is release the series by season. It's my own opinion that sales would've been much greater if they've done this just for the simple fact that people would get a change to own the older much more sought after segments as opposed to the newer ones. If they would've went this route I would've bought every season.

Here's the problem..

They screwed up when they made the boxsets. They tried to save a few bucks by releasing a sorta "Very Best" collection based on themes but what they should've done is release the series by season. It's my own opinion that sales would've been much greater if they've done this just for the simple fact that people would get a change to own the older much more sought after segments as opposed to the newer ones. If they would've went this route I would've bought every season.


I agree with you. I think they were testing the market to see what interest there still was for Unsolved Mysteries. Season box sets would've been the way to go. I would love to see all the early seasons uncut, before Lifetime made changes to them for syndication. I havent given up hope for a future dvd release. :)

I think that selling dvd sets by season would've been a great thing to do. But, as for sets they need the following:
1. Missing persons/lost loves/vanished set. This is probably the majority of stories they show.
2. A Wanted/Fugitives/best crimes set.
3. Some kind of add on to Legends is definitely needed, especially with famous creatures. Maybe a famous monsters/madmen set.
4. A best of Misc. set. With all the best stories that are in other categories or fit in to several genres.
5. Sci-Med. Not sure if they have enough cases in this genre or if many would buy it.

But, yeah...the sets definitely NEED much better commercial/ads. I think many people would see the commercials and be like...Oh yeah, I forgot about that show. It was so popular that I think, if given more ads by the company, these would have sold better.

I don't think it has anything to do with how many people are fans. Of course you may say that the people who post here on this board are hardcore fans of the show but how many more are out there who do not even come here?

This is a bit off-topic but similar situation. I'm a horror film collector and I remember when Paramount announced they would be releasing Friday The 13th films on DVD. Naturally fans got excited but that quickly turned to anger when they found out that they were barebone releases with no other special features besides a trailer. Now mostly hardcore fans complained, started petitions and finally Paramount who never cared for the series which is why they finally decided to see the rights to New Line deiced to give the fans what they wanted and did a half decent job on a boxset full of special features which pleased fans.

The point of that is that it dosen't matter how many fans a show has, at one point in time this show was extremely popular is still is to some extend I mean it was still in Production till Robert Stack passed away and if he were still alive today I believe they would still be filming new episodes. They should listen to the fans and give them what most are asking for most of the older cases preferably from the '87-'93 years but like I said before a season by season agenda should've been what they initially did and if they ever decide to do it I will buy them all because of my fondness for the series but also I'm a completionist.

They should have most certainly made DVD Sets for each season rather than theme. I would love to buy all of the earliest seasons. The themed DVD Sets is not such a great idea. I mean more than half of the segments on the Bizarre Murders DVD Set are from 2001-2002 for crying out loud!

I mean more than half of the segments on the Bizarre Murders DVD Set are from 2001-2002 for crying out loud!

That's what I don't understand when most of the older cases were more "bizarre".

I don't think it has anything to do with how many people are fans. Of course you may say that the people who post here on this board are hardcore fans of the show but how many more are out there who do not even come here?

This is a bit off-topic but similar situation. I'm a horror film collector and I remember when Paramount announced they would be releasing Friday The 13th films on DVD. Naturally fans got excited but that quickly turned to anger when they found out that they were barebone releases with no other special features besides a trailer. Now mostly hardcore fans complained, started petitions and finally Paramount who never cared for the series which is why they finally decided to see the rights to New Line deiced to give the fans what they wanted and did a half decent job on a boxset full of special features which pleased fans.

The point of that is that it dosen't matter how many fans a show has, at one point in time this show was extremely popular is still is to some extend I mean it was still in Production till Robert Stack passed away and if he were still alive today I believe they would still be filming new episodes. They should listen to the fans and give them what most are asking for most of the older cases preferably from the '87-'93 years but like I said before a season by season agenda should've been what they initially did and if they ever decide to do it I will buy them all because of my fondness for the series but also I'm a completionist.



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I couldnt have said it better myself!

They need to do a Ghosts Voume II and a psychics volume II since many good segments are missing from both sets.

A "Lost Loves" DVD-Set,and a "WANTED" Set! I think these would be Great adds to the Unsloved Mysteries DVD Collection.