Unsolved Mysteries started when I was in Elementary School and I have watched it ever since. I remember being 8 or 9 years old when I had many nightmares involving some of the segments - my mom even told me that I wasn't allowed to watch the show for a while because I kept her up whenever I was too scared to go to sleep. :lol:

The segments I remember having nightmares over -

*The murders of the 3 ATV riders in Tennessee. :eek: For some reason, I slept with the lights on the whole night.

*Joe Weldon Smith and the haunted house in Fish Springs, Nevada - 2 freaky segments that were shown back to back. I didn't sleep the entire night and was dead tired at school the next day.

*The Gretchen Burford murder - I still ALWAYS check my backseat before getting into my car because of this segment.

Hey...I was young. Did you expect me not to have nightmares over this stuff? ;)

I was always convinced that the two teenagers that went on a killing spree and randomly killed a young mother, an older man, and a black man in the late 80s was going to come after me. They eventually got caught some years later when UM did an update on the case. After that I was finally able to rest easily.

The cases that really scared me were:

Allagash Abductions-I was only in third grade when this segment came on, and I couldn't sleep well for about two months.

Patricia Meehan (the strange amnesia case in Montana)-I was actually 15 when I first saw this case. I'll never forget the so-called "haunting self-portrait" that she took of herself in the mirror that was discovered in an undeveloped roll of film. Very creepy.

2pac :(

Unsolved Mysteries started when I was in Elementary School and I have watched it ever since. I remember being 8 or 9 years old when I had many nightmares involving some of the segments - my mom even told me that I wasn't allowed to watch the show for a while because I kept her up whenever I was too scared to go to sleep. :lol:

Hey...I was young. Did you expect me not to have nightmares over this stuff? ;)


Dynoguy, you and I must have the same mother. :lol: That's exactly what my mom told me. Even today, all grown up, she still asks if I watch Unsolved Mysteries, because she knows so many of the cases just stick in my head, scaring me over and over. I cant help it, I refuse to give up watching the show, yet I know how it will play on my mind days afterward. :crazy:

I recorded the Gretchen Burford case. I agree with you, anyone who doesnt check the backseat of their car, after watching this episode, is asking for trouble. :eek:

Another one that gets to me is the murder of Matt Flores and also the lady who was shot in the face by the guy in the pickup truck on a lonely stretch of road in New England.

Another one that gets to me is the murder of Matt Flores and also the lady who was shot in the face by the guy in the pickup truck on a lonely stretch of road in New England.

Yes, I should have mentioned this one. One of the rare cases that took place in daylight that scared the crap out of me. I remember getting a little freaked out every time I saw a black pick up truck.

When I started watching Unsolved Mysteries, the show had segments about a man who had killed his girlfrind (he was married as well). One of the women was named Elenor. I don't remember his name, but the name they had ended up not being his real name. Also was a story I think about a man named Robert Clark. The thing was, all the cases were updated, but the combination of the music and the reenactments was just scary. It lasted a couple months I think. I didn't watch the show for several years, but after I kind of got over it, I was hooked.

That kid who was stuffed in a bottle in Ovid then washed up near San Diego years later. I don't think it's ever been solved. Gruesome.

Another one that scared me silly was the segment about the woman (I think her name was Patsy) who went to bed, woke up in the middle of the night and called her sister because she couldn't breathe. When the sister and her husband came over to the house, Patsy was unconscious and they couldn't revive her. Cause of death was poisoning by cyanide which tested postivie in the cough medicine she took. They were suspicious of her ex-husband but he denyed it.

After I saw this case I was scared to take any medicines.

The one that always got to me the most was the one with the businessman who was being threatened and was on the run. He hid out at his ex-wife's house for a while, but eventually they caught up with him. His body was apparently found in a burning car, but as far as I know, they've never been able to get a positive ID since the fire was so hot. I dont remember the guy's name...surely someone remembers this segment.

Another good one was "L'enfant"...I know some of you remember that one!

The Judi Himes disappearance and the possessed bunk beds scared me for years! Heck, I'm getting goose bumps just typing about the cases.... :(

Definitely the ghost episodes. The worst offender was the 'bunkbeds' episode. I wouldn't watch it for 16 years until I saw it on Lifetime, earlier this month. It didn't bother me as much the second time through, but it was tough to watch at times.

The one where that family's house was haunted by those three "mischevious" ghosts scared the sh*t out of me. Yikes. :eek:

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The producers of Unsolved Mysteries did a GREAT job with the production of the bunk bed ghost haunting. They did however leave out some things the Tallman family witnessed while in the house. I remember reading an article some time ago that mentioned the father had seen an entity appear in the living room, after he challenged it to leave them alone. The entity had the same red eyes he had seen peering out at him from the garage, it basically told him that they were all going to die!
:eek2:

Like I have mentioned before, the Tennesse ATV episode gave me nightmares for a while, as well as any haunted house episode. My brother and my younger sis were always fine with it, but I always had nightmares. And my sis and I had bun beds...... My mom would always tell me that I also was not alud to watch this show cuz I would get up in the middle of the night and bang on my parents door so that I could sleep with them. Since my mom worked nights, I would still watch this show, and my dad didn't care.... I don't think he realized what I was watching.

Could someone please explain the Gretchen murder and the ATV murder. They both sound interesting, but I've never seen either. Also, are these on any of the sets or does anyone have them and would be willing to trade?

the tennesse atv murder episode was these three men went atv riding in a wooded area in tennesse. And out of no where, some dude comes up and shoots them all at close range. I believe one of the men tried to run away, and all they showed was the killer come up on him and shoot him again. If I remember correctly, some guy tried to drive his car that night on the road by the wooded area and some lady in a car was blocking it. She told the man that he had to take another road, and I don't believe she told the man why. I think this happened to two people who tried to take that particular road. I think the spookiest part was when the killer was shooting those three. if I'm not mistaken, the killer has been captured. Kane or Crystaldawn help me out if i've left out some parts!!

I would also like more info on the Gretchen murder..I don't remember this one :confused:

The one that scares the crap out of me is the one where the lady in VA. just seemed to disappear and they find her tied to a tree a week later. I think her name was Martha Kitt or somthing like that...it always freaked me out. :eek:

the woman who was tied to a tree after being murdered in VA her name was Ethel Kidd. That one creeped me too and a couple of others also which have already been mentioned by other people, the ATV murders,(I barely remember this one) the Grethen Burford case, those teens who went on the murder spree. I probably have more, but for right now I'll leave it at these

the tennesse atv murder episode was these three men went atv riding in a wooded area in tennesse. And out of no where, some dude comes up and shoots them all at close range. I believe one of the men tried to run away, and all they showed was the killer come up on him and shoot him again. If I remember correctly, some guy tried to drive his car that night on the road by the wooded area and some lady in a car was blocking it. She told the man that he had to take another road, and I don't believe she told the man why. I think this happened to two people who tried to take that particular road. I think the spookiest part was when the killer was shooting those three. if I'm not mistaken, the killer has been captured. Kane or Crystaldawn help me out if i've left out some parts!!

A man named Frank Casteel was arrested in 1997. He was tried for the murders and convicted. His convicton was later overturned, and he won a new trial, only to be convicted again. He is doing a life sentence without parole. He maintains his innocence.

the woman who was tied to a tree after being murdered in VA her name was Ethel Kidd. That one creeped me too and a couple of others also which have already been mentioned by other people, the ATV murders,(I barely remember this one) the Grethen Burford case, those teens who went on the murder spree. I probably have more, but for right now I'll leave it at these
thank you...that has to be one of my fav. episodes ever...I'm so glad they caught the guy who did this...it freaked me out everytime I saw this one until the update on catching the scumbag.

And the one where the 2 women get attacked in their appt. building..one dies and the other one lives but has no memory of what happened. I wonder if they ever caught this person.

Yes, that would be the case of Susan Laferte and Doreen Picard. Doreen died of her injuries and although Susan Laferte was very seriously injured and has no memory of the assault she did recover. Yes, they did arrest a man several years after the attack named Raymond "Beaver" Tempest but there is some doubt as to his guilt. Here is an article about it:

http://www.caught.net/cases/beaver1.htm

Concerning the ATV riders segment if you're interested you can now watch that one on Echoes. Its titled "All Terrain Rider Murders".

It was and is the only one I shut the tv off for 15 minutes. Can't remember any names, but it was the one where the stranger killed the teenage boy as his mother watched out the kitchen window.

the woman who was tied to a tree after being murdered in VA her name was Ethel Kidd.

Yeah, I'm so glad they caught this guy too! The part where they show Ethel Kidd tied to the tree and the "flashcard" thing freaks me out! Can you imagine if some creep propositioned you like that while you were driving? <shudder>

I always thought those flashcards were too small and the lettering too light to be clearly seen from another vehicle, most likely a moving one, on an interstate.

the one that scared me the most was back in the late 80's about the aliens coming and abducting people. People would wake up with aliens standing over them and they couldnt move. I was like 12 i think and had to sleep on my parents bedroom floor for like a month.

The Ghost ones! I really hope UM will come back on at 7PM like it used to be (like back 2003.)

I'm bumping this thread because it mentions two of the cases that have always haunted my nights - Ethel Kidd and Matt Flores. I was thrilled to see an update to the Kidd story just the other day, but I was frustrated by a lack of detail. Did the killer really keep her in cold storage for a week? Why?? What was his motive? Did he kill again, as the profilers seemed convinced he would? The flashcards are just horrible. The reenactment of finding her body was even worse. :eeeeek:

I have felt so badly for Matt Flores' family for years. I often think of how his baby is now eleven or twelve, and wonder how she and her mother have managed all these years. I agree with the poster who said they felt uneasy whenever they saw a black truck after viewing this! There was something really malevolent in that security tape reenactment.

The Angela Hammond case has also haunted me and kept me up at night. I'm about her age, and frequently used pay phone during the time I first saw the segment. So scary. And her poor boyfriend - to see her being driven away by her abductor! Shiver.

And, oddly enough, after reading about the Platinum Theft case (Dale, um, something?) I saw it for the first time last night. If I hadn't been prepared by the posts I read for the scariness of this segment, I certainly would have had a sleepless night. What a strange, unsettling case.

I think the ATV murder was in Tennessee. Something like 3 or 4 guys out riding came across a redneck with a big gun and shot them all dead. Been solved. It was a local as suspected.

I watched UM since it first aired ( I was 8 at the time). There were a couple of segments that scared the crap out of me:

The Sacramento Convience Store Murders: Man, I still get the creeps when I work nights. Watching crystaldawn's Vol. DVD brought it all back. Damn you! :lol: (LOL Crystaldawn)

I can't remember the name, but it was one of the first eps, it involved a murder in my homestate of Michigan. It was in South Lyon in '69 or '70 and a guy shot his girlfriend. The dude was just really creepy looking. If anyone can remember this, let me know.

Wanda Mays

Cindy James

NH Serial Killer

Which case was the Matt Flores again? I'm having a brain fart.

I would have to say that the Son of Sam ones tend to creep me out. This is because of the satanic ceremony in the second part. For some reason there always seemed to be alot of satan worshipers and mullets on the late 80's segments.

For some reason there always seemed to be alot of satan worshipers and mullets on the late 80's segments.

Ahhh... the good old days!

The one that freaks me out the most is the segment about the housing complex built over "Black Hope Cemetary". The part that really creeped me out was when the red shoes were found on top of the burial site.

Boy there are a ton of cases that creep me out and still give me chills:
Sorry can't remember the names but here's a few that come directly to my mind...


Angela Hammond- The girl who was on the phone with her boyfriend when somebody kidnaps here - I think this one is so scary that even Lifetime never shows it- at least I've never seen it
Texas Most Wanted- Edward Bell kills Larry Dickens (Portrayed by one Matthew McConahy) in front of Larry's distraught mother and sister as the mother gives a painfully detailed account to the police over the phone.. that one not only creeped me out (especially when Bell breaks into that one ladies house) it still breaks my heart:( thankfully they caught Bell and I believe he has the death penalty
Zodiac/Son of Sam- no need to detail more
The young couple who gets shot by the honda civic dude in the scenic turn out, thanks to this episode and Zodiac/Son of Sam I WILL NEVER PARK IN A LOVERS LANE WITH MY WIFE:crazy:
Whistle Blown-The guy who fell/jumped/was dunked into the nuclear plant furnace and melted
Friends to the End- About the Arkansas boys who sleep on a railroad track. the part that really gets me is they show the camo dude walking along and the thought of the boys out in the woods alone with just a .22

The convience store clerk who disappears, when customers come in some guy with a rock t-shirt and an earrings wait on them, was he the killer or was he just another customer?

The kid in washington who dies after getting "hit by a car" or beat up, who cried out "Brian Help Me" when discovered by passers by who was Brian? That kid in the bushes really bothers me, was that Brian?

