Victor Simon passed away in 1995 at the age of 73. He was able to make contact with a cousin who lived in Arizona and with several relatives living in Hungary, though he never actually met them. He also discovered two of his 10 siblings though they had both already died, one in 1967, and the other in 1987. His family said he was content with this and died at peace.
Robert Stack was the greatest host in these series of Unsolved Mysteries, and he will never be replaced. Robert was very elegant, charming and with a great voice as a narrator. Too sad that he is no longer in this world. Rest in Peace always, Robert, you are sorely missed 🙏
This episode contains one of the best one liner descriptions Robert Stack ever spoke: *He changes identities like most men change shirts!* Also, Patrick Michell is most likely a partial inspiration for the film *Point Break* .
Victor's story is an inspiration. He didn't turn to crime or substance abuse. I'm sure he's got a special place in heaven where he is reunited with his family.
After watching a bunch of these it's so sad and telling that robbing banks gets someone 35 years in prison but rape, murder, and child abuse get 11 years
Life isn't simply black and white. There are a lot of clashes between emotions, wants, socially learned behaviour, genetics etc. Short answer: They're the "bad guy".
Frank's story is soo sad, my parents did not want me either. It does not get any more easy, but you can heal. Do good things and do good things for others. Be kind and understanding. Even if our circumstances are not ideal, we can be a bright spot for someone else and that is worth millions
Same here. I made a choice to treat people with love and respect instead of passing on the curse of the way I was treated. As a result, the people I loved and respected became the family I never had. I was able to heal and leave my abusers in the past where they belong.
one person that passes on knowing someone is a blessing for someone else, i'm sure there are those who's lives have been blessed by God bringing you to them and them to you. you have family even if those your born to don't want you, family is in your heart and not always in your D.N.A
The music was extremely spot on. Very different from any of episode. I still say Ressurrection Mary, Entity and Devils Backbone were the scariest but this episode is without a doubt very different
This is very sad .frank looks like good man.My grandfather had the same last name. He died a year ago he was told and he came from a family of 11 or 12. Just makes you wonder if my grandpa at Frank could be related. But there was no update so I don’t know how to go about finding out.
@@hotrd91614 nothing terrifies me more than spirits or demons. Like Annabelle. Scariest thing I've seen in my life. Why? My daughter asked if I'm scared of the killer clowns and the answer is simple. Not one bit. Why? Bc I can shoot a clown dead, I can't shoot a spirit or ghost. It doesn't make it easy to scare me, quite the opposite, I think. I can protect my family against flesh and blood. I can't protect against the unseen the same way.
me too. His birth name sounds jewish, if the father returned back to hungary with the family by then, it can be that they have vanished in the holocaust. So sad
8 yrs old , I can’t even imagine sooooo sad how could anyone do that !,,,,I’m so glad he had a wife and his own kids. I’m so glad he knows his parents loved him. Love the paranormal stories
@@johnadams2169 mine too!!!! Breaks my heart every time!😭 He and his family did find family members. So he was not unloved or unwanted. I wanted to adopt him and his family!😎
@@triciajohansen9295 really? I never saw an update on that one. So Victor actually ended up finding some family members? Where did you see that or how did you find that out? That would be amazing because that made me cry. I felt so bad for him.
@@CarrieAnn77 he found out two siblings passed away before he did. He had a relative in Arizona and communicated with the person before he passed away. He also learned he had family in Romania, but did not meet them. His family hopes to go to Europe to meet his relatives. His and another man, Francis Murphy, are two of the saddest lost loves stories on "Unsolved Mysteries".😟
Records indicate that Victor's brother, George, passed away in 1967 and his sister, Emma, in 1987. However, according to his grandson, he was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With Rose's help, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, his relatives were confirmed with 97% certainty. Sadly, Victor died on May 16, 1995, without ever meeting those relatives. He was seventy-three. However, according to his grandson, he felt that he practically met his goal because he was able to find "the people that he belonged to". His grandson hopes to go to Romania and meet with the long-lost relatives. Hopefully Victor was reunited with his mother and father in heaven.
@@tgirl1762 There was no information I could find regarding his other siblings. One can only hope he reunited with them all on the other side. RIP Victor
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One has to wonder how many other orphans and foster children that couple used up and threw away, and whether they ever faced any disciplinary action for it.
So sad this happens to children so young. Especially in America. I really don't agree with any parent who deprives food from a child as a form of punishment. That's just plain evil to me and bad parenting.
But majority are not actors. Just the actual people it happened to. I think its cause people should try to act but just act naturally. Nobody can play themselves better then themselves.
I remember this show being on a segment for one of those "I Love the 80's" episodes (1988?), and one of the panelists saying that some of the actors didn't seem all that committed (the scene in the baseball dugout during the Mark Adams segment was shown and seemed to be the focus of the comment). Maybe he was just making a joke, but I always thought the acting was pretty solid here.
The Kelsey house("Samuel's Ghost")haunting was one of the most creepiest ghost stories on "Unsolved Mysteries" ever that I remember seeing. The other two most creepiest ones in my opinion where the Heidi Wyrick("Gordy's Ghost") and the Tallmann family hauntings.
@@KennyRider137 The Tallman family haunting was a part of the Halloween special that aired in the first season. Originally that special was episode 3 of that season(according to the Unsolved Mysteries "fandom" page).That episode also included the Queen Mary,General Wayne Inn and the Tatum ghost segments(those 3 segments are on here but I forgot which episodes they are listed under). Some the stories are out of order from when they originally aired.The Heidi Wyrick haunting segment is on here though. Its Season 7, Episode 4.Unfortunately the Tallmann haunting segment is not here either because of legal reasons or the segment was lost. There are many segments that were omitted from the upload on here and elsewhere. Although the Tallmann segment was on the. Unsolved Mysteries"Ghosts" DVD set that was released about 15 or 16 years ago.
