Can everybody name some segments that Lifetime either hasn't showed in a long time or never at all?

The Mickki Joe West case is rarely shown on Lifetime.

I've never seen the Don Adams segment on Lifetime. Or the Tara Calico segment, either.

There are a lot of segments Lifetime has never shown. Probably more than we realize. Here are some I don't think Lifetime has ever shown:

Billy Hargrove & Mike Carmichael - 2 Army men, best friends, found hanging on the base within 6 weeks of each other under strange circumstances.

"Debby" - woman who was shot in the face & raped. Very disturbing one.

Eric & Pam Ellender - young couple murdered in their bed while they slept

Roxanne Jeeves - murdered along with her 5 year old son on his birthday. :(

Tony Alamo - self styled preacher and clothing designer, wanted.

Rogest Cain - elderly man missing but reported sightings of him.

Doyle Wheeler - retired cop claimed he was shot in the head by intruders that he believe were hired by fellow DS officers.

"Bonnie Wilder" - woman who stole from department stores where she was employed.

Melody Martin - married to a black man but after her third child was born flipped out started making racist remarks and kidnapped her youngest child.

Robert Leeds - man wanted for stealing valuable paintings

I'm sure there are lots others but those are just off the top of my head.

It's been a while, but I haven't seen that segment about the guy (named Jewel?) whose wife disappeared after he dropped her off at the airport. I think her name was Dottie? Dottie was agoraphobic but finally worked her way out of being scared to go out of the house. Jewel was so downright strange that I don't even think he was involved, though his remark that he was content and happy without her was kind of insensitive, to say the least. The best part of the segment is when they cut to his interview and he starts off with "...and she was standing over me with that knife..." Anyone who has been married a while usually laughs at that line! I miss Jewel and Dottie.

Just thought of another of my favorites that they rarely show: the elderly couple who gave a homeless man a sandwich and let him rest. Before he leaves, they scrape together all the cash they have in the house (which wasn't much, being on a limited income) and give it to him. He seemingly disappears when they look to see him walk away. Then, that Christmas they receive an anonymous card with money. Years after, more cards. They think it's from the man once he got back on his feet. Great story because they treat the man with dignity, compassion, and respect rather than giving him a copy of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and a lecture about using your bootstraps to pull yourself up!

they should show the one with the guy more.

Just thought of another of my favorites that they rarely show: the elderly couple who gave a homeless man a sandwich and let him rest. Before he leaves, they scrape together all the cash they have in the house (which wasn't much, being on a limited income) and give it to him. He seemingly disappears when they look to see him walk away. Then, that Christmas they receive an anonymous card with money. Years after, more cards. They think it's from the man once he got back on his feet. Great story because they treat the man with dignity, compassion, and respect rather than giving him a copy of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and a lecture about using your bootstraps to pull yourself up!

This one is actually shown quite a lot on LIfetime...usually during the holidays.

The Mickki Joe West case is rarely shown on Lifetime.

The last time they aired this one was back in October or November.

It's been a while, but I haven't seen that segment about the guy (named Jewel?) whose wife disappeared after he dropped her off at the airport. I think her name was Dottie? Dottie was agoraphobic but finally worked her way out of being scared to go out of the house. Jewel was so downright strange that I don't even think he was involved, though his remark that he was content and happy without her was kind of insensitive, to say the least. The best part of the segment is when they cut to his interview and he starts off with "...and she was standing over me with that knife..." Anyone who has been married a while usually laughs at that line! I miss Jewel and Dottie.

This one aired last in July.

Well any of the specials (3 in total) not featuring Robert Stack as the host but Raymond Burr or Karl Malden - There were some good stories on those includuing:

Don Kemp (Man abandons his car in the Wyoming Prarie and is never seen again until his bones are found several years later. His mother believes he was kidnapped and murdered)

Wanda Jean Mays (Young woman disappears in the middle of the night while staying at her uncle's cabin.)

John Burns (Mysterious "man without a past" kills his mistress and then vanishes)

"The Jai Alai Murders" (Three seperate murders in three cities which were later found to be connected to Whitey Bulger)

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There are also a few segments from the specials Robert Stack hosted which for one reason or another have never been syndicated

Jon Yount (Inmate from Pennslyvania falls in love with a housewife who helps him escape from jail)

Missy Munday and Jerry Strickland (Fugitive couple who murder Missy's co-worker at a gas station)

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There was a UFO segment featured in the first "regular run" episode of the show (which also featured Gail Delano among other cases) which has never been syndicated.