Another sad story but not really creepy is the KC Fire Department Explosion, man that one just kills me with the 911 radio ("Pumper 5 and 41 ANSWER") and all the widows' interviews :(


That's all I can think of, I wasn't bothered by the ghost ones too much , or so I thought and then I watched the Texas Ranch house show the other night.. and it bothered me ::chuckle:: that UM can still freaks me out even though I've seen it dozens of times what a show!:)

Just thought of another one... the Deleware guy who gives a hitchhiker a ride, when the hitchhiker gets all bizarre the guy kicks him out. After a few minutes of driving around the guy drives past his mother's house and see the thought to be ditched hichhiker walking up to his mother's door!!!!! BRRRRRR I hate that one if you know the story you know what happened.

The Chaim Weiss case is a new one that REALLY bugs me. I'm not sure why, but it creeps me out to no end. It's strange because the cases that used to scare me when I was younger (like the Judy Himes, Cindy James, and Ethel Kidd cases) don't scare me like they used to anymore... but I am currently watching the Chaim Weiss case and I just turned on all the lights in my apartment because of it..... :eek:

[QUOTE=AKook]Is that the one where they were horseback riding? I'm pretty sure that took place in Michigan and I know it originally aired very early in the series (like 1988).

No, that was the Shannon Mohr case down in Hillsdale, I believe. This was one that was either on during the specials or first season. I hope I'm not going insane bc I remember seeing this case as a kid and thinking it was interesting it was from Michigan.

Chaim Weiss was the young Jewish boy was found murdered in his dorm room. No idea what the motive was.

The school bombing case is the definition of a nightmare, all 487 times.

This one doesn't give me nightmares (I'm too old for that) but it would have done no doubt 20 years ago had I seen it, Rick Church. Odd how this case doesn't get much mention around here. I also wonder why or what made Rick "snap" in the way he did? I've gone through a very painfull break up recently and sure I've thought about doing something silly but thats just a thought and of course I wouldn't.. but he obviously did... very scarey case!:eek:

Awsi,

Off topic, but I would interested to hear your thoughts on the Tennessee ATV murders. Do you believe they have the right guy in Frank Casteel or not? After all I've read, I'm undecided.

Awsi,

Off topic, but I would interested to hear your thoughts on the Tennessee ATV murders. Do you believe they have the right guy in Frank Casteel or not? After all I've read, I'm undecided.

Hey Thinman. Admittedly, I never looked at the so-called counter evidence very much. I judged him guilty almost immediately, based on owning the land and therefore the motive, plus his previous confrontations with others on the property, and the letters from his wife or ex-wife to the new girlfriend, indicating he was guilty. He seemed like a rural southern hothead who prized the sanctity of his property, and the power that supposedly gave him, more than the lives of a few people trespassing on it. Just my opinion.

I know there was a denied apppeal a year or two ago and I saw a link regarding that denied appeal that had an incredibly detailed account of the case in small print. Also his son has been very adamant about innocence and I know there are sites saying he was wrongly convicted, but I've never had enough doubt about the case to study them.

Hey Thinman. Admittedly, I never looked at the so-called counter evidence very much. I judged him guilty almost immediately, based on owning the land and therefore the motive, plus his previous confrontations with others on the property, and the letters from his wife or ex-wife to the new girlfriend, indicating he was guilty. He seemed like a rural southern hothead who prized the sanctity of his property, and the power that supposedly gave him, more than the lives of a few people trespassing on it. Just my opinion.

I know there was a denied apppeal a year or two ago and I saw a link regarding that denied appeal that had an incredibly detailed account of the case in small print. Also his son has been very adamant about innocence and I know there are sites saying he was wrongly convicted, but I've never had enough doubt about the case to study them.

I guess the only thing that cast some doubt in my mind is the persistent rumor that two redneck brothers frequented the land and were also known to threaten outsiders who came around. Also, if memory serves, their truck was spotted near the dump site later that night where the ATVs were later found. I agree, however, that Frank Casteel did himself no favors with his history of sticking a shotgun in the faces of trespassers.

This case has [I]Deliverance[I] written all over it.

This one doesn't give me nightmares (I'm too old for that) but it would have done no doubt 20 years ago had I seen it, Rick Church. Odd how this case doesn't get much mention around here. I also wonder why or what made Rick "snap" in the way he did? I've gone through a very painfull break up recently and sure I've thought about doing something silly but thats just a thought and of course I wouldn't.. but he obviously did... very scarey case!:eek:

I wouldn't call what he did "silly" ... I can't believe his girlfriend made it out of there alive. I mean, to go and murder the girl's parents and little brother because she dumps him? That takes a special kind of scum, and I hope he rots away.

I wouldn't call what he did "silly" ... I can't believe his girlfriend made it out of there alive. I mean, to go and murder the girl's parents and little brother because she dumps him? That takes a special kind of scum, and I hope he rots away.

I didn't really mean "silly". Maybe we aren't getting the full story. Don't get me wrong, I am not condoning what Rick did but if you get treated a certain way it could start to give you ideas... and in my opinion that girl was kinda giggling her way through the whole case.

the case in which the elderly couple at the rest stop (blind river?) were
attacked by a shotgun wielding weirdo. that gave me a weird dream that very night. btw- was the attacker ever found? please say yes.

the case in which the elderly couple at the rest stop (blind river?) were
attacked by a shotgun wielding weirdo. that gave me a weird dream that very night. btw- was the attacker ever found? please say yes.

Well, yes and no. Yes, there has been a suspect; no, he was never charged. Ronald Glenn West is in prison for murders unrelated to the rest stop case. Although he is a suspect in the rest stop attack, the cops don't have enough evidence (if any) to link him to the case.

the case in which the elderly couple at the rest stop (blind river?) were
attacked by a shotgun wielding weirdo. that gave me a weird dream that very night. btw- was the attacker ever found? please say yes


This case has always gotten to me and I felt so bad for the husband who lost his wife very sad case :(

I've said it a ton of times before, but the ghost ones have given me nightmares. I had a dream that I was in Tallman's house and couldn't flee! When I think of scary stuff, I try to remember a happy baby's smile...then I'm fine. :wave:

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I can't recall a time when any specific UM case gave me nightmares. However, I can a few segments that I consider eerie:

1) The "deaths" of Clarence Roberts. He was supposedly found dead in two different house fires, in 1970 and 1980. His wife Geneva was killed in the second fire.

2) The murder of Rhonda Hinson. In 1981, she was found shot to death while en route home from a Christmas party. Prior to her death, she was behaving strangely (i.e., showering at night and discussing the subject of dating married men).

3) The 1985 murder of Danny Paquette. His mother, Rena, was killed under suspicious circumstances in 1964. Danny was shot to death while welding in his yard.

I wouldn't call what he did "silly" ... I can't believe his girlfriend made it out of there alive. I mean, to go and murder the girl's parents and little brother because she dumps him? That takes a special kind of scum, and I hope he rots away.

Colleen's little brother wasn't killed. He survived.

True, it takes "a special kind of scum" to commit the crime. Rick Church is an example of someone who doesn't know when (or how) to let go.

I thought it was the little brother's friend who was sleeping over that survived? I haven't seen it in awhile.

A lot of people have "trouble letting go" ... heck, I've been that way with a few chicks. You know, you keep thinking of how you could have done things differently, or how if only the other person could see what you see. Some may even go so far as to make unwanted calls or stalk their exes. MURDERING THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY is about as extreme of an example as you can get.

I thought it was the little brother's friend who was sleeping over that survived? I haven't seen it in awhile.

They both survived (in addition to Colleen). Only Colleen's parents were killed.

They both survived (in addition to Colleen). Only Colleen's parents were killed.

Right. I believe he had no intention of killing Colleen's friend or her little brother's friend. I think the only reason he stabbed her little brother was because he just so happened to walk out in the hallway when Rick was walking up the stairs. Bad timing.

I'm not even sure if Church went there with the intention to kill Colleen's parents. Although the idea he went downstairs where they were sleeping leads me to believe that there was some pre-meditation in their death, his obvious target in my mind was Colleen herself. I'm also convinced there was more to this story regarding Church's motives. He must have had some deep psychological/depression issues over breaking up with Colleen and his own parents' divorce. I have often subscribed to theory when someone suffers a psychological breakdown such as I believe Church did, they either will inflict some sort of harm on others if not themselves given their character/mental profile

PS: Hands down best filmed UM case ever - The only other one that comes close is "Boys On The Tracks" in my view. This one might be one of the most violent one they ever did also and was not surprised when "Rick Church" ended up on the dvd.

hello all, i was just looking through this thread and decided to make me a username and post here. i have been watching unsolved mysteries ever since i was a little kid and a few of the cases that stick to my mind the most are as follows :

- The case about the kid (i believe in the Chicago area) who worked at a bike shop and was tryin to save money to go to college. Well they found the kid dead in his car (which i think was an old mustang) in a garage in a run down neighborhood on the southside of Chicago. In the re-enactment they showed him getting beaten up by a group of thugs (who possibly he was involved with for drugs) and thrown into the back of his car and the garage door shut. Has anything ever come from this case???

-The case of the kid who went down to Tijiana, Mexico (this was one of the later episodes) and dissapeared or turned or dead or something. I remember his dad went down there and found his car in a impound lot. the theory was that the police killed him.

-A case that simply blows my mind is the one about the drug smuggler who ran the construction business right on the border between Texas and Mexico and had a ****ING TUNNEL built under his pool table so he could smuggle drugs back and forth between here and mexico. That in my mind is simply genius!!

Whytee, the first case you mentioned is the Chad Maurer case. Unfortunatley, the police have never been able to determine what happened. You are correct that his body was found in Chicago, however he actually lived in Wisconsin at the time and many were speculating how he wound up in Chicago.

One thing I just recalled about this case was that somebody had broke the window at the bike shop where Chad worked, I believe earlier in the day he died. This might suggest Chad knew his killer(s) in some fashion, and could be the biggest clue as to what happened.

None gave me nightmares that I can think of, but they used to scare the **** out of me when I was a little kid having to sleep alone in the basement bedroom lol

the case in which the elderly couple at the rest stop (blind river?) were
attacked by a shotgun wielding weirdo. that gave me a weird dream that very night. btw- was the attacker ever found? please say yes.


that episode was on today, first time i seen it....that case is very very very sad.....im pissed that the police cant find enough evidence to charge him. They have the blue van, the guns that were used and Mr. Mcallister's memory of what the guy looked like. Anybody got a link to more info about this case..

Bumping this thread because it's a better place to talk about scary segments than the "Shocking Moments" thread.

A segment I always found creepy was the one about the night-shift worker at a metal foundry or power plant or something, who was murdered by someone who threw him into one of the ovens. That segment struck me as one of the better-produced ones in the way in which it built suspense and unease.

Well, yes and no. Yes, there has been a suspect; no, he was never charged. Ronald Glenn West is in prison for murders unrelated to the rest stop case. Although he is a suspect in the rest stop attack, the cops don't have enough evidence (if any) to link him to the case.
I don't think West is responsible for the Blind River killings. The murders for which he was convicted were sexually motivated. In the Blind River case, the motivation was robbery and/or the thrill of killing/psychosis.
The composites and the arbitrariness of the M.O. somewhat resemble a spree killer named Peter John Peters, who killed and sexually assaulted several people during a 1990 crime spree in Southern Ontario, but he was already in prison at the time of the Blind River crime.

Edit: Oh, I did not realize West lived in the Blind River area at the time. That makes it a more convincing connection.

A segment I always found creepy was the one about the night-shift worker at a metal foundry or power plant or something, who was murdered by someone who threw him into one of the ovens. That segment struck me as one of the better-produced ones in the way in which it built suspense and unease.

Dave Bochs. The part in the segment where they show him being wheeled into the furnace room, then being rigged up to a crane and slowly lowered down into the flames really, really gives me chills.


A few I won't watch at night:

Cindy James (the scariest thing in that segment, to me, are those notes supposedly left by the killer. The handwriting and the disturbing pictures pasted onto them. "SOON CINDY"----God, that's scary)
Dorothy Donovan
The Hansen Twins (for Donnie's voice concealment and the actor who portrayed him in the reenactment; he has cold, penetrating eyes)
"Debby"
Tracy Kirkpatrick ("...and you might think that in making this tape, that I'm setting myself up to be caught, but there are a lot of guys named Don in Frederick...")
NH Serial Killer
Dick Hansen
Tammy Lynn Leppert


And believe it or not, the Rhonda Hinson segment used to scare the crap-ola out of me, too. Who gets shot with a high-powered rifle while driving home?!? :(

The Allagash Four segment gave me nightmares and the Sightings segment about it also scared me. I have been thinking about reading the book about it. But I think it would freak me out.

I really just started watching UM again about 5 months ago, so I haven't really had nightmares.

However I did have some nightmares when I used to watch it when I was younger. Especially the episode about "The chair of death". I remembered it being much scarier than it actually was when I saw it again recently. It's a kind of funny one now :P

when I was younger it was the intro/music...that used to creep me out.

The Blind River Rest Stop killer segment freaked me out at night when I was younger. Never had nightmares, but to this day, I have a hard time watching UM alone in the house at night by myself. I have to make sure all the windows are locked and the doors! LOL

Nyleen Kay Marshall - a disturbing letter shown on screen.
Cindy James - the UM segment itself is very tense, but paired with canadian tv footage titled "Who killed Richmond nurse?" seems likely to induce nightmares. Most of people I know find the part of playing answering machine unbearable to watch!
Angela Hammond - is it just me or anyone else thinks that the photo of woman in white dress looks haunting?

