This show shaped my personality at 4 years old and older. My parents did not need to tell me that we live in a fallen world or that miracles happen. Robert Stack did that every week. I knew not to run out of my parent's site and quite possibly saved my life.
I must of watched every episode of unsolved mysteries a few times but Jenny’s story is the one that has always stuck with me.I hope she’s still alive,well and happy.
Its absolutely incredible what was accomplished by this show! So many families would schedule their nights around watching this show together, I truly don’t think anything like this could happen now with how widespread streaming has become. It was a lot easier to get millions of eyes on something when there were only 30 channels
People want to be included & help solving something on a broad basis for the forst time really. I think that's why it went so popular. It took of internationally & similar programs were made in other countries.
@@ingridakerblom7577 i totally agree, honestly i can’t imagine how amazing it would’ve felt to have been able to call in and solve a mystery, cable and entertainment as a whole has just now become so spread out over different apps that it would be almost impossible to get the same amount of eyes on cases as this show did when they only had like 10 channels to choose from
Important to ALWAYS use protective gear like a proper helmet. This goes from kids on normal small bikes with no motor, to fast & heavy MB's. Backplate is also a must on MB. Thats the minimum.. You have 0 protection on a bike. A human body is not made to go that fast, so speed itself is a killer.. then add direct hits & weight. And it goes so fast, in one second your life as you know it is over & also for your loved ones..
Jenny is so pretty, even with her 80's hair 😊 I am glad she survived although not the same, she is still here and can still experience happiness which is what she deserves ❤
@@EphemeralProductions she's currently alive and doing well, easy to Google...... your statement makes you look small minded and dumb tbh 😂😂😂😂, people with disabilities can live long happy lives , The definition of someone with a disability is very brood. That's why your statement looks dumb asf
Jenny's condition improved and in 1989 she finally returned to school. Sadly, the statute of limitations has run out on his case. Several people close to it have claimed to know the identities of her attackers; they claim that the driver is still alive, but that the person who threw the 2x4 committed suicide in 1994. According to another witness, the attack was done on the orders of a man whom Curtis had "ratted" to the police. They have never been publicly identified.
Jenny’s mom breaks my heart when she says she still misses the “old Jen”. It must be hard to struggle between feeling grateful your child survived but never really having them back. They all still had suffer the loss of the old Jenny, as if she did die that day.
Yeah, I guess you can look at it that way. But, when she said that, I kind of took it differently. You know how many people would gladly take any version of loved one’s lost? She seemed a bit dissatisfied with the new version. Can you imagine how Jenny felt watching this episode?
@@taydestiny38 I doubt Jenny would be sad that her mom feels that way. She probably feels the same way too, tbh. I used to work with people who received mild-to-severe severe brain damage after suffering a stroke, and Jenny appears similar to some of the most serious cases I've ever seen. The above commenter was right when they said that the "old Jenny" is metaphorically "dead". It's extremely common for someone to be happy their loved-one survived such brain trauma AND for them to mourn the "death" of the person their loved-one used to be, at the same time. Conflicting emotions over such a tragic situation are normal, and it's a huge source of guilt for people because they ARE told they should be grateful their family member survived at all, even though the person may no longer resemble their loved-one beyond their physical body. So of course Jenny's mom wishes the "old Jenny" was back. Nobody wants to see their child end up like that. And nobody should judge how any person responds to such a tragic event, because there isn't a single person I've ever met who ONLY felt happiness when their loved-one survived something that caused brain injury. There is ALWAYS some sort of grieving process for the person they used to be and the life they could have led before injury/disability.
@@belletho6098 That was very well explained, I completely agree, a relative of mine is like this also, suffered a major stroke and is not the same, but I'm grateful she is still alive, because she could have very easily died or become disabled in a wheel chair, but by some miracle she's still alive.
Very similar thing happened to my aunt Kaitlyn when she was 16 and in a very bad accident in a coma for a month her left side half paralyzed and is almost nothing like her old self 😔
"Beyond my wildest imagination that Clarence could be involved in something like that." Sister-in-law "Definitely! Definitely he was capable of it." That made me lol.