Victors story is touching to say the least. What an amazing Man. Telling his story with a beautiful smile on his face. As a child and through his adolescent years had to be incredibly tough. No Mothers love. No Dad to guide you through life and its many decisions to decide on. This touched my heart and made me realize a bit more how fortunate I was. Victor pushed through his childhood and into adulthood with out any visible scars. He probably had many on the inside but, it never stopped him from living the best he could with the cards he was dealt. Many people would have succumbed to drugs or alcohol. Victors story is very inspiring and, I bet he lived his life to the fullest. God Bless 🙏 this man and may he rest in peace.
It must have been rough, imagine all of the predators he encountered, I'm sure he had to mature fast. I bet if you talked to him as a child he probably talked and behaved very mature for his age.
@@juliesprik9479 i can so see that you are thinking in a time that's (2023) times were different in (1929) it may even happen today i dunno i was never an orphan either. with today i think it can also happen if the orphan gets put with parents that mistreat them in any way and they pass from parents to Parents and than run away yeah i can see kids grow up having to fend to for themselves.
I was NOT expecting that lol most would hide in a closet or under a bed waiting for attacker. Not him all you hear is the car tires skidding on his way out lol
i found the Victor Shiman story to be especially interesting. A mis-spelling of his surname name and less than adequate record keeping prevented him from discovering his birth family for decades. (He was actually born late on the evening of Sept. 4th, 1921 it later turned out, further complicating matters). He was born EXACTLY 60 years, down to the hour, from myself...one reason why I took an interest in his case.
I remember the samuel's ghost segment episode. When I initially watched it, I was a child watching it in my mom's brother's house. I was watching it in their basement living room alone, and everyone else was upstairs. After 15 seconds I was not comfortable and I ran upstairs. This is the first time I have seen all of it in several years. A good time too as it's 10:44 PM.
The Unsolved Mysteries site has an update on Victor's case: ""Solved. Records indicate that Victor's brother, George, passed away in 1967 and his sister, Emma, in 1987. However, according to his grandson, he was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With Rose's help, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, his relatives were confirmed with 97% certainty. Unfortunately, Victor died on May 16, 1995, at the age of 73 without ever meeting those relatives in person. However, according to his grandson, he died happy as he was able to locate "the people that he belonged to". His grandson has made plans to travel to Romania and meet the descendants of the found family members."
I was thinking the same thing. If it was a TV photo, the show or movie should have been determined, narrowed down to what was on TV at that time, I can't remember exactly when the photo was taken, but in those days people didn't have many channels so the number of things it could have been is limited.
Oh shit! I finally stumbled upon the episode of the slight glimpse from this Unsolved Mysteries episode for a commercial that spooked the hell out of me when I was 11yo! The part where the ghosts in the living room suddenly turn around at the same time to look at the camera and stand together really gave me the goosebumps at that time.
Yes...portraying a young man named Larry....killed by convict Harold Eugene Bell whom also was suspected of numerous murders abductions and molestations
Records indicate that Victor's brother George passed away in 1967 and his sister Emma in 1987. However, according to his grandson, Victor was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With the help of Rose Murphy, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, Victor's relatives were confirmed with 97% certainty. Sadly, Victor died on May 16, 1995, without ever meeting those family members. He was seventy-three. However, according to his grandson, Victor felt that he practically met his goal because he was able to find "the people that he belonged to". His grandson hopes to go to Romania and meet with the long-lost relatives.
The Great depression was so horrible. My dad and his brother's and sisters had to live thru it. My daddy remembers going days without eating and hearing his little sister's cry at night when their bellies would hurt from no food. They've even tried eating things that we shouldn't eat, it would make them sick, just to have something on their stomachs. I have an uncle, he passed away last year, my daddy's oldest brother and he had it the worst. He had a speach impediment and a learning disability from lack of nutrition when he was little. He almost starved to death. He went thru starving so badly and for so long during his developmental stages it was so terrible it literally made him disabled mentally for the rest of his life. People and kids would make fun of him and call him retarded and retard and he'd be ready to fight it bothered him so much for them to say that and make fun of him in that way. He was really smart about some things and it was absolutely not his fault he was that way at all. It was a very real thing in people's lives back then tho and lots of parents would walk out and abandon their kids or husbands their families bcuz it was too hard to feed everyone.
That's so sad I'm so sorry 😭 my grandparents grew up during the depression era as well and the fear of not having enough money never left them even though as adults they had enough money to live comfortably. My grandma had a severe calcium deficiency because her parents couldn't afford milk to feed her as a baby so all of her teeth fell out by the time she was 20.
@@ravenbaa7989 Yeah fr, tho. That's what you always find with uneducated impoverished people unfortunately. Just like in a third world country, the people will do the same thing too. It doesn't really make sense, but they don't ever stop having kids. It doesn't make sense, and the kids just suffer fr. I'm a mom, and I know that the parents have to be hurting watching their kids go without. It just isn't logical.
Records indicate that Victor's brother, George, passed away in 1967 and his sister, Emma, in 1987. However, according to his grandson, he was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With Rose's help, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, his relatives were confirmed with 97% certainty. Unfortunately, Victor died on May 16, 1995, at the age of 73 without ever meeting those relatives in person. However, according to his grandson, he died happy as he was able to locate "the people that he belonged to". His grandson has made plans to travel to Romania and meet the descendants of the found family members.