Angela Hammond - is it just me or anyone else thinks that the photo of woman in white dress looks haunting?


That's Cheryl Ann Kenney. It's just a bad picture with really harsh lighting (I'm pretty sure her eye makeup was pretty heavy as well), but my stomach always jumps when the photo is shown and I end up having to look away. I really, really wish UM would've used a better picture of her.

i watched the black hope curse segment right before going to sleep and ended up having a bad nightmare that same night. true story.

Cindy James (the scariest thing in that segment, to me, are those notes supposedly left by the killer. The handwriting and the disturbing pictures pasted onto them. "SOON CINDY"----God, that's scary)

I agree those notes were very disturbing to look at. And according to the books I read about the case, the note that said, "SOON CINDY" was actually left on the windshield of her car. She discovered it as she was leaving work. 2 weeks later, she was dead.

The Cindy James case was creepy since authorities could never figure what was going on. Almost like dealing with a phantom.

The two cases that gave spooked me the most was Angela Hammond, and Richard Church case. The Angela Hammond case is so frightening, it felt like a urban legend. Girl screams while being taken away from the phone. Her boyfriend tries to rescue her, but the person takes her away. Very eerie.

The Richard Church case was creepy due to the atmosphere. That thudding sound when Church enters his girlfriend's house...wow. Words can't describe how creepy that scene was. That episode shows the difference between the old UM, and the new UM. They knew how to freak out audiences in the old UM with a slow build up, and subtle things.

I just thought of one I have always found creepy: The arsonist in Redwood City, Ca. who set housing developments aflame. He then watched from behind nearby bushes, videotaping the scene and recording demonic narration as the fire department arrived. A serial killer in the making.

One that literally has given me nightmares in the past is the Kevin Hughes segment. I was a very little kid when I saw it, maybe five years old or so, and it was the first UM segment I ever watched. The music (although quite tame to me now as an adult) freaked me out, as did the reenactment of the suspect walking away from the studio door and of Kevin running down the street from his killer. To top it all off, during the commercial break the first thing that appeared on the TV was a scary anti-drug PSA that used to send me running out of the room (anyone remember the "snake" drug dealer? Please let me know if you do, because my husband thinks I'm crazy). I had recurring nightmares not only of running down a dark street from an unseen killer, but of watching TV and knowing that PSA was about to come on but not being able to get away.

To top it all off, during the commercial break the first thing that appeared on the TV was a scary anti-drug PSA that used to send me running out of the room (anyone remember the "snake" drug dealer? Please let me know if you do, because my husband thinks I'm crazy). I had recurring nightmares not only of running down a dark street from an unseen killer, but of watching TV and knowing that PSA was about to come on but not being able to get away.

Oh God, I know that one. That commercial where the drug dealer turns into a snake still freaks me out to this day. You can find it on a certain video-sharing website that we can't mention here.

I recall the drug dealer saying "Lie, cheat, steal from you mother. You think I'm the kind of guy to tell you to do that?" He turns into the snake. "Yes!"

Oh God, I know that one. That commercial where the drug dealer turns into a snake still freaks me out to this day. You can find it on a certain video-sharing website that we can't mention here.

I recall the drug dealer saying "Lie, cheat, steal from you mother. You think I'm the kind of guy to tell you to do that?" He turns into the snake. "Yes!"

YES THAT'S IT!! *shivers* The last part where he hisses out that "Yes!" and the freeze-frame on his scary, forked tongued face is still horrifying.

To top it all off, during the commercial break the first thing that appeared on the TV was a scary anti-drug PSA that used to send me running out of the room (anyone remember the "snake" drug dealer? Please let me know if you do, because my husband thinks I'm crazy). I had recurring nightmares not only of running down a dark street from an unseen killer, but of watching TV and knowing that PSA was about to come on but not being able to get away.

Meg, you are not the only one freaked out by the PSA. I remember it......creepy.

Meg, you are not the only one freaked out by the PSA. I remember it......creepy.

Man, you seriously have no idea how much better that makes me feel. I'm glad I can share the traumatization. ;)

The Angela Hammond case has always haunted me. I don't know why but that segment has stuck with me throughout the years. Just thinking about how they dipicted the kidnapper, freaks me out!

The Angela Hammond case has always haunted me. I don't know why but that segment has stuck with me throughout the years. Just thinking about how they dipicted the kidnapper, freaks me out!

That will always be a very scary segment.


Believe it or not, I was really freaked out by the Rebecca Young segment when I first saw it---you know, the one with the mysterious "Antonio" caller who witnessed the murder and the sugarcane field behind "a building that looked like an ice cream cone"? I'm pretty much scared by any segment that involves an anonymous or mysterious caller---especially when they play excerpts of the call.

That will always be a very scary segment.


Believe it or not, I was really freaked out by the Rebecca Young segment when I first saw it---you know, the one with the mysterious "Antonio" caller who witnessed the murder and the sugarcane field behind "a building that looked like an ice cream cone"? I'm pretty much scared by any segment that involves an anonymous or mysterious caller---especially when they play excerpts of the call.


lol at Meg....such a delight! ;) The real voices always bring a certain reality to the cases. And yes...I, too, remember the PSA commerical with the snake! Ahhhh....man that is/was one scary vision, the rapping was the worst part though. Well that and that horrible white stripe that was on the face! YESSSSSSSS!

One case that always gives me a nightmare is the

lol at Meg....such a delight! ;) The real voices always bring a certain reality to the cases. And yes...I, too, remember the PSA commerical with the snake! Ahhhh....man that is/was one scary vision, the rapping was the worst part though. Well that and that horrible white stripe that was on the face! YESSSSSSSS!

:D "Hey lil dude, I see your Mom and Dad are outta the room. I GOTTA get you up on this!" Still terrifying to me!

Wow... so many to choose from. I'd say probably the scariest one was when RS was interviewing, I believe, Pat Mealbach and he had this big-ass grin on his face. That was unnerving to see! :D

Seriously... the Rick Church segment tops it for me. That one is simply the stuff of nightmares. And the Jeanne Tovrea one as well... something about being murdered in bed just frightens the **** out of me. :eek:

And the Jeanne Tovrea one as well... something about being murdered in bed just frightens the **** out of me. :eek:

Ditto. :(

Ditto. :(

Yeah, those are the seggies that get watched during the day. The ones with the hilarious dialogue get watched at night, such as Jerry (circlestantive evidence) Strickland and Missy (she wasn't no whore) Munday. The Charles Holden segment with the psycho screaming "I want that truck!" provides a bit of evening comic relief as well. :lol:

But no murder in bed stories at night... no way...

Does anyone remember the one where the family was getting harrassed (someone was calling their house, throwing bricks with messages at their house)? They even sat in an RV with lookouts to catch the people but never did. Was that solved?

Does anyone remember the one where the family was getting harrassed (someone was calling their house, throwing bricks with messages at their house)? They even sat in an RV with lookouts to catch the people but never did. Was that solved?

Pretty sure that was an AMW case, not UM. :)

Does anyone remember the one where the family was getting harrassed (someone was calling their house, throwing bricks with messages at their house)? They even sat in an RV with lookouts to catch the people but never did. Was that solved?

They were the old couple known here as "The Wackers". They've been mentioned here many times.

The Lynn Amos segment scares the crap out of me. She's at home talking on the phone with a friend one minute, and next minute, she's being terrorized by a lunatic. Then forcing her to drink insane amounts of alcohol until she passes out. He then places her on a bed, douses the bed with gasoline and tosses a lighted match on the bed. That poor woman. :(

The ATV murders on really freaked me out when I first saw it, especially since I've been up on Signal Mountain quite a few times. I can tell you that those backroads can be really winding and very isolated in some places. That case really shows the darker side of our Appalachian culture, I think, as Frank Casteel shot the three riders because they had been allegedly trespassing on his property. He had actually confronted and threatened them days before the murders as well. :(


This is embarassing, but I actually slept "with one eye open" over the Patricia Meehan segment last night (I saw it for the first time yesterday). The re-enactment of the wreck and that stare. And that photo. Oh, that photo. :eek:

The ATV murders on really freaked me out when I first saw it, especially since I've been up on Signal Mountain quite a few times. I can tell you that those backroads can be really winding and very isolated in some places. That case really shows the darker side of our Appalachian culture, I think, as Frank Casteel shot the three riders because they had been allegedly trespassing on his property. He had actually confronted and threatened them days before the murders as well. :(

Yeah, that case was especially brutal. And senseless. The lead investigator, Larry Sneed, got a bit emotional when talking about it in the segment.

Here is a thread about that case. Interesting reading.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=52268

The ATV murders on really freaked me out when I first saw it, especially since I've been up on Signal Mountain quite a few times. I can tell you that those backroads can be really winding and very isolated in some places. That case really shows the darker side of our Appalachian culture, I think, as Frank Casteel shot the three riders because they had been allegedly trespassing on his property. He had actually confronted and threatened them days before the murders as well. :(

I remember when that case first aired, I was around 10 years old and I couldn't sleep the rest of the night. Everything about that segment was creepy from beginning to end...the music, the lighting, the reenactments of the murders... it still gives me shivers to this day.

I remember when that case first aired, I was around 10 years old and I couldn't sleep the rest of the night. Everything about that segment was creepy from beginning to end...the music, the lighting, the reenactments of the murders... it still gives me shivers to this day.

That segment also freaks me out. The set up was perfect. 3 dudes go out for ATV riding, then the shot w/ the guy coming out of nowhere w/ the shotgun. Creepy!

I must have seen the Dale Hyde segment many years ago, possibly when it first aired, because it has been with me for a LONG time now. Dale Hyde kinda resembled my Dad when I was growing up. That used to scare me.

The Ellender double homicide segment definitely gave me the creeps the first time I saw it. I remember not wanting to see it again. Then it sort of became an obsession of mine a few years ago because I wanted to find it and finally did. It was unnerving seeing it again, but it didn't have the same effect on me. I don't think the segment ever materialized on Lifetime.

The ATV murders segment is scary, scary, scary. Especially in the reenactment when they show one of the riders trying to run away from the killer, and the killer aims his shotgun at him and ... I've got goosebumps just from writing this! That segment was one of the scariest ever.

Hi everyone, I am a big fan of UM so when I saw this thread I just had to post. When I was very young, I remember seeing a segment about a haunting in what I think was a hotel or restaurant. Anyway, there was a report of a little boy being seen at the bar but the boy didn't have a face & they reinacted that. I don't even know if they actually showed a blank face b/c I hid MY face! It creeped me out & to this day, it sticks out as one of the segments that affected me the most. Does anyone else remember this episode? Did they ever show the face in the reinactment? I never did see that episode again & I watch the show whenever I can just to see if they show it. Anyway, thanks for letting me share. :D

The ATV murders segment is scary, scary, scary. Especially in the reenactment when they show one of the riders trying to run away from the killer, and the killer aims his shotgun at him and ... I've got goosebumps just from writing this! That segment was one of the scariest ever.

How about the part when the witness observed the killer taking the ATV's off his pickup truck, the witness also saw blood spatters on the ATV's :eek:

That part always freaks me out, too creepy.

Hi everyone, I am a big fan of UM so when I saw this thread I just had to post. When I was very young, I remember seeing a segment about a haunting in what I think was a hotel or restaurant. Anyway, there was a report of a little boy being seen at the bar but the boy didn't have a face & they reinacted that. I don't even know if they actually showed a blank face b/c I hid MY face! It creeped me out & to this day, it sticks out as one of the segments that affected me the most. Does anyone else remember this episode? Did they ever show the face in the reinactment? I never did see that episode again & I watch the show whenever I can just to see if they show it. Anyway, thanks for letting me share. :D

I'm not an expert on the paranormal segments, but that sounds like the segment about the hauntings at the St. James Hotel in New Mexico. The ghost was a little boy and they did show his face. It had a bluish glow. That closeup of his face was used in the opening theme for a season or two.

I don't think that story made it to the First Look DVD set.

How about the part when the witness observed the killer taking the ATV's off his pickup truck, the witness also saw blood spatters on the ATV's :eek:

That part always freaks me out, too creepy.


Easily, easily one of the scariest UM segments. The re-enactments, the music in and of themselves are frightening. The thought that I was up on those very roads, by those very dumps, by that psycho Casteel's house while he was still living there :eek: usually keeps me from watching that one too often. :(

You know, I rewatched the Franklin Delano Floyd segment last night and I literally felt ill watching it. That photo of FDF and Sharon Hughes when she was a child REALLY gets to me. You can just see the emptiness in her eyes. I don't even want to think about what he did with the little boy. It's a profoundly disturbing story with so few answers.

How about the part when the witness observed the killer taking the ATV's off his pickup truck, the witness also saw blood spatters on the ATV's :eek:

That part always freaks me out, too creepy.

Yes, that part scared me even though it was set up as though we were looking through the witness' eyes. That was staged rather well as if we were standing half a block away watching these men get rid of the ATV's. Creepy.

