Unsolved Mysteries Season 6, Episode 41: Episode #296

Episode #256

The series' sixth season opens with a report on a Glendora, Cal., man's recollections of a ""past life"", a viewer tip leading authorities to an alleged cult leader and his followers in the San Angelo, Texas, area; the search for a suspect in a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of an 11-year-old boy.

Episode #257

The FBI probe into the identity of a convicted bank robber who won't reveal his name; viewer tips leading to a man's reunion with his family; a pilot's strange disappearance after reporting a UFO hovering near his plane as he flew between Australia and Tasmania.

Episode #258

A russian archaeological study and DNA tests are used to determine whether Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia really died when the royal family was executed in 1917.

Episode #259

Reports include a man who fears for his life after discovering a way to locate underground water in Nevada; a tip leading to a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Los Angeles DJ; the unsolved murder of a surgeon; and an Austrian woman's search for her brother.

Episode #260

The 1992 disappearance of two women and a girl from a Chandler, Okla., shopping center; the search for a rabbi wanted for questioning in cases of international bank fraud; the police hunt for a suspect in the murder of a woman found in a dumpster.

Episode #261

Paranormal researchers study mysterious goings-on at a Lake Wales, Fla., home; Also: the search for the killer of a teacher in Agawam, Mass; and the hunt for a gunman in the 1991 maiming of an Orange, Cal., man.

Episode #262

Included: reports of a 1917 solar phenomenon known as the ""Fatima Miracle,"" supposedly witnessed by a crowd in Fatima, Portugal. Also: the search for a suspect wanted for bilking Coloradans in a log-cabin building scheme.

Episode #263

Reports include a German Air Force officer's search for his father, who he believes is Canadian or American; the 1986 murder of twin sisters.

Episode #264

Reports: a computer artist's claims that the Mona Lisa is actually a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci; the 1990 disappearance of a Rhode Island woman thought to have been subsequently murdered; a fugitive's arrest in Tennessee.

Episode #265

Reports include the search in Canada and the U.S. for a child killer; Daly City, Cal., authorities' search for the identity of a comatose man found injured on a highway in 1992; and a roll call of heirs to unclaimed fortunes and estates.

Episode #266

Reports include the hunt for a fugitive who allegedly tampered with medication at a healthcare facility; a woman's search for the good Samaritan who once pulled her from a burning car wreck; and a Denver man's search for a childhood friend he first met in 1956.

Episode #267

The 1989 disappearance of a Peoria, Ariz., woman whose cousin vanished from her Arkansas home three years earlier. Repeat segments include a Glendora, Cal., man's recollections of a past life; and a family's search for an Oklahoma relative.

Episode #268

A new report outlines an Illinois family's search for siblings separated in 1948. Repeat segments on the riddle of the Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia; and the search for a suspect in a hit-and-run accident.

Episode #269

Included: a pilot's disappearance after he reported sighting a UFO as he flew between Australia and Tasmania. Also: the search for a car thief who shot and paralyzed an Orange, Cal., man in 1991. (Repeat)

Episode #270

Segments include a UFO story involving a 1983 incident in the skies over New York and Connecticut. Also: reports on the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman; the death of an unidentified man at the Paducah, Ky., airport; the victim of an apparent hit-and-run.

Episode #271

Reports include a viewer tip leading to the arrest of a burglary suspect in Santa Fe, N.M.; the search for more substantial clues in the assassination of a Chicago attorney; and a man's search for a friend.

Episode #272

Reports include a mysterious letter writer who seems to be guiding a woman's search throughout Canada for her missing son; a viewer tip leading to the arrest of a wanted fugitive in Diamond Bar (Cal.).

Episode #273

A new report on the search for two robbers who target stores in the Pacific Northwest. Also: repeat segment on a surgeon's murder; a viewer tip leading to a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Los Angeles DJ; and a Polish family's search for their son.

