There are songs that one could dedicate to a particular person. So my question is this: Is there a particular song (or songs) that you would dedicate to someone who was associated with or featured on Unsolved Mysteries?

This can include staff members of the show, interviewees, or someone profiled on the show (missing persons, murder victims, fugitives, etc.).

I'd probably dedicate Green Day's 'I Walk Alone' to hi-jacker DB Cooper.

Such a daring crime. I'm sure he was not a follower.....

A second song I'd dedicate to him would probably be Johnny Rivers's 'Tracks of My Tears' just because that song was probably playing on the radio when Cooper jumped. People were probably listening to that at that time.

Great idea for a thread!

I would dedicated Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads to all the unidentified serial killers profiled on UM. But that's an easy one.:rolleyes:

"One Way or Another" by Blondie for the Cindy James case.

"Breaking up is hard to do" dedicated to Mr. Randall Utterback...

"I always feel like somebody's watching me" for Cindy James, the Wackers and Blair Adams.

Barbra Streisand's "Guilty" for the final appealants...

Or how about...

"Don't stand so close to me" for "Tony" and Adam Hecht's mom.

Great thread idea, Kane!

"S.O.S." by ABBA for the Sarah Jo...

"Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head" for the gelatinous goo segment...

"Video Killed the Radio Star" for the DJs who faked a murder confession on their radio show

"Gonna Make You Sweat" for the lady who sweat gold leaf out of her pores

"Life on Mars" by David Bowie for the Mars face photos

"Mind Games" by John Lennon for the Whackers

"Wave of Mutilation" by The Pixies for the chupacabra

"Sexy M.F." by Prince for Robert Stack :)

"We're not gonna take it" by Twisted Sister dedicated to Jule Caylor's lame explaination for what happened to his wife.

"Stranger in my house" by Ronnie Milsap dedicated to that fat dude who lived with his parents, who claimed his 16 year old wife would be overcome by this mysterious spirit.

"Ring of fire" by Johnny Cash dedicated to Donny Hansen.

"The Devil went down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels dedicated to "Tom Johnson".

CRicci would dedicate "Cant fight this feeling" by REO Speedwagon to Paul Pollis.

"I ran (so far away)" by A Flock of Seagulls to Brad Bishop.

"Love is a battlefield" by Pat Benatar dedicated to Jim Burnside who is on my top 40 list of trash profiled on UM.

"That aint love" by REO Speedwagon dedicated to Steve Wilson.

"Breaking up is hard to do" dedicated to Mr. Randall Utterback...

Good one, Justins5256! But Randall Utterback isn't the only person that song should be dedicated to. It should also be dedicated to every one else featured on the show who experienced a breakup. A few other examples are Jim Burnside and David Lee Kemp.

Anyway, I have a song that I would dedicated to a lot of the murderous low lifes profiled on the show (especially the late cop killer Sam Wodke, who was the 135th fugitive to be captured as a direct result of UM): "Burn In Hell," by Judas Priest.

Some of the lyrics add up well, especially the following:

Have you got a gun
Do you remember well
Who d'ya use it on
You're going to burn in hell

It was recorded with Tim 'Ripper' Owens as the frontman, but it is a cool and therapeutic song.

'Who can it be now?' by Men at Work would be a perfect soundtrack to dozens, if not hundreds of cases.

"Sexy M.F." by Prince for Robert Stack :)

Whoa...does this mean I have competition???

:lol:

How about "Papa Don't Preach" to Cynthia Anderson's father?
(of course, I'm not implying that Cynthia was pregnant.)

Actually, for Paul Pollis, I would recommend "The Cleaning Song," as seen on the television show LazyTown.... :D

dedicated to - SONG - artist:


Steve Hadley – TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN – The Steve Miller Band
Creepy Arsonist – BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE – Talking Heads
Rick Church – YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME – Bon Jovi
Bashir Kouchakji – YOU KNOW MY NAME (LOOK UP THE NUMBER) – The Beatles
Missy Munday – SHE’S LEAVING HOME – The Beatles
Layzahn Williams (Young Lay) – SO WHATCHA SAYING? - EPMD
Patricia Meehan – THE WANDERER – Dion
Tunnel Bank Robbers - BEEN CAUGHT STEALING – Jane’s Addiction
Frank Morris, John & Clarence Anglin - BREAKOUT – Swing Out Sister -
Jack Lutter - I’M GETTING MARRIED IN THE MORNING – My Fair Lady Soundtrack
Cuirandero – (HE’S A) MAGIC MAN – Heart
The Noe Family – LIES, LIES, LIES – The Thompson Twins
“Tyler” – WHO AM I? – Beenie Man
Joe Owens – POTHOLES IN MY LAWN – De La Soul
Guy who fell from the airplane - ITS RAINING MEN – The Weather Girls
Diane Brodbeck - STAND BY YOUR MAN – Tammy Wynette

dedicated to - SONG - artist:
Creepy Arsonist – BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE – Talking Heads
Guy who fell from the airplane - ITS RAINING MEN – The Weather Girls

I'm just upset that I didn't think of these two!

Liz Carmichael: "Lola" by The Kinks :lol:

Gaby (Bashir) Kouchacji (L´Enfant segment) - CALL ME - Blondie.

Liz Carmichael: "Lola" by The Kinks :lol:

Hee! OMG, there are so many songs we could dedicate to Liz:
"Dude Looks like a Lady" by Aerosmith
"Sweet Transvestite" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Cars" by Gary Numan

Any others?

"Dont Stop Believing" by Journey, this is dedicated to Jule Caylor, Mark Nichols, Chad Noe, Paul Pollis and countless others that I will not stop believing that one day they will face justice.

