30 Most Frightening Unsolved Mysteries Episodes 

Robert Stack and his voice will always be a legend.

This show was pure nightmare fuel, right down to Robert Stack's voice and staring eyes. May he R.I.P.

As a child of the 80s, I don’t scare easily. We grew up watching horror films such as Nightmare on Elm Street, Child’s Play, Friday the 13th, etc. I was a latchkey kid. But lemme tell y’all!! The theme song and Robert Stack’s exceptional hosting skills and premium voice still give me the chills. I am in my 40s. Unsolved Mysteries was an amazing show!!

A victim on Unsolved Mysteries was a family friend and the show is actually responsible for the solving of his and his gf murder. I knew his parents my entire life.

When I was a stupid little kid, I didn't know about sets and stuff. I thought Robert Stack just hung out in alleys all day. I was convinced he was going to be stabbed on camera, because I also thought every episode was live.

Robert Stacks voice is scarier than any unsolved mystery

The opening music and accompanying scenes for unsolved mysteries horrified me as a child

Having your transmission give out while pursuing your significant other’s abductor, it doesn’t get any worse than that.

The Boys on the Track case was so much more bizarre than the Unsolved Mysteries episode portrayed. The original medical examiner was an absolute terror, with a habit of declaring murders as accidental or misadventure, and tried to intimidate the Ives family by showing them Don's brain in a jar along with graphic crime scene photos. It's believed he may have been part of a corrupt justice system in the region that was running the local drug trade.

Future video ideas: top cases from unsolved mysteries that still haven't been solved. It could help.

I binged the whole first season of Unsolved Mysteries reboot on Netflix when it came out. After I did, I had a hard time falling asleep because the cases creeped me out so much.

The Kristi Krebs segment of Unsolved Mysteries always creeped me out. In Mendocino, CA in 1990, 19-year-old Kristi Krebs, in a euphoric, manic-like state from constant fantasies about a married coworker, got lost on a country road, drove off the road, got stuck in the mud, spun her wheels to thr point of catching her car on fire, and was found wandering train tracks after the event caused her a mental breakdown. She slowly recovered, but overdid it adding work shifts back into her life, possibly putting herself into another manic, precarious state. In 1993, after a work shift, Krebs once again drove onto a lonely road about 7 miles from the furst accident, went off the road, and got her car stuck in the mud. Police found blood on the dashboard, ripped-up IDs, and her clothes folded up but wet, which they think she switched out for her gym clothes. They think she smacked her head, had another psychotic break, disposed of her IDs and wet clothes, and disappeared. Besides a trucker's hitchhiker encounter in 1994 that may have been her, she was never seen again.

Robert Stack still gives that spine tingling, yet oddly soothing voice ... Iconic

Robert Stack's voice was just another layer of the overall creepiness of this show when I was a kid.

I’m here for every Mojo video narrated by Rebecca! She’s one of the few who can pronounce the names and locations correctly and she does so with the right amount of drama or humor as the subject deserves.

Showing my age here, but I grew up with Robert Stack & Unsolved Mysteries. His voice & the theme music were enough for me to know my fav show was on. I liked & appreciated Dennis (can't spell his last name) but no one could replace Robert Stack; altho it was nice to see updates on the old stories. I recognized all these stories, except the Netflix reboot ones since I don't have it. I still love reading a good mystery today, and do write my own. RIP Robert Stack 🕊

This show scared the absolute crap outta me when I was a kid.

The one that scares me the most til this day is the episode about the cursed chair, that if anyone sits in it, they die. So it had to be hung on the wall of a museum to prevent people from sitting in it! Love this series!

Missing witness episode really stuck with me. There's no way the mom didn't kill Gary and then her own daughter... So sad.

Cindy James and Angela Hammond's case disturbed me to the core.

One of the reasons I was so cautious as a kids was because of this show. It may have been scary, but it taught you to be safe. That theme song though….😧

This show is my fav I watch old episodes all day! Robert Stack was the best, he took it seriously and didn’t joke he really made this show👏

That church episode lives in my head rent free over 20 years later. That one and the one who went missing with her friend but they later found the bodies in the lake. There was evidence that still don't sit right as an accident still. 👀 And thanks for the reminders of the spontaneous human combustion. Thought I blocked that out. 😂

Unsolved Mysteries was my entry into my love for True Crime!

