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justins5256 · 07-17-2005, 01:08 PM

Hi,

I think one of the reasons I like this show so much is because it often brings back memories of childhood. A lot of times I see episodes on Lifetime and can still remember the fear and my initial reaction to them when they originally aired over fifteen years ago. So, at the expense of creating a thread that just screams out "cheese", does anyone have any special stories they would like to share?

I can think of a few offhand.

After hurricane Frances last year, my girlfriend was staying overnight because I was fortunate enough to have power. We watched an old tape of special 4. Mostly because my cable was out, and it was the only tape I had laying around that wasn't in storage with the rest of my stuff. Plus, I really wanted her to experience the "greatness" that is Jule Caylor.

Another cool moment was catching an episode with a babysitter who I had the hugest crush on. I was probably 7 or 8. I don't remember the episode but it had to be first or second season original broadcast. She insisted on watching it. I tried my best not to be scared.

Finally, I remember eating an entire bag of red licorice whips and getting absolutely sick while watching the original airing of the Alcatraz special. It was all I could think about that night.

Later,
Justin

Kemistry · 07-17-2005, 02:30 PM

My earliest recolection of watching Unsolved Mysteries was when I was 7 I believe and the first segment I ever saw was the "Boys On The Tracks" my brother was watching the show in the dark and doing a good job creeping me out. Ever since then everytime I thought about that segment I would always remember that, I laugh about it now but oh the memories of U.M. when you were a kid..

DarkDante · 07-17-2005, 04:23 PM

for the "Echoes of Fear" site but here goes - I remember seeing "The Boys On The Tracks" in a health education class. Yep they would always show us "educational tv" or what they termed as "educational television" and they would show us stuff ranging from "CBS Schoolbreak Specials" and "ABC Afterschool Specials" and one day they showed us this little gem - I don't know really what the point of it was though - we were studying a lot of stuff on the ill effects of drugs and since it was alleged that Kevin and Don smoked a ton of dope before laying down on the tracks - maybe that was it - but it is a definite recollection.

Later.

justins5256 · 07-17-2005, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDante

we were studying a lot of stuff on the ill effects of drugs and since it was alleged that Kevin and Don smoked a ton of dope before laying down on the tracks - maybe that was it - but it is a definite recollection.

Strange, as the UM segment made it seem that it was everything but the "dope" which led to their demise.

Just an observation.

Goofyman · 07-17-2005, 05:06 PM

Yeah, but the fact that they mentioned that they might have been smoking dope and the word "death" wound send chills long before it was said that there is little to prove they were.

The first times I can remember watching UM were when I used to make myself a Kid Cuisine and sit down, watching it on Lifetime. I'm not old enough to have cause any original NBC broadcasts. I remember seeing the Amy Bradley case while eating some taco Kid Cuisines, and I remember watching it late at night.

My fondest UM memory is when my mom and I watched the episode about the burglar who broke into houses while the families were eating. We had a good time being scared and cheering when they were updated with an arrest, or with sadness when a missing person was found dead.

DarkDante · 07-17-2005, 06:56 PM

that frozen food meal that always had some weird penguin or something on the cover? - Do they still make those? - I have kids so I should know but I'm not embarassed to say I don't. Um the thing with the health class we got shown some stupid stuff on all topics: for example their thing about committing suicide was to show a movie about a boy who loved to fly his kite with his buddy and then one day he didn't show up to fly his kite and they found out that he had shot himself.

The end scene was of the friend on the beach flying his dead friend's kite yelling "You could have talked to me" or something. Now if UM got their hands on this I'm sure there would have been a full investigation as to whether the kid shot himself or was a victim of foul play but being that this was just a stupid "ABC Afterschool Special" none of that happened you see

U.M. Fanatic · 07-17-2005, 08:37 PM

Watching the woman getting shot in the face on a road in New Hampshire is probably the earliest memory I have of first watching UM. I just remember being scared and shocked that stuff like this happened, I still am. My family would watch UM every Wednesday when it was shown on NBC and my mom would always admonish me for staying up and watching it, but I just couldn't help but watch it.

