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SP4CE INV4DERZ · 01-04-2007, 04:38 AM

Just wondering if anyone else thought this entire segment was in poor taste? Bad enough it's some crappy lost love were they are searching for their "gaurdian angels" who rescued them from their car...after they caused the death of 4 other people and then it almost made me sick in the update where there is tears and smiles all round (after they found their "angels"). I wonder what the family and friends of the 4 dead people think of Unsolved Mysteries

I can only hope these people have been prosecuted to the fulliest extent of the law but it didnt look like it.

wiseguy182 · 01-04-2007, 04:56 AM

I've seen a couple of similar segments, but I don't think I've seen this particular one. Just wondering, how did they cause the crash?

SP4CE INV4DERZ · 01-04-2007, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

I've seen a couple of similar segments, but I don't think I've seen this particular one. Just wondering, how did they cause the crash?

He lost control of his car in bad weather he said. I also noticed that Robert Stack only briefly mentions that 4 people died.

Composite Sketch · 01-05-2007, 06:45 PM

The accident happened in Mexico did it not?

I remember watching that segment when it first aired and then again a few years ago - both times I was also taken aback at how it was just glossed over by Stack on how the occupants in the other car all died.

SP4CE INV4DERZ · 01-05-2007, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Composite Sketch

The accident happened in Mexico did it not?

I remember watching that segment when it first aired and then again a few years ago - both times I was also taken aback at how it was just glossed over by Stack on how the occupants in the other car all died.

It did indeed happen in Mexico. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed how poorly this case was presented. It was as if the death of 4 people was totally meaningless while trying to locate some "gaurdian angels". This should be sent to the scrap heap, it was quite tacky i thought

baton_man · 01-06-2007, 10:15 PM

I second that. That was a bad segment.

Composite Sketch · 01-08-2007, 07:30 PM

Agreed. So of course, it was one of the ones that was re-aired during 2001/2 (that's when I saw it a few years ago). Meanwhile cases like Matthew Chase and the Baskin children are overlooked.

I hate to be a whiner but some of the choices for the 'old cases' re-airing rocked, and others.... not so much.

Jon · 01-04-2018, 06:03 PM

This is an old thread, but I bumped it anyway because others expressed the same views I had of this segment.

Maybe it was the way the segment was presented and edited, but I found it appalling how the deaths of the four people were mentioned once and then forgotten for the remainder of it.

The mother in the Dover family said it was a "miracle" that they were saved by the doctors. I found the use of that term callous considering the mayhem and loss of life at the accident scene.

WishfulDreamer · 01-04-2018, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon

This is an old thread, but I bumped it anyway because others expressed the same views I had of this segment.

Maybe it was the way the segment was presented and edited, but I found it appalling how the deaths of the four people were mentioned once and then forgotten for the remainder of it.

The mother in the Dover family said it was a "miracle" that they were saved by the doctors. I found the use of that term callous considering the mayhem and loss of life at the accident scene.

I always felt this way, and it's the main reason I don't like to watch this segment. I'm glad the Dover family was okay, but it's devastating that no one in the other car survived. It's hardly a feel-good segment considering that, no matter how heartening it is that the Good Samaritans arrived to help.

Mike82 · 01-08-2018, 10:20 AM

Without getting political, it almost seemed like the only lives that matters were the American lives (since it is mostly a USA based show). Since the other car was almost certainly Mexican (in other words, not a part of the show's demographic) it was glossed over like no big deal. I love UM but they frequently made Mexico out to be a lawless warzone where foreigners take their lives into their own hands.

bell83 · 01-08-2018, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike82

Without getting political, it almost seemed like the only lives that matters were the American lives (since it is mostly a USA based show). Since the other car was almost certainly Mexican (in other words, not a part of the show's demographic) it was glossed over like no big deal. I love UM but they frequently made Mexico out to be a lawless warzone where foreigners take their lives into their own hands.

Well, with the current state of Mexico, with the cartels, murders, and corrupt police/military...that's not entirely off base.

Stratego · 03-23-2025, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SP4CE INV4DERZ

Just wondering if anyone else thought this entire segment was in poor taste? Bad enough it's some crappy lost love were they are searching for their "gaurdian angels" who rescued them from their car...after they caused the death of 4 other people and then it almost made me sick in the update where there is tears and smiles all round (after they found their "angels"). I wonder what the family and friends of the 4 dead people think of Unsolved Mysteries

I can only hope these people have been prosecuted to the fulliest extent of the law but it didnt look like it.

