You ever seen that kept you up at night or composite sketches.

There was a case about the haunted mansion/hotel in Santa Fe. The whole case itself wasn't scary, but there was a scene in it where a hotel worker comes around the corner into the hotel bathroom and sees the woman's (forget her name) face in the mirror. I saw it when I was only a child and it scared the crap out of me. Even 20 years later I would have to think long and hard whether I want to watch that episode when it comes to Amazon lol

1. I-70 Killer--creepy composite
2. Phillip Fraiser--even more creepy composites
3. Anything involving children being murdered--I can't watch these segments at all.
4. Blind River Rest Stop--CREEEPY
5. Omar Arsonist. I admit, that voice creeped me out as a kid!

The one with the guy found dead in a steamer trunk (Jasper Watkins). Both the autopsy photo and computer rendering give me the creeps to where I have panic attacks.

There was a case about the haunted mansion/hotel in Santa Fe. The whole case itself wasn't scary, but there was a scene in it where a hotel worker comes around the corner into the hotel bathroom and sees the woman's (forget her name) face in the mirror. I saw it when I was only a child and it scared the crap out of me. Even 20 years later I would have to think long and hard whether I want to watch that episode when it comes to Amazon lol
I saw that one on the best of unsolved mysteries I want to stay at that hotel and try to see her.

1. I-70 Killer--creepy composite
2. Phillip Fraiser--even more creepy composites
3. Anything involving children being murdered--I can't watch these segments at all.
4. Blind River Rest Stop--CREEEPY
5. Omar Arsonist. I admit, that voice creeped me out as a kid!
I remember the Omar one it was very creepy since I live very close to their . I also was creepy of the Sacramento thrill killer in its heyday.

5. Omar Arsonist. I admit, that voice creeped me out as a kid!

When I first seen it, it started off creepy, then it just became goofy as hell. Like the dude and his kid finding the tapes and watching it only to see houses being set on fire was creepy, but I started laughing when I heard his voice.

It sounded like he was masturbating and laughing while looking at the fire. I couldn't take it seriously.

When I first seen it, it started off creepy, then it just became goofy as hell. Like the dude and his kid finding the tapes and watching it only to see houses being set on fire was creepy, but I started laughing when I heard his voice.

It sounded like he was masturbating and laughing while looking at the fire. I couldn't take it seriously.

Same here. I remember seeing it on reruns in the 90s and I never found it frightening. It was obvious to me it was some teenager. I understand the fire investigator taking it so seriously, and that's probably a reflection of how serious the guy is. He goes through all the possible scenarios for the tape... except a messed up kid getting his jollies. I wonder if UM might've just edited that part out. :lol:

Although I have to thank that segment for my username.

I understand the fire investigator taking it so seriously, and that's probably a reflection of how serious the guy is. He goes through all the possible scenarios for the tape... except a messed up kid getting his jollies. I wonder if UM might've just edited that part out. :lol:

Haha, that's a good question. But that's what makes this disturbing, and not creepy to me is the fact that a kid is getting aroused setting fires. It's not a serial killer, some cult, just a mentally disturbed kid who's getting off to fire.

People have weird fetishes to anything.

Before the update it could be very scary for people since that building could have been filled with innocent victims burning alive

Before the update it could be very scary for people since that building could have been filled with innocent victims burning alive

I get that, and I get that it was creepy to some people, but my point was that I found his voice goofy. I'm not trying to make light of the case, I'm just saying why I didn't find it creepy.

Ones that have always given me the worst willies:

-the Connecticut River Valley Killer (made it to the season 4 stream, I noticed)
-Mary Ann Perez
-Kathy Bonderson
-I-70 Killer
-Kevin Ives and Don Henry
-Judy Hyams

Ones that have always given me the worst willies:

-the Connecticut River Valley Killer (made it to the season 4 stream, I noticed)
-Mary Ann Perez
-Kathy Bonderson
-I-70 Killer
-Kevin Ives and Don Henry
-Judy Hyams



All those except I 70 Killer are on Amaz N. Get ready to be scared again

Bike Path Rapist!

Skeleton in cave behind Bus depot was always a creepy case.

All those except I 70 Killer are on Amaz N. Get ready to be scared again

We haven't reached that season yet. Hopefully it'll be on there in a few months.

Ethel Kidd. That scene with her body tied to a tree and the music as the hunter came across it...the thing nightmares are made of. :eek:

Skeleton in cave behind Bus depot was always a creepy case.
That one was interesting because the Skelton made the person go to it In the cave.

Bike Path Rapist!

That one was very crazy indeed.

