Unsolved Mysteries (1987)

Crime · Documentary · Drama

Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human and paranormal mysteries. An audience interactive call-to-action request allowed viewers to call in with tips to help solve the cases.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (7,506 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 14
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 14 seasons indexed

Cast

Dennis Farina Host

Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

7.62 avg 28 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gulf Breeze UFO/Joe Shepherd/Gail DeLano	7.6	116
2	D.B. Cooper/Don Henry and Kevin Ives/Dennis Walker	7.6	107
3	The Queen Mary/Tallman House/The General Wayne Inn/Tatum House	7.7	88
4	Son of Sam: Part 1/Heirs of Walter Green/Harold and Thelma Swain/Bank Robber Roll Call	7.7	93
5	Bob Dozier and John Russell/The Father of Janet O'Regan/Son of Sam: Part 2/Annie Hearin	7.5	92
6	Christi Nichols/Mark Adams/Steven Cox/Barbara Jean Horn	7.6	77
7	Kurt Sova/Lancaster Extortion Writer/Father Reynaldo Rivera/Mystery Rock	7.6	78
8	Ann Sigmin and Garey Goff/Robert Matthews/Rogest Cain	7.7	74
9	Jenny Pratt Attackers/Jack Quinn/Clarence and Geneva Roberts/Bruno and Bobo	7.6	75
10	Philip Pelletier/Matthew Chase/Marilu Geri/The Family of Dolores Valadez	7.5	67
11	Lee Selwyn/Michael Rosenblum/Arthur Frankford	7.7	69
12	Jeremy Bright/John Martin/Heirs of Dan Williams/Leo Koury/Michaela Garecht/The Crew of the Liebling	7.4	63
13	Micki Jo West/The Brother of Sylvia Wemhoff/Marlene Santana/The Bald Mountain Shooters/Robert Leads	7.5	61
14	Face on Mars/Kathy Hobbs/Jackie Harrington/Angelo Desideri/Updates	7.5	59
15	The Alcatraz Escape/Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe/Jean Marie Gagnon/Escapee Roll Call	7.8	63
16	Mickey and Trudy Thompson/Crazy Glue Bandit/Bigfoot in Colorado/Heirs of George J. Stein/Joyce McLain	7.6	58
17	Burrowing Burglars/Kristle Merzlock/Fraud Roll Call/Permon Gilbert	7.5	63
18	Donald Smith/Brushy Bill Roberts/Charles Mule	7.3	60
19	Lisa Marie Kimmell/Lost Dutchman Mine/Thomas Hotard	7.6	56
20	John Mooney/Liz Carmichael/Terri McClure/Charles Wickman	7.6	59
21	Dexter Stefonek/Jorge Cortez/Fumbles/Michael and Sharon Mohon/Escapee Roll Call/Update	7.6	61
22	Gus Hoffman/Ron Rushton/Patsy Wright/The Families of the S.S. Muskogee Crew/Update	7.8	55
23	Julie Cross/The Bicycle Bandit/Kathy Power/Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli/Update	7.6	55
24	Victorio Peak Treasure/Kari Lynn Nixon/David Rhodes	7.6	58
25	Sheldon Weinberg	7.3	33
26	Update	7.7	33
27	Mike Riemer/Update	8.3	32
35	Todd McAfee/Updates	7.8	29

Season 2 (1989)