There is also the extortion case in which anonymous letters written on a computer were sent out to random people in California telling them to "pay various sums of money or they would die". The letters contained intimate details about the people whom they were sent to. "Lifetime" has aired an update on this case when the extortionists were captured but the full segment has never been syndicated.

Well, apparently that Marisa Maugeri segment qualifies. I don't remember seeing it on Lifetime and I searched this forum and her name didn't come up. I assume the writer got it right and the case was featured on UM but I'm surprised I don't remember it, especially if they mentioned Publix which is a big supermarket chain but very regional and almost exclusively in Florida and the southeast.

In case it hasn't already been mentioned, I would say Doyle Wheeler. He was the California police officer who claimed that a couple of men tried to kill him. The segment originally aired in November 1989, and was never shown on Lifetime. (The segment briefly mentioned that he was one of the cops who arrived at the scene of the notorious McDonald's restaurant massacre in July 1984.)

In case it hasn't already been mentioned, I would say Doyle Wheeler. He was the California police officer who claimed that a couple of men tried to kill him. The segment originally aired in November 1989, and was never shown on Lifetime. (The segment briefly mentioned that he was one of the cops who arrived at the scene of the notorious McDonald's restaurant massacre in July 1984.)

I can't recall if I've mentioned this on the board before, but Donovan Jacobs (the officer Wheeler testified against, and whom Wheeler believed was behind the attempt on his life) sued UM as he was unhappy with his portrayal in the segment in question. I would highly suspect this is why it has never turned up on Lifetime.

I've never seen the Don Adams segment on Lifetime. Or the Tara Calico segment, either.

Don Adams as in Maxwell Smart, Secret Agent 86? If so, what was the nature of the story?

Can everybody name some segments that Lifetime either hasn't showed in a long time or never at all?

As far as segments Lifetime has NEVER shown, there are quite a few. I posted a fairly comprehensive list on this board a few months back. In case you're still interested, here is a link to it: http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=147233

To add a couple more (I'm too lazy to look up the airdates, sorry :-) )

- A story about a Miami sting operation to catch coke and marijuana dealers in which the feds used a cellphone shop as a front.

- CW Roddy, an elderly antidrug activist was shot by gang bangers. She survived.

- The search for Melveen Aprille, who was wanted for stealing over two million dollars from her ailing husband's bank account. She also abducted their two children.

- an update on the arrest of the boyfriend of one of the fortune teller con-artsts profiled during season two.

- an update on the apprehension of the Nevada horse killers.

- numerous "FBI alerts" with William Sessions and Floyd Clarke.

As far as stories that Lifetime has not shown in a long time, I would suspect that list is even longer, and possibly a little subjective. I can think of quite a few stories I personally have not seen on the network IN YEARS, but I don't watch the show every day.

Another one i don't think i have ever seen in lifetime was the case of student from Canada (or was going to Canada) who was driving to college and he disappeared in route. They believed he might of picked up a hitchiker who killed him and drove his car for a bit (there were sightings of the car and another man driving it).

The last time they aired this one was back in October or November.



This one aired last in July.
I believe the Mickki Joe West case has only been profiled once or twice on Lifetime...hence my mention of it.

There is another case that crosses my mind. In 1993 or 1994, UM aired a segment about a man who was arrested on a minor charge, and was found dead in his jail cell less than two hours after his arrest. Despite claims that he killed himself, his family suspected otherwise. The NBC repeat of the segment ended with an update announcing that someone working at the jail was charged in the man's death.

I never saw it rerun on Lifetime, and don't remember the name of the deceased. However, the incident happened in the early '90s, and (unless I'm mistaken) in California. Of all the "suicide or murder?" cases presented on UM, it was one of the few that was solved.

I believe the Mickki Joe West case has only been profiled once or twice on Lifetime...hence my mention of it.

It was actually shown on Lifetime numerous times (numerous enough to be countless).

Another one i don't think i have ever seen in lifetime was the case of student from Canada (or was going to Canada) who was driving to college and he disappeared in route. They believed he might of picked up a hitchiker who killed him and drove his car for a bit (there were sightings of the car and another man driving it).

It's been shown on Lifetime a good number of times.

Does anyone know what happend to Wanda Jean Mays? I have never heard an update or cannot find any info on that case. It was the first show I ever saw (and it scared the heck out of me and got me hooked!)

