Master list of all segment "categories" (Wanted, Fraud, etc.) - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

bip05 · 09-18-2018, 01:00 AM

Hey everyone,

Is there a master list of all of the different segment categories ever shown on UM? I am a nerd and just started one cause I want to know how many there have ever been in the show's history.

I started out with the categories listed from the three different main show intro segments:

S1: UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
THE INVESTIGATORS
SCI-MED
LOST LOVES
FINAL APPEAL
THE UNEXPLAINED
LOST HEIRS
MISSING PERSONS
WANTED

S2 added:
SOLVED

S6 added:
LEGENDS
FRAUD
TREASURE

S10 added:
MIRACLES

...and here's a numbered master list plus a few I can think of that were never shown in the show's intro:

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
1. THE INVESTIGATORS
2. SCI-MED
3. LOST LOVES
4. FINAL APPEAL
5. THE UNEXPLAINED
6. LOST HEIRS
7. MISSING PERSONS
8. WANTED
9. SOLVED
10. LEGENDS
11. FRAUD
12. TREASURE
13. MIRACLES
14. UNEXPLAINED DEATH (so common but never mentioned in show title sequence)
15. UPDATES
16. SPECIAL ALERT
17. AMNESIA

Please feed me some more so I can update the list! (Or let me know if such a list/tally already exists!)

-bip

Todd Mueller · 09-18-2018, 11:02 AM

What a cool idea! I don't think anything like this exists yet. I never really thought of that, but it would be interesting to see how the case labels evolved over the years (until they eventually dropped them altogether).

Mike82 · 09-19-2018, 07:37 AM

I think it would be neat to have a count on how many times each title was used as I know some were a lot more popular than others.

bip05 · 09-19-2018, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike82

I think it would be neat to have a count on how many times each title was used as I know some were a lot more popular than others.

I think that would be very interesting as well. I could get us started by cataloguing all the Stack episodes on Amazon Prime, but I would need some help for the episodes not on Prime + pre-Stack specials.

Anyone got any suggestions or means to help?

unsolved243 · 09-19-2018, 11:39 AM

This post may be of some help; it's from a UM presskit from 1996, which includes a tally of all of the cases that the show had profiled, broken down by category. It also identifies how many cases were solved as a result of the show. Of course, it only goes up to 1996, but it's still very interesting.

According to it, Wanted fugitives were featured the most, followed by Lost Loves, Unexplained Death, and Missing Persons.

09-18-2018, 01:00 AM	#1
bip05 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 01, 2012 Location: New England Posts: 130	Master list of all segment "categories" (Wanted, Fraud, etc.) Hey everyone, Is there a master list of all of the different segment categories ever shown on UM? I am a nerd and just started one cause I want to know how many there have ever been in the show's history. I started out with the categories listed from the three different main show intro segments: S1: UNSOLVED MYSTERIES THE INVESTIGATORS SCI-MED LOST LOVES FINAL APPEAL THE UNEXPLAINED LOST HEIRS MISSING PERSONS WANTED S2 added: SOLVED S6 added: LEGENDS FRAUD TREASURE S10 added: MIRACLES ...and here's a numbered master list plus a few I can think of that were never shown in the show's intro: UNSOLVED MYSTERIES 1. THE INVESTIGATORS 2. SCI-MED 3. LOST LOVES 4. FINAL APPEAL 5. THE UNEXPLAINED 6. LOST HEIRS 7. MISSING PERSONS 8. WANTED 9. SOLVED 10. LEGENDS 11. FRAUD 12. TREASURE 13. MIRACLES 14. UNEXPLAINED DEATH (so common but never mentioned in show title sequence) 15. UPDATES 16. SPECIAL ALERT 17. AMNESIA Please feed me some more so I can update the list! (Or let me know if such a list/tally already exists!) -bip
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09-18-2018, 11:02 AM	#2
Todd Mueller Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 1,626	What a cool idea! I don't think anything like this exists yet. I never really thought of that, but it would be interesting to see how the case labels evolved over the years (until they eventually dropped them altogether).

09-19-2018, 07:37 AM	#3
Mike82 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 19, 2017 Posts: 294	I think it would be neat to have a count on how many times each title was used as I know some were a lot more popular than others.

09-19-2018, 11:39 AM	#5
unsolved243 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 11, 2010 Posts: 260	This post may be of some help; it's from a UM presskit from 1996, which includes a tally of all of the cases that the show had profiled, broken down by category. It also identifies how many cases were solved as a result of the show. Of course, it only goes up to 1996, but it's still very interesting. According to it, Wanted fugitives were featured the most, followed by Lost Loves, Unexplained Death, and Missing Persons.