Here I am again, with another of my dumb, sentimental thread ideas.

Do you guys have any segments you could never get tired of? I mean, favorite, favorite ones you could easily fall asleep to, or relax just listening to while about the house? Quite a strange notion considering the subject matter of the show at times, but I have to admit I have a few.

My "comfort segments":

Ed Baker
Dick Hansen
Kevin Hughes
Judy Hyams
Harold and Thelma Swain
Don Kemp (probably because of Raymond Burr's voice, though...it's calming)


What're yours?

Ahhhh!! I could never relax to the Dick Hansen segment, with all that crazy car chasing! Mine would be:

The "Magic" Rock
The Mysterious Hum
The segment about Lourdes
Kids Reincarnated from Dead Relatives
Psychic Dreams
Coral Polge (British psychic artist)

I would say any of the Pre-Stack Specials, Christi Nichols, Gayle Delano and Aileen Conway.

1. Liz Carmichael
2. Backyard Bones
3. Dave Bochs and NLO
4. Eric Tamiyasu
5. Circleville Letters
6. Charlotte Pollis
7. Dark Dante
8. Cindy James (got to hear that creepy music again!)
9. Doreen Picard
10. Ohio Prostitute Killer
11. Two Mary Murders
12. Ethel Kidd
13. Campus Expose

You guys are so morbid...relaxing to the murders! LOL. Just kidding I do the exact same thing. I think it's just the obsession with the show, it doesn't phase me if it's an unexplained death or murder.

1. Nyleen Kay Marshall
2. Black Hope Cemetery
3. Debbie Wolfe
4. Jacob Waltz's mine
5. Gordon Page
6. Chaim Weiss
7. Angela Hammond
8. ATV murders
9. Doreen Picard
10. Five men and the Sarah Jo fishing boat

no particular order

Circleville Letters

Nancy Daddysman - the lady found skeletonized in kentucky, wearing red jeans.

Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman

Black Hope Curse - subdivision built on an old graveyard

David Merrifield - the Dallas lawyer who had a mysterious early morning meeting with someone known only as "sam jones", who was found shot to death in the elevator at his work.

Spontaneous Human Combustion - even though I don't believe in it.

Dexter Stefonek - the older man who disappeared on his way back to WI after visiting his son out west. His car was found abandoned and on fire at a rest stop and his body was found, later, at a trash dump.

Angela Hammond - I always feel a need to see this segment every time I hear the UM theme

Annie Laurie Hearin - the elderly wealthy southern woman abducted for ransom 20 years ago and never seen again.

Irene Love - still looking for her adopted sister after finding out that the two girls who grew up as best friends were really sisters adopted out to different families.

Jodi Huisentruit - the morning anchorwoman abducted from her apartment parking lot in the dark, early morning hours.

Patty Stallings - wrongfully prosecuted for her infant son's death

Gordon Page

Chaim Weiss

Gelatinous Goo

So yep, a continuous loop of those segments on DVD would pretty much keep me happy for weeks. :)

Oh man, I don't think I could relax to Angela Hammond (even though I've probably seen it 4 bajillion times), and definitely not Dexter Stefonek! (The bit where they show his car rolling down the interstate at night, then immediately cut to the thing on fire in the rest stop majorly creeps me out for some reason.)

I'll have to go with Gayle Delano as well, CD--I knew I was missing a few. The Florida convenience store abductions is another, as well as the Kevin Poulsen segment.

Ironically, my favorite segment of all time is not one I would include in this caregory. I wouldn't just up and watch at night, because no matter how times I've seen it, it still scares me.

Oh man, I don't think I could relax to Angela Hammond (even though I've probably seen it 4 bajillion times), and definitely not Dexter Stefonek! (The bit where they show his car rolling down the interstate at night, then immediately cut to the thing on fire in the rest stop majorly creeps me out for some reason.)

I'll have to go with Gayle Delano as well, CD--I knew I was missing a few. The Florida convenience store abductions is another, as well as the Kevin Poulsen segment.

Ironically, my favorite segment of all time is not one I would include in this caregory. I wouldn't just up and watch at night, because no matter how times I've seen it, it still scares me.

So...what is your favorite segment? :)

I would say anything from the pre-series specials is game.