"Dont Stop Believing" by Journey, this is dedicated to Jule Caylor, Mark Nichols, Chad Noe, Paul Pollis and countless others that I will not stop believing that one day they will face justice.

Touché. :clap

Theresa Stamper: "Nowhere to Run" by Martha and the Vandellas.

Gaby (Bashir) Kouchacji (L´Enfant segment) - CALL ME - Blondie.

I had thought of that one or I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU by Stevie Wonder

I'd dedicate: "My name is" by Eminem to Franklin Delano Floyd, even if we know that is his name, and we never knew the real identity of "Suzanne Davis"; AKA "Sharon Marshall"; AKA "Tonya Hughes".

'Cause Franklin Delano Floyd is the one that is the real "Slim (and) Shady", here.

Hee! OMG, there are so many songs we could dedicate to Liz:
"Dude Looks like a Lady" by Aerosmith
"Sweet Transvestite" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Cars" by Gary Numan

Any others?

How 'bout "Walk like a Man" by Frankie Valli? :rotflmao:

over the hills and far away: to bob stack

I have a few more:

1. Adam and Elena Emery-- "Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

2. Justin Burgwinkle and Blair Adams-- "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger. I'm aware this song is not that well known (unless you're into one hit wonders, but the relevant part goes: )

Paranoia, paranoia
Everybody's comin' to get me
Just say you never met me
I'm running underground with the moles, digging holes

3. Don Decker/Rainboy-- "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Money. :D

4. Patsy Wright-- "Don't Drink the Water" by The Dave Matthews Band

5. Tara Calico-- "Photograph" by Def Leppard

6. Bonnie Wright-- "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson

7. Creepy Arsonist-- "Light My Fire" by The Doors

8. Kristi Krebs-- "Stranded" by Heart

9. Gayle Delano-- "When Will I Be Loved" by Linda Ronstadt

10. Angela Hammond-- "Trouble on the Line" by Sawyer Brown

11. Michael Swango-- "Poison" by Alice Cooper

12. Marie Hilley-- "Cold Hard Bitch" by Jet

Okay... that was more than a few, but I freakin' LOVE this thread! Great idea, Kane! :)

I have a few more:

2. Justin Burgwinkle and Blair Adams-- "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger. I'm aware this song is not that well known (unless you're into one hit wonders, but the relevant part goes: )

Paranoia, paranoia
Everybody's comin' to get me
Just say you never met me
I'm running underground with the moles, digging holes


Good call! Love this song! "I'm not sick but I'm not wellllllllllllllllll" :singer:

I'd dedicate "one bourbon, one scotch, one beer" to Chad Noe for his legendary bouts of "drunken stupors". :drink:

I would dedicate that one above to Don Smith.

Also,

"Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen to Bonnie Wilder
"Computer Love" by Zapp to Dark Dante
"Keep on Knockin but you Can't Come in" to Eric Tamiyasu
"Burning down the House" by Talking Heads to Omar's friend
"head on collision" by New Found Glory to Patricia Meehan
"the beast" by Iron Maiden to David Stone
"You're gonna Burn in Hell" by Twisted Sister to about 100 folks on the show...

I would dedicate Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" to Cindy James and the Wackers and "More Than A Woman" by the BeeGee's to Liz Carmichael. :D

Let's not forget the music that was in fact directly inspired by some events before they were profiled on UM:

100% by Sonic Youth (about Joe Cole's untimely murder)
that Bon Jovi song (sorry not a fan)
etc

I would dedicate "Leaving on a jet plane" (John Denver) to D.B. Cooper.

You could dedicate that one to the man who fell from the plane as well... although I think Corky's suggestion of "It's Raining Men" is classic. :)

Hee! OMG, there are so many songs we could dedicate to Liz:
"Dude Looks like a Lady" by Aerosmith
"Sweet Transvestite" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Cars" by Gary Numan

Any others?

How about: "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" by Shania Twain :D

For all the con-artist segments:

"Smiling Faces Sometimes" by Undisputed Truth

I would dedicate:

"Gimme More"
"More, more, more"
"Just can't get enough"

to all of us posters on this message board. We are insatiable!
We'll never get enough of this show!!!

To Chad Noe, Stephen Marfeo, Paul Pollis and all those husbands whose stories just don't seem to add up regarding the disappearances of their wives:

"Unbelievable" by EMF. :)

How about "Obsession" by Animotion to Randal Utterback and all the other stalkers profiled on UM.

"Right Next Door to Hell," by Guns N' Roses; to Malaika Griffin.

"Night Prowler," by AC/DC; to the unidentified California serial killer known as the Original Night Stalker.

Ahh, yes...

To Tim McClure: "Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac

"Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies..."

dedicated to - SONG - artist:
Guy who fell from the airplane - ITS RAINING MEN – The Weather Girls


ROTFLMAO!!! :lol:

So wrong... yet so funny.

Anything by Megadeth to the 'Mystery Clerk' :lol:

Dancin with Myself by Billy Idol (esp. the end part-Sweat!sweat!Sweat!)-to
the gold foil sweating woman
For David Berkowitz-Number of the Beast-Iron Maiden-actually thousands of faux-metal songs from the 80's would fit nicely;
She Blinded me with Science-for the 'Dale' inventor
......

To Chad Noe, Stephen Marfeo, Paul Pollis and all those husbands whose stories just don't seem to add up regarding the disappearances of their wives:

"Unbelievable" by EMF. :)


I would also dedicate "Wicker Man" by Iron Maiden, because of the chorus:
"Your time will come ... (insert guitar licks here) your time will come!"
:rock:

"All By Myself" by Eric Carmen for all the men whose wives went "missing". :lol:

More....