Agree. This happens alot on UM and other new cases like dateline. Where the naive dumb family says "No Way He did that!" Then the in-laws say the opposite, which is the truth. (Sometimes the same if stories switched around....)
i feel bad for her too @russada, it's a shame cause before the accident, she was so beautiful & wanted to be a model when she got done with high school, i feel like that curtis dude had something to do with her getting hurt and being permanently damaged now cause honestly i can tell he was just using her & didnt want anything to do with her, but she was too lovesickenly smitten with him so he got fed up with that & i feel he collaborated with some buddies to get her off his back (no pun intended) but god she had everything going for her, she was only 16 and that curtis fuck was 24 (it's awful that he tricked that sweet girl) i just hate him so much for that.
@@pinkpastelhearts Do you know Jenny & Curtis? I "Feel" that you dont. In regards to her bieng beautiful, she still is inside and out. Still could be a model, You dont have to be smart to model.
I am binge watching and probably again and again (as I don't remember for sure which ones I watched until I'm watching. Easier to start from beginning and watch again LOL
Part of the Roberts case was filmed within walking distance of my house. I was about 18 when they filmed and I watched them film some of the scenes from the first fire. My dad was also on the local fire department and one of our trucks was used in a scene. It was quite something to see. The Roberts case is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Indiana history. My mom saw Geneva once at JCPENNEY in the years after the first fire. I think it's safe to say that Clarence murdered someone and that's who they found in the first fire. But what happened with the second fire? Murder/Suicide or were they murdered by a third party? We may never know. Also the medical examiner once did a talk at our local hospital in the 80s or on the case that my parents went. I was just a dumb teenager at the time so it wasn't an interest to me then. It would be now!
Wow just wow 😳 Imagine having the guts & balls to set a fire 🔥!? That's just insane to me! I'm sure that was quite interesting having a TV show being filmed in your own community especially back then! Technology was just making it's appearance!
Authorities looked into the possibility that the first victim was a thirty-eight-year-old drifter from Kentucky named James Woodrow Hatcher, who vanished in the 1968. However, X-rays of James's body determined that he was not the murder victim. Authorities are certain that the second body found belonged to Clarence. X-rays and dental records from Clarence matched the body. In regards to the 1980 fire, a grand jury determined that Geneva was murdered and that Clarence died accidentally while setting the fire. They believed that he passed out either from alcohol consumption or from the fire's fumes. Authorities are also certain that he was responsible for the murder of the first victim. In fact, a grand jury indicted him for kidnapping and murder in 1975. However, the victim's identity remains a mystery.
In the Jenny Pratt case, I am dumbfounded that none of the youths involved in the incident, not even those on the periphery, has stepped forward to identify who committed the crime. Instead, moral purpose has been supplanted by a twisted sort of teen-age loyalty. They don't seem to have that conscience inside that tells them, 'This is wrong and I better do something to make it right.
It´s apparently widely known in the community who committed the attack. The parents didn´t mention their suspicions on TV but apparently the attacker committed suicide several years afterwards.
Yeah they deserve to be prosecuted to the max for what they did to unsuspecting jenny. Also that so-called man she was with that put her in that unfortunate predicament should've gotten his head cracked worse than she did by Jenny's father.
Mr. Davs Says Fuck RUclips! It’s not about stupidity or intelligence. It’s about their apparent lack of conscience. I hope the guilt eats at them every damn day they live.
@ms. will always love my life every teenager goes against their parents wishes sometimes. You sound like a very twisted and sick individual to say you have no sympathy for a teenager who was nearly beaten to death. I pity you.
Jenny is a perfect example of why we should be mindful of the company we keep. She was at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong guy. Another person's actions can indeed affect those around them and change the whole course of a life. 😔
I was seeing a guy who smoked weed and brought it from dealers. Weed is legal now. But I didn’t like the bad neighborhoods he went into to get it. A lot of people he know are street people. Something like this could happen or drive by shooting and I could be in the car so I had to leave him.
Some stories are so heartbreaking, Or some so scary, they’ll leave you shaking... Though one thing’s certain, Mr. Stack’s voice won’t be quaking, As he’s one steadfast professional that needs no replacing!
I was just a kid when this show came out. 2 episodes have stuck with me since they aired-this episode about Jenny and the Roswell episode. SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME! I swear I didn’t sleep for a week.
she's still unfortunately disabled , Jenny Pratt is still living in Carlsbad, CA and she will always be mentally impaired. As of 2012, almost twenty-five years after the attack, she still has not received Justice and Curtis Croft, who is still living in California as well, and who is still keeping quiet til this day.letsfindthem.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/unsolved-mysteries-attempted-murder-of-jennifer-jenny-pratt/
@@pinkpastelhearts I read that everyone in the community including the parents knew who the culprit was and he ended up committing suicide in 1994, as far as they are concerned its case closed.
