...because they just are simply not believable.

Let's face it. Some of their segments are so implausible or ludicrous that producers just had to fake them because they were hard up for content.

Off the top of my head:

1) the girl who fell over the edge in Arizona and moments later was back up on top with no memory of how she got back up. Uh, no.

2) the woman who was paralyzed with MS and one day huzzie came home to find out that she could now walk. Uh, I don't think so.

3) the church completely disintegrated in a fiery explosion when none of the choir members were there. Simply not believable, I'm afraid.

I know there are more, but can't think of em right now.

The church explosion really happened. Google it. Lots to support that

https://beatricedailysun.com/news/local/remember-the-miracle/article_d75d6eb3-40df-52ca-8296-e959ab79fff5.html

...because they just are simply not believable.

Let's face it. Some of their segments are so implausible or ludicrous that producers just had to fake them because they were hard up for content.

Off the top of my head:

1) the girl who fell over the edge in Arizona and moments later was back up on top with no memory of how she got back up. Uh, no.

2) the woman who was paralyzed with MS and one day huzzie came home to find out that she could now walk. Uh, I don't think so.

3) the church completely disintegrated in a fiery explosion when none of the choir members were there. Simply not believable, I'm afraid.

I know there are more, but can't think of em right now.

At first I read that as you calling the woman with MS a hussy and I thought, now that seems a little harsh.

At first I read that as you calling the woman with MS a hussy and I thought, now that seems a little harsh.

:lol::lol::lol:

UM wasn't some tabloid show and they didn't fake segments. They may have covered some cases that turned out to be hoaxes but they never made anything up.

I think Craig Williamson faked his amnesia and ran away from a marriage he regretted

I think Craig Williamson faked his amnesia and ran away from a marriage he regretted

I've always thought the exact same thing. It seemed liked he was faking it to start over with a new life away from his wife.

UM wasn't some tabloid show and they didn't fake segments. They may have covered some cases that turned out to be hoaxes but they never made anything up.

I agree. The best example of this was the fake murder confession call in with the two LA DJ's. Not only did the UM crew flat out ask the DJ's if the whole thing was a publicity stunt, Stack even tells the viewers that they asked if they were basically making the whole thing up.

As a little kid watching that update for the first time, I learned what a publicity stunt was.

I don’t think that UM filmed fake segments on purpose. I can however think of several times that they were probably tricked. Katie with her gold foil, Tyler’s fake amnesia, and Craig Williamson come to mind.

I think Craig Williamson faked his amnesia and ran away from a marriage he regretted

I think that was more about money than the segment let on. They owed close to $500k due to their failing “exotic” fish business, and his disappearance meant that she had to shoulder that entire burden. He didn’t want the marriage or the debt so he left her to pick up the pieces

Add Eagle the dog to the list where UM got duped (but they were far from alone until the owner was caught planting "evidence"):

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

Eagle was cool, but his owner definitely was not, and I really don't believe her sentence was harsh enough.

UM wasn't some tabloid show and they didn't fake segments. They may have covered some cases that turned out to be hoaxes but they never made anything up.

But they were in the big money business of primetime network television, which means anything is possible. Especially when their ratings began to slip in the early to mid 90s.

In fact, that was the point in the series when it really began to cover more supernatural type stories.

It's possible that they never intentionally faked anything, but I wouldn't bet money on it.

I've always thought the exact same thing. It seemed liked he was faking it to start over with a new life away from his wife.

Co-sign. While the wife did seem a bit frenzied, I can’t say that I blame her. The woman was left not only holding the bag on a money pit business, but alone with a suddenly vanished husband and no answers.

Craig Williamson was a complete coward. I’m glad he got called out on national TV. 😂

Williamson wasn't faked per se- he WAS missing for over a year. Whether the amnesia was faked is anyone's guess.

UM wasn't some tabloid show and they didn't fake segments. They may have covered some cases that turned out to be hoaxes but they never made anything up.