A viewer reported that Joe was hiding in a motel near Los Angeles. However, he escaped before the police arrived. After receiving information about his brother who lived in the area, authorities tracked him to another motel, where he was arrested soon afterward. He had been living there under an assumed name. He later told detectives that he was in the process of creating a new identity. He also told them that he had seen the broadcast and knew that he would most likely be captured soon. He was later convicted of the murders and sentenced to death. He remains on death row.
The Victor story is devastating, it's terrible that he lost his family over a simple miscommunication like that. A while back someone claiming to be his granddaughter posted on a forum that the UM team managed to connect him with a cousin in AZ and relatives in Romania who he regularly corresponded with. She said he wasn't able to meet them before he passed away, unfortunately, but it's nice that he found someone in the end!
Nice to know I'm not the only 80s baby indelibly scarred by the Samuel's Ghost segment. The whole thing is creepy, and the boy running out of the house, chased by weird sounds with the screen door flapping was bad enough. But that weird face in the window at 40:57 is what REALLY got me. WHAT IS THAT!? I still can't quite make it out. And it moves a bit once it's in the window. CREEPY ASF.
If that photo of Samuel was really a photo of a tv screen then SomeOne Would recognize him I would think... And the fact that no one in town recognizes Him ...maybe he was "Here" before their time...or They were to young to remember him, so many possibilities lol
The joe smith one where he attacked the homeowner after hiding in the house with the corpses was a spooky ass story...there woulda been another body laying there and i cant imagine how dude felt having to run through the door
Solved. According to Victor's grandson, Victor was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With help from Rose, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, they were able to confirm with 95% certainty that these relatives were members of his birth family. Unfortunately, Victor died in Columbus, Ohio, on May 16, 1995, at the age of seventy-three, without ever meeting his birth family in person. However, according to his grandson, he died happy as he was able to locate "the people that he belonged to". His grandson hopes to one day travel to Romania and meet the descendants of the found relatives. Records indicated that Dan died in 1940, George died in 1967, and Emma died in 1987.
Man, that Joe and Frank Allen fight /chase throughout the house scared me as a kid!! Ive always had a fear of people breaking into our house to kill us (lol I have no idea why) So this segment, sticks out.
Frank was treated callously and like a child slave by people who were meant to be looking after him. So sad he was kicked out at 9 years old and left to fend for himself. What a sad and lonely existence for a young child and man, those feelings of rejection never leave you.
Victor’s teacher 👩🏫 who promised his parents would be there if he worked hard and graduated …. That poor man just wanted help and no one would! This women figured it out in hours! I myself don’t know much of have anything to do with much of my fathers family and mother’s family so I know that lonely and lost feeling . When he said “ I just want to see somebody or talk to somebody that I belong to“ crushed my heart 💔❤️🩹 😢
Update on Victor's case: This came from the Unsolved Mysteries wiki page. "According to Victor's grandson, Victor was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With help from Rose, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, they were able to confirm with 95% certainty that these relatives were members of his birth family. Unfortunately, Victor died in Columbus, Ohio, on May 16, 1995, at the age of seventy-three, without ever meeting his birth family in person. However, according to his grandson, he died happy as he was able to locate "the people that he belonged to". His grandson hopes to one day travel to Romania and meet the descendants of the found relatives."
Always watched UM when I was a kid. Watch Dennis ferina version with my kids a few years back and the other day they just realized he is an actor not an officer of the law. I came to the same realization about Robert stack when I saw him in airplane! Lol
I hate to rain on your parade but the actual house was not bulldozed in fish Springs it's in Gardnerville to 1732 Bobwhite Lane go on zillow.com and type in the address 1732 Gardnerville Bobwhite Lane you'll see
When you do go on the website zillow.com and type in 1732 Bobwhite Lane Gardnerville Nevada it's the house from the segment on Unsolved Mysteries but it's completely remodeled so you might not recognize it at first but if you look hard enough you'll see the characteristics😀😀😀🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Victor Simon passed away in 1995 at the age of 73. He was able to make contact with a cousin who lived in Arizona and with several relatives living in Hungary, though he never actually met them. He also discovered two of his 10 siblings though they had both already died, one in 1967, and the other in 1987. His family said he was content with this and died at peace.
wow how did yiou find this information
Thank you for finishing that story and putting a period at the end.
My condolences 💐 to him and his family!!!!
Why 20 f-ing siblings? It’s baffling that broke people insist on having 80 kids when they clearly can’t afford to support one
Thank you for the update. It's so sad he never got to meet his siblings.
Robert Stack was the greatest host in these series of Unsolved Mysteries, and he will never be replaced. Robert was very elegant, charming and with a great voice as a narrator. Too sad that he is no longer in this world. Rest in Peace always, Robert, you are sorely missed 🙏
No doubt about it👍
I mean there was only like two hosts lol
@@julianmitchell5776 ALL HOSTS, NOT JUST UNSOLVED HOSTS! DON'T BE RIDICULOUS! 😎
This episode contains one of the best one liner descriptions Robert Stack ever spoke: *He changes identities like most men change shirts!*
Also, Patrick Michell is most likely a partial inspiration for the film *Point Break* .
I don't think Mitchell is an inspiration for Point Break
Yeah, but he had 24 aliases in 11 years. I change my shirt more often than that.
@@KennyRider137 , it is called a JOKE. LOL
Point break , great movie!
