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justins5256 · 01-07-2017, 12:43 AM

I've been working on this list as a side project. It isn't complete yet, but I thought I would share anyway for the edification of the forum. This is a list of segments from the NBC run that were not shown on the new series with Dennis Farina. I've only gotten through season three of the NBC run, so there will be more added later as I have time.

Rolex Robbers
The Unabomber
Charlie Scheel
Dorothy Allison / Lori Zimmerman
Undelivered WWII letters
Gulf Breeze UFOs
Gail Delano
Dennis Walker
The Tallmans haunting
The Chevy Chase Bandit and other bank robbers
Bob Dozier and John Russell
Janet Parker O' Regan
Barbara Jean Horn
Lancaster postal extortion
Rogest Cain
Sea lion slayings
Dolores Valadez
Michaela Garrecht
The Liebling
The orphan train riders
Wild horse killers in Nevada and the update
Robert Leeds and stolen artwork and updates
The "face" on Mars
Bill Purinton looking for his sister Jackie
Jean Marie Gagnon and updates
Prison escapees profiled during the Alcatraz special such as Joseph Mancini
The Santa Barbara bank robber who glued the teller's alarm buttons
White collar criminals Walter Carl Wenke and Ronald Denslow
Charles Wickman
Jorge Cortez
Fumbles bank robber original segment (Spike showed the update)
Prison escapees shown alongside Michael Wade Mohan (Mohan segment has been shown)
Ron Rushton
George Betts and the Muscogee
Julie Cross
The Bicycle Bandit
Kari Lynn Nixon original segment and NKOTB update
David Rhodes
Tara Calico and Michael Henley and the Polaroid
Every single segment of "FBI Alert"
Avery James Norris
The Rogers family looking for missing siblings Billy and Joey plus update
Psychic surgeon Gary Magnou plus updates
Heir finder Gene Kiely
Bonnie Wilder
10 missing persons rollcall
Doyle Wheeler
Rachel Runyon
Gene Flannes
Crash and Dash burglaries in Texas
Charles Wilson Chester
David Harry Fisher
Leeann Robinson looking for lost siblings Jim and Tammi
Ed Barbara
The Hatbox Baby Sharon Elliot
Joe Felix Schambier looking for daughter Alberta Elaine
Melvine Aprille
Patty Miller English looking for her father Robert Wilson Miller
Missing children profiled alongside Tara Calico Polaroid
Christi and Bobby Baskin
Joe Owens
Jackie Cooper looking for nanny "Ella"
Dale Hyde
John Doe who committed suicide at the Sacred Heart Church in 1982
Elmer Oren Locker, Jr. and John and Cecilia Keeling
Detective Bruce Hackert's creative reverse sting operation
Irvin Freeman looking for foster daughter Jean Ann
Psychic connections between identical twins
Boston shopping mall rapist
Marlena Childress
Lavar Bates
Clay Taylor
The Heck family searching for sibling Tommy
Laharriet Niki Wade looking for a childhood friend Sharita Harding (update was syndicated)
"Confess your Crime" radio call in hoax
Robert Corrado
Hinkle family looking for sibling Martha original segment (update was syndicated)
Kenneth Robert Stanton plus updates
Dr. Iben Browing earthquake predictions
Jim Fontes' missing sons plus updates
Nyleen Kay Marshall
Morris Davis
Mark Dennis

unsolved243 · 01-07-2017, 11:36 AM

Great idea Justin! It would be interesting to know the reasons why these cases weren't re-made into the Farina segments. I'm assuming some were due to the fact that they were proven hoaxes (like Gulf Breeze) and some were because the perpetrators had served time and were released or had died years ago (like Robert Leeds or Gene Flannes). I also noticed in the Farina segments that they never profiled any parental abduction cases (other than Jonathan/Elizabeth Ortiz). I'm assuming they did that because most of those cases were resolved and the abductor parents served time and were released awhile ago.