There was no show like this one! Many of us went into forsensic work because of shows like this one! ❤

Ugh. Getting abducted at the phone booth. This show has shown me all of my worst nightmares.

The episode where a possessed guy could make it rain scared the absolute poo out of me as a child.....

You say the disappearance of a woman happened near the New Hampshire and Connecticut border??? I'm more worried about the disappearance of the entire state of Massachusetts.

This brings me back to my childhood with my grandma watching this on LifeTime then before bed the golden girls would come on

Angela Hammond stuck with me for years I can still see vividly the reenactment of the boyfriend chasing the truck, I look it up every few years for any updates. The other one is Traci Kelley and Bill Rundle from Hastings Nebraska because I was going to college and living there at the time they went missing. Unfortunately they were found in a pond a couple years later.

Cindy wasn't necessarily having premonitions. It's more likely that she had subconsciously/unconsciously noticed red flag behaviour of someone around her and her dreaming were disseminating this information to warn her that she was in danger. It's just a pity that all the warnings were in vain.

The Resurrection Mary segment haunted my dreams for years after I first saw it as a child. I think I slept with the lights on for a long time! lol

I remember so many of these. The one that really stuck out (that I really remember) is the Ghost of Mary and the people who would pick her up only to have her disappear.

There will never be another show quite like Unsolved. It was lightning in a bottle with Robert Stack, the music and presentation.

80s and 90s was probably the scariest period of all time.

I remember being 9 yrs old and being absolutely terrified I would spontaneously burst into flames. Still, I tuned in for more horror.

Anyone else ready to go watch some Unsolved Mysteries after watching this?

The Unsolved Mysteries wiki has one piece of information on the Cindy James case never mentioned in the show, and sets me to screaming every time. James had dated a cop at one time. Also, why no mention of the Paranormal Rangers episode in the new iteration of the series? Easily my favorite episode of th new iteration.

The bunk bed episode hunted me for years.

Robert Stacks voice and the UM music still sends a shiver down my spine even at 35 years old. I remember watching UM as a kid and If it was day time, I swore someone was going to kidnap me next time I was walking home from the bus stop. If it was nighttime, I swore someone was going to break in and unalive me and my entire family that night. Sometimes I would think there was a killer in my closet or behind the shower curtain 😂 The nostalgia 😂

The Queen Mary segment is a core memory for me. It was one of the first episodes I ever saw. The Tina Resch story, even though the story has been mostly debunked, really creeped me out back then. It still does.

I will always remember either being home sick from school or having a snow day and at 11 we had to watch Unsolved Mysteries. This is probably where my fascination with murders, serial killers, ghosts and mysteries comes from

The man that tried to save is girlfriend 😢 he was so close but his transmission gave out

Robert Stack era Unsolved Mysteries > *

I saw a report yesterday that a house in Newport has been raided in connection with the Connecticut River Killer. Apparently the man who lives there had his parents (and i think the grandparent) die within a couple of months. Shortly after these deaths, the killings began. We shall have to wait and see what comes of this.

I could never take Robert Stack seriously after seeing “Airplane” and then that hilarious spoof of Unsolved Mysteries in “BASEketball” movie

The Dennis Farina seasons I liked also. The new season on Netflix doesn't have the same impact as the original.