It has never been updated to my knowledge, Wanda is still missing and her profile oddly enough is NOT at the DOE NETWORK with most of the other missing persons. I suspect (and this is just my personal opinion) that Wanda died the night she disappeared (possibly drowning)

Also in the general scheme of things and this is probably pretty subjective but I've been watching the "Lifetime" syndications for well over ten years now but never thought of taping the segments.

This past April I started taping the episodes on a daily basis off of "Lifetime", by August I had seen almost every memorable case (probably well over 100) that has been expounded on these forums with a few exceptions those being

Mikki Jo West
Rhonda Hinson
Kerry Lynn Nixon
Kathy Hobbs

and those were all syndicated in October so what I'm saying is during the year "Lifetime" shows most individual episodes at least once if not more. Last week they were syndicating stuff I taped by in July (Nyleen Kay Marshall, Norman Ladner etc.)

so what I'm saying is during the year "Lifetime" shows most individual episodes at least once if not more.

Any guesses as to how many times that exploding school in Cokeville has been shown in the last year? :)

I think it was on again a week or two ago. I remember tuning in (for the first time in a LONG time) and being surprised (well, maybe not TOO surprised) to see it was on. I hate that story.

That story was cool... the FIRST time I saw it. The second time I saw it, It was okay... now I hate it.

I can't recall if I've mentioned this on the board before, but Donovan Jacobs (the officer Wheeler testified against, and whom Wheeler believed was behind the attempt on his life) sued UM as he was unhappy with his portrayal in the segment in question. I would highly suspect this is why it has never turned up on Lifetime.
This is very interesting and makes me wonder if more of the episodes have stopped being shown for exactly this reason.

I'm not sure why Jacobs would be unhappy about his portrayal. The interview with him was pretty extensive so it seemed like he had a good chance to share his side of the story.

Like ive posted countless times, the sotry where the girl is sexually assaulted in the woods and left for dead, her eyes were blood red from hemmorrhaging. apparently she was riding her bike home along a highway when it happened

Well I dont remember it extremely well but when I was a kid I would watch UM with my dad on NBC. This was back in the very late 80's and early to mid 90's. We watched it until NBC cancelled it around 1997 and we didnt have cable or satellite until the last couple years so as a result we never saw again until the last year or so. Anyway as a kid that show scared the crap out of me and still does but not as much as it used to. The NBC versions of the show seemed much scarier and I know there are even certain scenes that were on NBC that life time cuts out. Lifetime also doesnt show certain cases and lifetime skips around too much and airs the same cases repeatedly.

^ It should be noted that "Lifetime" cuts certain scenes out to make room for the updates which were not included when the segment was originally broadcasted on NBC.

Now for those Obsessive Compulsive UM fans:

"Lifetime" airs two distinct edits of the Brad Bishop segment. When it is shown in its 2002 re-edit it contains a scene of Bishop buying a sledge at a hardware store. This scene is not contained when the segment is syndicated on "Lifetime" as part of its original episode (circa early 90s)

Also there are two distinct edits of the famed "Son Of Sam" case which circulate among collectors which bring to light some interesting nuances:

A version of the "Son Of Sam" case was re-broadcasted during the summer of 1989. The "Son Of Sam" segment was originally broadcasted as a two-parter over the span of two weeks in the fall of 1988. But when it was re-broadcasted, NBC chose to air both parts in one episode.

Robert Stack also taped some introductions unique to this broadcast which basically ran along the lines of "When we return we'll present Maury Terry's evidence that David Berkowitz was part of a Satanic cult" to supplant the original "Tune in next week when we'll present Maury Terry's..." - Stack's original commentary was taped in a police station (fall 1988) while the rebroadcast was taped in a dark hallway (summer 1989)

When the show was picked up by "Lifetime" they chose to go with the original fall 1988 broadcast rather than the summer 1989 re-broadcast. The summer 1989 re-broadcast contains some footage editted out of the "Lifetime" syndication (most notably some additional interviews with Tommy Zaino) but interestingly enough the "Lifetime" syndication features a clear shot of a dog being held captive by the satanic cult which was editted out of the summer 1989 NBC syndication.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone at NBC (or perhaps an animals rights group) objected to that scene (which was obviously included in the Fall 1988 original airing) and decided to remove it from the summer 1989 re-broadcast because the dialog during that scene match and are complete in both the "Lifetime" and "NBC 1989" versions but that one quick shot of the dog is excised from the NBC 89 version.

