Specials and season one - new airdate info

[justins5256]

For the edification of the forum, I have decided to compile a list of the specials and first season airdates as well as the stories associated with those dates. This info is coming from VHS recordings of the original NBC broadcasts, so there is no room for speculation and error.

I'm going through these tapes very slowly, so I'll post more airdates and story info as I have time, including what I have of the other seasons. I'll bump the thread when I do. Hopefully this can become a pretty accurate list.

Pre-series Specials

05/25/87
(special 2 w/ Karl Malden)
Wanda Jean Mays.
John Burns.
Kyra Cook.
Rolex Robbers.
Robert Weeks.

08/09/87
(repeat of special 1 w/ Raymond Burr)
Don Kemp.
Roger Wheeler Sr. Jai Lai murders.
Francis Mealbach.
Terry Lee Connor and Joseph Daugherty.

09/24/87
(special 3 w/ Karl Malden)
Wanted: Unidentified bomber (The Unabomber).
Updates: John Burns and Robert Weeks captured.
Lost Loves: Jack Lutter.
Final Appeal: Glenn Consagra.
Lost Heirs: George Marsh.

12/30/87
(repeat of special 2 w/ Karl Malden)
Wanda Jean Mays.
John Burns UPDATE: He’s been captured.
Kyra Cook.
Rolex Robbers UPDATE: Maryann Dioria captured.
Robert Weeks UPDATE: He’s been captured.

02/05/088
(special 5)
Wanted: Jerry Strickland and Missy Munday.
Final Appeal: Michael Scott Martin.
Unexplained Death: Kurt McFall.
Lost Heirs: Charles Scheel UPDATE: Heirs located.

04/25/88
(repeat of special 3 w/ Karl Malden)
Wanted: Unidentified bomber (The Unabomber).
Lost Loves: Jack Lutter.
Final Appeal: Glenn Consagra.
Lost Heirs: George Marsh UPDATE: Heirs located.

05/06/88
(special 6)
The Unexplained: Psychic detective Dorothy Allison.
Jerry Strickland and Missy Munday captured.
Wanted: Steve Hadley UPDATE: He’s been captured.
Lost Loves: WWII undelivered letters.

05/18/88
(special 7)
Amnesia: Susan Laferte and Doreen Picard.
Fraud: Louis Carlucci.
Updates: Robert Weeks sentenced. Louis Viaguyo wanted for Roger Wheeler’s murder.
Wanted: Jon Yount and Diane Brodbeck.
Treasure: Beale’s Lost Mine in Bedford County Virginia.

07/13/88
(repeat of special 5)
Wanted: Jerry Strickland and Missy Munday. UPDATE: They’ve been captured.
Final Appeal: Michael Scott Martin.
Unexplained Death: Kurt McFall.
Lost Heirs: Charles Scheel UPDATE: Heirs located.

09/14/88
(repeat of special 6)
The Unexplained: Psychic detective Dorothy Allison.
Jerry Strickland and Missy Munday captured.
Wanted: Steve Hadley UPDATE: He’s been captured.
Lost Loves: WWII undelivered letters.

Season One

10/05/88
The Unexplained: Gulf Breeze UFO sightings.
Solved: Louis Carlucci captured.
Wanted: Joe Shepherd.
Missing Persons: Gail Delano.

10/12/88
Mysterious Legends: D.B. Cooper.
Solved: Jon Yount and Diane Brodbeck captured.
Updates: Steve Hadley sentenced.
Unexplained Death: Don Henry and Kevin Ives.
Fraud: Dennis Walker.

10/26/88
The Unexplained: Queen Mary Haunting.
Tallman family (bunk beds) Haunting.
General Wayne Inn Haunting.
Tatum Family Haunting.

11/02/88
Unexplained Death: The Son of Sam Part 1.
Lost Heirs: Walter “Curley” Green.
Unexplained Death: Harold and Thelma Swain.
Wanted: Chevy Chase Robber, John William Farr, The Shotgun Bandit, Shopping Bag Bandits.

11/09/88
Fraud: Freedom II Insurance scam – John Russell, Bob Dozier, Suzanne Russell, Kristin Tomlin.
Solved: Rolex Robbers – Jacqueline Edmonds captured.
Lost Loves: Janet Parker O’Regan searching for father James “Jimmy” White.
Unexplained Death: The Son of Sam Part 2.
Missing Persons: Annie Laurie Hearin.

11/16/88
Missing Persons: Christi Nichols.
Solved: Gail Delano’s body found.
Wanted: Mark Adams.
Fraud: Steven Cox.
Unexplained Death: Barbara Jean Horn.

11/23/88
Unexplained Death: Kurt Sova.
Solved: Shopping Bag Bandits – Lloyd Gates captured. Accomplice still at large. Sightings of John Russell and Bob Dozier.
Fraud: Lancaster, California postal extortion.
Unexplained Death: Father Renaldo Rivera and Father John Carrigan.
The Unexplained: Rock with mysterious carvings brings Washington family good luck.

11/30/88
Wanted: Ann Sigmin.
Updates: Don Henry and Kevin Ives interview with Richard Garrett. Sightings of Steven Cox.
The Unexplained: Missing Time.
Missing Persons: Rogest Cain.

12/14/88
Amnesia: Jenny Pratt.
Solved: Joe Shepherd captured.
Fraud: Jack Quinn.
Unexplained Death: Clarence Roberts.
2 sea lions murdered.

12/21/88
Lost Loves: Carl Dentai looking for GI “Phillip”.
Solved: Lancaster extortionists arrested. Steven Cox arrested.
Missing Persons: Matthew Chase.
Unexplained Death: Marilu Geri.
Lost Loves: Dolores Valadez.

12/28/88
(repeat of special 4 w/ Robert Stack)
Wanted: Dave Davis.
Updates: George Marsh.
Unexplained Death: Aeileen Conway.
Mysterious Legends: Glenn and Bessy Hyde.
Missing Persons: Dottie Caylor.

01/04/89
(repeat of special 7)
Amnesia: Susan Laferte and Doreen Picard.
Fraud: Louis Carlucci. UPDATE: He’s been captured.
Updates: Robert Weeks sentenced. Louis Viaguyo wanted for Roger Wheeler’s murder.
Wanted: Jon Yount and Diane Brodbeck. UPDATE: They’ve been captured.
Treasure: Beale’s Lost Mine in Bedford County Virginia.

01/11/89

[DarkDante]

Cool thanks for the detailed listings Justin. Some of this stuff is pretty interesting such as the fact that UM actually updated the "Rolex Robbers" case.