Hello all,

As many of you know several dvd compilations of various UM episodes were issued. While many of these dvd sets such as the ones on UFO's and Ghosts were fairly inclusive and included nearly all the segments devoted to these subjects when it came to the set on "Bizarre Murders" the selection was not as inclusive. The reason for this was obviously because compared to the "Unexplained" segments the cases involving Unexplained Deaths and wanted fugitives dwarfed those segments by quite a large ratio.

During the past few months I have put together several videotape sets of some of the very best of UM (from syndication) that I would like to share with members of the group who maybe are unable to watch UM or unable to tape the show. This could be called "The Very Best Of The Rest of UM" - Right now the set stands at five volumes and is unique from other compilations for two reasons

1) The tapes only contain segments devoted to "Bizarre Murders/deaths", "wanted fugitives" and "Missing Persons" with a few rare exceptions.

2) The tapes only INCLUDE episodes NOT FEATURED on the official dvd set.

The tapes each run over six hours and are NOT I REPEAT NOT FOR SALE! - I refuse to make money off of other people's misery. I am however open to trades or perhaps we can set up a tape tree I dunno. The tapes are generally good quality and a lot of time and effort was put into preparing them. They are all of course commercial free. Also Volumes 6 & 7 are currently being compiled and are forthcoming. One final note: these tapes also contain several "Updates" segments not listed in the following segment listings.

Here are the listings for Volumes 1 & 2 of the series:

UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES - VOLUME 1

Son Of Sam Pt. 1 - In 1976 and 1977 the "Son Of Sam" murders gripped New York City in a wave of terror. Eventually David Berkowitz confessed to all of the "Son Of Sam" murders and was sentenced to life in prison. However, author Maury Terry has put forth a theory that Berkowitz was not the lone gunman in the slayings and puts forth eyewitness testimony of the final "Son Of Sam" slaying of Stacy Moskowitz as proof that several other people as well as Berkowitz committed the infamous murders.

Son Of Sam Pt. 2 - Maury Terry's investigation into the "Son Of Sam" murders continue. Terry states that a satanic cult of which Berkowitz was a member of, operating in Yonkers, New York were responsible for all of the "Son Of Sam" murders. Furthermore it is alleged that this cult was still active and recruiting new members as late as 1987 ten years AFTER Berkowitz's arrest.

Annie Laurie Herrin - Robert Herrin was a millionaire living in Mississippi. After one of his companies "School Pictures" elected to file lawsuits against several people his wife Anne Laurie was abducted from their home on 7-26-88.

Gail DeLano - Gail DeLano was a single mother living in Maine who sought out companionship through the personal ads. On 6-21-86, Gail Delano left home to meet a date at a local "Howard Johnsons" restaurant. She promptly vanished leaving her family to wonder did Gail engineer her own disappearance or was the victim of foul play?

Barbara Jean Horn - On 7/12/88 four year old Barbara Jean Horn was playing in her front yard when she was abducted. Several hours later Barbara Jean was found bludgeoned to death with the only clue being the Hitachi Television box she was found stuffed into.

"Freedom Fraud" - On 11/12/81, Bob Dozier, Kristin Tomlin, John Russell and his wife Suzanne set sail for Tahiti on Russell's boat "The Freedom Two". Hours later Russell and Dozier washed up on shore in San Francisco claiming that their boat along with their two companions were lost at sea. In the following days however several inconsistencies arouse in the men's stories leading authorities to believe that the men were guilty of fraud, drug trafficking and possibly murder.

Charles Sigmund - At first glance Charles and Anne Sigmund seemed like the perfect husband and wife. However, Anne's interest in Satanic worship drove the couple apart and Anne eventually moved in with a new boyfriend Gary Goft. On 10/26/86, Charles Sigmund showed up at Goft's house apparently at Anne's insistence. By the end of the evening Charles Sigmund was dead and in the following weeks both Anne Sigmund and Gary Goft vanished.

Jeremy Bright - Jeremy Bright was thirteen years old when he attended the Coos County Fair in Oregon. On 8/14/86 while attending the fair Bright mysteriously vanished. In the following weeks ugly rumors began to surface regarding Jeremy's disappearance and likely death at the hands of some local bullies who apparently used him for target practice while he swam in a local lake.

Jenny Pratt - On 4/25/87, Carlsbad, California teenager Jenny Pratt was out with her boyfriend Curtis Croft. Jenny was on the back of Curtis's motorcycle when they were attacked with Jenny getting hit on the head with a 2x4. This attack left Jenny Pratt brain damaged and the evidence points to the fact the attack was not intended for Jenny at all but for her boyfriend Curtis Croft who was involved heavily in drug deals.

"Sea (Lion) Sabotage" - In the fall of 1988 two sea lions named "Bruno" and "Bobo" were murdered at the pier surrounding Rodondo Beach, California. The individual responsible for these senseless murders as well as his motives remains a mystery.

"Overkill" - Clarence and Geneva Roberts were wealthy well respected members of their community in Nashville, Indiana. However by the early 1970s, Clarence began to encounter some financial difficulty. On 11/18/70 a fire broke out at the Roberts home claiming the life of an individual many believed to be Clarence Roberts. Exactly ten years later another fire broke out at the Roberts home claiming the life of Geneva Roberts and an individual again believed to be Clarence Roberts. The question remains to this day if Clarence Roberts did not perish in the first fire who did? In addition was Clarence Roberts himself responsible for BOTH fires?

"Riding On" - On 11/12/88 Lee Selwyn was out riding his motorcycle with a number of friends when they encountered and irate motorist who eventually ran down and killed Lee Selwyn.

Michael Rosenblum - Michael Rosenblum had struggled with drug addiction for several years. After several attempts to get their son help Michael's parents banished him from the house in Baldwin, Pennsylvania on 2/13/80. The next day after refusing treatment at a local hospital Michael Rosenblum vanished. Since then Michael's father Maurice has turned up disturbing evidence that the Baldwin, Pennsylvania police department had a hand in Michael's disappearance and possible death. These allegations eventually lead to the police chief being fired and later reinstated. Even so, Maurice Rosenblum still has no idea as to what happened to his son.

"Heartbroken" - Arthur Frankfort was the type of man whole steals women's hearts and then their possessions. He did exactly that to "Mrs. K." on 7/29/88 making off with numerous possessions and jewelry.

Matt Flores - Matt Flores was a successful military officer and was beginning a new job in the Silicon Valley. He was also happily married with a newborn daughter. On 3/24/94, Flores was gunned down in his office parking lot by an unknown assailant. The murder had all the earmarks of a professional hit leading officials to believe that Flores was the victim of mistaken identity.

Richard Rouf - Richard Rouf was a successful designer who was also a clever con-man. He created a fictitious company called "AdTech" in order to bilk his company out of thousands of dollars. When the authorities began closing in on Rouf he disappeared along with his teenage daughter Heather.

Dr. Michael Swango - Whether he was working at a hospital, first aid squad or nursing home murder seemed to follow Dr. Michael Swango everywhere her went. During the eighties and nineties Swango was responsible for several deaths in the hospitals and clinics at which he worked. Dr. Michael Swango has since vanished.

Manwell Marino - Manny Marino was a con man who duped investors into investing in bogus land development projects of his. When a reporter named Fran Fry exposed Marino as a fraud, Marino dropped from sight.

Taylor Kramer - Phillip Taylor Kramer was once the bass player for the rock band "Iron Butterfly". By the early 90s Kramer was a successful computer whiz perfecting a program to help track missing children. However on the verge of this breakthrough Kramer called 911 on 2-12-95 informing the operator that he was about to commit suicide. Taylor Kramer was never heard from or seen again.

"Scammers" - Carl and Mary Denny were a pair of ruthless con artists who specialize in insurance fraud. After a botched attempt to collect money on their boat "Sly Fox" which they claimed had sunk and with the FBI on their trail the scammers dropped from sight.

Jim Kimball - Jim Kimball had suffered from depression and anxiety since his father's death in 1982. On Easter Sunday of 1993 after being unable to program a stereo at his mother's house Kimball stormed out of the house and disappeared.

Leroy Dirth - On Memorial Day in 1968, Leroy Dirth's car crashed head on into a tree. Officials ruled the death a suicide but over twenty years later Leroy's sister has made it her mission to prove that her brother was murdered by his girlfriend’s family.

Bonnie Haim - Bonnie Haim disappeared from her home in Jacksonville, Florida on 1/6/93. Some family members feel that Bonnie's husband Michael was responsible for her disappearance and possible murder.

Claudia Kershock - Claudia Kershock was a young businesswoman who was marooned on Jamaica in May of 2000 while awaiting a flight back to the United States. However Kershock would never return back to the States and her friends and family have not heard from her since.

Raymond Young - On 4/6/93, Raymond Young went scuba diving with his son and mysteriously vanished. While his family members insist that Young is dead, officials contend that Young is still very much alive and engineered his own disappearance in order to escape his conviction pertaining to tax evasion.

Ryan Stallings MMA - On 7/9/89, Patty Stallings of Jefferson County, Missouri brought her young son Ryan who was violently ill into the hospital. Although doctors were able to stabilize the youngster's condition they concluded that he had been poisoned by his own parents. Several weeks later tragically Ryan passed away and a similar conclusion of poisoning was reached. Patty Stallings was convicted of murdering her son and sent to prison all the while proclaiming her innocence. Some doctors agree with her and feel that Ryan died from a rare genetic disorder known as "MMA".

Su Terascawitz - Su Terascawitz was the ramp supervisor at "Northwest Airlines" in Massachusetts. While the job gave Su authority over several male employees at Northwest it also caused her to be subject to threats and sexual harassment by some of her co-workers. On 9/14/92 Su was found murdered and her body was stuffed in the trunk of her car. It has been alleged that Su was murdered by some of her co-workers who were operating an illegal credit card fraud ring.

"In The Wind" - On 4/1/93 Albert Leon Fletcher and his cousin Doug Porter went on a wild rampage which eventually ended up in a brutal murder. Fletcher and Porter were later convicted of these crimes and sent to prison. On the way to a county courthouse on 1/11/95 however, Fletcher escaped and was "In the wind".

"Murder In Greenwich" - On 10/30/75 Martha Moxley along with her friends including Thomas and Michael Skakel went out for an evening of pranks. The following morning Martha was found dead a few feet from her home having been murdered with a golf club. In the following years allegations of a cover up began to surface as the Thomas and Michael Skakel who were relatives of the Kennedys were apparently the prime suspects. Incredibly new evidence including a confession by Thomas Skakel puts him with Martha at the exact time of her death on that night.

Vince Foster - On 7/20/93 White House counsel to then President Bill Clinton, Vince Foster was found dead with a suicide note lying nearby. Officials agreed that Foster had indeed killed himself however some people believe due to the fact that Foster may had had intimate knowledge regarding the "Whitewater" scandal he might have been murdered.

"Code Red" - In July 1986, US Marine David Cox along with several others initiated a Code Red hazing on a fellow marine. This incident later became the basis of the movie "A Few Good Men". After the film's release Cox began to speak out about the incident in great detail over the radio and in print. Several months later Cox himself was found dead.

Doris Duke - Doris Duke was a wealthy tobacco heiress. By the early nineties Duke's health began to fail her and she was put in the care of a Dr. Kibblewitz. On 10/28/93 Doris Duke passed away at her home after being given many injections of morphine. Soon rumors began to surface that Dukes death was "arranged" by Kibblewitz and Duke's butler Bernard Lafferty.


UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES - VOLUME 2

"To Be A Freeman" - In the fall of 1994 officials arrested Robert Joss, a leader of a radical right wing militia group called "The Freemen". Soon after Joss's capture one of his running buddies Timothy Combs attempted to murder state trooper Bob Harper. Combs is still at large.

Shelly Malone - On 10/18/92 Shelly Malone and several friends went out horseback riding in the Plains, Virginia. According to her friends on that day Shelly was the victim of a tragic accident and was trampled to death by her horse. Shelly's family however claims she was murdered.

Sarah Powell - On 11/16/93, Houston, Texas teenager Sarah Powell awoke in her bedroom disorientated not knowing who she was. Her house was ransacked and she was bound and gagged on the floor. Months later Sarah began experiencing violent seizures which caused her to regain her memory surrounding the events of 11/16/93. Sarah claims she was attacked by several strangers who broke into her house and proceeded to terrorize her. The police however were never able to find any physical evidence of any intruders in the house and believe that the entire incident is a figment of Sarah's imagination.

"Sons Of The Gestapo" - On 10/9/95 an Amtrak train was derailed by a terrorist group outside of Phoenix, Arizona. The group known as the "Sons Of The Gestapo" claimed the attack was retribution against government officials. The attack left many injured and one man dead.

Timothy Good & Dave Freeman - On 11/14/94 police in West Virginia were called to the farm of Timothy Good who had not been heard from in several months. Good's body was found decomposed in his basement. Soon a twisted tale of "mind control" and murder orchestrated by Tim Good's friend/employee Dave Freeman, a man who was a self styled preacher who used religion and influence in order to make Tim Good a prisoner in his own home and steal all of Good's money. When Tim Good began to question Dave Freeman about his actions, Freeman apparently murdered Tim Good.

Dana Sutterfield - On 7/21/95 in Robuck, South Carolina the body of Dana Sutterfield was found in the storage room of her salon. She had been raped and stabbed to death. Ironically at least two eyewitnesses got a good look at the murderer as he fled the crime scene and watch out for that LAZY EYE!

Susan Walsh - Susan Walsh was a reporter who tended to investigate the seedy side of New Jersey nightlife reporting on strip clubs and "vampire dens". On 7/16/96 Susan Walsh vanished without a trace.

Aimee Willard - On 9/19/96 star college athlete Aimee Willard was found murdered on the side of a Pennsylvania road. Later allegations were brought to light that on the night of the murder Aimee was pulled over by a man pretending to be a police officer who might have had something to do with her murder. Also three mysterious eyewitnesses surfaced all claiming to be at the scene of Aimee's murder.

Detrick Moore - On 4/22/95 the body of young Detrick Moore was found stuffed in the back of his mother's car. Detrick had died due to several high impact blows to the back of his head. Police initially assumed that Detrick's mother Ora Moore murdered her son but she was eventually found innocent of the crime. Then strange reports started to surface that Detrick was murdered by the boys he was playing with on the day he died.

Patrick Kelly - The strange odyssey of Patrick Kelly came to a deadly end on 5/5/96 in Mexico. Kelly a film student in California had no reason to be in Mexico and yet was found dead the apparent victim of a hit and run accident or at least that’s what the Mexican authorities contend. Patrick's mother contends that the Mexican authorities have been less than helpful and her son was murdered by someone in Mexico on 5/5/96.

Adam Emery - On 11/10/93 Adam Emery was found guilty of the 1990 murder of Jason Bass. Promptly after the trial Emery's car was found abandoned by a bridge in Rhode Island and some people feel that Emery along with his wife jumped to their deaths. Officials feel that Adam Emery however is still alive.

"Of Michael Jordan and Mr. Bean..." - Sammy Wheeler was found murdered in his car on 6/7/92. While officials claim Sammy's death was a random act of violence almost immediately Sammy's fiancé Pat Snead, her ex husband Bob Bean and Sammy's brother Danny began hurling allegations at one another about which one of them was responsible for Sammy's death.

Gordon Page Jr. - Gordon Page Jr. was an untreated and undiagnosed autistic. After finally being correctly diagnosed in 1991 Gordon's parents sent him to live in a group home where he would receive treatment for his illness. The only catch was that they could not visit their son for a period of two months. On 5/26/91 only four days after his arrival at the home, Gordon Page Jr. simply wandered off and disappeared.

“The Circleville Letters” - In 1976 the residents of Circleville, Ohio began receiving strange letters detailing personal information about its recipients. One of the first victims was a school bus driver named Mary Gillespie. The letter writer alleged that Gillespie was having an affair with a school official. Soon after the Circleville Letter writer turned violent and was suspected in the murder of Mary's husband and the attempted murder of Mary herself. In a bizarre twist it was determined that the lead suspect in the case was Mary's brother in law Paul Freshour. Freshour was later convicted of the crime all the while proclaiming his innocence. After serving a ten year sentence Freshour was released - During his imprisonment Freshour was kept in solitary confinement and yet the letters continued to arrive at the homes of various Circleville residents and several letters were even sent to Freshour himself while he was in prison. To this day the identity of "The Circleville Letter writer" remains an elusive mystery.

Stuart Heaton - On 7/23/91 high school sophomore Crystal Nabb was found murdered in her parent's trailer. The lead suspect in the case was Stuart Heaton a local carpenter and former friend of Nabb's brother Curtis. Police believed that the cuts on Stuart's hands came from the altercation in which he stabbed Crystal to death. Stuart has always contended he has cuts on his hands because he's a carpenter and a "carpenter without cuts on his hands isn't a carpenter, he's an observer". At the trial however, the prosecution presented strong DNA evidence which linked Stuart Heaton to the murder of Nabb. Stuart Heaton was eventually convicted and sent to prison however in the following years new evidence has surfaced which may prove that Heaton is in fact an innocent man.

"Chichester" - John and Linda Sohus disappeared in 1985 after proclaiming they had been enlisted by the government for some top secret work. Strangely shortly after their disappearance friends and family began receiving postcards from the couple sent from Paris, France. John's alcoholic mother Didi had claimed that John and Linda's former tenant Christopher Chichester was providing her with exclusive information that John and Linda were on a top secret "mission". Then just as mysteriously Chichester broke off contact and he too vanished. In a final bizarre twist in May of 1994 the remains of John Sohus were found buried underground on his own property.

Mike O' Mara - On 5/30/88 the body of Police Captain Mike O' Mara was found lying among the brush at a remote gas station. The police ruled the death a suicide but O' Mara's family contend it was murder linking the crime to activities dating back some thirty years when O' Mara was actively pursuing the Mafia in Chicago.

Kimberly Pandilious - On 2/29/92 a road enthusiast happened upon a beautiful woman at a remote camp site. The young woman later identified as Kimberly Pandilious was in the company of several scruffy looking men who quickly ran the road enthusiast away from the camp site. Several months later Pandilious' body was found, she had been murdered.

"Why Tim Why?" - Tim Barry seemed to have it all, a loving wife, two great children and the respect of family and friends. Then on 10/6/77 for some unknown reason Tim Barry threw it all away with the murder of his own sister in law, Nancy Brown.

"Fire!" - In Kansas City on Thanksgiving Day of 1988 a fire erupted at a construction site killing six firefighters. After the blaze was extinguished the telltale signs of arson were clearly evident.

