Overview of 'Unsolved Mysteries' Season 9

Episode 1 - Episode #389

Release Date: 1996-09-20

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

Episode 2 - Episode #390

Release Date: 1996-10-27

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

Episode 3 - Episode #391

Release Date: 1996-10-18

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

Episode 4 - Episode #392

Release Date: 1996-10-25

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

Episode 5 - Episode #393

Release Date: 1996-11-01

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

Episode 6 - Episode #394

Release Date: 1996-11-08

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

Episode 7 - Episode #395

Release Date: 1996-11-15

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

Episode 8 - Episode #396

Release Date: 1996-11-22

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

Episode 9 - Episode #397

Release Date: 1996-12-06

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)

Episode 10 - Episode #398

Release Date: 1996-12-13

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

Episode 11 - Episode #399

Release Date: 1996-12-27

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

Episode 12 - Episode #400

Release Date: 1997-01-03

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

Episode 13 - Episode #401

Release Date: 1997-01-10

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

Episode 14 - Episode #402

Release Date: 1997-01-17

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

Episode 15 - Episode #403

Release Date: 1997-01-31

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

Episode 16 - Episode #404

Release Date: 1997-02-07

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?

Episode 17 - Episode #405

Release Date: 1997-02-14

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.

Episode 18 - Episode #406

Release Date: 1997-02-21

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

Episode 19 - Episode #407

Release Date: 1997-03-07

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

Episode 20 - Episode #408

Release Date: 1997-03-14

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

Episode 21 - Episode #409

Release Date: 1998-03-21

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)

Episode 22 - Episode #410

Release Date: 1997-03-28

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

Episode 23 - Episode #411

Release Date: 1997-04-04

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

Episode 24 - Episode #412

Release Date: 1997-04-11

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

Episode 25 - Episode #413

Release Date: 1997-04-18

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

Episode 26 - Episode #414

Release Date: 1997-04-25

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

Episode 27 - Episode #415

Release Date: 1997-05-02

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

Episode 28 - Episode #416

Release Date: 1997-05-09

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

Episode 29 - Episode #417

Release Date: 1997-05-16

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

Episode 30 - Episode #418

Release Date: 1997-05-23

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

Episode 31 - Episode #419

Release Date: 1997-05-30

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

Episode 32 - Episode #420

Release Date: 1997-06-20

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)

Episode 33 - Episode #421

Release Date: 1997-06-27

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

Episode 34 - Episode #422

Release Date: 1997-07-04

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)

Episode 35 - Episode #423

Release Date: 1997-07-11

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

Episode 36 - Episode #424

Release Date: 1997-07-18

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)

Episode 37 - Episode #425

Release Date: 1997-07-25

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

Episode 38 - Episode #426

Release Date: 1997-08-01

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

Episode 39 - Episode #427

Release Date: 1997-08-08

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

Episode 40 - Episode #428

Release Date: 1997-08-15

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

Episode 41 - Episode #429

Release Date: 1997-08-22

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

Episode 42 - Episode #430

Release Date: 1997-08-29

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

Episode 43 - Episode #431

Release Date: 1997-09-05

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