UM has had a lot of cases that seem to be genuinely frightening (even more so considering they actually happened!), such as unexplained deaths, mysterious disappearances, etc.

However, there were also a lot of segments that seemed pretty silly, but may also have scared the **** out of you.

I, for one, am embarrassed to admit that the "Chupacabra" segment scared me REALLY bad. Those glowing eyes....oh my god, I am not watching that segment alone again!!:eek4:

UM has had a lot of cases that seem to be genuinely frightening (even more so considering they actually happened!), such as unexplained deaths, mysterious disappearances, etc.

However, there were also a lot of segments that seemed pretty silly, but may also have scared the **** out of you.

I, for one, am embarrassed to admit that the "Chupacabra" segment scared me REALLY bad. Those glowing eyes....oh my god, I am not watching that segment alone again!!:eek4:

Steamer trunk, hands down. It is the only segment I have to cover my eyes when they show the photo. Actually, I'm not embarrassed to admit it. It's probably one of the scariest segments ever.

I can't watch the Allagash abductions. It's so silly but I just can't do it.

Mothman scares me when he runs up to the window even though he looks ridiculous!

The train tracks murders!!! I watched it for the first time when I was a kid at my grandma's, and right behind her house were train tracks!!! I was convinced the murderer was back there!

Mothman scares me when he runs up to the window even though he looks ridiculous!

Came here to post the exact same thing.

Steamer trunk, hands down. It is the only segment I have to cover my eyes when they show the photo. Actually, I'm not embarrassed to admit it. It's probably one of the scariest segments ever.

Is there any place to see this episode online? I have been wanting to see this infamous episode since I have seen it mentioned so frequently on the board.

Is there any place to see this episode online? I have been wanting to see this infamous episode since I have seen it mentioned so frequently on the board.

I messaged the video of the episode to you :D

Mothman scares me when he runs up to the window even though he looks ridiculous!

That one freaked me out too, yet it's SO ridiculous...yet so scary...yet so ridiculous...LOL:lol:

I've always gotten the creeps from the computerized voice disguising, like how they did with Donny Hanson....it sounds so freaky!

The Tallman's ghost (haunted bunkbed segment). Still scares me even though it's just a silly ol' bunkbed.

For me, it has to be the Joe Weldon Smith segment.

The first time I saw it I nearly wet my pants. When the home owner was going through the house in the dark and "Joe" jumped out with a hammer, that about did me in.

The embarrassing part is that when I see it, it still makes me jump EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT IS COMING. I think the first time was so traumatic I just overreact. The owner being chased through a house by a madman with a hammer and having to jump through a glass door probably has something to do with it as well.

Oh, well... :lol:

Mothman for sure, and the "look at it Omar" arsonist. I saw that originally broadcast and the images of the fire and the voice scared me to death. It's still a little creepy but the voice now sounds too much like Adam Sandler. :lol:

Cokeville School Bombing.

For me, it has to be the Joe Weldon Smith segment.

The first time I saw it I nearly wet my pants. When the home owner was going through the house in the dark and "Joe" jumped out with a hammer, that about did me in.

The embarrassing part is that when I see it, it still makes me jump EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT IS COMING. I think the first time was so traumatic I just overreact. The owner being chased through a house by a madman with a hammer and having to jump through a glass door probably has something to do with it as well.

Oh, well... :lol:

Dude, don't worry. A few years ago, I knew it was coming after not seeing it for a while and when it happened I full on SCREAMED. ;)

lol - it's funny because I was working late one night (I'm a cartoonist - please no Greysmith jokes) and I had my UM episodes playing (I usually play movies/ tv shows when I work) - the Nevada Haunted House segment was on and I remember turning around and caught a glimpse of the ghosts with the dark circles around their eyes and it kinda startled me! lol

I'm ashamed since I don't even believe in ghosts anymore lol

the episode where an old lady is saved by her pet pig. i think she was having a heart attack and the pig saw this then went out and stood in the way of an oncoming car (which was the ladies neighbor). the pig wouldn't move so the guy followed the pig which led him to the dying woman.

i know this sounds more like a heartwarming and uplifting story- but i love bacon.

