Unsolved Mysteries
Episode #405
TV Flash files “Episode #405” as hour 405 of 554 in the TV Flash guide — Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2002) on NBC/CBS, season 9, episode 17, aired 1997-02-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E17: listed hour 405 of 554 in the Unsolved Mysteries guide, hour 17 of 43 in season 9. It aired 1997-02-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode #404” (S09E16). Next is “Episode #406” (S09E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode #405 sit in the Unsolved Mysteries guide?
S09E17 is listed hour 405 of 554 — hour 17 of 43 in season 9, season 9 episode 17.
When did Unsolved Mysteries S09E17 air?
Episode #405 aired 1997-02-14 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…