Unsolved Mysteries — Season 9

Aired 20 September 1996

A ninth season of stories begins as amateur researchers find similarities in the cases of the Zodiac killer and the Unabomber; and a bizarre West Virginia case involves multiple identities--and murder. Also: two Macon, Ariz., college students are brutally murdered. Wanted: Andre Gerald Wilson Wanted: William Jordan Missing: April Gregory & Kristin Smart Update: Wanted - Carl & Mary Dennie

Aired 27 October 1996

Reports include the suicide of actress Margaux Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway; a Los Angeles man's search for his biological mother; the hunt for the killers of two Mercer College students. Lost Love: Sean Moore Wanted: Jonathan Kern Update: Wanted - Albert Leon Fletcher

Aired 18 October 1996

Included: the 1966 death of rock star Bobby Fuller, who some believe was murdered; and an update on a bizarre West Virginia murder case from 1994. Also: people who have been robbed in their homes form a coalition. Wanted: David Coleman Update: Wanted - William Cooper

Aired 25 October 1996

A Halloween-themed profile of a Salem, Mass., woman who uses her alleged psychic powers to help the police solve crimes. Other reports include the 1994 murder of a DEA agent in Phoenix; the story behind a New Yorker's 1991 lottery win. Missing: Meriah & Sabria Widboom Wanted: Yessica Mendez Wanted: Augustin Mendoza Update: Lost Love - Tim Harrell

Aired 1 November 1996

Probing NASA findings of life on Mars. Other reports include an update on a 1988 construction-site fire in Kansas City, Mo.; possible foul play in the 1995 death of a Colorado man. Lost Heir: Owen Walker Lost Heir: Temperee Hawkins Wanted: Tony DeCompo (Wanted for Questioning) Update: Lost Love - Jeff Linn Update: Lost Love - Candice & Sharina Berry

Aired 8 November 1996

A report on incidents of sleepwalking; updates on the disappearance of two young sisters, and a man's search for his siblings. Also: a woman believes that her twin sister, who supposedly died at birth, may still be alive. Missing: Lance Guevarra Missing: Jesus De La Cruz Wanted: Karen Pelletiere Missing: Susan Hurley Harrison Lost Love: Lois Cappoziello Update: Arson - Kansas City Explosion

Aired 15 November 1996

Segments include a man's 1985 experiences in a French hospital that led to his becoming a minister; another man's search for a good Samaritan who saved his life on the day his child was born; a toddler's 1993 abduction. Wanted: Jimmy Ray Legate Wanted: Michael Wilburn Wanted: Unidentified Subject Lost Love: Steve Newton Update: Wanted - Richard Cepulonis & Karen Walters

Aired 22 November 1996

A talk with Cokeville, Wyo., residents whose lives were spared during a 1968 hostage crisis at an elementary school, and with patients of a doctor schooled in the ancient Chinese medical practice known as Qi Gong. Wanted: Samuel Lee Glover & Marshall Kirkpatrick Wanted: James ""Whitey"" Bulger Missing: Le-Zhan Williams

Aired 6 December 1996

Included: the 1966 death of rock star Bobby Fuller, who some believe was murdered; an update on a bizarre West Virginia murder case from 1994. Also: people who have been robbed in their homes from a coalition to catch the intruders. (Repeat)

Aired 13 December 1996

Reports on a daring jail escape; a 1986 hostage incident at a Cokeville, Wyo., elementary school; the death of an international financial consultant in a fire at a Washington, D.C., townhouse; and an adoptee's desperate search for her biological parents. Unexplained Death - Lynn Amos Special Bulletin - Lost Love - Regina Davis Lost Love: Dave & Christie Carlsen

Aired 27 December 1996

Repeat segments include: amateur researchers find similarities in the cases of the Zodiac killer and the Unabomber. Other reports include a Phoenix teenager who claims that she was miraculously healed following a 1993 accident; an insurance scheme; missing college students. Wanted: William Jordan

Aired 3 January 1997

Segments on heroic pets; a Phoenix woman's efforts to find her kidnapped daughter; a death on a hotel balcony; the search for a mail bomber who terrorized New York City area residents. Link: Missing: Zenith Elaine Helton / Transcript of segment Wanted: Jimmy Wayne Pierce

Aired 10 January 1997

A report on the use of bee venom to treat the crippling effects of multiple sclerosis; an update on an Austrian woman's search for her adopted brother in America; an engineering lab's challenge to arguments in a Darien, Conn., rape trial. Link: Wheeling Police Department: Santos Murder Unexplained Death: Jamie Santos