@@Romans8-9 wow interesting! Any links/articles? Would love to read more into that. I guess the culprit wasn't completely heartless, not that killing himself redeemed anything..
@@tonyascheckel6621 I've always thought for the still-unsolved cases maybe we can trace who's watching and take another look. I bet some of the unsolved criminals watch their online presence regularly.
@@pizzaplanettruck9761 I am so curious, do you mean you have seen them comment on youtube videos for Unsolved Mysteries? Or are you just speculating about those cases in particular?
The story about Jenny Pratt is so sad. The weird part about it is it happened ten minutes away from my house in Encinitas, California. 15 minutes north of San Diego. The even weirder part is that my oldest brother went to the same exact school, and graduated five years after it happened, in ‘92. The incident happened in 87. And that same exact taco shop where Curtis had the argument with his friend, which is called Juanita’s is still there to this day. I’m almost positive my brother knows about the incident, but I highly doubt he ran around with that crowd since he’s a good, clean guy, and was five years younger than them.
YESSS I watched all these episodes years and years ago when they were uploaded by random people and I was completely addicted. I'm so happy that they're back and its all legit.
Yeah, I'm glad they're on here properly now. I too would watch the crude uploads by various users of this show beforehand that usually got taken down eventually so I'm happy now.
Ohhhh I remember hearing about this case a very long time ago, I cried when I saw what had become of Jenny. It’s beautiful that she is still alive but she’s an entirely different person.
Robert Stack did a live interview with Jennifer on a different episode, live at the telecenter. As a hardcore fan, I'm glad I got to see it many years ago.
I've heard about that one. Wasn't it a 90 minute special? Unsolved Mysteries posted a snippet of its introduction on Instagram. I wonder why the whole thing's not available elsewhere...
@@OikPoinFive Hi! I'm Claudia from Chile. I enjoyed this show very much during the 90's in My country!!!! Could you share that special episode in the telecenter? Many of us would looooove that! Thank You very much!
This is one of the very first episodes I’ve ever seen! We’d watch this when we stayed with our grandparents and all go to bed that night scared to the bejesus. Good times though, gotta love the 90’s!
Poor Jennifer, such a sad case, her whole life turned upside down because of the sheer stupidity of a group of teenagers, Curtis definitely knew who threw the plank and I'm sure it was common knowledge among her so called 'friends' in school, if anyone knows anything about this case all these years later I would appreciate it
I looked it up and its rumored that the guy the bf ratted on hired some kids to target the bf. the person who had the board supposedly commited suicide in 1994, but the driver is still alive.
@@Scorch428 thanks for the update, tragic case, the photos of Jenny before and after the attack really do show the reality of what she suffered, at that age we really do think we are invincible and nothing will happen us, when I look back now the company I kept was far from desirable, thankfully nothing like what happened Jennifer happened me, let it be a lesson, who we hang around with can have serious consequences.
I am so glad to see Jenny didn't die and recovered she has some brain damage but is able to do basic tasks isn't a vegetable won't be the same as she used to but she is alive is beautiful.
With regards to Jenny Pratts case. I wish we could stop giving these worthless criminals power and start coming together as a community to bring people that do this to justice.
Stack looked great in those suits and trench coat. He was good as Ness but he was fantastic as host of UM. I remember when he passed. The zenith of his acting career was in the movie "written on the wind". If I'm not mistaken he received an AA nomination for it. He was sooo good in it as Kyle, the hard drinking, stubborn, untrusting son, husband, and friend. Rock hudson llayed his best friend, mitch. Dorothy malone played the his drinking sister ( AA win) and robert keith (brian Keith's dad) played their father. Excellent movie. A lot of times stack was stiff on screen but he SHINED in this movie!
Some friends and family members could watch a loved one commit a crime right in front of them and when asked about it by media or law enforcement they would immediately talk about how bad their eye sight is.🙄
This show needs to be brought back for the 21st century. There have been more crimes to happen. Love to see a an episode regarding wells fargo scandal.
Currently binge watching every episode of #UnsolvedMysteries now that I've discovered them all on here. I was 7 & 8 in the late 90's when my mum used to watch these and I'd watch them with her. American crime shows like this were always on TV in the UK back then. Just proves that things you see and hear from a young age can shape your interests for a lifetime. Unsolved Mysteries is legendary they don't make programmes like this anymore. Thanks mum!