Everything in that segment just seems like something you would see in a horror movie.

Those freakin' possessed bunk beds scared the living piss out of me. And when the father came home and saw the house on fire, I think I just made a little tinkle thinking about it. The Gord McCallister story scared me, the story of the man who tried to get women to pull over by feigning a signal as if something was wrong with their cars scared me because it happened in Virginia (I think) and I lived in Maryland and I was scared my mother was going to have that happen to her. I was also creeped out by the dude who killed the other guy after he kept following his girlfriend home from a bar. And when the guy approached him to ask him why he was following the girl he pointed to her license plate (it was a personalized plate of a baseball team I think)...the guy who was murdered was named Dick Hansen I think. That really made me think about how serious people take their sports teams!

Boys on the tracks.

the part with the guy dressed up in military fatigue freaked me out!

Those freakin' possessed bunk beds scared the living piss out of me. And when the father came home and saw the house on fire, I think I just made a little tinkle thinking about it. The Gord McCallister story scared me, the story of the man who tried to get women to pull over by feigning a signal as if something was wrong with their cars scared me because it happened in Virginia (I think) and I lived in Maryland and I was scared my mother was going to have that happen to her. I was also creeped out by the dude who killed the other guy after he kept following his girlfriend home from a bar. And when the guy approached him to ask him why he was following the girl he pointed to her license plate (it was a personalized plate of a baseball team I think)...the guy who was murdered was named Dick Hansen I think. That really made me think about how serious people take their sports teams!


ah yes, 49er Hugs.

That was scary and freaky. it also didn't help that the sketch of the guy looked scary.

I forgot this one in my initial post, the case of Phillip Fraser, who picked up the hitch hiker..that hitchhiker's composite scare the crap outta me and still does.

The haunted bunk beds segment had me creeped out for months afterward!:eek:

And that photo. Oh, that photo.

Patrician Meehan almost looks like a ghost in that photo.

I never saw a photo that looks like your looking into someone's soul. :eek:

I nominate in the Pizza Murders that creepy synthesized voice they use for the blocked out suspect.

He sounded like an alien. Freaked me out.:(

Easily, easily one of the scariest UM segments. The re-enactments, the music in and of themselves are frightening. The thought that I was up on those very roads, by those very dumps, by that psycho Casteel's house while he was still living there :eek: usually keeps me from watching that one too often. :(

Meg, you were by Casteel's house? That dude is a nut. I remember his mug shot. That alone, creeps me out.

I'd have to say a lot of the ghost segments scared the crap out of me as did the Gord McCallister segment, and the one about the crazy 18 wheel truck driver (can't remember his name)....and Dale McCorckendale's story also scared me big time.

Meg, you were by Casteel's house? That dude is a nut. I remember his mug shot. That alone, creeps me out.

Yep. It's not really easy to see from the roads. I had someone point it out to me. I also know where the "gate" is where the men had been shot, because it was still up there last time I was there (this was years ago, however). Now, I'd known that there had been three men shot up there, but I hadn't seen the UM segment at the time. Now that I have, I don't know if I could go up there so easily again.

This is embarassing, but I actually slept "with one eye open" over the Patricia Meehan segment last night (I saw it for the first time yesterday). The re-enactment of the wreck and that stare. And that photo. Oh, that photo. :eek:


Her eyes, the dead, blank stare...and to top it off I actually thought that image...it's used as a avatar on here...was from an old MINOLTA commercial.
Then I thought, no, nothing like that could ever come "From the Mind of Minolta"

Still, one creepy photo.

There were a lot of UM Episodes that scared me!

Here are the ones I can think of:

Angela Hammond
Patricia Meeham
Adam Hecht (Man who became friends with a homeless man, vanished)
Debra Poe (Woman who vanished from convenience store)
Cindy Anderson
Dennis Depue
Rapper whose girlfriend got killed by two females who set her house on fire and kidnapped rapper & girlfriend's baby
Teenagers who videotaped a house they set on fire and recorded their voices in the background.
Tracy Kirkpatrick
Jamie Santos (Stripper who was murdered, the killer calls 911 and tells them to send an paramedic, but doesn't want to leave his name)
Two girls vanished from their college campuses
Korean woman who owned a clothing shop with her husband in NY was murdered.
Rick Church
Man who picks up hitchhiker, who later kills the man's mother

Some of those episodes were so creepy and scary to me, that I would have to sleep with the television on.

Rachel Runnion case always freaks me out with that cruel "666" letter.

The mere thought that someone could do something to that sweet little girl scares and angers me at the same time. :mad:

The episode of the guy who followed the man home who refused to give him a ride, and killed his mother. I was SO scared after I watched that. Ahh memories

The ghost of the guy who was shot when someone set his truck on fire to get his attention & then killed him. Sad too :( poor guy.

RESURRECTION MARY. BJKGHKJGK she had a BLACK face! There was nothing there!!!!

But perhaps the one that really scared me was the segment about Ralph Probst, the sherif who was shot from a window in his kitchen. he was making a sandwich or something and BAM! For years afterwards, I was quite timid about being in the kitchen at night because my kitchen is surround my wide-open windows. Geeze.

Yeah I was scared of the one of the hitchiker who the bumpkin in the pickup truck picked up and then the guy went crazy and he somehow got the guy out of his truck and then went home to see the guy going up to his house! That scared the hell out of me, but if I saw the same guy walking up to my house I would have ran the ****er over, no questions asked.

And I also was creeped out by the haunted bunk bed. Especially the part when the relative spent the night and sat up in the middle of the night and screamed. Although watching it as an adult, I'm pretty sure the entire family was tripping acid, the parents seemed hippieish enough, and the new owners of the house reported no paranormal activity.

Yeah I was scared of the one of the hitchiker who the bumpkin in the pickup truck picked up and then the guy went crazy and he somehow got the guy out of his truck and then went home to see the guy going up to his house! That scared the hell out of me, but if I saw the same guy walking up to my house I would have ran the ****er over, no questions asked.

And I also was creeped out by the haunted bunk bed. Especially the part when the relative spent the night and sat up in the middle of the night and screamed. Although watching it as an adult, I'm pretty sure the entire family was tripping acid, the parents seemed hippieish enough, and the new owners of the house reported no paranormal activity.


How on Earth did that guy find out where that man lived? Was it just bad luck, or perhaps someone who worked with him thus knew where he lived. I guess he just followed him home. But I agree I'd run him over too, however I don't think it would be an act of self-defense, but first-degree murder. Wasn't he in Texas too? Yeah haha.

That segment really frightened me though.

Yeah I was scared of the one of the hitchiker who the bumpkin in the pickup truck picked up and then the guy went crazy and he somehow got the guy out of his truck and then went home to see the guy going up to his house! That scared the hell out of me, but if I saw the same guy walking up to my house I would have ran the ****er over, no questions asked.



I saw that case on Forensic Files last week. My mom was going to change the channel, but I was like "NO! IT WAS ON UM!" This case was still scary, but I'm glad they finally caught the dude.

pretty much all of the ghost segments to some extent, especially the visual ones like the civil war ghosts in LA. or devil's backbone with the spaniard at the window.

I know the rest stop cases would prevent me from sleeping and having any type of nightmare if I ever stopped at one. but I choose not to.

The Charles Morgan case came to be very creepy. Especially since one of the journalists in the orginal segment was an apparent target of a botched hit (someone else got killed). Mentions of Danny Casolaro in the updated segment as well.

I'm going on twenty-five this year, so I too was a youngster when UM was popular.

One episode that really creeped me out as a kid, was the one about Devon Williams. The long haul trucker who ended up driving his semi-truck through a forest where campers reported that he seemed disoriented and confused. Then he simply vanished, his skull being recovered some years later, not far from where he vanished. I don't know why, but seeing the semi driving around the woods like that just gave me the shivers.

Resurrection Mary. When the people pass her and look back and her face is totally black. DO NOT WANT.

Keith Warren. When the mom received the pictures of him it was so horribly creepy.

The Boys on the Tracks. Can't recall whether I saw this one as a kid or not, but when hubs and I were watching the "Bizarre Murders" boxset, it was so creepy! The dude in the camo was especially frightening.

Christine Skubish (the young mother who after being killed in a fatal car accident, appeared in ghost form by the side of the road to get help for her son. Who was still in the car). I know it was meant to be a sweet story and all, but HOLY CRAP, the image of her ghost by the side of the road gave me such chills.

Ethel Kidd (not sure if that is the correct spelling) the poor elderly lady who was abducted and later found dead, tied to a tree. The re-enactment where they find her body scared me so badly.

I'm sure there are more that I am forgetting to mention. That is why you have to love UM, it doesn't matter if you're a kid or an adult, it can always send chills down your spine!

Christine Skubish (the young mother who after being killed in a fatal car accident, appeared in ghost form by the side of the road to get help for her son. Who was still in the car). I know it was meant to be a sweet story and all, but HOLY CRAP, the image of her ghost by the side of the road gave me such chills.

I know what you mean, that was downright creepy!!!! The woman in the car gazing out the car window and then all of a sudden sees a naked lady laying on the side of the road. I would've freaked!! :eek:

The episode of the guy who followed the man home who refused to give him a ride, and killed his mother. I was SO scared after I watched that. Ahh memories

The ghost of the guy who was shot when someone set his truck on fire to get his attention & then killed him. Sad too :( poor guy.

RESURRECTION MARY. BJKGHKJGK she had a BLACK face! There was nothing there!!!!

But perhaps the one that really scared me was the segment about Ralph Probst, the sherif who was shot from a window in his kitchen. he was making a sandwich or something and BAM! For years afterwards, I was quite timid about being in the kitchen at night because my kitchen is surround my wide-open windows. Geeze.

Holy Poodle Muffins!!!!

I was just getting ready to post that none of the eppies ever made me scared or worried, but then I read your post about Mr. Probst!

Just last night, I was washing the dinner dishes in front of the big kitchen window and wondering *who* might be out there.....

Our house backs up to an multi county park trail that is about 35 miles long. People bike, walk, roller blade, and even horseback ride on that trail. It's only 200 feet out my back door.

Our lot is wooded, and there are plenty of places for the baddies to hide. We have found beer bottles, where people have sat in our yard, just off the path, and partied. And just this summer, DH found human waste in our back yard! Who takes a poo in someone's back yard? Not normal!

Our previous house was situtated so that the kitchen sink overlooked the family room and not a window to the yard. We just moved here a year ago and it's a rental, since we don't know if DH is going to be transferred again right away or not.

I've never liked standing in front of the bare kitchen window at night. Gives me the creepy crawlies every time. I guess I need to stop feeling scared and just spend some money on a shade for that window.

Ethel Kidd
Someone killed her and then TIED HER TO A TREE.

It was sad, senseless and so disrepectful (other than murdering her, obviously) and it was so very sad! And creepy.

The Gord McCallister case was so very sad. I am sure his dad is kicking himself for not letting his son back in the car!

Some of the ghost stories get to me - Resurrection Mary for one - but some don't bother me. Not sure why.

And I feel bad for some of the folks who want to think their familes have been kidnapped or survived some plane crash and are now being held somewhere, and it is probably the reality that the person is deceased.

The guys who had the ship capsize and then the family received calls in Spanish.....probably a cruel joke. I would bet those guys were lost at sea. I think one survived though.

I know what you mean, that was downright creepy!!!! The woman in the car gazing out the car window and then all of a sudden sees a naked lady laying on the side of the road. I would've freaked!! :eek:


Yes! It didn't help that while watching that episode with my husband, he says "I'd have stopped to help!".

I was like "Honey, you know I love you very much, and I would never ever want to lay a hand on you. But if you stopped for some freaky ghost laying by the side of the road in the middle of nowhere? I'D BEAT YOU AND TAKE OVER THE CAR TO DRIVE US TO SAFETY."

Haha.

One episode that really creeped me out as a kid, was the one about Devon Williams. The long haul trucker who ended up driving his semi-truck through a forest where campers reported that he seemed disoriented and confused. Then he simply vanished, his skull being recovered some years later, not far from where he vanished. I don't know why, but seeing the semi driving around the woods like that just gave me the shivers.

Yeah, that scene with the truck in the woods creeped me out, too. I always used to imagine what it would be like to be hanging out camping, having some lunch, and then witnessing all that. Major freak.



The Boys on the Tracks. Can't recall whether I saw this one as a kid or not, but when hubs and I were watching the "Bizarre Murders" boxset, it was so creepy! The dude in the camo was especially frightening.

The "man in military fatigues" has always scared me, and it's definitely kept me up multiple nights. I've done a lot of research on the Ives/Henry case, and although there's a lot of debate on what really happened and why the boys were murdered, I'm 99.9% certain that guy was involved, and he wasn't the only one out there that night near the tracks.

For me it was Sherry Eyerly's murder. I know the episode was about the psychic...but the point where she is standing at the end of his bed creeped me out! Just the idea of waking to seeing someone dead or alive at the end of your bed is enough to make my heart stop.

The only segment that truly scared me was the one on the DJs who faked a call in of a murder. I was watching it alone in my dorm room at 2am when the update came on. The abruptness of the update gave me chills, and then learning that these men thought that murder was an appropriate publicity stunt put me over the edge. I didn't sleep that night.