I did notice a few segments you listed that actually were on Farina episodes:
Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg
John Hawkins
Hinkle family (update was shown)
Conradina Olson

justins5256 · 01-07-2017, 07:16 PM

Thanks for the feedback. Are you sure the segments you listed have been shown on the Farina episodes? I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just trying to be precise and I'm confused because I have a list from Cosgrove Meurer of all the Spike segments and I double checked and those aren't on there

unsolved243 · 01-08-2017, 02:11 AM

I definitely remember all four of them being on the Farina episodes. I know I had a Word document that listed all of the cases from the Farina episodes, but it is on one of my old computers (it wasn't my own document, I got it from somewhere else, but I can't remember where). This isn't the best source, but here's a transcript of a Farina episode, at the beginning of the transcript it mentions the Cook/Van Cuylenborg case. http://mreplay.com/transcript/unsolv...5_2010/186276/

At about 00:41:30 on this link, the John Hawkins/Richard Boggs case is mentioned, with this being another transcript: http://tv.ark.com/transcript/best_of...2_2010/322541/

At around 00:35:28, this transcript has the Hinkle family segment: http://tv.ark.com/transcript/unsolve...2_2011/547104/

And this transcript mentions Conradina Olson, around 00:02:29: http://tv.ark.com/transcript/unsolve...8_2010/362267/

All of these transcripts match up with the cases that I listed on the UM Wikia: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Spike's_Unsolved_Mysteries_Series_List

Hope this helps!

justins5256 · 01-08-2017, 10:15 AM

Good morning,

You are ABSOLUTELY correct. The document I had from CM had those cases listed, but did not mention the names of any of the participants so I missed them in my cataloging. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll edit the post above to reflect the change.

TheCars1986 · 01-09-2017, 08:20 AM

Most of the cases listed were either solved or were too old to matter/way past statute of limitations, but I still don't understand why some of the unsolved stuff (Nyleen Kay Marshall, Michaela Garecht) was never rebroadcast. Hell, I'd even like to see them profile Rogest Cain (even though he is legally deceased as of 1995) just to see if there are any new leads generated.

mtaylor72 · 01-25-2017, 09:11 AM

The Robert Corrado case was definitely made into a Farina version. I've seen it a few times.

I am almost positive the Joe Owens case was made into a Farina version but I have no concrete evidence right now.

You can add L'Enfant to the list of segments never made with Farina.

Another one is a segment they did around 1996 on computer crimes. I remember it contained a segment about a man who was chatting online with an underage boy named "Marty" who actually turned out to be an undercover detective. In that same segment, there was story about a ring of criminals stealing and selling computer parts on the black market.

01-07-2017, 12:43 AM	#1
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	A list of segments not repackaged in the Farina series... I've been working on this list as a side project. It isn't complete yet, but I thought I would share anyway for the edification of the forum. This is a list of segments from the NBC run that were not shown on the new series with Dennis Farina. I've only gotten through season three of the NBC run, so there will be more added later as I have time. Rolex Robbers The Unabomber Charlie Scheel Dorothy Allison / Lori Zimmerman Undelivered WWII letters Gulf Breeze UFOs Gail Delano Dennis Walker The Tallmans haunting The Chevy Chase Bandit and other bank robbers Bob Dozier and John Russell Janet Parker O' Regan Barbara Jean Horn Lancaster postal extortion Rogest Cain Sea lion slayings Dolores Valadez Michaela Garrecht The Liebling The orphan train riders Wild horse killers in Nevada and the update Robert Leeds and stolen artwork and updates The "face" on Mars Bill Purinton looking for his sister Jackie Jean Marie Gagnon and updates Prison escapees profiled during the Alcatraz special such as Joseph Mancini The Santa Barbara bank robber who glued the teller's alarm buttons White collar criminals Walter Carl Wenke and Ronald Denslow Charles Wickman Jorge Cortez Fumbles bank robber original segment (Spike showed the update) Prison escapees shown alongside Michael Wade Mohan (Mohan segment has been shown) Ron Rushton George Betts and the Muscogee Julie Cross The Bicycle Bandit Kari Lynn Nixon original segment and NKOTB update David Rhodes Tara Calico and Michael Henley and the Polaroid Every single segment of "FBI Alert" Avery James Norris The Rogers family looking for missing siblings Billy and Joey plus update Psychic surgeon Gary Magnou plus updates Heir finder Gene Kiely Bonnie Wilder 10 missing persons rollcall Doyle Wheeler Rachel Runyon Gene Flannes Crash and Dash burglaries in Texas Charles Wilson Chester David Harry Fisher Leeann Robinson looking for lost siblings Jim and Tammi Ed Barbara The Hatbox Baby Sharon Elliot Joe Felix Schambier looking for daughter Alberta Elaine Melvine Aprille Patty Miller English looking for her father Robert Wilson Miller Missing children profiled alongside Tara Calico Polaroid Christi and Bobby Baskin Joe Owens Jackie Cooper looking for nanny "Ella" Dale Hyde John Doe who committed suicide at the Sacred Heart Church in 1982 Elmer Oren Locker, Jr. and John and Cecilia Keeling Detective Bruce Hackert's creative reverse sting operation Irvin Freeman looking for foster daughter Jean Ann Psychic connections between identical twins Boston shopping mall rapist Marlena Childress Lavar Bates Clay Taylor The Heck family searching for sibling Tommy Laharriet Niki Wade looking for a childhood friend Sharita Harding (update was syndicated) "Confess your Crime" radio call in hoax Robert Corrado Hinkle family looking for sibling Martha original segment (update was syndicated) Kenneth Robert Stanton plus updates Dr. Iben Browing earthquake predictions Jim Fontes' missing sons plus updates Nyleen Kay Marshall Morris Davis Mark Dennis
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01-07-2017, 11:36 AM	#2
unsolved243 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 11, 2010 Posts: 261	Great idea Justin! It would be interesting to know the reasons why these cases weren't re-made into the Farina segments. I'm assuming some were due to the fact that they were proven hoaxes (like Gulf Breeze) and some were because the perpetrators had served time and were released or had died years ago (like Robert Leeds or Gene Flannes). I also noticed in the Farina segments that they never profiled any parental abduction cases (other than Jonathan/Elizabeth Ortiz). I'm assuming they did that because most of those cases were resolved and the abductor parents served time and were released awhile ago. I did notice a few segments you listed that actually were on Farina episodes: Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg John Hawkins Hinkle family (update was shown) Conradina Olson