"Debbie." This is the one I avoid. This segment is pretty much the main reason I lock my car doors as soon as I get into my car and don't fumble around with my stuff. The part where they distort his voice as he chases her with the gun is nothing short of horrific.

The part where they distort his voice as he chases her with the gun is nothing short of horrific.

That gets me every time.

Skeleton in cave behind Bus depot was always a creepy case.
That one was very crazy did they ever find the killer.

That one was very crazy did they ever find the killer.


A man named Tom Dixon was wanted for questioning over the alleged killing but disappeared before the police could get to him. According to the UM wiki page the guy would now be in his 80's and quite possibly deceased. It looks like he'll never be found or face justice.

A man named Tom Dixon was wanted for questioning over the alleged killing but disappeared before the police could get to him. According to the UM wiki page the guy would now be in his 80's and quite possibly deceased. It looks like he'll never be found or face justice.
Hopefully he is in hell were he belongs.

The hitchhiker one with Philip Frasier is very scary too. When he goes to the store and the man trys to go in his car.

The black hope curse was kind of somewhat scary but one were it would be cool to go to is the devils hole. With all the ghosts.

The one with the guy found dead in a steamer trunk (Jasper Watkins). Both the autopsy photo and computer rendering give me the creeps to where I have panic attacks.

Ditto. That episode has haunted my life ever since I saw it. I caught it on TV when I was in middle school, home alone sick for the day. The picture of him lying on the morgue table with his face contorted in horror was without a doubt the most disturbing thing that UM ever aired.

Ditto. That episode has haunted my life ever since I saw it. I caught it on TV when I was in middle school, home alone sick for the day. The picture of him lying on the morgue table with his face contorted in horror was without a doubt the most disturbing thing that UM ever aired.

How did the killer kill him???

Ditto. That episode has haunted my life ever since I saw it. I caught it on TV when I was in middle school, home alone sick for the day. The picture of him lying on the morgue table with his face contorted in horror was without a doubt the most disturbing thing that UM ever aired.

You're not alone. I still cover my eyes. Or skip the segment entirely.

How did the killer kill him???

Strangulation, although there was also blunt force trauma to his head.

For me it was the CCTV ATM image of Matthew Chase and the mystery creepy guy next to him, gives me goosebumps. Also the guy that shot Dick Hansen the way he looked at Jean after he shot him.

Yea the atm guy still has not been caught to do this.

Lots of good one's mentioned here. I would have to go with the Blind River Rest Stop case. Setting, time of day, music, randomness and the composite all makes for one terrifying segment.

Tom Johnson is the scariest to me.

It starts out so normal and innocent as if Tom wants to help out Jeremy and his fiance (Heather) by meeting at a hotel rather than a building in a confusing office park.

Jeremy and Heather spend time waiting for Tom's business partner by going out to breakfast still seems like this is going to be a normal business transaction.

Then Jeremy and Heather go back to the motel, 20 mins go by and then the occasion turns UGLY!!!!!! "I think we can close this deal right now" Tom says and pulls out a gun.

I think we all know how the rest goes.......

Philip Fraser. One of the better produced segments too.

Angela Hammond. Hands down.

"I didn't need to use the phone anyways"

Angela Hammond. Hands down.

"I didn't need to use the phone anyways"


The part where the actress portraying Cheryl Kenney leaves the store and flees the headlights of an approaching vehicle was unnerving as well.

- The Connecticut River Valley Killer and the Blind River Rest stop murders
- Pamela Ray
- Su Ya Kim
- Deborah Poe
-Eileen Mangold
- The update to Elizabeth Campbell's segment: four years later, her purse being located in a police evidence room far from where she last seen. I never bought into the later sightings being Elizabeth or the trafficking theory, but it's creepy to imagine someone dumping that purse around 230 miles away.

Tom Johnson is the scariest to me.


Agreed. This case haunted me when I first saw it and still does all these years later. I'm especially bothered by the following:

1. A computer company allowed an employee to drive 100s of miles to deliver a second hand machine. Seriously? The buyer could come to the office to "test" it, but not take delivery? That didn't set off any red flags?

2. The young people who were tasked with the delivery were so trusting they met a man at a motel to deliver a $30K machine, and then hung out with him in his room. He truly took advantage of their good nature.

3. Tom Johnson killed Heather (and beat Jeremy) with a hammer. A freakin' hammer...but he held them at gunpoint.

4. A woman tried to warn the front desk but the guy there was like "eh, whatever."

...and that computer has never turned up anywhere. Perhaps someone has it, bought it at a flea market, and has no idea the significance it has to a cold case.

Wasn't there a guy that was thought to be Tom Johnson but who died? I thought I read it on here years ago.