That's exactly right. Remember the dead Presidents and their masks, Carter, Nixon, Reagan and Johnson
Victor's story is an inspiration. He didn't turn to crime or substance abuse. I'm sure he's got a special place in heaven where he is reunited with his family.
I’m sure he does also
Was so sad no one ever recognized him
Hope he's at peace and with his loved ones now
🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
If your Christian yes
Rip Vic
“It was clean of evidence, but he did leave nine cookbooks.” LMAO
Money....food..... WOMEN 💥......jail must have been hell
After watching a bunch of these it's so sad and telling that robbing banks gets someone 35 years in prison but rape, murder, and child abuse get 11 years
@Nemesis
You are correct, sir.
Amen
@Nemesis why does every dam thing have to include someone bringing up the coronavirus?
@@Marvel_vs_Capcom84 word... fucking tired of the so called virus
Capitalist priorities😉
I really want to know WHY people kill their family when all they have to do is LEAVE!
selfish cowards aren't happy so they take everyone down with them.
Revenge
animal lover I agree!
Life isn't simply black and white. There are a lot of clashes between emotions, wants, socially learned behaviour, genetics etc.
Short answer: They're the "bad guy".
I think it's a emotion called anger.
Poor poor Frank/Victor!!! What a man! God bless him for his long-suffering and ever strong personality!
Robert Stack, too.
His adopted parents were utter bastards.
Frank's story is soo sad, my parents did not want me either. It does not get any more easy, but you can heal. Do good things and do good things for others. Be kind and understanding. Even if our circumstances are not ideal, we can be a bright spot for someone else and that is worth millions
Well said.
Same here. I made a choice to treat people with love and respect instead of passing on the curse of the way I was treated. As a result, the people I loved and respected became the family I never had. I was able to heal and leave my abusers in the past where they belong.
one person that passes on knowing someone is a blessing for someone else, i'm sure there are those who's lives have been blessed by God bringing you to them and them to you. you have family even if those your born to don't want you, family is in your heart and not always in your D.N.A
Destiny Desoto very well said 👏👏👏 I did the same
@@destinydesoto2203 👍🏻❤❤❤👍🏻
This episode scared me so much as a kid then any other episode. Just the music during the ghost segment sent chills down my spine.
hopefully, you now realize it was total BULLSHIT, like every other ghost story.
Oh I absolutely agree with that one it's one of the most scariest ghost stories Unsolved Mysteries has ever aired 💗😀😀🇺🇸🇺🇸
The music was extremely spot on. Very different from any of episode. I still say Ressurrection Mary, Entity and Devils Backbone were the scariest but this episode is without a doubt very different
@@JBthree24 I saw the Unsolved Mysteries soundtrack was available for purchase on vinyl! It had the music to this segment on it.
@@JBthree24 My scary list as well. Etched in my memory since I was 8 yrs old watching alone at night, scared to move.
i wish i could've adopted Frank...poor baby!! this is so sad.
Me to
Broke my heart that there was no update
His segment legitimately made me shed tears. My god this is so heartbreaking. 😞
This is very sad .frank looks like good man.My grandfather had the same last name. He died a year ago he was told and he came from a family of 11 or 12. Just makes you wonder if my grandpa at Frank could be related. But there was no update so I don’t know how to go about finding out.
Anybody who would throw a little boy out on the street, especially during a time like the Depression has absolutely no heart.
The Robinson haunting sequence scared the piss out of me when I was a kid.
Me 2 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Same here!! Why am I watching!? Lol
Dam u people scare easy, ,i seen a murder at age 12,now that was scary
@@hotrd91614 nothing terrifies me more than spirits or demons. Like Annabelle. Scariest thing I've seen in my life. Why? My daughter asked if I'm scared of the killer clowns and the answer is simple. Not one bit. Why? Bc I can shoot a clown dead, I can't shoot a spirit or ghost. It doesn't make it easy to scare me, quite the opposite, I think. I can protect my family against flesh and blood. I can't protect against the unseen the same way.
The one that scared me I remember the TV got some weird eyes that were blinking
Never sent it since then
The story of Frank / Victor Pains my heart. Truely sad. I'm speechless.
Heartbreaking. Heart wrenching... :(
Lots of sad stories like that.
Yeah, I don’t understand how anyone can treat a human being that way, much less a child.
me too. His birth name sounds jewish, if the father returned back to hungary with the family by then, it can be that they have vanished in the holocaust. So sad
@@catherinehengen4604 No, his brother had died in 1967 and his sister in 1987 (4 years before the broadcast).
8 yrs old , I can’t even imagine sooooo sad how could anyone do that !,,,,I’m so glad he had a wife and his own kids. I’m so glad he knows his parents loved him. Love the paranormal stories
I am sorry folks but if my bed started levitating and ghosts started laughing and chasing my ass out of the house......time to move.
Mike Manners no question!! I wouldn’t even wait a minute to inquire, I’d just run!!
@@coccinelle80 Yeah. I mean really. How could you stay with that madness.
If my bed started levitating, I'd start vacuuming the floors
@@HrDthereviewer LOL
You have to wonder if some people fabricate these stories to break a lease or maybe even walk away from an underwater mortgage.
Poor Viktor.... what a life he had to deal with... ?
19:36 The domino effects that led to such a hard life. Sadly too many children go to sleep starving. It's common even in 2019
His story brought me to tears.