"Mmm mmm mmm mmm" by the Crash Test Dummies for the people who hear the "hum"

"Why can't we be friends?" by War for Danny Wheeler and Bob Bean

"Girlfriend in a Coma" by The Smiths for Jennifer Pratt's loser boyfriend

"Safe European Home" by The Clash for Brad Bishop and Ira Einhorn

A heartfelt "I fought the law and THE LAW WON" by Bobby Fuller (who's mysterious suicide/murder was also featured on UM) Four, to all the fugitives/wanted suspects who were captured and apprehended because of this show. :bash:

How about "An Innocent Man" by Billy Joel to all those Final Appealants who may be wrongly convicted.

I would like to dedicate "Jesus He Knows Me" by Genesis to Tony Alamo :D

"Chiquitita" - ABBA - to Dora Mae Peterman a.k.a. "Bonnie Wilder", a.k.a. "crystaldawn" (a short period I must admit).

Gloria Gaynor- I will Survive -RS for surviving Hitler's death warrant. Hitler had been rumored to want Stack for dead, due to his anti-nazi role in the movie "The Mortal Storm." There were rumors that he even told the fellow facist regimes in Italy (Mussolini) and Spain (Franco), to arrest and extradite Stack if he visited those countries. :eek:


What?????????
That's insane! Where did you hear about that? Wonder if the Stackmaster was a bit paranoid because of his work on UM. After all, he was putting the spotlight on some criminal bigwigs like Donald Eugene Webb, Leo Koury, James Bulger, just to name a few. :lookaroun

More....

"Mmm mmm mmm mmm" by the Crash Test Dummies for the people who hear the "hum"

"Why can't we be friends?" by War for Danny Wheeler and Bob Bean.

Those are both freaking BEAUTIFUL! Well played. That second one about killed me. I can just picture them in the music video, swaying together, arms around each other. Good stuff.

How about a few more...

Imagine Jule Caylor dropping off Dottie at the BART station listening to "Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles. (A bit of a stretch, I know...)

"I Used to Love Her" by Guns 'n Roses for Leonard Rizzo. "I used to love her, but I had to kill her... Now she's buried right in my back yard!"

And for Marie Hilley, "Toxic" by Brittney Spears.

:D

Imagine Jule Caylor dropping off Dottie at the BART station listening to "Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles. (A bit of a stretch, I know...)
How about "My Baby Takes the Morning Train" by Sheena Easton? :)

"I Used to Love Her" by Guns 'n Roses for Leonard Rizzo. "I used to love her, but I had to kill her... Now she's buried right in my back yard!"

That song could also apply to Joe Owens. He was the Washington (state) man who killed his wife Gladys and buried her in their yard. Disturbing song, but fitting.

Disturbing song, but fitting.

Yeah, that's very true.

There was a case on Forensic Files and 48-Hours Mysteries where a guy was convicted in part because he downloaded that song after his wife was missing. It was proved he did it. Now THAT is messed up. The song is fitting but he went and downloaded it after he killed her.

Creepy!

How about "My Baby Takes the Morning Train" by Sheena Easton? :)

Wow, nwg... you're on a roll!

We'd have to modify the lyrics though. "My baby takes the morning train... but she will never come home again!"

No offense to Dottie Caylor. Just a little humor. Jule is guilty as sin and he knows it.

Keep 'em coming, nwg! You ROCK!

"Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order to Bob Bean, Pat Snee and Danny Wheeler.

"Nobody's fool" by Cinderella, dedicated to Jule Caylor, Paul Pollis, Mark Nichols, Jim Harrison, Michael Haim and countless others who felt they could fool us into thinking their wives just ran off.

"Let it be" by the Beatles to Rae Ann Mossor's family who keep trying to push that she was murdered when it appears it was a suicide.

"Devil in Disguise" by Elvis, dedicated to Sal Guardado, who is on my personal top 40 worst list.

"Dont tell me you love me" by Night Ranger, dedicated to Steve Wilson who didnt know when to quit, when he kept telling Callie Thornburgh that he loved her.

I have a few more:

1. Adam and Elena Emery-- "Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

2. Justin Burgwinkle and Blair Adams-- "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger. I'm aware this song is not that well known (unless you're into one hit wonders, but the relevant part goes: )

Paranoia, paranoia
Everybody's comin' to get me
Just say you never met me
I'm running underground with the moles, digging holes

3. Don Decker/Rainboy-- "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Money. :D

4. Patsy Wright-- "Don't Drink the Water" by The Dave Matthews Band

5. Tara Calico-- "Photograph" by Def Leppard

6. Bonnie Wright-- "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson

7. Creepy Arsonist-- "Light My Fire" by The Doors

8. Kristi Krebs-- "Stranded" by Heart

9. Gayle Delano-- "When Will I Be Loved" by Linda Ronstadt

10. Angela Hammond-- "Trouble on the Line" by Sawyer Brown

11. Michael Swango-- "Poison" by Alice Cooper

12. Marie Hilley-- "Cold Hard Bitch" by Jet

Okay... that was more than a few, but I freakin' LOVE this thread! Great idea, Kane! :)


Awesome! Great job cricci!!! Great thread too, Kane. Unfortunetely I have nothing to contribute besides these compliments! My creativity has gone out the window!!!