I dont know if these two segments aired the same on NBC and Lifetime but I remember watching the Joe and Mattie Harvey segment on both NBC when it originally aired and lifetime. I dont remember watching the whole segment originally but I remember seeing that yellow truck that Eddie and Cheryl drove to the Harvey house and I remember them talking to Joe and then I remember Eddie shooting Joe and then shooting Mattie and I remember it showing Eddie's face and pointing the gun and the smoke from the gun. It seemed way scarier on NBC although that segment got to me on lifetime too. But I dont know if it seemed scarier just because I was like 8 years old when I originally saw it.

I've never seen the Don Adams segment on Lifetime. Or the Tara Calico segment, either.
Don Adams From "Get Smart"? He was an actor, what kind of story did they do on him?

Just thought of another of my favorites that they rarely show: the elderly couple who gave a homeless man a sandwich and let him rest. Before he leaves, they scrape together all the cash they have in the house (which wasn't much, being on a limited income) and give it to him. He seemingly disappears when they look to see him walk away. Then, that Christmas they receive an anonymous card with money. Years after, more cards. They think it's from the man once he got back on his feet. Great story because they treat the man with dignity, compassion, and respect rather than giving him a copy of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and a lecture about using your bootstraps to pull yourself up!

I just saw that episode acouple of moths ago. It is a very good episode.

I've seen that one on Lifetime in the last couple of years, but it's definetely been a while. I also remember that segment with the Vietnam vet who is reunited with the nurse who helped him. At the end of the segment, there is the frozen screen shot of the guy that mentions he passed away not too longer afterwards. I don't think it's a rare one necessarily but I haven't seen it on in a while (then again, I don't get a chance to catch it everyday either :-P)

As for most of the rare ones people have posted, I don't think I've seen any of them, or at least not since their original run. Even more of a reason for a comprehensive season DVD set, ahem, NBC!

FTR: NBC does not control if anything related to "Unsolved Mysteries" comes out on dvd. "Unsolved Mysteries" is owned by John Cosgrove and company and they distribute through "First Look Media" who have released all the dvd sets so far.

It is ultimately up to those folks together to determine any future archival releases related to UM. Though the fact that the sets we did get a few years back contained the "Lifetime" edits shows that staying true to the original broadcasts is not a top priority for these folks.

FTR: NBC does not control if anything related to "Unsolved Mysteries" comes out on dvd. "Unsolved Mysteries" is owned by John Cosgrove and company and they distribute through "First Look Media" who have released all the dvd sets so far.

It is ultimately up to those folks together to determine any future archival releases related to UM. Though the fact that the sets we did get a few years back contained the "Lifetime" edits shows that staying true to the original broadcasts is not a top priority for these folks.

DarkDante has a point. Despite having aired UM for a decade, NBC never had any official ownership of the series. It wasn't even a product of either NBC or any NBC-related company (NBC Studios, NBC Enterprises, etc.). So unfortunately, as far as NBC was concerned, UM was expendable. When the network got rid of UM, it cut all ties with the show. Sad but true. :(

Another story that I haven't seen on lifetime is one about a Witch who binds fugitives. There was a guy who was fleeing police who she put a spell on. Eventually, they captured the guy.:D
Never seen that one. Sounds creepy.

Don Adams From "Get Smart"? He was an actor, what kind of story did they do on him? Does anyone have any info?

Don Adams From "Get Smart"? He was an actor, what kind of story did they do on him? Does anyone have any info?


It wasn't Don Adams the actor. It was a man named Don Adams who I believed was an alcoholic and went on a roadtrip with his dogs. The last time he was seen, it was with a hitchhiker whom he had picked up. I want to say that Adams either disappeared or was murdered and the only clues that they really have to go on is the mysterious hitchhiker he was last seen with. This is the first segment of UM I ever saw... and it was obviously over 15 years ago, so my memory isn't that fresh on it. I'd still love to see it on Lifetime.

Thanks for the info there LooksLikeRicki.

Don Adams died shortly after reuniting with his daughter in a bar, and was most likely murdered. He was found in a field just off of a road. I don't remember if they said he was an alcoholic, but he was definitely drunk while in the bar with his daughter. He started to get rowdy and his daughter left him there, although I imagine she wouldn't have left had she known what was about to happen. Pretty sure this was one of the first UM segments to air - circa fall 1988.

The Don Adams case aired on UM in August 2003, but I have not seen it on since.

The Don Adams case aired on UM in August 2003, but I have not seen it on since.

I know it's aired since then. I taped it off UM not too long ago, probably within the year.

I would imagine that there are reasons certain segments aren't aired, and it's probably a different reason for each of those segments.

I looked through this thread, and there have been several good guesses as to why certain segments weren't aired.

