Overview of 'Unsolved Mysteries' Season 3

Episode 1 - Episode #91

Release Date: 1990-09-19

The series' third season opens with a report on sightings of a bright orange fireball that crashed in Pennsylvania and was reportedly removed under military supervision; a woman's first meeting with her biological father; an arsonist's home movies.

Episode 2 - Episode #92

Release Date: 1990-09-26

Segments: a murder attempt on a former Florida mayor; an Arkansas family's search for a long-lost brother; a five-plane Navy patrol's 1945 disappearance over the Bermuda Triangle; an antidrug activist's shooting.

Episode 3 - Episode #93

Release Date: 1990-10-03

Reports on the search for a Bakersfield, Cal., physician; the FBI hunt for a robbery gang suspected in armored-car holdups in Minnesota and Baltimore; and the disappearance of a Spokane electrician

Episode 4 - Episode #94

Release Date: 1990-10-10

Segments on the 1976 murder of a New Yorker who may have known too much about an organized-crime ring; a case involving the infilitration of Government computers and private phone lines.

Episode 5 - Episode #95

Release Date: 1990-10-17

Reports on the search for Nazi treasures buried near the Austrian-Swiss border; the disappearance of a movie producer's adult son in Beverly Hills; the search for an escaped convict; the disappearance of a boat and crew headed for Haiti.

Episode 6 - Episode #96

Release Date: 1990-10-24

Reports on a series of child-molestation cases; a Tennessee family's search for a missing sibling; a series of bizarre murders in a small town in New Hampshire.

Episode 7 - Episode #97

Release Date: 1990-10-31

Segments include the story of a South Carolina couple whose home withstood the destruction of 1989's Hurricane Hugo after their reported encounter with a ghost; the disappearance of a La Jolla, Cal., financial analyst in the El Paso desert.

Episode 8 - Episode #98

Release Date: 1990-11-07

New evidence in the 1937 disappearance of Amelia Earhart; the search for the murderer of a Woodstock, Ill., family; a climatologist who accurately predicted seven earthquakes in the past decade.

Episode 9 - Episode #99

Release Date: 1990-11-11

Repeat segments from the past three seasons include reports on Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess; the murder of race-car driver Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy; and supposed findings of intelligent life on Mars. Unexplained Death: Mickey Thompson (UPDATE)

Episode 10 - Episode #100

Release Date: 1990-11-14

The FBI probe into the 1965 murder of a black lawman in Louisiana; an update on a series of 1988 arsons; a policeman's nine-year search for his two sons; the hunt for a ""cowboy"" bank robber in Arizona and Washington.

Episode 11 - Episode #101

Release Date: 1990-11-21

Segments: the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts youth; the disappearance of a 4-year-old on a picnic in Montana; the murder of a truck driver at an Oklahoma rest stop; a reunion of two childhood friends.

Episode 12 - Episode #102

Release Date: 1990-11-28

The possible wrongful conviction of a Missouri man with the murder of a 79-year-old woman, which later resulted in a confession from a Kansas inmate.

Episode 13 - Episode #103

Release Date: 1990-12-05

Reports on the search for an assailant in the shooting of a North Carolina secretary; the murder of a pizza deliveryman and the subsequent finding three years later of the gun in a pawnshop; the unclaimed fortune of a deceased British socialite.

Episode 14 - Episode #104

Release Date: 1990-12-12

The search for a ""casanova killer"" who wooed then murdered women; a Florida man's search for his brother, who reportedly died in Vietnam but who may still be alive.

Episode 15 - Episode #105

Release Date: 1990-12-19

Unanswered questions involving the death of a 28-year-old nurse found in a North Carolina pond; a woman's search for her father, reportedly involved with the CIA.

Episode 16 - Episode #106

Release Date: 1990-12-26

Reports: a five-plane Navy patrol's 1945 disappearance over the Bermuda Triangle; a murder attempt on a former Florida mayor; the search for suspects in the shooting of an anti-drug activist. (Repeat)

Episode 17 - Episode #107

Release Date: 1991-01-02

A new segment probes the reopening of a murder case following anonymous phone calls to Florida police insisting the victim is still alive. Also: repeat reports on the experiences of three sets of identical twins; a policeman's hunt for his partner's killer.

Episode 18 - Episode #108

Release Date: 1991-01-09

Reports on the 1989 death of a Spokane teen; the FBI probe into the murders of a Bethesda, Md., Government worker's wife, three sons and mother; the apprehension in Albuquerque of two Federal fugitives.

