Unsolved Mysteries - Season 5
Season 5
Network
DatesSep 16, 1992 - Sep 15, 1993
Episodes
Season 5Episode 160 min
Episode #201
The fifth season begins with a UFO story involving a 1983 incident in the skies over New York and Connecticut. Also: reports on the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman last seen with an acquaintance; the death of an unidentified man at the Paducah, Ky., airport.
Sep 16, 1992
Season 5Episode 260 min
Episode #202
Reports on the killing of an Indiana man who was involved in a love triangle; an amnesiac who showed up at a San Diego homeless shelter; a two-day-old baby stolen from her mother's Berkeley, Cal., hospital room.
Sep 23, 1992
Season 5Episode 360 min
Episode #203
Unanswered questions in the 1935 shooting of Louisiana senator Huey Long; the search by Cincinnati and Nashville detectives for a suspected serial killer; and a California woman's search for her brother, who was put up for adoption.
Sep 30, 1992
Season 5Episode 460 min
Episode #204
Reports on the 1985 escape of a convicted cop killer from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary; the remains of a body discovered in a Jaguar near Houston; the 1954 of a 9-year-old.
Oct 7, 1992
Season 5Episode 560 min
Episode #205
Included: the 1970 disappearance of a Houston mother; the search for the murderer of a 23-year-old cab driver in Banff, Alta.; the arrest of the suspected ""satchel bandit"" at a Hamilton, Ont., coffee shop; the death of a 21-year-old mystery woman.
Oct 14, 1992
Season 5Episode 660 min
Episode #206
Included: the 1970 disappearance of a Houston mother; the search for the murderer of a 23-year-old cab driver in Banff, Alta.; the arrest of the suspected ""satchel bandit"" at a Hamilton, Ont., coffee shop; the death of a 21-year-old mystery woman.
Oct 21, 1992
Season 5Episode 760 min
Episode #207
This Halloween edition features segments on a ghost known as the Blue Lady, said to inhabit the cliffs above Moss Beach, Cal.; and eerie happenings at California's Drum Barracks Civil War Museum. Also: the search for birth mothers following a San Antonio nurse's baby-selling operations in the '50s and '60s.
Link: Moss Beach Distillery: Blue Lady
Oct 28, 1992
Season 5Episode 860 min
Episode #208
Reports on the 1991 disappearance of a Louisiana salesman; a UFO sighting by a prospector at Canada's Falcon Lake; the disappearance of a prison guard in Orange County (Cal.).
Nov 4, 1992
Season 5Episode 960 min
Episode #209
Segments on reported POW sightings of an American colonel who was shot down over Laos in 1965; the search for a man who witnessed a Belle Glade, Fla., murder in a sugarcane field; the Bismarck, N.D., prison escape of an inmate who remains at large.
Nov 11, 1992
Season 5Episode 1060 min
Episode #210
Reports on the 1988 abduction and murder of a 7-year-old Midlothian, Ill., girl; and a psychic's claims that he can communicate with those who have ""passed on.""
Nov 18, 1992
Season 5Episode 1160 min
Episode #211
This expanded edition includes live reports. also: segments on an Arizona woman's search for a childhood friend; the search for a Redwood City, Cal., woman wanted for attempted murder of her husband.
Nov 25, 1992
Season 5Episode 1260 min
Episode #212
Segments include the 1990 Telluride, Colo., murder of Eva Schoen, wife of U-Haul heir Sam Schoen; the 14-year search for a Texas fugitive; a man's quest to find the half-sister he never met; and the search for witnesses to the disappearance of a young mother.
Dec 2, 1992
Season 5Episode 1360 min
Episode #213
Reports on the 1985 disappearance of a 4-year-old boy from the Lake Tahoe, Nev., area; new evidence linking a 1930s Cleveland killer to the 1940s serial killer responsible for the Black Dahlia murder.
