Overview of 'Unsolved Mysteries' Season 2

Episode 1 - Episode #39

Release Date: 1989-09-20

A report on the alleged cover-up of a reported UFO crash landing opens the second season. Also: the story of a Vietnam veteran's 20-year search for a nurse who helped him rebuild his body and mind; and the hunt for the kidnappers of a boy and girl in New Mexico.

Episode 2 - Episode #40

Release Date: 1989-09-27

Segments on the murder of a Michigan real estate agent; the Florida search for a man believed to have swindled occupants of a nudist camp; and a statue of Jesus in Pennsylvania that is said to have moved.

Episode 3 - Episode #41

Release Date: 1989-10-11

Segments on the suspicious death of a Virginia woman; the search for five Hawaiian fisherman who reportedly vanished in the South Pacific; and the death threats received by a Missouri woman who cares for stray dogs.

Episode 4 - Episode #42

Release Date: 1989-10-18

Segments on the search for a Nebraska police chief sought in connection with a murder; the capture of a Georgia convict; an Arizona couple who posed as doctors reportedly to defraud unsuspecting patients; and a Massachusetts law-enforcement official who returned $28 million to it's rightful owners.

Episode 5 - Episode #43

Release Date: 1989-10-25

Segments include reports of ghostly lights in the sky above a small Texas town; the search for a Georgia woman sought in connection with discount-store robberies; and the murder of two teenagers in Washington State.

Episode 6 - Episode #44

Release Date: 1989-11-01

A segment on Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess focuses on reports that a double may have served his prison sentence. Also: a missing Montana woman thought to be suffering from amnesia after a car crash; and a Virginia search for the killers of a 24-year-old woman.

Episode 7 - Episode #45

Release Date: 1989-11-08

A former San Diego policeman who, according to this report, claims that fellow officers may have tried to kill him; the hunt for a Massachusetts fugitive; the sentencing of a Florida bail jumper whose capture was facilitated by a viewer; an Arkansas man who, according to this report, bilked investors out of 4 million.

Episode 8 - Episode #46

Release Date: 1989-11-15

Segments include the search for missing heirs of a Michigan hermit who left a $250,000 estate.

Episode 9 - Episode #47

Release Date: 1989-11-22

The 1970 death of boxing champ Sonny Liston is probed in a report that also examines theories that he may have been murdered. Other segments include the Texas search for kidnappers of a 19-year old woman and a California woman's quest to find her foster parents.

Episode 10 - Episode #48

Release Date: 1989-11-29

A segment on a Nazi death-camp survivor's 44-year search for the American soldier who gave him a miniature American flag; a report on the Maryland murder of a U.S. Army intelligence officer, who may have been killed by Soviet agents; the search in Arizona for a woman wanted for questioning in the death of her boyfriend; an update on the capture of a fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

Episode 11 - Episode #49

Release Date: 1989-12-06

Segments include a Glendale, Cal., case involving the suspected murder of a homeless man in a 1 million insurance fraud scheme; the search in Washington State for an escaped convict who was imprisoned for the murder of a 13-year old girl; a Los Angeles woman's search for her siblings, from whom she was separated when she was a child.

Episode 12 - Episode #50

Release Date: 1989-12-13

Included: the reported suicide of a 24-year old Virginia woman, who some believe was the victim of foul play; adult adoptees' searches for their natural parents; the FBI hunt for a Massachusetts man wanted, according to this report, in connection with the murder of a Pennsylvania police chief; the search for a New Mexico man, who bilked investors in a phony gold mine.

Episode 13 - Episode #51

Release Date: 1989-12-20

Segments include a 1930's case involving a baby left in a hatbox along an Arizona road on Christmas Eve; a Chicago physician who may be the wrong man serving a prison term for murdering his wife; a telephone Santa's 40-year search for his own child.

Episode 14 - Episode #52

Release Date: 1989-12-27

Repeat segments on a New Jersey woman whose psychic powers are tested; and 19th century miner credited with hiding 21 million in gold and silver. Also: an update on the capture of an Iowan wanted for embezzlement.

Episode 15 - Episode #53

Release Date: 1990-01-03

Reports on the disappearance of a young Ohio woman more than eight years ago; the search for a Florida woman wanted for questioning in a 2 million theft from her ailing husband; the manhunt for an alleged armed robber and killer on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

Episode 16 - Episode #54

Release Date: 1990-01-10

Repeat segments on the murder of a Michigan real-estate agent by two masked gunmen, and a story of religious faith in Pittsburgh involving a blinking statue of Christ. Also: an update on the Dale Car rip-off featuring the capture of an alleged swindler.