"Rock you like a hurricane" by the scorpions-- The gray man segment

"Big Bottom" from the movie This is Spinal Tap -- Bonnie Wilder

"Every Breath you take (I'll be watching you)" by the Police -- The Wackers

"The B*tch is Back" by Elton John -- Judy Groezinger

"Burnin' Down the House" by the Talking Heads -- Creepy arsonist segment

"Strange things are happening to me" by Randy Newman (if you are not familiar, it is from the movie Toy Story) -- For every haunted house/boat segment

"money" by Pink Floyd -- every con man and lost treasure segment

"Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd -- the guy that fell from the airplane in Kentucky

"Jump" by Van Halen - DB Cooper

"Silver and Gold" from Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer -- "Katy" the Gold Foil lady

"I wish it would rain down" by Phil Collins for Rainboy Don Decker

"Believe it or Not" by Joey Scarbury for DB Cooper

"Simply the Best" by Tina Turner for Robert Stack

"Opportunities" by Pet Shop Boys for the Child Genius

"When the Children Cry" by White Lion for Jeremy Bright, Kurt Sova, Ives/Henry and others

"Life in a Northern Town" by Dream Academy for Blair Adams

"Turn Back Time" by Cher could fit pretty much any Unsolved Segment

"It's a Miracle" by Culture Club for the "Harry Potter" look a like-Chucky Mcgivern

"Do the know its Christmastime" by Band Aid for Christmas baby Miracle

"Don't you Forget about me" by Simple Minds for Robert Stack. I don't think anyone has brought that up yet. I won't forget him.

I have come up with another idea: "Shoot Me Again," by Metallica; for UM, in part because critics have taken cheap shots at UM to no avail. Another reason is due to the fact that the series has been shot down by network executives, only to keep coming back. So in general, it has all to do with the show's ability to be durable despite the opposition.

I think the following lyrics best sum it up:

Shoot me again
I ain't dead yet

All the shots I take
what difference did I make?
All the shots I take
I spit back at you

I won't go away, with a bullet in my back
Right here I'll stay, with a bullet in my back

I have come up with another idea: "Shoot Me Again," by Metallica; for UM, in part because critics have taken cheap shots at UM to no avail. Another reason is due to the fact that the series has been shot down by network executives, only to keep coming back. So in general, it has all to do with the show's ability to be durable despite the opposition.

I think the following lyrics best sum it up:

Shoot me again
I ain't dead yet

All the shots I take
what difference did I make?
All the shots I take
I spit back at you

I won't go away, with a bullet in my back
Right here I'll stay, with a bullet in my back

So true!

The two things that will survive nuclear war: cockroaches and UM! :lol:

Don Decker - The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin
Charlie Smith - Hellhounds On My Trail by Robert Johnson
Blair Adams - Mind's Playin Tricks On Me by The Geto Boys
Tim McClure - Can I get A Witness? by Marvin Gaye
From Prem Kumar to the con lady in his segment - "You're Pretty When I'm Drunk" by The Bloodhound Gang

From Prem Kumar to the con lady in his segment - "You're Pretty When I'm Drunk" by The Bloodhound Gang

:lol:

Nice to have you back Corky! Seriously you need to get a picture of old Prem for your avatar...:happyface

I don't know how I missed this one before (for one of my FAVORITE people):

For Liz Carmichael, inventor of the "Dale". . .

"Man I Feel Like a Woman" by Shania Twain.

:lol:

"jump" by Van Halen for DB Cooper

Had to bump this 'cause I'm a music lover and obviously a UM lover. :) Alot of ones I was thinking of were mentioned, but here's some more. Many of these are 80s (since that's what I listen to the most) but it kinda fits since that's when lots of the cases were from, or not long afterwards.

Little Lies (Fleetwood Mac) - The Maples
You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi) - Mark Nichols, Paul Pollis, Chad Noe and their ilk
Sailing (Christopher Cross) - Woody Kelly
Private Eyes (Hall and Oates) - Curtis Croft
You Can Do Magic (America) - any miracle workers like Rainboy
Beat It (MJ) - Ron Gillispie to the Circleville letter writer
Spooky (Classics IV) - the guy Alan's young wife in Florida who was supposedly possessed by a ghost
Material Girl (Madonna) - Liza Montgomery
We Didn't Start The Fire (Billy Joel) - Johnny Lee Wilson
End of The Road (Boyz II Men) - Edward Harold Bell in the initial chase
Don't You Want Me (Human League) - Rick Church
Don't Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty) - The Wackers to the kooks :lol:
Money's Too Tight To Mention (Simply Red) - Roger Dean
Nightshift (The Commodores) - any night clerks like Debra Poe
I Wanna Know What Love is (Foreigner) - Missy Munday

I'll think of some more later.

Jule Caylor to his missing wife - Darius Rucker's "Come Back Song"

Any "Wanted" cases. Breaking the Law by Judas Priest. Sure it has probably been mentioned. Just too lazy to look for that post

For murdered children "Only the good die young" by Billy Joel

For the survivors of any disaster "Faith" by George Michael

Kevin Poulsen, who is So Much Cooler Online, now that he's using his mad hacker skillz to keep the interwebs safer. (Brad Paisley)


To the coworkers who loved her no matter what, Liz Carmichael was the Devil With a Blue Dress On (Mitch Ryder etc)

For all those idiots who never seem to get as much jail time as they deserve for their sex crimes- The Sex Offender Shuffle (uploaded you know where by Zoltarkill)

Hey, CRYSTALDAWN, I know we have a ban on links to "you know where", but are we allowed to link the VEVO channels there? Those are the artist's official channels and are not pirated or iffy/illegal copywrited content.

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Some of my choices might seem unusual. I mean no disrespect, either by inclusion or omission.