I don't think they "Faked" anything per se but there is no doubt they had no problem letting obvious crackpots get air time

Williamson wasn't faked per se- he WAS missing for over a year. Whether the amnesia was faked is anyone's guess.


They found his beard trimmings in his truck. He was missing but I don't think he was trying to be found

The lucky stone in the river

I saw an post someone say they would there when the rock was found and everything in the story was bs

2) the woman who was paralyzed with MS and one day huzzie came home to find out that she could now walk. Uh, I don't think so.

Actually, MS is characterized by periods of remission. Sometimes they can last for years. I suspect that this is probably what happened to Rita Klaus.

The lucky stone in the river

I saw an post someone say they would there when the rock was found and everything in the story was bs

I feel like the internet has disappointed me in that no one has made a pilgrimage to this place and posted a pic online. Perhaps we should have a UM conference in the Pacific NW and all make a visit and bow to the rock together...

One thing I observed the last time I watched that segment is that the Johnson kid wasn't even the one who found it. It was another kid and they even mentioned his first and last name, but they never mention if his family had any change of luck...did they even ask him??? (in Danny Wheeler's voice) What are they hiding? It makes me wonder...

The Lynne Plaskett segment.

This was the woman gravely ill with Lymphoma that was "healed" by a mini UFO that flew through her bedroom window and hovered above her body for a few minutes.

While I'm happy Lynne beat the illness, the segment itself was just rubbish!

I don't think that Unlsoved Myserties intentionally faked any episode, but I do think that some episodes they aired were faked or overly exaggerated by some of the witnesses.

For every awesome episode aired where a criminal is caught, there is a lucky rock or message in a bottle episode. I look at these types of segments as interesting filler segments that do nothing more than entertain. UM probably knew how ridiculous these were and aired them anyway.
Some other episodes that were possibly faked by those involved (not at the fault of unsolved mysteries) were the already mentioned Craig Williamson amnesia and the amnesia of Tyler.
There was one episode that I don't remember well, but it involved a woman that was raped on a canoe trip. I do not know tthe title of the segment, but I was told that this woman indeed faked the entire story. This is so frustrating because UM could have covered and possibly solved a very real case and found justice for the families of crime.

I don't think they "Faked" anything per se but there is no doubt they had no problem letting obvious crackpots get air time

This.

The church explosion really happened. Google it. Lots to support that

https://beatricedailysun.com/news/local/remember-the-miracle/article_d75d6eb3-40df-52ca-8296-e959ab79fff5.html

Can I just say though: What happened to the mean choir director lady who annihilated people for being 2 minutes late? She's never mentioned and that only leads me to believe she was blown up. But that would probably take away from the lord's warm and fuzzies from this story

Can I just say though: What happened to the mean choir director lady who annihilated people for being 2 minutes late? She's never mentioned and that only leads me to believe she was blown up. But that would probably take away from the lord's warm and fuzzies from this story

Do you have a link about this so called choir director?

Can I just say though: What happened to the mean choir director lady who annihilated people for being 2 minutes late? She's never mentioned and that only leads me to believe she was blown up. But that would probably take away from the lord's warm and fuzzies from this story

You just made me laugh, but I think the more likely scenario is that she had passed away since the time of the explosion, as it had been several decades since. And I don't think she would have stood among the ruins mad that everyone including herself was late :lol: I'm forgetting her own reason for being late. Was it because the daughter was napping?

You just made me laugh, but I think the more likely scenario is that she had passed away since the time of the explosion, as it had been several decades since. And I don't think she would have stood among the ruins mad that everyone including herself was late :lol: I'm forgetting her own reason for being late. Was it because the daughter was napping?

It was. Marilyn Paul, who was interviewed in the segment, was the choir's accompanist. She was a teenager at the time and fell asleep on the chair. The segment mentions that Marilyn is Martha Paul's daughter. It's so quick, it's easy to miss.