"Wheres Loretta?" - Loretta Meyers family began to worry when she began displaying the early signs of Alzheimer’s. They began even more concerned when in October of 1993 she introduced them to her new boyfriend a man many years her junior. Soon after this man and Loretta took off on a cross country trip together and he has promised to never return Loretta Meyers to her family.

"Drug Runner Version 1" - On 10/17/84 a small plane crashed in the remote Virginia wilderness. It was the death knell for the drug operation of Wallace Thrasher one of Virginia's most notorious drug runners of the early 1980s. After the plane went down and the authorities were beginning to mount evidence against him, Wallace Thrasher took off for Central America. Family members claim Thrasher died in a tragic plane crash on route but police officials believe Thrasher is still alive.

Kristi Krebs - Kristi Krebs was an emotionally disturbed young woman who suffered a nervous breakdown when her car got stuck in the mud in Redwood Forest in California. With the help of her family and friends Krebs rebounded and began to resume normal day to day activities. However, on 8/10/93 Krebs again found herself in the same position of being stuck in the mud in Redwood Forest. She tore up pictures and identification and scattered them around her car. She then promptly vanished.

"Dub and Chance" - On 12/27/93 the body of Trish White was discovered at her home in Texas, she had been murdered. Police and Trish's family suspect that Trish's boyfriend Dub Walkerhagen who vanished around the same time that Trish was murdered is responsible for the murder. Dub's family however contends that both Dub and his son Chance were murdered by the same people who killed Trish.

Jonathan Palmer/Kern - Jonathan Kern is a skilled con-man who wines and dines women all the time impersonating race car driver Jonathan Palmer. In 1994 Kern, began to romance Elizabeth Grzeszcyk by the time their relationship had ended Kern had stolen countless amounts of money out of Elizabeth's bank account.

"Andy Cook's Rampage" - On 1/3/95 Grant Hendricks and his girlfriend Michelle were brutally gunned down at Lake Juliet in Georgia. For a long time the only clue to the vicious murder was a Blue Honda CRX that was seen speeding away from the crime scene after the murders. This CRX and the shotgun were eventually traced to Andy Cook, the son of a local district attorney.

Bobby Fuller - "B list" rock star Bobby Fuller scored a hit in 1965 with "I Fought The Law". However on the morning of 7/18/66 Fuller was found dead in his car, his body doused with gasoline. Police ruled the death a suicide however; Bobby's friends and family believe that Bobby was the victim of a Mafia hit because of Bobby's relationship with a girl who might have had mob connections.

"Boating Tragedy" - On 6/17/95 Stephanie Booker and her friends took a late night boat ride on Louisville Lake in Dallas, Texas. Out of nowhere a speed boat hurdled towards them, crashing into their boat and crushing Stephanie’s face. Then incredibly instead of going for help the speedboat simply turned around and sped away.

“Whitey” – James “Whitey” Bulger is the head of Boston’s Irish Mafia. The hot headed mobster however stutter stepped when he turned up the heat on former associate Tim Connolly in 1989. Connolly ran to the police and “Whitey” just plain ran and is still at large.

Melody Woods – In June of 1994 Melody Woods met Michael Short, a young man convicted of attempted murder out on bail. When Short was sent to prison their relationship continued to the point when on 6/7/96, Woods aided Short in his prison escape.

“Zip Gun Bomber” – Beginning in 1982 a mysterious mail bomber known as the “Zip Gun Bomber” began terrorizing New Yorkers killing one victim and injuring hoards of others.

UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES - VOLUME 3

“Jumper?” – On 11/10/96 the body of Sandra Oreanna was found sprawled out across the parking lot of a California hotel apparently having fallen from an upstairs balcony. Oreanna and her boss Robert Salazar were on a business trip in California at the time of Sandra’s death. Sandra’s family insists that Salazar is responsible for Oreanna’s death.

Alex Kelly – In February of 1986, Alex Kelly allegedly raped a fellow classmate Adrianne Bak while driving her home from a party. The wealthy Kelly promptly fled the country and stayed missing for nearly a decade before being brought back to stand trial. Recently however there has been some question as to whether or not (due to the make and model of the car) if the rape could have taken place the way Bak claims it was.

Tommy Zeigler – On Christmas Eve in 1975, Tommy Zeigler murdered four people in his parent’s appliance store in Florida. Zeigler was subsequently convicted of the multiple murders and put on death row. Ziegler however claims that a key eyewitness lied on the stand during the trial and Ziegler himself was railroaded onto death row by a judge with an ax to grind.

“Carlos” – In 1985, Carlos Garcia conned his fellow church members out of thousands of dollars. After his flight to avoid prosecution, officials discovered a vast labyrinth of fraud activities perpetrated by Garcia stretching back decades.

Tara Breckenridge – On 8/4/92, Tara Breckenridge of Houston, Texas simply vanished after leaving her job as a waitress at a local strip club. Her car was later found abandoned by the side of the road and some feel that Tara’s boyfriend Wayne Hecker is responsible for her disappearance.

“Log Home Larceny” – In 1991, Earl and Donna Chotvachs invested money with a slick con-man named Mark Mitchell for him to build them a log home in Colorado. Mark Mitchell soon vanished with the Chotvach’s and dozens of other investor’s money.

Justin Burwinkle – Justin Burwinkle was an officer in the United States Army. However during the summer of 1993 Burwinkle went AWOL and was never seen again. Almost immediately rumors began to surface that Justin Burwinkle had vanished due to some covert operations he was involved in swept into a web of cloak and dagger intrigue.

Dorothy Donovan – On the evening of 6/22/91 in Delware, Charles Holden picked up a hitchhiker on the way home from a fast food restaurant. While in Holden’s car the stranger began to attack Holden before fleeing. Minutes later Charles Holden spotted the same man on the property his mother Dorothy Donovan. Within minutes Dorothy Donovan was dead with the only clue to her murder being the strange resemblance that her killer has to television’s “Steve Urkel”.

Bob Arceari – In Phoenix, Arizona Bob Arceari was known as a fun loving businessman who was always willing to help members of his community. However, officials later learned that Arceari had taken out contracts for both murder and robbery including one on his friends Bill and Janet Reddick. In January of 1987 Arceari took a boating trip on the Colorado River with his nephew. Arceari’s family and friends say he suffered a heart attack on that trip and drowned while officials believe that Arceari is very much alive and on the run.

Michael Lloyd Self – On 1/3/72 in Webster, Texas the bodies of two teenage girls Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw were discovered in a remote field. Michael Lloyd Self eventually confessed to both murders and was sent to prison. However many officials now believe that Self’s confession was forced by a crooked police officer.

Reggie DePalma – In 1981 in Danbury Connecticut, firefighter Reggie DePalma was a pillar of the community. He ran a local “explorers post” which included many of the local youth whom adored Reggie. However it was later brought to light that DePalma was in fact raping several of the young girls in his explorers post. DePalma has since disappeared.

“Larry’s Rampage” – On 2/12/88, military man Larry George defying a restraining order arrived at his ex wife’s Geraldine’s apartment demanding to see his children. When Geraldine refused, Larry flew into a violent rage killing Geraldine’s neighbors Ralph Swain and Janice Morris.

Rick McCue – On 10/18/87 the body of LuLu Corshane of Rochester New Hampshire was found in a dumping site outside of town. Police charged the man last seen with LuLu, Rick McCue with the crime. Rick McCue was eventually convicted of murder and sent to prison. However several people contend that the person who actually murdered LuLu was Russell Healey the brother of LuLu’s fiancé.

Randall Utterback – After breaking off her relationship with Randall Utterback Denise Richards’ life became a living hell as Utterback began to stalk her culminating in a wild abduction and attempted murder in January of 1984.

Al Henderson – Al Henderson was engaged to be married to his co-worker Jean Moore when the two set off on a trip to Loftland, Nevada in April of 1992. While in Loftland, Jean mysteriously vanished while at a local casino. When the surveillance tapes of the casino were reviewed it was revealed that Jean Moore was nowhere to be seen at any time. Jean’s children speculate that she might have not been in Loftland at all and Al Henderson is responsible for their mother’s disappearance.

Tommy Burkett – On Thanksgiving weekend in 1991, Marymount college student Tommy Burkett was found dead in his parent’s home in Virginia. Police almost immediately ruled the death a suicide but Tommy’s parents contend that their son was murdered. They have dug up evidence that their son might have been an undercover narcotics agent for the CIA who possessed information about drug deals going down on the Marymount Campus. They believe that Tommy was murdered by his own classmates and his murder has been covered up by not only the college but by state and federal police as well.

“A.J.” – A.J. Brough was a recovering alcoholic living in Louisiana. On 8/28/91 AJ suddenly disappeared. Soon after a note arrived at the local police department claiming that Brough had overdosed on a drinking binge and his body was thrown in a lake. However, claims have also been made that Brough was seen days after he vanished being driven out of town by some unidentified men.

“Drug Runner Version 2” – On 2/12/90 Brian Broughfield was arrested for trafficking and cultivating marijuana. This came as a shock to his neighbors in Orleans County, Vermont who knew Broughfield as a quiet horse lover. After his arrest Brian Broughfield skipped town and has not been seen since.

Jaclyn Dowaliby - In the early morning hours of 9/14/88 seven year old Jaclyn Dowaliby was abducted from her home in Illinois. Hours later Jaclyn’s lifeless body was found at a dump site a short distance away from her home. Police charged Jaclyn’s father David with the murder of his daughter and he was eventually convicted of that charge. Although David Dowaliby was eventually released from prison, Jaclyn’s killer has never been identified.

Nelson DeCloud – From outward appearances Nelson DeCloud of Liberty Missouri was a man of deep religious convictions who ran his own evangelist group. However on 9/17/92 Julie Cooper one of the women in DeCloud’s group reported to police that DeCloud had been abusing and raping her and other women in his group for years. DeCloud has since vanished.

“Roger Roxas vs. Ferdinand Marcos” – President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines ran his empire with an iron fist. In 1971 a local locksmith named Roger Roxas discovered a golden Buddha stuffed with diamonds along with a myriad of gold bars while on a treasure hunt. Marcos’ soldiers immediately seized the Buddha and tortured Roxas until he gave them the exact location of his treasure. To this day Roxas has no idea what has become of his treasure.

Kait Arquette – Kait Arquette was the daughter of acclaimed mystery writer Lois Duncan. On 7/16/89 Kait was gunned down while driving home from a friends’ house. The police assumed the death was a random act of violence. Lois Duncan however believes that her daughter was the victim of a Vietnamese gang murder because Kait’s boyfriend was heavily involved in such a gang which specialized in insurance fraud.

Gilbert Ortiz – On 3/11/82 in Redwood City, California, Gilbert Ortiz was found in full cardiac arrest in the break room of his place of employment. Ortiz had drunk an amino acid shake provided to him by his wife Elizabeth. It was later determined that Gilbert’s wife had poisoned her own husband in order to abduct and flee with their son Jonathan.

“LAFONT” – In the 70s while in Lebanon, Bashire Kouchaji was taken hostage for several days by unknown terrorists. Although he was eventually released Bashire never did learn the identity or the motive behind his abduction. In 1982 Bashire opened up a widely successful restaurant in California, almost immediately he began receiving threatening telephone called from a terrorist organization known as “La Font”.

John Cheek – CFO Real Estate agent, John Cheek mysteriously disappeared from his home in Memphis Tennessee on 12/2/93. There has since been at least one reported sighting of Cheek at a truckers rest stop. It is possible that John Cheek is suffering from amnesia due to a mental breakdown.

“Kachimba” – On 12/12/90 in Chicago Illinois, eleven year old Pedro Santiago Jr. was run down and killed by a street thug known only as “Kachimba”. “Kachimba” fled the scene of the crime and vanished.

Gary Grant Jr. – On 1/12/84 Gary Grant Jr. the son of an Atlantic City police officer was found murdered in a vacant lot. One of the first suspects in the case was a mentally ******** child named Boo Mason. Boo Mason was eventually found unfit to stand trial and months after cryptic messages began appearing on police cars and sidewalks alleging that Gary’s death was revenge for an arrest his father had made.

“Shaffa” – On 9/21/88 Nancy Salem of El Paso, Texas arrived home to find that her daughter Shaffa had been taken from her home. The lead suspect in the case is Nancy’s estranged husband Defallah Al Salem a defector of the Jordanian army who police suspect has fled the country with Shaffa.


UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES - VOLUME 4

“Without A Trace” – On 3/5/74 seventeen year old Amy Billig vanished from Coconut Grove, Florida. Within in weeks leads began to turn up that Amy Billig was abducted by a renegade biker gang known as “The Outlaws”. Amy’s mother Susan Billig has launched a crusade to find her daughter which has lead her to the seedy side of biker life and across the ocean to England where in the early 90s reports began to surface that Amy Billig might still be alive.

“Gordy” – On 4/19/91 Gordon Collins went fishing with his friends. The boat was rocked by a rough storm and nearly all of Gordon’s friends had perished, Gordon Collins however was missing. A few months later in a scruffy stranger resembling Gordon and responding to the name “Gordy” began wandering the streets of Mexico. Gordon’s parents are convinced their son is hopelessly wandering through Mexico stricken with amnesia.

“Beatty’s Bad Cousin” – David McLeod had the unique distinction of being both a movie producer and the cousin of movie star Warren Beatty. Throughout the late 80s however, dozens of allegations stemming from the Bronx were made against McLeod claiming the producer was a child molester. On the day of his trial, McLeod simply walked out of the court house and vanished.

Oliver Munson – Oliver Munson was a school teacher and car enthusiast from Baltimore, Maryland. When he purchased a car from a dealer named Dennis Watson he had no idea that Watson basically stole cars and then resold them with faked ownership papers. When the authorities closed in Watson they asked Munson to testify against him. On the morning of 2/16/84, Oliver Munson disappeared.

“The I-70 Killer” – In 1992 a serial killer went on the rampage murdering several women who worked in stores in Indiana, Kansas and Missouri. The only clues to the case were one eyewitness and the fact that all of the murders occurred along Interstate 70.

“Omar” – On 8/5/89 in Stockton, California a video tape was found lying on the side of a rural road. When the tape was viewed, police were stunned to see that an arsonist had apparently videotaped a house that he had set ablaze in 1988. Contained within the tape is a running commentary by the arsonist who makes references to Satanism and a mysterious character called Omar.

“Slaying The Beast” – On 10/31/89 a young man named David Stone was seen wandering around the desert in Tucson, Arizona. He claimed he was there to “slay the beast”. David was a member of the new age movement and sought spiritual enlightenment in his life. When David walked into the desert on Halloween of 1989 he was never seen again. The only thing that is certain it “it has something to do with his religion!”

Dan Wilson – Dan Wilson of Spokane, Washington had spent many years battling depression. On 8/24/88 Dan Wilson had a breakdown at work and set off to visit his parents in Colorado. A few days later Wilson’s car was found abandoned by the roadside in Montana. Dan’s family is unsure of what became of him although a possible lead is Dan developed amnesia due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Norman Ladner – On 8/21/89, Norman Ladner of Pearl River Mississippi was found shot to death within the brush of his parents farm. The police first ruled the death an accident and then a suicide. Norman’s parents believe their son was murdered because he wandered upon a drug drop on their land.

“Finding Kay” – On 6/25/83, a little girl named Nyleen Kay Marshall disappeared while on a camping trip with her family to the Elkhorn Mountains in Clancy, Montana. Several of Nyleen’s friends saw her speaking with a man in a purple jogging suit who told her to “follow the shadows” and she has not been seen since. In 1985 strange letters and phone calls began arrived to various “lost children” organizations from a man claiming he had Nyleen whom he called “Kay”. This man refused to surrender Nyleen to her parents.

“Trucker Tragedy” – In Chandler, Oklahoma on 11/12/88 a trucker named Dwayne McCorkendale was found murdered at a rest stop with the apparent motive being a robbery. As the investigation into McCorkendale’s murder was underway leads began coming in claiming that truckers throughout the Chandler area were being harassed by an unknown motorist threatening to kill them in the days prior and after Dwayne’s death.

Johnny Lee Wilson – On 4/13/86, the body of Pauline Marts of Aurora, Missouri was found dead in her home which had been burnt to the ground. Police soon concluded that the death of Marts was no accident but an arson/murder. A mentally challenged young man who lived in the area named Johnny Lee Wilson was brought in for questioning and confessed to the murder even though it was obvious he did not understand for what he was being charged. Johnny Lee Wilson was eventually sent to prison for the crime while his grandmother insisted that her grandson was a “homeboy” unable to commit such a violent act. In addition in the years after Johnny’s confession another man came forward with compelling evidence that he, not Wilson killed Pauline Marts.

“Redneck Brawl” – On 10/4/88 in Edmore, North Dakota two mechanics, Curtis Heck and Kenneth Engy got in a barroom brawl over which man would take the barmaid home with them. A few hours later Engy was found dead in his garage from carbon monoxide inhalation. Engy’s family insists that Curtis Heck who was at Engy’s house that evening is responsible for Ken’s death.

Oded Gordon – Oded Gordon was an autistic young man who was also becoming very reclusive. When Oded’s mother sent him to live at a facility in Greenville, New Hampshire, Oded simply wandered off and disappeared.

“Brian?” – On 6/4/89 thirteen year old Russell Evans of Spokane, Washington was found lying in the street the apparent victim of a hit and run accident. A few hours later due to injuries obtained in the accident Russell Evans passed away. Russell’s family is convinced that this was not a hit and run accident but murder perpetrated by a street gang that Russell had encountered earlier that evening. As he lay dying Russell seemed to call out for help from his friend Brian who seemed to be at the scene of the accident. When Brian was questioned he denied any knowledge of the event surrounding his friends’ death.

Brad Bishop – On 3/2/76 the bodies of state department employee Brad Bishop’s mother, wife and children were found burning in a park in North Carolina. Bishop of Bethesda, Maryland was distraught over not having received a promotion for which he was in line for. Police are convinced that it was Brad Bishop who murdered his entire family and then discarded them in North Carolina.

Lisa Lee – Lisa Lee was the head teller at a bank in Penbroke, Florida. On 12/20/90 it was discovered that Lisa Lee had stolen thousands of dollars from the bank vault. Lisa claimed it was to pay a man who was threatening to harm her children. When the bank chose to give Lisa twenty four hours to repay the money she promptly vanished.

Tracy Kirkpatrick – On 3/15/89, Tracy Kirkpatrick of Freddrick, Maryland was found murdered in the clothing store she worked in. A year later mysterious phone calls began coming into the Maryland police department from a man who had claimed to have murdered Tracy.