So...what is your favorite segment? :)

NH serial killer--commonly known now as the Connecticut River Valley killer. I love that segment. John Philpin's work is extremely interesting to me, and the story of Jane Boroski's attack and her subsequent survival is something I never get tired of.

I know what you guys mean, I have some that I feel that way about, sometimes because they remind me of when I was younger, or if they're just captivating in general. I think the vast majority of people only "casually watch" shows like this, but I'm one of those types that likes to rewatch things over and over (sitcoms too and anything else I like).

I tend to like the police/wanted cases and sometimes missing persons/lost loves the most. There's too many to think of atm.

Great topic idea! I definitely have my "comfort segments".

Dave Bachs
Redwood City Arsonist
Angela Hammond
Tara Calico

Would definitely top my list. Brain Niesenfeld, Judy Heims and Jeremy Bright (sp) are also up there.

Audrey Moate. I love the reenactment actors playing the swamp people.

Dennis DePue
Charles Morgan/Don Deveraux
Dan Tondevold

Beatrice, Nebraska segment

Dave Bochs appears to be a popular choice.

This segment has one of the most frightening lines in UM history.

"The thing i wonder about is whether Dave Bochs was conscious when he was put in. I would hate to think he was alive, cause I couldn't imagine a more horrible death (not verbatim)."

That line along with "on the night Dave Bochs died..." just gives me chills and always makes me want to watch that segment.

I've got a few more -

Cheryl Holland
ATV/Signal Mountain murders
Ohio Prostitute Murders

The one segment I love is the lost loves one with Saron Stevens. I normally detest lost love segments but that one was so nice where she credits her foster parents for how she turned out normal in life and on the interview, they seem like real good people who would have moved the earth for her.

This is weird, I was just thinking about this. I think there are a few segments that I always turn on to "bring me back to reality" or "back down to earth" when I get too involved in my work stuff or other things in life. I just need to relax and get back to reality. A lot of the segments are almost those that are normal people like myself that strange/unfortunate things have happened...there are many UM segments that I can't get into. I think some of these for me are:

-Kurt Sova (could watch this indefinitely)
-Michael Rosenblum
-TK Hardy
-Jeremy Bright

I have a lot and they're mostly missing people/murders:

Debra Poe
Gail Delano
Ohio Prostitute Murders
Doreen Picard
Son of Sam
ATV Murders
Redwood City Arsonist
Seattle Arsonist
New Orleans Serial Killer
Cindy James
The Wackers
Lancaster Extortion Letters
Mikki Jo West
Cynthia Anderson
Judy Hiams
Missing Time
Julius Patterson

If you want happy ones, I like the one titled "Animal Heroes", where 2 dogs and a cat each rescued their owners or other people from danger. Their names were Oscar, Boo and Ringo. I also like the one where Tami Carroll's baby boy Logan miraculously came back to life after being dead for an hour or so. Such cheerful moments.

The Black Hope Cemetary
A Haunting In Georgia (the story with the young girl who could communicate with the various spirit inhabiting her family's home)
Susan Walsh
Jeremy Bright
The Truck Stop Serial Killings
The Ghost Lights Episode

Wow. You guys are hard-core. I could NEVER sleep with UM on in the background.

...and the Redwood City Arsonist case listed as "comforting?" Wow. That one STILL scares me. Even though I'm a grown up now and know that it was just a punk kid who started the fire...

Cindy James? Comforting? *faints*

I think I would rank many of the historical stories from the UM Legends DVD set as "comfort segments" since they're well made, interesting as hell, but not particularly scary. As a kid, I taped a lot of episodes of UM off television, but the one I watched most often was the Alcatraz special because I knew it wouldn't give me nightmares.

The only comfort segments for me were usually the lost loves segments. I especially liked the one about the runaway teen who befriended the three men on the bus. And the elderly couple who kept getting Christmas cards with money in them.

The only "comfort" segment I can think of would be the Chair of Death. That's just a good old time... :)

I never was that big of a fan of the UFO/supernatural stuff. Some of it was interesting and suspenseful, but UM was at its best when it did their murder mysteries and missing persons. Revisiting the segments brings me back to a time when reality show meant programs like UM and AMW, not Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo and Real Housewives of Wherever. :D That's where I get my comfort.