Dec 9, 1992
Season 5Episode 1460 min
Episode #214
Evidence pointing to the possible innocence of a Florida inmate serving a life term for rape; a Falls Church, Va., man's efforts to piece together his identity from sketchy facts surrounding his 1935 abandonment in a car.
Dec 16, 1992
Season 5Episode 1560 min
Episode #215
Reports on a couple's search for a stranger they once befriended, who they suspect is the one annually reciprocating their generosity a hundredfold; a hospitalized 7-year-old boy's miraculous recovery.
Dec 23, 1992
Season 5Episode 1660 min
Episode #216
A report on a Rochester man, originally charged in the murder of a 34-year-old woman, who has been granted a final appeal based on juror misconduct. Also: repeat segments include the killing of a Hamilton, Ind., man who was involved in a love triangle.
Jan 6, 1993
Season 5Episode 1760 min
Episode #217
Unanswered questions in the 1935 shooting of Louisiana senator Huey Long; the search for an arsonist; and a California woman's search for her younger brother. (Repeat)
Jan 13, 1993
Season 5Episode 1860 min
Episode #218
Reports on the disappearance of an Orange County, Cal., executive; and the search for a man suspected in the murder of his employer. Among repeat reports: the 1970 disappearance of a Houston mother.
Jan 20, 1993
Season 5Episode 1960 min
Episode #219
Segments on the shooting death of an 18-year-old Albuquerque, N.M., woman; an Orange County, Cal., woman's search for her foster sister, whom she hasn't seen for 11 years. Also: the hunt for Yamashita's treasure, discovered in 1971 in the Phillippines.
Jan 27, 1993
Season 5Episode 2060 min
Episode #220
A Michigan man's 25-year search for his siblings; a 1991 UFO video, shot in Ottawa, Canada, which includes analysis by a former NASA specialist. Also: the hunt for a fugitive who, in 1988, murdered two women and left a third paralyzed; an investigation into the identity of a young hearing-impaired woman.
Feb 3, 1993
Season 5Episode 2160 min
Episode #221
Reports on the 1983 murder of a 10-year-old Chicago-area girl; the search by Canadian Indians for their biological families; a Byron, Ill., man's search for his twin and half sister.
Feb 9, 1993
Season 5Episode 2260 min
Episode #222
Eerie phenomena surrounding the presence of a Pennsylvania man; the shooting death of a California motorcycle mechanic; a woman's search for her childhood friend, who she discovered was actually her sister; and the death of an unidentified man who used aliases.
Feb 10, 1993
Season 5Episode 2360 min
Episode #223
A man's search for a woman who pulled him from the ocean to safety, then disappeared; a restaurateur's harassment by anonymous phone calls, possibly connected to his 1974 kidnapping in Beirut; and a bomb explosion that nearly killed a Navy captain's wife.
Feb 17, 1993
Season 5Episode 2460 min
Episode #224
A recap of cases solved include the release of a prisoner who was a victim of mistaken identity. Also: the disappearance of a financially troubled Massachusetts man, who's unaware he's an heir to $750,000; the discovery of a human skeleton in an old footlocker.
Feb 24, 1993
Season 5Episode 2560 min
Episode #225
The 1985 escape of a convicted cop killer from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary; the discovery of the remains of a body, found in a car near Houston; the 1954 disappearance of a 9-year-old boy. (Repeat)
Mar 3, 1993
Season 5Episode 2660 min
Episode #226
A former helicopter pilot's reunion with the nurse who helped him recover from a 1967 crash in Vietnam; the disappearance of an Orange County, Cal., prison guard eight years ago; a case of amnesia that erased 16 years from a Maryland woman's memory. (Repeat)
Mar 7, 1993
Season 5Episode 2760 min
Episode #227
The death in Martinsburg, W.Va., of an investigative journalist who was probing Government corruption and conspiracies; the search for a highway rest-stop killer in Ontario, Canada; the prison release of a man who served 10 years for murders he did not commit.