Episode 17 - Episode #55

Release Date: 1990-01-17

Segments on an Oklahoma boy's search for his grandfather, who has been missing for more than 40 years; a near-fatal attack on a Connecticut woman; a hearing-impaired Ohio woman's quest to locate her biological father; and the murder of a Nashville man, which is reportedly linked to the music charts.

Episode 18 - Episode #56

Release Date: 1990-01-24

Segments examine the shooting death of a Colorado woman's husband; and the search for missing youths across the country. Also: a September story on UFOs in the Southwest.

Episode 19 - Episode #57

Release Date: 1990-01-31

A report from Great Britain on the unexplained creation of odd-shaped wheat and corn crops. Also: the disappearance of a Chicago writer who went to Colorado to write a mystery novel; a black North Caroline teenager's death, reported to be racially motivated.

Episode 20 - Episode #58

Release Date: 1990-02-07

Included: reported sightings of an aquatic monster known as Ogopogo in British Columbia's Lake Okanagan; the 1977 murder of an Arizona businessman who claimed to work for the Government; and the reunion of a Los Angeles woman with her brother. Also: a segment on grandparents who abducted their grandchildren.

Episode 21 - Episode #59

Release Date: 1990-02-14

Reports: an Ohio woman who claims she's the reincarnated spirit of someone from a century earlier; the murder of a New Mexico law officer; the search for a suspected drug dealer.

Episode 22 - Episode #60

Release Date: 1990-02-21

Reports on a Seattle man suspected in the killing of his wife; the Texas search for two teens charged with killing four persons; a Georgia woman's quest to locate the person who protected her from child abuse.

Episode 23 - Episode #61

Release Date: 1990-02-28

Reports on the murders of two Washington teens; nocturnal sightings in the skies above Texas; the vanishing of a Pennsylvania security guard and a fortune in platinum. (Repeat)

Episode 24 - Episode #62

Release Date: 1990-03-07

A report on Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess suggests that a double may have served his prison sentence. Also: the search for a missing Montana woman. (Repeat)

Episode 25 - Episode #63

Release Date: 1990-03-14

Segments on the reunion of lost members of an Oklahoma family; the search for an Arizona couple who posed as doctors reportedly to defraud unsuspecting patients. (Repeat)

Episode 26 - Episode #64

Release Date: 1990-03-21

Segments on a ""Southern belle"" who, according to this report, bilked investors out of millions in a pyramid scheme; a Colorado Vietnam veteran's search for a fellow soldier.

Episode 27 - Episode #65

Release Date: 1990-03-28

A 45-year-old kidnapping case examines a Chicago man's search for his brother, who was abducted from their parents' home. Also: a profile of a Missouri man who preyed on women's hearts and pocketbooks.

Episode 28 - Episode #66

Release Date: 1990-04-04

A report on a mysterious illness that struck an Oakland family; an update on the puzzling death of a Virginia woman; and repeat segments on a New York City coin scam, and the search for a Missouri arsonist.

Episode 29 - Episode #67

Release Date: 1990-04-11

From November: Reports on the shooting of a former San Diego cop, who resigned from the force after testifying against fellow cops; the capture of a scam artist who preyed upon a Florida nudist camp. (Repeat)

Episode 30 - Episode #68

Release Date: 1990-04-18

Segments: the murder of a North Carolina woman who was shot in her car while returning home from a holiday party; fortunetelling scam artists working in the Midwest. (Repeat)

Episode 31 - Episode #69

Release Date: 1990-04-25

Reports on a Chicago case in which a murdered woman's friend claims to have communicated with the victim from the grave; a Virginia sting operation involving charges of fraud and bribery.

Episode 32 - Episode #70

Release Date: 1990-05-02

Reports on three sets of identical twins; the Boston search for a shopping-mall robber; the FBI hunt for drug dealers in the Miami area.

Episode 33 - Episode #71

Release Date: 1990-05-09

The search for an Arizona woman in connection with the death of her boyfriend; the Florida capture of a most-wanted-list fugitive; a Nazi death-camp survivor's search for an American soldier; and the Maryland death of a U.S. Army intelligence officer. (Repeat)