Steve Wilson – When Callie Thornburgh of El Rancho, California decided to end her marriage to Steve Wilson he murdered her father Bill on 5/29/79. Although Wilson was convicted of the crime and sent to prison on 8/3/84 he escaped!

“A Life For A Life” – Dennis and Marilyn Dupree of Cold Water, Michigan had a stormy marriage. When Marilyn filed for divorce, Dennis Dupree could not accept his marriage was over. On Easter weekend in 1990 Dennis abducted his ex wife at home and murdered her dumping her body near an abandoned church. Dupree has not been seen since.

Eric Kessler – In September of 1986 in Wisconsin, Eric Kessler conned a beauty salon owner named Catherine out of $75,000. Kessler’s whereabouts remain a mystery as do his true identity.

Caroline Smith – On 9/21/84 in Houston, Texas wealthy rancher named Charles Smith along with his father Chick Smith abducted Charles’ children from Charles’ estranged wife Caroline who had legal custody of the boys. Police fear that they have fled the country with the boys.

“Cult Murder” – From outward appearances Shane Stuart and Sally McNelly were an All American teenage couple. But in reality they were members of a dangerous cult in their hometown of St. Angelo, Texas. On Independence Day in 1988 this cult may have been responsible for their deaths.

Alex Cooper – On 4/4/87 Alex Cooper’s children found his car abandoned by the side of the road in Cranbrook, British Columbia. Alex Cooper himself however was nowhere to be found. Eventually Alex’s family fearing the worst had him declared dead. Soon after reports began to surface about a man who bore a striking resembled to Alex Cooper had surfaced in another part of Canada but again vanished before police could track him down.

“Sal and Sally” – When Sally Garedy of San Francisco, California met Sal Guardamo in 1985 she thought she had met the man of her dreams. Only a few months later of 5/23/85 Sally Garedy was found murdered the apparent victim of Guardamo, angry because Sally was going to break off their relationship.

“Pigeon Drop Part 1” – On 4/26/89 in Norwood Massachusetts a clever con woman named Josephine White stole $5,000 from an elderly victim by an advanced con game known as the “Pigeon Drop”.

Tommy Gibson – In Oregon on 3/19/91, two year old Tommy Gibson was declared missing by his father Larry Gibson who was a local police officer. Amazingly in the forthcoming weeks police not only began to suspect Gibson of being involved in his son’s disappearance but murdering his son as well.

Jim Burnside – On 2/17/88 in Manatee County Florida, a local butcher named Jim Burnside brutally stabbed his estranged wife Annette to death in a parking lot. Jim Burnside has not been seen since.

Mary Ann Perez – On 3/25/75, Mary Ann Perez vanished from her home in Shalmet, Louisiana. Several years later a confessed serial killer by the name of David Courtney confessed to murdering Mary Ann on the night she disappeared although her body was never found. However Mary Ann’s family has since been plagued by mysterious phone calls insisting that Perez is still alive and being held captive.

“Dr. Fraud” – During the mid 80s a smooth talking doctor going by the name of John Anderson conned many people out of large amounts of gold. When police began to investigate they discovered that the man’s name was not “John Anderson” nor was he a legitimate doctor.

Roger Dean – In Littleton, Colorado on 11/21/85 Roger Dean was murdered by an unknown assailant in front of his own home. Police have always contended that Roger Dean in one way or another was responsible for his own death but in the forthcoming years Roger’s family have received threatening phones calls from the man who claimed to have killed Roger. This man has demanded large amounts of money from Roger’s family or else they too would die.

Liza Montgomery – In December of 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada, a beautiful woman named Liza Montgomery conned several businesses/people out of everything from furniture to jewelry to clothing and even slot machines. When people became suspicious of Liza’s lavish shopping spree she simply vanished with all of the stolen merchandise in her possession.

“Missing Clerks” – On 2/4/90 in Orlando, Florida a woman named Debra Poe vanished while working at the late night shift at a convenience store. When officials investigated her disappearance they not only discovered a possible eyewitness but that Debra’s disappearance may have been linked to several other disappearances and murders in the Orlando area.

UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES – VOLUME 5

Beverly McGowan – On 7/19/90 the body of Beverly McGowan was found dead in a drainage ditch. The same day bizarre letters began arriving at the homes of Beverly’s family members alleging Beverly was taking off to begin a new life. Police soon determined that Beverly was murdered by her roommate, a woman known only as “Alice” who later was to assume McGowan’s identity.

“Mother/daughter Fraud” – In 1990 Yong Son Kim of Panama City, Florida returned home from a vacation to kind her roommates Penny and Tracy Donald has disappeared. Police were later able to identity the two women as skilled con women who not only robbed Kim of her possessions but her pride.

Phil Breen – In January of 1990 Phillip Breen of Detroit, Michigan was found to have defrauded his company out of massive amounts of money. He soon skipped town leaving his wife Kathleen holding the bag.

Jeffery Digmund – Jeffery Digmund was a Marine stationed in San Diego, California. On Superbowl Sunday in 1989 Digmund was found dead in his home. The police ruled it a suicide but Jeffery’s parents believe their son was murdered because he found out too much about drug use among the Marines.

Dan Tundervold – Ellen Berry was a wealthy heiress from Knoxville, Tennessee. As she began to age she took on a caretaker by the name of Dan Tundervold who made himself indispensable to Mrs. Berry. On 3/31/85 Ellen Berry arrived home from a short vacation to find that Tundervold had depleted her entire bank account and then vanished. Tundervold was later found dead although many seem to question as to whether or not he staged his own death. People also seemed to question if Dan Tundervold was really Mrs. Berry’s late son Hugh who was reported dead in 1961.

Chad Maurer – On 5/19/90, Chad Maurer of Madison, Wisconsin was found dead in a garage in Chicago. Although police originally assumed it was a suicide evidence was later uncovered that Chad may have been involved in running drugs from Madison to Chicago and this activity may have lead to the nineteen year old’s death.

“Pigeon Drop Part 2” – Another form of the “Pigeon Drop” fraud scheme is known as “Spanish Lotto” here we take a look at one of the experts of Spanish Lotto: Emma Figuroa who in 1991 conned Clysedia Gonzales out of thousands of dollars.

Larry Race – On 5/12/82, Larry Race and his wife Debby took a late night boat ride on Lake Superior. Debby was later found dead having apparently drowned when their boat began to sink. Larry Race was later convicted of his wife’s murder but many people including Debby’s parents believe that Larry Race is innocent.

“Evil Granny” – Ladonna Morrow of Hobbs, New Mexico often left her son Jared in the care of his grandmother Pat Farmer while she went to work. Pat Farmer used this time to expose her grandson to satanic worship. Eventually Pat Farmer began making wild allegations of abuse against her daughter and when that failed, kidnapped her grandson on 12/11/90.

“Bringing Em’ Home” – On 4/12/90 four fishermen set out from Richmond Hill, Georgia in their boat the “Casie Nicole”. The boat hit rough waters and eventually sank with the crew piling onto a lifeboat. One of them men, Nathan Neesmith eventually made it back to shore. His companions have not been seen since and their families fear they are being held captive in a foreign country. Credence is lent to this by a series of bizarre phone calls that they have received from an unknown individual claiming he is “going to bring the men home”.

“Cult’s Child” – In San Francisco, California, Arthur Koropolous is desperately searching for his young son Nicholas. Nicholas has been abducted by Arthur’s ex wife Levia who is a member of a bizarre cult. Neither Nicholas nor Levia have been seen since 6/21/89.

“The McDuff Files: Part 1” – In Clinton Missouri on 4/4/91, Angela Hammond a popular teenager was abducted by a man presumed to be serial killer Kenneth McDuff while she was phoning her boyfriend from a pay phone. She has not been seen since.

“Island Bones” – When Dr. Kerry Stanton of Santa Cruz Island, California passed away he left behind a pile of unidentified bones in his barn. Officials have been unable to locate the identity of this person.

“The McDuff Files: Part 2” – On 12/29/91 at a car wash in Austin, Texas, Colleen Reed was abducted by Kenneth McDuff. The only key to locating Colleen’s abductor lies in the three men who saw the car speeding away from the car wash on the night of the abduction.

“Psycho Babble” – An interesting profile and interview with convicted killer G. Daniel Walker.

“Florida’s Triple Death” – On 6/1/89, Joanne Rogers and her two daughters Kristi and Michelle arrive in Tampa, Florida. That afternoon the three were invited out on a boat with an unknown man. Hours later their lifeless bodies washed up on shore.

“Lost Time” – In Maryland, a woman named Sarah Degenerio underwent a risky surgery to repair a ruptured blood vessel in her brain. When she came out of surgery she discovered she had been stricken with a rare form of amnesia which caused he to lose sixteen years of memories.

Heim Weiss – On 11/1/86 police were called to a school in Long Beach, New York to investigate the murder of a young Jewish boy named Heim Weiss. The investigation went cold due to some members of the Jewish community refusing to speak out on the murder due to their religious convictions.

“Bur roughing Burglars” – On 6/6/86 a team of mastermind thieves robbed a bank in Hollywood, California in a very unique way. The thieves apparently dug holes in the storm drainage system in Los Angeles and used a variety of tools to borough their way underneath the bank. The robbers are still at large making off with thousands of dollars.

Dr. Kenneth Frank – Dr. Kenneth Frank of Bakersfield, California was convicted of administering a sedative and then raping a young woman named “Patty” at his apartment. Before he could be sentenced however Dr. Frank went on the lam.

Judy Hymes – “Judy Hymes is alive and she lives in Omaha!” Well at least that’s what the caller said when they began telephoning the Corral Gables Police Department in 1990. The last time Hymes was seen alive was in September of 1965 when she tried to have a illegal abortion. Some feel that Judy Hymes died during this abortion while others feel she just went to live in Omaha. The truth is out there somewhere…

Betty Field – Betty Field of Maryland abducted her son Christophe after a nasty divorce from her husband Bill Day. Bill Day and the authorities fear that Betty has taken Christophe to live in another country.

“Powder Magazine Murder” – In Bullhead City, Arizona on 4/3/74 Scott Johnson was found burned to death in a abandoned powder magazine not far from his home. The police concluded that the death was an accident however several eyewitnesses including one convicted felon have come forward insisting that Scott was murdered because he happened upon a drug drop.

George Owens – In July of 1985 George Owens was due to pick up his wife at a bus station in Nashville, Tennessee. George Owens never arrived and during the few days many people reported him wandering around disorientated in another part of the state. Owens eventually drove up a steep embankment, abandoned his car in the woods and vanished.

“Medicare Fraud” – In the early 80s Sheldon Weinberg and his two sons ran a successful clinic in Brooklyn, New York. Behind the scenes however the Weinbergs were participating in the largest Medicare Fraud scheme in history bilking millions of dollars by submitting false billing claims. In April of 1986 the authorities closed in and the Weinbergs were given various jail sentences. Before he could begin serving his time however, Sheldon Weinberg vanished.

“Mr. Jones” – On 9/18/91 Art Jones’ home in Fallowfield, Pennsylvania exploded due to a gas leak. Police searched the area for Jones or his remains however no trace of Art Jones could be found dead or alive.

Kurt Sova – On 10/28/81 in Newburgh Heights, Ohio the body of a teenage boy named Kurt Sova was found dead in a remote field. Strangely no cause of death could be determined. In the coming weeks, Kurt’s parents learned of several bizarre circumstances regarding their son’s death. Kurt had a apparently attended a party at a duplex on the night he initially disappeared. The woman who held this part initially denied and then admitted to having the party in the first place. Kurt’s friends noticed Kurt hanging around a mysterious man named “Franko” the day after the party and when they attempted to contact Kurt he ran away. A man who saw Kurt’s missing person’s flyer before Kurts’ body was found in a local record store told the clerk to remove the sign as the boy would be found dead in the next few days, the man then promptly vanished. Finally the day prior to Kurt’s body being discovered Kurt’s father was called to the duplex by the same woman who now claimed that “someone believed to be Kurt was sleeping in her basement.” When Kurt’s father arrived there was nobody asleep in the basement of the duplex. What happened to Kurt Sova?

“The Missing Medford Millions” – On 9/24/84 Steven Cox and Eugene Richmond fled Medford, Oregon after conning their friends and neighbors out of millions of dollars in bad investments. While Richmond eventually returned to face the music, Cox is still on the lam because in Richmond’s opinion he not only fled the investment troubles but was fleeing for his life at the time of his disappearance.

Bill Henderson - On 5/20/91 the body of Bill Henderson was found bludgeoned to death in his home in Washburn, Texas. Days later two young hitchhikers claimed they spent several hours with Henderson’s killer as the hitchhiked in the truck the killer stole from Henderson’s home. These two hitchhikers and the killer have yet to be identified.

Tammy Leppert – Tammy Lynn Leppert was a beautiful model from Cocoa Beach, Florida who was beginning a career as an actress. However in 1983 Tammy began suffering from paranoiac episodes and nervous breakdowns including one on the set of the movie “Scarface”. She claimed that people were going to try and kill her because she knew too much about money laundering. Her behavior frightened and alarmed her family some of which were not sure if Tammy’s fears were based in reality or not. On 7/6/83 after having an argument with a friend, Tammy was dropped off near a bank in Cocoa Beach and vanished.

“Love Triangle” – On 8/9/89, Christy Mutsfield of Hamilton, Indiana discovered the lifeless body of her boyfriend Todd Kelly at his home. He had been stabbed to death apparently by Christy’s former boyfriend Mafoos Huck. However Todd’s parents believe that Christy was involved in covering up Todd’s murder and aiding Huck in his flight.

Mark Dennis –Vietnam: 7/15/66, Navy Pilot Mark Dennis’ chopper was shot down and he was assumed to be dead. However, in the following years Dennis’ family have unearthed some disturbing evidence (including a bizarre newspaper photograph of a POW and an even more bizarre eyewitness) that Mark Dennis may be very much alive and is being held captive as a prisoner of war.

“Tex” – On 10/21/54, Francis Sherwood of Montreal, Canada saw her son Clifford off to school and he was never seen again. Authorities presumed that Clifford was dead the victim of a random act of violence but Francis insists that Clifford was abducted by her ex husband Tex Sherwood who used his military identity as “Edward Thorne” to create a new life for his son.

That's a cool collection you have. I finally bought a DVD burner and capture card myself, and have been toying with the idea of making my own Unsolved Mysteries DVDRs. The biggest problem is figuring out how to group the episodes (as in by category, season, or airdate), and the fact that I prefer original NBC airings as opposed to Lifetime rebroadcasts, which are often edited or otherwise incomplete.

Being the completist that I am, I would probably want entire episodes rather than just a bunch of stories grouped by category. I would also put no more than two 1 hour episodes per disc just to keep the bitrates down and ensure high quality captures.

Perhaps someday I'll start this "project".

Reagrdless, I'm on your side. I feel that if the "powers that be" are going to give us incomplete and crappy DVDs, we as fans of the show must carry the torch ourseleves, so to speak.

I'm definitely interested, but I fear you already have the segments I have on tape. But truth be told I'm interested in Volumes 1, 4 and 5 only.

Well with nothing to trade I guess I'm out of luck..

That's a cool collection you have. I finally bought a DVD burner and capture card myself, and have been toying with the idea of making my own Unsolved Mysteries DVDRs. The biggest problem is figuring out how to group the episodes (as in by category, season, or airdate), and the fact that I prefer original NBC airings as opposed to Lifetime rebroadcasts, which are often edited or otherwise incomplete.

Being the completist that I am, I would probably want entire episodes rather than just a bunch of stories grouped by category. I would also put no more than two 1 hour episodes per disc just to keep the bitrates down and ensure high quality captures.

Perhaps someday I'll start this "project".

Reagrdless, I'm on your side. I feel that if the "powers that be" are going to give us incomplete and crappy DVDs, we as fans of the show must carry the torch ourseleves, so to speak.

I agree with keeping only two episodes on the dvd when doing the transfer but when you are talking about videotapes the quality damage is minimal when going from SP to EP. The thing is that when putting full episodes together a lot of the segments on the episodes especially when you get towards the later years are pretty dull if not insipid. UM was truly a show that at a point in time "jumped the shark" but to each his own.

I would like to start what is known as a tape tree at some point for this - maybe echoes or crystaldawn could help me out since they have a superb site that I hope you have all checked out - I dunno I don't want to keep these to myself but share them with the fans who enjoy them

The problem of course with getting the NBC airings is very simple - those who have them are very hard to locate or don't seem to trade their eps.

Later.

I'd be willing to help you out, you got a great collection there, alot of stories that I don't have and few I haven't seen before. I agree though, finding someone with the original NBC broadcasts is very hard, I only have so many of them, I still have some more that I haven't added to the site yet however.

What exactly is a 'tape tree'?

I think I have an idea but this is the first time I've ever heard such a term.

Dante!

I am definitely interested. I sent you a PM; get back to me if you can.

Tee hee - I always wanted to post a topic with that title :D

Anyhow I've gotten a number of requests both on the bbs and from PMs from people who want these so I guess we'll go ahead with this. I waiting to hear back from a few people I emailed regarding logistics so just give them awhile to write me back. This will get done I promise even if we have to "weed" out each tape one at a time :)

Also since possibly some of the regulars to this board might not have internet access on weekends or choose not too access the internet on the weekend - I'll wait until at least Tuesday for the next update but if anyone wants these kept posting or sending the pms if you have not already - I will take any and all comers - I'm really not into the whole logistics of just holding this stuff back - I really think it would be cool if we could share this stuff amongst ourselves because as Justin alluded to I doubt that UM is gonna put out more dvds.

Later.

Plz Mr Dante, check you Pms =D

A tape tree is basically a method of "pass it on" trading. So far the following people have expressed interest in the "Unsurpassed Mysteries" tapes:

Composite Sketch
Echoes Of Fear
Mr. Fuji
Missing Tiny
Kix Dude

At five people we could do a nice small tape tree - It's very simple - I'll start the tree off by sending a tape to a branch (any one of the five people listed above who can copy and send a dub of that tape to another person on the list) - that person copies and dubs for the next person on the list and so on and so forth. As for people who cannot reproduce copies of the the tape they will be "leaves" and moved to the bottom of the listing and recieve the tapes after ALL of the branches have been served. Thats the gist of a tape tree.

The only other thing is one person on this list is from Austrailia - Ideally since it's a bit more postage to send something there - the person who sends to this person should either be the first branch or recieve some sort of bonus to compensate him for the added postage. First off however - I need to know where you are all located!