Recently in another post in another thread, I mentioned that Tony Alamo has resumed his practice after his sentence was over. I would imagine this is why we haven't seen the Tony Alamo segment. Apparently, there are still a few nuts out there that think he's a great man.

As far as the Gulf Breeze UFO, part of me wants to say it isn't aired because it was proven to be a hoax. Yet, the Anastacia segment was also proven to be a hoax and that is shown. It's even on the Strange Legends box set. Another mystery within a mystery perhaps?

I wanna say I've seen the Keith Reinhard segment on daytime Lifetime, but I'm not 100% sure. It would have been many, many years ago.

Recently in another post in another thread, I mentioned that Tony Alamo has resumed his practice after his sentence was over. I would imagine this is why we haven't seen the Tony Alamo segment. Apparently, there are still a few nuts out there that think he's a great man.

Wow. That's just....wrong.


As far as the Gulf Breeze UFO, part of me wants to say it isn't aired because it was proven to be a hoax. Yet, the Anastacia segment was also proven to be a hoax and that is shown. It's even on the Strange Legends box set. Another mystery within a mystery perhaps?

I have seen that Gulf Breeze story. You have to remember that it aired as one of the first episodes of Unsolved Mysteries. Therefore, I can't help but think they wanted to save face by not showing it once the hoax was discovered because UM was so young, and probably trying to gain some credibility. Also, the hoax was exposed prior to Unsolved being syndicated on Lifetime. If you look at the particular episode the Gulf Breeze segment was a part of, you'll note that none of the other stories have ever aired together on Lifetime. Rather they have been tacked onto other episodes. Lifetime did a lot of this mixing and matching with earlier season episodes. However, they seemed to phase it out as the years went on. Most of the later season episodes were presented on Lifetime exactly as they were on presented on NBC. Hell, some even left in the entire opening theme. The Anastasia segment was from a much later season, so it wasn't buchered as severely. Just my guess.


I wanna say I've seen the Keith Reinhard segment on daytime Lifetime, but I'm not 100% sure. It would have been many, many years ago.

You are correct. It has been on Lifetime. I was the person who recorded it originally. It was shown during the late night 2am timeslot. Probably in 1997 or 1998. I was lucky, as I had fallen asleep while recording something off Lifetime so the VCR stayed on, and the tape ran out literally seconds after the segment completed. I'm not sure if it has been shown in the daytime. It may have.

Speaking of Tony Alamo he has a website:

http://www.alamoministries.org/

Just checked out his website briefly. I am shocked, suprised and stunned to learn that there are hundreds of his churches out there.

Cool story about the Keith Reinhard segment, Justin 5256! Sounds like you got that segment against all odds.

Somewhat similar to this, I've gotta wonder if there are people out there who have some of the ultra rare segments on tape and don't even know it. Maybe they've got 'em in an attic or basement, totally forgotten....sometimes I find stuff on tapes that I intended to record over and end up saving.

Also there are two distinct edits of the famed "Son Of Sam" case which circulate among collectors which bring to light some interesting nuances:

A version of the "Son Of Sam" case was re-broadcasted during the summer of 1989. The "Son Of Sam" segment was originally broadcasted as a two-parter over the span of two weeks in the fall of 1988. But when it was re-broadcasted, NBC chose to air both parts in one episode.

Robert Stack also taped some introductions unique to this broadcast which basically ran along the lines of "When we return we'll present Maury Terry's evidence that David Berkowitz was part of a Satanic cult" to supplant the original "Tune in next week when we'll present Maury Terry's..." - Stack's original commentary was taped in a police station (fall 1988) while the rebroadcast was taped in a dark hallway (summer 1989)

When the show was picked up by "Lifetime" they chose to go with the original fall 1988 broadcast rather than the summer 1989 re-broadcast.

I apologize for bumping this crusty old thread, but I was doing some "research" and came upon this post. Do you have an airdate for this segment, DD?

I am going to go out on a limb and say that I believe that it was broadcast much later - on 5/3/91.

Like ive posted countless times, the sotry where the girl is sexually assaulted in the woods and left for dead, her eyes were blood red from hemmorrhaging. apparently she was riding her bike home along a highway when it happened

Was this on UM? I recall a segment on Autopsy about a case like this. The girl survived but she had bitten her rapist. The rapist was brought to the hospital after a car accident and he had bite marks with little dots over them--they were indentions made by her braces.

Was this the case you're thinking of??

Oh Lord, I didn't realize this thread was two years old!! :lol: