OK, type up what you think is the worst of the worst something that aired on UM. It could be the worst segment, sketches, acting, criminal, update, names, anything. I'll start.

That poor dog Wolfka. What were they thinking naming him that? I'm sure it means something in another language but, you've got to admit that's messed up.

The worst criminal I can think of right now is that unknown caucasian man who was well dressed, and would walk calmly into a store in a strip mall, and shoot to kill everyone in there. Then he would just walk out. Wasn't there a survivor? He told him "Hey man, I just came to buy some stuff I didn't see nothing", or something like that right? Anyway, what a --------! :mad:

that would be the I-70 killer. most of the time, there was just a single clerk in the store (it is believed the killer did his crimes at time when he thought there would be just one clerk in the store), although there was one instance where there were 2 clerks in the store. the survivor was never shot at - although probably would have been had he went in the back room as the killer requested.

Don't remember everything about the case, but my worst of the worst was the entire family that was killed in their camper somewhere in western ontario. That killer sure scared me too

Worst Acting in an UM Segment: "He's got Jonathan! That man has Jonathan!"

:D

Worst Acting in an UM Segment: "He's got Jonathan! That man has Jonathan!"

:D

A runner up for worst acting... "You're being bad again Susan".

hahaha...that was bad acting indeed!

yeah...that was bad, as was the acting of the guy they got to play gigantor in the debra poe segment. "ya know, you shouldn't smoke"

Worst segment: the Aphrodisiac segment. Probably UM's lowest moment.

A runner up for worst acting... "You're being bad again Susan".

I don't think that actor was bad so much as he was trying to show just how ridiculous that guy sounds when he talks that way. That actor handled those scenes pretty well, imo.


Here are my candidates for WORST JOB OF DEFENDING THEIR INNOCENCE:

1. Paul Pollis – Defiant, devoid of any kind words for his missing wife, seems to implicate members of his own family, sexes up dolphins. His whole attitude just really left me with nothing to connect with in his filmed interview. As a father of 2 children of close age, I’ll be dayumed if I ever would have involved them, plus another, on a 10 hour ride through town running difficult errands.

2. Timothy McClure – just thee most absolutely bizarre take on how to plead your innocence I could ever imagine. Regardless of all the weird occurrences that point to his guilt…just the way the man chose to answer questions makes him look either guilty or haplessly moronic or a cunning criminal mastermind who has committed the perfect crime and gotten away with it by pretending to be Forrest Gimp.

3. Donny Hanson – “Absolutely ludicrous” is what he deems any assertions that he killed his sisters, despite the FACT that he was caught trying to cover up a crime before anyone even thought a crime had occurred. Also chose to go with the “distorted face and voice” routine which goes a LOOOOONG way towards making you look like you got something to hide.


Here are my candidates for WORST MOTHER-IN-LAW TO HAVE:

1. Cheryl Nagi – As guilty as I think Paul Pollis, I have to empathize with the man for marrying into a family in which the mother and daughter communicate via phone 15 times a day, and when the grown daughter gets an ear infection the mother, having spoken with the daughter at 2 a.m., calls before 9 a.m. on a Saturday and then calls back every 20-20 minutes. Again, not saying anything good about Paul Pollis, but I can understand if the families didn’t like each other BEFORE Charlotte went missing. Oh yeah...then she splits with your daughter.

2. Sandra Maple – Nuff said.

Well, the winner of the Worst Wig Awards has to be the woman who played Marilyn DePue. Talk about a bad hair day :lol:

Worst segment: the Aphrodisiac segment. Probably UM's lowest moment.

The chocolate hearts?? LAME!!

I also laughed at the segment about the "Dale" three-wheeled car and the tranny inventor. Classic.

The chocolate hearts?? LAME!!

I also laughed at the segment about the "Dale" three-wheeled car and the tranny inventor. Classic.
go mavs!

certainly there are a few segments UM threw out there for fun.

The only good thing about the aphrodisiac segment was when it ended. Robert said "When in doubt try a box of chocolates, or a dozen roses." Then he smiles. That was the high point only because he rarely smiled like that.

Well, the winner of the Worst Wig Awards has to be the woman who played Marilyn DePue. Talk about a bad hair day :lol:

That is so weird!! I was compiling this very list but I didn't know the exact names so i was going to wait until later. i have 3 nominations that might beat out Mrs. DePue:

1. The actress playing Pamela Ray (the woman abducted from the Florida motel at 5 am while her kids slept in the car).
2. The man who rented a car with Beverly McGowan's credit card.
3. Jeffrey Digman's dad!

Worst Acting in an UM Segment: "He's got Jonathan! That man has Jonathan!"

:D

I'd like to add this category: Worst acting from participant (not actor) and nominate:

One of the moms (Gayle) who participated in the re-enactment was a bit wooden. Check out the beat she's asking Joe when his wife will be back to teach piano lessons:
"When is Gladys coming to back Seattle and resume her (slight pause for head shake) music lessons (flutter eyelashes and clasp hands together)" before Joe loses his patience.
And curtain closes down on another amateur night! :clap:
It's on volume 3, from the Joe Owens segment.

For me one of them was the one bank robber who used to wear the cheap wigs and baseball caps and stuff to change his appearance when he would do the robberies, so that he could go unrecognized! Those disgueses were awful!

Worst police sketch?
(Like, the ONLY police sketch featured on UM that did not gimme nightmares)

Drumroll...
I was flabbergasted when I saw Anne Tremont's (sic?) composite sketches (wanted for Charley Sigmin murder, disk 5)? That has gots to be the worst police sketch everrrr. Remember the one with the ponytail. Seriously. Did a 10 year-old girl do that sketch? All it's missing the rainbow and unicorns in the background and some glitter glue !!!

I'd like to add this category: Worst acting from participant (not actor) and nominate:

One of the moms (Gayle) who participated in the re-enactment was a bit wooden. Check out the beat she's asking Joe when his wife will be back to teach piano lessons:
"When is Gladys coming to back Seattle and resume her (slight pause for head shake) music lessons (flutter eyelashes and clasp hands together)" before Joe loses his patience.
And curtain closes down on another amateur night! :clap:
It's on volume 3, from the Joe Owens segment.


hahahahaha!! I know exactly the part you mean! I remember thiinking to myself, "Man...she really went for it huh?"

hahahahaha!! I know exactly the part you mean! I remember thiinking to myself, "Man...she really went for it huh?"