Agreed. This case haunted me when I first saw it and still does all these years later. I'm especially bothered by the following:

1. A computer company allowed an employee to drive 100s of miles to deliver a second hand machine. Seriously? The buyer could come to the office to "test" it, but not take delivery? That didn't set off any red flags?

2. The young people who were tasked with the delivery were so trusting they met a man at a motel to deliver a $30K machine, and then hung out with him in his room. He truly took advantage of their good nature.

3. Tom Johnson killed Heather (and beat Jeremy) with a hammer. A freakin' hammer...but he held them at gunpoint.

4. A woman tried to warn the front desk but the guy there was like "eh, whatever."

...and that computer has never turned up anywhere. Perhaps someone has it, bought it at a flea market, and has no idea the significance it has to a cold case.

Wasn't there a guy that was thought to be Tom Johnson but who died? I thought I read it on here years ago.

Not just that, Jeremy was later killed in a horrific car accident in 1997. It reminds me of Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) in an eerie way.

I haven't seen the segment in many, many years, nor do I remember much of what it was about, but there was one where a woman was standing in her upstairs bathroom looking in the mirror and suddenly there's some male intruder walking down her hallway behind her with a knife. Pretty sure they caught the guy, but I found the whole scenario so freaky. Anyone remember this? Or did I make it up? :crazy:

Another one is Cindy James. I've lost plenty of sleep over that one.

Also, hi — I'm a VERY long-time lurker who finally decided to come out of the shadows and post.

Philip Fraser. One of the better produced segments too.
The killer of that one and never been caught also I wonder how old he is know??

I haven't seen the segment in many, many years, nor do I remember much of what it was about, but there was one where a woman was standing in her upstairs bathroom looking in the mirror and suddenly there's some male intruder walking down her hallway behind her with a knife. Pretty sure they caught the guy, but I found the whole scenario so freaky. Anyone remember this? Or did I make it up? :crazy:

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Edward Harold Bell. Lifetime used to rerun that one A LOT. Yes, he was captured and that woman beat him and chased him out of her house with a gun. But he did murder Larry Dickens in one of the most disturbing reenactments in the show's history. Turns out he may have killed many other people. Do a Google search on him and you'll see just how deranged this man was.

Also, welcome to the board. :wave:

I haven't seen the segment in many, many years, nor do I remember much of what it was about, but there was one where a woman was standing in her upstairs bathroom looking in the mirror and suddenly there's some male intruder walking down her hallway behind her with a knife. Pretty sure they caught the guy, but I found the whole scenario so freaky. Anyone remember this? Or did I make it up? :crazy:

Another one is Cindy James. I've lost plenty of sleep over that one.

Also, hi — I'm a VERY long-time lurker who finally decided to come out of the shadows and post.

Dynoguy beat me to it, but yes! Welcome! :wave:

Ah, Edward Bell. The infamous Matthew McConaughey segment. I know folks have given him a lot of crap over his portrayal of Larry Dickens, but I will say one thing: He went for it in his performance. :)

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Edward Harold Bell. Lifetime used to rerun that one A LOT. Yes, he was captured and that woman beat him and chased him out of her house with a gun. But he did murder Larry Dickens in one of the most disturbing reenactments in the show's history. Turns out he may have killed many other people. Do a Google search on him and you'll see just how deranged this man was.

Also, welcome to the board. :wave:

Thanks, that's the one! Now I have a GIF version of my nightmare fuel. :lol: Although knowing it was the Matthew McConaughey segment makes it somehow less terrifying than I remember it being years and years ago.

Thanks, that's the one! Now I have a GIF version of my nightmare fuel. :lol: Although knowing it was the Matthew McConaughey segment makes it somehow less terrifying than I remember it being years and years ago.

The whole ordeal was still pretty terrifying. Even as a kid, it was deeply satisfying seeing that man in handcuffs when he was eventually captured.

On a side note, it also always disturbed me how much Bell resembled my uncle, who is only a couple years younger than him. Maybe they should have used HIM for the reenactment. :crazy:

Thanks, that's the one! Now I have a GIF version of my nightmare fuel. :lol: Although knowing it was the Matthew McConaughey segment makes it somehow less terrifying than I remember it being years and years ago.
That gift is very terrifying.

Texas demon sightings

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The scream this thing makes always scared me as a child.

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The scream this thing makes always scared me as a child.

This is also the only "jump scare" I remember them using on the show.

This is also the only "jump scare" I remember them using on the show.