I'm doing the same thing now! Lol! Binging! (I was 7 or 8 in the late 80s though, watching unsolved mysteries...I was in high-school in the mid- late 90s😄👍
@@KingBritish I had this thought earlier... What if Robert Stack was NEVER the host of Unsolved Mysteries, what if it was another Mandela Effect!?😄 I believe I would just have to freak out if it were, like...totally lose it!! lol!
apparently it's known in thar community who the attacker was, who also apparently committed suicide shortly after. Not that killing himself was an act of redemption but I guess he wasn't completely heartless. Case closed tho.
Police in Clearwater, Florida received a call from a viewer who identified "Fumbles" as twenty-three-year-old college student Ross James Preston; on May 24, 1989, FBI agents arrested Preston while he was test-driving a pickup truck in Clearwater. When he was arrested, Preston was in possession of the baseball cap, sunglasses, and gloves that were believed to be used in the robberies. A fingerprint found on a bag at the first robbery scene was matched to him. On August 2, 1989, Preston pleaded guilty to thirty-three armed robberies; as part of a plea deal, he was given a twenty-five-year sentence for seven of the robberies. He served thirteen years in prison and was released in 2002.
I swear in all my years of living I've never laughed so hard due to a law enforcement officer (fbi) professionally tell the story of a criminal. When he said "proceeds to trip" while telling the story with a straight had me laughing so hard i was crying from it.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We all deserve his judgement. God is love, he desires mercy. If those people experience wrath in the life to come it is because they experience God's love as fire and pain, insofar as they lived life as his enemy. According to their mode of willing they construct a hell for themselves. The gates of hell are locked from the inside and hell (or heaven) in a sense, begins in this life insofar as our choices convey us to one or the other. God sends us only to our choices.
Deserving and choosing are two different things. The Bible in Matthew 7 makes it explicitly clear, there are false converts who think they are believers, (believe in Jesus and are saved) and are cast out into hell. They are not choosing to go to hell.
Tawny C. Oh sorry I wasn’t the one that researched it, Robert Stack said himself November 18, 1980 but yeah research it on the Internet it was November 29, 1980. Still the day is pretty close exactly 10 years.
The first fire was a murder commited by Clarence and staged to look like an accident.The second fire was also a murder.Clarence must of activated the accelerant by accident after killing his wife and burned himself to death IRONICALLY.OR IT WAS THE MASONS (POSSIBLY).
@@fryguy1133 That or someone Clarence owed money to decided to swing by the house to collect. I can see Clarence owning money to someone you don't want to own money to.
Clarence Roberts most likely died in the 2nd 🔥the drifter he encounterd was most likely the victim of the 1st 🔥I clearly remember this case from 1988 when I was in 8th grade this was a very good show and Robert stack was the best Host for it
The saddest thing is that Jenny did kinda die. The real Jenny. Brain damage can change people so much that they're not the same person as they were before.
I wonder how she’s doing now? We have such a different perspective on people living with tbi. I had one friend who was recovering from one tbi and then she got hit again! One of the smartest, loveliest people I knew. One friend married a wonderful guy and within 6 months of getting married he was injured and the tbi, ptsd, made him into someone unrecognizable.
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This show shaped my personality at 4 years old and older. My parents did not need to tell me that we live in a fallen world or that miracles happen. Robert Stack did that every week. I knew not to run out of my parent's site and quite possibly saved my life.
I must of watched every episode of unsolved mysteries a few times but Jenny’s story is the one that has always stuck with me.I hope she’s still alive,well and happy.
Me too. I read somewhere that she was still alive but had not been able to live independently.
I might by the time I watch every episode of this on RUclips lol, I was born 1987
It's a hard segment to watch. So sad.
Kurtis a loser
There are people who know what happened and who is responsible and they are disgusting cowards for not coming forward!
Its absolutely incredible what was accomplished by this show! So many families would schedule their nights around watching this show together, I truly don’t think anything like this could happen now with how widespread streaming has become. It was a lot easier to get millions of eyes on something when there were only 30 channels
People want to be included & help solving something on a broad basis for the forst time really.
I think that's why it went so popular. It took of internationally & similar programs were made in other countries.