For all the choir members who survived the exploding church - Amazing Grace (I'm partial to that homewrecker Leann Rimes' version lol)

Dale Kerstetter, Devin Williams, Su Taraskiewicz, Dave Bocks, Jesslyn Rich, Michael Francke, Robert Hamrick, Dwayne McCorkendale- 40 Hour Week For A Livin (Alabama)

Resurrection Mary, the original Ghost Ride girl (Mistah FAB)

Michael Carmichael, Justin Burgwinkel, Bill Ray Hargrove, Charlie Anderson, Chad Langford, Jeffrey Digman, Michael O'Mara, I'm Proud To Be An American - (Lee Greenwood)

Kevin Poulson, White and Nerdy (Weird Al)

Cindy James, Don't Let Me Get Me (Pink)

Circleville Writer Suspicious Minds (Elvis)

The "Countess" and Marie Hilley, Killer Queen (Queen)

Tim McClure, cuz every girl's crazy about a Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top)

The hotness that is Robert Stack needs his own dirty song, cuz he's a sweet talkin, sugar coated, Candyman lol (Christina Aguilera)

A good sound track for the segments of Glenn Nash and Margo Freshwater, Craig Pritchert and Nova Guthrie, Rose Turford and Carolyn Stevens (Thelma & Louise bandits), and the Tunnel Bank Robbers, could be Take the Money and Run (Steve Miller Band)

Gilbert Ortiz shoulda taken the advice from Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: Shop Around

Hey, CRYSTALDAWN, I know we have a ban on links to "you know where", but are we allowed to link the VEVO channels there? Those are the artist's official channels and are not pirated or iffy/illegal copywrited content.

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I would say no, don't post links from there. Its never came up before so if you want to know for sure you can contact TJ, the owner of SO, and ask him directly.

I would say no, don't post links from there. Its never came up before so if you want to know for sure you can contact TJ, the owner of SO, and ask him directly.

Okie dokie, thanks for the info. :)

My most cliche' song choice is "Runaway train" by Soul Asylum. a classic in it's own right and always reminds me of all the people who go missing or are found dead. a sobering reminder of the lost.

Is there a particular song (or songs) that you would dedicate to someone who was associated with or featured on Unsolved Mysteries?

i think i can make a complete album dedicated to some of my favorite unsolved cases.

Classics IV - Spooky to Georgia Ann Boyd. The lyrics "love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you" seem fitting considering all that her boyfriend endured.

"Blah Blah Blah" by Ke$ha and 3OH!3 for everyone in the Sammy Wheeler segment.

"I Hear You Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)" for the cowboys in The Entity segment.

"Poison" by Alice Cooper for Marie Hilley.

"Every Breath You Take" by The Police for all the obsessed men that just couldn't move on: Danny Pinetta, Richard Church, Randall Utterback, Sal Guardardo, Dennis DePue, Jim Burns, Larry George and Robert Weeks. Another appropriate title is Ray Charles' "Hit the Road Jack."

My most cliche' song choice is "Runaway train" by Soul Asylum. a classic in it's own right and always reminds me of all the people who go missing or are found dead. a sobering reminder of the lost.

Not to mention that of all the missing persons posted in the "Runaway Train" music video, at least one of them was profiled on UM: Tom Gibson. His picture appears at the end of the video.

The Bee Sting Cures:

Flight of the Bumble Bee, of course! lol

I Fought the Law and the Law Won (Bobby Fuller; The Clash; etc)

John Wilkes Booth

Louis Bourgeuois and Jean Marie Gagnon

Joe Shepard

Roberto Ramirez

Rusty Corvette

How about "Secret Lovers" for Thomas Hotard and Audrey Moate?

;)

This has been the best thread ever!

Lots of good ones mentioned already, but how about:

D.B. Cooper: Big Old Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band

Gordon Collins: Another Beer in Mexico by Kenny Chesney

"Rainboy:" Who'll Stop the Rain by Credence Clearwater Revival

Sammy Wheeler: the music they played at the start of every Bulls game

The teenage spree killers: Baba O'Riley by The Who ("teenage wasteland")

Dwayne McCorkendale: Ramblin' Man by the Allman Brothers

Amy Bradley: Cruisin' by Smokey Robinson

Amy Billig: Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf

Any of the amnesia victims: Who Are You by The Who

The Ellenders: Fight for Your Right to Party by the Beastie Boys

Men in Black: Back in Black by AC/DC

Guy falling off airplane: Free Fallin' by Tom Petty

Robert Stack: I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred

This is too fun....

Circleville Writer: Heard it Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye

Liza Montgomery: Material Girl by Madonna

Zip Gun Bomber: Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes

Resurrection Mary: Proud Mary by Credence/Tina Turner

Allagash Abductions: Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys

I could see Jule Caylor cranking up Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good To Me" on his car stereo.

OMG! What a hilarious thread!!!! You guys always make me laugh so hard!

Here's a few of my choices....the first two are kind of mean, but I have a black sense of humour sometimes....

1. Megan Curl: "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys
2. Cindy James: "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
3. Elizabeth Ortiz: "Milkshake" by Kelis
4. Astarte Davis: "Gold Digger" by Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx
5. Jean Hilliard: "Frozen" by Madonna
6. Jule Caylor: "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs" (the "Frazier" theme song, which I can't stand, btw!)
7. Circleville Writer: "Return to sender" by Elvis (no sh1t, I'd freak if that writer sent ME a letter!!!!!)

And to whoever mentioned Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger....GREAT song! He actually played drums on Peaches' first indie record that she released under her birth name, Merrill Nisker. Next to UM trivia, music trivia is my thing ;)

6. Jule Caylor: "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs" (the "Frazier" theme song, which I can't stand, btw!)