@@johnadams2169 mine too!!!! Breaks my heart every time!😭 He and his family did find family members. So he was not unloved or unwanted. I wanted to adopt him and his family!😎
@@triciajohansen9295 really? I never saw an update on that one. So Victor actually ended up finding some family members? Where did you see that or how did you find that out? That would be amazing because that made me cry. I felt so bad for him.
@@CarrieAnn77 he found out two siblings passed away before he did. He had a relative in Arizona and communicated with the person before he passed away. He also learned he had family in Romania, but did not meet them. His family hopes to go to Europe to meet his relatives. His and another man, Francis Murphy, are two of the saddest lost loves stories on "Unsolved Mysteries".😟
How can this get a thumbs down? Great show, thanks for all the uploads!
Easy, it's not about the LGBT community, like everything nowadays has to be.
@@hubbaman9885Did you stretch before making that reach?
Records indicate that Victor's brother, George, passed away in 1967 and his sister, Emma, in 1987. However, according to his grandson, he was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania.
With Rose's help, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, his relatives were confirmed with 97% certainty. Sadly, Victor died on May 16, 1995, without ever meeting those relatives. He was seventy-three. However, according to his grandson, he felt that he practically met his goal because he was able to find "the people that he belonged to". His grandson hopes to go to Romania and meet with the long-lost relatives.
Hopefully Victor was reunited with his mother and father in heaven.
daboys1215 thank you for the update on Victor’s story!
But it was said he was the 11th child so what happened to the other 8 siblings?
@@tgirl1762 There was no information I could find regarding his other siblings. One can only hope he reunited with them all on the other side. RIP Victor
@@daboys1215 aw that's so sad well I hope at some point they did get to meet even if we can't find any information on them
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“Ronald reagan, richard nixon even bozo the clown” i lost it at that 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
Who let's an 8 yo fend for himself during the depression or indeed any other time?!! Just awful. I'm glad he made it but that poor little mite😕
different time back in the depression.
One has to wonder how many other orphans and foster children that couple used up and threw away, and whether they ever faced any disciplinary action for it.
Ann Nee very callous! People still do that today too!!
So sad this happens to children so young. Especially in America. I really don't agree with any parent who deprives food from a child as a form of punishment. That's just plain evil to me and bad parenting.
@@cyrillayman7431 Your point is WHAT?The way you word your response is that it's okay to toss away kids and animals😢
I almost jumped out of my skin when Joe jumped out at Frank! Holy crap I was not expecting that!
Lol same. Shit was freaky
Same, it scared the crap out of me
Me too
It did the same thing to me I was into the episode then boom there Joe I'm like wtf
Poor Frank I felt so bad for him.
Poor Victor
yep. What they did to him was child abuse plain and simple. They should have been locked up. For life.
Heartbreaking
More common than you know.❤
Is it just me or on every one of these episodes. Are all the actors half way decent. Compared to shows now. Now it’s all about looks.
Roger Rampage perfectly said !!!
But majority are not actors. Just the actual people it happened to. I think its cause people should try to act but just act naturally. Nobody can play themselves better then themselves.
That's also a reason British TV has such good shows, the characters seem so ordinarily real vs. glamour.
everything is about looks now.
I remember this show being on a segment for one of those "I Love the 80's" episodes (1988?), and one of the panelists saying that some of the actors didn't seem all that committed (the scene in the baseball dugout during the Mark Adams segment was shown and seemed to be the focus of the comment). Maybe he was just making a joke, but I always thought the acting was pretty solid here.
My heart goes out to Victor's family :-(
Unsolved Mysteries is the best show ever made.
It still is to this day.
2nd
💯👍🌈
The Kelsey house("Samuel's Ghost")haunting was one of the most creepiest ghost stories on "Unsolved Mysteries" ever that I remember seeing. The other two most creepiest ones in my opinion where the Heidi Wyrick("Gordy's Ghost") and the Tallmann family hauntings.
What episodes were they on, Jeff?
@@KennyRider137 The Tallman family haunting was a part of the Halloween special that aired in the first season. Originally that special was episode 3 of that season(according to the Unsolved Mysteries "fandom" page).That episode also included the Queen Mary,General Wayne Inn and the Tatum ghost segments(those 3 segments are on here but I forgot which episodes they are listed under). Some the stories are out of order from when they originally aired.The Heidi Wyrick haunting segment is on here though. Its Season 7, Episode 4.Unfortunately the Tallmann haunting segment is not here either because of legal reasons or the segment was lost. There are many segments that were omitted from the upload on here and elsewhere. Although the Tallmann segment was on the. Unsolved Mysteries"Ghosts" DVD set that was released about 15 or 16 years ago.
@@jeffhietala2602 thank you! If Real People ever gets released that show had tons of scary ghost stories, too.
The ghost segment that creeped me out was the season 9 episode 19 the smith family home ghosts. I can not find it on youtube.
They ended up making a Hollywood movie based on the Wyrick story and it was...not good
the scene with the boy seeing the ghost in the window at 40:56 always gives me chills
Victors story is touching to say the least. What an amazing Man. Telling his story with a beautiful smile on his face. As a child and through his adolescent years had to be incredibly tough. No Mothers love. No Dad to guide you through life and its many decisions to decide on. This touched my heart and made me realize a bit more how fortunate I was. Victor pushed through his childhood and into adulthood with out any visible scars. He probably had many on the inside but, it never stopped him from living the best he could with the cards he was dealt. Many people would have succumbed to drugs or alcohol. Victors story is very inspiring and, I bet he lived his life to the fullest. God Bless 🙏 this man and may he rest in peace.