Maybe the segment director was thinking "OK, I'm not buying that she sounds concerned or worried about Gladys buuuuuut she DID get all her lines right, this time. (looks at watch) Ok, let's call it a wrap. Everybody, take 5!"

hahahahaha!! I know exactly the part you mean! I remember thiinking to myself, "Man...she really went for it huh?"

I was watching this segment with a friend and when that part came up, my friend sarcastically said, "You go girl! Way to keep his ass in check!" :lol: We both then fell on the floor laughing hysterically.

You've got to give UM credit in the early years for trying to get "the actual family members and police offices to participate in recreating the events". That's part of the problem I had with the later seasons of the show in which they got actors to portray the people.

You've got to give UM credit in the early years for trying to get "the actual family members and police offices to participate in recreating the events". That's part of the problem I had with the later seasons of the show in which they got actors to portray the people.

Agree with you 100%, it's what gave the show it's unique charm and probably why it struck a cord with viewers. I prefer to view bits of amateurish overacting than the overproduced, overacted re-enactments featured on other shows.

I was watching this segment with a friend and when that part came up, my friend sarcastically said, "You go girl! Way to keep his ass in check!" :lol: We both then fell on the floor laughing hysterically.

You've got to give UM credit in the early years for trying to get "the actual family members and police offices to participate in recreating the events". That's part of the problem I had with the later seasons of the show in which they got actors to portray the people.


I also enjoy the look of the older filmed segments more than the latter taped segments.

I also enjoy the look of the older filmed segments more than the latter taped segments.

Absolutely, that's one of the things that made UM great :)

Don't know if this qualifies as worst police sketch but ...

The computer-generated age progressed police composite photo of Donald Eugene Webb kinda looks like Robert Stack's alcoholic not so distant cousin. Check it out, it's on volume 2.

The only good thing about the aphrodisiac segment was when it ended. Robert said "When in doubt try a box of chocolates, or a dozen roses." Then he smiles. That was the high point only because he rarely smiled like that.

That was actually creepy as hell.....as I had never seen the guy smile before that point......:eek:

well..i dont think we really need to think of stack as having that side lol

Although you also have to think that he never really had too much to smile about while on camera so he really let it go with this segment

I, for one, like to think of Robert's "other" side ;)
Yummy!!!:biglove:

I'll drink to that! :cheers:

i have 3 nominations that might beat out Mrs. DePue:

3. Jeffrey Digman's dad!

Wow... yeah. I feel horrible for his dad, but man that wig/toupee looked about as natural as an Eskimo in the desert.

Wicked bad. Nice call by you! ;)

I'd like to nominate Franklin Delano Floyd and Rachel Runyan for being two of the most tragic, stomach-churning cases featured.

I know it would be a heated competition, given some of the other stuff UM has profiled, but IMO, those two are horrible....

I'd like to nominate Franklin Delano Floyd and Rachel Runyan for being two of the most tragic, stomach-churning cases featured.

I know it would be a heated competition, given some of the other stuff UM has profiled, but IMO, those two are horrible....


I agree to those. Also, I'd throw in there Nyleen Kay Marshall (if the letter is indeed true that the kidnapper wrote), and the mother and her two daughters that were bound and thrown into the ocean alive by that scumbag in Florida.

Art Silva has got to be the most perverted person ever profiled on UM that I know of.

The only ones as perverted as Silva, Kenneth Robert Stanton is up in Silva's league, but I dont think Stanton molested his own children like Silva did, that is pretty much the lowest of the lowest of the lowest when you are not only molesting children but molesting your own kids on top of it! Silva got off with a slap, an 11 year sentence, he pled guilty or no contest, because in California, had he taken that to trial, even in the 80's he would have got much more time than that.

Tim Binder is another one that is pretty bad, the weird thing is though, I just dont know what to make of him, in terms of whether or not he actually abducted and murdered these little girls or whether he is just some sick creep.

Clearly, Binder while highly intelligent is a distrubed individual and is obsessed with these little girls and their cases, but whether or not he is a distrubed, obsessed individual that was abducting and murdering little girls is another story.

If Binder was murdering these girls and then planting himself at the scene, weaving his way into the family and helping in the searches than he is deeply distrubed psychologically. But I just dont know what to make of him. He goes to the grave sites, but that really means nothing.

While I feel horrible for Kim Schwartz, I felt like her deep dislike, bordering on hatred, of Tim Binder sort of blinded her and it made her pump up evidence against him that while it proved he is a perve and a distrubed individual, didnt prove he is a murderer. Afterall, that is a pretty big leap from being a pervert and a distrubed individual that sends notes written backwards to little girls you dont know, to actually abducting and murdering little girls.

Also, that one girl that Binder was suspected in was 13, another was 9, and the others were 4, 5, 6 years old, somewhere in that range, those are rather big age differences, usually these guys stick to a particular age group. So again, I just dont know what to make of him, anyone have any thoughts?

OMG! How about the age progression composite of Kathy Power :eek: :lol:

I have to vote for Marie Hilley for worst of the worst.

- Poison and murder your husband.

- Poison and attempt to murder your son.

- Fake your own death and pretend to be her "twin sister" to ex-mate.


There's a special place in hell for her. Hopefully it's right next door to the child molesters. :mad:

WORST ACTING


This has got to go to the two actors who played Florian Meyer Borscht and Lisa Something in the recreations during the FREEDON segment. The segment producers knew how bad they were, you can tell because footage of them is usually relegated to wide shots, overdubbed voices, and minimal dialogue. I swer, really watch these two. I've seen better acting in porn films. I've seen better acting in Tough-Actin' Tenactin. When the actual family members and police officials involved in the case can out-act you, you are a bad, bad actor.

I have to vote for Marie Hilley for worst of the worst.

- Poison and murder your husband.

- Poison and attempt to murder your son.

- Fake your own death and pretend to be her "twin sister" to ex-mate.


There's a special place in hell for her. Hopefully it's right next door to the child molesters. :mad:

I agree. There has to be something wrong when you try to pull all the stuff that she did.

Also, I read somewhere that in real life, she had actually poisoned a whole lot more of her relatives. The UM segment just touched on her husband and two kids (probably for a time constraint.)

A movie about Marie Hilley was on Lifetime last weekend. Judith Light did the part of Marie Hilley and did a great job of it. The next time it's on Lifetime, I highly recommend everyone here to watch it.

IMO, Antoinette Elaine Parent is in the same bracket of evil, along with Marie Hilley. To befriend Beverly Ann McGowan and gain her trust, then to savagely kill and mutilate her and then dump her body is beyond me. She was so ruthless and cold.

What Cheryl Holland and Eddie Wooten did to Joe & Mattie Harvey was pure evil and they did it with the kids in the car. Totally despicable.

I'm giving a double nomination to the girl who played Tammy Lynn Leppert for both worst wig and worst acting.

For my worst composites....

1. Ann Sigman
2. Megadeth
3. The parking lot women in the Lester Garnier case.

I would have put John Burns on here too, except that he was caught fairly quickly from his subpar composite.

For my worst composites....

1. Ann Sigman
2. Megadeth
3. The parking lot women in the Lester Garnier case.

I would have put John Burns on here too, except that he was caught fairly quickly from his subpar composite.

Ann Sigmin's composite was definitely atrocious.

I would also like to nominate the Boston Mall Rapist for worst composite. Extra points to the variation with the glasses and mustache.

Edward Bell murdering Larry Dickens in front of his mother. Heartbreaking.

Re: Worst Segment:

Has to be the magic rock one. When I first heard about it, I was like, "You're kidding. That's a joke, right?" Then I went to the forbidden site. Now I wish I could go back to those innocent days. It is, without a doubt, the stupidest segment ever airred.

As for worst people on the show, definitely Franklin Delano Floyd. He's on my list of people whom I hope there is a hell, just so I can watch them burn in it. I hate him that much.

Also, Chad Noe's family. You'd think when someone disappeared and you were the prime suspects in said disapppearance, you'd try to act a little concerned and heart-broken. Not these rednecks. Speaking of which, how is it that these redneck white trash hillbillies managed to successfully commit the perfect crime? I have a hard time believing they could get their GEDs.

The only good thing about the aphrodisiac segment was when it ended. Robert said "When in doubt try a box of chocolates, or a dozen roses." Then he smiles. That was the high point only because he rarely smiled like that.

The only time I ever vividly remember him smiling was during the Live from the Telecentre at the end. I'd like to see the clip you're describing (not that I don't believe you), because it was almost weird to see him smile.

Wow... yeah. I feel horrible for his dad, but man that wig/toupee looked about as natural as an Eskimo in the desert.

Wicked bad. Nice call by you! ;)


I affectionately refer to Digman's dad as "Roadkill" in honor of that animal hide he wear son his head. I feel bad for the family but the toupee has got to go. I believe it even changes angles and placement on his head during the segment. When he positions himself in line with the bullet trajectory, I remember thinking "I hope he has some strong glue on that thing or it's going to fall off."

For my worst composites....

1. Ann Sigman
2. Megadeth
3. The parking lot women in the Lester Garnier case.

I would have put John Burns on here too, except that he was caught fairly quickly from his subpar composite.


teh composites from teh Doyle Wheeler segment

How about Sharon Stevens' dad. That despicable human (with his belt buckle) had that poor girl practically ruined (listen to how negative she sounds when describing how she would be as an adult if it weren't for the Zelinski's). Thank God she found them.

How about Jule Caylor as one of the worst efforts in trying to seem innocent in his wife's disappearance? I actually laughed a little bit when I watched it for the first time because I couldn't believe he was answering some of the questions the way he was and just sounded like he could definitely be guilty.

It was odd to see, because most of the time we see suspects try to find ways to "prove their innocence" in interviews but in Caylor's case, it just seemed like he didn't care whether he looked guilty or not.

How about Jule Caylor as one of the worst efforts in trying to seem innocent in his wife's disappearance? I actually laughed a little bit when I watched it for the first time because I couldn't believe he was answering some of the questions the way he was and just sounded like he could definitely be guilty.

It was odd to see, because most of the time we see suspects try to find ways to "prove their innocence" in interviews but in Caylor's case, it just seemed like he didn't care whether he looked guilty or not.

When I initially saw that segment I felt the same way and did for some time afterward. Later, I felt that his demeanor might be far more evidential of his innocence than his guilt. I still do.

According to the interview, and most of the information available to us on the forum about Jule Caylor (the Wendy's salad bar deal, for example), many of us conclude he seems to be pretty unusual. I realize there are those who have been interviewed on UM who have been surly about people whom they've allegedly "disappeared" (Chad Noe and company), but for the most part, what's more common is someone like Steven Marfeo. Feigning shock and pain.

Jule offers none of this from the start. He gives a plausible account of events on the days leading up to and the day of Dottie's disappearance with no apparent inconsistencies. It is known that Dottie was planning to either leave or at least divorce Jule as evidenced by her keeping and filling a bank box. Jule claims no knowledge of her activities outside the home until she left, so what is the motive? Marital discord? Jule was already once-divorced at that point and their marital problems were nothing particularly new. Why would he suddenly decide to kill her?

I think Jule's bitter and callous behavior is expressed because he may feel as though he can comfortably and freely do so as he may feel his innocence is obvious. Perhaps not to us viewers, and perhaps not given the manner UM portrayed the story, but I honestly think those were his feelings. Apparently he has gone on to remarry and has had great success in his professional life. Is his attitude about his wife's disappearance hard to watch? I think so. But I don't think it necessarily indicates his guilt. That's nothing more than my opinion, though.

When I initially saw that segment I felt the same way and did for some time afterward. Later, I felt that his demeanor might be far more evidential of his innocence than his guilt. I still do.

According to the interview, and most of the information available to us on the forum about Jule Caylor (the Wendy's salad bar deal, for example), many of us conclude he seems to be pretty unusual. I realize there are those who have been interviewed on UM who have been surly about people whom they've allegedly "disappeared" (Chad Noe and company), but for the most part, what's more common is someone like Steven Marfeo. Feigning shock and pain.