May I point you in the direction of the Joe Weldon Smith case?:eek:

May I point you in the direction of the Joe Weldon Smith case?:eek:

I can't remember this one, and it's bugging me, now hahaha

For me as a kid the scariest will always b the Tallman house haunting. Scared the hell outta me back then,

That demon ghost form the Texas epsiode was very eerie at night at 12 am watching that case

nvm

I can't remember this one, and it's bugging me, now hahaha

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Joe_Smith

He jumps out and tries to the kill the homeowner after killing his wife and stepdaughters. I nearly jumped out of my chair the first time I saw it.

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Joe_Smith

He jumps out and tries to the kill the homeowner after killing his wife and stepdaughters. I nearly jumped out of my chair the first time I saw it.

Reading that, now I remember it. But I don't remember it having quite the same effect on me haha

The face of Dennis Depue, and also his wife whom he murded. I'm not smart enough to upload the image, but it's far scarier than any composite drawing I have ever seen. And most composite drawings scare the **** out of me.

The face of Dennis Depue, and also his wife whom he murded. I'm not smart enough to upload the image, but it's far scarier than any composite drawing I have ever seen. And most composite drawings scare the **** out of me.

I remember that case also remember the Asian lady killed in New York by the dumpster

Any episode in which the cast wears Tootsie glasses.

Blind River Rest Stop remains my “Nope!” Case. As I’ve said before, it does prove that UM, despite being all the silly ghost or alien segments, can create a scary as all get out horror short. The scariest part for me remains the absolute lack of a visible motive. Crime is rough to read about and study, but it’s easier to process if there’s a discernible motive. Like, “I killed her because how dare she leave me for another man,” or “I wanted the insurance money,” or “This was supposed to be a straightforward robbery/mugging/car jacking, but the victim put up more of a fight than I thought” kind of motives. Even “I’ve always hated the victim for sleeping with my wife/keying my car/stealing all those missing socks from the dryer,” would make more sense.

Nothing seems to apply to the Blind River Rest Stop killer. I don’t even think he rifled through the victims’ pockets afterward. He gained nothing from this killing, except the accomplishment of killing two people.

The segment is also hard to bear, because you can pretty much see the raw pain carved into Gord McCallister’s face in the interviews. It only becomes even more wrenching when he says that he wishes he’d died that night with his wife. I always hoped in subsequent years, he managed to find some peace. There’s really no such thing as getting over something like this, and the fact that it remains unsolved couldn’t have helped. But it would still be nice to know that he managed to have some happy years after all this.

The sponatonsus human combustion photos are scary also

Nothing seems to apply to the Blind River Rest Stop killer. I don’t even think he rifled through the victims’ pockets afterward. He gained nothing from this killing, except the accomplishment of killing two people.
This and the Las Cruzes bowling killings are probably the single two most senseless killings on UM. It wasn't a case of road rage, mistaken identity, etc and the victims were as innocent as you and me. It was scary to think that could have been you or me in those situations and there is literally nothing you could do to prevent it.

The sponatonsus human combustion photos are scary also

Agreed, I use to remember as a child seeing photos like that in books (use to read on all sorts of odd phenomenon) and it's freaky to say the least.


Does anyone remember I think it was in the missing convenience store woman case, where they spoke of 2 other women who were also missing in similar circumstances and one of them had creepy blacked out eyes? Bad makeup/photography yes, but goodness me :lol:

Any of the missing persons/murder cases/serial killer segments mostly from the early years. It's surprising when you learn quite a few were bungled by inept or corrupted police departments.

Also:

Son of Sam
Tallman Ghost
L'Enfant
Dave Bocks
Omar
Church arsonist
Allegash Abductions
Resurrection Mary

The one with the guy found dead in a steamer trunk (Jasper Watkins). Both the autopsy photo and computer rendering give me the creeps to where I have panic attacks.

Yes that was AWFUL! I was on vacation somewhere and didn't have cable. I knew UM updated their website every night, and would have the cases of that nights episode online. I looked it up and it was the computer rendered image. I almost jumped out of my seat. A few years later I actually caught the segment. "Be brave!" I thought. If I knew what was coming, maybe I could handle it... I didn't know the segment had the autopsy photo. No words or emoticons could express how terrible it was.

As previously mentioned the Steamer Trunk case. Also, the composite of the ATV underground tunnel guys. Where they ever caught? The composite I thought looked like Sonny Bono from the Lisa Marie Kimmell case, and just the whole segment itself. The composite from the Michaela Garecht segment. Actually saw it featured on a commercial. I lived in California and had cable so I guess it was on tv all over the state. It was scary. Composite of the murderer of Matt Chase scared me for some reason... Too many composite drawings to mention. The original "Update" music, and the update for Susan Harrison was scary.

Old as I am now, I still watch UM and hardly ever get scared while watching. It always haunts me later though. After I've turned everything off and am going upstairs for the night. *shudders*