Aired 17 January 1997

Reports on the suicide of actress Margaux Hemingway, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway; the hunt for the killers of two Mercer College students; and the search for a con man. Also: a Geneva, N.Y., man receives a letter (found in a bottle) that he'd written. (Repeat) Wanted: Jonathan Kern

Aired 31 January 1997

Examining the human-like characteristics of an unusual primate; the story of a missing reporter who disappeared in 1996; the search for a suspect in Mexico; and news of a so-called aphrodisiac ""wonder drug.""; final appeal of Tommy Ziegler. Missing: Susan Walsh

Aired 7 February 1997

Reports include one man's crusade to reinvestigate the 1994 death of rock star Kurt Cobain. Also: a controversial medical diagnosis--by a dog; a 1975 shootout at a furniture store; and a 1995 missing-persons case. Links: E! Online News: Who Killed Kurt Cobain?

Aired 14 February 1997

A report on aphrodisiacs, including one man's claim that chocolates improved his sex life; and theories involving a reported secret government ray gun. Also: a family finds new evidence in a son's 1977 death.

Aired 21 February 1997

Segments include a case of reported vampirism involving the murders of a Florida couple; the death of a USC film student in Tijuana; suspicions of an insurance scam in Mexico. Missing: Ceara O'Connell

Aired 7 March 1997

A profile of a Salem, Mass., woman who uses her alleged psychic powers to help solve crimes. Other reports include the 1994 murder of a DEA agent; the story behind a New Yorker's 1991 lottery win. (Repeat) Wanted: Augustin Mendoza Wanted: Yessica Mendez Special Bulletin: Unidentified Subject

Aired 14 March 1997

Examining several theories about who gunned down rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in September 1996. Other segments involve the search for suspects in the abduction of a 5-6ear-old girl; and the armed robbery of a woman and her grandson. Also: two women's search for a long-lost brother. Links: Video Clips of the Tupac Shakur segment / 2Pac Mansion - Unsolved Mysteries article Unexplained Death: Tupac Shakur Missing: Therese Rose Walsh

Aired 21 March 1998

Probing NASA findings of life on Mars. Other reports include possible foul play in the death of a Colorado man; the hunt for a woman's alleged captor; a viewer tip leading to a suspect's arrest in Jackson (Miss.). (Repeat)

Aired 28 March 1997

Included: a profile of a so-called ""psychic spy"" in the Government's Stargate program; a report on cloning the dead; the search for a nanny wanted for questioning in Los Angeles. Wanted: Maria Rosa Hernandez Wanted: Melvin Luther Wilson

Aired 4 April 1997

A profile of a family that claims to be tormented by unseen forces, including ghostly visions, electrical phenomena and mysterious medical troubles; and so-called sightings of MIBs, strange and furtive ""Men in Black"" who travel in threes, speak in unison and are said to be aliens. Also: the search for a suspected swindler in Mexico. Wanted: Maria Socorro de Rodriguez LaPine Wanted: Mark Gagliardo

Aired 11 April 1997

Repeat segments include: incidents of sleepwalking; a woman believes that her twin sister, who supposedly died at birth, may still be alive; the abduction of a toddler; two brothers investigate their mother's puzzling disappearance. Also: an update on a construction-site fire in Kansas City, Mo. Wanted: Karen Pelletiere Missing: Jeanette Theresa Federico

Aired 18 April 1997

Reports on so-called sightings of MIBs, furtive ""Men in Black"" who travel in threes, speak in unison and are said to be aliens; and a Canadian man's puzzling journey, ending in his death. Update: Dennis Keith Smith

Aired 25 April 1997

Authorities search for a suspect in the rapes of two Texas A&M students; a woman credits her medical recovery to a visit from a ""healing UFO""; and a former reporter tries to locate the woman she recently discovered to be her sister. Also: a probe of why serial killers murder. Wanted: Don Richard Davis, Jr. Update: Wanted - Trent Stephen Fouts Unexplained Death: Kristi Lee

Aired 2 May 1997

Reports of cyberstalkers using the anonymity of computers when threatening victims; a youngster's hypnosis-induced account of a past life as a soldier in the Civil War; the murder of a star lacrosse and soccer player. Wanted: David Matthew Thompson

Aired 9 May 1997

American and Russian archaeologists discover the bones and weapons of ancient women warriors; Residents of Oakville, Washington, report mysterious gooey blobs that rained down from the sky; a comatose man experiences what doctors call a ""miracle survival""; a mother searches for the murderer of her son. Links: Transcript of the Oakville, Washington segment / Chemtrail Central