Jule offers none of this from the start. He gives a plausible account of events on the days leading up to and the day of Dottie's disappearance with no apparent inconsistencies. It is known that Dottie was planning to either leave or at least divorce Jule as evidenced by her keeping and filling a bank box. Jule claims no knowledge of her activities outside the home until she left, so what is the motive? Marital discord? Jule was already once-divorced at that point and their marital problems were nothing particularly new. Why would he suddenly decide to kill her?

I think Jule's bitter and callous behavior is expressed because he may feel as though he can comfortably and freely do so as he may feel his innocence is obvious. Perhaps not to us viewers, and perhaps not given the manner UM portrayed the story, but I honestly think those were his feelings. Apparently he has gone on to remarry and has had great success in his professional life. Is his attitude about his wife's disappearance hard to watch? I think so. But I don't think it necessarily indicates his guilt. That's nothing more than my opinion, though.

Out of all the husbands/SOs interviewed on UM who proclaimed their innocence in their loved one's disappearance/death, Caylor stands out as an oddball.

I think it's easy to watch that and think he's arrogant, cocky and probably guilty. However, I can see it both ways.

Years ago I dated someone who had some problems that, although were not exactly the same as Dottie's, were similar. After we broke up, she did all that was within her power to make my life Hell - on some days. Other days, she tried to appear sympathetic and act like she wanted to get back together. In the end, I grew so tired of her antics that I completely cut ties and stopped communicating with her.

Not that I would have wanted anything bad to happen to her, mind you, but I think it got to a point where if something did - say she disappeared - I honestly wouldn't have given a damn. I'm sorry if that sounds cold, but it's the truth.

I would never assume I know how someone else feels, including Jule Caylor, but I can understand why he might not be pining for her after the fact if he truly was innocent.

Worst acting:

Besides the "actress" who exclaimed so blandly "that man has Jonathan!", are the two who played Maria Armstrong and the the cop questioning her for wandering around the Indian reservation. I've seen five year-olds do better in a Christmas pageant. Very painful to watch.

And one of the worst efforts in trying to seem innocent was Judy Grozinger. She came off as so bored in explaining the events leading up to her husband's death, and the fact that she had her girlfriend move in with her soon after while rumors were swirling around she and this woman were romantically involved doesn't help matters. Maybe her casual attitude is how she is in real life, but if your husband went missing and was discovered dead, I would think she would show a bit more emotion.

Out of all the husbands/SOs interviewed on UM who proclaimed their innocence in their loved one's disappearance/death, Caylor stands out as an oddball.

I think it's easy to watch that and think he's arrogant, cocky and probably guilty. However, I can see it both ways.

Years ago I dated someone who had some problems that, although were not exactly the same as Dottie's, were similar. After we broke up, she did all that was within her power to make my life Hell - on some days. Other days, she tried to appear sympathetic and act like she wanted to get back together. In the end, I grew so tired of her antics that I completely cut ties and stopped communicating with her.

Not that I would have wanted anything bad to happen to her, mind you, but I think it got to a point where if something did - say she disappeared - I honestly wouldn't have given a damn. I'm sorry if that sounds cold, but it's the truth.

I would never assume I know how someone else feels, including Jule Caylor, but I can understand why he might not be pining for her after the fact if he truly was innocent.

Yes, I have a similar experience to draw from as well.


I can see how it would be frustrating to continually answer a number of questions that may essential skirt around "Did you do it?"--especially for years after the fact, and for that to spill over into one's tone and demeanor. I don't know, I just don't think the man did it.

the the cop questioning her for wandering around the Indian reservation. I've seen five year-olds do better in a Christmas pageant. Very painful to watch.

It was very painful to watch, but that was the actual police officer who questioned the real Maria Armstrong portraying himself, so I guess I can't really blame him for not being a great thespian. :p

And one of the worst efforts in trying to seem innocent was Judy Grozinger. She came off as so bored in explaining the events leading up to her husband's death, and the fact that she had her girlfriend move in with her soon after while rumors were swirling around she and this woman were romantically involved doesn't help matters. Maybe her casual attitude is how she is in real life, but if your husband went missing and was discovered dead, I would think she would show a bit more emotion.

The two words that always come to mind when I watch that segment is "spacey" and "fried". Her behavior just comes off as all the cylinders aren't firing. (Nonetheless, I think she's probably guilty.)

Yes, I have a similar experience to draw from as well.


I can see how it would be frustrating to continually answer a number of questions that may essential skirt around "Did you do it?"--especially for years after the fact, and for that to spill over into one's tone and demeanor. I don't know, I just don't think the man did it.

I've always thought Jule honestly thought Dottie was alive and well and just up and left him which is why he had a somewhat cavalier attitude about her disappearance.

I've always thought Jule honestly thought Dottie was alive and well and just up and left him which is why he had a somewhat cavalier attitude about her disappearance.

Yeah, totally. I could see it being something like that.

"So we can go to my house and eat some spaghetti..."

It's a really sad case but I can't help but lol when the guys pretend to wash their car just because the actor throws down the stuff like "eh, whatever," not even making a committed job to pretending. then it becomes not funny at all, of course.

Worst Neighbors: Crystal Spencer's

Worst Boyfriend: Randall Utterback OR that surfer dude who dated Jenny Pratt

Worst Diva: Liza Montgomery

Worst Turtleneck: Tim McClure

"So we can go to my house and eat some spaghetti..."


I love that line.


Worst contrived story: Joe Owens claiming his wife was traveling about the country with her 94 year-old mother "buying antique nickelodeons".

Worst contrived story: Joe Owens claiming his wife was traveling about the country with her 94 year-old mother "buying antique nickelodeons".

Yeah, that's plausible. :rolleyes:

How about Sharon Stevens' dad. That despicable human (with his belt buckle) had that poor girl practically ruined (listen to how negative she sounds when describing how she would be as an adult if it weren't for the Zelinski's). Thank God she found them.


This is one of the Lost Loves stories that stands out for me. I remember seeing it in it's original airing. I'm glad that couple that took her in were both still alive and a reunion took place. :heart:

Worst Hitman: Elmo Florence. Accepts a job from John Mooney to murder T.K. Harty for a grand total of $125, then blabs about the whole thing to a bartender who happens to be the victim's friend!

Worst Final Appeal Case: Paul Ferrell. Most of the other Final Appeal segments at least had a bit of reasonable doubt about the subject's guilt and provided some interesting debate, but I don't know of anyone who's ever believed this guy was innocent.