Mar 10, 1993
Season 5Episode 2860 min
Episode #228
A report on the 1991 death in a Mexican prison of a California man who may have been murdered. Also: repeat segments on the 1991 disappearance of a Louisiana man; a UFO sighting by a prospector.
Mar 17, 1993
Season 5Episode 2960 min
Episode #229
Spirits said to inhabit the cliffs above Moss Beach, Cal; eerie happenings at a California Civil War museum; the search for witnesses who may help solve the disappearance of a young mother. (Repeat)
Mar 24, 1993
Season 5Episode 3060 min
Episode #230
A report on new evidence suggesting a Government coverup in the 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Also: repeat segments on a New Orleans serial killer who targets prostitutes; a con man who preys on vulnerable women.
Mar 31, 1993
Season 5Episode 3160 min
Episode #231
Evidence pointing to the possible innocence of a Florida inmate serving a life term for rape; a Falls Church, Va., man's efforts to piece together his identity from sketchy facts surrounding his 1935 abandonment; and the hunt in Gallup, N.M., for a kidnap victim.
Apr 4, 1993
Season 5Episode 3260 min
Episode #232
The search for paintings by American artist Ben Stahl, which were stolen from a Sarasota, Fla., museum; the Philadelphia investigation of a fugitive couple who reportedly cashed the disability checks of two persons who may have been murdered.
Apr 7, 1993
Season 5Episode 3360 min
Episode #233
Segments on reported sightings of a POW, an American colonel shot down over Laos in 1965; the search for a man who witnessed a Belle Glade, Fla., murder. (Repeat)
Apr 14, 1993
Season 5Episode 3460 min
Episode #234
The arrest in Panama of a fugitive from Texas; and the arrest of a suspect in two Sacramento triple homicides. Repeat segments include the 1990 Telluride, Colo., murder of Eva Schoen, wife of U-Haul heir Sam Schoen; a man's search for the half sister he never met.
Apr 21, 1993
Season 5Episode 3560 min
Episode #235
A report on a New Jersey woman's disappearance. Also: repeat segments include the search for a man wanted for questioning in an Odessa, Texas, murder.
Apr 28, 1993
Season 5Episode 3660 min
Episode #236
Reports on the search for a cult leader; a possible link between a reported terrorist attack on a U.S. Army troop-transport plane and the death of an L.A. bomb-squad detective involved in the investigation.
May 5, 1993
Season 5Episode 3760 min
Episode #237
Included: the murder of a Tampa woman reportedly abducted from her night job at a gas station; and the arrest of an Oklahoma State Penitentiary escapee, apprehended in Deadwood, S.D. Also: repeat reports include the search by two sisters for their missing siblings.
May 12, 1993
Season 5Episode 3860 min
Episode #238
This expanded season ender includes four bank robbery stories; a New York woman's search for the foster parents who cared for her briefly during her childhood; a Navy blimp that landed reportedly without a crew in the San Francisco Bay area during World War II; and reports of a Columbus, Ohio, girl's unusual brain-wave activity.
May 19, 1993
Season 5Episode 3960 min
Episode #239
The hunt for a suspect who shot a cop in an Albuquerque bar in 1984; and an update on a woman who saved a swimmer in Virginia Beach, Va. Repeat segments include a gold treasure (discovered in the Phillippines in 1971), which was reportedly confiscated by Ferdinand Marcos's military forces.
May 26, 1993
Season 5Episode 4060 min
Episode #240
Reports: a 1991 UFO video, shot in Ottawa, Canada, which includes analysis by a former NASA specialist; the hunt for a fugitive who, in 1988, murdered two women and left a third paralyzed; an investigation into the identity of a young hearing-impaired woman. (Repeat)
Jun 2, 1993
Season 5Episode 4160 min
Episode #241
Eerie phenomena surrounding the presence of a Pennsylvania man; the shooting death of a California motorcycle mechanic; a woman's search for her childhood friend, who she discovered was her sister. (Repeat)
Jun 9, 1993
Season 5Episode 4260 min
Episode #242
A final appeal resulting in the release of a wrongly convicted Lowell, Mass., man from prison after serving time for murder. Repeat segments include the search for a fugitive couple suspected of killing two people.
