A question that must have been asked before...

[njf520]

is there a place on the web that lists all of the UM cases AND THEIR LATEST UPDATES? kane (and others) do a great job of posting updates but it seems like there is no central repository for the updates. hence, people keep posting questions about cases we discussed on this board a week or a month before.

does something like this already exist? if so, where is it and can we have a permanant link to it. i looked around for it but must be missing it, if it does exist.

thanks.
njf

[Kane]

Originally Posted by njf520

is there a place on the web that lists all of the UM cases AND THEIR LATEST UPDATES? kane (and others) do a great job of posting updates but it seems like there is no central repository for the updates. hence, people keep posting questions about cases we discussed on this board a week or a month before.

does something like this already exist?

Unfortunately, probably not.

[njf520]

Originally Posted by Kane

Unfortunately, probably not.

kane, do you say probably not because it takes too much time or isn't technically feasible or...? if there were a list of all the cases, one per thread, then people couple post URLs to article, DOE network files, etc. or they could post actual text from news articles. it would NOT be a place to submit opinions or "this is such a sad case, i hope they find the guy who did it" messages.

i feel like you put in a lot of time (along with others) to update cases (like the randolph dial case). but, in a month someone will post a "whatever happened in the search for randolph dial and bobbi parker?"

njf

[PrettyinPink55]

Originally Posted by njf520

i feel like you put in a lot of time (along with others) to update cases (like the randolph dial case). but, in a month someone will post a "whatever happened in the search for randolph dial and bobbi parker?"

njf

I apologize for asking about the Bobbie Parker case. I honestly did not know whether or not it was solved.

[njf520]

Originally Posted by PrettyinPink55

I apologize for asking about the Bobbie Parker case. I honestly did not know whether or not it was solved.

oh, gosh, prettyinpink, i wasn't talking about anyone in particular. the bobbi parker case was just the one that came to mind that had just been solved. i didn't mean that to be mean in the least.

njf

[Kane]

Originally Posted by njf520

kane, do you say probably not because it takes too much time or isn't technically feasible or...? njf

I just haven't come across any site that lists literally every UM case and update. Nevertheless, there are sites that list a good number of cases featured on the show. For example, the Doe Network lists a lot of missing persons and John/Jane Doe cases that UM profiled.

I just don't know of any UM site that lists every single case the series profiled, or if one even exists. Maybe someone will consider developing such a site. But for now, we'll have to look at numerous other sites that list cases that happen to include ones that were profiled on UM.

[njf520]

Originally Posted by Kane

I just haven't come across any site that lists literally every UM case and update. Nevertheless, there are sites that list a good number of cases featured on the show. For example, the Doe Network lists a lot of missing persons and John/Jane Doe cases that UM profiled.

I just don't know of any UM site that lists every single case the series profiled, or if one even exists. Maybe someone will consider developing such a site. But for now, we'll have to look at numerous other sites that list cases that happen to include ones that were profiled on UM.

kane, we could surely build such a site using the episode guide that is linked above. or, even if we just captured each update you did, over the course or time, we'd have tons of episodes catagorized.

what do you think?

[Goofyman]

Well, I imagine that Echoes of Fear's site could put it up if we put the manpower into it. Compile all of the updates we can, get the episode guides, have a comprehensive list of each episode, and put any and all updates available.

That'd take a long, long time.

[njf520]

Originally Posted by Goofyman

Well, I imagine that Echoes of Fear's site could put it up if we put the manpower into it. Compile all of the updates we can, get the episode guides, have a comprehensive list of each episode, and put any and all updates available.

That'd take a long, long time.

i agree, goofyman, that it would take a lot of time but only if we think about it in terms of compiling updates for *every* episode. of course that would take a lot of time.

but, what if we were able to compile a list of the tope 30 or 40 most popular segments? that wouldn't take too long. over time, we would hit 50, then 100 and so on.

so, i suggest considering it as a project to compile a list of some episodes and not think of it as trying to compile every last episode.

as i watch UM, i have my laptop next to me and i look up most stories as they are presented. i could easily add to the site as needed.

thoughts?

[Goofyman]

That would work. Compile as much information as possible, gather any updates, and post it here or log it.

The 50-100 most popular cases could be looked into, but it would be easier to do a day-by-day, since the information is right there. Find what episode it is and log the information.

[Kemistry]

That would be alot of work considering the amount of solvable cases (Unexplained Deaths, Wanted, Missing Persons) that have been profiled on Unsolved Mysteries. No doubt it could be done but doing it alone would take me forever, literally. Perhaps if I had some help we'd get it done quicker.

[njf520]

Originally Posted by Echoes Of Fear

That would be alot of work considering the amount of solvable cases (Unexplained Deaths, Wanted, Missing Persons) that have been profiled on Unsolved Mysteries. No doubt it could be done but doing it alone would take me forever, literally. Perhaps if I had some help we'd get it done quicker.

it isn't a one person job. but, working together, we could get 20-30 cases finished in a reasonable amount of time.

again, let's not try and think of it as logging info on every single case. there are simply too many. but, a place to put info would be good.

if any of us takes 5 minutes, i bet we can come up with 25 cases that a) are rather popular/famous and b) have been solved/concluded. all we need to do is compile that info. searching the forum for all of kane's updates would yeild a ton of info that we could cut and paste IF we had a place to put it.

njf

[Goofyman]

That works. We would start by running through the website and looking for updates to as many of those cases as possible? Those cases are pretty recent and would not be as hard to find updates for as some of the older cases.

[njf520]

Originally Posted by Goofyman

That works. We would start by running through the website and looking for updates to as many of those cases as possible? Those cases are pretty recent and would not be as hard to find updates for as some of the older cases.

i would say the first thing we do is decide where we going to put the data (ie., who will host it) and what the format should be. i would suggest the format should include a brief summary of the case and the date it aired. then what the updates are. we can link to news articles but the links may break later so i suggest copying the text of the article and including it after the case summary.

njf

[PrettyinPink55]

Originally Posted by njf520

oh, gosh, prettyinpink, i wasn't talking about anyone in particular. the bobbi parker case was just the one that came to mind that had just been solved. i didn't mean that to be mean in the least.

njf

Oops!
No worries!

I think the website you two have in the works, or possibly might have in the works is a wonderful idea! It'll be a lot of work, though. But I'd be willing to help some...I'm not very good at webmastering though.