Episode #274

Reports include a Florida mother's search for her daughter, who was a high-school senior when she disappeared in 1974; the search for heirs to a wealthy recluses's estate. Also: a woman's search for her biological mother ends in the Syracuse, N.Y., area.

Episode #275

Reports include the 1932 discover in Wyoming of a small mummified human; a viewer top leading to a suspect's arrest in Canada; a series of Mississippi jail deaths that may be linked to racially-motivated crimes of the 1960s; the search for a New Mexico rapist.

Episode #276

Reports include a Vietnamese air-force officer's search for his American daughter; a family's search for a missing relative who was injured in a motorcycle accident in San Francisco; and a viewer tip leading to the identification of a certain good Samaritan.

Episode #277

Segments include cases involving alleged schemes targeting elderly homeowners; and the murder of a San Jose man on the highway. Also: an 86-year-old woman's search for her younger sister.

Episode #278

Reports include the alleged 1992 murders of two U.S. Army sergeants. Also: repeat segments on a former rocket scientist's discovery of an underground waterway in the West; a woman's search for a childhood friend.

Episode #279

Reports on pets being reunited with their owners; a man who tries to track top-secret military aircraft; the arrest of a suspect for questioning in schemes against elderly homeowners; and a suspected murder, allegedly prompted by the victim's plans to blow the whistle on operations conducted at a nuclear-weapon facility.

Episode #280

Reports from paranormal researchers studying mysterious goings-on at a Lake Wales, Fla., home. Also: a scheme against an elderly judge; the search for the killer of a 24-year-old teacher in Agawam (Mass.). (Repeat)

Episode #281

Reports on near-death experiences include widows ""visited"" by their late husbands; tips that ended the search for missing siblings; the hunt for a gunman who killed a Jewish community leader in 1990; a Los Angeles collector's search for an heirloom bible's owners.

Episode #282

The search for a suspected murderer who reportedly harassed the victim's family and friends; a Los Angeles collector's search for owners of an heirloom Bible; the manhunt for the murderer of a computer salesman's fiancee in Marietta, Ga.

Episode #283

Segments include reports on a 1917 solar phenomenon known as the ""Fatima Miracle,"" supposedly witnessed by crowds in Portugal; a Nebraska choir miraculously spared in a church explosion; the 1992 disappearance of three persons from a store. (Repeat)

Episode #284

Reports include the healing powers of water in Lourdes, France; viewer tips leading to an Idaho man's reunion with his family; the hunt for the killer of a San Jose man murdered on the highway in front of his date in 1991; and the search for paintings by American artist Ben Stahl. (Repeat)

Episode #285

Reports include the 1986 disappearance of a Morro Bay, Cal., man, whose wife was murdered in 1982. Also: repeat segments on the hunt for a fugitive health-care worker; an update on a German Air Force officer's search for his biological father.

Episode #286

Segments include instances of cures reportedly achieved by the laying on of hands; and a Vietnam veteran's search for the Army comrade who saved his life on the battlefield.

Episode #287

Segments include a $7 million hidden treasure, reportedly buried in New York in 1933 by gangster Dutch Schultz; a couple who in 1993 became victims of a gunman in a Marietta, GA., hotel room; a 1988 child abduction; the Texas murder of a woman and her 5-year-old.

Episode #288

Reports on near-death experiences include a Seattle doctor's studies of widows who have reportedly been ""visited"" by their late husbands, and the case of a mother's after-death ""visit"" with her deceased 18-year-old daughter. Also: a man's reunion with a childhood friend; a woman's search for her birth father.

Episode #289

A report on the 1973 murder of a Massachusetts prison inmate, believed by some to have been the Boston Strangler (suspected of the murders of 13 women in the 1960s). Also: a man's search for a half-sister he only recently discovered he had.

Episode #290

Segments on this expanded edition include high-tech investigations into reported Bigfoot sightings in the Pacific Northwest; so-called ""angelic"" encounters; viewer tips leading to the arrest of a murder suspect.

