People on UM You Liked

[WishfulDreamer]

Jim Currie. He empathized with both of his parents while desperately wanting to reunite with his mother.

I think it was cold of his father to have put the younger son up for adoption without even giving his ex-wife a chance for custody, but Jim seems to have no bitterness and instead is very understanding of his father's war trauma and happy that his brother had a good life.

He was definitely one of my favorite interviewees, and I'm sorry to learn he never located his mother.

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

[schmave]

Jim Currie's dad belongs in the other thread about people we despised on the show. I have been cheated on myself and have sympathy in that respect, but he seemed particularly cold and vengeful.
Bob Bean was one of my favorites, whether he was intentionally or unintentionally hilarious. So were Keith Wattenschaidt, the admittedly bald detective in the Dorothy Allison segment, and the lady in the Steven Cox segment who said "and like any curious female, I read the letter."
Many more I'm sure, but they come to mind immediately.

[tvscript124]

Patti English. I felt for her.

Also Sammy Saddler from the Death on Music Row segment.

[Perhaps It's You]

Gosh so many most of them came from the lost loves segments, which I know isn't the most popular within the fandom, but off the top of my head Russell and Jean Johnson, Fred Lyle, Phillip Pelletier, C.W. Roddy, Libby the hotline counselor, Jim Pearson, Victor Simon, and Michellle West's saviors.
I also really liked Robert James Palmer who seemed like a nice man, but I still think his story was kinda bs lol.

[tvscript124]

Originally Posted by Perhaps It's You

Gosh so many most of them came from the lost loves segments, which I know isn't the most popular within the fandom, but off the top of my head Russell and Jean Johnson, Fred Lyle, Phillip Pelletier, C.W. Roddy, Libby the hotline counselor, Jim Pearson, Victor Simon, and Michellle West's saviors.
I also really liked Robert James Palmer who seemed like a nice man, but I still think his story was kinda bs lol.

I loved Libby the hotline counselor.

[tvscript124]

James Ahearn, the FBI Special Agent in Charge interviewed in the Brinks segment, the one with Katherine Power, who committed robbery and firebombed banks to fund her radical anti-Vietnam activism. A lot of people opposed the Vietnam War, legitimately. But Power and her associates took it too far. James Ahearn even said in the segment that he sympathized with her views, but he could not defend her actions. I respected him for admitting that her cause was worthy, but the way she went about it was criminal. Also, the slain police officer's daughter, Claire Schroeder, was very sympathetic saying that while she believed in making social change, she didn't believe that killing somebody--in the case her father--was the way.

Power was captured after the UM segment. She had a future after she was released from prison. According to Wikipedia: Power enrolled in graduate studies at Oregon State University in Corvallis, where she worked on a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies with focuses on writing, philosophy, and ethics. She also taught freshman composition for the English department. On May 10, 2001, she read a poem she wrote called "Falling from Darkness" in Corvallis and graduated with her MAIS later that year. In September 2001, Power represented the Oregon State philosophy department in a biotech lecture series.

As of 2008, Power worked for Cambridge Cares About AIDS in the Boston area.[26] As of 2013 she lived in Boston and had two grandsons.

[Mike82]

Originally Posted by ChandlerMurielB1

Jackie Dragon and Marge

Totally agree especially the latter. Marge was one of the only criminals that, just from her interview I fully believed would never reoffend and as far I as know she indeed stayed on the straight and narrow for the rest of her life. Really liked how she owned the mistakes she made in her younger years.

Not sure if I ever mentioned it previously but I liked Thomas Sawyer and his family. They seemed like a typical blue collar working class family, imperfections and all. Some of the paranormal segments were really out there but I fully believe he was being genuine and truthful in sharing his story.

Also liked Janet Baker, mother of Brook Baker. You could literally see both the pain and unshakable determination on her face during the segment and I was happy to learn she got the justice she so desperately wanted for her daughter before she passed away. Karen Campbell (mother of Bonnie Craig) I also view in a similar light and was glad to see they got to see justice even if it took 8 years for UM to feature it and 5+ more to solve it.