Yes, absolutely. I came to look for a thread mentioning this, so thank you.

Accidents do happen and perhaps that's what the police concluded, but this episode was definitely in poor taste. Yes, I get they were grateful for these people helping them, but they should've found another way to find these people.

XCalibur · 03-27-2025, 10:35 PM

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Well, with the current state of Mexico, with the cartels, murders, and corrupt police/military...that's not entirely off base.

You aren't wrong. But that doesn't make the loss of life any less tragic.

I am actually glad that I'm not the only one who felt this way about this segment, it was definitely very callous towards the lives of the people in the other car like they didn't even matter. They could have at least mentioned them again at the end of the segment, or the Dovers could have expressed some remorse for that loss of life. But there was basically nothing and it kind of put a damper on the whole story. I hope the Dovers at least reached out to the families of these people and apologized for what happened and asked if there was anything they could do. But if they did, nothing was mentioned in the segment. We don't even know anything about those people, I mean someone's entire family could have been wiped out for all we know. Unsolved Mysteries really dropped the ball on that one for sure.

Dude111 · 03-27-2025, 11:12 PM

The way unsolved Mysteries is niow is utter trash..... I assume this segment was on after 2001..... During the 80s they wouldnt show something so uncaring... BOB did an excellent job!!

I havent watched the show since he left...... Its just garbage and a disgrace!

Stratego · 03-27-2025, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dude111

The way unsolved Mysteries is niow is utter trash..... I assume this segment was on after 2001..... During the 80s they wouldnt show something so uncaring... BOB did an excellent job!!

I havent watched the show since he left...... Its just garbage and a disgrace!

Nope, an episode from 1995.

01-04-2007, 04:38 AM	#1
SP4CE INV4DERZ 40-0 0WN3D Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 06, 2004 Posts: 633	Dover family car crash Just wondering if anyone else thought this entire segment was in poor taste? Bad enough it's some crappy lost love were they are searching for their "gaurdian angels" who rescued them from their car...after they caused the death of 4 other people and then it almost made me sick in the update where there is tears and smiles all round (after they found their "angels"). I wonder what the family and friends of the 4 dead people think of Unsolved Mysteries I can only hope these people have been prosecuted to the fulliest extent of the law but it didnt look like it.

01-04-2007, 04:56 AM	#2
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	I've seen a couple of similar segments, but I don't think I've seen this particular one. Just wondering, how did they cause the crash?

01-05-2007, 06:45 PM	#4
Composite Sketch Staring at you Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 26, 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 304	The accident happened in Mexico did it not? I remember watching that segment when it first aired and then again a few years ago - both times I was also taken aback at how it was just glossed over by Stack on how the occupants in the other car all died.

01-06-2007, 10:15 PM	#6
baton_man Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 27, 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 68	I second that. That was a bad segment.

01-08-2007, 07:30 PM	#7
Composite Sketch Staring at you Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 26, 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 304	Agreed. So of course, it was one of the ones that was re-aired during 2001/2 (that's when I saw it a few years ago). Meanwhile cases like Matthew Chase and the Baskin children are overlooked. I hate to be a whiner but some of the choices for the 'old cases' re-airing rocked, and others.... not so much.

01-04-2018, 06:03 PM	#8
Jon Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 22, 2011 Location: TX Posts: 926	This is an old thread, but I bumped it anyway because others expressed the same views I had of this segment. Maybe it was the way the segment was presented and edited, but I found it appalling how the deaths of the four people were mentioned once and then forgotten for the remainder of it. The mother in the Dover family said it was a "miracle" that they were saved by the doctors. I found the use of that term callous considering the mayhem and loss of life at the accident scene.

01-08-2018, 10:20 AM	#10
Mike82 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 19, 2017 Posts: 299	Without getting political, it almost seemed like the only lives that matters were the American lives (since it is mostly a USA based show). Since the other car was almost certainly Mexican (in other words, not a part of the show's demographic) it was glossed over like no big deal. I love UM but they frequently made Mexico out to be a lawless warzone where foreigners take their lives into their own hands.

03-27-2025, 11:12 PM	#14
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 36,982	The way unsolved Mysteries is niow is utter trash..... I assume this segment was on after 2001..... During the 80s they wouldnt show something so uncaring... BOB did an excellent job!! I havent watched the show since he left...... Its just garbage and a disgrace!