Funny, I've been watching UM and AMW since I was 9 and they rarely scare me, but I used to have nightmares over public service announcements (Smokey the Bear, and one I saw in England on car seats that featured a doll flying through a windshield).

Another one that affected me was the horrible murder of Megan Curl. Just the brutality of her murder...and her being so innocent. It's just horrible and really does give me nightmares.

The abductions cases always left a very unsettling feeling with me. The Tara Calico picture really gave me nightmares. The abductions cases where the women were most likely forced into prostitution (Elizabeth Campbell, Amy Billing, etc ...) were particularly disturbing.

There seemed to have a lot of abductions outside of convenience stores, near payphones. Each time I would walk past a pay phone at night, I kept thinking about those segment on unsolved mysteries and would pick up the pace so I could get home FAST!:eek:

I remember another one, and I just watched this segment recently.

Rebecca Young. She was murdered (with a machete, I believe) while a witness hid in the sugar cane. When I was a kid I was so horrified by the idea of having to try and hide in such a situation, hoping you could keep quiet and knowing if you were found you would be killed too. It unnerves me to even imagine it now.

Poor Rebecca.

The Rhonda Hinson segment really freaked me out the first couple of times I saw it, and I still don't like to watch it at night.

There's a composite in the Son of Sam segment from the Virginia Voskerichian shooting commonly referred to as "Ski Cap" that I still have to look away from when it's flashed on the screen.

I remember another one, and I just watched this segment recently.

Rebecca Young. She was murdered (with a machete, I believe) while a witness hid in the sugar cane. When I was a kid I was so horrified by the idea of having to try and hide in such a situation, hoping you could keep quiet and knowing if you were found you would be killed too. It unnerves me to even imagine it now.

Poor Rebecca.

Totally agreed. That segment scared the CRAP out of me (even with that semi-silly "building shaped like an ice cream cone" bit :cool: ). That whole reenactment freaked me out for weeks, with "Antonio" crouching in the sugar cane, with the actual recording of his call to the police played over it.

There's a composite in the Son of Sam segment from the Virginia Voskerichian shooting commonly referred to as "Ski Cap" that I still have to look away from when it's flashed on the screen.

The composite of the guy with the backward cap?

I always thought that guy looked like the human form of the ghost from General Mills "Boo Berry" commercials.:D

The Sharon Marshall Case. Though I had heard about it before on Courttv (Tru Tv) and A&E. It still gives me nightmares and is so sad that any human being would have to go through so much pain. Poor Sharon =[. Well, Sharon went by Suzanne and Tonya (I think her aliases were.) I don't think her true identity has ever been found.. all the DNA tests were neg. unless theres been an update?

The Sharon Marshall Case. Though I had heard about it before on Courttv (Tru Tv) and A&E. It still gives me nightmares and is so sad that any human being would have to go through so much pain. Poor Sharon =[. Well, Sharon went by Suzanne and Tonya (I think her aliases were.) I don't think her true identity has ever been found.. all the DNA tests were neg. unless theres been an update?

No update from what I know.

The Rhonda Hinson segment really freaked me out the first couple of times I saw it, and I still don't like to watch it at night.


Yeah, the Rhonda Hinson case always struck me as creepy. The calculated way she was killed is eerie. Imagine it, just going about your day to day routine while driving, and all of a sudden, boom, you're shot dead. The chances of that bullet hitting the target are very unlikely, but it landed. Very unsettling case.

To add to that, the Blind River Murders. Completely unprovoked murders, plus the composition photo of the killer is really creepy.

I don't mention it much and I don't believe I've ever commented on any related threads on the case. But this is why the Kathy Bonderson segment has scared me more than all of the "worst offenders" put together:

1. The opening music is horribly ominous.

2. The concept of going out alone to look for your son in the early morning hours is always unsettling (i.e., Kurt Sova)--especially in a rural area.

3. The murder site seems to be in the absolute middle of nowhere.

4. No possible motive for Kathy's murder is ever explored.

5. None of Kathy's relatives are interviewed, nor is anything about her life divulged except that she had a husband, teenage son, and worked the night shift at a "local convalescent home."

6. There's an awfully eerie scene of a slow walk-up to Kathy's headstone, which reads nothing except "Kathryn J. Bonderson, 1957-1987".

7. RS's narration is soft, steady, and almost a whisper by the end of the segment.



All of it makes me want to jump out of my skin. I almost always skip over this segment on my DVDs. It's that bad for me.

"Judy Hyams is alive, and she lives in Omaha."

Not something to watch at night. That woman is downright creepy.

The Kurt Sova case always creeped me out. At the very end of the segment they show his picture and the creepy music comes to a crescendo. Gives me the chills. Also the alien abduction cases, especially the one about missing time and they showed one guy as a child with the alien in his room.

I don't mention it much and I don't believe I've ever commented on any related threads on the case. But this is why the Kathy Bonderson segment has scared me more than all of the "worst offenders" put together:

1. The opening music is horribly ominous.

2. The concept of going out alone to look for your son in the early morning hours is always unsettling (i.e., Kurt Sova)--especially in a rural area.

3. The murder site seems to be in the absolute middle of nowhere.

4. No possible motive for Kathy's murder is ever explored.

5. None of Kathy's relatives are interviewed, nor is anything about her life divulged except that she had a husband, teenage son, and worked the night shift at a "local convalescent home."

6. There's an awfully eerie scene of a slow walk-up to Kathy's headstone, which reads nothing except "Kathryn J. Bonderson, 1957-1987".

7. RS's narration is soft, steady, and almost a whisper by the end of the segment.

For some reason, that segment never creeps me out. But now that you mention all those creepy aspects, it'll probably creep me out too! As for Kathy Bonderson herself, it is strange that UM didn't dig deeper into her background, because we usually get that with other segments.

Debbie Wolfe- the thought of finding a body in a barrel in a lake scared the bejeebers out of me. I have a fear of swimming in lakes anyway, unless I know exactly what kind of creatures are in it.

Nyleen Kay Marshall- anonymous letters from the abductor/molester? Creeps me out.

Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin- I've always thought she was dead by the time the ransom letter she wrote reached the family. It's chilling to think about that.

The haunted house that had "Samuel" the ghost in it- this one scared me as a kid because of the face in the window and the laughter. I always had a tough time sleeping on Wednesday nights!

Wythville UFOs- this didn't scare me because of the UFOs at all...it scared me because of the threats and harassment that radio DJ received.

Jamie Santos- The creepy 911 call

I re-watched the I-70 killer segment today. Good Lord, y'all weren't kidding about the music during that segment! Could it have been more sinister?:eek:

I re-watched the I-70 killer segment today. Good Lord, y'all weren't kidding about the music during that segment! Could it have been more sinister?:eek:

That segment has that high pitched keyboard music, too creepy! I vote that segment for scariest music, but I also think the music from the first and second seasons of UM are creepy too. I think there's a thread on here about the music. If only a CD could be compiled of all the different music from UM.

I re-watched the I-70 killer segment today. Good Lord, y'all weren't kidding about the music during that segment! Could it have been more sinister?:eek:

Yes, scariest music of all time! Any segment with this music keeps me up at night. I think the Boston Shopping Mall Rapist segment has this music, too.

*shiver*

I saw that case on Forensic Files last week. My mom was going to change the channel, but I was like "NO! IT WAS ON UM!" This case was still scary, but I'm glad they finally caught the dude.

Could you tell me which episode of forensic files the case was shown in? I would really like to see it. If you don't know the episode name, could you tell me any of the names of the victim, the driver, and hitchhiker?

The Megan Curl case deserves a mention. The brutality of her murder was immensely frightening. The guy slit her throut, and lit her on fire? What kind of person does that. :eek: The music was also very creepy which added to the sinister atmosphere.

The Megan Curl case deserves a mention. The brutality of her murder was immensely frightening. The guy slit her throut, and lit her on fire? What kind of person does that. :eek: The music was also very creepy which added to the sinister atmosphere.

The Megan Curl segment is one of the very, very few "late-era" segments that really freaked me out.

I started watching unsolved about ten years ago, when I was 9, thanks to much older brothers who have loved the show since the 80s. I never had a nightmare but I became TERRIFIED after I saw the one where burglars break into the house wearing Vampire and ski masks. I would look at the closet in fear that they were going to jump out! The one with people randomly catching on fire terrified me, too. A teacher of mine who like the show talked to me about that one once and told me not to worry because it was such a rare phenomenon. Ressurection Mary's blacked out face also scared me, too. I couldn't look at the closet without worrying. One kidnapping episode got to me, too, and I would always look at people carefully. I guess I became more cautious starting at a young age, which is good seeing as I was just being careful rather than paranoid.

That segment has that high pitched keyboard music, too creepy! I vote that segment for scariest music, but I also think the music from the first and second seasons of UM are creepy too. I think there's a thread on here about the music. If only a CD could be compiled of all the different music from UM.

I can only think of a single segment that used this music and totally wasn't scary: Neil Jennings. It WOULD have been scary, had the individual in charge of editing not gone totally overboard, continuing to use the same piece over and over and over again, in parts of the re-enactment that honestly didn't warrant it. I think they could've shown Bill Blackwell going to a restroom and you'd still hear those opening notes.

Philip Fraser, and that "He's going to live to regret the day he picked this man up" line. Eddie and Pauline Olson allowing the suspect to stay overnight at their house, having no idea who he was or what'd he'd done. The composite sketches. Creepy.

i thought that was just a message in a bottle.

Scratch what I said earlier. Last night for the first time I had a nightmare about UM (it took ten years, but it finally happened-yikes). I dreamed that Rick Church was chasing me around my house with a knife and that when I ran outside to flag down help (it was still dark outside) even though there were a ton of cars, no one pulled over to help and he caught up to me. It was beyond creepy. But unlike the actual case, he actual spoke and was saying angry things. But you know how dreams are really weird sometimes, and other random, out of place things happen? Some of that was thrown in, too, and at one point he was shouting at me to go step on the scale in the bathroom. Bizarre! I have always thought that segment was very well produced, sad of course, but a really good episode. I just saw it again for the first time in years and I must have thought about it before bed for some reason. Good thing he's in jail!

If we're talking literal nightmares, I've had dreams about Brad Bishop that vary on the same basic scenario: Bishop chases me and another person in a battered '70s-era American car throughout the west side of Knoxville (which, to my knowledge, he never visited), and forces us to try to take refuge in the Smoky Mountains (which he certainly did). I don't know what it is, but I guess it's partly because I've been hiking the Smokies since I was a kid, and now the Elkmont area of the park is a little shadowed with the creeps for me now.

The composite sketches always scared the hell out of me as a kid. The most frightening one ever was the dude who ran the biker off the road into a telephone pole with a red and white Ford Bronco. Looked like the damn devil incarnate!

The Kurt Sova case always creeped me out. At the very end of the segment they show his picture and the creepy music comes to a crescendo. Gives me the chills. Also the alien abduction cases, especially the one about missing time and they showed one guy as a child with the alien in his room.

Good call on the Kurt Sova case - chilling crescendo.

I re-watched the I-70 killer segment today. Good Lord, y'all weren't kidding about the music during that segment! Could it have been more sinister?:eek:

Is the I-70 killer the one in the old school black FORD truck? The pistol shot to the girl in the drivers seat? If so the composite in that segment was awfully creepy if I remember right.

Is the I-70 killer the one in the old school black FORD truck? The pistol shot to the girl in the drivers seat? If so the composite in that segment was awfully creepy if I remember right.

No, the I-70 killer was an unidentified man who would walk into specialty stores throughout the I-70 corridor in the Midwest (Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas, IIRC) and shoot his mostly female victims with a .25 handgun around 1992-93. They believe he also committed similar shootings along I-35 in Texas in 1994 (I-35 links to I-70 in Salina, KS). The case you're referring to is the 1988 shooting of a Connecticut woman who was given the name "Carol" in the segment. And yes, the composite was very creepy. :(

No, the I-70 killer was an unidentified man who would walk into specialty stores throughout the I-70 corridor in the Midwest (Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas, IIRC) and shoot his mostly female victims with a .25 handgun around 1992-93. They believe he also committed similar shootings along I-35 in Texas in 1994 (I-35 links to I-70 in Salina, KS). The case you're referring to is the 1988 shooting of a Connecticut woman who was given the name "Carol" in the segment. And yes, the composite was very creepy. :(
The only segment I can remember involving "specialty stores" was the one where the guy would rape the women in the clothing stores in a strip mall I believe. Love the old cases on this show they were done so well/poorly/creepy.

The only segment I can remember involving "specialty stores" was the one where the guy would rape the women in the clothing stores in a strip mall I believe. Love the old cases on this show they were done so well/poorly/creepy.

Yeah, the Boston mall rapist. What a creep. And what a horrible (as in poorly drawn) composite. I always thought it kind of looked like a cartoon.

Today, I remembered another segment that scared me. The story of Etta Smith, the woman who had psychic dreams about a nurse being murdered and "saw" the location of her body, which she later found!

