The rarest UM episode?

[mortytbusybody]

What would you guys nominate as the rarest UM story?

Here's mine: (According to the episode guide it first aired on Oct. 5, 1988 during the same episode as the Gail Delano story). A man in Florida claimed to have photographed a UFO at close range as it hovered over the side of a highway. The photo seemed very realistic to investgators because the lights from the UFO were clearly reflected in the wet pavement. After UM broadcast the story, it turned out that the photo was a fake when a model of the UFO was found in the man's attic. I would LOVE to see this episode again, as I was 12 when it first aired and therefore didn't scrutinize the photo as much as I would have liked to!

P.S. If anyone has this story recorded, perhaps you can set up a deal with Echoes of Fear so that we might all enjoy this rare episode!

[DarkDante]

Originally Posted by mortytbusybody

What would you guys nominate as the rarest UM story?

Here's mine: (According to the episode guide it first aired on Oct. 5, 1988 during the same episode as the Gail Delano story). A man in Florida claimed to have photographed a UFO at close range as it hovered over the side of a highway. The photo seemed very realistic to investgators because the lights from the UFO were clearly reflected in the wet pavement. After UM broadcast the story, it turned out that the photo was a fake when a model of the UFO was found in the man's attic. I would LOVE to see this episode again, as I was 12 when it first aired and therefore didn't scrutinize the photo as much as I would have liked to!

P.S. If anyone has this story recorded, perhaps you can set up a deal with Echoes of Fear so that we might all enjoy this rare episode!

But I don't collect UFO stories anyhow. Perhaps "Lifetime" won't air it due to it being fleshed out as a total fraud. I dunno?

But the rarest stuff would be the segments aired during the Burr or Malden specials - They haven't been seen on "Lifetime" ever and are unlikely ever to be aired again and haven't been seen in almost twenty years probably.

Later.

[justins5256]

Originally Posted by mortytbusybody

What would you guys nominate as the rarest UM story?

Without a doubt, the Ellender double homicide case profiled in 1995.

Regarding the UFO story: I used to be really into UFOs. The photo was taken by Ed Walters in Gulf Breeze Florida. I have a book he wrote about that and other incidents. Believe it or not, I also have a poster size copy of the photo in question.

I MAY be able to get that episode.

[ddelta]

Justin...what is the Ellender double homicide......does not ring a bell to me.

[crystaldawn]

Well my nominee for the list would be the one about the mother and young son who were murdered on the boys birthday. Kane recently posted an article about it. Until I found this board I had never even heard of this story and certainly have never seen it nor do I know anyone who has it on tape.

[Opal]

Originally Posted by mortytbusybody

What would you guys nominate as the rarest UM story?

Here's mine: (According to the episode guide it first aired on Oct. 5, 1988 during the same episode as the Gail Delano story). A man in Florida claimed to have photographed a UFO at close range as it hovered over the side of a highway. The photo seemed very realistic to investgators because the lights from the UFO were clearly reflected in the wet pavement. After UM broadcast the story, it turned out that the photo was a fake when a model of the UFO was found in the man's attic. I would LOVE to see this episode again, as I was 12 when it first aired and therefore didn't scrutinize the photo as much as I would have liked to!

P.S. If anyone has this story recorded, perhaps you can set up a deal with Echoes of Fear so that we might all enjoy this rare episode!

Here's a site with information and the actual photos taken by Ed Walters :

http://ufocasebook.com/gulfbreeze.html

[Kane]

Originally Posted by crystaldawn

Well my nominee for the list would be the one about the mother and young son who were murdered on the boys birthday. Kane recently posted an article about it. Until I found this board I had never even heard of this story and certainly have never seen it nor do I know anyone who has it on tape.

Doh! You beat me to the punch, Crystaldawn.

I consider that to be one of the rarest UM episodes, especially since I only saw it once on NBC (in 1994), and it was never rerun on Lifetime. But the fact that the boy happened to have been murdered on his fifth birthday in December of 1981 was one of the main reasons why I remember that episode.

For years, I couldn't remember the names of the victims until a recent search through the internet. The boy's name was Kristopher Korper, and her mother was Roxann Jo Jeeves. The double homicide went unsolved until 2003, when a man named George Washington Hicks (serving time in a Texas prison for unrelated offenses) was linked through DNA. At this point, I don't know if he has been tried for the murders.

[justins5256]

Originally Posted by ddelta

Justin...what is the Ellender double homicide......does not ring a bell to me.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=144373

[justins5256]

Originally Posted by crystaldawn

Well my nominee for the list would be the one about the mother and young son who were murdered on the boys birthday. Kane recently posted an article about it. Until I found this board I had never even heard of this story and certainly have never seen it nor do I know anyone who has it on tape.

I'm pretty sure I saw the NBC broadcast, but I forgot about it until Kane mentioned it a few years back.

FWIW, one of the stories from that episode was solved, and they added a somewhat lengthy update. So, the story probably got bumped.

[Goofyman]

I hate it when updates or commercial-time cause whole segments to be cut. Case in point, Special 4. Wasen't that entire Wanted case taken out? I saw no reason to do so, as few of the cases on the special were solved.

This is why I think Lifetime should have an Unsolved Mysteries month, where everyday from 3 - 6 PM, they show unedited episodes, starting from the first episode they are allowed to show (Special 4?) all the way to the farthest episode they can get to.

That would be awesome.

[pjpiazza]

My rare episode is a alien abduction of some black guy who claimed aliens visited him all his life. I only saw it once after it premiered. It was one of the first episodes I believe. Please someone tell me they recognize this story before I go crazy. I believe the guy was in the Army/Navy.

[Composite Sketch]

Yeah, it's the Missing Time episode, probably the first UFO episode from UM I ever watched. It was shown early in the show's first season.

[justins5256]

Originally Posted by Goofyman

I hate it when updates or commercial-time cause whole segments to be cut. Case in point, Special 4. Wasen't that entire Wanted case taken out? I saw no reason to do so, as few of the cases on the special were solved.

Lifetime swapped stories from different episodes all the time.

In special 4, they deleted the "wanted" story about Strickland and Munday and stuck in the story about the Rhode Island murder/beating which was originally a part of special 7.

[Opal]

Originally Posted by pjpiazza

My rare episode is a alien abduction of some black guy who claimed aliens visited him all his life. I only saw it once after it premiered. It was one of the first episodes I believe. Please someone tell me they recognize this story before I go crazy. I believe the guy was in the Army/Navy.

I think I remember that one. Wasn't he walking home from a convenience store, and was in the parking lot when he saw a strange light?

That's all I seem to remember.

[Composite Sketch]

He got off a bus in front of a closed convenience store and was waiting for an Army jeep to pick him up and take him to the base when he saw the strange lights.