Victors story broke my heart I hope he was able to find his family I can’t imagine a little child all alone to fend for himself 🥺😣😢
It must have been rough, imagine all of the predators he encountered, I'm sure he had to mature fast. I bet if you talked to him as a child he probably talked and behaved very mature for his age.
It happens every day. Sometimes in their own homes, with their own families.
I think that Victor is exaggerating. A child that young wouldn’t have been left to fend for himself.
@@juliesprik9479 i can so see that you are thinking in a time that's (2023) times were different in (1929) it may even happen today i dunno i was never an orphan either. with today i think it can also happen if the orphan gets put with parents that mistreat them in any way and they pass from parents to Parents and than run away yeah i can see kids grow up having to fend to for themselves.
@@juliesprik9479 You can think what you want. you werent around in the depression. Things happened. How dare you invaildate Victors feelings.
It's 2019 and I can watch this show with out getting night mares.
It's 2020 and I'm binge watching but I still can't watch at night with the lights off... and I'm 47!
It's 2021 and the whole past year has been a nightmare. 😞
It’s still 2021 and I use this show to fall asleep to every single night. ❤️
I’m 51 and have seen/heard pretty much every episode twenty times now.
I’m still watching in 2022😊
@@deeannaestep9375 I’m a 42 year old binge watcher
Running through that glass door was bad ass
He didn't run through it technically he broke it with a sledge and then ran through it. However, the fact remains it was badass.
I was NOT expecting that lol most would hide in a closet or under a bed waiting for attacker. Not him all you hear is the car tires skidding on his way out lol
Right? He didn't run through it.
@@stolasgoetia93 Um yes that guy did, did u watch the whole thing or just putting ur 2 cents in from the bank robbery which he's not talking about
@@stolasgoetia93 yeah exactly yoir on about the wrong segment dumbo
I'm glad these episodes are on RUclips I remember waiting once a week to watch this Show
i found the Victor Shiman story to be especially interesting. A mis-spelling of his surname name and less than adequate record keeping prevented him from discovering his birth family for decades. (He was actually born late on the evening of Sept. 4th, 1921 it later turned out, further complicating matters). He was born EXACTLY 60 years, down to the hour, from myself...one reason why I took an interest in his case.
2023 and 30 year old me is still here 😂🇯🇲. I used to watch this show as a kid. I also love how the ghost stories makes my head swell ❤
The music on this show was always top notch but the music for the Samuel's Ghost segment was amazing
I remember the samuel's ghost segment episode. When I initially watched it, I was a child watching it in my mom's brother's house. I was watching it in their basement living room alone, and everyone else was upstairs. After 15 seconds I was not comfortable and I ran upstairs. This is the first time I have seen all of it in several years. A good time too as it's 10:44 PM.
I remember seeing the Samuel story as a kid and came to RUclips to see if I could find it. This is probably the most memorable episode for me
The Unsolved Mysteries site has an update on Victor's case:
""Solved. Records indicate that Victor's brother, George, passed away in 1967 and his sister, Emma, in 1987. However, according to his grandson, he was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With Rose's help, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, his relatives were confirmed with 97% certainty. Unfortunately, Victor died on May 16, 1995, at the age of 73 without ever meeting those relatives in person. However, according to his grandson, he died happy as he was able to locate "the people that he belonged to". His grandson has made plans to travel to Romania and meet the descendants of the found family members."
"He changes identities like most men change shirts" lmao
I was trying to find this episode bc it scared as a child.. started clicking around.. and I find it .. awesome lol
I love these episodes with Robert Stack. The others are so good as well.
If the ghost photo really was a picture of the television you'd think someone would recognize the face, actor, show, etc by now.
It kind of looks like former pro wrestler Jake the Snake Roberts but it's hard to really tell. A part of me wants to believe that it really is a ghost
It's the guy at 30:54 just close up in the dark.
I was thinking the same thing. If it was a TV photo, the show or movie should have been determined, narrowed down to what was on TV at that time, I can't remember exactly when the photo was taken, but in those days people didn't have many channels so the number of things it could have been is limited.
Could have been a random commercial or news interview with a nobody
@@fuckoff187 Exactly.
How sad for Frank. I hope the people who kick him out. Are burning in hell for treating him so bad. 😭😭
Child abuse. Plain and simple. They should have been thrown in jail till they rotted.
they have to deal with that on the other side.
I don't see how anybody who would do that could live with themselves.
As a music composer, I appreciate the work done over the bank robbery segment. Nice suspense consonence! 👍 Very Michael Myers sounding.
If only Frank's father had been injured 10 years later instead when Worker Compensation was established.
I love these reenactments, how do they do them? Especially the one about Frank during the Great depression.
Same way Hollywood does anything else... actors, costumes, sets, makeup, special effects.
yeah, its not like today
back them it was ALWAYS
about quality for the viewing audience 😎
But lol, the costumes in this one were terrible. A little boy in a denim jacket with zippers in the 1920s??
Dude... 30:55 I thought that dudes moustache was possessed by civil war soldiers...
That stache would have been unacceptable even back then😂😂😂😂
35:16 apparently ghosts maintain weight and stay fully clothed and a jacket as well I'm guessing it's cold lol
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😂😂😂
Oh shit! I finally stumbled upon the episode of the slight glimpse from this Unsolved Mysteries episode for a commercial that spooked the hell out of me when I was 11yo! The part where the ghosts in the living room suddenly turn around at the same time to look at the camera and stand together really gave me the goosebumps at that time.