Aww man I love Frasier AND his utterly ludicrous theme song. :lol:

Dr. Iben Browning - "I Feel The Earth Move" (Carol King)

The Replacements - Here Comes A Regular (Robert Stack)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Tammy Lynn Leppert)
NWA - F*ck The Police (Candy Belt and Gloria Ross)

Tim McClure - Loser (Beck)
Tim Good - Cater 2 U (Beyonce)

Reposting my list from 2010 with some more:

Little Lies (Fleetwood Mac) - Marvin & Sandra Maple
You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi) - Mark Nichols
Sailing (Christopher Cross) - Woody Kelly
Private Eyes (Hall and Oates) - Curtis Croft
You Can Do Magic (America) - Rainboy
Beat It (MJ) - Ron Gillispie to the Circleville letter writer
Spooky (Classics IV) - Ann Sigmin
Material Girl (Madonna) - Liza Montgomery
We Didn't Start The Fire (Billy Joel) - Johnny Lee Wilson
End of The Road (Boyz II Men) - Edward Harold Bell in the initial chase
Don't You Want Me (Human League) - Rick Church
Don't Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty) - The Wackers to the kooks :lol:
Money's Too Tight To Mention (Simply Red) - Roger Dean
Nightshift (The Commodores) - any night clerks like Debra Poe
I Want To Know What Love is (Foreigner) - Missy Munday

PLUS:

Alone (Heart) - Gail Delano
Who Can it Be Now (Men At Work) - another one for The Wackers ;)
Cruel Summer (Bananarama) - the Swedish Hitchhikers (they looked like them in the music video too)
Something Happened On The Way To Heaven (Phil Collins) - Tom Sawyer, the guy who was working on his truck and had a near death experience
I Can't Drive 55 (Sammy Hagar) - the teenager Lonnie Zamora was chasing in Socorro NM
Walking in LA (Missing Persons) - Matthew Chase
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2) - George Owens :(

Cruel Summer (Bananarama) - the Swedish Hitchhikers (they looked like them in the music video too)

IMO, I would've gone with the Ace of Base version since they're Swedish too.

A Change(Would Do You Good)-Sheryl Crow[Liz Carmichael and Cam Lyman]

Fame-Amy Gerhartz [Krystal Spencer]

Walkaway Joe-Trisha Yearwood[Missy Munday and Jerry Strickland]

It's Not Right But It's Okay-Whitney Houston[Audrey Moate]

Naughty Girl-Beyoncé[Rhonda Hinson]

Glamorous-Fergie[Elizabeth Short]

Karma Chameleon-Culture Club/London Bridge-Fergie[Elaine Antoinette Parent]

A to Z Blues-Blind Willie McTell[Beverly McGowen]

Be Still-The Fray[Anthoinette Cayedito]

Liar-Emilie Autumn[Penny Cayedito]

I Want My Innocence Back-Emilie Autumn[for all the rape victims featured on UM, particularly the store clerks that were in the Boston area]

Bad Romance-Lady Gaga[Randall Utterback/Rick Church]

Stupid Girls- P!nk [Judy Olive]

Too Bad-Nickelback/Alone Again (Naturally)-Gilbert O'Sullivan[Gail Delano]

Never Again-Nickelback[Chad Noe]

Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking-Snow Patrol[Tammy Lynn Leppert]

Codine Blues-The Charlatans[Elizabeth Campbell]

Nobody's Home-Avril Lavigne[Sharon Stevens]

David Bowie - Space Oddity (Chris Chichester)

"Liar" by Rollins Band (Donnie Hansen)

"Mind Playin' Tricks On Me" by Geto Boys OR "My War" by Black Flag (Cindy James and/or Blair Adams)

"The Money Will Roll Right In" by Fang (anytime the term "life insurance policy" pops up)

"Mind of a Lunatic" by Geto Boys (EAR/ONS)

"Everybody's Girl" by Dwarves (Jack Lutter)

"Children of God" by Swans (I don't remember the guy's name, but he was the guy who had the cult where he raped the girl until she escaped with the family's cable guy)

Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man (Pedro Uribe)

Love this thread!

Given the recent discussion....

GQ - Sitting in the Park (Waiting for You).... for Kyra Cook

Mama I'm coming home by Ozzy to all the adopted kids who found their birth moms, especially Tim Harrell

The Clash - "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)" for Jeffrey MacDonald in honour of his numerous failed appeals. :lol:

Omar - "Burnin' it Down" (Jason Aldean)

"We're just hanging around, burnin' it down..."

Speaking about arson, a Forensic Files episode about a Seattle arsonist turned up on the batch I've been recording lately. I don't know if this was the same arsonist as they were looking for on UM, but the one on FF started I believe in later 1992, when the UM segment first aired. Either it's the same guy, or there were two crazy pyromaniacs in Seattle in the late 80's and early 90's.

Ronnie Milsap - "Stranger In My House" for Jeanne Tovrea.

Song was #1 for 16 weeks in Australia!!!!

Runaway by real McCoy-Randall utterback

Rooms on Fire [Stevie Nicks] - Eric Tamiyasu, (feat Kathy Bonderson & Sodder Family)

for Charles Holden: Picking Up Strangers (Johnny Lee)

Stephen Marfeo - Oops, I did it again (Britney Spears)

Don Decker - Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage
Angela Hammond - Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money (ft Ronnie Specter)
Cindy James - Monster by Pink Lady

I'm wide awake Katy perry for Gilbert and Elizabeth Ortiz

"Devil Woman" for Darlie Routier.

I hope no one took this one:

To almost all the missing people/unsolved murders Rick Springfields "Don't talk to strangers"

I saw the saw the sign ace of base- the person that solved the Dana point jane doe.

Jasper Watkins/Gabby's Bones: "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains

Marie Hilley: "Evil Woman" by ELO.

Judy Olive: "Escape (the pina colada song)" by Rupert Holmes

Katie: "Gold Dust Woman" by Fleetwood Mac

any case involving paranoia: "Goin' Out of My Head" by Little Anthony

Gilbert Ortiz: "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe

Permon Gilbert: "I Still Like Bologna" by Alan Jackson

Leonard Rizzo: "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains

Stuart Heaton: "If I Were a Carpenter" by Johnny Cash
(more like "If I Were a GOOD Carpenter I Wouldn't Have Cuts All Over My Hands)

Bad medicine Bon jovi.

Bad medicine Bon jovi.

For Patsy Wright?

For Patsy Wright?
Haha it could be for a lot of segments. I couldn't narrow it down to one.