The story of David Stone who wandered into the desert and was later found is my comfort episode.
The beautiful shots of the wide open desert at sunset and the somber, musical score really captures the vastness and desolation of the place.

I wouldn't call them "comfort segments" ;) , but the ones I enjoy the most and have watched the most times:

The Wackers(By far my favorite UM segment ever)
The Circleville Letters(By far my second favorite UM segment ever)
Keith Warren
Chaim Weiss
Georgia Rudolph
Allagash Abductions
The Zip Gun Bomber
The "Omar" arsonist
Seattle "King Of Arsonists" segment
Bonnie Wilder
Thomas Hotard and Audrey Moate
Heidi Wyrick
New Hampshire Serial Killer
The Tallman Haunted Bunk Bed
The John Grundhofer kidnapping incident
Bobby Fuller

I'm probably forgetting a lot more, but these ones are all awesome to rewatch.

If we are talking "comfort segments", you simply CANNOT go past Bonnie Wilder.

Hilarious, endlessly quotable ("Let's build it together!") and dealing with a non-frightening, non-violent low level criminal involved in fraud and theft (as opposed to the terrifying psychopathic killers UM usually covers) - its good times all round when Bonnie's in the house! :lol:

Plus she ended up getting caught, so you watch comforted in the knowledge that justice was served.

NH serial killer--commonly known now as the Connecticut River Valley killer. I love that segment. John Philpin's work is extremely interesting to me, and the story of Jane Boroski's attack and her subsequent survival is something I never get tired of.


I presume you have read the book on this case ?

I presume you have read the book on this case ?

Yes. I have a copy of it.

I wouldn't call them "comfort segments" ;) , but the ones I enjoy the most and have watched the most times:

The Wackers(By far my favorite UM segment ever)
The Circleville Letters(By far my second favorite UM segment ever)
Keith Warren
Chaim Weiss
Georgia Rudolph
Allagash Abductions
The Zip Gun Bomber
The "Omar" arsonist
Seattle "King Of Arsonists" segment
Bonnie Wilder
Thomas Hotard and Audrey Moate
Heidi Wyrick
New Hampshire Serial Killer
The Tallman Haunted Bunk Bed
The John Grundhofer kidnapping incident
Bobby Fuller

I'm probably forgetting a lot more, but these ones are all awesome to rewatch.


Am I glad to see someone mention THAT Bonnie Wilder segment ! :) Its awesome , the more I see it the more I like it :lol: the acters and people interviewed for that segment were outstanding :D

The Orange sock murders segment stands out for me in this category , the crimes were really awful but I love watching that segemnt because it showcases some of the beauty of Colorado in the winter :) ...and seeing that the segment was filmed in the winter I always feel like snuggling up into a warm duvet and drinking coffee or hot chocolate when I see the part were they show Jeff and Bobbies house with fire in the fireplace and Jeff getting up at 2am after snoozing on the couch - it gives me a warm feeling :)

Yes. I have a copy of it.

Awesome ! :)

The Orange sock murders segment stands out for me in this category , the crimes were really awful but I love watching that segemnt because it showcases some of the beauty of Colorado in the winter :) ...and seeing that the segment was filmed in the winter I always feel like snuggling up into a warm duvet and drinking coffee or hot chocolate when I see the part were they show Jeff and Bobbies house with fire in the fireplace and Jeff getting up at 2am after snoozing on the couch - it gives me a warm feeling :)

YES! I totally feel you on all of this. (Which is good, because I thought I was the only one!) :)

I do like the Keith Reinhart segment just for the fact that it's very scenic, and it shows a nice overview of the city of Silver Plume.

Thomas Hotard and Audrey Moate, in part due to my love of Lake Pontchartrain and the southeastern Louisiana area.
Footlocker skeleton
Amy Billig
Frank Olson
Dan Willians disappearance/search for his heirs
Queen Mary
Lisa Bishop and the Freedon
the Sara Jo
Mary Celeste
the Antigua/disappearance of Laurent Hernas and Yves Emmanuel Pain
Conradina Olson; I don't buy into the psychic and it's quite obvious that Olson wasn't the woman killed by the train tracks in Missouri, but I'm fascinated by the story (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19860205&id=XfAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ddUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2008,2591585)of the murdered woman
Michael Self/murder of Sharon Shaw and Rhonda Johnson
Wickenburg Stagecoach massacre

I do like the Keith Reinhart segment just for the fact that it's very scenic, and it shows a nice overview of the city of Silver Plume.