Country and if in the USA - a state please! - I am in the USA living in the state of New Jersey. I have decided that the first tape to be treed out will be Volume #1 (which has among others the "Son Of Sam" documentaries) and we'll go from there

Later.

I most certainly am able to dub for someone else.

I live in Canada as my profile states.

Just because I'm such a stickler, I'll have to correct you with "La Phont" (it's "L'enfant"). Also, Randall Utterback abducted his ex-girlfriend in 1994, not 1984. And it was 3 days before the Rogers family floated to the surface of Tampa Bay, not washed up on shore.

Yeah, I think that's all. :cool:

I love UM but you have to imagine sitting in front of your tv for the better part of an hour (I divided the time up over a three day period) with a pen and paper and going ok - "murder took place on -----", "by ------", "location: ------"

after doing this for around ten minutes you probably wouldn't care if Randall Utterback abducted Mr. Magoo in Costa Rica - You just wanted it to be over with.

But thats how the descriptions of the cases came to be

Later.

Whoa!!!!!!!!! Execellent collection, you must have bent over backwards to give it all the essential stories that the DVD set left out. There are a few on your list that interest me, in particular are Tammy Leppert, Tracy KirkPatrik, L'enfant, Tommy Burkett. These stories are really the only ones I am interested in.

Others That I am looking for are David Hurley, Irene(woman kidnapped from gas station and later found dead), Ted Losef, Bomber/s who put the bomb on the Navy Captain van that blew up when his wofe drove it.

I am living in the United States, currently living in the state of Utah.

My only question is, as we continue to make a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy, won't the quality pretty much go way down the tubes?

I'm down with a tape tree! Yes, the quality will deteriorate, but what are you gonna do?

I'm the poor bastard from Australia with no access to these great early stories, however I don't mind if someone sent the tapes to me and I send a copy back to the USA to the someone as the next part of the Tree. I'm more than happy to pay the postage costs to the person who sends me the tapes from the US and I be a "leaf" <-- lol =/

Is there anyone else here from AUS? Cheers Guys

Whats up?

"Mr Fuji" brings up a good point about quality as the tree goes on but in essence that question is already built into the format of the tree itself. First off as you are all well aware of to obtain the best quality dubs you should probably really dub the episodes off tv yourself and make your own comps - the problem being not everyone has time to do this. Another thing you could do is set up a trade with someone who has a large collection of UM episodes - This is no problem if you have a fair collection of your own and can swap them but if you don't if you are "lucky" you will get a chance to pay cash for your videotapes but in a lot of cases traders won't hook you up with anything unless you have something that they want - Both moral sides of this arguement have been debated non stop in trading forums so I'll end it here and it need not be discussed as its not the point of this message.

That being said - the "tape tree" is a happy medium a way for fans of a given show to obtain episodes basically for free. Now of course the earlier branches will get better quality dubs than the leaves but then again the leaves don't have to send to anyone after they get their tape so it's almost like recieving a "gift" in the mail. Now if "Fuji" or anyone else is concerned about quality - they can be the first branch and get the first dub directly from me if they agree to send a copy of their dub to "missing tiny" in Oz.

I have added Kyoo Mac to the tree structure listing and have written down the locations for the others who have given it to me - So far we have one in Austrailia, one in Canada and one in the United States.

I have yet to hear from Kix dude and Echoes of Fear - The tree closes on Friday of this week at which point I will send the first tape out to the person who agrees to send the next copy out to "missing tiny" ("Fuji" if you want to be this person post ASAP or PM me) - Also "Kyoo Mac" if you want in I need your location :)

Finally to the poster who expressed interest in only certain segments on the tapes. I would love to but due to my hectic schedule no longer have the time to "cut and paste" episodes from various tapes (and this goes for any show) and do a "fan compilation" specifically for an individual unless it is a trade, and you have something I REALLY WANT in exchange. I am actually doing a trade for some stuff with a member of this board this week and felt a bit guilty about asking her to compile various segments for me cause I know what a bear that can be.

Thanks to all who are partaking and god bless.

Later.

Does anyone have a means to transfer from VHS to DVD? I used to have a DVD recorder but the damn thing was a piece of **** so I returned it. I don't have a means to transfer the VHS contents to my PC and than burn it either. The point above is accurate, the more you copy a tape the quality goes way down.

By the way I only have one VCR so I don't have a way to copy the tape to another one so I guess that leaves me down at the bottom of the list.. :(

Well I think its a very nice thing what DD is doing. I do have a dvd recorder so if anyone would like me to transfer his compilation tape to a dvd let me know and maybe we could work it out.

I wanted to point out something as well that I meant to point out later - if by the tape you get your tape, it looks like crap let me know and I'll send you a dub from my copy. I expect you all to be honorable about this by "crap" I mean any of the following things

A) picture rolling

B) picture blurry or distorted

C) sound distortion

if you tapes have any of that or significant audio or visual gremlins I WILL PERSONALLY send you out a new copy! - More to come later - Echoes if you still want in - I need your location.

I got Kyoo Mac's location from his/her profile.

Thanks again

What do I have that you really want. My recording collection is not that big.

I stopped the recording a bit to early in the story about Roger Roxas and did not catch the update about his death shortly after the original broadcast. My segment on Tine Resch's teleknieses was started a bit late and I missed the opening line from RS.

My personal comp is far from complete. I have been interested in Echoes media files of the episodes but have no idea how to upgrade my windows media player so I can play them with out a slow start up/buffering time. If anyone can help me on this, please do so.

I would be interested in somehow transferring tapes to DVD's, and copying segemnts for those who seek them. But like many others I have not the resources to do that.

are cool the only problem is we are still at the stage where a lot of people don't have the necessary material to make all the conversions and stuff - Personally speaking I probably only do three or four tape trades a year (Mainly a cdr trader of unreleased or rare music) but thought this would be something cool to do since there probably won't be any more dvds and who knows when "Lifetime" will pull the plug for good. It's good to have this stuff around to continue discussions on the cases.

Anyhow if anyone wants to transfer my tapes to dvd more power to you but be aware these are all "Lifetime" broadcasts and the original broadcast might be a bit longer

Take Care all

Tell you what, I don't have a DVD recorder but if I had those tapes in my hands I would seriously think about getting one. *thinks about all the other shows I have on VHS that could be transferred to DVD....*

Alrighty, I got first dibs on the UM tapes! :) I will dub them the same day I get them and send them to missing tiny in Australia. I'll even pay for the shipping. That won't be a problem at all.

Mr. Fuji will get the first dub from me and then send to Tiny - I'm thinking about the tree structure going from Fuji - Tiny - Kyoo Mac - Composite Sketch - Echoes. Thats the tentative structure in ym head right now

Official tree structure will be announced on Friday and I will send out a dub of "Unsupassed Mysteries Volume 1" to Fuji on Monday.

Until friday sign ups are still welcome!

Some suggestions to help the tree run smoothly:

1) When you recieve your tape and have dubbed it - pay the shipping to ship to the next person on the branch.

2) Post updates when you have recieved tape or are shipping a copy out either on this board or through PM

3) Use at least "Standard quality" vhs tapes for dubbing

4) Don't stooge - Meaning if the chain is broken we know who isn't sending out their copy of the tape to the next branch. Believe me if you break the chain you will not be invited to participate in the next tree.

5) If any problems arise feel free to contact me through PM or on the board although I must admit once the tape is out of my hands its up to the rest of you to continue the tree.

Thats all for now - Have a good day

* if that is the finallised tree *

I will pass on the NTSC dubbed tape I get from Fuji to Kyoo Mac basically the same day I recieve it. I'll dub my copy in PAL format, I'll pass on the NTSC copy Fuii gives me -> Kyoo Mac. I'm not sure I can record in NSTC. Usually it will take a week/week and a half to get to me and the same to go back. I too have no problem with paying postage back to the USA :)

When I was driving in my car today, the thought occurred to me (I felt so, so stupid, actually). Why don't I just dub a copy of the tapes and send tiny the ORIGINALS. That way, everyone will be able to dub off the original and the quality won't suffer.

What a genius I am! :) By the way, are we sending out one tape at a time? And how much do you think it will cost to ship it to Aus?

for his great idea! - I would highly suggest that everyone distributes the tape in the manner he suggests. In the end if you do so you'll reap the benefits of a better quality dub!

Yes one tape at a time - Postage would be outrageous if we mailed all at one time believe me - Not sure how much it costs to mail to austrailia - maybe tiny could answer that one.

I will tell you though whenever shipping overseas and given a customs form - mark it down as a "gift", give the value as something like $1 and write blank vhs on the description. Less chances of problems this way and also some countries do charge an import fee to the recipient if the amount on the customs form is above a certain dollar about - so when shipping overseas always put something like the contents of the package is worth around $1 or so.

Later.

I would think the most you would pay to send one tape from US to AUS is US $10. I would say US $8 is what I'd expect.

Okay started dubbing tape one and the tree is now CLOSED - the tree structure is as follows

Dante - Fuji - Tiny - Mac - Composite - Echoes

It should be simple - One thing I noticed - The first segment "Son Of Sam Part 1" is missing the first second - The reason for this is when I taped the stuff off the air the tape must of still be "ramping up" so it didn't capture the first second - You are literally missing the words "Son of Sam" and then the segment begins - Sorry about that folks it's just the way the machine works.

Later.

I guess we should PM ask the person behind you for their address. I will do mine now.

to Fuji as of this morning

Happy Tree'in!!!!!!!! :) :)

Later.

All I gotta say is Dante, you're the man. We owe you big time for this. Thanks, bro.

Dark Dante, I am very interested. I can send you a list of what I have. I don't really have UM however, but I have different stuff. If that didn't work, I'd be willing to send you blank tapes of course. Keep in touch. Email at mphs19952003@yahoo.com.

Chelle

The tape arrived today. I just got out of class and found it in the mail. I have some stuff to do today, so I may not be able to copy it today, but if not then I'll get it done Saturday. The latest it will go out will be Monday.

Again, thank you so much Dante for making this all happen!

Another update on this...

The tape left for Australia yesterday morning. They said it would take 4 to 7 days to arrive. It actually wasn't very expensive; I think it cost 8 dollars or so.

Enjoy it when it arrives, Missing Tiny! It's amazing!

Hey all,

Hope the tree is turning out well. I have some good news, volume 6 of the series is now complete and I am two hours into the final volume in the series(volume 7) as we speak. These final two volumes will contain rare segments that have either never/rarely been syndicated. The quality on these episodes is often not as good as the ones on "Lifetime" but are of historical importance and most of them are among the most discussed cases on this board. Thanks to crystaldawn we have summaries for what is on Volume 6 of the "Unsurpassed Mysteries" series - Take a look:

UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES VOLUME 6

“Time To Die”– Ed Baker was a millionaire who eluded to the fact that someone was after him. Shortly after he was found burned to death in his car. Murder or suicide?

Shannon Davis, newlywed, was out riding with her husband Dave Davis when he claimed she was thrown from her horse and hit her head and died. Police later discovered Dave had killed her for insurance money. Looking for him. (from special #4)

Aileen Conway, housewife from Oklahoma, was found burned to death in her wrecked car (with traces of arson) on a deserted road nowhere near her home. Strange clues were left at her home that seemed to indicate she left abruptly. What happened to her? (from special #4)

Dottie Caylor suffered from agoraphobia and a bad marriage. She has now vanished. Her husband claims he dropped her off at a train station but many suspect he is responsible for her disappearance. (from special #4)

Susan Laferte & Doreen Picard were both brutally beaten in the basement of their apartment building. Doreen died and Susan eventually recovered but has no memory of the attack. The only witness is her young daughter. Looking for the attacker. (from special #7)

Michael Scott Martin is in prison and claims he was wrongly convicted of armed robbery. Five witnesses swear he spent the whole day at his house 70 miles away. (from special #5)

Kurt McFall was a teenager apparently involved in the occult. He fell off a cliff to his death. There are conflicting clues, did he fall, jump or was he pushed? (from special #5)

“I Love You Cindy” – Cindy Anderson was a legal secretary with everything to live for. She began receiving spray painted messages on a building near her office. She then received disturbing phone calls at work and disappeared. What happened to her?

Charles Morgan was found shot to death in the desert (wearing a bulletproof vest) shortly after he claimed to have been kidnapped and tortured. Was he into illegal activity or secretly working for the government? Was it suicide or murder?

Maples/Baskins - Marvin & Sandra Maples claimed to be devoted grandparents and were keeping two of their grandkids, Bobby and Christi Baskins, while their parents got settled. Around the time the kids were to return to their parents the Maples concocted a scheme of lies to keep the children with them. When that didn’t work, they kidnapped them.

Dan Short was a bank president from Missouri. One night he was abducted from his home forced to open his bank while thieves robbed it then heartlessly chained him to a chair and threw him into the water alive. Why after agreeing to their demands did Dan Short have to die?

Strip Mall Rapist is terrorizing and raping women in medical offices as well as stores. He has shattered many lives. Police are on the hunt for him.

Mikki Jo West disappeared one night never to return. Disturbing letters started showing up around KC apparently from the killer. Police later found a suspect who confessed to her murder.

Jeffrey MacDonald once a doctor with a promising career is now in prison convicted of murdering his wife and children. Many people think he’s innocent and just as many believe in his guilt. Is he a cold-hearted killer or in prison for a crime he didn’t commit?

“Debby” was raped and shot in the face after a horrific attack that lasted several hours. She has been disfigured because of it. The search is on for her attacker.

Jessica Keen was assaulted and murdered in a cemetery. Was it a random act of violence or someone she knew?

“Beautiful Children” - Michael Hughes was abducted from his classroom by Franklin Floyd. He was never seen again. Floyd also had a strange relationship of father then husband with Michael’s mother “Sharon Marshall” who died in a suspicious car accident with Floyd being the prime suspect. Who is Sharon Marshall? Did Floyd abduct her when she was a child? What did Floyd do with Michael?

Keri Lynn Nixon left for a nearby store one night and never returned home. People claimed to have seen her as far away as SC. Did Keri meet with foul play or run away? (includes update in which a girl resembling Nixon is spotted at a “New Kids On The Block” concert)

Tina Jefferson was raped and murdered and left in a schoolyard. Witnesses saw her talking with a man at a grocery store shortly before her body was found. Police trying to find her killer.

Warren Fulton & Rachael Raver, sweethearts, were killed and Rachael raped as well. Rachael’s mother watched the UM segment on Tina Jefferson and noted some similarities. DNA tests would confirm it was the same attacker in both cases. Is there a serial killer & rapist on the loose?

Rhonda Hinson was on her way home from a Christmas party when she was shot and killed in her car. She had acted strangely in the weeks before her death. Was she murdered & stalked by someone she knew or a victim of a random act of violence?

Wanda Jean Mays was spending the night with her aunt and uncle when she disappeared. Wanda’s bedroom window had been broken from the inside and her nightgown was found on a nearby boat dock. There was also blood in a canoe. Did Wanda have some sort of breakdown and wander off or was she the victim of a crime? (from special #2)

John Burns shot and killed his lover Eleanor Farber when she broke it off after finding out he was married. He then disappeared. Police later discovered Burns was not his real name. Who is John Burns and more importantly where is he? (from special #2)

Kyra Cook, teenager, awoke in a park with a bump on the head and absolutely no memory of her life or what had just taken place. What happened to Kyra in the park that caused her this case of complete amnesia? (from special #2)

“Professional female thieves” – Young attractive women are drugging their dates with animal tranquilizer so they can rob them. Police have several women they have identified but are still trying to locate them. (from special #2)

Robert Weeks – three women (a wife and two girlfriends) all disappeared after having dinner with him over a span of 18 years. He had disappeared and police are on the hunt. (from special #2)

“Freedon” – boat disappeared with its crew including its passenger Lisa Bishop. She was never seen again but the captain of the boat has been spotted numerous times. Police are looking for him to gather information and also trying to find Lisa.

Ethyl Kidd was sexually assaulted, murdered and tied to a tree. Police think her attacker was someone who pretended to need directions. They have found a list believed to be written by the killer. Looking for him or anyone who recognizes the handwriting.

Joyce McLain, a popular and accomplished student is murdered in the woods near her high school during her daily job. Was she killed by someone in the community or an out of town visitor? Police are searching for her attacker.

Ron Argenti was murdered by his girlfriend Maria who suffered from schizophrenia. Police are trying to find her.

“Whacked Out” – Dorothy and Bill Wacker, an elderly couple has been terrorized for years by unknown people who have physically assaulted them as well as stole items from their home and vandalized their property. Who would want to harm this seemingly harmless old couple?

Later.

Dante- That is great news! I am so excited about this tape tree. Seriously, we should all pitch in and buy you a Jaguar or something! My only question is when the next volume will go out. Are we going to keep the same order or will it change?

Thanks again!

I'm really interested in this but i've probably arrived too late :(

im confused by this whole tree thing, who should i speak to about getting volumes 1, 4 and 5?

Well, jcjh20 and Blackout, the tree for tape #1 is still ongoing as I'm the second to last 'branch' on it and it hasn't been my turn yet (I believe the tape is on its way to the person who will eventually send it to me), so it's still possible for you both to get in on this, but I'll leave it up to the discretion of DarkDante.

#6 looks absolutely amazing. Could I request that it be bumped ahead and be the next tape to be sent out? ;) It has so many cases that I've never seen and which get talked about so often here, most notably the Baskin children. Does the tape include the scary update?

Wow, I'm new here so I guess you don't know me that much, but I'd love to get a copy of the tape!! I could send some blank DVD's (easier to mail) or tape something, or pay for postage fees.

Let me know! I don't have Lifetime here and am getting the Mystery channel very soon, so there are tons of cases from my teen yrs and onward that I'd love to see!

Thanks, Stef

Thank you so much Mr Fuji and to DarkDante, the tape arrived today. I have recorded about half of it (upto Matt Flores) and will get the other half done tomorrow morning (it's 11:30pm AUS time here now) and will also have it sent back to the USA tomorrow afternoon. Again, many thanks!!!!

Hey I thought I'd just stop in for a second to give a few updates and answer some questions:

First off I am so glad that the tree is going so well. You guys are really amazing and it's just really good it's going so smooth and people are getting to see these segments. I believe the video now ships to Kyoo Mac and I assume Tiny has the appropriate shipping information to get it back to the states.

Next up to answer some of the questions about the tree and the series: First off for those who may have just joined up on the boards and are a little confused as to how this works there are two very thorough posts at the start of this thread on how this tree is taking place and how it is going to work. It is very very simple if you have any questions feel free to PM me and I'll do my best to answer any questions.