Episode 19 - Episode #109

Release Date: 1991-01-16

Reports on the search for a man whose wife and two stepdaughters were murdered in Las Vegas in October; the FBI search for a bank robber who twice escaped from prison.

Episode 20 - Episode #110

Release Date: 1991-01-23

A report on the FBI hunt for a coldhearted con man wanted for bilking women. Also: a repeat segment on sightings of a bright orange fireball that crashed near Kecksburg, Pa., in 1965.

Episode 21 - Episode #111

Release Date: 1991-01-30

Reports on the FBI search for a four-time prison escapee charged with bank fraud; the murder of a Maryland teenager; and the discovery on a South Pacific atoll of a possible artifact from Amelia Earhart's missing plane.

Episode 22 - Episode #112

Release Date: 1991-02-06

Reports on the connection between voodoo rituals and five deaths on St. Croix; a Hungarian man's four-year search for his sister in America; and a Texas UFO sighting. Also: viewer tips (postponed from last week) leading to the arrest of a man on kidnapping charges.

Episode 23 - Episode #113

Release Date: 1991-02-13

Segments: evidence said to refute historical theories on the deaths of Old West outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; the death of a pediatric nurse who had been harassed and terrorized for seven years; a woman's search for her siblings.

Episode 24 - Episode #114

Release Date: 1991-02-20

A segment on crime fighter Eliot Ness's effort to solve the case of a 1930s Cleveland killer known as the Butcher of Kingsbury Run. Also: the 1989 murder of an Oregon prison director; a woman's 7-years search for her two sons; and viewer tips.

Episode 25 - Episode #115

Release Date: 1991-02-27

A report on the FBI hunt for a con man wanted for bilking women; a repeat segment on sightings of an orange fireball that crashed near Kecksburg (Pa.) in 1965 and was reportedly removed under military supervision; and an update on a reunion.

Episode 26 - Episode #116

Release Date: 1991-03-06

Reports on the 1976 murder of a New Yorker who may have known too much about an organized-crime ring; the search for a fugitive computer hacker; the reunion of two childhood friends. (Repeat)

Episode 27 - Episode #117

Release Date: 1991-03-08

From 1988: Segments examine the claim that the Queen Mary luxury liner is haunted by a sailor's ghost; rumors of a haunted 18th-century Merion (Pa.) inn; and apparitions that torment a Georgia couple. (Repeat)

Episode 28 - Episode #118

Release Date: 1991-03-13

The search for Nazi treasures buried near the Austrian-Swiss border; the disappearance of a Beverly Hills man; the FBI search for a maximum-security-jail escapee. (Repeat)

Episode 29 - Episode #119

Release Date: 1991-03-20

The controversy over the identity of a Los Angeles woman whose body was reportedly found inside her apartment, and the anguish of her family who don't believe it's their daughter. Also: Edgar Cayce 40-year history of diagnosing illnesses; a Michigan town's outrage over the murder of a high-school counselor.

Episode 30 - Episode #120

Release Date: 1991-03-27

A new segment reports on a Los Angeles man's search for his kidnapped son. Repeat segments include the search for a California doctor wanted in connection with the rape of two women.

Episode 31 - Epsidoe #121

Release Date: 1991-04-03

Reports on the rampage of a pharmacy student, triggered by academic frustrations; the 1958 disappearance of a U.S. Army officer who had participated in atomic testing in Nevada; and a family's search for a brother, adopted in 1939. Also: viewer tips.

Episode 32 - Episode #122

Release Date: 1991-04-10

A report on the arrest of a suspected serial child molester, profiled in October. Also: repeat segments on a Tennessee family's search for a missing sibling; a series of bizarre New Hampshire murders; the disappearance of a man who authorities believe is alive.

Episode 33 - Episode #123

Release Date: 1991-04-17

The FBI probe into the 1965 murder of a black Louisiana sheriff; an update on a series of 1988 arsons; a policeman's nine-year search for his two sons; the hunt for a ""cowboy"" bank robber, suspected of crimes in Arizona and Washington. (Repeat)

Episode 34 - Episode #124

Release Date: 1991-04-24

Reports on the search for a suspect in the 1982 death of a Virginia woman; an El Paso woman's search for her GI father, whom she never met; and an underground tunnel reportedly used to transport cocaine.

Episode 35 - Episode #125

Release Date: 1991-05-01

Reports on a convicted con artist; the search by Sacramento sheriffs for a gunman who killed six at convenience stores; a 1982 double homicide in Colorado.