While looking up the case online, I see it is actually on one of the dvds in the Psychics boxset that I own (but haven't watched all of yet). Oh God. I am going to make my husband watch this one with me later tonight.

No, the I-70 killer was an unidentified man who would walk into specialty stores throughout the I-70 corridor in the Midwest (Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas, IIRC) and shoot his mostly female victims with a .25 handgun around 1992-93. They believe he also committed similar shootings along I-35 in Texas in 1994 (I-35 links to I-70 in Salina, KS). The case you're referring to is the 1988 shooting of a Connecticut woman who was given the name "Carol" in the segment. And yes, the composite was very creepy. :(
yeah that episode(I70 killer) freaked me when I was a kid. Especially at the end when they said that the killer is believed to have been spoted in arlington, texas which was my hometown at that point in time. did they ever catch that guy? I lost some sleep over that.......

that and the closing credits theme song....that still freaks me out to this day.

I think the carol episode was freaky because of the way the segment was portrayed no doubt, but the random act of the crime is the most freaky. To think geez that could literally happen to anyone....that really hits home. even with a 6 year old like me when I first saw that segment in 89/90.

Today, I remembered another segment that scared me. The story of Etta Smith, the woman who had psychic dreams about a nurse being murdered and "saw" the location of her body, which she later found!

While looking up the case online, I see it is actually on one of the dvds in the Psychics boxset that I own (but haven't watched all of yet). Oh God. I am going to make my husband watch this one with me later tonight.

Oh yeah, the sneakers sticking out of the bushes leaves me with a creepy feeling, gives me goosebumps. How about the Sherry Eyerly case, her spirit standing in the psychics bedroom in the middle of the night, scares the crap out of me!!

that and the closing credits theme song....that still freaks me out to this day

Y'know your right! The closing credit theme song is spook in a subtle way.:eek:

The Green River Killer segment was scary as hell. The killer was driving right in front of his victim. :eek:

Can anyone tell me the name of case which involved a crazy hitchhiker who attacked someone who gave him a ride and killed an old woman?

Can anyone tell me the name of case which involved a crazy hitchhiker who attacked someone who gave him a ride and killed an old woman?

The victim's name was Dorothy Donovan. Fifteen years later Gilbert Cannon was arrested and ultimately convicted of her murder. There is also a Forensic Files episode about her case.

The victim's name was Dorothy Donovan. Fifteen years later Gilbert Cannon was arrested and ultimately convicted of her murder. There is also a Forensic Files episode about her case.Thanks crystaldawn. :wave:

Oh, DEFINITELY any case that featured composite sketches! But i have watched all the episodes so much that I quickly turn the channel or even make sure that I am out of the room when I know that they will show the sketch!
Also, the segment about the elderly Canadian couple that was attacked in their motor home by some crazed intruder, in which the wife was killed. And the Larry George segment used to scare me too.
I remember I was in elementary school when UM was still on NBC. It came on at 8 and then Seinfeld at 9. And sometimes, especially after I saw those sketches, I would need something like a good dose of Seinfeld or some other sitcom to try and wash all those scary memories down!
Also, Spike's latest composite of a 20 year old Michael Hughes scared me too. (Michael was the boy who was kidnapped in 1994 by his stepfather Franklin Floyd).

My most scariest moment was when they found the body of Danny Casolaro's body. Although they didn't show the full corpse, the body was gross enough.

Ooo-kay!I don't know if this was funny or creepy but I just had a UM nightmare last night! I dreamt that Marie Hilley was working in this cafeteria and was serving me potatoes laced with arsenic. You could taste the arsenic in the boiled potatoes but not in the mashed potatoes. The funny thing was that in the dream, Marie Hilley and Michelle Duggar (the mother on the show 18 Kids and Counting) were one and the same! Then, I noticed the "tell tale lines" across my finger nails, and i had to escape to the hospital...but I had to sneak out of the cafeteria so Marie Hilley/Michelle Duggar wouldn't see me!
Weird!:crazy:
I wonder, is anyone into dream interpretation? i wonder what on earth this dream could mean! :lol:

I think it means you need to stay away from basic cable channels for a while. :lol:

The funny thing was that in the dream, Marie Hilley and Michelle Duggar (the mother on the show 18 Kids and Counting) were one and the same!


Dang... that would make for one hell of a reality show!!! :lol:

Unsolved Mysteries started when I was in Elementary School and I have watched it ever since. I remember being 8 or 9 years old when I had many nightmares involving some of the segments - my mom even told me that I wasn't allowed to watch the show for a while because I kept her up whenever I was too scared to go to sleep. :lol:

The segments I remember having nightmares over -

*The murders of the 3 ATV riders in Tennessee. :eek: For some reason, I slept with the lights on the whole night.

*Joe Weldon Smith and the haunted house in Fish Springs, Nevada - 2 freaky segments that were shown back to back. I didn't sleep the entire night and was dead tired at school the next day.

*The Gretchen Burford murder - I still ALWAYS check my backseat before getting into my car because of this segment.

Hey...I was young. Did you expect me not to have nightmares over this stuff? ;)

I never really had nightmares, but was afraid to go to sleep and was creeped out by these cases:

ATV murders (made me never want to go out in the wilderness alone)
Son of Sam (afraid to go out at night in desolate areas)
Blind River murders (never stay overnight at rest areas)
Cindy Anderson
Reynaldo Rivera
Dexter Stefonek (just like Blind River murders)
Patsy Wright (made me temporarily afraid to take cough medicine)
Redwood City arsonist (that voice, so creepy)

Dang... that would make for one hell of a reality show!!! :lol:

They'd have to rename it "17 kids and counting"
and then "16 kids and counting"
and so on...

I was terrified when I watched these shows when i was 12 years old. Some of the scarier ones:

Son of Sam Case
The I-70 Killer
Dexter Stefonik
The lady that was attacked in the basement of her house while doing her wash
The Blind River Murders (that actor who played the per still send shivers down my spine)
The Cindy James case and Whackers.
THe Orange sock murders
The Rick Church segment (the whole part of the actual killing and the darkness and movie...oh my god)
AND the worst for me was the ghost one - bunk bed. THat whole segment scared the crap out of me.

The later ones never scared me as much. I think because of the music

The first unsolved mystery I ever watched was the Wanda Jean Mays segment. Disappearing in the middle of the night, with broken out windows.I was 12 or 13 and I never forgot it because it scared me so bad. I was afraid to sleep alone for a long time.

Dang... that would make for one hell of a reality show!!! :lol:

:lol:

They'd have to rename it "17 kids and counting"
and then "16 kids and counting"
and so on...

:rofl:

That was AWESOME!!! So funny... You made my day -- thanks!

The best part would be the spin-off show when the same lady pretends to come back as her twin sister: "Oh, hi... No, I'm not Michelle Duggar. She died. I'm her twin sister Terry. You didn't know she was a twin?"

:lol:

ROTFL!!!! :lol:

That's Cheryl Ann Kenney. It's just a bad picture with really harsh lighting (I'm pretty sure her eye makeup was pretty heavy as well), but my stomach always jumps when the photo is shown and I end up having to look away. I really, really wish UM would've used a better picture of her.


http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/70/l_faf1102694544910b3103d22b2a7307c.jpg

www.myspace.com/cheryl_ann_kenney

Thanks for the photo.

Too many times the worst possible photo is shown for these victims.

This is a lesson for everyone. Make sure you have some clear updated photo of yourself and your loved ones somewhere. God forbid, it might come in handy.:(

anything else about this you would like to say let me know this is my mother and i am pushing this case hard now

anything else about this you would like to say let me know this is my mother and i am pushing this case hard nowcrazytatsink, I hope you're able to find out what happened to your mother. I can't imagine what's like to go through such a problem. :( My heart goes out to you.

That picture of Cheryl featured in the segment of Angela Hammond isn't THAT scary people...but anyway I hate to admit it but the segment about the haunted bunk bed scared the living bejeesus out of me. The Wacker story also scared me pretty good when I was younger; I always thought someone could have randomly started harassing me and my family so I was always spooked, especially by the notes left. The Circleville Writer was another one that comes to mind that freaked me out and left me with weird/bad dreams. And any time their was a criminal on the loose close to where I lived MD-VA-DC aea I was also quite freaked out.

I got with the local news in Joplin, Mo. and had my mothers picture and info about the case aired on the local news last night. This is the website to go to to view the video.....

www.fourstateshomepage.com

Go to the news button scroll to local news from there go through the videos of the local news it will have her pic and story

Angela Hammond for sure. Even in the middle of the day this case would give me the shakes if I watched it again. I get freaked out when I see a picture of her because despite her being a beautiful girl it is just haunting to not know what happened in that bizarre case and her pic reminds me of that

Agree with the ATV murders. So senseless and if anything makes you more scared of the woods..........

Annette Burnside gave me nightmares. Getting killed in the middle of the day in a parking lot with witnesses is extremely bold for a killer

I'll never forget the NH Serial Killer. Everything about it. The profiles of the women killed in the beginning, the killers composite, the re-enactment of the woman that got away in that remote rest stop, everything. I think the last time I ever climbed in my parents bed in the middle of the night was inspired by the NH case

I'll never forget the NH Serial Killer. Everything about it. The profiles of the women killed in the beginning, the killers composite, the re-enactment of the woman that got away in that remote rest stop, everything. I think the last time I ever climbed in my parents bed in the middle of the night was inspired by the NH case

I watched this one for the first time late at night last week and I had enormous trouble falling asleep that night. That case haunted me all night.

The ATV riders segment is probably the scariest UM of all time, in my opinion. Stack's voice along with the scenery and acting made it very creepy for me. Also, the Cindy James case was pretty eerie as was the Dave Bocks segment. There's something about him walking slow motion into the back of NTO with the fog coming that creeps me out.

I always tried to watch with my Mom who used some of segments as lessons to make me watch my surrounding more. Mom made me brave, but I cuddled closer during the child abduction cases! But the ones that made gave me some trouble sleeping were the alien abduction cases like Allagash, the military man who had missing time while waiting for his ride to base, and Roswell's coverup as the nurse described the bodies and drew them on a napkin.No way was she lying.

Some of the others were:
The woman who was closing down the beauty salon and a woman selling products had just spoken to her. As the sales lady waited outside she heard a noise inside the salon and saw the woman dead. She ran for help to the convience store and as she did, she ran into the perpetrator hands and clothes covered in blood. They just stood there looking at each other. Then he took off and she was able to call police. I do not think he was ever caught.

The other was the one where the guy kidnapped the little girl in broad daylight while she rode her bike or scooter with her little friend to the store. He had long dirty blond hair and was skinny. He grabbed her in the parking lot and her friend ran for help, but he had already driven off with her. I didn't want to ride my bike for weeks maybe even months afterward. I knew why my beloved mother watched my brother and I like a hawk,because she knew this could happen anywhere, anytime and would only take seconds. Some now say the guy that did this may have been a very young Phillip Garrido! The kidnapper who held Jaycee Dugard for 18 long years.

There are others,but too many to name. Unsolved Mysterie's re-enactments were really well done and Robert Stack's well trained voice made the narration far creepier than any loud, gory film made today.

I've had nightmares over:

Beverly McGowan
Blind River Murders
Angela Hammond

"The Kurt Sova case always creeped me out. At the very end of the segment they show his picture and the creepy music comes to a crescendo."

Yeah, this was one of the first segments I ever saw on Unsolved Mysteries that really bothered me. Everything about this case creeps me out, but maybe it's because I first saw the segment when I was about 9 or 10.

Yeah, for some reason that picture they always use of him creeps me out, too. I know part of it is definitely because he died and know one really knows HOW he died or what caused him to die. The other part is probably just because of his facial features and it's an old case, so the picture they use is from 1980 or 1981 since he was found in that ravine on October 28th, 1981.

Oh, and now I see my post was complete at 10:28 PM, the same date (10/28) that Kurt was found. Now that just adds to me being creeped out.

In the patricia meehan case when the women driving the police car is on the ground and all of a sudden the driver that hit her car appears and they zoom the camera in on her face

"she just stared......."

"I'll never forget her"

then the other lady in the car goes for help and she sees her standing in the prairie field just staring back :eek:

The arsonist who left behind the video tape in his abandoned jacket. I always have to put the tv on mute when they show the video. Something about the way he talks makes my skin crawl. It probabaly doesn't help matters that I'm deathly afraid of fire. Either way that guys gives me the creeps and Omar too! :eek:

I can't believe I haven't posted here before, but I agree with many of the fugitive and missing persons segments. I first watched UM in the Summer of 1993 when I was 11/almost 12, but even if I wasn't a younger kid, lots of these were pretty scary to me anyway (I'm sure it would've been even worse if I'd seen them just 3 years earlier). I definitely think anything that could really happen was way worse than ghosts or UFOs (personally I believe they exist, but that's another story).

There's lots of them, but off the top of my head, some of them are:

Angela Hammond - one of the first kidnapping segments I ever saw (if not the very first). Even then I felt horrible for Rob being so close but not quite making it. :(

Jim Burnside - how he was able to get away with murder in broad daylight, almost killed Annette's co worker, AND earlier in the reenactment, how he told his daughter he'd kill her.