Worst Line Reading: I know people are partial to "That man has Jonathan!", but check out the male jogger at the beginning of the Leah Roberts segment and his delivery of the line: "Honey, there's a shirt... or something up... there".

Worst Robert Stack Blooper: Yes, even the great ones make mistakes. Watch the Niqui McCown segment and you'll hear him mistakenly say she was 20 instead of 28, which causes you to do a double take once he mentions that she had a 9-year old daughter!

Worst Prediction of the Future: Okay, we've seen some unconvincing psychics on the show, but I don't think any of them predicted the future worse than that so-called earthquake expert they had on, Dr. Iben Browning. He predicts that a catastrophic earthquake is going to wipe out Ohio two weeks after the broadcast, and then RS starts giving out safety tips on how to prepare for it! I have to wonder if any viewers in Ohio were legitimately worried about this after the original airing.

"Worst Prediction of the Future: Okay, we've seen some unconvincing psychics on the show, but I don't think any of them predicted the future worse than that so-called earthquake expert they had on, Dr. Iben Browning. He predicts that a catastrophic earthquake is going to wipe out Ohio two weeks after the broadcast, and then RS starts giving out safety tips on how to prepare for it! I have to wonder if any viewers in Ohio were legitimately worried about this after the original airing."

lol! I think I have to look for that on the forsaken site now.

The Stack blooper that I always remember was during the Bobbie Oberholtzer/Annette Schnee story, when he says that Jeff Oberholtzer's business card was in AnAnAnnette's wallet.

I'm voting for Dale Hyde as worst boyfriend.

The Stack blooper that I always remember was during the Bobbie Oberholtzer/Annette Schnee story, when he says that Jeff Oberholtzer's business card was in AnAnAnnette's wallet.

I like that one too.


Worst geographic knowledge: Todd Mueller, with his Boise, Iowa.

Worst geographic knowledge: Todd Mueller, with his Boise, Iowa.

:lol: I love how even the detective thought it was hysterical!

Worst creativity for a business name, relating to the business: School Pictures

Worst alibi in an Unsolved Mysteries case: Michael Skakel-I was up in a tree masturbating.

The Stack blooper that I always remember was during the Bobbie Oberholtzer/Annette Schnee story, when he says that Jeff Oberholtzer's business card was in AnAnAnnette's wallet.

I'm voting for Dale Hyde as worst boyfriend.
I would vote for Dub wackerhagen as worst boyfriend....

Worst first date, for a multitude of reasons: Rick McCue and Alene 'Lulu' Courchesne

Worst frenemy: Don Dixon

Worst tenant: Christian Gerhartsreiter/Christopher Chichester/Clark Rockefeller

Worst person to grant POA to: Dan Tondevold

Worst alibi in an Unsolved Mysteries case: Michael Skakel-I was up in a tree masturbating.

You're kidding right? :eek:

What Case was this?

You're kidding right? :eek:

What Case was this?

Oh no. I couldn't make that up. Not sure if it was said on Unsolved Mysteries or not, but that was the guy who was eventually found guilty of killing Martha Moxley. Michael Skakel is Robert F Kennedy's nephew.

Oh no. I couldn't make that up. Not sure if it was said on Unsolved Mysteries or not, but that was the guy who was eventually found guilty of killing Martha Moxley. Michael Skakel is Robert F Kennedy's nephew.
yes,true and iirc,that was on UM.that was what opened the investigation up again,and what led Mark Fuhman to question why he would admit such a thing.A perp always has a reason for speaking,and this one was no exception.Michael knew dna evidence could be obtained from the body nowadays,and he was making excuses for his being there.the truth is,he was standing over Martha's dead body when that occurred,not up in a tree.I beleive the cornoner had so much as stated from the pics,that a sexual act had occurred over her body.

Did he actually saw he was masturbating? whoa! what a wonderful alibi, not!

Yes, he actually said he was up a tree masturbating. I think he may have used the phrase "jerking off"

And as Martha was found under the tree, I do believe it was his way of accounting for any potential evidence that may have been found.

But seriously, who masturbates up a tree? Wouldn't a person be worried about falling out?

But seriously, who masturbates up a tree? Wouldn't a person be worried about falling out?

I imagine this would be fairly difficult to accomplish.

I knew that Michael Skakel had killed Martha Moxley with a golf club (or something similar), but didn't know that he masturbated onto her corpse afterwards. Wow, what a great kid (at that time).

That is awful! A 15-year-old jealous that another 15-year-old spurned him. Did they ever come up with a theory of how this happened, like how he got her alone after she was with Tom or whatnot? Was she walking home perhaps? I really hope she didn't suffer and it was quick. Because that must have been absolutely horrifying to see someone you considered a friend wielding a golf club at you, feeling the pain of it, and pulling your clothes down.

Worst segment = oogo pogo

Worst wig
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Worst segment = oogo pogo

I love the woman in that segment that attempts to relate what the creature looked like with her forearm. Worst demonstration?

Worst People to Have as Your Next-Door Neighbors:

Cindy James or the Wackers. Can you imagine having the police come and interview you practically every week asking if you've seen anything suspicious at the neighbors' house?

I knew that Michael Skakel had killed Martha Moxley with a golf club (or something similar), but didn't know that he masturbated onto her corpse afterwards. Wow, what a great kid (at that time).

I thought he was masturbating while watching her through her bedroom window?

That's what he claimed.

Worst "ghost-induced" Serta samba: Alan and Linda Mann

Serta samba

I am totally stealing this phrase.

Worst "ghost-induced" Serta samba: Alan and Linda Mann

and they are whom?

The Lake Wales Ghost segment

Biggest slimeball that didn't commit any hands-on felonies directly: Richard Minns

Worst husband/father - Robert Foster.

Worst parents:
Marie Hilley- In a film they made about her, they had her setting her daughter's room on fire and stuff? I want to know if that really happened. The movie excluded her brother for some reason (maybe he didn't agree to it). I have to say that I really respect him for giving an interview on UM after all he went through and his tactful manner. I don't think I could be so calm after all that and I would probably be very bitter. I feel awful for the daughter,too, being paralyzed and so tormented by her own mother.