In addition we are going to tree the tapes in chronological order. This is due to the fact that the later volumes have not been checked in terms of judging quality etc. besides the inital run through. The next tree will commence once the first tree concludes. I have a feeling once we get a hang of how this works the trees will be more frequent. As always new "branches" and "leaves" are always welcome to SIGN UP.

As far as changing the "order" on who ships to whom - Yes we probably will at some point since I think it is unfair for one person to consistantly ship overseas etc.

The tree for Volume #1 is closed as far as I'm concerned but that doesn't mean that if you still want it you can't PM the people who have it and see if they will be kind enough to make you a copy. It's up to them - I don't feel either way about that. To answer Composite's question - Yes the Baskin case has the "scary" update. To answer Steff's question, I am only distributing the videos through the "tape tree" method not by personal transactions. But I can only speak for myself - Other people are of course free to do as they choose.

The final volume of the series (Volume 7) is now four hours in and should wrap up this week and I'll try to get summaries to you by next week.

Finally not to end this all on a sour note but since there have been some issues that have caught my eye in the past few days I thought I'd bring them up:

1) If you are really a stickler about quality then a tape tree is really not for you. The only way you are going to achieve optimal quality in my opinion of nearly ten years of tape trading is when you dub the shows from your TV to your VCR. Anything else varies, I'll be quite honest with you some of the segments from the original broadcasts are not of the best quality. But I figured you'd rather have them then not. If you want A+ quality start dubbing the shows from LIFETIME, but there are some segments that will NEVER air on LIFETIME and some from the NBC broadcasts which are longer in some parts than what is broadcasted on Lifetime - Okay?

2) On a much more serious note: If I ever see any of the "Unsurpassed Mysteries" series either on vhs or transferred to dvd up for sale on EBAY: There will be NO MORE TREES! - I was very serious in the beginning when I said that the main point in me doing this is to have people avoid having to shell out money to someone who is just trying to turn a profit on other people's misery. So please lets all work together to keep this stuff in the hands of the FANS where it belongs!

Later.

DD

Sounds great, boss!

Lookin' forward to the future trees, fa sho.

Guys, the tape was sent to Kyoo Mac this afternoon. Thanks again!!~

Man, I'm chomping at the bit to get this tape!! How long does it take to get a tape from Australia?

Man, I'm chomping at the bit to get this tape!! How long does it take to get a tape from Australia?

Hopefully not very much longer, probably very soon. At the time I mailed this to you I also mailed something (unrelated) to someone else in the USA. They have notified me that they recieved that package on the 9th August... so I'm thinking REAL soon =)

Just got it in the mail today wooohooo

Hey Guys!

Im in the UK and theres no replays of old UM anymore (used to be on Living TV).

Could someone include me in the Tape Tree? I could then act as a hub for any others in Europe to reduce postage costs?

Also - Im thinking maybe I could convert the tape to DivX format and start a BitTorrent seed?

Whadya think?

Cheers

Russ.

Hi all -

Still working on Volume 7 of the series and hope to be done by the end of the month. Once again, the tree for "Volume 1" of the series is CLOSED you can only obtain that volume now if you want it by writing someone who already has it. The tree for "Volume 2" will be done at ECHOES OF FEAR and will commence when the tree for "Volume 1" has concluded. UM fans overseas are more than welcome to participate - the more the merrier.

As a matter of principal I'd rather not have these episodes tree'd in a digital format over the internet. These are copyrighted materials and being that this forum is often visited by people involved in the various UM cases - who knows who else is looking in? - I don't want to get anyone in trouble as we live in litigious times people. Dark however if free to use the episodes on site for whatever purposes he chooses to share with others who for example were unable to obtain "Volume 1", maybe Dark will upload a few segments onto his site once he gets the tape for you to see.

Of course this is all just my feelings on the issue I can't "force" anyone to do as I ask but I do encourage that we don't start distributing these digitally but instead the way we've been going. If someone wants to convert them to dvd though for themselves or whatever - I'm fine with that.

Later.

Due to several circumstances including an imminent move, I will have to withdraw from the Volume 1 tape tree. I understand that I'm next on the list as KyooMac has the tape, and I ask that it be sent directly to Echoes of Fear, who I was to send the tape to.

Sorry for any inconveniences this may have caused. :(

How do I become part of the tape tree? I love UM. If anyone can help me get lists of each volume and how to get them, that would be great. Thanks.

Chelle

How do I become part of the tape tree? I love UM. If anyone can help me get lists of each volume and how to get them, that would be great. Thanks.

Chelle

Well the listings for what is on each volume is actually at the start of this posting. The tree for "Volume 1" is out of my hands now as far as I'm concerned that one has been put to bed so to speak and I am preparing Volume 2 for distribution in the next week or so. I assume Volume 1 is on it's way to it's final destination (Echoes Of Fear) - Kyoo Mac have you sent yet?

The rules for the tape tree are also on the first page of this topic.

Later.

DD

I'd like to be put on the list for the 2nd volume of the 'tree', and also ask if anyone can copy vol. 1 for me? Are these tapes 2 hours long or ??? SP speed is best naturally.

Thanks

No the tapes will not be in SP speed at least the ones I initally send out - If someone wants to put them on SP tapes thats fine of course - I just don't have the time or want to spend the postage to send out three tapes of footage per volume just to ensure the quality upgrade.

Also one other thing since the issue of quality keeps coming up occasionaly.
This isn't directed towards one individual but if you really want something of optimal quality from my experience tape trading isn't the way to go, there are always issues with tracking, generation-generation damage and various other audio/visual gremlins. As those who already have "Volume 1" of the series will note the quality isn't perfect - I would say it's pretty good though.

A lot of the segments on "Volume 6" and "Volume 7" are only fair at best and while I do apologize for that it is important to remember in order for me to share a lot of these rare segments with you I had to look beyond what "Lifetime" broadcasts (since there is really no rhyme or reason to what they show these days) and seek out trades from other board members. Sometimes when recieving material from other people the footage on those tapes is not as clear as what you would dub from your own TV onto your own VCR etc. This is just standard operating procedure and goes with the territory. Overall I am very happy with the trades I've recieved as they relate to "UM" and thank those traders for good trades.

Overall since I'm rambling a bit I'll bottom line it here: Before you partake in this or any other type of tree or trading situation you might want to ask yourself:

"Am I more after the segments themselves just to watch or after something of near perfect quality"

If you are after the segments you will probably enjoy the stuff on "Unsurpassed Mysteries" - if you are after high quality stuff stick to the First Look DVDs or tape the episodes off "Lifetime" to your own VCR etc because that is the best way to ensure high quality pulls.

Just my opinion.

Later.

What is the latest on this? Kyoo Mac was the last known person to have the tape and that was way back on the 11th August... =/

I'd like to see the segments, even if they are not near perfect quality. Again, how do I 'get on the list' for the the 2nd one?

Thanks

It's been a really long time and we haven't heard anything about how the tape tree is going. If the tree has been moving along, please update us and let us know. If not, then shame on whoever broke the chain. It's not fair to people like me and others who really want to see the segments and promptly move the tree along when others come in and ruin it all.

Let's get an update on what's going on, please.

It's been a really long time and we haven't heard anything about how the tape tree is going. If the tree has been moving along, please update us and let us know. If not, then shame on whoever broke the chain. It's not fair to people like me and others who really want to see the segments and promptly move the tree along when others come in and ruin it all.

Let's get an update on what's going on, please.

I sent DarkDante a private message regarding this last week 9/8/05, I don't think he has even been here or read it. And yes it's not fair on either of us since we got the tape and shipped it back out nearly within a day :(

Sorry if I duplicate any posts with this( I didn't take the time to read each one here). If anybody copies those vhs tapes onto vhs or dvd let me know I want 'em.

The final volume in the series (Volume 7) is now complete (listings below) - Is there still any interest among the forum members - Thanks to crystaldawn for most of the summaries.

Unsurpassed Mysteries #7

Donald Kemp's van was found idling, belongings strewn about on a remote intersection but no trace of him. Mysterious phone calls and supposed sightings and 3 years later his remains were found near where his van was initially discovered. What happened to Don Kemp? (from special #1)

"The Jai-Alai Murders" - Millionnaire and owner of World Jai Alai Roger Wheeler was executed in the parking lot of his country club in broad daylight. Two other men, Brian Halloran and John Callahan were also murdered. Police think they were all hits ordered by the mob. (from special #1)

Terry Lee Conner and Joseph Daugherty kidnapped a bank president and his family and then robbed his bank. They later escaped after overpowering two FBI agents and are on the run. (from special #1)

"The Heart Attacker" Louis Carlucci is a con-man whose specialty is romancing women then emptying their bank accounts. Police are searching for him. (from special #7)

"I'm in love with a convict pt. 1" - Diane Brodbeck seemed to be the perfect churchgoing wife and mother until she fell in love with a murderer. He escaped and she disappeared. Was she a willing accomplice or with Yount against her will? (from special #7)

"Tony" - Adam Hecht led a priviledged high society existence in L.A..He became disillusioned with his life and made friends with a street person and soon after disappeared. Did Adam meet with foul play or living on the streets by his own choice?

Bobbi Oberholtzer & Annette Kay Schnee - two young beautiful women killed in the mountains of Colorado each one wearing an orange sock. Is Bobbi's husband responsible or is someone unknown person out there killing women? (this segment is in poor quality)

"8/7 4:15" - "Tell me it was just a dream, August 7th, 4:15 - hair metal is dead but I'm still on the scene " Ah Bon Jovi sucks but was Katherine Korzilius accidentally hit and killed on the road or did something more sinister happen to her?

"In Beaumont" - Kathy Page was found dead in her car of an apparent staged car accident. Her estranged husband Steve is a suspect but claims he is innocent.

Lisa Marie Kimmell - A beautiful girl leaves for her boyfriend's house but never makes it there. Her body is later found and police discover she suffered a horrific death. Who murdered "Lil' Miss" and where is her car?

"The Sara Jo" - Fishing boat along with 5 Hawaiian fishermen went missing in a storm. Ten years later and 2000 miles away the boat was found and the remains of one of the crew. Where are the others?

"The Last Djs" - Gene Baxter & Kevin Ryder, dj's. stage a fake murder confession to boost rating. Suspended for a few days but ultimately are not punished for their cruel hoax.

Anthonette Cayedito was abducted from her home in the middle of the night by a man claiming to be her uncle. There have been reported sightings of her trying to get help and even a phone call who lead police to believe she is still alive and being held against her will.

Dexter Stefonek set out to drive across country back to his home after a visit with his son. His body was later found in a dump site and his car set on fire. Who is responsible and why would they target this seemingly defenseless old man?

Michaela Garecht was abducted from a store where she had gone with her friend. She was never seen again. Police do have a (creepy) composite sketch and an eyewitness.

"Timothy's Girls" - Amber Swartz was abducted while jumping rope in her yard. Tim Bindner has offered his help in the search all the while being a suspect in her abduction as well as the abduction and murder of other little girls. Is he a child murderer or just a misunderstood eccentric man?

Kenneth Robert Stanton is a serial child molester. He has been added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. Update.

"Eliminated?" - Frank Olson was a government scientist who as unknowingly given LSD as an experiment. He appeared to be having a nervous breakdown and soon after committed suicide by jumping to his death. Is our government responsible for his death?

"Not A Man Anymore" - Steve Hadley stole $1 million dollars in untraceable bills from the credit union where he worked and disappeared. Police searching for him. (from special #6)

"The Unabomber" - Unabomber is the nickname later given to this man who has been sending bombs to numerous places. It has resulted in many injuries and one death. (from special #3)

"Spoil Bank Massacre" - Glen Consagra is serving life in prison for murder. The victims were his best friends and he claims his innocence and says he only took the plea to save his life. (from special #3)

"I'm in love with a convict pt. 2" - Missy Munday had an unhappy home life and was anxious to break out when Jerry Strickland came to town. He charmed her and they went away together and then they did the unthinkable - robbed the gas station where Missy worked and later murdered her co-worker and friend. They are on the run along with their infant son. (from special #5)

Astartae Rice Davis was married to wealthy Jim Rice. He was to travel to the states from St. Croix for surgery but never made it. She is suspected to have killed him and is on the run.

"Forboding" - Kathy Hobbs had always had premonitions she wouldn't live to be 16. Just a few short months after that day came she walked to a store late at night and wasn't seen again until her lifeless body was found in a remote area of Las Vegas and she had been murdered. Police are looking for her killer and want a possible witness that phoned them earlier to phone back.

Rachel Runyan, a precious little blond hair, blue eyed girl was murdered. Police believe it was the work of satan worshippers and are searching for a possible "snuff tape" with her on it as well as searching for her killer.

"The Girl In The Picture" - Tara Calico went for her daily bike ride and never returned. A photo surfaced soon after with a boy and a girl bound and gagged and the girl resembles Tara. Is Tara in the photograph? What happened to her? Who is the boy?

Matthew Chase disappeared one night after using an ATM. Surveillance photos show a man next to Matthew that police believe is responsible for his disappearance. Matthew's remains were later found but no suspect has ever been arrested.

"Sleeping With The Devil" - Barbra Petrosky fell in love with the charming and successful Richard Minz. After their tumultuous relationship ended he was believed to have had her shot. She survived the attack that left her paralyzed and Minz is on the run. Where is he?

Black Manta - A mysterious object has been seen over the skies of New Mexico. Some believe it is an experimental aircraft known as "The Black Manta" which is able to perform feats that physics simply cannot explain.

"Ellenders" - Eric & Pam Ellender were found shot to death in their bed with their infant daughter close by. The leader of a satanic cult confessed to their murder but there are a lot of conflicting statements concerning who was involved and what went on in their house after their death including that the murderers threw a party after killing the young couple and videotaped everything.

and to wrap it all up - The most mysterious figure in the history of UM ;-)

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"The Dark Dante" - In 1983 the FBI descended upon the house of a young man named Kevin Poulson. They proceeded to ransack his home and storage locker removing all of his telephone equipment and even taking the nice young man's computer. Poulson fearing for his safety decided to flee and the police continue to look for the young man who is known as "Dark Dante"

I wish I could see this somehow but Ive got nothing to trade you... I would like to buy them but I know you dont do that.

I really want to see some of the older segments.

I can't remember who it was but the last tape tree dude never sent me my copy..

I can't remember who it was but the last tape tree dude never sent me my copy..

That would be Kyoo Mac...

Would you like me to send you another copy "Echoes"?

Yes! I'm still very much interested! Thanks for updating us, Dante. I thought everyone had forgotten about all of this.

So what do you guys want to do - Do you want to send out "Volume 2" - I'd like to send all the volumes out eventually but I could have the second tape out by next wednesday to whomever wants it. ECHOES - do you want a copy of Volume 1 still cause I still have the master and can dub you one?

DD

I'll take it first! If someone else wants it, I guess that's ok, but I'd love to have it first again! :)

Sure I'd be more than happy to have a copy of the first volume DarkDante. Thanks!

There are a lot of good cases listed in your lengthy collection, but I think the best and mosted wanted collection would be a creepy/true crime compilation. I am talking about Angela Hammond, I-70 Killer, Original Nightstalker, Dorthy Donovan, and so on. The cases that keep you up at night. If anyone can put that together, let me know! I'll be first to trade you a kidney, or whatever for it.

Unless there are some objections I figure volume #2 will go out on Wednesday or Thursday to Fuji - that gives everyone around a week for signs ups with the exception of Echoes you need to be able to dub a copy of the video for yourself before sending it on - The tape i shall send to Fuji shall be the one that is distributed to insure quality control.

if you have any questions I'll try to answer them - Missingtiny I assume you want in?

As for "creepy cases" - thats kind of subjective and probably why I stayed away from formatting the tapes like FIRST LOOK did - I mean what makes 75% of the murders on "Bizarre Murders" more BIZARRE than the myriad of cases that didnt make the cut? - I truly believe in the main "Unsurpassed Mysteries" captures the very best of the show

if you have any questions I'll try to answer them - Missingtiny I assume you want in?

Yeah I'm in for round #2. Sorry I live so far away but I can be trusted as V1 was returned to the US in pretty good time. Thx guys!~

Okay I'll keep the tree open for anyone who wants in and can make dubs until I guess Monday - The video will go out to Fuji on Thursday - Fuji PM me your address and hopefully in the next few days I'll let you know who you are sending to - Right now Fuji, tiny and Echoes are taking part in this I suppose

I am very interested in the tape tree. I love this show. How do I sign up to become part of it to get copies?

If you can make copies mphs95 I'll have Fuji send you the tape after he is done dubbing his copy.

Hi guys - i missed the boat on Volume one, but i'd love to get in on Vol2 if soemone could add me to the tree?

Im in the UK, but will dub them same day (to NTSC) and get them straight back out to the next in line....

Can someone add me in?!

Thanks!

Russ.

I'm gonna keep this open another day or two and then annouce the tree - Fuji should have a copy from me by next week sometime. We'll see how it goes. I'll get back to you all in a few days

DD

OK great. Thanks DD.

Small Update - Tape will be sent to Fuji on Friday - How is this for the tree?

Dante-Fuji-eunos rsh-missing tiny-Echoes of Fear (Dark)

So good or no good?

Later.

Sounds good to me. I'll PM eunos to get his address.

Thanks!

Cool Fuji - Everyone else please do likewise - PM the person behind you in order to get their shipping address. In addition remember the master copy is always passed on - You dub a copy for yourself off the master and then pass the master tape on in order to preserve quality.

If you have any questions - I'll do my best to answer them

Did I miss this again??
Is there any way I could be added to the list?

A tape tree is basically a method of "pass it on" trading. So far the following people have expressed interest in the "Unsurpassed Mysteries" tapes:

Composite Sketch
Echoes Of Fear
Mr. Fuji
Missing Tiny
Kix Dude

At five people we could do a nice small tape tree - It's very simple - I'll start the tree off by sending a tape to a branch (any one of the five people listed above who can copy and send a dub of that tape to another person on the list) - that person copies and dubs for the next person on the list and so on and so forth. As for people who cannot reproduce copies of the the tape they will be "leaves" and moved to the bottom of the listing and recieve the tapes after ALL of the branches have been served. Thats the gist of a tape tree.

The only other thing is one person on this list is from Austrailia - Ideally since it's a bit more postage to send something there - the person who sends to this person should either be the first branch or recieve some sort of bonus to compensate him for the added postage. First off however - I need to know where you are all located!

Country and if in the USA - a state please! - I am in the USA living in the state of New Jersey. I have decided that the first tape to be treed out will be Volume #1 (which has among others the "Son Of Sam" documentaries) and we'll go from there

Later.