+1. It's little wonder why Keith wanted to set up shop there.



Like I mentioned earlier, I love the music and the beautiful cinematography in the Don Kemp segment. Raymond Burr's narration is so calming.

Like I mentioned earlier, I love the music and the beautiful cinematography in the Don Kemp segment. Raymond Burr's narration is so calming.

That's how I feel about one of the Karl Malden specials. I can't remember the name of the woman, but she disappeared in the middle of the night, they found blood in a canoe or boat and it was later updated that she accidentally fell off a cliff. Something about the scenery and the way they shot it was cool.

That's how I feel about one of the Karl Malden specials. I can't remember the name of the woman, but she disappeared in the middle of the night, they found blood in a canoe or boat and it was later updated that she accidentally fell off a cliff. Something about the scenery and the way they shot it was cool.

Wanda Jean Mays. I believe she fell from the cliff during a panic attack, too. Just a sad case all around, but a beautifully filmed segment. I think all of the pre-series specials tended to have that quality.

The Gulf Breeze UFOs is another one that's become a "comfort segment" for me for many reasons:

1. There are no felonies nor disappearances involved. Always a good thing.
2. Some of that music is just classic and great.
3. Ed Walters, while a consummate liar (now THAT sounded Stack-ish), is basically harmless. AND gets taken to school by a skinny teenager.

Elvis' last night. I can actually fall asleep watching that one. I guess it's not one of the best ones but I love Elvis and UM did a great job on this one. It's also dark but not scary like many of the others.

My other "comforting" segment is fritz and the soldiers. I never get tired of watching these.

As terribly sad as it is, the Phillip Fraser segment is beautifully filmed. The beginning of the segment talking about Highway 1 is just stunning. Similarly, the desert in the David Stone segment and the whimsical music fall into this category.

Someone also said the Mikki Jo West segment and I liked that one, too, for its music and varied scenes.

A lot of the treasure/Old West stories are gorgeously shot and enjoyable to watch. Many of the Lost Loves stories have an old-fashioned feel, too, chock-full of 50s diners, old cars, Great Depression scenes, clothes and hair from the 30s-60s, etc. I love watching these.

I concur about the orange socks/Keith Reinhard cases. Atmosphere is everything!

Audrey Moate. I love the reenactment actors playing the swamp people.


Yes , :) :clap The way that lady said said "my father was a very mean person" and then they showed the actor playing the dad, I was amazed . Definitely the best actors I have seen on UM ! :D

no particular order

Circleville Letters

Nancy Daddysman - the lady found skeletonized in kentucky, wearing red jeans.

Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman

Black Hope Curse - subdivision built on an old graveyard

David Merrifield - the Dallas lawyer who had a mysterious early morning meeting with someone known only as "sam jones", who was found shot to death in the elevator at his work.

Spontaneous Human Combustion - even though I don't believe in it.

Dexter Stefonek - the older man who disappeared on his way back to WI after visiting his son out west. His car was found abandoned and on fire at a rest stop and his body was found, later, at a trash dump.

Angela Hammond - I always feel a need to see this segment every time I hear the UM theme

Annie Laurie Hearin - the elderly wealthy southern woman abducted for ransom 20 years ago and never seen again.

Irene Love - still looking for her adopted sister after finding out that the two girls who grew up as best friends were really sisters adopted out to different families.

Jodi Huisentruit - the morning anchorwoman abducted from her apartment parking lot in the dark, early morning hours.

Patty Stallings - wrongfully prosecuted for her infant son's death

Gordon Page

Chaim Weiss

Gelatinous Goo

So yep, a continuous loop of those segments on DVD would pretty much keep me happy for weeks. :)Just to hear Robert Stack say goo was enough to crack me up.

A few that come to mind:

Norman Leander.. His mom is voice is soothing lol I know weird but I love listening to this segment

Danny Wheeler- it's funny every single time I watch it ... "Sure it was... Sure it was..."