This sounds crazy, but Linda Sohus' wedding picture is terrifying!


http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/185/93817886.jpg

You mean she was a store mannequin all along!?!!??!

When I was younger one segment that scared me was the one where the guy "dies" and goes to hell and the people are clawing at him and yelling his name.

The Devil's Backbone one scared the beejesus out of me as well, especially in the beginning when they zoom in on the ghost and have that "AAAAAGGGGHHH" scream coming out of nowhere.

The Hum. I don't know why, but it creeps me out. The thought of being tormented by something you can't explain or fix truly scares me.

Mothman for sure, and the "look at it Omar" arsonist. I saw that originally broadcast and the images of the fire and the voice scared me to death. It's still a little creepy but the voice now sounds too much like Adam Sandler. :lol:

Omar my first thought - doesn't scare me now, but when I first saw it, WOW :eek:

You mean she was a store mannequin all along!?!!??!

LMAO!!! Nice...

:rofl:

Oh, I almost forgot another one...

The Bible Code story had me freaked out the first time I saw it, when the guy said "World War and atomic attack cross the years 2000 and 2006. Now I'm not saying there will be a nuclear war soon, but it could happen in the next 10 years." I fondly remember almost losing my lunch at that point.

When I saw the story again the other day, I actually laughed out loud at that point. Sometimes it's nice to forget!

Originally posted by Todd M

When I saw the story again the other day, I actually laughed out loud at that point.


Amen, brother! ;)


lol








I saw that Bible Code episode on the new UM about eight months ago and found it to be absolutely ridiculous

Oh, I almost forgot another one...

The Bible Code story had me freaked out the first time I saw it, when the guy said "World War and atomic attack cross the years 2000 and 2006. Now I'm not saying there will be a nuclear war soon, but it could happen in the next 10 years." I fondly remember almost losing my lunch at that point.

When I saw the story again the other day, I actually laughed out loud at that point. Sometimes it's nice to forget!

:lol: Yeah, ditto for that stupid old segment about the earthquake expert, Dr. Browning, who predicted that some catastrophic earthquake was going to wipe out Ohio in the near future! I remember finding that idea terrifying when I originally watched the broadcast as a young kid, but of course, the segment is ridiculously laughable when you watch it today.

On a related note, anyone remember reading episode summaries of "Unsolved Mysteries" in TV Guide where they described segments that SOUNDED like they were going to be scary, but really weren't? When I was a kid, I thought that the "face on Mars" and the "blinking Jesus statue" stories were probably going to terrify me after seeing them described, but in the end, the segments turned out to be pretty lame.

Not UM related, but speaking of alarmists predicting doom....

In the mid 80s, I was 19 and pregnant with my first child. AIDS had recently been discovered and was, of course, a terrifying disease.

While listening to the radio, I heard some medical "expert" who was being interviewed. He emphasized the need to quickly discover a cure because by the year 2000, AIDS would be as easy to catch as the common cold.

To a naive teenager who was about to become a mother, I believed the guy who was presented as a trustworthy and knowledgeable expert.

Of course, now it's quite obvious that his prediction was pretty unrealistic. If he was right, all of humanity would have been wiped out by the year 2000, because there's no one on the whole planet who's never gotten a cold.

IMO, that doofus should have been publicly flogged for inciting panic.

When I was younger, I thought the ice man segment (he was shown at freakshows, supposed missing link) was pretty scary, only because I thought he had melted out and was coming to get to me. Hey I was only 7, and he looked freaky!

not really scary, but the robert borton case (http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Borton) always somewhat disturbed me- only because the sister (supposedly) saw him @ a park, family got calls from him (?) and phone taps.

not sure why, but this is one of those cases that borders on either being too surreal to be made up or too fabricated to be real.

not really scary, but the robert borton case (http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Borton) always somewhat disturbed me- only because the sister (supposedly) saw him @ a park, family got calls from him (?) and phone taps.

not sure why, but this is one of those cases that borders on either being too surreal to be made up or too fabricated to be real.

Yes it was also creepy to me when he made the comment about the weather to her. One thing that's bothered me about this case is when she claimed to have seen Borton staring at her in a public park, why did she not run over to him and at least ask him if he were in fact her brother?

