History Awesome / UnsolvedMysteries

* AwesomeMusic in the case of [[https://www.realmusic.com/artists/gary-remal-malkin Gary Remal Malkin]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnOeIFx3ML8 amazing theme]].

* Robert Stack. His pitch and delivery of each segment was excellent, and once you heard his voice, you weren't going to get out of that grip until the show faded to black after credits. He was THAT good of a host. There's a reason the 2020 Netflix series has no host at all, and the intro ends with a ghostly shot of Stack, over a quiet reworking of Gary Malkin's familiar theme.

* While not crime-related or a tale of missing love, the story of Philip Pauli -- an eight-year-old child prodigy -- received a heartwarming update years later. At age 11, he completed an internship (which he had just started at the time the episode aired) at the Denver Museum of Natural History; at the age of nineteen, he became the youngest person to ever attend the Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy; the update ended by noting that he had begun studying theology and philosophy at Oxford University (especially touching given that as a boy, Philip was deeply concerned about the state of humanity).
** After the show ended, he went on to become the director for [[https://www.respectability.org/2017/12/20/philip-kahn-pauli-policy-and-practices-director/ a non-profit group]] fighting stigma and advancing job opportunities for disabled people.

* For those disappointed in the Dennis Farina reruns or frustrated with [=YouTube=]'s removal of clips that people posted, the fact that all episodes, in full, have legitimately been posted on the site, free for anyone to watch.

* At one point the show was so effective, one criminal turned herself in after seeing her case in the next episode's promos.

* ''Thank You, Lt. Stephens'': James Meade Jr. was looking for Lt. Karen (Betty) Stephens, the nurse who helped him recover, both physically and emotionally, after he sustained a nearly fatal traumatic brain injury in [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnam War Vietnam]]. At one point during the reenactment, Meade falls during physical therapy and two fellow soldiers mock him and laugh at him. Lt. Stephens, furious, proceeds to [[DudeNotFunny eviscerate the bullies]], reminding them that Meade has been to war and is struggling to do things that come naturally to them, and then [[GetOut throws them out]]. Even more awesome is that Meade was not only able to make a complete recovery and reunite with Stephens thanks to the show, but went on to earn his doctorate and pen several inspirational self-help books.

** Even more so when a criminal is shown being led into jail.

* Robert Stack. His pitch and delivery of each segment was excellent, and once you heard his voice, you weren't going to get out of that grip until the show faded to black after credits. He was THAT good of a host. There's a reason the 2020 Netflix series has no host at all, and the intro ends with a ghostly shot of Bob Stack, over a quiet reworking of Malkin's familiar theme.

* But maybe the most awesome thing about Unsolved Mysteries? Robert Stack. And not even anywhere close. There is no debate or dispute here. His pitch and delivery of each segment was excellent, and once you heard his voice, you weren't going to get out of that grip until the show faded to black after credits. He was THAT good of a host. There's a reason the 2020 Netflix series has no host at all, and the intro ends with a ghostly shot of Bob Stack, over a quiet reworking of Malkin's familiar theme.

* But maybe the most awesome thing about Unsolved Mysteries? Robert Stack. And not even anywhere close. There is no debate or dispute here. His pitch and delivery of each segment was excellent, and once you heard his voice, you weren't going to get out of that grip until the show faded to black after credits. He was THAT good of a TV show host.

* But maybe the most awesome thing about Unsolved Mysteries? Robert Stack. His pitch and delivery of each segment was excellent, and once you heard his voice, you weren't going to get out of that grip until the show faded to black after credits. He was THAT good of a TV show host.

* For those disappointed in the Dennis Farina reruns or frustrated with [=YouTube=]'s removal of clips that people posted, the fact that all episodes, in full, have legitimately been posted on the site, free for anyone to watch.

* 42 years after his first rape in the Sacramento area and 16 years after the original episode about his crimes aired on the show, the East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker was identified and arrested as Joseph James Deangelo Jr, on April 25th 2018.

** 16 years after the original episode aired, and 10 years after the show aired its final episode, the East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker was identified as former officer Joseph Deangelo Jr and ''arrested'' in his Citrus Heights home, on April 25th 2018.

** After the show ended, he went on to become the director for [[https://www.respectability.org/2017/12/20/philip-kahn-pauli-policy-and-practices-director/ a non-profit group]] fighting stigma and advancing job opportunities for disabled people.

* At one point the show was so effective, one criminal turned herself in after seeing her case in the next episode's promos.

* Most of the time, anytime a case receives an ''Update'', it's enough to send glee to any viewer.

** 16 years after the original episode aired, and 10 years after the show aired its final episode. The East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker. was identified as former officer Joseph Deangelo Jr and ''arrested'' in his Citrus Heights home, on April 25th 2018

** 16 years after the original episode aired, and 10 years after the show aired its final episode. The East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker. was identified as former officer Joseph Deangelo Jr and *arrested* in his Citrus Heights home, on April 25th 2018

* ''Fritz and the Soldiers'' tells the story about Fritz, who was a young boy, when he and his mother moved into a cabin outside of Berlin in 1944. On Christmas Eve, she opened a knocked door and saw several GI's holding their wounded comrade, she welcomed them even though such an action could get her horribly punished and though the only language either of them could speak to her was French. Later, German soldiers came, she told them and later the GIs to leave their weapons aside and told them she doesn't want any violence and just wants a nice Christmas for her son. This starts a CMOH and is even more remarkable due to a [[SilkHidingSteel devoted, caring, yet no-nonsense mother]] who would tell two different kinds of men, who can easily threaten her and her son, to leave all differences aside.

* ''Fritz and the Soldiers'' tells the story about Fritz, who was a young boy, when he and his mother moved into a cabin outside of Berlin in 1944. On Christmas Eve, she opened a knocked door and saw several GI's holding their wounded comrade, she welcomed them even though such an action could get her horribly punished and though the only language either of them could speak to her was French. Later, German soldiers came, she told them and later the GIs to leave their weapons aside and told them she doesn't want any violence and just wants a nice Christmas for her son. This starts a CMOH and is even more remarkable due to a [[SilkHidingSteel devoted, caring, yet no-nonsense mother]] who would tell two different kinds of men, who can easily threaten her and her son, to leave all differences aside.

* ''Texas Most Wanted'' begins with a MamaBear finding an intruder in her bathroom with a butcher knife. Her reaction? Scream like a banshee and start hitting and yelling at him and kicking him, she then chases him with her pistol and fires at his car until he goes away. Keep in mind that this man killed a man in cold blood, exposed himself to children, and raped women.