Kathy Hobbs


Hugh & Diane Harlen - anyone know where I can see this again?!!

George Owens

The I70 killer (look at my avatar ) lol I love that" hey man I can't go in the back room "



I wish I could watch a few more episodes :'(

I'll often fall asleep to U.M. everytime I go to bed, and for some reason, is a good show to do so to. That being despite how scary it will always be, even as a grown adult. I love how my mother will often have to wake up to the sound of that great show blaring from my room almost every single morning, and always has to race to turn the TV off when that's the case! (L.O.L.!)

The Pre-Stack segments are the best ones for me to fall asleep to by far. That, and maybe the fraud stories, along with the bank robbery ones, and with missing persons to a lesser extent. The Alcatraz episode is great for doing this as well. One Lost Loves segment I really enjoy is the long lost Seaton Family episode from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and can fall asleep to it anytime as well, with how soothing I find that one for some reason.

Comfort segments to me:
-West End Baptist church explosion
-Niki and Sharita (the woman looking for her childhood friend to make her the godmother of her daughter because the friend couldn't have children)
-Christine Scoobish
-Fritz and his Christmas soldiers
-Stephen Ross and his soldier
-Bridgette Dentai and her soldier
-Jim Pearson and Mitchell Shigemoto
-Teresa Wilson (the 80 year old woman whose daughter had the weird ghost letter thing from her dad)
-All the stories of people looking for people who saved them in some way, especially the unknown blood donor, the guys on the bus, Such is Life and the mexican car accident

I could go on and on, but my comfort segments are the ones that show how a single action can make all the difference in the world to someone.

The only violent segment I would add to this list is the Joe Cole segment. Henry Rollins' impassioned plea for justice and obvious love for his friend, really touches me. Plus, it's Henry freaking Rollins.

The Orange sock murders segment stands out for me in this category , the crimes were really awful but I love watching that segemnt because it showcases some of the beauty of Colorado in the winter :) ...and seeing that the segment was filmed in the winter I always feel like snuggling up into a warm duvet and drinking coffee or hot chocolate when I see the part were they show Jeff and Bobbies house with fire in the fireplace and Jeff getting up at 2am after snoozing on the couch - it gives me a warm feeling :)

It's one of the scariest cases the show ever featured, IMO. And it's frightening to think of the level of fear both women must have felt being trapped alone with a killer out in the middle of nowhere with nobody even remotely close that could help them or even hear their screams.

But you're right about that area. Such a beautiful location for such a horrific crime.

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It may sound strange, but the Dr. Frank segment. Something about the 80s clothing, hair, and environment (the bars) is comforting to me.

All the WWII lost loves segments, because they're a reminder of human kindness in the darkest of times.

I enjoy the segment where those bank robbers rob that Los Angeles bank through the tunnel system.

The Wade Mitchell Parker segment is another favorite of mine solely because of the ambiance and the beautiful backdrop of Colorado.

Many of the Lost Loved segments are comforting to watch, especially when there is an update and we get to see the reunion.

The lost heirs (and true identity) of George J. Stein. Still unsolved after all these years.

And you can add my name to the list of people who enjoy seeing the Audre Moate case over and over again...just to hear the family member say "Mr. Hotard."

The Don Deveraux/Charles Morgan one does it for me.......also, the Danny Casolaro one as well.......so many moving parts + little mainstream info on the web really makes it stand out to me

Can't forget about the Silver Plume disappearances either......

Anybody else love the Walter "Curly" Green segment as much as I do? I get a kick out of that fiddle-and-harmonica music, haha. I also love that part where Curly's having some of that Hormel chili that's been on the pilot light all day. :)

No horrible, violent crimes or the like--just an easy-to-watch kinda segment. I sure wish we knew a lot more about Curly. I don't think any of us here have found much more info than what was in the segment.

Anybody else love the Walter "Curly" Green segment as much as I do? I get a kick out of that fiddle-and-harmonica music, haha. I also love that part where Curly's having some of that Hormel chili that's been on the pilot light all day. :)

No horrible, violent crimes or the like--just an easy-to-watch kinda segment. I sure wish we knew a lot more about Curly. I don't think any of us here have found much more info than what was in the segment.
I'm a big fan, too. :) I also really enjoy the sister of the woman he loved being interviewed. The friend spotting his postcard and asking questions. .. just a good segment all around. Very comforting and I also wish we knew more.