7.85 avg 30 episodes 7.8 → 8.5 43 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Karen Stephens/Roswell Crash/Tara Calico and Michael Henley/Update	7.8	56
2	Jack Brown/Blinking Crucifix/FBI Alerts/William Eugene Hilliard/Update	7.6	46
3	Kay Hall/New York Coin Scam/Mabel Woods/The Crew of the Sara Joe/FBI Alerts/Update	7.9	42
4	Greg Webb/Billie and Joey Rogers/Gary and Terry Magno/Gene Kiley/Update	7.8	40
5	Dale Kerstetter/Marfa Lights/Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg/Bonnie Wilder/Missing Persons Roll Call/Update	7.6	43
6	Rudolf Hess/Patricia Meehan/Tina Jefferson/Updates	7.8	41
7	Doyle Wheeler/Salvatore Caruana/Drug Trafficker Roll Call/Rachael Runyan/Gene Flannes/Update	7.5	35
8	Rhonda Hinson/Ann Corricelli and Lena Marie Wilson/Heirs of Howard Drummond/Don Hamilton/Update	7.6	39
9	Sonny Liston/Bill and Cynthia Zelinski/Elizabeth Campbell/Crash and Dash Robberies/Update	7.5	41
10	Maria Armstrong/The Friend of Stephan Ross/Ralph Sigler/Charles Wilson Chester/Bank Robber Roll Call/Update	8.0	36
11	John Hawkins/Woody Kelly/David Fisher/Carla Wright/The Siblings of LeeAnn Robinson/Update	8.0	34
12	Ed Barbara/Rae Ann Mossor/The Children of Georgia Tann/Donald Eugene Webb/Update	7.6	36
13	Sharon Elliott/John Branion/The Daughter of Joseph Schambier	7.4	38
14	Cynthia Anderson/West End Baptist Church/Melvine Aprile/The Signal Mountain Murders/FBI Alerts/Update	8.1	35
15	George Conniff/Update	8.3	37
16	Brayman Road Attacker/Ray Hickingbotham/Kevin Hughes/Robert Miller/Update	7.2	35
17	Mark Groezinger/Missing Children Roll Call	7.9	28
18	United Kingdom Crop Circles/Kenneth Dungee/Keith Reinhard/FBI Alerts/Update	7.8	33
19	Charles Morgan/Ogopogo/Marvin and Sandra Maple/Update	7.8	33
20	Updates	7.8	21
21	Georgia Rudolph/Steve Sandlin/John "Thumper" Brown	7.8	19
22	Joe Owens/The Nanny of Jackie Cooper/Alejandro Espinosa/Dale Hyde/Update	7.9	17
23	Linda Sharp/Gertrude Pruett/Dan Short/William L. Toomey/Update	8.2	20
24	Laurence Harding Jr./Pedro Uribe/Elmer Locker Jr./Sweetheart Swindler/Gainesville Killers/Update	7.9	20
25	Kristina Smith/Updates	7.9	19
26	Lost Loves	8.0	19
27	Amish Hostage Murder	8.4	20
28	Robert Kennedy	7.8	19
29	Ralph Probst	8.0	18
30	Marlena Childress/Update	8.5	18

Season 3 (1990)

7.58 avg 33 episodes 8.1 → 7.5 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kecksburg UFO/The Daughter of Lavar Bates/Stockton Arsonist/FBI Alerts	8.1	45
2	Episode #3.2	7.1	35
3	Episode #3.3	7.9	34
4	Episode #3.4	7.9	32
5	Episode #3.5	7.9	32
6	Episode #3.6	7.6	33
7	Episode #3.7	6.6	34
8	Episode #3.8	7.8	32
9	Episode #3.9	7.5	32
10	Episode #3.10	7.8	31
11	Episode #3.11	7.6	29
12	Episode #3.12	7.5	30
13	Episode #3.13	7.4	27
14	Episode #3.14	7.4	27
15	Episode #3.15	7.4	27
16	Episode #3.16	7.8	29
17	Episode #3.17	7.6	29
18	Episode #3.18	7.3	30
19	Episode #3.19	7.7	33
20	Episode #3.20	7.6	31
21	Episode #3.21	7.5	29
22	Episode #3.22	7.8	25
23	Episode #3.23	8.5	21
24	Episode #3.24	7.2	16
25	Episode #3.25	7.6	17
26	Episode #3.26	7.4	17
27	Episode #3.27	7.7	14
28	Episode #3.28	7.8	17
29	Episode #3.29	7.2	16
30	Episode #3.30	7.6	14
31	Episode #3.31	7.1	15
32	Episode #3.32	7.8	16
33	Episode #3.33	7.5	16

Season 4 (1991)

7.65 avg 35 episodes 8.0 → 7.4 43 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #4.1	8.0	34
2	Episode #4.2	7.5	30
3	Episode #4.3	7.8	26
4	Episode #4.4	7.5	28
5	Episode #4.5	7.4	28
6	Episode #4.6	7.9	26
7	Episode #4.7	7.8	25
8	Episode #4.8	8.0	30
9	Episode #4.9	7.6	27
10	Episode #4.10	7.6	27
11	Episode #4.11	7.4	26
12	Episode #4.12	7.3	24
13	Episode #4.13	7.8	29
14	Episode #4.14	7.7	26
15	Episode #4.15	8.0	31
16	Episode #4.16	7.6	25
17	Episode #4.17	7.8	26
18	Episode #4.18	7.9	25
19	Episode #4.19	7.8	26
20	Episode #4.20	8.0	27
21	Episode #4.21	7.8	24
22	Episode #4.22	7.4	26
23	Episode #4.23	8.0	23
24	Episode #4.24	7.5	24
25	Episode #4.25	7.2	23
26	Episode #4.26	8.3	21
27	Episode #4.27	7.6	17
28	Episode #4.28	7.3	17
29	Episode #4.29	7.7	20
30	Episode #4.30	7.5	20
31	Episode #4.31	7.8	15
32	Episode #4.32	7.4	15
33	Episode #4.33	7.2	17
34	Episode #4.34	7.2	17
35	Episode #4.35	7.4	17

Season 5 (1992)

7.49 avg 35 episodes 7.8 → 7.1 47 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #5.1	7.8	37
2	Episode #5.2	7.6	27
3	Episode #5.3	7.7	28
4	Episode #5.4	7.8	27
5	Episode #5.5	7.8	27
6	Episode #5.6	7.2	25
7	Episode #5.7	6.6	27
8	Episode #5.8	7.3	27
9	Episode #5.9	7.2	26
10	Episode #5.10	8.0	24
11	Episode #5.11	7.5	24
12	Episode #5.12	8.1	77
13	Episode #5.13	7.9	27
14	Episode #5.14	7.7	24
15	Episode #5.15	7.4	25
16	Episode #5.16	7.7	22
17	Episode #5.17	7.1	25
18	Episode #5.18	7.5	26
19	Episode #5.19	7.4	29
20	Episode #5.20	7.8	26
21	Episode #5.21	7.8	25
22	Episode #5.22	7.3	24
23	Episode #5.23	7.3	25
24	Episode #5.24	8.1	25
25	Episode #5.25	7.0	16
26	Episode #5.26	7.0	18
27	Episode #5.27	7.8	17
28	Episode #5.28	7.5	13
29	Episode #5.29	6.7	17
30	Episode #5.30	8.0	14
31	Episode #5.31	7.7	15
32	Episode #5.32	7.0	16
33	Episode #5.33	7.3	15
34	Episode #5.34	7.5	16
35	Episode #5.35	7.1	12

Season 6 (1993)

7.42 avg 32 episodes 6.8 → 8.0 47 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #6.1	6.8	30
2	Episode #6.2	7.5	28
3	Episode #6.3	7.2	25
4	Episode #6.4	7.1	24
5	Episode #6.5	7.8	24
6	Episode #6.6	7.5	23
7	Episode #6.7	6.7	22
8	Episode #6.8	7.6	22
9	Episode #6.9	7.4	21
10	Episode #6.10	7.5	24
11	Episode #6.11	7.4	21
12	Episode #6.12	7.5	21
13	Episode #6.13	7.1	22
14	Episode #6.14	7.1	22
15	Episode #6.15	7.6	22
16	Episode #6.16	7.6	20
17	Episode #6.17	7.6	20
18	Episode #6.18	7.8	23
19	Episode #6.19	7.7	19
20	Episode #6.20	7.4	21
21	Episode #6.21	6.9	20
22	Episode #6.22	7.4	20
23	Episode #6.23	7.3	23
24	Episode #6.24	7.1	16
25	Episode #6.25	7.5	18
26	Episode #6.26	6.7	15
27	Episode #6.27	7.4	18
28	Episode #6.28	7.7	17
29	Episode #6.29	7.5	16
30	Episode #6.30	8.8	21
31	Episode #6.31	7.2	14
32	Mysteries of Alien Beings	8.0	23

Season 7 (1994)

7.20 avg 28 episodes 7.7 → 7.3 43 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #7.1	7.7	32
2	Episode #7.2	7.1	23
3	Episode #7.3	7.5	20
4	Episode #7.4	7.1	23
5	Episode #7.5	7.7	28
6	Episode #7.6	8.1	28
7	Episode #7.7	7.2	24
8	Episode #7.8	7.4	23
9	Episode #7.9	7.4	24
10	Episode #7.10	7.0	22
11	Episode #7.11	7.0	19
12	Episode #7.12	6.4	24
13	Episode #7.13	6.8	20
14	Episode #7.14	7.8	22
15	Episode #7.15	6.5	21
16	Episode #7.16	7.3	22
17	Episode #7.17	7.6	21
18	Episode #7.18	7.3	20
19	Episode #7.19	7.0	21
20	Episode #7.20	7.2	18
21	Episode #7.21	7.2	21
22	Episode #7.22	7.1	16
23	Episode #7.23	7.2	15
24	Episode #7.24	6.8	15
25	Episode #7.25	7.2	15
26	Episode #7.26	6.8	15
27	Episode #7.27	6.8	15
28	Episode #7.28	7.3	15