Edward Zakrewski- Just awful. Your wife wants a divorce so you kill her AND your two children who are young enough to be riding tricycles? What a ****. Killing his wife is horrible enough, but killing two young children who have nothing to do with the marital dispute in such a gruesome way makes it worse.

Robert Fisher- Another example of pure evil. Killing your two kids who have everything to live for because you don't want them to endure life with divorced parents. So disgusting. Yes, it's hard to have divorce in the family but he didn't even let them live to grow up and become the adults they would be now! Not to mention his poor wife, who also didn't deserve such a thing. I really hope he's not out in society.

Worst Random Crime:
Blind River Rest Stop/Debbie: All people who cooperated and did absolutely nothing to warrant an attack. Only the sickest of individuals could pull off such crimes against innocent people. I am pretty sure the Debbie criminal is in jail for another crime or something along those lines, because someone like him never would have stopped.

Worst Acting:
''That man has Jonathan!'' ''Look, I have a job interview, I gotta go.''
''Anyone wanna fight in here?''
''I just never liked my name...Sandy sounds nicer.''

Worst Story Concocted:
Wendy Long Case: Oh...she just got in a truck with two guys at a gas station who looked really creepy and didn't introduce them to me or anything.

Donnie Hanson: My God. So there's a man shooting people and you don't tell your parents? You just go grab fire extinguishers and don't mention a shooter until after one of your sisters comes crawling out of the fire. Then he claims he got her out- without telling anyone until bystanders found her across the street. And you also shouted at the guy and he made no effort to shoot you, even though you were right there? Hmm...WORST.STORY. EVER.
Worst Fake Crying on Camera:
Jeffrey MacDonald. When he talks about finding Kristin. No tears in his eyes, no trace of emotion for the other two. It just seems like pure crocodile tears.

Worst Faked Concern:
Larry Gibson professing his innocence way more than concern for his son

Worst Police Work:
Debbie Wolfe- Semen found in the body, clothes that did not belong to her, mess found in the house, no sign of her being conscious when drowning, and the whole burn barrel mess. Incompetence at its best.

Doug Johnston: Yes, guns totally walk away on their own after you shoot yourself? And one would definitely hold the gun a whole foot away and do it with the hand they use least. :rolleyes:

Worst Burglar:
Edward Harold Bell. Ha! I also have to add, would you really find it wise to go breaking into homes when so many people in the state of Texas own guns? Seems like even if she hadn't had it, he still got his butt kicked. One of my favorite UM moments.

Worst Son:
The one who had his friends kill his grandparents (while his mother happened to be on the phone with them) then showed up to the crime scene pretending to be all sad.

And Quite Possible The Worst Scum on UM (hard pick):
Oba Chandler (I don't think explanation is needed)

The man who beat an infant to death. What. The. ?!?! If you can't afford to care for a child, leave the child on the steps of a church worst case scenario, in a hospital, or where someone will be able to adopt the child. There was absolutely no reason whatsoever to harm the child.

Worst Story on UM Either the fertility statue story or the ghost one
where the mother gets electrocuted, the baby's happy (might have been gas) and the dryer goes nuts on the teenage son.

Worst Crime Two murdering teenage boys in Texas and Arkansas. Completely senseless.

Worst Fraud Weinstock (SIC?) Medicaid fraud in New York City.

Worst Glasses and Mustache (Both) The prosecutor in Minnesota who tried the Larry Race case or Gabriel Charottic.

worst glasses: Tom Johnson (the computer thief and hotel room killer)

worst father: the black guy in military fatigues who killed his baby mother infront of his kids

worst nieghbor: the wackers (or the wackers neighbor lol)

worst restaurant: Somebodies Pizza

worst place of employment: the power plant Dave Bocks was murked in

worst restaurant: Somebodies Pizza

:lol:

Worst producers of a largely popular show with still unsolved cases who refuse to set up a channel on youtube to help solve said cases: Cosgrove-Meurer productions.

:lol:


Hey they have nickel beer though don’t they? Sounds like a fantastic deal! Lol

Worst producers of a largely popular show with still unsolved cases who refuse to set up a channel on youtube to help solve said cases: Cosgrove-Meurer productions.Just what I was thinking.

Hey they have nickel beer though don’t they? Sounds like a fantastic deal! Lol

Five cents for brew and he STILL has to try and drum up business over at someone else's bar. :lol:

Worst of the worst, IMO

Gigi

Five cents for brew and he STILL has to try and drum up business over at someone else's bar. :lol:

Damn I wish someone would reopen "Somebody's Pizza" and have the same prices for beer today.

*worst places to work at night: convenience stores, platinum and nuclear plants

*worst guy to date: kenneth frank

*worst girl to have a date: marie hilley

*worst neighbours: crystal spencer's, cindy james, the wackers

*worst classmate and friend: wadada

*worst male haircut: kevin hughes' mulet, kurt sova's

*worst nickname: ''dub"

*worst alone trips: phillip fraser's and dexter stefonek's

~Worst Husband: Chad Noe, Paul Pollis, Larry Gibson (I got the vibe that his wife was scared of him that’s why she never said anything when her son first disappeared), Joe Owens (poor Gladys even after many yrs of marriage was still trying to make things work :( )
~Worst Mother/Father(s): Marie Hilley,Larry Gibson,Sharon Stevens father(biological father) who would beat her with a belt

And finally…
~Worst Michael Jordan Impersonation: Danny Wheeler

*worst thing to do if you don't have cash: go to an ATM at night

*worst place to holiday trip: curacao-aruba and the caribbean (amy bradley)

*worst thing to buy for a new house: a secondhand bed

*worst neighbourhood: lauren jackson's

*worst suspect clothing: megadeth t shirt :lol:

*worst school tu study: long beach yeshiva

*worst detective: cindy james', who tried to prove she was insane instead of helping her

*worst eyes: jule caylor's

*worst thing to do as a child: going to convenience store in scooter

*worst cars and vehicles: black pick up trucks, green pick up trucks with a fish drawing in the back window, white cargo vans.

worst glasses: Tom Johnson (the computer thief and hotel room killer)



I also think Cheryl Holland's WERE HORRIBLE

worst restaurant: Somebodies Pizza


Very 'Naked Gun' esque.