Not to deter the thread, but what exactly was Bon Jovi trying to state in that song? If her love is like bad medicine, and bad medicine could cure his disease, why would that be considered bad medicine?

James Sullivan - James and the Cold Gun by Kate Bush
Darlie Routier - Under the Influence by Elle King
Richard Aderson - My Favorite Game by The Cardigans

Not to deter the thread, but what exactly was Bon Jovi trying to state in that song? If her love is like bad medicine, and bad medicine could cure his disease, why would that be considered bad medicine?
I think he meant that he likes bad medicine much like someone likes drugs.

Rick astley never gonna give you up-Becky terry and Judy Davis.

Megadeth symphony of destruction- diabolical minds episode

'Witchy Woman' by The Eagles for Ann Sigmin
'Payphone' by Maroon 5 Feat Wiz Khalifa for Angela Hammond
'Hazard' by Richard Marx for Johnny Lee Wilson
'It wasn't me' by Shaggy for Paul Freshour Circleville writer
'I don't believe you' by Pink for Tim McClure

Jasper Watkins/Gabby's Bones: "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains

Marie Hilley: "Evil Woman" by ELO.

Judy Olive: "Escape (the pina colada song)" by Rupert Holmes

Katie: "Gold Dust Woman" by Fleetwood Mac

any case involving paranoia: "Goin' Out of My Head" by Little Anthony

Gilbert Ortiz: "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe

Permon Gilbert: "I Still Like Bologna" by Alan Jackson

Leonard Rizzo: "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains

Stuart Heaton: "If I Were a Carpenter" by Johnny Cash
(more like "If I Were a GOOD Carpenter I Wouldn't Have Cuts All Over My Hands)
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Gilbert Ortiz Poison LMAO!!!!:lol: :lol: :lol:

'I don't believe you' by Pink for Tim McClure

LOL!

"Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That?" by Dolly Parton for Tim McClure.

Stuart Heaton: "If I Were a Carpenter" by Johnny Cash
(more like "If I Were a GOOD Carpenter I Wouldn't Have Cuts All Over My Hands)

OMG, too funny!! :lol: I haven't seen that segment in a long time...who was he accused of murdering?

OMG, too funny!! :lol: I haven't seen that segment in a long time...who was he accused of murdering?
Krystal Naab. A girl who was one of his friends sister.. i think.

"Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That?" by Dolly Parton for Tim McClure.


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'Lyin' Eyes' by The Eagles for Paul Pollis
'Maneater' by Hall and Oates for Maria Socorro De Rodriguez Lapine
'Firestarter' by The Prodigy for the 'Omar' Arsonist

'Lyin' Eyes' by The Eagles for Paul Pollis


Oh, that's a good one!

Does the song(s) have to pertain to a bad/unlikable Unsolved Mysteries interviewee? If not, then the song "Too Long a Soldier" by Pat Benatar is one one of my picks. I think about Chad Langford, Justin Burgwinkel, Geoffrey Sullivan and all the other militant stories that Unsolved Mysteries aired over the years when I hear that song.

I am probably going to Hell for this, but here's a few others:

Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson (for Annie Hearin)

We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart (for Sarah Beard)

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry (for Kurt Sova)

Runaway Horses - Belinda Carlisle (for Shelly Malone)

We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel (for Scott Johnson)

Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley (for the Boise church John Doe)

I am probably going to Hell for this, but here's a few others:

Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson (for Annie Hearin)

We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart (for Sarah Beard)

Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry (for Kurt Sova)

Runaway Horses - Belinda Carlisle (for Shelly Malone)

We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel (for Scott Johnson)

Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley (for the Boise church John Doe)
LMAO!!! Kurt Sova Last Friday Night:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The Countess - It's All About The Money by Meja

Blind River Killer - Bottom of the River by Delta Rae

Terri McClure - The Wedding List by Kate Bush

I've got more.
Runaway Train by Soul Asylum for Jule and Dottie Caylor
What's my name? by Rihanna feat Drake for Tyler aka Arthur Paul Beal

I've got more.
Runaway Train by Soul Asylum for Jule and Dottie Caylor
What's my name? by Rihanna feat Drake for Tyler aka Arthur Paul Beal

:lol: This may be my new fave thread. :lol:

"Still Crazy After All These Years" by Paul Simon, dedicated to Jule Caylor.

"Life's Been Good To Me" by Joe Walsh for Jule Caylor.

"Life's Been Good To Me" by Joe Walsh for Jule Caylor.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

"One Toke Over the Line" by Brewer & Shipley, dedicated to that POS M.E. in the Ives & Henry case who initially ruled their deaths were the result of passing out from smoking too much pot.

"One Toke Over the Line" by Brewer & Shipley, dedicated to that POS M.E. in the Ives & Henry case who initially ruled their deaths were the result of passing out from smoking too much pot.

That's cold, lol.

"Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money- MEGAN CURL

"Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money- MEGAN CURL
That's a good one!
Ok this one is in real bad taste 'Hit me with your best shot' by Pat Benetar for Jenny Pratt. sorry!

That's a good one!
Ok this one is in real bad taste 'Hit me with your best shot' by Pat Benetar for Jenny Pratt. sorry!

Yes, LOL! That could work for a number of different cases, too. LOL

How about "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain (for Liz Carmichael)? :lol:

How about "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain (for Liz Carmichael)? :lol:

LOL or "I'm Just a Girl" by No Doubt :lol:

How about "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain (for Liz Carmichael)? :lol:
Yes...That's my favorite one in a while.

Bad-Michael Jackson for Susan Harrison.
Ice ice baby for Jean Hilliard.
Big butts sir mix a lot for Bonnie wilder.

Hope it hasn't been used yet but dream on Aerosmith for Cynthia Anderson.

