Unsolved Mysteries
Episode #367
TV Flash files “Episode #367” as hour 367 of 554 in the TV Flash guide — Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2002) on NBC/CBS, season 8, episode 20, aired 1996-03-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E20: listed hour 367 of 554 in the Unsolved Mysteries guide, hour 20 of 41 in season 8. It aired 1996-03-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode #366” (S08E19). Next is “Episode #368” (S08E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode #367 sit in the Unsolved Mysteries guide?
S08E20 is listed hour 367 of 554 — hour 20 of 41 in season 8, season 8 episode 20.
When did Unsolved Mysteries S08E20 air?
Episode #367 aired 1996-03-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it only murders?
No — unsolved crimes, missing persons, lost loves, and supernatural segments shared the hour. The mix is the dread.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Robert Stack’s trench coat and that theme song are still a nervous-system event. True-crime television before the binge era: reenactments, 1-800 tip lines, and cases that followed you to bed. Living-room séance as public service — missing persons, UFO asides, and the dread that the story might still be happening down the street.
Flash: Robert Stack's trench coat and that theme song, already a nervous-system event, a 1-800 tip line waiting like a source who will not hang up. John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer's series had a major network run from 1987; the Stack 1990s era is the brand most people mean. Reenactments, lost loves, UFO asides, the dread that the story might still be happening down the street. **Appointment dread as public service.** True-crime television before anyone called it a queue.
Filed against
- Robert Stack as Host
Robert Stack’s Eliot Ness granite-stared through The Untouchables — Capone’s Chicago, Walter Winchell’s newsreel bark, machine-gun morality in sharp suits — then put on Unsolved Mysteries’ trench coat until the theme song became a…