Episode #291

Reports include the search in Canada and the U.S for a child killer and molester; Florida authorities' search for a woman who disappeared after the 1992 murder or her boyfriend; the hunt for a suspect in the 1990 kidnapping of a bank executive. (Repeat)

Episode #292

The 1984 murder of a policeman's 7-year-old son; the search for the heir to a $150,000 estate; the search for a man believed to have survived a 1991 boat wreck in Mexico; and a woman's meeting with the good Samaritan who pulled her from a burning car. (Repeat)

Episode #293

An update on an adoptee's search for her identity and for the family who found her as an infant; a report on the 1932 discovery in Wyoming of a small mummified human; a series of Mississippi jail deaths being probed by the U.S. Attorney General's Office. (Repeat)

Episode #294

Reports include a mysterious letter writer who seems to be guiding a woman's search to find her missing son; efforts to find a man who disappeared in 1986, four years after his wife was murdered; and viewer tips leading to arrests. (Repeat)

Episode #295

Reports on pets being reunited with their owners; a man who tracks top-secret military aircraft; the disappearance of a scuba diver near the Mississippi River gulf outlet; and the suspected murder of a man. (Repeat)

Episode #297

Segments include South Chicago residents' reported sightings of the ghost of a woman killed in 1934; an update on a former South Vietnam Air Force officer's search for his American daughter; the hunt for a robbery duo who target grocery stores. (Repeat)

Episode #298

Segments include a Florida mother's search for her daughter; a high-school senior who disappeared in 1974; and Coloradans who were bilked out of some $1 million. (Repeat)

Episode #299

Reports of mothers' psychic links to their children; the harassment of a murdered Jewish community leader's family and friends; the investigation into an alleged auto insurance-fraud ring; a Los Angeles collector's search for owners of an heirloom Bible. (Repeat)

Episode #300

Reports on this expanded edition include eerie phenomena witnessed by Stroudsburg, Pa., residents and prison guards at the Monroe County correctional facility; threats against an elderly Ohio couple; the reunion of two childhood friends; the disappearance 50 years ago of a Navy blimp's crew in the San Francisco Bay Area; the 1988 abduction and murder of a 7-year-old Midlothian, Ill., girl.

Episode #301

Reports on therapeutic healing; the search for bank robbers; the 1993 arrest of a burglary suspect in Santa Fe, N.M.; the search for a Memphis-based real-estate executive who disappeared in 1993. (Repeat)

Episode #302

Segments include a $7 million hidden treasure, reportedly buried in New York in the 1930s by gangster Dutch Schultz; an update on a brother and sister's search for their father; the search for a gunman who held a couple at gunpoint in a hotel room. (Repeat)

Episode #303

Reports on two cousins who disappeared three years apart--one in Arizona and the other in Arkansas; viewer tips leading to the 1993 arrest of a fugitive in Carlsbad, Cal.; the 1990 disappearance and suspected murder of a Rhode Island woman. (Repeat)

Episode #304

A report on the 1973 murder of a Massachusetts inmate believed to have been the Boston Strangler, a man suspected of 13 women in the 1960s. Also: a man's search for the half-sister he only recently discovered he had. (Repeat)

Episode #305

Reports include unexplained encounters with angels; a woman's quest to find her missing husband. Also: a man who disappeared in 1993 while scuba diving near the entrance to the Mississippi River gulf outlet. (Repeat)

Episode #306

Reports on the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin; the search for two missing French sailors, last seen in the Atlantic; unexplained encounters with angels; a woman's search for biological father. (Repeat)

Episode #307

"Mysteries of Alien Beings" reports on four men who say they were abducted while on a fishing trip in Maine's Allagash Wilderness, and includes research by Harvard psychiatrist John Mack. Also: a pilot's alleged UFO sightings in Kazakhstan; efforts to locate a nurse who reportedly helped with autopsies of alien beings that emerged from the wreck of a UFO.

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