Could you please add me to the list too?

One thing I thought of is the quality of the tape gets worse and worse every time someone makes a copy of a copy of a copy, etc.

That's why it would be better if someone here could put them on DVDs. How do all of you suggest we overcome the problem of poor quality as the copies of VHS tapes get copied again and again?

OOPS!! I didn't read the part of the master copy that Dark Dante posted! Sorry about that. But can anyone do something about getting them on DVD?

Please make sure to add me to the list.

Thanks!

The tree for volume 2 is now closed. Please keep an eye out for "Volume 3" in the next few months.

Sonofa.... I always stumble upon these things too late.

Oh, well... I could only have been a leaf anyway. But I'm still quite interested. You've got a GREAT collection.

This is great. Maybe I'll start one, too -- I have a ton of Lost Loves, with those gorgeously solarized recreations of Depression-era families and so on. The actors and actresses should have been credited, particularly the children.

Oh, and it's "L'enfant," not "La Font" (although that's the approximate pronunciation) -- means "The Child" in French.

This is amazing, a thread with all these pages and posts and it's the first time I've seen it. Must have started in July or August when I was on vacation and happily ignoring the internet.

Kudos to Dark Dante for the idea and all the work. Heck, just writing the summations of every segment is a chore.

I'd love to be a part of a Volume 3 tree or even a re-seed of a 1 and 2. I have an expensive Go Video dual deck VCR that can record tapes, even the ones with copyright protection. But I'll be in Florida from early next week until January 9 so my role will have to be delayed until then.

Kind of along the same lines I am thinking of compiling a "Best of UM" dvd of my personal favorites. I have so many tapes and dvds of UM that it would be nice to have a collection of the best ones (in my opinion) to just pop in instead of having to search through all of them to find the ones I like to watch. Like I said its mostly for my own benefit but I would be willing to burn dvd copies for any of those who are interested. Not to take anything away from Dark Dante as his Unsurpassed Mysteries are great but I know a lot of you didn't get in on the tape tree in time. Anyway when I get it done I'll post it and if anyone is interested they can get with me.

Hey Guys,

Sorry about not responding. I just moved to a new apartment and we don't have the internet there. Just to let everyone know, I did get the video in the mail, and I will be dubbing it and sending it off before tomorrow.

Sorry it's taken me a little long, but it's finals week and it's killing me! Anyways, thanks, see you all later.

All right, just to let everyone know, this one is out of my hands and sent on to the next person on the list. It should arrive within a week (it is going to the U.K.)

missing tiny-Echoes of Fear (Dark)

I have a small problem in that I have not recieved a reply from Dark as to where he wants the tape sent...:santa:

Thank you again guys, Unsurpassed Mysteries - 2 has reached me. I believe I'm now the end of the tree for this volume so bring on 3!! Thanks again =)

People are always stealing my ideas it seems ;) - Anyhoo with the advent of the "Ultimate Collection" UM dvds by First Look Media, I'm not going to interfere with what they are doing so until we have more information on the official dvd sets - The "Unsurpassed Mysteries" trees are suspended. I would encourage everyone to pick up "The Ultimate Collection" on 3-21 as it should have a lot of the stuff you are looking for

Ok so now that First Look Media has apparently dropped the ball - I get to pick it up again and run with it. Anyone up for Volume 3?

This Volume features among other things cases on/about - Tommy Burkett, Jaclyn Dowaliby, John Cheek, Tommy Ziegler and the whole Bashire/L'enfant terrorisim saga.

Hi Dark -

Following the success of Volume 2 - Im, again well up for Volume 3 please :wave:

Cheers
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Russ.

Me too. Definitely up for Volume 3.

What happened with the DVDs?

You mean the FIRST LOOK dvds Fuji? - They are just repackaging all 6 sets I believe in one big box at an inflated price. Nothing new except they are adding a few segments on "Treasure".

Alright guys, it's been a long time since this has been updated, and I wonder what's going on with it. Did someone take the video and not send it again?

I really hope that's not the case, because Dante is doing us all a HUGE favor by sending these out, and when we don't send it, it ruins it for everyone else.

No I never sent it out :( - Are we still on for this? - Let me know who wants in and someone put together a tree and I'll send "Volume 3" out.

I'm in.

I've been first for the first two tapes, but I do copy them and send them quickly, so I wouldn't mind being first again :). Unless someone else is dying to be first though.

Did tape 2 get all the way around?

Alright boyz count me in too! Yeah I finished with tape 2 becoz I never recieved a reply from Dark (Echos) as to where he wanted the tape sent:(

eunos_rsh are you still in?

Dark Dante,

That's a nice collection.....I would be interested in aquiring those segments as there are many in your collection I don't have. How would I go about aquiring those from you if you want to share them?

Cheers,

greatgarrett2

Dark - yes please!

Cheers

Alright how about we do this

Dante - Mr. Fuji - eunos_rsh - missing tiny.

If great garrett wants a copy of "Volume 3" he can get behind "Missing Tiny" and so on and so forth. Everyone contract the person behind you for their address. It will likely be MONDAY when the tape is sent to Fuji.

Dante,

So, if I get behind missing tiny,after missing tiny views them, they will be sent to me?

Do I have to trade anything or just receive them?

Cheers

greatgarrett2

it depends if someone "gets behind" you - If they do you have to make a copy of the tape for yourself and then send the master tape onto them. We usually send the master copy around instead of sending copies around because of "quality control".

count me 'in'. if someone 'gets behind' me, then I will make a copy, and send the master copy out. ill get behind missing tiny lol

Is it too late to get Volumes 1 and 2?

greatgarrett2

Volume 3 went out to Dave on Tuesday - He should have it by the weekend

Here is the tree structure once again

Dante - Mr. Fuji - eunos_rsh - missing tiny - greatgarrett2

Great Garrett or anyone else who wants volumes 1 or 2 try contacting some people who have taken part in previous "trees" and see if they will make you copies. At this time I personally am not entertaining any private trading offers but others are of course free to do as they please.

nice.....I will be renting a private PO Box probably next week

I will post the address on this thread when I get it so missingtiny knows where to send it lol

Cheers,

greatgarrett2

Actually just PM tiny with your address - its never the greatest idea to post private information on a public forum.

Update!

I received the tape not too long ago and have dubbed it. Dante, remind me to get you me new address because I forgot that I had moved since you last sent me the tape. I have an address forwarding, though, so it got to me.

I'll be sure to ship it out first thing in the morning. Thanks!

I played the part of Rhonda Hinson on the "Christmas Party Murder" episode. Cosgrove Meurer did not provide the actors a copy. On the night it aired in my hometown of Morganton, NC, a severe weather bulletin was broadcast over the first five minutes of play. My tape is not complete, and I'd really like to get a copy of the complete episode if someone would be willing to share with me.

Viktory - i've sent you a PM.

missingtiny and KyooMac.....check your PM board and/or your email......I sent you a message lol

I'm obviously late in the game here, but I would be thrilled to get in on any future collections any of you put together.

Would be even more thrilled to get ahold of some of the earlier volumes of this unsurpassed mysteries.. it's such a tremendous idea... assuming this is even remotly possible at this very late stage in the game.

Re: anyone who wants volumes 1 or 2 or eventually volume 3 try contacting some people who have taken part in previous "trees" and see if they will make you copies. At this time I personally am not entertaining any private trading offers but others are of course free to do as they please.

Wow, how can I get in on this at this point? By the by, do you have the one where five guys or so go fishing off the coast of Hawaii, a storm comes, they disappear, a search is launched, no trace is found, and then, inexplicably, ten years later, a borken boat is spotted on the shore of an uninhabited island, and it turns out it was the boat that had been lost ten years earlier? Nearby, of course, one set of skeletal remains is found buried under a crudely made pile of rocks, with a strange pad of white square paper, with a piece of smaller silver square paper between each one. It appeared in the first season, episode 19 I believe.

Yeah you are talking about the disappearance of the fishing ship 'The Sara Jo". I love all those "lost at sea" cases and I think I have most of them spread out over all seven volumes (look back to earlier pages of the thread for listings)

"The Sara Jo" case I believe is on "Volume 7" which hasn't been tree'd out yet. We are in the middle of a tree for "Volume 3" right now after which a tree for "Volume 4" will begin and so on and so forth.

When a tree is annouced - sign up for it (it is preferable if you can dub a vhs tape for someone else but if NOT we "might" be able to work around it) and I'll do my best to add your name in somewhere on the tree.

I'm sure I would be able to dub a tape, as I own two VCRs. If you can, please add me to the list and let me know how this works!

Thanks again!

Count me in if it's not too late. If someone can help me out please respond.

Recieved the tape and dubbed it today thanks Dante and Mr Fuji!

Tape will be in the post to MissingTiny tommorow.

Cheers.
:wave:

I would be interested too if it's not too late!

missing tiny......I've sent you a PM

Very nice effort. I've been interested in a similar but fruitless task of a Unsolved website just for listing and identifying cases and whether or not they have been identified or not, but the possibilty of such a task is beyond me considering the scope of the series episodes and the episodes not in syndication.

Hello ---

I posted here a little while ago and asked about the possibility of becoming part of the next wave of tapes, and I was told I could get in. I see wave three has started; if I don't get in on this one, that's fine, I know I am a late comer and I totally understand. I am just wondering what exactly the process will be for adding me to the chain for the next round of tapes. Thanks everyone who is on this! What a great idea!

^ Yeah you can get on board for the tree for "volume 4" which hasn't started yet. I believe "volume 3" is still overseas at the moment and needs to make it back to the states and into greatgarrett's hands before we begin the next tree. To keep it simple and everyone happy we don't run two or more trees at the same time.

Later.

I received the tape yesterday, dubbed it last night and this morning and mailed it away to Canada today. Thanks again guys!

Hi:

I wrote a while back about being part of a tape tree, but d/t family circumstances, I've been incommunicado. If it is possible to be part of it again, I would love it. Here's my e-mail:

mneff@lssu.edu

Thanks

^ Yeah you can get on board for the tree for "volume 4" which hasn't started yet. I believe "volume 3" is still overseas at the moment and needs to make it back to the states and into greatgarrett's hands before we begin the next tree. To keep it simple and everyone happy we don't run two or more trees at the same time.

Later.

Thanks, DarkDante. Is there an official "tree" list somewhere where one can see where one is in the official list?

I sent out the tape from my local PO today (Thursday). It should be on it's way to Pennsylvania. Thanks again guys and I am definately in for Volume 4. On the tapes you get alot of segments that don't play on Prime TV.

Is there an order established yet in regards to Volume 4?

Cheers,

greatgarrett2

^ Hey gg - I thought you were the last person on the "tree" - who "got behind" you? - Just curious

Anyhow Volume 4 is my favorite of the entire series so is anyone interested in another tree. I'll give you all a week for sign ups - I'll send the tape out next Friday.

IMPORTANT: When you sign up please state you location and whether you have the ability to dub the tape to send to another user

^ Hey gg - I thought you were the last person on the "tree" - who "got behind" you? - Just curious

Anyhow Volume 4 is my favorite of the entire series so is anyone interested in another tree. I'll give you all a week for sign ups - I'll send the tape out next Friday.

IMPORTANT: When you sign up please state you location and whether you have the ability to dub the tape to send to another user

Dark Dante,

mozartpc27 got behind me. He stated he was interested in Volume 3 and gave me his address. I figured there was no one else behind me so what the heck.

I'll sign up for Volume 4. I am definately interested. My location is Ontario, Canada and, yes, I have access to a second VCR to dub the tape and send to another user.

Count me in.

Any questions please feel free to PM me.

Cheers,

greatgarrett2
greatgarrett@hotmail.com

Dark Dante:

I am very interested in Volume 4. I am from Michigan and I can two VCRs so I can dub for someone else if need be. Also, if I can get on for Vol. 3 at all, that would be awesome.

Can you PM me the segments for Vol. 4 again? I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Michelle

Here are the listings for volume 4 as found on the first page of this thread for anyone interested. Some of my all time favorite segments are included such as "Nyleen Kay Marshall" and "Norman Ladner"

UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES - VOLUME 4

“Without A Trace” – On 3/5/74 seventeen year old Amy Billig vanished from Coconut Grove, Florida. Within in weeks leads began to turn up that Amy Billig was abducted by a renegade biker gang known as “The Outlaws”. Amy’s mother Susan Billig has launched a crusade to find her daughter which has lead her to the seedy side of biker life and across the ocean to England where in the early 90s reports began to surface that Amy Billig might still be alive.

“Gordy” – On 4/19/91 Gordon Collins went fishing with his friends. The boat was rocked by a rough storm and nearly all of Gordon’s friends had perished, Gordon Collins however was missing. A few months later in a scruffy stranger resembling Gordon and responding to the name “Gordy” began wandering the streets of Mexico. Gordon’s parents are convinced their son is hopelessly wandering through Mexico stricken with amnesia.

“Beatty’s Bad Cousin” – David McLeod had the unique distinction of being both a movie producer and the cousin of movie star Warren Beatty. Throughout the late 80s however, dozens of allegations stemming from the Bronx were made against McLeod claiming the producer was a child molester. On the day of his trial, McLeod simply walked out of the court house and vanished.

Oliver Munson – Oliver Munson was a school teacher and car enthusiast from Baltimore, Maryland. When he purchased a car from a dealer named Dennis Watson he had no idea that Watson basically stole cars and then resold them with faked ownership papers. When the authorities closed in Watson they asked Munson to testify against him. On the morning of 2/16/84, Oliver Munson disappeared.

“The I-70 Killer” – In 1992 a serial killer went on the rampage murdering several women who worked in stores in Indiana, Kansas and Missouri. The only clues to the case were one eyewitness and the fact that all of the murders occurred along Interstate 70.

“Omar” – On 8/5/89 in Stockton, California a video tape was found lying on the side of a rural road. When the tape was viewed, police were stunned to see that an arsonist had apparently videotaped a house that he had set ablaze in 1988. Contained within the tape is a running commentary by the arsonist who makes references to Satanism and a mysterious character called Omar.

“Slaying The Beast” – On 10/31/89 a young man named David Stone was seen wandering around the desert in Tucson, Arizona. He claimed he was there to “slay the beast”. David was a member of the new age movement and sought spiritual enlightenment in his life. When David walked into the desert on Halloween of 1989 he was never seen again. The only thing that is certain it “it has something to do with his religion!”

Dan Wilson – Dan Wilson of Spokane, Washington had spent many years battling depression. On 8/24/88 Dan Wilson had a breakdown at work and set off to visit his parents in Colorado. A few days later Wilson’s car was found abandoned by the roadside in Montana. Dan’s family is unsure of what became of him although a possible lead is Dan developed amnesia due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Norman Ladner – On 8/21/89, Norman Ladner of Pearl River Mississippi was found shot to death within the brush of his parents farm. The police first ruled the death an accident and then a suicide. Norman’s parents believe their son was murdered because he wandered upon a drug drop on their land.

“Finding Kay” – On 6/25/83, a little girl named Nyleen Kay Marshall disappeared while on a camping trip with her family to the Elkhorn Mountains in Clancy, Montana. Several of Nyleen’s friends saw her speaking with a man in a purple jogging suit who told her to “follow the shadows” and she has not been seen since. In 1985 strange letters and phone calls began arrived to various “lost children” organizations from a man claiming he had Nyleen whom he called “Kay”. This man refused to surrender Nyleen to her parents.

“Trucker Tragedy” – In Chandler, Oklahoma on 11/12/88 a trucker named Dwayne McCorkendale was found murdered at a rest stop with the apparent motive being a robbery. As the investigation into McCorkendale’s murder was underway leads began coming in claiming that truckers throughout the Chandler area were being harassed by an unknown motorist threatening to kill them in the days prior and after Dwayne’s death.

Johnny Lee Wilson – On 4/13/86, the body of Pauline Marts of Aurora, Missouri was found dead in her home which had been burnt to the ground. Police soon concluded that the death of Marts was no accident but an arson/murder. A mentally challenged young man who lived in the area named Johnny Lee Wilson was brought in for questioning and confessed to the murder even though it was obvious he did not understand for what he was being charged. Johnny Lee Wilson was eventually sent to prison for the crime while his grandmother insisted that her grandson was a “homeboy” unable to commit such a violent act. In addition in the years after Johnny’s confession another man came forward with compelling evidence that he, not Wilson killed Pauline Marts.

“Redneck Brawl” – On 10/4/88 in Edmore, North Dakota two mechanics, Curtis Heck and Kenneth Engy got in a barroom brawl over which man would take the barmaid home with them. A few hours later Engy was found dead in his garage from carbon monoxide inhalation. Engy’s family insists that Curtis Heck who was at Engy’s house that evening is responsible for Ken’s death.

Oded Gordon – Oded Gordon was an autistic young man who was also becoming very reclusive. When Oded’s mother sent him to live at a facility in Greenville, New Hampshire, Oded simply wandered off and disappeared.

“Brian?” – On 6/4/89 thirteen year old Russell Evans of Spokane, Washington was found lying in the street the apparent victim of a hit and run accident. A few hours later due to injuries obtained in the accident Russell Evans passed away. Russell’s family is convinced that this was not a hit and run accident but murder perpetrated by a street gang that Russell had encountered earlier that evening. As he lay dying Russell seemed to call out for help from his friend Brian who seemed to be at the scene of the accident. When Brian was questioned he denied any knowledge of the event surrounding his friends’ death.

Brad Bishop – On 3/2/76 the bodies of state department employee Brad Bishop’s mother, wife and children were found burning in a park in North Carolina. Bishop of Bethesda, Maryland was distraught over not having received a promotion for which he was in line for. Police are convinced that it was Brad Bishop who murdered his entire family and then discarded them in North Carolina.

Lisa Lee – Lisa Lee was the head teller at a bank in Penbroke, Florida. On 12/20/90 it was discovered that Lisa Lee had stolen thousands of dollars from the bank vault. Lisa claimed it was to pay a man who was threatening to harm her children. When the bank chose to give Lisa twenty four hours to repay the money she promptly vanished.

Tracy Kirkpatrick – On 3/15/89, Tracy Kirkpatrick of Freddrick, Maryland was found murdered in the clothing store she worked in. A year later mysterious phone calls began coming into the Maryland police department from a man who had claimed to have murdered Tracy.

Steve Wilson – When Callie Thornburgh of El Rancho, California decided to end her marriage to Steve Wilson he murdered her father Bill on 5/29/79. Although Wilson was convicted of the crime and sent to prison on 8/3/84 he escaped!