Story 20 may have a suspect attached to it in the disappearance of Patrice Endres. The most recent season of Wild Crime covers the serial abductions and murders of multiple victims of Gary Hilton, a drifter and con artist who stalked people near and on national park lands all throughout the southern US. The third season of Wild Crime focuses first on the kidnapping and suspected murder of Meredith Emerson from a national park in Georgia, and ends with the horrifying knowledge that multiple missing hiker cases were being traced back to Gary Hilton in 2007/2008. The final episode in the miniseries is dedicated to understanding Hilton's MO, and they raise the prospect of him walking into hair salons and private businesses to ask the owner for cash. Hilton knew that there was always a good chance that they would be run by a woman, and that they would be alone, as he attested to in conversations with FBI agents. They would usually pay him just to get him to leave, but given that the salon had just opened, she probably didn't have any cash on her to get Hilton out of her salon, so he might have abducted her before the first client showed up. Patrice's body was discovered in a wooded area right outside Dawson Forest, a nature reserve where not only had Hilton been seen camping (he lived out of his van), but it was also the forest where he had returned to dump the bodies of other victims. Hilton is presumed to have kidnapped his victims in order to get them to give over their banking information, and when he had gotten what he needed, he'd kill them and leave the body in secluded woods where he hoped no one would ever find them. It was never confirmed in Wild Crime that Gary Hilton was indeed guilty of murdering Patrice Endres, but given his profile, his openness admitting to robbing hair salons specifically, and the area in which her body was discovered, it's a compelling argument that he was indeed the one who abducted and murdered Patrice in a string of violent crimes.

I would add the disappearance of Judith Hyams to the list. That phone call was super creepy!

Resurrection Mary, Allagash Four & Mothman were always the scariest stories for me. I’m forever grateful the show returned after all these years.

I visited Resurrection Cemetery last year and went to the grave of Mary Bregovy, which is unmarked.

I like to believe this show was my gateway to true crime at a young age

Robert Stack IS the personification of Unsolved Mysteries. He was made for that they way Christopher Reeve was made for Superman. I don't know what they did with UM on Netflix, but it was WAY off to where it was very generic. Oh, the original UM is on Tubi and RU-vid legally. I've already saved specific episodes to my playlists, especially ghosts and UFOs.

6:42 Connecticut/New Hampshire border? Connecticut and New Hampshire don’t share a border, they are separated by Massachusetts

RIP To All The Dead Mentioned 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

I miss old school Unsolved Mysteries. Audio. The stories. Creepy stuff.

For me, it was Ripley’s Believe it or Not that put the fear of “spontaneous human combustion” in me

Robert Stack and Jack Palace are two tv voices that are legendary. Commands your attention

There are people out there who have the information/clues to solve most of these that are still unsolved. Some are too scared to talk, others don't know they know something.. and others are the people who did these things.

I didn't get scared often by TV or movies as a kid but watching this show at night in a dark house with his voice sometimes got me a little nerves especially the ones about killers. My favorite ones were about reincarnation and having a twin that you might not be related too

#19 If I were to pick just one case, it’s this one. “I SAID I’LL DO IT!!” And that laugh at the end!

Great video. The Connecticut river valley killer was on the border of New Hampshire and Vermont. There is no Connecticut/NH border.

I think two of the ones that always got to me were the one where everyone was late to choir practice at a church in Nebraska, which was completely out of character for all of them, but it saved their lives when the church exploded due to a gas leak (I think?). I forget the name of the other segment, but it was about a house in I think Cleveland that was haunted, one of the people had all these electrical shocks running through their body and one of the kids saw the ghost of a man walking down the stairs that turned and looked at him. I remember that part because I saw it as a kid and the way the camera held on the guy staring back unnerved me for whatever reason.

the Stockton Arsonist was solved, it was two teens, they were charged and served time. The blind river killer has also been caught. It would be nice to give some updates since they're easy to check on so we know while creepy some of these were solved, often many years ago.

I lived for the ghosty episodes of the OG Unsolved Mysteries! The creepy water footprints in the Queen Mary episode still haunt me. 👻

The Cindy James case is the most frightening to me. Followed by the Tallman case.

Man!!! When the intro of Unsolved Mysteries started I knew it was time to turn the channel when I was younger.

I still think this is the best TV show ever! Nothing beats the opening theme

Honestly some of the modern episodes just dont come close to how unsettling the classic series was.

This show was a HELL NAW and a half. It's better than coffee to keep you up lol😂

You’re missing the creepiest mystery ever; the one that was the basis of Jeeper Creepers.

My Friend lived next to the TALLMAN FAMILY.NUMBER 18 STORY...she heard the stories from the family Direct. Gave me chills as a kid.