Worst attempt at lying: the Bad Chief, Greg Webb

Were you and she ever intimately involved?
No-hoooooooooooooo *dramatically drops head and looks away*

Worst petty crime: Michael Scott Martin's grocery store chow-down of off-the-shelf potato chips and Polish sausage.

The worst line to quote in my high school religion class was from the Tony Alamo case.

"I didn't say Moses, you liar!"

I still laugh when I say it.

Worst Parole Board ever?
Probably the people who decided it was ok to let James Donald King get out of jail after serving six years for murdering his wife intentionally in front of her family. And then he of course murdered another woman soon after. That parole board should have been held accountable. I know it's a tough job, but letting a murderer (who killed a defenseless person intentionally) out after six years? They must have been high.

Worst Prison Decision ever?

Letting Kenneth McDuff, who murdered 3 teenagers in the 60s out of prison. Of course, many innocent people suffered for that choice and it never should have been made.

Worst Neighbor:
Jet Taylor and his wife (though more him since his wife was the one who really wanted to call the police and he wouldn't let her).

Worst Excuse for hurting other people:
Lucette Nikita (spelling?) who poisoned syringes at her nursing job so she could go to jail to get headache treatment.


Ok, now funny ones.

Worst outfit?
The watermelon shirt a criminal tried to sell (in the Boggs case)

Worst attempt at being a good actor:
Tie between the mysterious customer in the Sova segment and the guy who said to ARMED robbers "Why don't you guy...just leave us...alone" and the masked gunmen just nod. Honorable mention to the lady who said "When is Gladys going to return and resume her music lessons?"

Worst Gullibility:
Those who just handed all the money from their registers to the same lady who got the handbag search for employees overturned and thought nothing of it when she got into a cab with a larger than usual bag.

Worst Job Interview Location: (apparently, according to Lisa Penz)
Atlanta. Because "if I got someone who wasn't on drugs, I was delighted, that was a good day!"

Worst form of getaway after robbing banks: on a bicycle ("Bicycle Bandit")

Did he really think he would never be caught when he was leaving the scene of his crimes on a Huffy (or whatever it was)?

Worst form of getaway after robbing banks: on a bicycle ("Bicycle Bandit")

Did he really think he would never be caught when he was leaving the scene of his crimes on a Huffy (or whatever it was)?

That segment makes me laugh and laugh. Wasn't the guy a little pudgy or something? I seem to remember something about him having a hard time pedaling out of there. :lol:

Worst pronunciation of a suspect:
The coroner from the Ellen Barry case who pronounced Dan Tondervald's name as "Dan Thunderbold (or Thunderbolt, which is funnier)".

That segment makes me laugh and laugh. Wasn't the guy a little pudgy or something? I seem to remember something about him having a hard time pedaling out of there. :lol:


Yes he was and I just read the UM wiki bit on him: he had a car that he drove away in after he would ditch his bicycle. ??? What was the point of the bicycle then?

Yes he was and I just read the UM wiki bit on him: he had a car that he drove away in after he would ditch his bicycle. ??? What was the point of the bicycle then?

I can only surmise he thought he could get away on the bike quickly enough, out of sight of everyone who might've witnessed the getaway, to a vehicle no one would apparently know he got into in the first place in order to make an undetectable getaway.

Needless to say, if that was the intent, old boy didn't rightly succeed.

Worst lie about your spouse's whereabouts: He/she is traveling cross-country buying antique nickelodeons with his/her 94 year-old mother.

Also, WishfulDreamer, that commercial in the Richard Boggs segment with the watermelon shirt made me ROLL. It looked like something I might've worn in my second grade class photo, with stirrup pants and a side ponytail.

Also, WishfulDreamer, that commercial in the Richard Boggs segment with the watermelon shirt made me ROLL. It looked like something I might've worn in my second grade class photo, with stirrup pants and a side ponytail.
I think I actually had a shirt just like it in 5th grade, except that it was blue :lol: even funnier is how happy the guy is when he holds it up, as though it is a very stylish item

John Addis. Not only did he abuse his wives, he killed his fourth wife, then his fifth and their children. Thankfully, though, he will never be able to hurt anyone else again since he took his own life. But still, what a waste of space.

Worst decision making in the history of UM: Julie Olive, for continuing to return to Ulyesses Roberson's cult, destorying her own life and her sons.

Worst decision making in the history of UM: Julie Olive, for continuing to return to Ulyesses Roberson's cult, destorying her own life and her sons.

Yeah, that one's way up there for sure.



Worst BSer: Dave Davis.

Yeah, John Addis just got worse as he went along. What an unchecked jerk.

Victor Simon's adoptive parents. What horrible people. Starving, abusing, and kicking out a young child during the Great Depression is truly the worst of the worst. Victor was amazing being able to persevere like he did.

Victor Simon's adoptive parents. What horrible people. Starving, abusing, and kicking out a young child during the Great Depression is truly the worst of the worst. Victor was amazing being able to persevere like he did.

& he never seemed angry or bitter about the life he had.. That just made it even more sad :(

The worst line to quote in my high school religion class was from the Tony Alamo case.

"I didn't say Moses, you liar!"

I still laugh when I say it.
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Haha yeah that is funny. For whatever reason televangelists are some funny characters whether you are a believer or not.

I think Alamo may be right there as the biggest scumbag ever featured alongside some other fraud a holes. Did he murder anyone? Maybe not that I recall at least, but think of all the peoples lives he ruined in the name of God which makes it even worse. Has to be hundreds maybe thousands. Not just ripping them off but abusing innocent children in the process. I can't believe this filth still has followers or attemps to gain them.

That woman who had that religious cult in which many members kept dying, as well as her husbands (can't remember her name) was pretty creepy and evil (she even looked the part; really gives me the Heebie-jeebies).

Worst Police Work:
Debbie Wolfe- Semen found in the body, clothes that did not belong to her, mess found in the house, no sign of her being conscious when drowning, and the whole burn barrel mess. Incompetence at its best.

