Ugh! Lifetime!

[Brent88]

They aired the Rudolph Case on UM at 8pm ET tonight(originally aired on June 12th, 2002) anyway, they DID NOT update the case to say he had been caught! This really bothers me!

[Big3sCompanyFan]

Originally posted by Brent88
They aired the Rudolph Case on UM at 8pm ET tonight(originally aired on June 12th, 2002) anyway, they DID NOT update the case to say he had been caught! This really bothers me!

Yeah, that sucks.

It's probably because Lifetime doesn't care much anymore about Unsolved Mysteries since they know they are dumping the show so they probably just don't feel like updating it.

If they don't update a huge national story like that then what's the chances of them updating a story of some nobody who is killed or missing? ZERO

[Brent88]

Look at the upcoming UM episodes, Lifetime is slowly cutting back on the number of airings(especially towards the end of the month)

October 3
Friday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 6
Monday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 6
Monday
8:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 7
Tuesday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 7
Tuesday
8:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 8
Wednesday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 8
Wednesday
8:00 pm Featured stories: an exploration of child prodigies and their amazing talents especially since their parents don't; after a man is gunned down at an Elks Club, someone in the Police Dept. tampered with the locked evidence; a woman claims she communes with dead spirits and while there are skeptics, many others believe; the disappearance of $500,000 in platinum from a plant coincides with the disappearance of an employee at the plant, authorities are unsure if he was an accomplice or a victim of the perpetrator. [CC]



October 9
Thursday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 9
Thursday
8:00 pm Featured stories: a missing daughter calls her heart-broken mother, breaking seven years of silence; a look at the disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart; the murder of a California real estate agent is believed to have been committed by a killer posing as a potential buyer. [CC]



October 10
Friday
8:00 pm Featured stories: theories about who may have been responsible for sending Anthrax though the US. Mail; update on a man searching for a friend that changed his life while they were both residents at the same orphanage; the death of five children when their house in Texas was burned to the ground is believed to be drug related; an atheist's brush with death prompts him to join the Methodist Seminary. Starring: Robert Stack [CC]



October 13
Monday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 13
Monday
8:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 14
Tuesday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 14
Tuesday
8:00 pm Featured stories: New DNA evidence in the infamous Boston Strangler case is examined; will medical science really begin to clone human beings?; the in-laws are the prime suspects in the murder of a young bride; an update on a well-planned robbery at a bank where a quick-thinking reporter snapped a picture of the getaway car. [CC]



October 15
Wednesday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 15
Wednesday
8:00 pm Featured stories: The search for a pedophile who lured his victims by telling them about his life as a Scottish Prince; two people claim to be reincarnations of a young couple who died in a drowning accident in 1914; the same gun and their proximity to the I-70 highway link four murders. [CC]



October 16
Thursday
1:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 16
Thursday
8:00 pm Featured stories: An all-American college student becomes a fugitive after killing 3 students in a drunk driving accident; did a man on trial for murder kill himself or merely disappear?; an update on the search for a young woman who rendered aid at the site of a motorcycle accident; police uncover an underground tunnel used to smuggle drugs fro Mexico to the U.S. [CC]



October 17
Friday
8:00 pm Featured stories: "Kentucky Bomber,"- a sheriff is led on a chase by a suspected bomber who eventually disappears leaving everyone to wonder where he is hiding; update on a news producer who reconciles with his mother after initially refusing to see her since she abandoned him as a child; friends and business associates are shocked when an investment counselor disappears on his yacht...only to find out later that he had pocketed $6 million of their investment money; a profile on Edgar Cayce, a turn-of-the-century psychic who possessed amazing talents. [CC]



October 20
Monday
1:00 pm Featured stories: the still unsolved murder of two former Capitol Hill interns slain in the same area where Chandra Levy disappeared causes the family of one of the victims to believe there may be a serial killer at work; investigating the over 3,000 sightings of alien crafts in Belgium; a look into the story of a marine who was nearly killed during a brutal hazing incident called "Code Red." [CC]



October 20
Monday
8:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 21
Tuesday
1:00 pm Featured stories: Dr. Gregory Caplinger scammed millions from investors and unsuspecting patients, with more phony medical credentials than any other medical imposter in history. After two years of evading authorities, he turned himself in to Dominican Republic officials, and was immediately extradited to the U.S.; is there a code in the Bible that predicts future events?; Phyllis Strub was the perfect wife, mother, and employee, who managed a credit union for a large Hilton Hotel in Cincinnati, but when an auditor discovered half a million dollars missing, she got up and said she had to make a large deposit, walked out and was never seen again; is it instinct, love, or devotion that can mysteriously turn ordinary pets into extraordinary heroes? -- three stories are covered. Starring: Robert Stack [CC]