22:21 is one of my fav um segments because of the reenactment
There's an episode where Matthew McConaughey had his first acting gig
Yes...portraying a young man named Larry....killed by convict Harold Eugene Bell whom also was suspected of numerous murders abductions and molestations
Yeah he gets shot on his mums drive as the intruder wanted the car keys etc
Yeah, that was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part Three. 🕒
ruclips.net/video/5ndfHFFi_xw/видео.html it's the third story in.
Did Victor or his kids ever found their extended family members?!?! His case was sooo sad! 😱
Records indicate that Victor's brother George passed away in 1967 and his sister Emma in 1987. However, according to his grandson, Victor was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With the help of Rose Murphy, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, Victor's relatives were confirmed with 97% certainty.
Sadly, Victor died on May 16, 1995, without ever meeting those family members. He was seventy-three. However, according to his grandson, Victor felt that he practically met his goal because he was able to find "the people that he belonged to". His grandson hopes to go to Romania and meet with the long-lost relatives.
@@daboys1215 Thanks so much for the update! 😁 He had a lot of siblings!
Victor and Francis Murphy's stories are two of the saddest stories from "Unsolved Mysteries".
I agree Victors story was very said, it really makes you appreciate the family that you do have, and knowing where you came from.
So sad 😰 but thankful he died in peace knowing he had family
I love this program
I'm not a fan of robbers, but you gotta hand it to Patrick Michael Mitchell; he was good at it, really, really good.
He earned that money.
Let him keep it I say.
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oh man you should read the book about him and his buddies !
@@deancarter2490 i would like to read it. What is the name of the book
The music for the Samuel's Ghost segment is one of my favorites. Not to mention that Jennifer's pretty. Hope she's still single
I love unsolved mysteries forever the best number 1 show forever 💯
I never could get any sleep at night after watching these ghost stories when I was a little girl. Now that I'm older, I'm not as frighten.
Same here
The Great depression was so horrible. My dad and his brother's and sisters had to live thru it. My daddy remembers going days without eating and hearing his little sister's cry at night when their bellies would hurt from no food. They've even tried eating things that we shouldn't eat, it would make them sick, just to have something on their stomachs. I have an uncle, he passed away last year, my daddy's oldest brother and he had it the worst. He had a speach impediment and a learning disability from lack of nutrition when he was little. He almost starved to death. He went thru starving so badly and for so long during his developmental stages it was so terrible it literally made him disabled mentally for the rest of his life. People and kids would make fun of him and call him retarded and retard and he'd be ready to fight it bothered him so much for them to say that and make fun of him in that way. He was really smart about some things and it was absolutely not his fault he was that way at all. It was a very real thing in people's lives back then tho and lots of parents would walk out and abandon their kids or husbands their families bcuz it was too hard to feed everyone.
That's so sad I'm so sorry 😭 my grandparents grew up during the depression era as well and the fear of not having enough money never left them even though as adults they had enough money to live comfortably. My grandma had a severe calcium deficiency because her parents couldn't afford milk to feed her as a baby so all of her teeth fell out by the time she was 20.
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Well they should have stopped having so many kids
@@ravenbaa7989 Yeah fr, tho. That's what you always find with uneducated impoverished people unfortunately. Just like in a third world country, the people will do the same thing too. It doesn't really make sense, but they don't ever stop having kids. It doesn't make sense, and the kids just suffer fr. I'm a mom, and I know that the parents have to be hurting watching their kids go without. It just isn't logical.
@@ravenbaa7989 Oh shut up. Seriously. People had lots of kids back then. Your mother should have swallowed.
Robert Stack is family to me I grew up with him like a cool uncle
He graduated for HIMSELF! Not his so-called "family."
Records indicate that Victor's brother, George, passed away in 1967 and his sister, Emma, in 1987. However, according to his grandson, he was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With Rose's help, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, his relatives were confirmed with 97% certainty.
Unfortunately, Victor died on May 16, 1995, at the age of 73 without ever meeting those relatives in person. However, according to his grandson, he died happy as he was able to locate "the people that he belonged to". His grandson has made plans to travel to Romania and meet the descendants of the found family members.
Thank you for the very informative update ..I hope his grandson can travel to Romania to see the rest of the family.❤️
A viewer reported that Joe was hiding in a motel near Los Angeles. However, he escaped before the police arrived. After receiving information about his brother who lived in the area, authorities tracked him to another motel, where he was arrested soon afterward. He had been living there under an assumed name. He later told detectives that he was in the process of creating a new identity. He also told them that he had seen the broadcast and knew that he would most likely be captured soon. He was later convicted of the murders and sentenced to death. He remains on death row.
The Victor story is devastating, it's terrible that he lost his family over a simple miscommunication like that. A while back someone claiming to be his granddaughter posted on a forum that the UM team managed to connect him with a cousin in AZ and relatives in Romania who he regularly corresponded with. She said he wasn't able to meet them before he passed away, unfortunately, but it's nice that he found someone in the end!
One thing I learned from this show is the 80's were off the chain if you were a criminal
"JOE WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" I love this case because Joe was creepy!
Nice to know I'm not the only 80s baby indelibly scarred by the Samuel's Ghost segment. The whole thing is creepy, and the boy running out of the house, chased by weird sounds with the screen door flapping was bad enough. But that weird face in the window at 40:57 is what REALLY got me. WHAT IS THAT!? I still can't quite make it out. And it moves a bit once it's in the window. CREEPY ASF.
I'm so sad about Victor not finding his family.
