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GDAWG · 12-14-2017, 01:00 AM

Since I do not watch Investigation Discovery, I was thinking: should the cases featured on Unsolved Mysteries that involve the missing and the wanted be featured on 48 Hours and/or Dateline? Or should they stick to their usual of they tell a story of the victim in happier times with interviews with family members and friends, then the victim ends up dead, the cops find the accuser, said accuser maintains innocence despite a guilty verdict and family of the victim feels justice is served? Is it because those cases are solvable that those are the cases that they do? They rarely do the unsolvable cases, but 48 Hours did a case earlier this year about the Golden State Killer (don't know if that case was featured on UM). Watching Unsolved Mysteries, I think that cases involve the missing and wanted should be featured more often on 48 Hours and Dateline then just their usual.

So what do you guys think? Should Dateline and 48 Hours feature Missing and Wanted Cases from Unsolved Mysteries? Or should they stick to their usual formula?

Kane · 12-14-2017, 12:04 PM

The Golden State Killer - aka The Original Night Stalker - was featured on UM in 2002. I know that Dateline has featured some UM cases in the past, including the 1992 murder of Susan Taraskiewicz. That case, the subject of a 1996 episode of UM, was featured on Dateline in the mid-90s. Although I would have no issue with either 48 Hours or Dateline highlighting more UM cases, I wouldn't expect either program to make unresolved cases (wanted fugitives, missing persons, etc.) a regular topic.

12-14-2017, 01:00 AM	#1
GDAWG Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 14, 2017 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 136	Since I do not watch Investigation Discovery, I was thinking: should the cases featured on Unsolved Mysteries that involve the missing and the wanted be featured on 48 Hours and/or Dateline? Or should they stick to their usual of they tell a story of the victim in happier times with interviews with family members and friends, then the victim ends up dead, the cops find the accuser, said accuser maintains innocence despite a guilty verdict and family of the victim feels justice is served? Is it because those cases are solvable that those are the cases that they do? They rarely do the unsolvable cases, but 48 Hours did a case earlier this year about the Golden State Killer (don't know if that case was featured on UM). Watching Unsolved Mysteries, I think that cases involve the missing and wanted should be featured more often on 48 Hours and Dateline then just their usual. So what do you guys think? Should Dateline and 48 Hours feature Missing and Wanted Cases from Unsolved Mysteries? Or should they stick to their usual formula?

12-14-2017, 12:04 PM	#2
Kane Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 07, 2001 Location: MA, United States Posts: 3,367	The Golden State Killer - aka The Original Night Stalker - was featured on UM in 2002. I know that Dateline has featured some UM cases in the past, including the 1992 murder of Susan Taraskiewicz. That case, the subject of a 1996 episode of UM, was featured on Dateline in the mid-90s. Although I would have no issue with either 48 Hours or Dateline highlighting more UM cases, I wouldn't expect either program to make unresolved cases (wanted fugitives, missing persons, etc.) a regular topic.