Aired 16 May 1997

Reports on a possible link between the bombing in Atlanta during the Summer Olympics and a series of bombings in Spokane, Wash.; the search for a Baltimore con man; the murder of a South Carolina beauty-shop owner. Wanted: Unidentified Subject

Aired 23 May 1997

Segments include a man's experiences in a French hospital that led to his becoming a minister; another man's search for a good Samaritan who saved his life on the day his child was born; and a boating accident that injured a woman. Also: the arrest of a fugitive and his wife in St. Paul (Minn.). (Repeat) Wanted: Unidentified Subject Wanted: Jimmy Wayne Pierce

Aired 30 May 1997

A talk with patients of a doctor schooled in the ancient Chinese medical practice qi gong; and reports on theories of a police frame-up in the O.J. Simpson case. Also: the FBI hunt for a Boston man. (Repeat) Wanted: James ""Whitey"" Bulger Wanted: Robert F. Trenholm

Aired 20 June 1997

Segments on heroic pets; a Phoenix woman's efforts to find her kidnapped daughter; a death on a hotel balcony; the search for a mail bomber who terrorized New York residents. (Repeat)

Aired 27 June 1997

Reports include one man's crusade to reinvestigate the 1994 death of rock star Kurt Cobain; Also: a controversial medical diagnosis--by a dog; a 1975 shootout at a furniture store; a 1995 missing-persons case involving two sisters. (Repeat) Link: Wheeling Police Department: Santos Murder Unexplained Death: Jamie Santos

Aired 4 July 1997

Segments include the murder of Ennis Cosby; a fatal fall from a hotel balcony; and theories about an alleged Government ray gun. Also: a report on aphrodisiacs, including one man's claim that chocolates improved his sex life; a family finds new evidence in a son's 1977 death. (Repeat)

Aired 11 July 1997

Examining an unusual primate's humanlike characteristics; the story of a missing reporter who disappeared in 1996; the murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey; and the search for a suspect in the killing of a Vancouver, Wash., woman. (Repeat) Missing: Susan Walsh

Aired 18 July 1997

A report on the use of bee venom to treat multiple sclerosis; an update on an Austrian woman's search for her adopted brother; an engineering lab's challenge to arguments in a rape trial. (Repeat)

Aired 25 July 1997

Segments include a case of reported vampirism involving the murders of a Florida couple; the death of a USC film student in Tijuana; a report on an apparition seen along a Northern California roadside. (Repeat) Wanted: Edwin Rodriguez

Aired 1 August 1997

Examining several theories about who gunned down rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in September 1996. Other segments involve the search for suspects in the abduction of a 5-year-old girl; and the armed robbery of a woman and her grandson. (Repeat) Links: Video Clips of the Tupac Shakur segment / 2Pac Mansion - Unsolved Mysteries article Unexplained Death: Tupac Shakur Missing: Therese Rose Walsh

Aired 8 August 1997

Included: a profile of a so-called ""psychic spy"" in the Government's Stargate program; a report on cloning the dead; the search for a nanny wanted for questioning in Los Angeles. (Repeat) Wanted: Maria Rosa Hernandez Wanted: Melvin Luther Wilson

Aired 15 August 1997

A profile of a family that claims to be tormented by unseen forces, including ghostly visions, electrical phenomena and mysterious medical troubles; and speculations concerning the crash of TWA flight 800. (Repeat) Lost Love: Virginia Burns Wanted: Maria Socorro de Rodriguez LaPine Wanted: Mark Gagliardo

Aired 22 August 1997

Reports on so-called sightings of MIBs, furtive ""Men in Black"" who travel in threes, speak in unison and re said to be aliens; and a Canadian man's puzzling journey, ending in his death. (Repeat) Update: Dennis Keith Smith

Aired 29 August 1997

Authorities search for a suspect in the rapes of two Texas A&M students; a woman credits her medical recovery to a visit from a ""healing UFO""; and a former reporter tries to locate the woman she recently discovered to be her sister. Also: a probe on why serial killers murder; an update on a missing youngster, located in Iceland. (Repeat) Wanted: Don Richard Davis, Jr. Unexplained Death: Kristi Lee

Aired 5 September 1997

Reports on a daring jail escape; a 1986 hostage incident at a Cokeville, Wyo., school; the death of a financial consultant in a fire at a Washington, D.C., townhouse; and an adoptee's search for her biological parents. (Repeat) Unexplained Death - Lynn Amos Special Bulletin - Lost Love - Regina Davis Lost Love: Dave & Christie Carlsen