Jun 16, 1993
Season 5Episode 4360 min
Episode #243
An update on a man's search for the woman who pulled him from the ocean to safety in 1987; a Washington, D.C., restaurateur's harassment by anonymous phone calls since his 1974 kidnapping in Beirut; a terrorist explosion in San Diego. (Repeat)
Jun 23, 1993
Season 5Episode 4460 min
Episode #244
A recap of cases solved includes the release of a prisoner who was a victim of mistaken identity. Also: the 1992 death of a military policeman at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.; the discovery of a human skeleton in an old military footlocker. (Repeat)
Jun 30, 1993
Season 5Episode 4560 min
Episode #245
The death in Martinsburg, W. Va., of an investigative journalist who was probing Government corruption and conspiracies; the search for a highway rest-stop killer in Ontario; the release of a man who served a 10-year sentence for murders he didn't commit. (Repeat)
Jul 7, 1993
Season 5Episode 4660 min
Episode #246
The arrest of a wanted man in Osteen, Fla. Repeat segments on the search for paintings by American artist Ben Stahl, stolen from a Sarasota, Fla. musuem.
Jul 14, 1993
Season 5Episode 4760 min
Episode #247
A possible link between a reported terrorist attack on a U.S. Army troop-transport plane and the death of an L.A. bomb-squad detective involved in the investigation; a woman's search for her brother, who she believes may be in Utah. (Repeat)
Jul 21, 1993
Season 5Episode 4860 min
Episode #248
The search for suspects in the 1983 murder of a 10-year-old Chicago-area girl; the reunion of three Ojibwa Indian siblings; and an arrest made following the death of a North Hollywood, Cal., man. (Repeat)
Jul 28, 1993
Season 5Episode 4960 min
Episode #249
Reports include four bank-robbery cases; the unusual brain-wave activity of a 14-year-old Columbus, Ohio, girl; and a New York woman's search for her foster parents. (Repeat)
Aug 4, 1993
Season 5Episode 5060 min
Episode #250
Segments include a World War II Navy blimp that landed--reportedly without a crew--in the San Francisco Bay area; arrests made in the alleged rape and sexual assault of Explorer Scouts in Danbury, Conn.; and a Texas man's appeal of his life sentence for murder. (Repeat)
Aug 11, 1993
Season 5Episode 5160 min
Episode #251
Reports: the reunion of an Arizona woman and her childhood friend; an update on the kidnapping of a 12-year-old boy; the search for a Redwood City, Cal., woman wanted for questioning in the attempted murder of her husband. (Repeat)
Aug 18, 1993
Season 5Episode 5260 min
Episode #252
The search for an alleged narcotics smuggler suspected of transporting heroin from Southeast Asia to the U.S. in 1991; an update on the 1988 murder of a 7-year-old Illinois girl.
Aug 25, 1993
Season 5Episode 5360 min
Episode #253
Included: an update on a man's search for his late wife's family; a report on a 1991 arrest following six homicides in Northern California. Also: repeat segments on the study of dreams that foretell the future; and (postponed from an earlier date) a retired couple's search for a kind stranger they met.
Sep 1, 1993
Season 5Episode 5460 min
Episode #254
Reports on evidence suggesting a Government coverup in the 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr; the 1991 disappearance of a 32-year-old woman; and the hunt for an armed and dangerous man who shot and wounded a police officer. (Repeat)
Sep 8, 1993
Season 5Episode 5560 min
Episode #255
A report on the search for a man whose boat capsized in Mexico during a 1991 fishing trip. Also: repeat segments include an amnesiac's discovery of his identity; a viewer tip leading to the capture of a fugitive.
Sep 15, 1993
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