'Bang bang he shot me down' by Nancy Sinatra for John Burns and Eleanor Farver.
Wherever i lay my hat by Paul Young for Charles Southern Jr.
Innocent man by Billy Joel for Jack Purvis
I shot the Sheriff by Eric Clapton for Ralph Probst

If it hasn't been done already:

"Here Comes the Rain Again" by Eurythmics (for Don Decker)

"Shot of Poison" by Lita Ford (for June Maloney)

"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" by Chicago (for the ones who experienced "missing time")

"Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo (for the ghosts in the Drum Barracks)

"Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox (for Darlie Routier)

"Black or White" by Michael Jackson (for Ulysses Roberson)

If it hasn't been done already:

"Here Comes the Rain Again" by Eurythmics (for Don Decker)

"Shot of Poison" by Lita Ford (for June Maloney)

"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" by Chicago (for the ones who experienced "missing time")

"Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo (for the ghosts in the Drum Barracks)

"Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox (for Darlie Routier)

"Black or White" by Michael Jackson (for Ulysses Roberson)

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sharp dressed man zz top for bob stack...I think someone else posted this before.

Boyz in da hood-Eazy E for the Lopez family gang.

"Crazy On You" by Heart for Ron Argenti.

Come as you are nirvana for fritz and the soldiers.

This one's going to be awful, but "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Aerosmith (for Kevin Ives and Don Henry).

The "Kentucky Visions" girls - Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann

Fertility statues - You're Havin' My Baby by Mac Davis

This one's going to be awful, but "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Aerosmith (for Kevin Ives and Don Henry).
Train kept a rollin good one. I like the Aerosmith version. I'm not sure who made the song I know the yardbirds played it back in the 60s.

The "Kentucky Visions" girls - Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann

Fertility statues - You're Havin' My Baby by Mac Davis

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Considering Perman Gilbert's all-too-evident fixation with being the next Conway Twitty, I'd like to dedicate "I See the Want To in Your Eyes" to any housewife who crossed his path.

Considering Perman Gilbert's all-too-evident fixation with being the next Conway Twitty, I'd like to dedicate "I See the Want To in Your Eyes" to any housewife who crossed his path.

I see you one, and raise you with "You've Never Been This Far Before" by Conway Twitty. :)

I see you one, and raise you with "You've Never Been This Far Before" by Conway Twitty. :)

:) :)

There's no way he wasn't Conway's biggest fan! There's a zero percent chance he didn't carry a comb in his shirt sleeve...and you know he gave many a housewife the ol' Twitty staredown while regaling them with selections from the greatest hits album.

I see you one, and raise you with "You've Never Been This Far Before" by Conway Twitty. :)
had to bump this one for a laugh...

it's my life bon jovi... for cosgrove and meurer. if UM's own bon jovi can come back strong so can UM!

Spanish ladies(farewell and adieu) for the mary celeste

murder on music row alan Jackson/George strait...keep thinking about that one lately due to the other thread. but if you listen to the words it describes how country music has died.

oops I did it again Brittany spears for Kelly Finnegan

Donnie Hansen- We didn't start the fire by Billy Joel

Donnie Hansen- We didn't start the fire by Billy Joel

Oh, snap. :)

"I Need A Man" (The Eurythmics) for Gale Delano.

Just my imagination cranberries alma Reid.

"Night Prowler," by AC/DC; to the unidentified California serial killer known as the Original Night Stalker.

This was the first thing that popped into my head upon seeing the title of this thread. I'm glad I decided to read it first before posting this. The best part about this connection is that this song was released in 1979 right in the midst of EAR/ONS's reign of terror, as it were.

Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back (I like Big Buns) - Bonnie Wilder

Queen - Don't lose your head - Linda Sherman

I fought the law by UM's own bobby fuller "the bobby fuller four" and that one reminds me of his segment yes, but also of all of the banned posters now when I hear it. I'm such a UM geek. I can't even here music anymore without thinking of the show thanks to this thread.

Anyone listen to the awesome song played at the end of the first Stack episode on Amazon Prime? I always felt it was kind of a country style tribute to Shannon Davis who was killed by her husband Dale Davis. I use that theme as my ringtone :)

Anyone listen to the awesome song played at the end of the first Stack episode on Amazon Prime? I always felt it was kind of a country style tribute to Shannon Davis who was killed by her husband Dale Davis. I use that theme as my ringtone :)

Yes I love that. I used to focus mostly on the scary bits, but that one is very good.

Shaggy - It wasn't me for Paul Pollis

Shaggy - It wasn't me for Paul Pollis

Neighbor lady caught me red-handed being freakin' creepy next door
Picture this I was loading dark trash bags into my Cutlass four-door

Neighbor lady caught me red-handed being freakin' creepy next door
Picture this I was loading dark trash bags into my Cutlass four-door

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Neighbor lady caught me red-handed being freakin' creepy next door
Picture this I was loading dark trash bags into my Cutlass four-door

#DEAD

That's hilarious! I'm trying to add on...

"How was I to know that her sister demanded the extra shed key?
The whole time she was over, she never took her eyes off me?"

Big Girl by Mika (Bonnie Wilder)

Breaking Free from High School Musical (Jon Yount and Diane Brodbeck)

Is She Really going out with Him -Joe Jackson for the girl who went out with Randall Utterback (probably countless others).

Rain - Beatles for Rainboy Don Decker. Especially the line - when the rain comes they run and hide their heads. They might as well be dead.....

Julee Cruise - Falling (Twin Peaks Theme.
For Tammy Lynn Leppert.

Folger's Coffee commercial theme song ( the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup), for Stephen Marfeo.

Ann Sigmin-Black Magic Woman by Carlos Santana.

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

For all the arsonist bad guys.