@@ingridakerblom7577 i totally agree, honestly i can’t imagine how amazing it would’ve felt to have been able to call in and solve a mystery, cable and entertainment as a whole has just now become so spread out over different apps that it would be almost impossible to get the same amount of eyes on cases as this show did when they only had like 10 channels to choose from
This show use to creep the hell outta me when I was a kid...and I loved it. Thanks
Same here
The music i think did me in
me too. This and rescue 911. Always thought my house was gonna burn down. lol
@@ecstaticallyextreme 😂😂😂
Does everyone have to say this exact same line on every video and forum having to do with this show? We GET it already.
The people who attacked Jenny are less then pigshit. Glad she pulled through. Strong body and spirit.
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Apparently its widely known the culprit committed suicide some years after.
@@stupidazzo5404 some sort of justice, but not enough considering what happened to her.
Pure cowardice.
I agree, however she is a different Jenny and she does seem aware of that.
I almost cried watching Jenny's story... She went from an intelligent young lady with goals to such a child like state...
Important to ALWAYS use protective gear like a proper helmet. This goes from kids on normal small bikes with no motor, to fast & heavy MB's. Backplate is also a must on MB. Thats the minimum..
You have 0 protection on a bike. A human body is not made to go that fast, so speed itself is a killer.. then add direct hits & weight.
And it goes so fast, in one second your life as you know it is over & also for your loved ones..
I've been watching UM since the 80s, and I remember the story with Jenny vividly, like yesterday. Very sad.
Im from Australia, I remember it vividly too, I was like 7 years old when I saw it.
Its so strange, too
She doesn't 😏😏😏
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I must’ve been 7 also when I first saw it. Never forgot it. It is terrible, and definitely a unique crime.
That Clarence Robert’s Case is top ten. One of the wildest and strangest stories ever told.
Did you catch that those fires were 10 years apart to the day they both happened on November 18th of 1970 and then 1980
Wow
this show is a masterpiece. robert stack is a legend. what a unique interesting guy
When the bank robber nicknamed Fumbles fell and dropped his gun I laughed so hard!
These episodes need to be in a full DVD collection set. Just the ones he hosted would be perfectly fine.
They are on ebay
Jenny is so pretty, even with her 80's hair 😊 I am glad she survived although not the same, she is still here and can still experience happiness which is what she deserves ❤
I feel for Jenny. May she be living a happy and fullfilling life.
If she's even still alive. someone with disabilities like that can have a lesser life span than others. :\
@@EphemeralProductions you don't know that for a fact.
@@beachaddict7653 all i know is that’s what I’ve heard.
@@EphemeralProductions and you’re correct
@@EphemeralProductions she's currently alive and doing well, easy to Google...... your statement makes you look small minded and dumb tbh 😂😂😂😂, people with disabilities can live long happy lives , The definition of someone with a disability is very brood. That's why your statement looks dumb asf
Bless you, Jenny. You're an incredibly strong, sweet young woman. I want you to have justice. You are loved and cared for so much. Bless your family.
Fumbles my guy. You a legend.
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Lol and “you a moron” lol. Find a more deserving hero!
If you look up the timeline he was robbing banks at 18! He was only 23 when he was caught.
Eh, it's dangerous to make criminals heroes... but if you insist I'd choose D.B. Cooper who was covered earlier in the season. THAT man was a legend!
I thought I'd never see the Robert Stack version again!
Same
Yeah! And in pretty good quality too!
It's on amazon prime now
I feel so sorry for Jenny, god bless her.....
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I don't know how anyone can do something like this.
Oh yeah he really has her back. Your god(if real) is shit.
O.K. I heard he would bless her but you have to use a capital G
Jenny's condition improved and in 1989 she finally returned to school. Sadly, the statute of limitations has run out on his case. Several people close to it have claimed to know the identities of her attackers; they claim that the driver is still alive, but that the person who threw the 2x4 committed suicide in 1994. According to another witness, the attack was done on the orders of a man whom Curtis had "ratted" to the police. They have never been publicly identified.
We should mail 2x4's to all the acomplises until they rate out the person who ordered the hit.
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Where did you read this? I’d be interested to read more about it.
All of that is just gossip/rumor. The perpetrators remain unknown and thus unsolved.
@@Chapin-pc2kz just because people have not been brought to justice doesn't mean their identities aren't known to many people in the community
Jenny Pratt story makes me so sad
Her mother was not a good mother.
@@debgib007 ..?
@@kewsiyehboah6058 She had the disturbing comment of her always missing the old Jenny which is a bad attitude to have.
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@@trentcruise3084 ok
Incompetent robber repeatedly fools cops. But they call HIM Fumbles. Ah, the irony.