EDIT: Those alleged pictures of Curt shown in the UM segment do not look like him AT ALL. They are clearly two different men in both pictures, and they both look like they came from Asian descent to me. This may be a case of a family simply holding on to too much hope and faith.

UM has had a lot of cases that seem to be genuinely frightening (even more so considering they actually happened!), such as unexplained deaths, mysterious disappearances, etc.

However, there were also a lot of segments that seemed pretty silly, but may also have scared the **** out of you.

I, for one, am embarrassed to admit that the "Chupacabra" segment scared me REALLY bad. Those glowing eyes....oh my god, I am not watching that segment alone again!!:eek4:

Ok, really embarrassed that resurrection Mary would scare me....
Also, the 4 men on the boat who were kidnapped by aliens...so funny to read it, yet so scary for me.
Finally, haven't seen it in yrs (Thank God) the ghosts coming out of the TV and screaming at the lady in her bed in a hotel (?) yeesh!
Circleville!!!! That was the first that I was afraid of!!!!

Pretty cool thread. I do have one embarrassing UM memory to share:

I don't even remember what segment this is from, since I was probably no more than 10 at the time, but I remember a case where a girl had been killed, and RS narrates that "a foreign object" had been been shoved down her throat.

Obviously, the term meant foreign to her body, however this was completely lost on my then grade-school education. I was terrified of foreigners for weeks! As if being killed with a domestic object would be any less dreadful.

I don't suppose anyone has a clue about what case this was?

Almost all of 'em! Haha even the "lost loves" ones sometimes have an eerie haunting quality. :)
Richard's Rampage stands out, and the hitchhiker killing the driver's mother.

Pretty cool thread. I do have one embarrassing UM memory to share:

I don't even remember what segment this is from, since I was probably no more than 10 at the time, but I remember a case where a girl had been killed, and RS narrates that "a foreign object" had been been shoved down her throat.

Obviously, the term meant foreign to her body, however this was completely lost on my then grade-school education. I was terrified of foreigners for weeks! As if being killed with a domestic object would be any less dreadful.

I don't suppose anyone has a clue about what case this was?

Oh my! That sounds like some Silence of the Lambs type murder. :eek: This episode does not ring a bell with me, sorry. But I hope someone comes forward with it so I can look it up.

Pretty cool thread. I do have one embarrassing UM memory to share:

I don't even remember what segment this is from, since I was probably no more than 10 at the time, but I remember a case where a girl had been killed, and RS narrates that "a foreign object" had been been shoved down her throat.

Obviously, the term meant foreign to her body, however this was completely lost on my then grade-school education. I was terrified of foreigners for weeks! As if being killed with a domestic object would be any less dreadful.

I don't suppose anyone has a clue about what case this was?

I think it might be the case of Laurie Zimmerman, a teenager from Hagerstown, Maryland who was murdered in the early eighties (exact year escapes me). UM profiled her case in brief - the main focus of that segment was a psychic detective named Dorothy Allison who was trying to help the police solve the crime. Dorothy claimed she had a vision of Laurie choking on something. RS said in voiceover that the autopsy had revealed a foreign object lodged in Laurie's throat -though what that object was wasn't disclosed. To the best of my knowledge, the case is still unsolved.

I've always gotten the creeps from the computerized voice disguising, like how they did with Donny Hanson....it sounds so freaky!


that always really freaked me out too. glad i'm not the only one :lol:

I remember the hitchiker killing the med student in canada really freaked me out as a kid....that and all the home invasion stories. I was convinced someone was going to break into my house in the middle of the night or when I stayed at home sick. *actually, I still freak myself out pretty easily when Im home alone. haha*

I think it might be the case of Laurie Zimmerman, a teenager from Hagerstown, Maryland who was murdered in the early eighties (exact year escapes me). UM profiled her case in brief - the main focus of that segment was a psychic detective named Dorothy Allison who was trying to help the police solve the crime. Dorothy claimed she had a vision of Laurie choking on something. RS said in voiceover that the autopsy had revealed a foreign object lodged in Laurie's throat -though what that object was wasn't disclosed. To the best of my knowledge, the case is still unsolved.

I think that's the one too. Fist case that popped into my head when I read the description.