The write up on this case mentions the scenario for why both were late....

The pianist, Marilyn Paul, was planning to be at the church 30 minutes early. But she took a nap after dinner and overslept. Her mother, the choir director, who also wanted to be there early tried to wake up Marilyn several times.

Finally, she shook her awake at 7:15 PM. Marilyn was still struggling to get ready, with her mother waiting so they leave together, when they heard the blast.

https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/how-15-mundane-miracles-saved-15-lives-from-an-explosion-4e111669f3a6

Why wasn’t Rainboy national news?

I don't think that Unlsoved Myserties intentionally faked any episode, but I do think that some episodes they aired were faked or overly exaggerated by some of the witnesses.


There was one episode that I don't remember well, but it involved a woman that was raped on a canoe trip. I do not know the title of the segment, but I was told that this woman indeed faked the entire story. This is so frustrating because UM could have covered and possibly solved a very real case and found justice for the families of crime.


Brazos River Attackers. People think Teresa fabricated the whole story so its a missing episode. I don't understand why all these years later they had never asked her son of the details who would prove or disprove her story

I don't think UM faked segments. Sure, they aired some unbelievable ones (Gold Foil Katie and others). I do think they left info out of segments to make the viewer feel a certain way (more sympathetic).

One that always puzzled me was the Jonathan Palmer impostor. We are to believe he just approached a lady at a table, introduced himself as Jonathan Palmer and she immediately fell for it. I know she said she did a small amount of questioning. What puzzled me is why he just approached her out of the blue. And she just happened to be a racing fan. It seems as though she may have been spotted at races several times and was selected to be a target. I can't say for certain but it always crossed my mind.

The girl who home from school because she was sick. House got ransacked but nothing stolen. Called her mom job, then have no memory of what happened. Even the police detectives didn’t believe her.

I would personally love to know how you fake a church explosion.

I don't know if this thread was meant to be taken seriously or not.

I feel the Whacker segment was faked - meaning I think the couple staged the whole thing.

Not necessarily faked but the weird phenomenon ones like the Yeti,life on Mars,Astrology-Stock market connection,King Tut curse. There redundant thiers plenty of content over them across other shows/literature. Cheated us out of what could of been an intriguing unexplained death case segment or a missing person profile that needs exposure.

Can I just say though: What happened to the mean choir director lady who annihilated people for being 2 minutes late? She's never mentioned and that only leads me to believe she was blown up. But that would probably take away from the lord's warm and fuzzies from this story

I completely forgot about her. She did it. Guilty.

Also as an aside I didn't know about the Eagle episode. Its avaliable in the rerelease? The case on wiki was confusing. So she planted bones she SOMEHOW acquired from the local morgue to give herself a hero complex? There was a woman on tumblr who was known to dig up bones from gravesites.

I completely forgot about her. She did it. Guilty.

Also as an aside I didn't know about the Eagle episode. Its avaliable in the rerelease? The case on wiki was confusing. So she planted bones she SOMEHOW acquired from the local morgue to give herself a hero complex? There was a woman on tumblr who was known to dig up bones from gravesites.

She's from Sanford, MI, about 10 miles from me. A link to an article from the Midland Daily News:

https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Sanford-dog-handler-indicted-7125355.php

I agree. The best example of this was the fake murder confession call in with the two LA DJ's. Not only did the UM crew flat out ask the DJ's if the whole thing was a publicity stunt, Stack even tells the viewers that they asked if they were basically making the whole thing up.

As a little kid watching that update for the first time, I learned what a publicity stunt was.

…and let’s not forget how mad RS was at the two DJ’s for pulling such a horrible stunt…

I can't speak about the others but the church explosion that happened when the members were running late for choir practice was true. The odds were definitely remote, especially since they took punctuality very serious but on this particular night, it was bitterly cold as it was early March, and a few of them were trying to motivate themselves to leave their warm houses and go.