Cases you don't really care about?

[sdb4884]

Apart from UFO's, ghosts etc

I don't really care for the military suicide vs murder cases.

[TheCars1986]

The "lost love" segments were never a favorite of mine. Some of the "fraud" segments were ok, but I liked the missing/unexplained death/murder/final appeal type stories.

[melskie007]

didn't care for the fraud ones...I liked pretty much everything else.

[cocytus]

Let's see:

1) The religious-based mysteries aren't very interesting to me as the way UM presented them was that they were "true" and they were reinforcing that "truth."

2) The UFO mysteries could have been left out. The segments usually rehashed discredited tales and tried to show that a few witnesses believed what they saw. They usually avoided the skeptics and critical examination of the stories.

3) The lost loves, not because some weren't good stories but because if you closely examine the stories most them portrayed the parents that abandoned their kids in far too kind of a light than they should have.

[melskie007]

Originally Posted by cocytus

Let's see:

1) The religious-based mysteries aren't very interesting to me as the way UM presented them was that they were "true" and they were reinforcing that "truth."

2) The UFO mysteries could have been left out. The segments usually rehashed discredited tales and tried to show that a few witnesses believed what they saw. They usually avoided the skeptics and critical examination of the stories.

3) The lost loves, not because some weren't good stories but because if you closely examine the stories most them portrayed the parents that abandoned their kids in far too kind of a light than they should have.

The UFO cases were a bit much...

[Smokescreen]

Originally posted by cocytus 1) The religious-based mysteries aren't very interesting to me as the way UM presented them was that they were "true" and they were reinforcing that "truth."

I second that!

I also didn't care for the Sarah Powell case, the stupid "Fertility Statues" case, The Wackers, and especially the segment they did on Chocolate... I mean, what the hell kinda topic is that?!


Now even though I really don't believe in ghosts and not quite convinced that aliens visit the earth - I found a few segments to be really entertaining (i.e. Resurrection Mary, The "Guardian" segment) ... but most of the cases were just downright ********

[RobinW]

The "Lost Loves" cases are certainly a big white elephant amongst UM fan as they did a lot of good for people and I always enjoyed watching the reunions, but the stories themselves were kinda dull. Besides, how many of those cases might have been solved in five seconds today with a simple Google search?

Never really cared for the "Lost Heirs" cases either. I always felt bad for the people in the UM Telecentre when those aired because I'm sure putting a bunch of unclaimed money up for grabs meant that a ton of frauds were going to call in.

The only Wanted/Missing Persons case that made me ask "why are they airing this?" was Bo Tanner. The only charge against him was one count of bigamy, and I believe the statute of limitations expired by the time they eventually found him. Sure, he took all his wife's money, but since their bank account was also under his name, he technically didn't do anything illegal. The only reason this case seemed to be on the show was because his wife wanted him back and naively thought they could work things out again. Not that he didn't deserve to be punished, but I'm sure there were hundreds of cases that were more deserving of being on UM than this one.

[melskie007]

Originally Posted by RobinW

The "Lost Loves" cases are certainly a big white elephant amongst UM fan as they did a lot of good for people and I always enjoyed watching the reunions, but the stories themselves were kinda dull. Besides, how many of those cases might have been solved in five seconds today with a simple Google search?

Never really cared for the "Lost Heirs" cases either. I always felt bad for the people in the UM Telecentre when those aired because I'm sure putting a bunch of unclaimed money up for grabs meant that a ton of frauds were going to call in.

The only Wanted/Missing Persons case that made me ask "why are they airing this?" was Bo Tanner. The only charge against him was one count of bigamy, and I believe the statute of limitations expired by the time they eventually found him. Sure, he took all his wife's money, but since their bank account was also under his name, he technically didn't do anything illegal. The only reason this case seemed to be on the show was because his wife wanted him back and naively thought they could work things out again. Not that he didn't deserve to be punished, but I'm sure there were hundreds of cases that were more deserving of being on UM than this one.

haha yes they could do a google search now on lost loves and such! Lost heirs was interesting but cases like anestasia, i mean common what are the chances of finding her if the whole family was shot? And the person that said they were anastasia turned out to be an imposter! I saw a news article saying they recently found two more bodies in russia they believe to be alexander and anastasia. dunno....

[soilentgreen]

The Wackers

Jeffrey MacDonald, Glen Cosangra, Tommy Ziegler, and Darlie Routier

Justin Burgwinkel

Conradina Olsen -- the mystery of the unknown murdered woman in Ellis, MO was interesting but the psychic's linking it with Olsen's disappearance was complete BS.

Sarah Powell

The run off bigamists (the airline pilot and the counterfeiter), just because other missing persons cases could have been profiled instead.

[Guardian]

Fertility statues, chocolate, and any case where some moron hands their life savings to either someone they barely know or a witch doctor waving a chickens foot and incense while asking for money. (this coming from the guy that actually enjoys most of the ghost and UFO segments - most not all) not saying any of them are true, but they are interesting to me.

[porcella]

Most notable for me is that segment about the massage therapist or whatever who cured Keiko the whale of his warts. That one didn't do it for me.

I don't like the miracle stories, for the most part, and don't find most of the supernatural type segments to be very entertaining. I fast-forward through the lost heirs bits.

I kind of like some of the ghost ones, actually. They're entertaining in a different way. Haunted bunkbed!

[porcella]

Ugh, how could I have forgotten the fertility statues or chocolate? I don't even like chocolate, why would I watch a segment about it?

[dks64]

Originally Posted by cocytus

Let's see:

1) The religious-based mysteries aren't very interesting to me as the way UM presented them was that they were "true" and they were reinforcing that "truth."

I third that.

[dks64]

I didn't care for the Lost Heirs or UFO ones either. I favor the murder/missing persons segments.

[Smokescreen]

Originally posted by soilentgreen Conradina Olsen -- the mystery of the unknown murdered woman in Ellis, MO was interesting but the psychic's linking it with Olsen's disappearance was complete BS.

Right!! I totally forgot about that one! Make that.. TRYING to forget about that one! And you're totally right it was (kinda) interesting up until the psychic showed up

Originally posted by Guardian any case where some moron hands their life savings to either someone they barely know or a witch doctor waving a chickens foot and incense while asking for money.

Hear hear!

Originally posted by porcella Most notable for me is that segment about the massage therapist or whatever who cured Keiko the whale of his warts. That one didn't do it for me.

I don't like the miracle stories, for the most part, and don't find most of the supernatural type segments to be very entertaining.

I dunno if I ever saw the whale one -- and if I did I probably stopped watching!

I don't even like chocolate, why would I watch a segment about it?

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You guys are awesome!! Reading these posts made my night!