I think it might be the case of Laurie Zimmerman, a teenager from Hagerstown, Maryland who was murdered in the early eighties (exact year escapes me). UM profiled her case in brief - the main focus of that segment was a psychic detective named Dorothy Allison who was trying to help the police solve the crime. Dorothy claimed she had a vision of Laurie choking on something. RS said in voiceover that the autopsy had revealed a foreign object lodged in Laurie's throat -though what that object was wasn't disclosed. To the best of my knowledge, the case is still unsolved.


Yes, that was it!

The one that creeped me out was the ghost one regarding the old inn in South Dakota....the new owners kept turning out the light and leaving and when they would turn around to look...the light was turned back on! That creeped me out and I am here to tell you....I was NOT a child when that was on. I was in college. (Walking away in embarrasment)

Sme of them are not so scary but that damn MUSIC gets to you!

The Paris postcard from the John and Linda Sohus case scared me because with the music in the background and the horribly creepy angle of the Eiffel Tower!

Sme of them are not so scary but that damn MUSIC gets to you!

The music is genius. Some of it reminds me of the simple but terror inducing music in Psycho and Halloween.

The Clarence Roberts segment. As a kid, I thought this man was like Freddy or Jason or one of those guys that couldn't be killed. Seeing the segment as an adult, I'm so embarassed because it's obvious he staged his death the first time and died the second time around.

Going to resurrect this thread because another good one comes to mind: Whenever they show a map on the show, usually because of the music playing . Here are some examples off the top of my head:

*The segment about plane that blew up during the Vietnam War (after the war was supposed to be over already). A map is shown with tanks moving from place to place.
*The map in the Swedish Hitchhiker segment, tracking their journey.
*ATV murders.
*The map and music playing while talking about Lochness monster-like creature sightings.
*And the one that embarrasses me the most: The Hum's map scaring me because of how widespread it is!

Going to resurrect this thread because another good one comes to mind: Whenever they show a map on the show, usually because of the music playing . Here are some examples off the top of my head:

*The segment about plane that blew up during the Vietnam War (after the war was supposed to be over already). A map is shown with tanks moving from place to place.
*The map in the Swedish Hitchhiker segment, tracking their journey.
*ATV murders.
*The map and music playing while talking about Lochness monster-like creature sightings.
*And the one that embarrasses me the most: The Hum's map scaring me because of how widespread it is!

Yes! The map music selections are typically eerie.

The Morris Davis and Stanley Gryziec segments in particular scare me because of the two individuals that had their identities concealed and voices distorted.

I also will not watch the Mary Ann Perez segment at night.

When I was a kid and first saw the Richard Church segment, it creeped me out...mainly because of the strange blue hue of the lighting in the bedroom. That night, my bedroom had that same eerie glow so it was a bit unsettling. The actor portraying Kenneth Robert Stanton scared me somewhat as did the police footage of David Berkowitz getting thrown in the police car after his arrest (not sure why his smiling face scared me). On the other hand, teh reenactment ("What took you guys so long" guy looks kind of funny with his white eyes piercing through the darkness). I always found i interesting ow police composites are much scarier than photos of the real people.

Oh, The dude in the Daniel Pineta segment that beats on the door of the girl's house. They open the curtain and you see this evil scowl from the man.


Also, anytime at night when I go to the basement (laundry), inevitably I think of various police composites from UM and look over my shoulder a couple times. LOL :lol:

I am deeply, deeply embarrassed to admit that the Alan Mann aka that Florida Isabella Cramer Ghost story scared the crap out of me as a kid. Nowadays, the whole thing makes me laugh. Good lord, these people are rednecks. It's especially hilarious now that I realize that Alan looks exactly like Craig from Malcolm in the Middle.

Mothman for sure, and the "look at it Omar" arsonist. I saw that originally broadcast and the images of the fire and the voice scared me to death. It's still a little creepy but the voice now sounds too much like Adam Sandler. :lol:
That one totally freaked me out when I first saw it as a child. Now, not so much. Perhaps the fact that they solved it has lowered my fears.

Another one that currently comes to mind is the Wadada (sp?) composite. Due to the horrific nature of his crime, his erratic mannerisms, and his absolutely freakish appearance, how this maniac was ever accepted into that community is beyond me.

