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Allierain · 07-16-2003, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by Silver Dark
My suggestion is for them to be returned to their proper site in the Mayan temples, but hey that's me.

I definitely second that.

njf520 · 07-16-2003, 01:37 PM

they already had episode on the mothman:

http://www.unsolved.com/0221-Mothman.html

njf

Silver Dark · 07-17-2003, 07:13 AM

On second study, I'm now not sure the Crystal Skull came from Mayan ruins. However, if it didn't, there's the question of why sounds of jungle cats is heard on some nights from the thing, along with some other...unique....noises.

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, how could I miss that one.

Warm & Fuzzy · 07-17-2003, 12:11 PM

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Originally posted by TJ
I'd like to see a segment on 'Mothman', actually I think they could do a whole episode on it. With a Richard Gere movie on Mothman from Sony coming out soon, I think there will be a lot of interest in it. If you're not familiar with the legend of Mothman, check out some of these links - http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Alterna...ology/Mothman/

I believe there is an episode regarding the Mothman, I remember seeing it a year ago, or so.

TJ · 09-03-2003, 12:08 AM

There was no Mothman episode at the time I originally wrote that message, the segment aired months after I had suggested it. I knew it was a good bet due to The Mothman Prophecies movie coming out.

Bluejay · 09-18-2003, 04:46 PM

I kept thinking they were going to do the Little Miss 1565 story and they never did.

As far as I am concerned, that little girl is not Eleanor Cook, because her mother said she wasn't. According to the book I read, she took one look at the famous photo and said "Oh, that's not Honey." I think that is the other missing girl. I would have loved to see Bob track that down.

People have entertained all kinds of speculations, but really things like this happen in every fire. I understand they still can't identify everybody from Sept. 11 sorted out, or the ones from the Murrah Building. In both cases, remains were found that don't seem to belong to.. well... anybody!

Bluejay · 09-18-2003, 05:27 PM

There's a thread where people are talking about what was most scary or stuck with you the most, and a number of people mentioned the Korzilius murder.

The theme music never bothered me, but the "August 7" song was pure death rock, chilling and tragic at the same time.

That song has hints in it of Wayne Cochran's "Last Kiss", which also commemorates an actual event. It was recorded by Cochran, then by the Cavaliers in 1964 and again by Pearl Jam a couple of years ago. The story of "Last Kiss" deserved an Unsolved Mysteries segment and never got one.

R&B artist Cochran lived on Georgia's notorious Hwy. 341. It had a reputation for bad accidents, many of which Cochran witnessed personally. He was in the process of writing a song about all the wrecks when he saw the collision we think of as inspiring the song. 16-year-old J.L. Hancock, a student from the nearby military academy, was driving with his friend Jeannette Clark, also 16, and three other students. It was Jeannette's first date. In dense fog and heavy traffic, J.L. apparently did not see a stalled trailer truck until it was too late. The '54 Chevy rammed itself right under the truck. J.L. and Jeannette and their friend Wayne Cooper were killed. The other two passengers, Jewel Emerson and Ed Shockley, survived with serious injuries. Cochran finished the song and dedicated it to Jeannette, whose sister had a relationship with the drummer in Cochran's band.

The Cavaliers' recording of "Last Kiss" soared on the national charts. It was the last big hit they would ever have. The band's producer, Son Roush, subsequently split the group to place lead singer J. Frank Wilson with better musicians. Four months after the release of "Last Kiss", the new band were touring in Ohio. At about 5:15 a.m., Roush apparently fell asleep at the wheel. The car drifted left of center and rammed head-on into a trailer truck. Roush was killed instantly. Wilson survived with a few broken ribs and a broken ankle, but went right on with the tour, taking only a week off. People still remember him coming out on the stage on crutches to sing "Last Kiss" and "Hey, Little One". When he retired from music in the 70s, he went to work in a nursing home.