When we later got cable, I could finally watch Unsolved Mysteries on Lifetime, and catch up on all the old ones I had missed. Its hard to believe that Unsolved Mysteries has been on Lifetime this long, just about as long as it was on NBC!

justins5256 · 07-18-2005, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkDante

that frozen food meal that always had some weird penguin or something on the cover? - Do they still make those? -

Don't know if they are still made, but damn, that takes me back. I think the penguin's name was "BJ" and he wore a Hawaiian shirt. There used to be a game card that came with the Cuisine.

nohwheregirl · 07-18-2005, 01:33 AM

Woah, y'all are taking me back with this whole "Kid Cuisine" thing. The penguin!!

My mom used to buy those for my little brother and I when they went out on Saturday nights. I remember the mini-cheeseburger to be especially weird-tasting. I associate them with watching Nickelodeon on Saturday nights (i.e., Ren and Stimpy, Are you Afraid of the Dark, etc). But I digress....

ANYWAY, my first UM memory was watching on my bedroom tv which was a black & white 13" model where you had to turn the dial to change the channel. Pretty state of the art. I was one of those kids who loved to be scared (I would read scary book's by Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine at night under my covers with a flashlight) so I was immediately hooked. I don't remember which story it was, but I remember a guy taking a woman out to the woods and killing her. Thus my sick fascination with murder mysteries began.

I really like this topic. It reminds me of a morning radio bit that that I heard (Kid Kraddick in case any of you are from Dallas) where they named the 300 most significant moments of their lives. So you can imagine how banal the 300-100 truly are

crystaldawn · 07-18-2005, 09:22 AM

Well aside from the whole "boys on the tracks" episode when I was younger I already shared, I have a few.

I may have already mentioned this so forgive me but I was in bed late at night and the UM segments starts with it being pitch dark outside and there is a man lurking outside some women's bedroom. He walks in and shoots her in the head (Jeanne Tovary) and I couldn't help getting a little freaked out as I was laying in my bed in the pitch dark and of course there was a window a few feet away.

Another one is when I was in my early teens. My parents were gone and we lived in a big house out in the country. I'm completely enthralled in a UM when at the front door I hear "bang, bang, bang!!" Well I was terrified there for a split second and my sister was upstairs so I called for her to come down. Of course it was just the usual, some drunk had run his car off in one of our deep ditches and wanted to use our phone to call a friend before the police discovered it and arrested them, and not an axe murderer.

crystaldawn · 07-18-2005, 09:24 AM

Another thing so you guys will be able to sleep tonight, I have small children and they do still make Kid Cuisine and the penguin is still on the box.

dynoguy88 · 07-18-2005, 11:38 AM

You guys crack me up.

Love the whole Kid Cuisine talk.

Anyway, back on the topic. My earliest memory of the show was 1988 when I was in third grade and I saw the original broadcast of the woman driving down the country road in Connecticut who pulled up behind the man in the black pick up truck who stopped, got out and shot the woman in the face through her drivers side window. (Psycho!

)

Anyway, being the innocent 8 year old I was, and not knowing any better, the whole week after that segment aired, whether I was walking home from school or riding with my mom somewhere, I got freaked out every time I saw a black pick up truck because I thought it might be the same man. I think that was when my mom first got the sense that it might not be a good idea for me to watch this show but we all know how that ended up.

crookshanks · 07-18-2005, 11:52 AM

I know what you're talking about- I love UM so much because it reminds me of my childhood. I was only 3 when I started watching it, I saw my first episode at my grandmother's house. The earliest episodes I can recall are- one about a lady missing her twin sister, Tammy Leppert, and the abductions. The aliens one had me scared so much as a child that I would sleep completely under my blankets at night and I refused to open windows, thinking that I would abducted by aliens myself.

McFly121 · 07-19-2005, 03:42 PM

It was 1990, I was in 8th grade. A teacher was asking what everyone's fave show was. A lot of "Married With Childrens" or "Mtv this that and the other", or "Simpsons", or "Beverly Hills 90210".