A lot of the ghost segments used to scare the crap out of me when I was younger. Now I find a lot of them laughable.

It may be as hokey as (forgive the pun) hell, but I have to concede that the "Howard Storm in Hell" segment always manages to creep me out. Strangely enough, I've always found the creepiest part to be when Howard sees himself as a boy singing about Jesus.

The Hum--but solely for the "close replication" of what the Hum actually sounds like to people who hear it. :eek: :eek: :eek:

When Lifetime was still running UM in the afternoon (my freshman and part of my sophomore years of college), I was over at a friend's apartment near campus watching an episode before we had to go to class, and I clearly remember watching this segment with him. I proceeded to think about "the Hum" for the rest of the day, and actually lost sleep that night thinking about it. And I was 18 bloody years old!

A few years later, I actually did hear a steady drone in many places when I visited a certain military post in the Northwest. And then I deployed and realized that's what happens when you have four bajillion generators running at once all over the place.

Obviously I am still afraid of the Omar arsonist case! I first saw it when I was 7 years old, and it gave me nightmares. But I'm 32 now and it still scares me, even when it's the Dennis Farina airings (although it's more frightening with Robert Stack). A few weeks ago I showed the segment to my mother and told her this was what kept me up at night--she was very busy back then so this was the first time she really saw it, and it scared her too!

But one case that was strangely frightening to me, as in nightmares level frightening, was the Jenny Pratt case. I also saw that when I was 7, and between the Omar case, and Jenny's case, I lost some sleep. As an adult I am horrified and feel bad for/am admiring of Jenny, but it's an adult reaction now whereas when I was little it was more scary.

Going to resurrect this thread because another good one comes to mind: Whenever they show a map on the show, usually because of the music playing . Here are some examples off the top of my head:

*The segment about plane that blew up during the Vietnam War (after the war was supposed to be over already). A map is shown with tanks moving from place to place.
*The map in the Swedish Hitchhiker segment, tracking their journey.
*ATV murders.
*The map and music playing while talking about Lochness monster-like creature sightings.
*And the one that embarrasses me the most: The Hum's map scaring me because of how widespread it is!


I agree the maps can be quite effective in adding to the eerie-ness(is that a word) of a segment. The Lisa Marie Kimmel Segment comes to mind for me.

The ones that annoy me: the ones they added to the Farina Era episodes from Google maps, because I can't visualize where Lincoln, Nebraska is (or walk over to my computer to check it out) :rolleyes:

This might be me but does anyone get a feeling of anxiety when you hear the intro to the theme? Not like excitement that the show is gonna start but like "oh crap".

I feel a sensation in my sinuses similar to right before you start to cry.

Yep, my suppressed childhood fears are returning... Hahaha.

The devil grandmother segment used to scare me. Still creeps me out a little bit now, too.

This might be me but does anyone get a feeling of anxiety when you hear the intro to the theme? Not like excitement that the show is gonna start but like "oh crap".


Don't feel bad: I've got the same problem too. In addition, thanks to this show, whenever I get stressed or freaked out, I hear Robert Stack's voice narrating my movements. "She went to the local walmart where she bought chocolates."

The devil grandmother segment used to scare me. Still creeps me out a little bit now, too.

Some of those photographs of Pat make her look downright diabolical.

Don't feel bad: I've got the same problem too. In addition, thanks to this show, whenever I get stressed or freaked out, I hear Robert Stack's voice narrating my movements. "She went to the local walmart where she bought chocolates."


Just read that in his voice. Classic!

I'm with you guys.....Omar the Arsonist totally freaked me out as a kid (when I first saw the segment) and still WOULD freak me out if I didn't know it was some dumb teenager. If the case wasn't solved, I'd be still peakin' while watching the segment.

As for the music, definitely. A few years ago when there were segments on the forbidden site, some of them were very quiet and hard to hear, but often times the next one would be fairly loud. So when the next segment started and the music was suddenly loud, I'd almost jump out of my chair!

The lady in the Judy Hyams segment always freaked me out, although I don't know why. "Judy Hyams is alive, and she lives in Omaha"....just the way it was shot, I guess, with the creepy music in the background.