The press had a field day with the nearly identical accidents, which pushed "Last Kiss" up to #2 on the charts. There is also an amazing scandal involving Roush's shady dealings with the music industry over Wilson's career. Why Robert Stack never covered this story remains an Unsolved Mystery.

http://www.westexmusichof.com/artist...cavaliers.html (Scroll Down)

bebe_23 · 09-26-2003, 08:36 PM

I was reading an update I think on doenetwork.org about the boy in the box. Turns out that I think in 2001 a woman came forward claiming to know this boy's identity. she said his name was Jonathan. She said that her librarian mother had dropped her off at someone's house to pick up a baby, I think the mother was trying to adopt a kid, for what purposes I have no idea-'cause she was evil incarnate! But the woman's mother was a single mother. The lady who came forward with this information said that the mom had repeatedly sexually and physically abused both children.
One day, the boy kept vomiting and the mother lost her temper and killed him. Sounds rather odd. I can't recall how she killed him-hit him with a blunt object, I think. he died.
Now,the authorities have been looking for closure on this case and I even read about one detective who had felt so compelled to solve this case, that he kept pursuing it literally until his dying day. What this woman has come forth with maybe true, maybe not. There is really no way to confirm this story. I think she had told this story to her psychiatrist, because of her years of putting up with mental and physical abuse.
I think UM should definitely do a feature on this story. I mean, this body was found in the 1950's and no one can idenitify the boy and a lot of people have been intriuged by this case. It is very very sad for this boy to go unidentified. Plus, with the years going by, anyone that might have stood a chance of identifying him might have passed on.

Bluejay · 09-26-2003, 10:34 PM

It's possible they never ran the boy in the box story because it was run on so many other shows. I've seen it on Dateline and I believe on one of the A&E crime documentaries, although I don't think it was "American Justice".

And look at all of these websites.
http://americasunknownchild.net/
http://boyinthebox.hypermart.net/
http://www.courttv.com/news/hiddentr...box_page1.html
http://www.northeasttimes.com/2002/0731/boy.html
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/3541418.htm

They didn't run this, and they didn't run Little 1565. (She had a police detective become obsessed with her and pursue it until he died too. He used to try to reconstruct what happened by dressing his own child in a similar outfit and posing her the same way on the living room couch and taking pictures.) They'll be among the first subjects I suggest when Unsolved is revived. They ought to do DNA tests on both of them.

rubber1234 · 11-12-2003, 11:28 AM

theres a few juicy cases in australia where I'm from. one in particular from the 60's that i'm obsessed with. it involves three children from the same family who went to the beach and never came home. right after the disappearance the police reassured the parents by stating that 'children never go missing in groups'. looks like they were wrong.

Composite Sketch · 01-18-2004, 02:59 PM

I've lately been thinking a lot about the 1999 murder of University of Utah student Amy Quinton. Her case was shown on America's Most Wanted three times.

Here's AMW's synopsis of the crime.

Here's a video about it.

It definitely seems like the kind of case UM would tackle.

(Warning: the computer-generated image of the killer is without a doubt one of the scariest composites I have ever seen on either UM or AMW.)

greatgarrett · 12-07-2005, 12:01 AM

Has the 'Bible john' case out of Scotland ever aired on UM?

Bible John terrorized Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1960s, 1968 and/or 1969 to be sure. He had three known victims and was described at different ballrooms by different eyewitnesses but was never apprehended......he was just known simply as 'Bible John' because he was known to quote passages from the Bible according to eyewitnesses. He patronize the ballrooms dancing and picking up women, then leave with them and strangle them.....

UM could do a segment on that case....be a good one!

ddelta · 12-07-2005, 01:35 PM

I would have to say the case of the three woman who went to the beach (or lake) and people saw them getting on a boat. They all disappeared and their stuff was found on the beach. None of their bodies have ever been found.

Also, a recent one, is that guy who went missing on the cruise ship while on his honeymoon. There is a lot more to that story and i find it BIZARRE that his wife has never stepped up to the cameras begging for help in finding him. If it was my husband and my honeymoon i would be at all the news doors begging them to carry the story.

Kane · 12-07-2005, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by greatgarrett

Has the 'Bible john' case out of Scotland ever aired on UM?

Bible John terrorized Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1960s, 1968 and/or 1969 to be sure. He had three known victims and was described at different ballrooms by different eyewitnesses but was never apprehended......he was just known simply as 'Bible John' because he was known to quote passages from the Bible according to eyewitnesses. He patronize the ballrooms dancing and picking up women, then leave with them and strangle them.....

Never heard of it. So it must not have been profiled on UM.

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UM could do a segment on that case....be a good one!

Better make that "could have done a segment on that case," since UM is permanently out of production.

Awsi Dooger · 12-08-2005, 05:33 AM

Interesting thread to see bumped. First of all, it predated the end of UM's run. Also, eery to see this thread began just a few days before 9/11. I was reading those first few posts and thinking how different the world became just days later.