Season 8 (1995)

7.21 avg 27 episodes 7.3 → 7.0 43 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #8.1	7.3	29
2	Episode #8.2	7.3	22
3	Episode #8.3	7.2	26
4	Episode #8.4	6.6	26
5	Episode #8.5	7.0	26
6	Episode #8.6	7.0	23
7	Episode #8.7	7.4	29
8	Episode #8.8	6.7	21
9	Episode #8.9	7.4	22
10	Episode #8.10	7.3	23
11	Episode #8.11	7.4	23
12	Episode #8.12	7.1	20
13	Episode #8.13	7.2	20
14	Episode #8.14	7.4	22
15	Episode #8.15	7.2	20
16	Episode #8.16	7.1	17
17	Episode #8.17	7.1	19
18	Episode #8.18	7.1	21
19	Episode #8.19	7.4	18
20	Episode #8.20	8.1	22
21	Episode #8.21	7.1	18
22	Episode #8.22	7.7	14
23	Episode #8.23	7.0	13
24	Vigilantes	7.7	17
25	Episode #8.25	7.0	15
27	Episode #8.27	6.8	13
28	Episode #8.28	7.0	13

Season 9 (1996)

7.27 avg 23 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 45 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #9.1	7.6	24
2	Episode #9.2	7.7	24
3	Episode #9.3	6.9	19
4	Episode #9.4	6.7	24
5	Episode #9.5	7.6	18
6	Episode #9.6	7.6	17
7	Episode #9.7	7.4	22
8	Episode #9.8	7.1	19
9	Episode #9.9	7.0	21
10	Episode #9.10	7.0	19
11	Episode #9.11	6.9	18
12	Episode #9.12	7.6	22
13	Lightning Family	6.6	20
14	Episode #9.14	6.8	18
15	Episode #9.15	7.6	23
16	Episode #9.16	6.6	20
17	Episode #9.17	8.0	22
18	Episode #9.18	6.8	18
19	Episode #9.19	7.7	14
20	Unexplained Death: Tupac Shakur	7.5	15
21	Episode #9.21	7.2	12
22	Episode #9.22	7.8	14
23	Episode #9.23	7.5	14

Season 10 (1997)

6.80 avg 7 episodes 6.4 → 7.1 45 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Backyard Bones	6.4	21
2	Episode #10.2	6.4	16
3	Episode #10.3	6.9	17
4	Episode #10.4	6.9	18
5	Episode #10.5	6.8	17
6	Episode #10.6	7.1	17
7	Episode #10.7	7.1	8

Season 11 (1999)

7.52 avg 10 episodes 7.2 → 7.2 44 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #11.1	7.2	19
2	Episode #11.2	8.0	26
3	Episode #11.3	7.6	20
4	Episode #11.4	7.7	19
5	Episode #11.5	7.2	18
6	Episode #11.6	7.7	20
7	Episode #11.7	7.6	10
9	Gang Mom	7.6	8
10	Episode #11.10	7.4	7
13	Episode #11.13	7.2	7

Season 12 (2001)

7.29 avg 9 episodes 7.0 → 8.2 44 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #12.1	7.0	8
2	Trailor Terror	6.4	17
3	Campus Calamity	7.2	15
4	Episode #12.4	7.8	9
7	The Eagle Has Landed	6.6	15
8	Internet Abduction	7.6	14
10	Bonnie and Clyde	6.8	15
21	Jesse James Hollywood	8.0	12
22	Undesirable Desiree	8.2	12

Season 13 (2002)

7.68 avg 4 episodes 7.0 → 7.6

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Run Rudolph Run	7.0	13
17	David Lee Kemp	8.6	13
25	California Killings	7.5	14
28	Canadian Crop Circles	7.6	12

Season 14 (2008)

7.25 avg 4 episodes 7.8 → 7.0 42 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #14.1	7.8	19
5	Episode #14.5	7.6	14
6	Episode #14.6	6.6	17
7	Episode #14.7	7.0	15