Kathy Hobbs - heartbreaking that the ominous prediction she made as a little kid ended up coming true, not to mention violently! :( She only grew up for a month (16 year olds of the 80s seemed fairly adult to me) and she was just starting to come out of her shell when those creeps killed her. Even worse is that it was in a huge city, just feet from the store and they were still able to get away with it. Go figure that was also the one time she decided to go without her friends - examples like this definitely made me think twice about stuff like that.

Rick Church - I agree with everyone saying how creepy the background music was when he first came into the house. Something about predawn darkness seems potentially scary as well. The attack on Colleen's parents seemed so senseless (well everything was, but especially since they had nothing to do with it) and Rick being silent just added to the creepy atmosphere.

Baskins - not so much nightmares 'cause I'm 28 lol, but today it's even more personal to me in a way, because I realixed the kids and the Maples both lived in San Jose the whole time! I've lived here since 1996 myself, and even recognized the cafe Marvin went to (it's across town but still), just the mere idea that it's possible I'd passed one of them on the street or in a store in the 13 years up till they were caught.

The dead alien bodies in the Roswell segment always freaked me out when I was young.

I think it's the fact that you could make out the eyes on the dummies they used in that segment. :eek:

The top 2 that gave me nightmares were the fertility statues and the one about the message in the bottle that went around the world. Also, any of the 'Lost Loves' segments. *SHUDDER*

The top 2 that gave me nightmares were the fertility statues and the one about the message in the bottle that went around the world. Also, any of the 'Lost Loves' segments. *SHUDDER*

:lol:

When I was little, the bunk bed segment. I had nightmares of seeing fire.

Loosely related to the fertility statues, but does anyone remember the afrodisiac segment (circa '94-96) with the guy Charlie giving his gf some chocolates? I got a kick out of the end as Stack said "Or perphaps......a dozen roses" and did that slow smile as it faded out.

The Ohio serial killer segment, due to the images of the unidentified victims (one was recently identified as Paula Davis of Kansas City, MO) and the creepy music at the end. The girl with the braids is especially unnerving because her eyes follow you.

many cases, but i go Angela Hammond because that scream was just scary, i bet she didn't really scream like that, but it's just chilling and the case is chilling seeing that it's still unsolved.

Never had nightmares, but thinking of certain cases when alone (day or night) gives me the creeps, in particular the Beverly McGowan segment. Imagine walking alone, in the dark, in the middle of the night, to the bathroom or wherever, and have that composite image pop into your head while you're scrambling for a light switch.
Yet I, as do so many others, continue to watch these segments and the feelings of sheer terror never get any easier. But never will I stop!

:lol: Honeygirl, that's actually happened to me.

I swear, that picture is EXTREMELY hard to get out of your head.

At the ages of 8 and 24, I got nightmares (or had trouble sleeping) from the Fall 1988 Ghosts hour of Queen Mary/haunted bunk bed/elderly couple ghost/General Wayne Inn. The part where a ghostly figure of an elderly woman and later footsteps on the pool deck were featured were especially terrifying.

I just thought of one I have always found creepy: The arsonist in Redwood City, Ca. who set housing developments aflame. He then watched from behind nearby bushes, videotaping the scene and recording demonic narration as the fire department arrived. A serial killer in the making.

That segment scared the living piss out of me

When I saw the update years later that it was just a 19 and 17 year old teens I was disappointed

I thought for sure it was a satanic cult leader, when they found the ceramic skull I knew for sure this guy was a satanic cult leader :lol:

I had to make it my avatar as this segment stuck with me my whole life

I thought for sure that "Omar" was the devil

OMG Alvin Karpis your avatar is awesome...one of the creepiest segments ever.

OMG Alvin Karpis your avatar is awesome...one of the creepiest segments ever.

Thank you Apostapler

I knew I had to choose an avatar from the segment that stuck with me from my child to teenage years

The way he says Omaaaaaaarrrr just makes the hair on my arms stand up

Too bad the scariness factor ends when you find out it was just a bunch of moron teenagers.

Too bad the scariness factor ends when you find out it was just a bunch of moron teenagers.

This was a classic case. I always found it interesting but not scary. You can tell the person's voice on camera is just a teenage boy. Barely past puberty.

I just saw the Japser Watkins (steamer trunk victim w/ infamous photo) segment yesterday, and I had major trouble sleeping last night. That image is just beyond horrifying!

Also, for some reason, the Little Miss Pannasoffkee case creeps me out big time. I had heard of the case before I started watching UM, and I used to live in Florida and was constantly walking/running/swimming, sometimes alone. The artists' rendering is just so creepy...

Some other exceptionally scary cases/segments for me:

-"Debby"
-Haunted Nevada House
-Kathy Hobbs
-Keri Lynn Nixon
-Tallman's ghost/haunted bunk beds
-Kurt Sova
-Tammy Leppert
-Black Hope Curse -- whether or not I believe the story, that part where you see shadows walking into the woman's bedroom...scary!!!

I just saw the Japser Watkins (steamer trunk victim w/ infamous photo) segment yesterday, and I had major trouble sleeping last night. That image is just beyond horrifying!


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I almost had a heart attack the first time I saw that segment and that picture poped on the screen while the synth music went crazy

My top Twelve Scariest cases

1. Circleville Writer
2. Cindy James (that scary synth music!!)
3. Roswell (alien bodies. :eek: )
4. Allagash Abductions (nothing scarier than close up shots of alien faces!!!:eek: )
5. Zip Gun bomber ( I to this day open all packages I receive at an angle)
6. Ohio Truck Serial Killer (those images of the prostitutes. :eek: )
7. Black Hope Curse.
8. NLO & Dave Bochs
9. Rachel Runyan (that satanic letter, has scared me for years!!)
10. Omar the Arsonist
11. Ann Sigman. Nothing scarier than seeing "Bahomat" starring at you!!:eek:
12. Patricia Meeham (that photo...:eek: )

My top Twelve Scariest cases

1. Circleville Writer
2. Cindy James (that scary synth music!!)
3. Roswell (alien bodies. :eek: )
4. Allagash Abductions (nothing scarier than close up shots of alien faces!!!:eek: )
5. Zip Gun bomber ( I to this day open all packages I receive at an angle)
6. Ohio Truck Serial Killer (those images of the prostitutes. :eek: )
7. Black Hope Curse.
8. NLO & Dave Bochs
9. Rachel Runyan (that satanic letter, has scared me for years!!)
10. Omar the Arsonist
11. Ann Sigman. Nothing scarier than seeing "Bahomat" starring at you!!:eek:
12. Patricia Meeham (that photo...:eek: )

I'm adding the I-70 killer to this list. Just the music alone in that segment....

10. Omar the Arsonist


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Hmmm, let's see... as an adult, nothing really


Except probably the only one that kinda made me have trouble sleeping was the Rest Stop/ Gord Macallister case.

It didn't help that my wife and I were watched it right before we went to sleep at like, three in the morning. We were both kinda on edge and I kept dreaming some weirdo was gonna kick in our apartment door or something

Also, there is one voice recording that kinda makes my blood run cold
It wasn't actually played on UM but it's associated with the Cindy James case. Type in her name in a search engine and go to the site and you can hear the recording of some low talking, crazy woman (It sounds like a woman to me, anyway) saying some really weird stuff. Gives me the creeps

When I was a kid/ teenager/ young adult (and used to believe in ghosts and demons and all that jazz)

Mine were:

-Tallman's Ghost: When I was a kid, I seriously believed the devil was after me (of course :rolleyes: ) and this story freaked me out

However, watching this segment now as a jaded thirty something (lol) I can't believe how utterly ******** this story is! The whole thing's based on hearsay and they don't even show any damn ghosts or whatever.

-Teresita Basa: The ghost of a murdered Filipino nurse comes back and possesses one of her coworkers so she can let everyone know that hospital orderly, Allen Showery killed her (and took her jewelry!)

Again, this stuff used to freak me out when I was younger but then...

I tried looking for further info on this case and I couldn't find a damn thing - why? Because it's made up bullsh*t. The only info I do find on this are on forums saying it's all made up bullsh*t. I can't believe UM actually even bothered with this, considering there are so many real (And much scarier) cases

-Tatum's Ghost

Okay admittedly, what did freak me out and kinda still does, is when Mrs. Tatum was in the bathroom and she looked in the mirror and saw some dude just casually walk past the doorway - that would freak the hell outta me
As for the rest of the story, watching it as an adult, it's just kinda sad watching this couple freak out over stuff that's easily explainable And not even damn scary!! (*cough* senility *cough*)

-The Queen Mary story: The scene where the ghost of some old lady is ready to dive into a pool was really creepy (When I was a kid)

- Resurrection Mary: used to scare me but now I think the story's just really cool -lol


So yeah, when I was a kid I was really scared of the supernatural. As an adult, it's actual like, real-life maniacs

(Disclaimer: I've spent a good part of my twenties doing research as a "ghost hunter/ chaser" and didn't find a damn thing - except phenomenon that could be explained- so that's why I can't believe in this stuff anymore)

Ya'll are gonna laugh at me but...Bigfoot.

I was about 8 or 9 when that segment aired...terrified me to go walking in the woods! :lol:

Ya'll are gonna laugh at me but...Bigfoot.

I was about 8 or 9 when that segment aired...terrified me to go walking in the woods! :lol:

No way I would laugh at that!

I was born and raised in Redding Northern California, just a short hop over the Trinity Alps and im at the site of the Patterson/Gimlin Film

I grew up in Big Foot country as my fathers side of the family is from Hayfork CA which is in the heart of Big Foot country, I spent alot of time hunting in the deep woods of the Hayfork area as a kid/young teen

It was always hard to fall asleep as we slept in tents at deer camp and I always had Bigfoot in the back of my mind

I never saw or heard anything but my father and uncle claimed to have seen a Bigfoot off the side of the road while driving :eek:

Well thanks Alvin, that makes me feel better. :)

I don't know if this is weird, but sometimes I would have nightmares that Unsolved Mysteries was coming on television, but i was afraid to watch the television because I KNEW the TV would give me nightmares. Basically, I was having a nightmare about having nightmares! Often times, these cases involved some scary composite sketch, and once I remember having a nightmare about that man who attacked the Canadian couple in their vacation trailer. In my dreams, I am always trying to turn the channel or to look away but it never works. Somehow I always manage to look at the TV screen and get scared witless.

On another note, when I was in the 5th and 6th grade, I had recurring nightmares about Larry George (that story came out whenI was in 5th grade). I always remember that he was trying to chase me and shoot me, and once I dreamt that he shot at me and the bullet somehow grazed my ponytail.

I also don't remember the specifics of this, but I do have a memory of waking up from a scary UM-related nightmare during the summer of 5th grade, almost 20 years ago. This was the summer that my folks were renovating our house, and we were all camped out in the living room for about 2 months. Although I don't recall what I was dreaming about, it was just a very strange and once in a lifetime UM related experience. I don't know how many of you guys have woken up from UM nightmares in the living room on a foldout cot, surrounded by boxes, your head almost banging into the baby grand piano behind you, and your parents snoring on the cot next to you. I'm not sure if it was the nightmare itself, or just my sleeping situation, but I was unable to sleep for the rest of the night!

Soo many. Narrow choice...Brad Bishop!

I would say number 1 the carwash kidnapping it was just so scary and it gave me nightmares when I was young. 2nd Dennis Depue I was so scared watching when i was younger.

The Blind River murders. I still can't sleep sometimes after seeing that.

Originally posted by Me

-Teresita Basa: The ghost of a murdered Filipino nurse comes back and possesses one of her coworkers so she can let everyone know that hospital orderly, Allen Showery killed her (and took her jewelry!)

Again, this stuff used to freak me out when I was younger but then...

I tried looking for further info on this case and I couldn't find a damn thing - why? Because it's made up bullsh*t. The only info I do find on this are on forums saying it's all made up bullsh*t. I can't believe UM actually even bothered with this, considering there are so many real (And much scarier) cases


Update: I actually did find some info on this case -

check out the link and make of it what you will

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?p=1854931

Personally, I'm still skeptical a ghost had anything to do with this (I just can't believe in ghosts anymore)
That's not to say this still isn't an interesting as a ghost story!

Completely agree about the Blind River Murders.

I've had nightmares about that 3d composite. Not to mention Beverly McGowan's transsexual killer.

2nd Dennis Depue I was so scared watching when i was younger.

Agreed

I remember being scared by the case of the dad that was a child abuser and if his kids were late coming home from school, he would beat them... He was caught, but he was never allowed contact with children again. Also the one about the schizophrenic chick that murdered her boyfriend.. and was captured... in my hometown.... oh goody... and the one about the lady who drank poisoned Nyquil... ok seriously.. nyquil tastes bad enough on its own, but still has a distinctive taste. Could she seriously not taste a difference?

First time poster - I'm excited I discovered this board! Been an UM fan since it first aired.

The one that scares me the most is the railroad kids..I watched it at my grandma's when it first aired, and she had railroad tracks behind her house - I was convinced a camoflauge guy was walking with a gun and even called the hotline!!!