I always appreciate good handicapping so you've got to credit Kane for astute selection, isolating BTK as a good choice for a UM segment back in 2001. That was long after that case had been out of the public eye, and still more than two years before BTK would strangely resurface in 2004.

07-16-2003, 01:37 PM	#32
njf520 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 29, 2003 Posts: 136	mothman they already had episode on the mothman: http://www.unsolved.com/0221-Mothman.html njf

07-17-2003, 07:13 AM	#33
Silver Dark Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 12, 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 22	On second study, I'm now not sure the Crystal Skull came from Mayan ruins. However, if it didn't, there's the question of why sounds of jungle cats is heard on some nights from the thing, along with some other...unique....noises. The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, how could I miss that one.
	__________________ "What you're about to see is not a news broadcast."

09-18-2003, 04:46 PM	#36
Bluejay Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 18, 2003 Location: California Posts: 137	Little Miss 1565 ... I kept thinking they were going to do the Little Miss 1565 story and they never did. As far as I am concerned, that little girl is not Eleanor Cook, because her mother said she wasn't. According to the book I read, she took one look at the famous photo and said "Oh, that's not Honey." I think that is the other missing girl. I would have loved to see Bob track that down. People have entertained all kinds of speculations, but really things like this happen in every fire. I understand they still can't identify everybody from Sept. 11 sorted out, or the ones from the Murrah Building. In both cases, remains were found that don't seem to belong to.. well... anybody!
	__________________ For every mystery there is someone, somewhere who knows the truth. Perhaps... it's you!

09-18-2003, 05:27 PM	#37
Bluejay Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 18, 2003 Location: California Posts: 137	The Unsolved Mystery That Never Was There's a thread where people are talking about what was most scary or stuck with you the most, and a number of people mentioned the Korzilius murder. The theme music never bothered me, but the "August 7" song was pure death rock, chilling and tragic at the same time. That song has hints in it of Wayne Cochran's "Last Kiss", which also commemorates an actual event. It was recorded by Cochran, then by the Cavaliers in 1964 and again by Pearl Jam a couple of years ago. The story of "Last Kiss" deserved an Unsolved Mysteries segment and never got one. R&B artist Cochran lived on Georgia's notorious Hwy. 341. It had a reputation for bad accidents, many of which Cochran witnessed personally. He was in the process of writing a song about all the wrecks when he saw the collision we think of as inspiring the song. 16-year-old J.L. Hancock, a student from the nearby military academy, was driving with his friend Jeannette Clark, also 16, and three other students. It was Jeannette's first date. In dense fog and heavy traffic, J.L. apparently did not see a stalled trailer truck until it was too late. The '54 Chevy rammed itself right under the truck. J.L. and Jeannette and their friend Wayne Cooper were killed. The other two passengers, Jewel Emerson and Ed Shockley, survived with serious injuries. Cochran finished the song and dedicated it to Jeannette, whose sister had a relationship with the drummer in Cochran's band. The Cavaliers' recording of "Last Kiss" soared on the national charts. It was the last big hit they would ever have. The band's producer, Son Roush, subsequently split the group to place lead singer J. Frank Wilson with better musicians. Four months after the release of "Last Kiss", the new band were touring in Ohio. At about 5:15 a.m., Roush apparently fell asleep at the wheel. The car drifted left of center and rammed head-on into a trailer truck. Roush was killed instantly. Wilson survived with a few broken ribs and a broken ankle, but went right on with the tour, taking only a week off. People still remember him coming out on the stage on crutches to sing "Last Kiss" and "Hey, Little One". When he retired from music in the 70s, he went to work in a nursing home. The press had a field day with the nearly identical accidents, which pushed "Last Kiss" up to #2 on the charts. There is also an amazing scandal involving Roush's shady dealings with the music industry over Wilson's career. Why Robert Stack never covered this story remains an Unsolved Mystery. http://www.westexmusichof.com/artist...cavaliers.html (Scroll Down)