Elizabeth Campbell segment, EAR segment, and Ricardo Caputo segment are other ones that kinda scare me.

I'm with you guys.....Omar the Arsonist totally freaked me out as a kid (when I first saw the segment) and still WOULD freak me out if I didn't know it was some dumb teenager. If the case wasn't solved, I'd be still peakin' while watching the segment.
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Really? I can see (or rather, hear) why it would scare a kid - but as an adult that scene is pure :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: The desperate, contrived attempt to sound "evil", the cautious whispering (in case anyone over hears him)....

What always scared me was in the Edward Harold Bell case, when the woman is looking in the mirror and he just casually walks up to her in her own home - the scene is natural and understated and I can just imagine how something like that would scare the absolute s*** out of the would-be victim. Fortunately she had her wits and a gun to hand! I recall reading the woman who played that scene was not even a professional actress (just a UM crew member ) - if so, she does a great job with the screaming!

Really? I can see (or rather, hear) why it would scare a kid - but as an adult that scene is pure :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: The desperate, contrived attempt to sound "evil", the cautious whispering (in case anyone over hears him)....

I was very easy to scare as a kid. But the Omar arsonist voice did not scare me because you could tell it was a kid's voice. Now if it was a man's voice saying those words in a much lower tone, then I would have had nightmares for weeks. Well, all except the part where he says, "Ancient spirits of evil."

Those of us kids of the 80's who watched the Thundercats cartoon know that's what Mumm-Ra used to scream every time he'd transform into Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living...

http://www.chud.com/nextraimages/Thundercats4.jpg

That was a mega hit cartoon at the time this fire happened and even at age 10, I thought, "Whatever. This is a kid and he stole that line from Thundercats."

As a kid, the main thing that scared me about that segment was wondering if someone had actually died in that fire. That was much more scary than the voice.

I never found ''Omar'' scary at all, either. I would always laugh at ''this is what I've been doing on your week's vacation.'' If his voice had been, say, like the Circleville Writer voice (Ha. Ha.) maybe I would have been scared because it would have seemed way more diabolical.

I always laugh, if a bit nervously, at the "You el sickos will pay" part of the Circleville segment. It's funny as heck, but you'd have to be an "el sicko" yourself to write that! So, kinda embarrassingly scary :lol:

"Wadada" would have to be the segment that unsettles me the most. It saddens me that a woman could put her complete confidence and trust into someone that she knew well enough to continuously mention to her parents, only for the guy to go ballistic on her and do what he did. The freakishly inhuman composite sketch and clawed hand aren't even the tip of the iceberg of what's so unnerving about this case. It's more down to the fact that he's never been caught and could even still be out there. omg:

The lady in the Judy Hyams segment always freaked me out, although I don't know why. "Judy Hyams is alive, and she lives in Omaha"....just the way it was shot, I guess, with the creepy music in the background.

I think that whole segment is deeply unsettling. What motivated the man and woman to stir up a long forgotten missing person case, and how did they obtain the information about her? Some guy goes to the trouble of abandoning her car over 600 miles away, but leaves blood on the backseat instead of cleaning it up. Then there's the letter sent to the police after the segment aired. All of it leaves you wondering how many people were involved in covering up her death.

Elizabeth Campbell's purse being located, 4 years and around 250 miles away.

The letter that indicated that Charles Horvath's body was in the lake; then during the search, another letter stated that investigators were searching on the wrong side of the bridge.

I was very easy to scare as a kid. But the Omar arsonist voice did not scare me because you could tell it was a kid's voice. Now if it was a man's voice saying those words in a much lower tone, then I would have had nightmares for weeks. Well, all except the part where he says, "Ancient spirits of evil."

Those of us kids of the 80's who watched the Thundercats cartoon know that's what Mumm-Ra used to scream every time he'd transform into Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living...

http://www.chud.com/nextraimages/Thundercats4.jpg

That was a mega hit cartoon at the time this fire happened and even at age 10, I thought, "Whatever. This is a kid and he stole that line from Thundercats."

As a kid, the main thing that scared me about that segment was wondering if someone had actually died in that fire. That was much more scary than the voice.