01-07-2017, 07:16 PM	#3
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	Thanks for the feedback. Are you sure the segments you listed have been shown on the Farina episodes? I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just trying to be precise and I'm confused because I have a list from Cosgrove Meurer of all the Spike segments and I double checked and those aren't on there

01-08-2017, 02:11 AM	#4
unsolved243 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 11, 2010 Posts: 261	I definitely remember all four of them being on the Farina episodes. I know I had a Word document that listed all of the cases from the Farina episodes, but it is on one of my old computers (it wasn't my own document, I got it from somewhere else, but I can't remember where). This isn't the best source, but here's a transcript of a Farina episode, at the beginning of the transcript it mentions the Cook/Van Cuylenborg case. http://mreplay.com/transcript/unsolv...5_2010/186276/ At about 00:41:30 on this link, the John Hawkins/Richard Boggs case is mentioned, with this being another transcript: http://tv.ark.com/transcript/best_of...2_2010/322541/ At around 00:35:28, this transcript has the Hinkle family segment: http://tv.ark.com/transcript/unsolve...2_2011/547104/ And this transcript mentions Conradina Olson, around 00:02:29: http://tv.ark.com/transcript/unsolve...8_2010/362267/ All of these transcripts match up with the cases that I listed on the UM Wikia: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Spike's_Unsolved_Mysteries_Series_List Hope this helps!

01-08-2017, 10:15 AM	#5
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	Good morning, You are ABSOLUTELY correct. The document I had from CM had those cases listed, but did not mention the names of any of the participants so I missed them in my cataloging. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll edit the post above to reflect the change.

01-09-2017, 08:20 AM	#6
TheCars1986 #VLSKMS Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 22, 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 8,613	Most of the cases listed were either solved or were too old to matter/way past statute of limitations, but I still don't understand why some of the unsolved stuff (Nyleen Kay Marshall, Michaela Garecht) was never rebroadcast. Hell, I'd even like to see them profile Rogest Cain (even though he is legally deceased as of 1995) just to see if there are any new leads generated.

01-25-2017, 09:11 AM	#7
mtaylor72 Looking for that one clue... Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 16, 2011 Posts: 77	The Robert Corrado case was definitely made into a Farina version. I've seen it a few times. I am almost positive the Joe Owens case was made into a Farina version but I have no concrete evidence right now. You can add L'Enfant to the list of segments never made with Farina. Another one is a segment they did around 1996 on computer crimes. I remember it contained a segment about a man who was chatting online with an underage boy named "Marty" who actually turned out to be an undercover detective. In that same segment, there was story about a ring of criminals stealing and selling computer parts on the black market.