I'm glad Victor eventually found love, and had his own kids. :)
If that photo of Samuel was really a photo of a tv screen then SomeOne Would recognize him I would think... And the fact that no one in town recognizes Him ...maybe he was "Here" before their time...or They were to young to remember him, so many possibilities lol
The joe smith one where he attacked the homeowner after hiding in the house with the corpses was a spooky ass story...there woulda been another body laying there and i cant imagine how dude felt having to run through the door
Ikr. The moment in the re-enactment when Joe Smith attacks Frank the homeowner is one of the scariest moments on the show 😨
That guy jumping out with a hammer scared the heck out of me!!!
Mcluvin these episodes,ty to the uploader.
Solved. According to Victor's grandson, Victor was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With help from Rose, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, they were able to confirm with 95% certainty that these relatives were members of his birth family.
Unfortunately, Victor died in Columbus, Ohio, on May 16, 1995, at the age of seventy-three, without ever meeting his birth family in person. However, according to his grandson, he died happy as he was able to locate "the people that he belonged to". His grandson hopes to one day travel to Romania and meet the descendants of the found relatives.
Records indicated that Dan died in 1940, George died in 1967, and Emma died in 1987.
that guy wasn't playing around....he ran THROUGH that door
"Joe Smith fled in a gold Linclon Continental with vanity Nevata licence plates saying 'SMITTY 2'".
Poor Frank! 8 years old!
The bank robbers wearing Ronald Reagan masks chose a very apt disguise😂😂😂😂 We owe the middle class squeeze and wealth gap in large part to him😆
the same Reagan who raised corporate taxes to their highest rate ever up to that point? at least he was more left wing than Obama.
SonicJaneStooge the hell does Obama have to do with this damn episode or show to begin with?
just like calling out hypocrisy amongst fans of politicians. Trump & Obama supporters are the worst.
Reminds me of the movie Point Break, where the bank robbers wore the masks of the Dead Presidents
Reagan was terrible for the lower classes
Man, that Joe and Frank Allen fight /chase throughout the house scared me as a kid!! Ive always had a fear of people breaking into our house to kill us (lol I have no idea why) So this segment, sticks out.
Frank was treated callously and like a child slave by people who were meant to be looking after him. So sad he was kicked out at 9 years old and left to fend for himself. What a sad and lonely existence for a young child and man, those feelings of rejection never leave you.
I wonder what happened to those people that treated him bad
24:11 "Joe! What the hell you doing?!"
Victor’s teacher 👩🏫 who promised his parents would be there if he worked hard and graduated …. That poor man just wanted help and no one would! This women figured it out in hours! I myself don’t know much of have anything to do with much of my fathers family and mother’s family so I know that lonely and lost feeling . When he said “ I just want to see somebody or talk to somebody that I belong to“ crushed my heart 💔❤️🩹 😢
Ok that jump scare got me LOL.
Frank's story literally BROKE my heart
Who treats a little boy this way !!!! 😞 that poor man . What a life 😞
Update on Victor's case: This came from the Unsolved Mysteries wiki page. "According to Victor's grandson, Victor was able to locate a distant cousin in Arizona and speak with them over the phone. He also learned that he had several other relatives in Romania. With help from Rose, Unsolved Mysteries, and other organizations, they were able to confirm with 95% certainty that these relatives were members of his birth family.
Unfortunately, Victor died in Columbus, Ohio, on May 16, 1995, at the age of seventy-three, without ever meeting his birth family in person. However, according to his grandson, he died happy as he was able to locate "the people that he belonged to". His grandson hopes to one day travel to Romania and meet the descendants of the found relatives."
So glad to hear
Shouldn't victor have had some nephews and nieces? He had eleven brothers and sisters after all.
24:11 😲 whew Jesus I wasn't ready for that part! My chest is pounding 😆
@Dorian Green 😂😂
I literally screamed. I wasn’t ready for that too 😱
Always watched UM when I was a kid. Watch Dennis ferina version with my kids a few years back and the other day they just realized he is an actor not an officer of the law. I came to the same realization about Robert stack when I saw him in airplane! Lol
Actually Dennis Farina was a Chicago cop long before becoming an actor!
I was disappointed that the Samuel's Ghost episode wasn't included in the Ghost Story DVD collection.
How the FUCK do you just abandon a small child like that!? 🤯🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
I am so sorry your life has been so pain ridden, Frank. I would be your friend.
Gatta keep a lookout for that "swishy sound"
This Patrick Mitchell story sounds like the Point Break plot.
Levitate my son; fine, but calling me a "bitch" is over the line lol
Binge watching! ❤️ this!
Wow! That was some purple sweater!!
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I can relate to Frank/Victor; we both had times and struggled through so much.
Patrick Mitchell was like the “Michael Jordan’” of bank robbers.
at 24:11 that was like a horror movie jump scare. made me jump for a sec, surprising for a investigative show like this.
The house in Fish Springs was bulldozed in 2012.
Thats a travesty. A historic farmhouse destroyed.
I hate to rain on your parade but the actual house was not bulldozed in fish Springs it's in Gardnerville to 1732 Bobwhite Lane go on zillow.com and type in the address 1732 Gardnerville Bobwhite Lane you'll see
When you do go on the website zillow.com and type in 1732 Bobwhite Lane Gardnerville Nevada it's the house from the segment on Unsolved Mysteries but it's completely remodeled so you might not recognize it at first but if you look hard enough you'll see the characteristics😀😀😀🇺🇸🇺🇸
Amazing how well human intuition works. The home owner just felt something was terribly wrong.
You mean MANtuition.
@@puppiesarepower3682 You’re right. My mistake.
I really hope Victor Simon found his family members. That story broke my heart.