“A Life For A Life” – Dennis and Marilyn Dupree of Cold Water, Michigan had a stormy marriage. When Marilyn filed for divorce, Dennis Dupree could not accept his marriage was over. On Easter weekend in 1990 Dennis abducted his ex wife at home and murdered her dumping her body near an abandoned church. Dupree has not been seen since.

Eric Kessler – In September of 1986 in Wisconsin, Eric Kessler conned a beauty salon owner named Catherine out of $75,000. Kessler’s whereabouts remain a mystery as do his true identity.

Caroline Smith – On 9/21/84 in Houston, Texas wealthy rancher named Charles Smith along with his father Chick Smith abducted Charles’ children from Charles’ estranged wife Caroline who had legal custody of the boys. Police fear that they have fled the country with the boys.

“Cult Murder” – From outward appearances Shane Stuart and Sally McNelly were an All American teenage couple. But in reality they were members of a dangerous cult in their hometown of St. Angelo, Texas. On Independence Day in 1988 this cult may have been responsible for their deaths.

Alex Cooper – On 4/4/87 Alex Cooper’s children found his car abandoned by the side of the road in Cranbrook, British Columbia. Alex Cooper himself however was nowhere to be found. Eventually Alex’s family fearing the worst had him declared dead. Soon after reports began to surface about a man who bore a striking resembled to Alex Cooper had surfaced in another part of Canada but again vanished before police could track him down.

“Sal and Sally” – When Sally Garedy of San Francisco, California met Sal Guardamo in 1985 she thought she had met the man of her dreams. Only a few months later of 5/23/85 Sally Garedy was found murdered the apparent victim of Guardamo, angry because Sally was going to break off their relationship.

“Pigeon Drop Part 1” – On 4/26/89 in Norwood Massachusetts a clever con woman named Josephine White stole $5,000 from an elderly victim by an advanced con game known as the “Pigeon Drop”.

Tommy Gibson – In Oregon on 3/19/91, two year old Tommy Gibson was declared missing by his father Larry Gibson who was a local police officer. Amazingly in the forthcoming weeks police not only began to suspect Gibson of being involved in his son’s disappearance but murdering his son as well.

Jim Burnside – On 2/17/88 in Manatee County Florida, a local butcher named Jim Burnside brutally stabbed his estranged wife Annette to death in a parking lot. Jim Burnside has not been seen since.

Mary Ann Perez – On 3/25/75, Mary Ann Perez vanished from her home in Shalmet, Louisiana. Several years later a confessed serial killer by the name of David Courtney confessed to murdering Mary Ann on the night she disappeared although her body was never found. However Mary Ann’s family has since been plagued by mysterious phone calls insisting that Perez is still alive and being held captive.

“Dr. Fraud” – During the mid 80s a smooth talking doctor going by the name of John Anderson conned many people out of large amounts of gold. When police began to investigate they discovered that the man’s name was not “John Anderson” nor was he a legitimate doctor.

Roger Dean – In Littleton, Colorado on 11/21/85 Roger Dean was murdered by an unknown assailant in front of his own home. Police have always contended that Roger Dean in one way or another was responsible for his own death but in the forthcoming years Roger’s family have received threatening phones calls from the man who claimed to have killed Roger. This man has demanded large amounts of money from Roger’s family or else they too would die.

Liza Montgomery – In December of 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada, a beautiful woman named Liza Montgomery conned several businesses/people out of everything from furniture to jewelry to clothing and even slot machines. When people became suspicious of Liza’s lavish shopping spree she simply vanished with all of the stolen merchandise in her possession.

“Missing Clerks” – On 2/4/90 in Orlando, Florida a woman named Debra Poe vanished while working at the late night shift at a convenience store. When officials investigated her disappearance they not only discovered a possible eyewitness but that Debra’s disappearance may have been linked to several other disappearances and murders in the Orlando area.

Im well up again for Vol 4 please Dark Dante!

Im in the UK and have no probs dubbing and sending on to the next in line.

Cheers

Russ
:)

I'm in too. This is the greatest thing to ever happen to UM fans!

By the way, I'm currently located in Utah.

I'm in again, cheers!

I'm totally in on this! Location - Washington, DC and I have the ability to dub with no problem. Actually, I can rip them to DVD if it's kosher, if not, dubbing is no problem. Let me know if this is a-ok.

No dvd-r at this time as not everyone is able to make copies of dvds yet.

DarkDante,

I am totally into this as well. Also, the 3rd tape is on its way to me... do I need to make a copy and send it to anyone or is that mine to keep? Someone let me know!

Best,
Andrew

Dark Dante,

Is there an order established yet as to the line-up for the tape?

Just curious.

greatgarrett2

P.S. As I stated, I'm definetely in.

^ No there isn't because the tree is still open for sign ups until Friday although from the looks of it this is gonna be the biggest tree thus far and is going to rely on all of the people on the tree to keep it running smoothly as I only "seed" the tree and do not "operate" it.

Mozart - Keep the copy of the tape for yourself and thanks for "playing" ;)

The "tree" is now closed - Here is the structure for the tree for VOLUME 4

Dante - Fuji - missing tiny - eunos_rsh - greatgarrett2 - mphs95 - Henry Chinaski - mozartpc27

Please contact the person behind you for their address information

Remember we dub copies of the MASTER tape for ourselves and then send the MASTER tape along to the next branch to preserve quality.

Fuji - I need your new address!

The tape should go out on Monday! - Happy tree'ing :)

Hi Mozart:

Is there any way I can get Vol. 3 from you so I can dub a copy? I have two VCRs and I can do itin two to three days max and send it back to you. PM me. Thanks.

mphs95

There used to be a website with a long story about the missing Hawaiian fishermen and the "Sara Jo", but I can't find it now. If anyone has more information about this one, I sure would like any Web links you know about on this case.

Thanks!

I am so sorry!!!!

I just got back from a little vacation and I noticed that the video was in my mailbox! I feel horrible. It looks like it's been here over a week. Anyways, the video is dubbing as I write this, and it will definitely go out tomorrow.

Please forgive me!

Hey guys! Volume 4 arrived today, sorry but it's a Friday night and I've just got home so I won't be able to send it out untill Monday. But it will be done then. Thanks again.

Hi Gang,

Just wanted to check in for a minute. Its good the video is starting to make the rounds. A few things, we have a much larger tree this time than previous times so everyone who is new joining in, the people who have been partaking in the trees from the start really enjoy this stuff so I would hope nobody "breaks the chain" so to speak...thats all I'm gonna say on that for now.

It might also be wise (at least for those in the US) to pay the additional thirty cents at the post office of "Delivery Confirmation" - that way you know the tape arrived safely at its next "port" - This is by NO MEANS required but just a friendly suggestion. I'm not sure if they have this in other countries but in the states its available and pretty cheap too.

Enjoy the show!

DD

I would love to see the episodes you have compiled.

Since I dont have a DVD burner, could I be a "leaf"? Let me know.

Thanks,
The Cber

Volume 4 has been sent away this afternoon. Dante, just curious as to if you have other cases not on these collections?

Yeah I have lots of stuff - I have think in addition to these seven volumes I have four or five more tapes (6hrs each) filled with segments, but I didn't tape those myself.

I also have a few dvds with episodes and have access to two superfans who both have extensive collection and can probably get me almost any segment I want from the "glory years" between the two of them.

I also have a few dvds with episodes and have access to two superfans who both have extensive collection and can probably get me almost any segment I want from the "glory years" between the two of them.

Do you suppose the Gulf Breeze UFO case is getable?

I'd have to look into it but "The Unexplained" segments usually don't figure into the scope of my various projects...I'll let you know.

Tapes arrived! Ill dub it right away and get it on its way to greatgarrett2 asap!!

Cheers guys!

Hello,
I'm new to this forum and it's my first post. I landed here because I was looking for information on my uncle, Paul Freshour's, case and I see that the episode that features his story (the Circleville Letters) is on volume 2 of these collections. Is there anyway I can get a copy from someone on this board?

I was very young when he went to prison and remember UM interviewing my dad for this episode but I never got to see the full episode when it aired. If anyone could help me out I would be very grateful.
Thanks,
Brian Freshour

Hello,
I'm new to this forum and it's my first post. I landed here because I was looking for information on my uncle, Paul Freshour's, case and I see that the episode that features his story (the Circleville Letters) is on volume 2 of these collections. Is there anyway I can get a copy from someone on this board?

I was very young when he went to prison and remember UM interviewing my dad for this episode but I never got to see the full episode when it aired. If anyone could help me out I would be very grateful.
Thanks,
Brian Freshour

Brian, I've sent you a couple PM's.....check your PM's

Mailing the tape out to Michigan tommorrow (Monday). I'm definetely in for 'Unsurpassed Mysteries' Volume 5.

Thanks again guys and gals for making this happen.....Segments are great!

Cheers

Hey all,

I missed 'Unsurpassed Mysteries' Volumes 1 and 2, as I just found out a Tape Tree was going on at the end of the Volume 2 tree. Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone would have Volumes One and Two as I am willing to pay the postage.

Aquiring Volumes One and Two would be nice.

Any thoughts.

Also, count me 'in' for Volume 5.

Cheers,

Garrett

Dark Dante:

Count me in for Vol 5 also.

Greatgarrett, if you get ahold of Vol 1 & 2, will you let me know please? I've been wanting those also and kicking myself in the butt bc I didn't get in on the tree in time.

I'm glad to see this wonderful chain continues so successfully! Please count me in on volume 5 as well!

Hi all,

Not sure it's been announced yet but - please count me in again!!!

Thanks

Russ.

Nothing has been announced yet as it pertains to "Volume 5" - I need confirmation that greatgarrett has recieved "Volume 4" first before we start a new tree.

DD

DD,

I have received Volume 4 and sent it out about a couple of weeks ago to Michigan.....

Also, as I stated, count me 'in' for Volume 5.

Thanks again everyone for making this happen!

Cheers,

greatgarrett2

^Ooops sorry I meant mozart - Mozart have you recieved Volume 4 yet?

DD

Count me in again. I am also able to transfer the video to DVD now. Do you want me to keep the tape an pass on a DVD or just stick to passing on a tape?

^ We are gonna keep it as a vhs because although I also have dvd burning capabilities not everyone else does.

DD:

I let mozart know I'm still waiting on Vol 4 from Canada. I'm sure the holiday weekend is what is holding it up. Keeping each other posted. I can't wait to see Vol 4. BOOYAH!

I realize I am really late coming into this, but are any of these still available? I am specifically looking for Volume 2, with the Melody Woods story on it. If I don't get the whole DVD, I want at least that story.

How do I go about getting in on this thing?

I MIGHT be able to help you out. I was the last "leaf" in that particular tree so I got to keep the tape. Since then I have been able to put the entire tape onto a DVD.. but I am from Australia...


I realize I am really late coming into this, but are any of these still available? I am specifically looking for Volume 2, with the Melody Woods story on it. If I don't get the whole DVD, I want at least that story.

How do I go about getting in on this thing?

I wonder how much it would be to ship it from Australia to Texas in the US. Do you have any idea?

If anyone has Vol 1 & 2 and is willing to loan it to me to dub onto tapes for myself or can dub them for me, that would be the greatest. :happyface

I wonder how much it would be to ship it from Australia to Texas in the US. Do you have any idea?

I reckon about AUS $13.

If anyone has Vol 1 & 2 and is willing to loan it to me to dub onto tapes for myself or can dub them for me, that would be the greatest. :happyface

I should be able to do this within about a week. Volume 2 is ready to go on DVD (it was easier for me becoz I got to keep the original tape, Volume 1 is spilt across 2 tapes and hasn't been dubbed as yet) but again I'm from Australia..


Dante : Is Volume 5 ready to go yet?

^ I need to know if the tree for volume 4 is completed yet first - once I have that info - I'll start a tree for V5.

okay, should we consider "Volume 4" of the series closed and start the weed for "Volume 5"?

Great! - count me in again please!!

Thanks
Russ.

As I already stated, count me in as well.

Thanks,

greatgarrett2

Count me in as well for Vol 5

I'm in! I'm in!

Okay here is the structure - I should have it out sometime next week

Dante - Fuji - greatgarrett2 - eunos_rsh - mphs95

if "tiny" wants to join in he can get behind eunos

Beyond that this tree is closed.

These trees are getting smaller and smaller each time. But whoever misses out on this is crazy. These tapes are some of the most precious VHS's I possess!

These trees are getting smaller and smaller each time. But whoever misses out on this is crazy. These tapes are some of the most precious VHS's I possess!

I know what you're saying.....I treasure all my UM DVDs and VHS's.....they are PRICELESS IMO!:crazy:

And, DD, thanks again for including me in this tree and for making this all happen!

Cheers

if "tiny" wants to join in he can get behind eunos

I have pretty much got all the remaining segments on Volumes 5-7 so at this stage I won't be needing these but things could change..if there's a Volume 8 and beyond I'll be in for sure! I just wanted to personally thank each one of the tree'ers for sending me tapes and Dark Dante for including me especially since I'm from across the planet.

Oh n Space Invaderz <--> missingtiny ;)

Wow! I can't believe there's an Unsolved Mysteries message board.It just befuddles me that someone has all of this on tape.I'm new to this so bear with me but is there any way I can get in on this tape tree thing? I pm'd you Dark Dante. This is great!

Okay, "Not a news broadcast" has been added after mph as out one newbie add on for this tree so now here is the structure:


Dante - Fuji - greatgarrett2 - eunos_rsh - mphs95 - Not A News Broadcast

Tape should ship to Fuji next week - Fuji please PM me your address

All others please get the address of the person behind you in the tree.

Still unsure how this tape tree thing works but I'm incredibly stoked that you added me to the tree.I'd like to get all the volumes if it's possible though. Thanks

Just got the tape today (Thursday)......

Will dub it tonight and tommorrow, then I'll probably send it out by the beginning of next week at the latest to enos_rush.

Cheers

I am very interested in getting a copy of the episodes you wrote on. I am willing to trade anything your interested in.

Hey all,

I've finished dubbing Unsurpassed Vol 5......will send it out to enos_rsh tommorrow. (Monday, October 30)

Thanks again guys!

Cheers

Count me 'in' for Vol 6

UPDATE: I sent out the tape today (Monday).....on the way overseas as we speak!

Thanks again!

Cheers

I would love these. I am from Melbourne, Australia and would love the chance to view them.
Thanks
Jamie

Hey Dante!

How are things looking at this point? Are we still planning on doing the next round, and if so, how soon?

Hey Dante!

How are things looking at this point? Are we still planning on doing the next round, and if so, how soon?

If so, count me in! :)

Yeah we could do this again if you all want - let me know whose in

As I said, count me in!

Yes please - count me in!

Ditto.

Okay so I guess its

Dante---Mr. Fuji----great garrett---enos rsh

I'll send the tape to dave (fuji) within the next few weeks

Josh

For some reason my mony order didn't get to CD I'll probably send out another one soon.What do I do to get a tape?

^ Tapes here are free - What you do is when you recieve the tape make a copy of it (for yourself) and then send the master tape (the one you recieved) along to the next person in line...

Let me know your location and I'll slot you in for Volume 6

How do I make a copy?

^ you need two vcrs for starters and you need a coxial cable to connect them together to begin dubbing.

If dubbing is a problem for you, let us know and we'll slot you in at the end of the list. That way you can just keep the master tape once you recieve it.

Okay,I'm in.I'll be at the end of the list

IMPORTANT INFO:

The tree now stands as:

Dante---Mr. Fuji----great garrett---enos rsh---80s Guy

"80s Guy" please send your mailing address to enos rsh so he knows where to send the video.

Also since its been awhile since we've done this, I'd like to remind everyone that I don't "run" this tape tree - I just supply the video. Once the video is in the mail, its out of my hands. Please keep the tree going by sending the master tape along after you make a dub for yourself.

Later.

Which segments are going to be on this tape?

Here is the listing - Scroll back a few pages and you'll find listings for all the tapes. A note to longtime followers of the series - The quality of Volume 6 is of slightly lesser quality than the previous volumes as the segments have been compiled from both mine and other board members' collections. My stuff is generally of A/A- quality while segments I've recieved from others in the past range from B-C quality. Just giving you the heads up in advance.


UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES VOLUME 6

“Time To Die”– Ed Baker was a millionaire who eluded to the fact that someone was after him. Shortly after he was found burned to death in his car. Murder or suicide?

Shannon Davis, newlywed, was out riding with her husband Dave Davis when he claimed she was thrown from her horse and hit her head and died. Police later discovered Dave had killed her for insurance money. Looking for him. (from special #4)

Aileen Conway, housewife from Oklahoma, was found burned to death in her wrecked car (with traces of arson) on a deserted road nowhere near her home. Strange clues were left at her home that seemed to indicate she left abruptly. What happened to her? (from special #4)

Dottie Caylor suffered from agoraphobia and a bad marriage. She has now vanished. Her husband claims he dropped her off at a train station but many suspect he is responsible for her disappearance. (from special #4)

Susan Laferte & Doreen Picard were both brutally beaten in the basement of their apartment building. Doreen died and Susan eventually recovered but has no memory of the attack. The only witness is her young daughter. Looking for the attacker. (from special #7)

Michael Scott Martin is in prison and claims he was wrongly convicted of armed robbery. Five witnesses swear he spent the whole day at his house 70 miles away. (from special #5)

Kurt McFall was a teenager apparently involved in the occult. He fell off a cliff to his death. There are conflicting clues, did he fall, jump or was he pushed? (from special #5)

“I Love You Cindy” – Cindy Anderson was a legal secretary with everything to live for. She began receiving spray painted messages on a building near her office. She then received disturbing phone calls at work and disappeared. What happened to her?

Charles Morgan was found shot to death in the desert (wearing a bulletproof vest) shortly after he claimed to have been kidnapped and tortured. Was he into illegal activity or secretly working for the government? Was it suicide or murder?

Maples/Baskins - Marvin & Sandra Maples claimed to be devoted grandparents and were keeping two of their grandkids, Bobby and Christi Baskins, while their parents got settled. Around the time the kids were to return to their parents the Maples concocted a scheme of lies to keep the children with them. When that didn’t work, they kidnapped them.

Dan Short was a bank president from Missouri. One night he was abducted from his home forced to open his bank while thieves robbed it then heartlessly chained him to a chair and threw him into the water alive. Why after agreeing to their demands did Dan Short have to die?

Strip Mall Rapist is terrorizing and raping women in medical offices as well as stores. He has shattered many lives. Police are on the hunt for him.

Mikki Jo West disappeared one night never to return. Disturbing letters started showing up around KC apparently from the killer. Police later found a suspect who confessed to her murder.