Fumbles is clearly a comedy robber lol
The incompetents may have been a roose too, he could of been acting clumsy bcuz he knew they would look for that
Cops are incredibly stupid people.
Lol the name Fumbles always reminds me of Robot Chicken.
I dunno if its really ironic. They could probably catch him if they wanted to, but don't wanna get off their ass.
Jenny’s mom breaks my heart when she says she still misses the “old Jen”. It must be hard to struggle between feeling grateful your child survived but never really having them back. They all still had suffer the loss of the old Jenny, as if she did die that day.
Yeah, I guess you can look at it that way. But, when she said that, I kind of took it differently. You know how many people would gladly take any version of loved one’s lost? She seemed a bit dissatisfied with the new version. Can you imagine how Jenny felt watching this episode?
@@taydestiny38 I doubt Jenny would be sad that her mom feels that way. She probably feels the same way too, tbh. I used to work with people who received mild-to-severe severe brain damage after suffering a stroke, and Jenny appears similar to some of the most serious cases I've ever seen. The above commenter was right when they said that the "old Jenny" is metaphorically "dead". It's extremely common for someone to be happy their loved-one survived such brain trauma AND for them to mourn the "death" of the person their loved-one used to be, at the same time. Conflicting emotions over such a tragic situation are normal, and it's a huge source of guilt for people because they ARE told they should be grateful their family member survived at all, even though the person may no longer resemble their loved-one beyond their physical body.
So of course Jenny's mom wishes the "old Jenny" was back. Nobody wants to see their child end up like that. And nobody should judge how any person responds to such a tragic event, because there isn't a single person I've ever met who ONLY felt happiness when their loved-one survived something that caused brain injury. There is ALWAYS some sort of grieving process for the person they used to be and the life they could have led before injury/disability.
@@belletho6098 That was very well explained, I completely agree, a relative of mine is like this also, suffered a major stroke and is not the same, but I'm grateful she is still alive, because she could have very easily died or become disabled in a wheel chair, but by some miracle she's still alive.
@@belletho6098 well said
Very similar thing happened to my aunt Kaitlyn when she was 16 and in a very bad accident in a coma for a month her left side half paralyzed and is almost nothing like her old self 😔
"Beyond my wildest imagination that Clarence could be involved in something like that." Sister-in-law "Definitely! Definitely he was capable of it." That made me lol.
😆 I thought I was the only one who laughed when she said that lol
Agree. This happens alot on UM and other new cases like dateline. Where the naive dumb family says "No Way He did that!" Then the in-laws say the opposite, which is the truth. (Sometimes the same if stories switched around....)
Me too😂
Give us a kiss there love!
I feel so bad for Jenny changed her whole life just a shame.
Yes. Poor sweet girl
Yep she probably would have become a model. She was pretty enough for it.
i feel bad for her too @russada, it's a shame cause before the accident, she was so beautiful & wanted to be a model when she got done with high school, i feel like that curtis dude had something to do with her getting hurt and being permanently damaged now cause honestly i can tell he was just using her & didnt want anything to do with her, but she was too lovesickenly smitten with him so he got fed up with that & i feel he collaborated with some buddies to get her off his back (no pun intended) but god she had everything going for her, she was only 16 and that curtis fuck was 24 (it's awful that he tricked that sweet girl) i just hate him so much for that.
@@pinkpastelhearts Do you know Jenny & Curtis? I "Feel" that you dont. In regards to her bieng beautiful, she still is inside and out. Still could be a model, You dont have to be smart to model.
At least she survived.
I am binge watching and probably again and again (as I don't remember for sure which ones I watched until I'm watching. Easier to start from beginning and watch again LOL
Part of the Roberts case was filmed within walking distance of my house. I was about 18 when they filmed and I watched them film some of the scenes from the first fire. My dad was also on the local fire department and one of our trucks was used in a scene. It was quite something to see. The Roberts case is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Indiana history. My mom saw Geneva once at JCPENNEY in the years after the first fire. I think it's safe to say that Clarence murdered someone and that's who they found in the first fire. But what happened with the second fire? Murder/Suicide or were they murdered by a third party? We may never know. Also the medical examiner once did a talk at our local hospital in the 80s or on the case that my parents went. I was just a dumb teenager at the time so it wasn't an interest to me then. It would be now!
Interesting story!
