Season 12

From the desk

How this season is filed

Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report

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.

TV Flash files Season 12 of Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2002) on NBC/CBS as a mid listed season (12; 12 of 13) — 55 listed hours, 2001-07-02–2001-11-26 from “Episode #449” (S12E01) to “Episode #503” (S12E55). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Desk essentials in this season

1. S12E13 Episode #461

   Episode #461: late-run filing, the tip line still open, true-crime television before anyone called it a queue.