The Sammy Wheeler segment. For the top notch acting of those involved as well as the immense vocabulary of those interviewed. :-)

Fritz's soldiers. Makes me happy

I'm a big fan, too. :) I also really enjoy the sister of the woman he loved being interviewed. The friend spotting his postcard and asking questions. .. just a good segment all around. Very comforting and I also wish we knew more.

I am also amazed at the notion that I'm watching someone being interviewed about events that transpired a century ago in her ACTUAL lifetime on a TV program (of course, that interview's over 25 years old, but nonetheless, it's extremely cool).

I just watched the Helen Elas Conka segment, and it immediately soared to one of my favorite UM segments ever. It's one of new "comfort" segments. Such a fantastic, fascinating woman. Her life sounds so compelling, and I'm surprised that she isn't more well known 'round these parts in the UM fandom.

I just watched the Helen Elas Conka segment, and it immediately soared to one of my favorite UM segments ever. It's one of new "comfort" segments. Such a fantastic, fascinating woman. Her life sounds so compelling, and I'm surprised that she isn't more well known 'round these parts in the UM fandom.
This is one of my favorites as well. The only sad thing is that there's no update. I sincerely hope the priest who was a member of the resistance helped the soldiers, but I also fear that they may have been captured. Because Helen didn't disclose the exact location, it's possible that the priest was able to get to them in time.

Anybody else love the Walter "Curly" Green segment as much as I do? I get a kick out of that fiddle-and-harmonica music, haha. I also love that part where Curly's having some of that Hormel chili that's been on the pilot light all day. :)

No horrible, violent crimes or the like--just an easy-to-watch kinda segment. I sure wish we knew a lot more about Curly. I don't think any of us here have found much more info than what was in the segment.

That's always a nice one to watch for me, if only to see what my hometown here looked like back in the day (believe that was filmed in '86 or '87?). Some time ago, I shot out a random email to our newspaper suggesting another look but never heard anything back.

I recalled this thread and I notice that over the years I kind of rotate through comfort segments. sometimes it depends on where I am at geographically speaking. right now I have been really enjoying the Marfa Lights and other old western vibes segments. I also enjoyed the gray man segment for a long time when I lived in North Carolina.

I recalled this thread and I notice that over the years I kind of rotate through comfort segments. sometimes it depends on where I am at geographically speaking. right now I have been really enjoying the Marfa Lights and other old western vibes segments. I also enjoyed the gray man segment for a long time when I lived in North Carolina.

I love the Gray Man segment and find it comforting, too (have never lived in hurricane country in my life lol--I am glad of that fact every time I see it and they show footage). I love the part on the beach where the elderly couple sees the stranger and wave to him but he's suddenly gone and then soon thereafter their house is spared.

Another segment I really enjoy is the two Barbaras Lost Love case. 50s diners, twists and turns, and friends/sisters who adore each other! It's nice all around.

I love the Gray Man segment and find it comforting, too (have never lived in hurricane country in my life lol--I am glad of that fact every time I see it and they show footage). I love the part on the beach where the elderly couple sees the stranger and wave to him but he's suddenly gone and then soon thereafter their house is spared.

Another segment I really enjoy is the two Barbaras Lost Love case. 50s diners, twists and turns, and friends/sisters who adore each other! It's nice all around.

I love the elderly couple from the gray man segment. I love their accents as well. my time in North Carolina I never experienced anything, but also gutted to see what happened in the app. mountains this past year. it really is hurricane country there. Hurricanes and tropical storms can really be dangerous everywhere in the Carolinas.

Too many to list but I love the lost loves segments, especially those with happy endings.
Off the top of my head the mysterious friend of Russell and Jean Johnson
Cathy Loving's savior
LaHarriet's promise to Sharita; I've gotten misty eyed with some cases before but this is the only one that has truly brought me to tears
The two stories of the foreign pilots trying to reconnect with their american children
The search for Madeline and Ada Underwood
Michele West's saviors
Mitchell Shigemoto and Jim Pearson reuniting to name a few

Lake Wales/Mann Family haunting.