That Episode "Friends to the End" had the Wrestler Billy Jack Haynes mentioned. Haynes is now in jail accused of murdering his own wife. Throughout the years Haynes has gone crazy many times. He is a very paranoid man.

I grew up on Dennis Farina hosting Unsolved Mysteries and he did a great job

Firstly, this video is amazing. There will never be a better show than original Robert Stack UM. However, secondly, there is no Connecticut New Hampshire border. Massachusetts is in between. But this video is great - please do more about this show!!

I use to put this on before bed because Roberts voice is so soothing 😂

Always been obsessed with UM. As a kid in the late 80s early 90s, my late grandmother watched when she babysat me. She was a Robert Stack fan her whole life.

When I was a little girl, I honestly thought Robert Stack could come out of the tv with his music and get me. I wasn't allowed to watch, so I always hid behind the couch when it started.

I saw the episode with the bunk bed when it aired as a kid. That story has stuck with me for all these years. Don't know why, but I never forgot about it. (Maybe because my brother and I had bunk beds when we were younger.)

Cindy James story will always scare me the most

Robert Stack did an amazing job with this show and I enjoyed watching it may he RIP thanks for sharing this too.

There are so many creppy episodes of Unsolved Mysteries. The episodes that I think are the creepiest are Lena Chapin, Patrice Entres, Joanne Romaine, Rey Rivera, and Cindy James.

Tammy Lynn Leppert's case should be on the list

me and my mom grew up watching this show, she passed away in january this year at the age of 58, we shared a love of history, mysterious things, the paranormal, murders, etc. she was a scorpio.

Kids who grew up in the 80s and 90s were terrified of the Bermuda Triangle, quicksand, and spontaneous human combustion.

There's one case that I remember. It was featured on a show called It's A Mystery, which was broadcast in the UK in the 80s and 90s, when I was growing up (it sounds like it was a similar format to Unsolved Mysteries, although this one did feature some that had been solved). There was a couple (a man and a woman in this case) who were in a parked car (afaik the episode didn't mention why they were there, but I think we can make a pretty good guess), when a man opened their car door. They were both bound and gagged with tape - in the woman's case, the tape was wrapped around her head, rather than just over her mouth - then robbed. The robber then dragged the woman out of the car, and put her in the back of a van. That's all I remember (aside from one detail - either in the days or hours before this incident, the guy had tried to do the same thing with another couple. Fortunately, they had had the sense to lock their car doors, so they were able to drive off), as my grandmother, who was watching me, turned the tv off and wouldn't let me turn it back on, as she felt that it wasn't suitable (I'd guess I was no more than 8 or 9).

This show, Robert Stacks voice, and the theme song will always be legendary

When i was little which was in the 90s and was when this show was super popular, i can remember laying in bed and being so scared because my parents would be watching it in the living room and the theme song really freaked me out and so did the hosts voice! Lol i was so scared of him! As i got older i learned to love the show since i love creepy stufff and murder mysteries and stuff like that.

That Dennis Depue episode inspired the beginning part of the movie Jeepers Creepers!

What about the episode with the family in France where everyone was found in dustbin bags and the father was last seen looking at the camera and then walked off into the mountains!! That episode freaked the hell out of me!

Robert Stack's voice is what scared me the most!

You got my attention with my favorite childhood TV show.

Thank you WatchMojo!!

Angela’s abduction was even more heartbreaking because she was pregnant too.

I remember seeing most of these. No horror movie came close to scaring me like this show

RIP Robert Stack and Dennis Farina

Number 20 still bothers me the husband used to yell and beat on her and was the same to her son.He is hiding something and we know what it is and if you watch him handle her ashes he seems messed up I feel bad for the son he had it rough and had to deal with this ghoul of a stepdad who went the extra mile to not give any of her things to him it’s a shame

27:04 imagine being the Sears portrait taker who took this pic back then and not just bringing it immediately to the police like "surely this guy has done something."

I absolutely love this show even to the day. The last case with Cynthia Anderson and the reincarnation episode with Sandra Jean Jenkins and Georgia Rudolph are my absolute favorites!!!

10:24 there’s a podcast that states it might’ve been the then sheriffs son that committed the crime