Film and television distributor FilmRise today announced that it has acquired worldwide digital distribution rights to the highly successful, long-running television series Unsolved Mysteries. The distributor will release episodes on digital and streaming platforms beginning this month.
Unsolved Mysteries, which first appeared as standalone TV specials on NBC in 1987, was picked up as a regular series in 1988 and went on to spend more than 20 years on the air. After ten seasons on NBC, the show continued on CBS until 2002, featuring original host and enduring face of the series Robert Stack. When Unsolved Mysteries returned in 2008 with Dennis Farina (Law and Order) as host, mysteries from the original run were re-examined to reflect new findings. In the same tradition, many of the original, Robert Stack episodes have now been updated with crucial information about the status of those cases. FilmRise plans to release all episodes from both runs of the show. Through interviews and reenactments, Unsolved Mysteries examined cold cases ranging from bizarre crimes and missing persons' reports to paranormal activity and historical events. Each episode included several segments on different topics, and audiences were asked to call in with any new information that could help solve the cases presented on the show. Unsolved Mysteries became the first television series to encourage viewer interaction in this way, leading to breakthroughs in many cases-particularly within the "Missing," "Lost Love," and "Wanted Fugitives" categories.Videos