October 21
Tuesday
8:00 pm Featured Stories: Family and friends seek answers in the unexplained murder of an Oregon orchard farmer after potentially crucial physical evidence is destroyed by local authorities; amnenia victim; strangulation saga pts. 1 & 2. [CC]



October 22
Wednesday
1:00 pm Featured stories: Heather appears to have pulled off the perfect crime, not only escaping with three million dollars, but managing to elude capture for 8 years; a psychic healer named Nikolai Levashov, from Russia, claims to heal terminally ill patients, and CAT scans, pathology reports and written acknowledgements from doctors substantiate his claims; Gilbert Ortiz almost died when he drank a milkshake that was poisoned by his wife, who later disappeared with their two-year old son, but she has now been captured in Mexico and is awaiting trial; U.S. Forest Service Ranger Guy Pence was called to work just after dawn, and found that an explosion had ripped through his office the night before -- while the FBI initially believed the bomber had targeted the building, not any particular employee, Guy Pence suspects otherwise. Starring: Robert Stack [CC]



October 22
Wednesday
8:00 pm Featured stories: "Mothman," - a West Virginia town is plagued by a mysterious creature of unknown origin; 16 years after a man's murder, an anonymous note claims responsibility because the victim carried the Aids virus; two friends leave a bar and are followed and then tormented by a man driving recklessly, after they pull over to confront him, he shoots one of them. Police suspect the person to be a crazed fan since the car the victim was riding in had a "49'er" plate; the mystery of the only case that Elliot Ness never solved, a series of grotesque murders of transients and prostitutes, no suspects were ever found. [CC]



October 23
Thursday
1:00 pm Featured stories: the mysterious disappearance of a Manhattan doctor the day before the tragic events of September 11, 2001 is investigated; an assailant who lures his female victims off the highway by signaling to them that something is wrong with their car remains at large; a psychic claims his paranormal abilities enable him to contact the spirits of the dead and convey messages to those they have left behind. [CC]



October 24
Friday
8:00 pm Features stories: Doggie Doctors -- Do dogs have the power to detect when their owners are ill? We meet two owners who claim their dogs saved their lives; Missing Teacher; Dreams Come True; Elevator Murder. [CC]



October 27
Monday
1:00 pm Featured stories: two women, both named Mary Morris, were murdered in the same town within 72 hours of each other-coincidence or connection? A man's dream about his Gulf War buddy turns out to be true; the mystery surrounding a teacher who was abducted, raped and murdered is explored; find out if a 3000-acre ranch in the Texas hills is really haunted. [CC]



October 27
Monday
8:00 pm Hosted by Robert Stack, the series features reenactments of stories in which viewers participate to help solve cases.



October 28
Tuesday
1:00 pm Featured stories: when a brother awarded custody of his younger siblings is accused of sexually abusing them, he skips town; many Civil War buffs say that the town of Gettysburg is still haunted by the ghosts of those killed there in battle; the wife of a drug smuggler whose plane went down in Virginia loaded with over 1200 pounds of marijuana claims he is dead, but the authorities have reason to believe otherwise; update on a woman involved in a train wreck in which her mother and siblings were all killed struggles to overcome her amnesia and find her mother's family. [CC]

[CrushedVelvet]

I personally think that if Lifetime or whoever picks up the show to air then they have a responsibilty to stay on top of the updates because afterall, its not FICTION. Their not like old Twighlight Zone reruns, they are important to people's LIVES. I dont know who the blame should fall upon, Lifetime or UM producers???

[Brent88]

I think Lifetime will be the end for UM. I bet in a year UM is no longer on Lifetime, probably sooner.

[CrushedVelvet]

Well, the thought is a motivator to start recording our favorite segments then.

[Brent88]

I have taped every UM episode since I started watching the series again in July...

[Ninjaman]

brent88,

If you have taped every episode since July, would it be possible for me to talk to you about getting a couple of specific episodes from you at some point? Thanks.

[Starbright726]

This is why I always enter the victims', etc. names into search engines, even when UM shows an update, because most of the times there is sooooo much more fascinating information about the cases that UM doesn't have the time (or TV rating) to show. Too bad for fans that don't have internet access.

But it's such a bummer when there's no internet info on certain cases I want to know more about. This is REALLY true when the case is very old and/or cold. Unless it involves missing/murdered children, because people never give up seeking justice for them no matter how long ago the crime happened.