They called it accident or suicide, there was semen in the body and the body was found wearing unfamiliar clothing in a barrel...which sorta got lost? :rolleyes: And I suppose DNA was never tested on the guy who called pretending concern at her missing work for days when she'd been gone less than a day at the time. :cuckoo

Worst Segment and by Worst, I mean, most High-Octane Nightmare Fuel segment:

Toss up between Blind River Rest Stop and EAR-ONS. Because the way those segments were shot, the sheer randomness/brutality of the crimes...Yeah, some segments on UM I can watch more than once: Blind River and EAR-ONS aren't one of them.

Worst Segment and by Worst, I mean, most High-Octane Nightmare Fuel segment:

Toss up between Blind River Rest Stop and EAR-ONS. Because the way those segments were shot, the sheer randomness/brutality of the crimes...Yeah, some segments on UM I can watch more than once: Blind River and EAR-ONS aren't one of them.
Yeah those two were scary. I can only imagine how scary the ear would have been if it was featured in the earlier days of UM. I didn't see that segment until I was an adult and it still made me stay up all night waitin g for something to happen.

I saw the Dave freeman episode on spike just now. I forgot about that case. That's pretty low to use religion and personal tragedy against someone(which does happen more than we like to admit) but and then to kill them?? Doesn't strike me as a one time deal. This sounds like a person that will do anything to get over on someone. It's a shame they only served a short sentence.

Honorable Mention for Worst Acting: There was a segment about a woman who worked as bank teller and embezzled money from her employer. She was questioned about it at work and then took off from her parent's home in the middle of the night. I can't remember the name of the embezzler, but the woman who played her was awful.

Worst person to invite to a pitch in: Dr. Swango

Honorable Mention for Worst Acting: There was a segment about a woman who worked as bank teller and embezzled money from her employer. She was questioned about it at work and then took off from her parent's home in the middle of the night. I can't remember the name of the embezzler, but the woman who played her was awful.

Lesa Lee?

The worst line to quote in my high school religion class was from the Tony Alamo case.

"I didn't say Moses, you liar!"

I still laugh when I say it.


I'm talking about Abraham. How dare you come in here and doubt what I say. You sorry weasel What have you been doing when theh rest of us are reading our Bibles?

The sorry weasel comment cracks me up every time.

Yeah, that one's way up there for sure.



Worst BSer: Dave Davis.


Dave Davis's own parents destroyed his made-up backstory (that he was wealthy, had served in the military, etc).

The girl who got hit with a 2x4 in the back of the head from the back of an unidentified white pickup truck while riding on the back of her boyfriends motorcycle, leaving her permanently brain damaged. I'll never forget the interview with her.

That segment about Jenny Pratt has always made me garner sympathy towards her plight. She truly was a victim or time, place, and association.

Probably the saddest thing I've ever seen. I only saw that episode once and it was probably 10 years ago now, but the impression it left on me was so profound I'm still traumatized by what happened to that poor girl. Crazy to think she's almost a middle aged woman now. Wonder how she's doing after all this time?

Probably the saddest thing I've ever seen. I only saw that episode once and it was probably 10 years ago now, but the impression it left on me was so profound I'm still traumatized by what happened to that poor girl. Crazy to think she's almost a middle aged woman now. Wonder how she's doing after all this time?


Ah yes. The Jenny Pratt case is quite....complicated. Lets just say it involves a psycho who likes to go on the web...so to speak. You can find more info in the boards. Pretty infamous.

Don't know if this qualifies as worst police sketch but ...

The computer-generated age progressed police composite photo of Donald Eugene Webb kinda looks like Robert Stack's alcoholic not so distant cousin. Check it out, it's on volume 2.
I always thought the mugshot of the blind river killer was pretty bad too. interestingly the mugshot doesn't necessarily look like Ronald west or does it?

Ah yes. The Jenny Pratt case is quite....complicated. Lets just say it involves a psycho who likes to go on the web...so to speak. You can find more info in the boards. Pretty infamous.
yeah there was a person posting on here from the Oceanside/Encinitas/Carlsbad area claiming to know all the inside details of the pratt case yet would say nothing about it to anyone. weird...

Also I was referring to the one guy from the segment who is now some sort of insane guy....there were screencaps of him on cam I think?

I know who you're talking about but I can't remember his name. He was the boyfriend driving the motorcycle. I think he even made some comments about Unsolved Mysteries on YouTube years afterwards. He seemed like some kind of drugged up nut. I agree that was a horrible story and I feel so bad for Jenny.

Another one I thought was just horrible were the girls on the boat who were hit by the other boat and the one girl had her face torn off by the boats motor. They made it seem as though the people who had hit them were well aware that they had done serious damage and ignored their pleas to call for help, just hooked up their boat and drove away. I still can't believe they never got any information about that one. My personal theory is that there was some hanky panky going on with the couple that hit the girls' boat that caused the driver to be more than a little distracted, to put it that way. But to just leave them for dead was really cold.

I know who you're talking about but I can't remember his name. He was the boyfriend driving the motorcycle. I think he even made some comments about Unsolved Mysteries on YouTube years afterwards. He seemed like some kind of drugged up nut. I agree that was a horrible story and I feel so bad for Jenny.

Another one I thought was just horrible were the girls on the boat who were hit by the other boat and the one girl had her face torn off by the boats motor. They made it seem as though the people who had hit them were well aware that they had done serious damage and ignored their pleas to call for help, just hooked up their boat and drove away. I still can't believe they never got any information about that one. My personal theory is that there was some hanky panky going on with the couple that hit the girls' boat that caused the driver to be more than a little distracted, to put it that way. But to just leave them for dead was really cold.

Curtis Croft is the first one.

Stephanie Booker is the second. What happened to her was horrible, but I think the plastic surgeons did an absolutely remarkable job on her. The case would have been a lot worse if she had been left hideously deformed.

Curtis Croft is the first one.

Stephanie Booker is the second. What happened to her was horrible, but I think the plastic surgeons did an absolutely remarkable job on her. The case would have been a lot worse if she had been left hideously deformed.


Is curtis croft still doing ridiculous videos of himself playing video games?

Is curtis croft still doing ridiculous videos of himself playing video games?

I wouldn't know, I don't care to follow his activities.

I know I don't, since I believe he knows who did the 2X4 deal. Seems like he's in a position of being mum and afraid. I had friends like that; they stopped being "friends" soon after. I know teenagers and loyalty don't have to be 100%, but this guy (at least on the "Unsolved Mysteries" segment) acted like this was an oopsie.