I said Unsolved Mysteries, and got more than a few crinkles of the eyes from the other kids.

dynoguy88 · 07-19-2005, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by McFly121

I said Unsolved Mysteries, and got more than a few crinkles of the eyes from the other kids.

Well, I was in Elementary school at that time period and I can still remember talking with other kids at recess about what we had seen on Unsolved Mysteries the previous Wednesday. I never got the crinkles of the eyes.

07-17-2005, 01:08 PM	#1
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	Significant moments in your UM "history"... Hi, I think one of the reasons I like this show so much is because it often brings back memories of childhood. A lot of times I see episodes on Lifetime and can still remember the fear and my initial reaction to them when they originally aired over fifteen years ago. So, at the expense of creating a thread that just screams out "cheese", does anyone have any special stories they would like to share? I can think of a few offhand. After hurricane Frances last year, my girlfriend was staying overnight because I was fortunate enough to have power. We watched an old tape of special 4. Mostly because my cable was out, and it was the only tape I had laying around that wasn't in storage with the rest of my stuff. Plus, I really wanted her to experience the "greatness" that is Jule Caylor. Another cool moment was catching an episode with a babysitter who I had the hugest crush on. I was probably 7 or 8. I don't remember the episode but it had to be first or second season original broadcast. She insisted on watching it. I tried my best not to be scared. Finally, I remember eating an entire bag of red licorice whips and getting absolutely sick while watching the original airing of the Alcatraz special. It was all I could think about that night. Later, Justin

07-17-2005, 02:30 PM	#2
Kemistry Mysterious Intrigue Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 16, 2005 Location: Outside Your Window... Posts: 339	My earliest recolection of watching Unsolved Mysteries was when I was 7 I believe and the first segment I ever saw was the "Boys On The Tracks" my brother was watching the show in the dark and doing a good job creeping me out. Ever since then everytime I thought about that segment I would always remember that, I laugh about it now but oh the memories of U.M. when you were a kid..
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07-17-2005, 04:23 PM	#3
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	Well I was gonna save this one for the "Echoes of Fear" site but here goes - I remember seeing "The Boys On The Tracks" in a health education class. Yep they would always show us "educational tv" or what they termed as "educational television" and they would show us stuff ranging from "CBS Schoolbreak Specials" and "ABC Afterschool Specials" and one day they showed us this little gem - I don't know really what the point of it was though - we were studying a lot of stuff on the ill effects of drugs and since it was alleged that Kevin and Don smoked a ton of dope before laying down on the tracks - maybe that was it - but it is a definite recollection. Later.

07-17-2005, 06:56 PM	#6
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	Kid Cuisine that frozen food meal that always had some weird penguin or something on the cover? - Do they still make those? - I have kids so I should know but I'm not embarassed to say I don't. Um the thing with the health class we got shown some stupid stuff on all topics: for example their thing about committing suicide was to show a movie about a boy who loved to fly his kite with his buddy and then one day he didn't show up to fly his kite and they found out that he had shot himself. The end scene was of the friend on the beach flying his dead friend's kite yelling "You could have talked to me" or something. Now if UM got their hands on this I'm sure there would have been a full investigation as to whether the kid shot himself or was a victim of foul play but being that this was just a stupid "ABC Afterschool Special" none of that happened you see

07-18-2005, 11:38 AM	#12
dynoguy88 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 3,675	reply You guys crack me up. Love the whole Kid Cuisine talk. Anyway, back on the topic. My earliest memory of the show was 1988 when I was in third grade and I saw the original broadcast of the woman driving down the country road in Connecticut who pulled up behind the man in the black pick up truck who stopped, got out and shot the woman in the face through her drivers side window. (Psycho! ) Anyway, being the innocent 8 year old I was, and not knowing any better, the whole week after that segment aired, whether I was walking home from school or riding with my mom somewhere, I got freaked out every time I saw a black pick up truck because I thought it might be the same man. I think that was when my mom first got the sense that it might not be a good idea for me to watch this show but we all know how that ended up.