Jeffrey MacDonald once a doctor with a promising career is now in prison convicted of murdering his wife and children. Many people think he’s innocent and just as many believe in his guilt. Is he a cold-hearted killer or in prison for a crime he didn’t commit?

“Debby” was raped and shot in the face after a horrific attack that lasted several hours. She has been disfigured because of it. The search is on for her attacker.

Jessica Keen was assaulted and murdered in a cemetery. Was it a random act of violence or someone she knew?

“Beautiful Children” - Michael Hughes was abducted from his classroom by Franklin Floyd. He was never seen again. Floyd also had a strange relationship of father then husband with Michael’s mother “Sharon Marshall” who died in a suspicious car accident with Floyd being the prime suspect. Who is Sharon Marshall? Did Floyd abduct her when she was a child? What did Floyd do with Michael?

Keri Lynn Nixon left for a nearby store one night and never returned home. People claimed to have seen her as far away as SC. Did Keri meet with foul play or run away? (includes update in which a girl resembling Nixon is spotted at a “New Kids On The Block” concert)

Tina Jefferson was raped and murdered and left in a schoolyard. Witnesses saw her talking with a man at a grocery store shortly before her body was found. Police trying to find her killer.

Warren Fulton & Rachael Raver, sweethearts, were killed and Rachael raped as well. Rachael’s mother watched the UM segment on Tina Jefferson and noted some similarities. DNA tests would confirm it was the same attacker in both cases. Is there a serial killer & rapist on the loose?

Rhonda Hinson was on her way home from a Christmas party when she was shot and killed in her car. She had acted strangely in the weeks before her death. Was she murdered & stalked by someone she knew or a victim of a random act of violence?

Wanda Jean Mays was spending the night with her aunt and uncle when she disappeared. Wanda’s bedroom window had been broken from the inside and her nightgown was found on a nearby boat dock. There was also blood in a canoe. Did Wanda have some sort of breakdown and wander off or was she the victim of a crime? (from special #2)

John Burns shot and killed his lover Eleanor Farber when she broke it off after finding out he was married. He then disappeared. Police later discovered Burns was not his real name. Who is John Burns and more importantly where is he? (from special #2)

Kyra Cook, teenager, awoke in a park with a bump on the head and absolutely no memory of her life or what had just taken place. What happened to Kyra in the park that caused her this case of complete amnesia? (from special #2)

“Professional female thieves” – Young attractive women are drugging their dates with animal tranquilizer so they can rob them. Police have several women they have identified but are still trying to locate them. (from special #2)

Robert Weeks – three women (a wife and two girlfriends) all disappeared after having dinner with him over a span of 18 years. He had disappeared and police are on the hunt. (from special #2)

“Freedon” – boat disappeared with its crew including its passenger Lisa Bishop. She was never seen again but the captain of the boat has been spotted numerous times. Police are looking for him to gather information and also trying to find Lisa.

Ethyl Kidd was sexually assaulted, murdered and tied to a tree. Police think her attacker was someone who pretended to need directions. They have found a list believed to be written by the killer. Looking for him or anyone who recognizes the handwriting.

Joyce McLain, a popular and accomplished student is murdered in the woods near her high school during her daily job. Was she killed by someone in the community or an out of town visitor? Police are searching for her attacker.

Ron Argenti was murdered by his girlfriend Maria who suffered from schizophrenia. Police are trying to find her.

“Whacked Out” – Dorothy and Bill Wacker, an elderly couple has been terrorized for years by unknown people who have physically assaulted them as well as stole items from their home and vandalized their property. Who would want to harm this seemingly harmless old couple?

I am very interested in Vol 6 when it becomes available.

TREE NOW CLOSED. I'll ship the tape to Fuji sometime next week

Final Tree Structure

Dante---Mr. Fuji--mphs95--great garrett---enos rsh---80s Guy

Here is the listing - Scroll back a few pages and you'll find listings for all the tapes. A note to longtime followers of the series - The quality of Volume 6 is of slightly lesser quality than the previous volumes as the segments have been compiled from both mine and other board members' collections. My stuff is generally of A/A- quality while segments I've recieved from others in the past range from B-C quality. Just giving you the heads up in advance.


UNSURPASSED MYSTERIES VOLUME 6

“Time To Die”– Ed Baker was a millionaire who eluded to the fact that someone was after him. Shortly after he was found burned to death in his car. Murder or suicide?

Shannon Davis, newlywed, was out riding with her husband Dave Davis when he claimed she was thrown from her horse and hit her head and died. Police later discovered Dave had killed her for insurance money. Looking for him. (from special #4)

Aileen Conway, housewife from Oklahoma, was found burned to death in her wrecked car (with traces of arson) on a deserted road nowhere near her home. Strange clues were left at her home that seemed to indicate she left abruptly. What happened to her? (from special #4)

Dottie Caylor suffered from agoraphobia and a bad marriage. She has now vanished. Her husband claims he dropped her off at a train station but many suspect he is responsible for her disappearance. (from special #4)

Susan Laferte & Doreen Picard were both brutally beaten in the basement of their apartment building. Doreen died and Susan eventually recovered but has no memory of the attack. The only witness is her young daughter. Looking for the attacker. (from special #7)

Michael Scott Martin is in prison and claims he was wrongly convicted of armed robbery. Five witnesses swear he spent the whole day at his house 70 miles away. (from special #5)

Kurt McFall was a teenager apparently involved in the occult. He fell off a cliff to his death. There are conflicting clues, did he fall, jump or was he pushed? (from special #5)

“I Love You Cindy” – Cindy Anderson was a legal secretary with everything to live for. She began receiving spray painted messages on a building near her office. She then received disturbing phone calls at work and disappeared. What happened to her?

Charles Morgan was found shot to death in the desert (wearing a bulletproof vest) shortly after he claimed to have been kidnapped and tortured. Was he into illegal activity or secretly working for the government? Was it suicide or murder?

Maples/Baskins - Marvin & Sandra Maples claimed to be devoted grandparents and were keeping two of their grandkids, Bobby and Christi Baskins, while their parents got settled. Around the time the kids were to return to their parents the Maples concocted a scheme of lies to keep the children with them. When that didn’t work, they kidnapped them.

Dan Short was a bank president from Missouri. One night he was abducted from his home forced to open his bank while thieves robbed it then heartlessly chained him to a chair and threw him into the water alive. Why after agreeing to their demands did Dan Short have to die?

Strip Mall Rapist is terrorizing and raping women in medical offices as well as stores. He has shattered many lives. Police are on the hunt for him.

Mikki Jo West disappeared one night never to return. Disturbing letters started showing up around KC apparently from the killer. Police later found a suspect who confessed to her murder.

Jeffrey MacDonald once a doctor with a promising career is now in prison convicted of murdering his wife and children. Many people think he’s innocent and just as many believe in his guilt. Is he a cold-hearted killer or in prison for a crime he didn’t commit?

“Debby” was raped and shot in the face after a horrific attack that lasted several hours. She has been disfigured because of it. The search is on for her attacker.

Jessica Keen was assaulted and murdered in a cemetery. Was it a random act of violence or someone she knew?

“Beautiful Children” - Michael Hughes was abducted from his classroom by Franklin Floyd. He was never seen again. Floyd also had a strange relationship of father then husband with Michael’s mother “Sharon Marshall” who died in a suspicious car accident with Floyd being the prime suspect. Who is Sharon Marshall? Did Floyd abduct her when she was a child? What did Floyd do with Michael?

Keri Lynn Nixon left for a nearby store one night and never returned home. People claimed to have seen her as far away as SC. Did Keri meet with foul play or run away? (includes update in which a girl resembling Nixon is spotted at a “New Kids On The Block” concert)

Tina Jefferson was raped and murdered and left in a schoolyard. Witnesses saw her talking with a man at a grocery store shortly before her body was found. Police trying to find her killer.

Warren Fulton & Rachael Raver, sweethearts, were killed and Rachael raped as well. Rachael’s mother watched the UM segment on Tina Jefferson and noted some similarities. DNA tests would confirm it was the same attacker in both cases. Is there a serial killer & rapist on the loose?

Rhonda Hinson was on her way home from a Christmas party when she was shot and killed in her car. She had acted strangely in the weeks before her death. Was she murdered & stalked by someone she knew or a victim of a random act of violence?

Wanda Jean Mays was spending the night with her aunt and uncle when she disappeared. Wanda’s bedroom window had been broken from the inside and her nightgown was found on a nearby boat dock. There was also blood in a canoe. Did Wanda have some sort of breakdown and wander off or was she the victim of a crime? (from special #2)

John Burns shot and killed his lover Eleanor Farber when she broke it off after finding out he was married. He then disappeared. Police later discovered Burns was not his real name. Who is John Burns and more importantly where is he? (from special #2)

Kyra Cook, teenager, awoke in a park with a bump on the head and absolutely no memory of her life or what had just taken place. What happened to Kyra in the park that caused her this case of complete amnesia? (from special #2)

“Professional female thieves” – Young attractive women are drugging their dates with animal tranquilizer so they can rob them. Police have several women they have identified but are still trying to locate them. (from special #2)

Robert Weeks – three women (a wife and two girlfriends) all disappeared after having dinner with him over a span of 18 years. He had disappeared and police are on the hunt. (from special #2)

“Freedon” – boat disappeared with its crew including its passenger Lisa Bishop. She was never seen again but the captain of the boat has been spotted numerous times. Police are looking for him to gather information and also trying to find Lisa.

Ethyl Kidd was sexually assaulted, murdered and tied to a tree. Police think her attacker was someone who pretended to need directions. They have found a list believed to be written by the killer. Looking for him or anyone who recognizes the handwriting.

Joyce McLain, a popular and accomplished student is murdered in the woods near her high school during her daily job. Was she killed by someone in the community or an out of town visitor? Police are searching for her attacker.

Ron Argenti was murdered by his girlfriend Maria who suffered from schizophrenia. Police are trying to find her.

“Whacked Out” – Dorothy and Bill Wacker, an elderly couple has been terrorized for years by unknown people who have physically assaulted them as well as stole items from their home and vandalized their property. Who would want to harm this seemingly harmless old couple?

great.What are the specials when it says special # whatever by it?

^ Prior to becoming a regular series in the autumn of 1988, UM first tested the waters with seven specials which aired from January of 1987-May of 1988.

The segments from specials #1-#3 have never been shown on "Lifetime" and are only available through either this set or on CrystalDawn's "Best of" series. These specials were hosted by Raymond Burr and Karl Malden respectively and the only thing that you can see from them on "Lifetime" is a short update on the John Burns segment from special #2 aired during a recap of the shows history I believe during an episode from 1989 or 1990.

From Special #4 onwards the hosting duties were taken over by Robert Stack and Special #4 has been broadcasted in its entirety by "Lifetime". (although it has been noted that they may have messed with the running order of the segments) Some (but not all) of the segments from the remaining three specials have been broadcasted on "Lifetime" but instead of broadcasting the specials as they aired back in 1988, "Lifetime" chose to plop the segments into other episodes. An example of this would be the Steve Hadley case being banded together on "Lifetime", I believe with one of the "Son of Sam" episodes.

Volume #6 will be shipped this morning to Mr. Fuji in California.

Sorry for the delay and as always keep the tree moving!

DD

If Vol 6 tree opens up again, I would love to be on it.

You are on it - look above - Fuji should have his tape by now or soon - the tree structure again is:

Dante---Mr. Fuji--mphs95--great garrett---enos rsh---80s Guy

First of all, I'd like to thank you all for coming up with this fantastic idea. I miss seeing Unsolved Mysteries on Lifetime, and most of what's on the DVD's doesn't really appeal to me (I always hated the UFO episodes). I would really love to join the tree, if possible. What do I need to do?

^ Well the trees for volumes 1-6 are now CLOSED. You can't sign up for them any longer. There is still one final tree to go (Volume 7) which will start probably when the tree from Volume 6 concludes.

If you want copies of Volumes 1-6, scroll back a few pages and you'll see who took part in those trees. If you so wish, you can contact the people who have past volumes through email to obtain those volumes however it is ultimately their decision whether or not to trade or dub copies at this stage in the game. They are by no means obligated by me to do so - Just wanted to make that clear.

As of now, personally I am not entertaining any types of offers for any of the "Unsurpassed Mysteries" volumes off-board/outside the structure of seeding each tree.

DD

Anyone heard from MPHS lately? I PM'ed him a while back and have yet to hear from him. I need his address so I can send him the tape! I guess if I don't hear from him soon I can skip him and send it to the next one in line.

Hello All ---

I was involved in this tree awhile back, and was scheduled to get volume 4, but it never arrived. I did get volume 3. I'm not so worried about back volumes, but I remember specifically that DarkDante had explained that in volume 8 would be my all-time favorite segment, about a group of fisherman lost off the coast of Hawaii back in about 1980 or so, only to have the boat they were in resurface over a decade later on an uninhabited island, with one of the fisherman mysteriously buried nearby. I'm very excited about having a copy of that segment, and so would like to get back on board for volumes 7 and 8 --- can I get back in?

Thanks for everyone's time and patience!

I see I was wrong about their being 8 volumes --- there are only 7 --- but the segment I'm desperately awaiting is on this volume! Well, is it alright with everyone here if I sign up again!?!?

^ Along the same lines, Fuji have you heard from Mph yet? - If not please forward along Volume 6 to great garrett so we can get this thing moving again.

DD

Hey, DD ---

Again, thanks for putting all of this together. I don't know if you've seen this or not, but right now there is a guy on youtube putting up many of the Unsolved Mysteries segments; he even has a few segments from their original run on NBC that never aired on Lifetime (the Calico abduction case is a recent post/example)! Anyway, I asked him about a segment I distinctly remember seeing years ago on the show, but that I cannot ever recall seeing on Lifetime, and could not recall ever seeing it. I wanted to see if you remember this one:

The story was about a fellow in a rural mountain town who was basically a newcomer/outsider to the town culture, which was of the everybody-knows-everyone variety. I remember people describing the person as unusual, etc. At any rate, over the period of a week or a month or something, he begins telling anyone and everyone who will listen --- all the local shopkeeps, etc. --- that he intends to climb the big mountain just outside of town. This is significant because, as I recall, this particular mountain was thought to be either dangerous or haunted or both. At any rate, at the appointed day and time, he goes on out to the mountain --- and is never seen again. I remember that at the end of the segment (possibly in an update?), his skeletal remains were found, but no cause of death was determined.

Do you recall this segment? A very strange one, one that I've longed to see again for years.

Yeah the guy's name was Keith Reinhard, I have the segment but am one of the few on this forum who has no interest in watching it. Its strange but it still never grabbed my interest.

Crystaldawn has it on one of her little "club dvds" or whatever - try contacting her for more info :)

Thanks!

Yes that is one of the better UM segments in my opinion. Its one that I don't believe ever aired on Lifetime. Here is a thread where the case was discussed at length:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=154693&highlight=keith+reinhard

Never heard from MPHS, and I just PM'ed GreatGarret so as soon as I get his address I'll send off the tape.

My only complaint is I wish these tapes were 12 hours long! I get to watching them and before I know it the tape's already over.

Yes that is one of the better UM segments in my opinion. Its one that I don't believe ever aired on Lifetime. Here is a thread where the case was discussed at length:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=154693&highlight=keith+reinhard

It aired on Lifetime at least once around two o' clock in he morning back in the mid-nineties or so. I never did see it shown during the regular one hour timeslot.

Hello!!

I would LOVE to be involved in any tree that opens, or to be added along to any currently operating! I swear i'll be a good team player and forward everything along accordingly!!

PM if we can set it up!

Hey all,

Just finished dubbung the tape tonight (Monday, March 19).......Will probably send it out tommorrow sometime.

Thanks again!

Cheers

Shipped the tape out today(Tuesday) to the UK.......count me in for Volume 7, if there is one.........

Thanks again guys!

Cheers

I would very much like to be included in the tree for Volume 7 if/when it opens. I'm going to try to contact someone in the trees for the previous volumes so I can get caught up with those also, but in the meantime, if anyone would like to make some copies for me, I would very much appreciate it -- I'd be happy to send you money for the tapes and the postage.

Again, thanks to Dante for putting this all together. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!

I got the tape today.

^ This brings the tree for Volume 6 to a close - If there is any interested in Unsurpassed Mysteries Volume 7 (the final volume) - let me know.

DD

Yes sir! I'd definitely be interested.

DD:

I know I"m a day off but is there anyway I can get onto the tree for 6? I have been working on a Senior thesis for weeks now and I graduated on Saturday, so I haven't been able to get onto the net until now.

I'm interested in Volume 7! I'm quite interested in all of them actually, but I know that the trees have been closed for a while and won't be repeated. I have no means of copying anything but I would love to have copies of Volumes 1-6 if there is anyone who wouldn't mind taping them for me. I can pay for postage/tapes/etc. As far as Volume 7 goes I could be at the end of the list if no one minds that. Thanks. :)

Ok so far its

Dante--------Mr. Fuji------mphs95-------DearBunny

I'll leave the tree for Volume 7 open for a bit and see who signs up.

Is it too late for me to tag on the end of this?!

Cheers
Russ.

Hi Russ,

Yeah lets start this thing soon - I'll try to get it out next week to you all - Russ you can get in behind Mr. Fuji since you are overseas.

DD

Ok so far its

Dante--------Mr. Fuji------mphs95-------DearBunny

I'll leave the tree for Volume 7 open for a bit and see who signs up.

Is it already too late to count me in for Volume 7?

I stated I'd be interested.......

I don't care if I'm last in line, since I got into the game late.

Cheers

GG,

I have an ear infection at the moment so sign ups are probably gonna be open another week - so if anyone else wants in jump on. I'll send Fuji the video next week sometime probably.

DD

^ Sorry to hear about your ear infection.......hope you feel better.

Yeah, I want in for sure.

Thanks

Get well soon, DarkDante.

Get well soon, DarkDante.

Well Dante's always been a little dizzy but its good to know there's a medical reason for it this time.....;)

I just came across this thread this morning. I watched Unsolved Mysteries all the time in the 1990's, and was pleased to read on the very first post about the list of episodes that are not from the DVD's. However, I heard that some of the tape trees are now closed. (I am interested in all 7 parts!), and won't be re-opened. I live in Ontario Canada, but if someone could copy them for me, it would be appreciated. I can pay for tapes, etc.

Sincerely,
Michael Ducker

The tree for Volume 7 will be put together sometime next week. Fuji is going to be the first in line, the others I'm gonna need to sort through and let ya know so its not too late to sign up.

DD