Rainboy aka the Don Decker case.

Too many to list but I love the lost loves segments, especially those with happy endings.
Off the top of my head the mysterious friend of Russell and Jean Johnson
Cathy Loving's savior
LaHarriet's promise to Sharita; I've gotten misty eyed with some cases before but this is the only one that has truly brought me to tears
The two stories of the foreign pilots trying to reconnect with their american children
The search for Madeline and Ada Underwood
Michele West's saviors
Mitchell Shigemoto and Jim Pearson reuniting to name a few

One of my favorite lost love segments as well. every time I watch it I have to turn the fan on.

My comfort segments are:

Nyleen Kay Marshall
Rhonda Hinson
Oliver Munson
Mickey Jo West
Kevin Paulsen
Adam Hecht
Christopher and Roxanne Jeeves
Angela Hammond
Phillip Fraser
Wendy Camp, Cynthia Britto, Lisa Kregear

Oh man, I don't think I could relax to Angela Hammond (even though I've probably seen it 4 bajillion times), and definitely not Dexter Stefonek! (The bit where they show his car rolling down the interstate at night, then immediately cut to the thing on fire in the rest stop majorly creeps me out for some reason.)

I'll have to go with Gayle Delano as well, CD--I knew I was missing a few. The Florida convenience store abductions is another, as well as the Kevin Poulsen segment.

Ironically, my favorite segment of all time is not one I would include in this caregory. I wouldn't just up and watch at night, because no matter how times I've seen it, it still scares me.

The Dexter Stefonek segment is just hair raising! His car going down the interstate, then cutting to it being ablaze, the guy pulling up in Dexter's car without Dexter in it, the guy coming up to his window and pulling the gun on him and shouting "get out of the car!!"

A lot of the segments that recreate "Old America".

Examples: Curly Green, Orphan Train, WWII Letters, and a lot of the lost loves stories of people who got separated from family during the Depression or the War. UM did a great job, particularly in the earlier seasons, of capturing "What was life like back then?" through the re-enactments and interviews.

A lot of the segments that recreate "Old America".

Examples: Curly Green, Orphan Train, WWII Letters, and a lot of the lost loves stories of people who got separated from family during the Depression or the War. UM did a great job, particularly in the earlier seasons, of capturing "What was life like back then?" through the re-enactments and interviews.

I agree that there's a lot of nostalgia in those early seasons, particular seasons 1 and 2. I like the first Robert Stack episode with Bessie and Glynn Hyde. When I hiked the rim to river to rim at the Grand Canyon I found myself thinking about UM. It's just something that always sticks with me.

Not a specific one but any one that has the text update(blue smoke background,update typed out,theme music playing) at the end that were added in reformatted for Lifetime reruns from 1997-2002. It's like it takes me to this "UM World", where I can personally reflect on many cases, from cases lost to time now,the ones with many inconsistencies, to the few ridiculous ones!

Anyone have in their Unsolved Mysteries collection the segments of Nyleen Marshall,Bill Rundle,Kari Lynn Nixon,Kristi Krebs,Dale Kerstetter,Patricia Carlton segments(or any other I didn't mention) with the Lifetime update at the end(blue background,update typed out,creepy theme music playing)? Or record Lifetime reruns from 1997-2003?

Not a specific one but any one that has the text update(blue smoke background,update typed out,theme music playing) at the end that were added in reformatted for Lifetime reruns from 1997-2002. It's like it takes me to this "UM World", where I can personally reflect on many cases, from cases lost to time now,the ones with many inconsistencies, to the few ridiculous ones!

Anyone have in their Unsolved Mysteries collection the segments of Nyleen Marshall,Bill Rundle,Kari Lynn Nixon,Kristi Krebs,Dale Kerstetter,Patricia Carlton segments(or any other I didn't mention) with the Lifetime update at the end(blue background,update typed out,creepy theme music playing)? Or record Lifetime reruns from 1997-2003?

I know U.M. did a couple or so different of the text updates near the end of it's time, which even if they were brief, were kind of soothing to listen to. That despite even if they offered little information compared to the full updates, while leaving you wanting just a bit more on what exactly they were updating though. I should also have at least some of the segments you're looking for, and feel free to PM me too.