Episode 36 - Episode #126

Release Date: 1991-05-03

This compilation of high-profile murder and mystery cases is culled from previous episodes.

Episode 37 - Episode #127

Release Date: 1991-05-08

A report on the Missouri murder of a 6-month-old whose mother says he died of a rare genetic disorder. Also: repeat segments on the search for a trio of armored-car robbers; and the 1937 disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

Episode 38 - Episode #128

Release Date: 1991-05-15

A new segment profiles a fugitive cult leader wanted by the FBI on charges of child abuse and of kidnap and murder threats against a Federal judge. Repeat segments: the disappearance of a La Jolla, Cal., financial analyst; the search for an Illinois man following the 1988 murder of his girlfriend's parents.

Episode 39 - Episode #129

Release Date: 1991-05-22

A new segment examines the case of a paroled murderer, who was convicted in the death of his first wife, and who is wanted now in connection with the death of his second wife. Repeat segments include the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts youth.

Episode 40 - Episode #130

Release Date: 1991-05-29

The possible conviction of a Missouri man in connection with an elderly woman's murder, which later resulted in a confession from another inmate. (Repeat)

Episode 41 - Episode #131

Release Date: 1991-06-05

Reports on the murder of a pizza deliveryman and the finding of the gun in a pawnshop three years later; a treasure hunter's search for gold, diamonds and silver reportedly buried in Arizona in 1881; the unclaimed fortune of a deceased British socialite. (Repeat)

Episode 42 - Episode #132

Release Date: 1991-06-12

Unanswered questions involving the 1985 death of a nurse found in a North Carolina pond; a woman's search for her father, a pilot reportedly involved with the CIA; the search for a Wisconsin grandmother, missing since 1910. (Repeat)

Episode 43 - Episode #133

Release Date: 1991-06-19

Reports on the FBI search for a Bethesda, Md., Government worker, whose wife, three sons and mother were murdered in 1976; the 1987 disappearance of a 4-year-old Union, Tenn., girl. (Repeat)

Episode 44 - Episode #134

Release Date: 1991-06-26

Repeat segments on the FBI search for a convicted murderer; and a man's search for his family, children of Hungarian immigrants. Also: the arrest of two juveniles.

Episode 45 - Episode #135

Release Date: 1991-07-03

Reports on the FBI search for a four-time prison escapee; suspects in a Maryland teenager's murder; the search for a Wisconsin grandmother, missing since 1910. (Repeat)

Episode 46 - Episode #136

Release Date: 1991-07-10

Reports on voodoo rituals and five unexplained deaths on St. Croix; the search for a man who bragged over a CB radio about murdering a trucker; the arrest of a man wanted for kidnapping. (Repeat)

Episode 47 - Episode #137

Release Date: 1991-07-17

Segments: new theories on the deaths of Old West outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; the death of a nurse who had been terrorized for seven years; a Wyoming woman's search for her siblings; a 25-year-old missing-persons case. (Repeat)

Episode 48 - Episode #138

Release Date: 1991-07-24

Reports on crime fighter Eliot Ness's effort to solve the case of a 1930s Cleveland serial killer; the 1989 murder of an Oregon prison director; the possible murder of an exotic dancer in Hollywood. (Repeat)

Episode 49 - Episode #139

Release Date: 1991-07-31

The reported hit-and-run death of a Spokane teen whose parents believe he was murdered; Edgar Cayce's history of diagnosing and treating illnesses; a Houston woman's six-year search for her two sons. (Repeat)

Episode 50 - Episode #140

Release Date: 1991-08-07

A new segment details the arrest of a cold-hearted con man. Also: repeat reports on the aftermath of a Missouri pharmacy student's violent rampage; the 1958 disappearance of an Army officer who had participated in atomic tests; and a family's search for a brother.

Episode 51 - Episode #141

Release Date: 1991-08-14

Reports on a Colorado double homicide; a 4-year-old Montana girl's disappearance during a family picnic; a haunted Victorian-era home in Carson City (Nev.). (Repeat)

Episode 52 - Episode #142

Release Date: 1991-08-21

A report on the 1990 murder of a Michigan high-school counselor, and the subsequent shoot-out between the police and the suspect. Also: repeat segments on two L.A. disc jockeys suspected of staging a phony murder confession to boost their ratings; the Missouri arrest of a fugitive wanted for fraud.