Growing up in 90's I seem to remember that Omar clip everywhere. Real Tv, UM, Current Affair (I believe), etc. It just never seemed scary after the second viewing. It got to the point where my brother and I use it as a joke between us. It seems the internet is that way too, found this the other day and had a good chuckle.

Someone mentioned EAR/ONS...I've seen the segment a couple of times over the years but because it was 2002 UM, months before the show ended, it didn't grab my attention that much. I can only imagine how insane this segment would of been if it was 1989 UM.

Someone mentioned EAR/ONS...I've seen the segment a couple of times over the years but because it was 2002 UM, months before the show ended, it didn't grab my attention that much. I can only imagine how insane this segment would of been if it was 1989 UM.

Agreed. Considering E! did a good job covering this story, I just know that UM--during their heyday--would have made it into one of the most memorable segments of the show's history.

Some of those photographs of Pat make her look downright diabolical.

Especially the one that they kept running of her with the almost black eyes.

"Wadada" would have to be the segment that unsettles me the most. It saddens me that a woman could put her complete confidence and trust into someone that she knew well enough to continuously mention to her parents, only for the guy to go ballistic on her and do what he did. The freakishly inhuman composite sketch and clawed hand aren't even the tip of the iceberg of what's so unnerving about this case. It's more down to the fact that he's never been caught and could even still be out there. omg:

That's terrifying, as is the sketch.

the Marfa lights episode spooked me as a young adult. not sure why because now I think it's kind of a funny segment. I actually visited there recently. I went up to the viewing area and did not see any lights. I saw plenty of stars as it is one of the darkest locations I've ever been to. and I had a rattlesnake that coiled up and rattled at me. so the idea of walking through the desert to sneak up on the lights doesn't seem like it would go on without wildlife encounters.

In the Glen and Bessie Hyde segment, when the river tour group was being interviewed about their encounter with a mystery woman in their group claiming to be Bessie Hyde.

Picture being with a group gathered in the dark in the middle of the wilderness around a campfire. Then, imagine the tour guide begins to tell the legend of Glen and Bessie Hyde when this weirdo abruptly speaks up and says "I'm Bessie Hyde." And then goes on to tell how she killed her husband with a knife nonchalantly. It would have been incredibly unsettling.

This does not scare me as a viewer, but I found the whole scene eerie and If I were on that tour I would have noped out of there asap. At best, I would be sleeping with a pocket knife in my sleeping bag. Had UM utilized the creepy synthesizer music found in the Doreen Picard opening in the campfire confession scene instead of the music they chose, it would have given off a completely different vibe.

Ethel Kidd who's body was found tied to a tree.
The Blind River Killer.

The Omar/arson was scary as well.

The aphrodisiac segment because I've tried all of them and they do not work.

The aphrodisiac segment because I've tried all of them and they do not work.

Did you try going to a doctor who had them at the front desk, eating them on the spot, then putting the wrappers back in the bowl? Seemed to work for the guy interviewed, and he had a pretty steamy evening afterward so it should work for you.

:lol:

Did you try going to a doctor who had them at the front desk, eating them on the spot, then putting the wrappers back in the bowl? Seemed to work for the guy interviewed, and he had a pretty steamy evening afterward so it should work for you.

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That segment is my go-to guilty pleasure.

Don't give up Cars until you have tried a succulent mollusk!

In the Glen and Bessie Hyde segment, when the river tour group was being interviewed about their encounter with a mystery woman in their group claiming to be Bessie Hyde.

Picture being with a group gathered in the dark in the middle of the wilderness around a campfire. Then, imagine the tour guide begins to tell the legend of Glen and Bessie Hyde when this weirdo abruptly speaks up and says "I'm Bessie Hyde." And then goes on to tell how she killed her husband with a knife nonchalantly. It would have been incredibly unsettling.

This does not scare me as a viewer, but I found the whole scene eerie and If I were on that tour I would have noped out of there asap. At best, I would be sleeping with a pocket knife in my sleeping bag. Had UM utilized the creepy synthesizer music found in the Doreen Picard opening in the campfire confession scene instead of the music they chose, it would have given off a completely different vibe.