This isn't a segment; more of a moment. I thought it was really creepy in the Philip Fraser case when the daughter who worked at the cafe had said that Philip would regret the day he picked up that creepy hitchhiker and there's a full shot of the road as the car rides on during twilight. It had a very eerie feeling to it.

Thinking very carefully about it, I have come to the conclusion that for me, personally, the absolute scariest segment in UM history is a toss-up between the NH serial killer segment and "Debbie".

L'enfant: I'd probably commit myself to a hospital too if I heard what Gabby Bashir heard during those phone calls. The first time I watched this, I was up alone late at night...never again!

The I-70 Killer: It's more the music and the actor they chose to play the killer. So blank and emotionless...really gives me the creeps.

Doreen Picard: Again, it's that music, especially the piano heard in the first few scenes.

The Circleville Letters: Looking back on it now, it's like that episode of Murder, She Wrote where someone floods Cabot Cove with scandalous letters to cover up a murder they committed. But when I first saw it, it really put me on edge, especially the scenes where Ron Gillispie yelled at the writer over the phone and Mary finding the gun during her bus stop ride.

Cindy James: It doesn't scare me anymore, but it still sticks out as one of the creepiest cases UM has ever done.

The California Arsonist: I grew up during the 80's, so I was well aware of the "Satanic Panic" but I think this dude was for real. Now it's not scary because the voice is so over-the-top it's almost funny.

Dorothy Donovan: The way they filmed the guy walking to the mom's house made me jump.

The Tallman's: I saw this "live" as a young kid and boy did it leave me scared for weeks!

New Hampshire Serial Killer: Thanks to this one, I will never stop at isolated places at night to get a soda by myself.

The Green River Killer: Again, serial killer cases are just plain scary.

The I-70 Killer: It's more the music and the actor they chose to play the killer. So blank and emotionless...really gives me the creeps.
Doreen Picard: Again, it's that music, especially the piano heard in the first few scenes.
The Circleville Letters: Mary finding the gun during her bus stop ride.
The California Arsonist: .
Dorothy Donovan: The way they filmed the guy walking to the mom's house made me jump.
New Hampshire Serial Killer: Thanks to this one, I will never stop at isolated places at night to get a soda by myself.
For me those cases are ALL scary. Picard's music was freaky!!!! the I70 killer still scares me and i hope he's been caught, the Circleville Letters, i just want to know who knew about it, the gun thing really scared me. the Arsonist's voice was scary as a child, now it's weird. Donovan's case didnt scare me as much, but i thought the killer just got lucky and found the guy's mom. the NH Killer was and still is scary and Angela Hammond's scream still scares me.

The Cindy James segment- just the menacing phone calls and letters she was recieving was enough to creep me out. not to mention no one ever believed her when her basement is set on fire & she's found with a Knife and a note stabbed through her hand. :( I never expected the Epi. to show her dead body either.

The Boys on the Train Tracks- I'm sad to admit scared me. :-) I dunno if it was because it was set at night or what. but good golly it was spooky!! the music, the bodies on the tracks, the ominous stranger wearing Camo with a hunting rifle late at night... augh! :(

The L'enfant segment- actually gave me nightmares. :/ the fact that the phone calls sounded like they were coming from a kid was scary enough. as was the man's abduction while on his way to pick up his now Ex wife. no matter where he was the harasser knew where to find him. He even recieves phone calls after he checks into an Asylum. :/

The Roommate segment- just the fact a nice lady was murdered for some $. that is messed up! I think I remember the Epi. showing a pic of Bev's tattoo when they found her mutilated body. to add to the creep factor her killer was thought to be impersonating a man while taking out $! than she is finally caught and kills herself.

The Hitchiker Segment- A nice guy was out shopping and gave an African American fellow a ride home. the hitchiker freaks out and tries to stab the Driver. he manages to get out and get back into the car and speeds away home. the spookiest aspect was that the hitcher just happened to be leaving the guy's house as he arrives home! he murdered the poor guy's Mom and was thought to be the prime suspect. later evidence was found and the real killer was caught. the coincidences are just so creepy of all the houses why pick his?

The Boys on the Train Tracks- I'm sad to admit scared me. :-) I dunno if it was because it was set at night or what. but good golly it was spooky!! the music, the bodies on the tracks, the ominous stranger wearing Camo with a hunting rifle late at night... augh! :(

I remember that one keeping me up many, many nights. The music was scary, the blaring of that train horn and the squealing of the brakes, and ESPECIALLY that "man in military fatigues". The first time I caught a glimpse of the actor's face when he turns around and fires at the police officer I about jumped out of my skin--it's like he's wearing cheesecloth or something over it, which makes an already scary get-up even scarier.

The L'enfant segment- actually gave me nightmares. :/ the fact that the phone calls sounded like they were coming from a kid was scary enough. as was the man's abduction while on his way to pick up his now Ex wife. no matter where he was the harasser knew where to find him. He even recieves phone calls after he checks into an Asylum. :/

There was some pretty scary music in that one, too. If it's true that he still doesn't know the reason why he was abducted and held captive, that's horrifyingly frightening.

Those damn bunk beds still give me nightmares!

That kid who was stuffed in a bottle in Ovid then washed up near San Diego years later. I don't think it's ever been solved. Gruesome.
What is the name of that segment:confused: ?
Sorry I'm too lazy to go through all the pages.

What is the name of that segment:confused: ?
Sorry I'm too lazy to go through all the pages.


I think Awsi was just kidding around. There was a segment about a boy who put a message in a bottle in Ovid (NY?). The bottle floated around and was found by someone in California. That segment has kinda been a source of humor around here.

Hopefully this link is good. It should take you to a short thread here where there's more discussion of the segment.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=161770&highlight=ovid+message+bottle

Also when David Stone's father read his cryptic note, that was always scary to me for some reason.

Also when David Stone's father read his cryptic note, that was always scary to me for some reason.

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I always thought the end of that segment was unnerving, especially when his dad finishes with "and that's when he disappeared, October 31st, Halloween" and that CREEPY music starts playing.

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I forgot to thank you for scaring the hell out of me with your new avatar, so thank you!

I forgot to thank you for scaring the hell out of me with your new avatar, so thank you!

De nada. :D

Random thought that popped up: Are those mountains that are in your David Stone segment avatar the same ones that are featured in the old-school Paramount Pictures logo? They look very similar to that.

Random thought that popped up: Are those mountains that are in your David Stone segment avatar the same ones that are featured in the old-school Paramount Pictures logo? They look very similar to that.

No, those are mountains out in New Mexico. I don't think the Paramount Pictures logo used the same mountains.

They originally aired the ATV murder segment when I was 12 or so...that really gave me nightmares. So cruel what happened. And who was the woman who was stopping people on the road, telling them to turn around?

The image of the man standing next to Matt Chase captured by the ATM camera scared the hell out of me.

The image of the man standing next to Matt Chase captured by the ATM camera scared the hell out of me.[/QUOTE]

Yes, when I first saw that part of the segment as a kid, that was frightening. The times I would get scared watching UM were the re-runs late at night on Lifetime instead of the actual NBC broadcasts at the time (with the exception of the Chaim Weiss case), go figure.

Unsolved Mysteries started when I was in Elementary School and I have watched it ever since. I remember being 8 or 9 years old when I had many nightmares involving some of the segments - my mom even told me that I wasn't allowed to watch the show for a while because I kept her up whenever I was too scared to go to sleep. :lol:

The segments I remember having nightmares over -

*The murders of the 3 ATV riders in Tennessee. :eek: For some reason, I slept with the lights on the whole night.

*Joe Weldon Smith and the haunted house in Fish Springs, Nevada - 2 freaky segments that were shown back to back. I didn't sleep the entire night and was dead tired at school the next day.

*The Gretchen Burford murder - I still ALWAYS check my backseat before getting into my car because of this segment.

Hey...I was young. Did you expect me not to have nightmares over this stuff? ;)

Def Ressurection Mary or the Queen Mary ghosts..:eek:

Def Ressurection Mary or the Queen Mary ghosts..:eek:

That whole Resurrection Mary segment just made me laugh because of how ridiculous it was that this guy was just bold-faced lying about how we danced with a freakin' ghost all night and gave her a ride home to the cemetery.

The Queen Mary one was creepy, especially the kids playing in the pool. It is permenantly docked in Long Beach, CA, and I went there when I was in L.A. I asked the person who worked there to tell me where the ghosts are supposed to be. They supposedly were in a specific stairwell, and I checked it out by myself...couldn't find any. :(

The one where they found the dead old man (Jasper Watkins) in a steamer trunk in Harper's Ferry National Park in West Virginia. The photo of his corpse on the coroner's table and the composite of him gave me nightmares for months. My brother would tease me about it, and I'd get chills all over again.

There are segments that were really creepy, but I remember when I was younger I would have nightmares including Robert Stack at the scene from segments, UM always did a really good job at making those shots really creepy.

Well when I was a kid I had never seen the Edward Harold Bell segment. In fact, I didn't see it until '06 or so on a rerun. Boy, I had nightmares after that. I watched it the other day and had a dream about it again! Horrifies me.

I had a nightmare about the ghost from the Lake Wales Haunting.

The ghost was possessing Alan Mann's wife Linda......and it made her very aggressive in bed with Alan. The things I saw.......it was awful.......it will haunt me forever

The Devil's Backbone segment scared the hell out of me, especially the shot where they zoom in on the demon looking ghost and there's a loud, piercing scream...couldn't sleep that night when I first saw it as a kid.

That kid who was stuffed in a bottle in Ovid then washed up near San Diego years later. I don't think it's ever been solved. Gruesome.

Are you saying that it was a child stuffed in a bottle?

2) The murder of Rhonda Hinson. In 1981, she was found shot to death while en route home from a Christmas party. Prior to her death, she was behaving strangely (i.e., showering at night and discussing the subject of dating married men).

It was said that this was the behaviour of someone who may have been sexual assaulted but I think it is also possible that she just did it out of guilt from having sex. Sex is a difficult subject for many people.

Are you saying that it was a child stuffed in a bottle?

I addressed that in post #232 on pg 16 of this thread and included a link for more info.

Awsi doesn't visit here anymore (that I know of) and was just kidding when he made that comment.

The message in a bottle segment is among the most disliked around here, sorta like the magic rock and the aphrodisiac segments, so it tends to end up as the butt of jokes rather than a topic of serious discussion. :stooges:

Not an UM segment. but the Wichita massacre. Good lord! I had a terrible nightmare when I read about the case. :/ I recommend *not* researching it if you are sensitive or squeamish. Very sad and disturbing.

The Cindy James segment still gives me the chills. Was she doing it to herself? Was someone stalking her? I'm surprised no one has made a movie about this case yet.

Boys on train tracks... Freaked me out the first time I saw it. the spooky music. the nighttime setting. the stranger in army fatigues. Yuck! :/

Trailer terror... Was just a bizarre and creepy segment. First the search party/cops didn't find any bodies. then the girls' parents found a dead body and Ashley's purse and belongings! I really wish this case was solved. a serial killer confessed to the murders of Ashley Freeman and Laura Bible but claims he forgot where he put the bodies. Just a sad case all around.

"Debby"... What a sad case. some bastard harassed her with his car and for no good reason decided to shoot her in the face. I wish this sick animal was caught.

Church murder segments... A segment so creepy and well filmed it felt like a mini movie. a man's glasses were found in the church. it was eventually linked to a drifter. (I think) this freak killed the Church's minister.

There are tons of other I probably can't remember right now.

I addressed that in post #232 on pg 16 of this thread and included a link for more info.

Awsi doesn't visit here anymore (that I know of) and was just kidding when he made that comment.

The message in a bottle segment is among the most disliked around here, sorta like the magic rock and the aphrodisiac segments, so it tends to end up as the butt of jokes rather than a topic of serious discussion. :stooges:

Thanks TracyLynnS! Normally I would not reply to such an old comment but that seems to be the nature of this board, where major threads on UM cases grow for years. I did not read the entire thread but since I did not detect any sarcasm in Awsi Dooger's tone, I felt the need to ask.

Thank you once again for the reply - I now realize it is just a board meme. I will check out your post about it now.

Thanks TracyLynnS! Normally I would not reply to such an old comment but that seems to be the nature of this board, where major threads on UM cases grow for years. I did not read the entire thread but since I did not detect any sarcasm in Awsi Dooger's tone, I felt the need to ask.

Thank you once again for the reply - I now realize it is just a board meme. I will check out your post about it now.


Yep, it's impossible to get the dark humor in that comment unless you already know about the long running inside joke.

Quite a while ago, there was a poster who had an unpleasant quote from their favorite segment as their signature line. A new member misunderstood and thought that poster was making cruel comments. I think they were offended and never came back to find out that it was just a misunderstanding. :(

If Im watching Unsolved Mysteries at night alone with the lights off then almost all of them give me nightmares. Thats how great a show it was, was freaky, especially the ones dealing with Missing Persons, Wanted, Unexplained Deaths.....cause you know that could happen to you. I find myself at night watching them alone saying " Wait a minute....I live in a small town" " hold On I Live in a house" The segments make you think that whatever is happening in the segment could very well happen to you