07-17-2005, 05:06 PM	#5
Goofyman Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 18, 2005 Posts: 136	Yeah, but the fact that they mentioned that they might have been smoking dope and the word "death" wound send chills long before it was said that there is little to prove they were. The first times I can remember watching UM were when I used to make myself a Kid Cuisine and sit down, watching it on Lifetime. I'm not old enough to have cause any original NBC broadcasts. I remember seeing the Amy Bradley case while eating some taco Kid Cuisines, and I remember watching it late at night. My fondest UM memory is when my mom and I watched the episode about the burglar who broke into houses while the families were eating. We had a good time being scared and cheering when they were updated with an arrest, or with sadness when a missing person was found dead.

07-17-2005, 08:37 PM	#7
U.M. Fanatic Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 15, 2005 Location: Lowell, NC Posts: 280	Watching the woman getting shot in the face on a road in New Hampshire is probably the earliest memory I have of first watching UM. I just remember being scared and shocked that stuff like this happened, I still am. My family would watch UM every Wednesday when it was shown on NBC and my mom would always admonish me for staying up and watching it, but I just couldn't help but watch it. When we later got cable, I could finally watch Unsolved Mysteries on Lifetime, and catch up on all the old ones I had missed. Its hard to believe that Unsolved Mysteries has been on Lifetime this long, just about as long as it was on NBC!

07-18-2005, 01:33 AM	#9
nohwheregirl THE Mystery Machine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 1,057	Woah, y'all are taking me back with this whole "Kid Cuisine" thing. The penguin!! My mom used to buy those for my little brother and I when they went out on Saturday nights. I remember the mini-cheeseburger to be especially weird-tasting. I associate them with watching Nickelodeon on Saturday nights (i.e., Ren and Stimpy, Are you Afraid of the Dark, etc). But I digress.... ANYWAY, my first UM memory was watching on my bedroom tv which was a black & white 13" model where you had to turn the dial to change the channel. Pretty state of the art. I was one of those kids who loved to be scared (I would read scary book's by Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine at night under my covers with a flashlight) so I was immediately hooked. I don't remember which story it was, but I remember a guy taking a woman out to the woods and killing her. Thus my sick fascination with murder mysteries began. I really like this topic. It reminds me of a morning radio bit that that I heard (Kid Kraddick in case any of you are from Dallas) where they named the 300 most significant moments of their lives. So you can imagine how banal the 300-100 truly are

07-18-2005, 09:22 AM	#10
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Well aside from the whole "boys on the tracks" episode when I was younger I already shared, I have a few. I may have already mentioned this so forgive me but I was in bed late at night and the UM segments starts with it being pitch dark outside and there is a man lurking outside some women's bedroom. He walks in and shoots her in the head (Jeanne Tovary) and I couldn't help getting a little freaked out as I was laying in my bed in the pitch dark and of course there was a window a few feet away. Another one is when I was in my early teens. My parents were gone and we lived in a big house out in the country. I'm completely enthralled in a UM when at the front door I hear "bang, bang, bang!!" Well I was terrified there for a split second and my sister was upstairs so I called for her to come down. Of course it was just the usual, some drunk had run his car off in one of our deep ditches and wanted to use our phone to call a friend before the police discovered it and arrested them, and not an axe murderer.

07-18-2005, 09:24 AM	#11
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Another thing so you guys will be able to sleep tonight, I have small children and they do still make Kid Cuisine and the penguin is still on the box.

07-18-2005, 11:52 AM	#13
crookshanks Over it Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 30, 2003 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 101	I know what you're talking about- I love UM so much because it reminds me of my childhood. I was only 3 when I started watching it, I saw my first episode at my grandmother's house. The earliest episodes I can recall are- one about a lady missing her twin sister, Tammy Leppert, and the abductions. The aliens one had me scared so much as a child that I would sleep completely under my blankets at night and I refused to open windows, thinking that I would abducted by aliens myself.
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07-19-2005, 03:42 PM	#14
McFly121 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: calif Posts: 812	It was 1990, I was in 8th grade. A teacher was asking what everyone's fave show was. A lot of "Married With Childrens" or "Mtv this that and the other", or "Simpsons", or "Beverly Hills 90210". I said Unsolved Mysteries, and got more than a few crinkles of the eyes from the other kids.
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