I just watched that segment this morning. One of the first times that UM used folklore to make the viewer think that Bessie could still be out there, when we all know in reality that Glen and Bessie both most likely perished on the river. The real mystery in that segment is who was the skeletal remains that were found? The music in that segment is arguably my favorite. But you are right that was before UM really went all in on the darker music. They don't even use the signature dark closing/credits music for that episode, maybe because it wasn't produced yet?

Scariest segments that I was embarrassed to admit creep me out until I found this board:

* Allagash Four
* The arsonist
* The Connecticut River Killer
* Tallman and also the Mann house in Florida
* The Megadeth mystery clerk
* Beverly McGowan
* Pat Farmer, the devil grandma

I remember the Chupacabra, Guardian UFO and Hudson River Valley UFO segments getting me very spooked as a kid. :lol: Not so much now, although I must admit they are still a bit eerie in how they're presented.

Cokeville School Bombing, just because it involves children and the guy and his wife were obviously insane.

Some of those photographs of Pat make her look downright diabolical.

The photo they used as the one at the end of the segment where RS is giving her information as a wanted person. Her eyes are almost SOLID BLACK. That is a sign of demonic possession or evil spirits, traditionally. I'm not saying she was possessed, but she was soulless.

I don't know if it scared me! but the case of the black hope cemetery.....

I 100% don't believe in ghosts! but i find this case bizarre because it's all documented even the lawsuits the families made against the devolpers...

I mean a respectable couple buy a house in a nice neighborhood, someone tells them theres bodies buried in their garden, they dig and find them, the neighbors do too, one family even has a young daughter die while digging, high rates of cancer in the family..

some people have said they were lying but theres no evidence of that, whats fascinating to me is that i don't believe in ghosts but i can't think of any plausible explaination either..

I don't know if it scared me! but the case of the black hope cemetery.....

I 100% don't believe in ghosts! but i find this case bizarre because it's all documented even the lawsuits the families made against the devolpers...

I mean a respectable couple buy a house in a nice neighborhood, someone tells them theres bodies buried in their garden, they dig and find them, the neighbors do too, one family even has a young daughter die while digging, high rates of cancer in the family..

some people have said they were lying but theres no evidence of that, whats fascinating to me is that i don't believe in ghosts but i can't think of any plausible explaination either..

I don't remember the details of the case, but don't you have to disclose something like that by law? It's a condition that can affect quiet enjoyment of the property. It's a material fact that you'd have to disclose.

I don't remember the details of the case, but don't you have to disclose something like that by law? It's a condition that can affect quiet enjoyment of the property. It's a material fact that you'd have to disclose.



that's the thing! there were two families involved, the first family found two bodies in their garden while they were planning to put a pool in, later they took the devolpers to court and won...

while this was going on the neighbors, the second family began to find things happening too, like strange "bumps" in their garden. so they to tried taking to devolpers to court, the judge told them that in order to go ahead, they had to prove their was a body or bodies buried on their property, so they started to dig, this is when things got stranger and while digging the daughter died.

then after the devolpers appealed the first decision, they won, thats when one or two of the families just up and left.

again i don't believe in ghosts, but this is all seemingly documented especially legally, so what was going on? it would be easier to put it down to them lying, but it's legally documented, the courtcases, the deaths, the high levels of sudden illness in these people.

it's surprising that with all these podcasts, series and netflix that nobody has taken a serious look at the case.

Scariest segments that I was embarrassed to admit creep me out until I found this board:

* Allagash Four
* The arsonist
* The Connecticut River Killer
* Tallman and also the Mann house in Florida
* The Megadeth mystery clerk
* Beverly McGowan
* Pat Farmer, the devil grandma

The allagash four never bothered me, I think because I didn't see it until I was older and I found it to be more on the ridiculous side. I can only imagine the fear I would have had if I saw it as a child. I had forgotten, but recently I went camping with my brother and he said that I made him watch the segment when he was a teenager. and it scared the you know what out of him.

The allagash four never bothered me, I think because I didn't see it until I was older and I found it to be more on the ridiculous side. I can only imagine the fear I would have had if I saw it as a child. I had forgotten, but recently I went camping with my brother and he said that I made him watch the segment when he was a teenager. and it scared the you know what out of him.

Right? It is eerie. But now you get into their stories unraveling from the research and it doesn't seem as terrifying.