09-26-2003, 08:36 PM	#38
bebe_23 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 26, 2003 Location: jacksonville, florida Posts: 27	Uknown boy in the box I was reading an update I think on doenetwork.org about the boy in the box. Turns out that I think in 2001 a woman came forward claiming to know this boy's identity. she said his name was Jonathan. She said that her librarian mother had dropped her off at someone's house to pick up a baby, I think the mother was trying to adopt a kid, for what purposes I have no idea-'cause she was evil incarnate! But the woman's mother was a single mother. The lady who came forward with this information said that the mom had repeatedly sexually and physically abused both children. One day, the boy kept vomiting and the mother lost her temper and killed him. Sounds rather odd. I can't recall how she killed him-hit him with a blunt object, I think. he died. Now,the authorities have been looking for closure on this case and I even read about one detective who had felt so compelled to solve this case, that he kept pursuing it literally until his dying day. What this woman has come forth with maybe true, maybe not. There is really no way to confirm this story. I think she had told this story to her psychiatrist, because of her years of putting up with mental and physical abuse. I think UM should definitely do a feature on this story. I mean, this body was found in the 1950's and no one can idenitify the boy and a lot of people have been intriuged by this case. It is very very sad for this boy to go unidentified. Plus, with the years going by, anyone that might have stood a chance of identifying him might have passed on.

09-03-2003, 12:08 AM	#35
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,718	There was no Mothman episode at the time I originally wrote that message, the segment aired months after I had suggested it. I knew it was a good bet due to The Mothman Prophecies movie coming out.

09-26-2003, 10:34 PM	#39
Bluejay Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 18, 2003 Location: California Posts: 137	It's possible they never ran the boy in the box story because it was run on so many other shows. I've seen it on Dateline and I believe on one of the A&E crime documentaries, although I don't think it was "American Justice". And look at all of these websites. http://americasunknownchild.net/ http://boyinthebox.hypermart.net/ http://www.courttv.com/news/hiddentr...box_page1.html http://www.northeasttimes.com/2002/0731/boy.html http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/3541418.htm They didn't run this, and they didn't run Little 1565. (She had a police detective become obsessed with her and pursue it until he died too. He used to try to reconstruct what happened by dressing his own child in a similar outfit and posing her the same way on the living room couch and taking pictures.) They'll be among the first subjects I suggest when Unsolved is revived. They ought to do DNA tests on both of them.

11-12-2003, 11:28 AM	#40
rubber1234 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 16, 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 26	theres a few juicy cases in australia where I'm from. one in particular from the 60's that i'm obsessed with. it involves three children from the same family who went to the beach and never came home. right after the disappearance the police reassured the parents by stating that 'children never go missing in groups'. looks like they were wrong.

01-18-2004, 02:59 PM	#41
Composite Sketch Staring at you Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 26, 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 304	I've lately been thinking a lot about the 1999 murder of University of Utah student Amy Quinton. Her case was shown on America's Most Wanted three times. Here's AMW's synopsis of the crime. Here's a video about it. It definitely seems like the kind of case UM would tackle. (Warning: the computer-generated image of the killer is without a doubt one of the scariest composites I have ever seen on either UM or AMW.)

12-07-2005, 12:01 AM	#42
greatgarrett Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 06, 2005 Posts: 6	Stories that should be featured on UM-Bible John Has the 'Bible john' case out of Scotland ever aired on UM? Bible John terrorized Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1960s, 1968 and/or 1969 to be sure. He had three known victims and was described at different ballrooms by different eyewitnesses but was never apprehended......he was just known simply as 'Bible John' because he was known to quote passages from the Bible according to eyewitnesses. He patronize the ballrooms dancing and picking up women, then leave with them and strangle them..... UM could do a segment on that case....be a good one!

12-07-2005, 01:35 PM	#43
ddelta Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 218	I would have to say the case of the three woman who went to the beach (or lake) and people saw them getting on a boat. They all disappeared and their stuff was found on the beach. None of their bodies have ever been found. Also, a recent one, is that guy who went missing on the cruise ship while on his honeymoon. There is a lot more to that story and i find it BIZARRE that his wife has never stepped up to the cameras begging for help in finding him. If it was my husband and my honeymoon i would be at all the news doors begging them to carry the story.

12-08-2005, 05:33 AM	#45
Awsi Dooger Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 1,537	Interesting thread to see bumped. First of all, it predated the end of UM's run. Also, eery to see this thread began just a few days before 9/11. I was reading those first few posts and thinking how different the world became just days later. I always appreciate good handicapping so you've got to credit Kane for astute selection, isolating BTK as a good choice for a UM segment back in 2001. That was long after that case had been out of the public eye, and still more than two years before BTK would strangely resurface in 2004.