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''Unsolved Mysteries'' is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack from 1987 to 2002 and later by Dennis Farina starting in 2008. The show was broadcast first as specials in 1987, then as a regular series on NBC (1988–1997), CBS (1997–1999), Lifetime (2001–2002) and Spike (2008–2010). Lifetime once again airs the revived version of the series, but only in reruns. Although the show is not in production, Cosgrove-Meurer Productions maintains a website for the show, featuring popular accounts and still unsolved crimes (murder or missing persons), with a link to an online form should a viewer have information on an unsolved crime. ==Overview== ''Unsolved Mysteries'' used a documentary format to profile real-life mysteries and featured re-enactments of unsolved crimes, missing persons cases, conspiracy theories and unexplained paranormal phenomena (alien abductions, ghosts, UFOs, and "secret history" theories). The concept was created in a series of three specials produced by John Cosgrove and Terry-Dunn Meurer, which were pitched to NBC in 1985 and shown in 1986 with the title, "Missing... Have You Seen This Person?" The success of the specials led Cosgrove and Meurer to broaden the program to include mysteries of all kinds. The pilot of what eventually became ''Unsolved Mysteries'' was a special that aired on NBC on January 20, 1987 with Raymond Burr as host/narrator. Throughout the 1987/1988 television season, six more specials aired, the first two hosted by Karl Malden and the final four by Robert Stack. In 1988, the show debuted as a weekly series on NBC. It declined in popularity after the 1993–1994 season. Until 2002, it was hosted by Stack. In its second season on CBS in 1999, Stack was joined by co-host Virginia Madsen. Episodes from 1994–1997 featured journalist Keely Shaye Smith and television host Lu Hanessian as correspondents in the show's "telecenter", where they provided updates on previous stories. A March 14, 1997, episode featured journalist Cathy Scott in the reenactment of rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 unsolved murder. The last original segment aired on September 20, 2002. Eight months later, on May 14, 2003, Robert Stack died of heart failure. In 2008, television network Spike revived the series with Dennis Farina as its host. Farina died from a pulmonary embolism in 2013. The show was known for its eerie theme song composed by Michael Boyd and Gary Remal Malkin, and for Stack's grim presence and ominous narration. The theme song was changed four times, in 1993, 1995,〔 aired during 1995 World Series, including an ''Unsolved Mysteries'' promo featuring a revamped theme song〕〔http://www.televisiontunes.com/Unsolved_Mysteries_-_Update.html ''Unsolved Mysteries'' theme song from 1995〕 1997, and 2001. When it was revived in 2008, the theme and incidental music used were changed to up-beat rock music. CBS had aired a similar half-hour crime documentary series during the 1955–1956 season entitled ''Wanted'', hosted by Walter McGraw. It was not successful. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unsolved Mysteries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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