What segments should the new UM make?

[JannTosh]

Some of these are older so it makes you wonder why they weren’t done in the Robert Stack era


-The 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders
-The Springfield Three
-The 2011-2012 Le Roy, NY mystery illness.
-The “eleven that went to heaven “ (a follow up to the Edward Harold Bell segment)
-new Tara Calico segment with all the new information (the original is so outdated that FilmRise had to exclude it from the Stack release on streaming.
-The Bridgewater Triangle


What else?

[Librarian1]

The 1990 theft of 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA.

[1990 UM fan]

I mentioned in another thread about Unsolved Mysteries doing a segment on Girly Chew Hossencofft. Imagine them doing that now but using the Lifetime format from 2001-2002 (Girly disappeared in 1999).

Has the newer version done the Tara Grinstead or Jennifer Kesse disappearances?

[TheCars1986]

Ones that are actually solvable.

[dynoguy88]

The Springfield Three - It boggles my mind that this story was never featured on UM. Especially since the show was five seasons in and ranked in the top ten as far as ratings when it happened. Any time I think of this case, I feel more and more disturbed trying to put the pieces together.

I’m also surprised the Jacob Wetterling saga was never featured either. If the details of the abduction were considered too disturbing, they could just cut out the reenactment like they did with the Rachel Runyon segment and just state the facts. But maybe they didn’t feature this story because it was already a national story around the country within 24 hours.

[JannTosh]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

Ones that are actually solvable.

I mean UM has always done paranormal/UFO stuff as well so nothing wrong with those in my book.

[TheCars1986]

Originally Posted by JannTosh

I mean UM has always done paranormal/UFO stuff as well so nothing wrong with those in my book.

In the context of an episode that has 4-5 segments, I have no issues with lost loves, UFOs, or ghosts. Devoted a 45-60 minute episode to one of these things is pointless.

[Labonte18]

Originally Posted by JannTosh

I mean UM has always done paranormal/UFO stuff as well so nothing wrong with those in my book.

It's not just those types of stories.. but the ones that there's basically zero chance of solving.

If you look at the latest season of 9 episodes.. You have Jack the Ripper, Mothman, Roswell, Cow mutilations and the psychic/Paranormal Partner thing

That's 5 of 9. The other 4 were the ones that were good cases that maybe someone knows something and has some information that can lead to them being solved.

The Severed Head, Body in the Basement, the murder on stage and the Park Bench Murders..

There needs to be a better balance. I don't have a problem with the other style cases, but, with such limited airtime.. Don't make them the priority. Focus on cases that have a chance of being solved.

They've forgotten the tagline "You.. May help solve a mystery".

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

this is where the new version has some drawbacks. the old version could block off 3 or 4 segments with different genres. another big part were the FBI warnings and final appeals. anyway, now the new show does close to an hour on one segment and perhaps goes into details that are irrelevant to solving a case. I don't have problem with the new version, but I definitely don't feel like I'm watching the same show anymore. I would try to focus on solvable cases that are related to crime. and would like to see them revive some old cold cases from the original UM. like the las cruces bowling alley massacre, IH 70 Killer, Ohio Truck Drivers, Dub Wackerhagen, etc. wouldn't mind seeing them change the format a little as well.

[Street Novelist]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

The Springfield Three

It would have been a perfect fit for the show.

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

I guess in the name of establishing true crime dominance they should revisit the circleville letters. j/k