Unsolved Mysteries
Episode #442
TV Flash files “Episode #442” as the last listed hour of season 10 — Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2002) on NBC/CBS, season 10, episode 11, aired 1998-08-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E11: listed hour 442 of 554 in the Unsolved Mysteries guide, last listed hour of season 10. It aired 1998-08-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode #441” (S10E10). Next is “Episode #443” (S11E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode #442 sit in the Unsolved Mysteries guide?
S10E11 is listed hour 442 of 554 — last listed hour of season 10, season 10 episode 11.
When did Unsolved Mysteries S10E11 air?
Episode #442 aired 1998-08-21 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…