Wow just wow 😳 Imagine having the guts & balls to set a fire 🔥!? That's just insane to me! I'm sure that was quite interesting having a TV show being filmed in your own community especially back then! Technology was just making it's appearance!
The authorities should dig up all three bodies and do DNA testing.
The fact that the first body was ab blood type, but Clarence was type b? Yeah, fire can't change DNA.
Jenny's Story is messed up on so many levels very sad
Hope jenny and curtis are still together
@@debrawolleycrochet he ran
@@debrawolleycrochetI believe they are married and have four daughters
Hope that they're keeping Curtis away from her
@@debrawolleycrochet You have got to be joking. He's a dangerous idiot
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Omg Jenny Pratt… .God bless this girl for all of her life !! Justice come find her !!! I cried for her !
I totally remember this episode because the episode of the girl who got struck by a 2×4 stayed in my memory for some reason
same for me! Of all the episodes, this one had to be one of the very few i could recall
Thankyou so so much I love the stack ones .
Me to I love unsolved mysteries and the stack was too 💖💖❤❤💜💜💗💗
They're the best!
Authorities looked into the possibility that the first victim was a thirty-eight-year-old drifter from Kentucky named James Woodrow Hatcher, who vanished in the 1968. However, X-rays of James's body determined that he was not the murder victim.
Authorities are certain that the second body found belonged to Clarence. X-rays and dental records from Clarence matched the body. In regards to the 1980 fire, a grand jury determined that Geneva was murdered and that Clarence died accidentally while setting the fire. They believed that he passed out either from alcohol consumption or from the fire's fumes.
Authorities are also certain that he was responsible for the murder of the first victim. In fact, a grand jury indicted him for kidnapping and murder in 1975. However, the victim's identity remains a mystery.
In the Jenny Pratt case, I am dumbfounded that none of the youths involved in the incident, not even those on the periphery, has stepped forward to identify who committed the crime. Instead, moral purpose has been supplanted by a twisted sort of teen-age loyalty. They don't seem to have that conscience inside that tells them, 'This is wrong and I better do something to make it right.
It´s apparently widely known in the community who committed the attack. The parents didn´t mention their suspicions on TV but apparently the attacker committed suicide several years afterwards.
Yeah they deserve to be prosecuted to the max for what they did to unsuspecting jenny. Also that so-called man she was with that put her in that unfortunate predicament should've gotten his head cracked worse than she did by Jenny's father.
Mr. Davs Says Fuck RUclips! It’s not about stupidity or intelligence. It’s about their apparent lack of conscience. I hope the guilt eats at them every damn day they live.
Rhoads' girl. It's the no-snitching rule.
@ms. will always love my life every teenager goes against their parents wishes sometimes. You sound like a very twisted and sick individual to say you have no sympathy for a teenager who was nearly beaten to death. I pity you.
You deserve a nobel prize for uploading these
I concur
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For a Southern Californian, Jenny Pratt's mother has one hell of a Brooklyn accent.
She watched Goodfellas one too many times
She's probably from there
Jenny is a perfect example of why we should be mindful of the company we keep. She was at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong guy. Another person's actions can indeed affect those around them and change the whole course of a life. 😔
My mom said if I don't listean I will feel.
Well said. if you run with the dogs sooner or later you're going to start to bark. be very careful of who you bring into your life
@@yourmajesty122 Ruff.
@@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142 you gotta stop runnin with the dogs-its not good for you lol
I was seeing a guy who smoked weed and brought it from dealers. Weed is legal now. But I didn’t like the bad neighborhoods he went into to get it. A lot of people he know are street people. Something like this could happen or drive by shooting and I could be in the car so I had to leave him.
Some stories are so heartbreaking,
Or some so scary, they’ll leave you shaking...
Though one thing’s certain, Mr. Stack’s voice won’t be quaking,
As he’s one steadfast professional that needs no replacing!
And this version theme song omg still gets me
i can take the scary but the sad ones really hurt
RIGHT ON JEDI!
Robert Stack died a few years ago.
TOMMY Reimrock I know 😿
I was just a kid when this show came out. 2 episodes have stuck with me since they aired-this episode about Jenny and the Roswell episode. SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME! I swear I didn’t sleep for a week.
Love the Roswell episode
That poor girl Jenny. My heart breaks for her.
@Jewel Clark I'm engaged
Oh the old 80's High School in the first story. Fun times
@Dwyane Carter graduate?
Definitely good times. I’m still a sucker for girls with big hair lol.
Not for Jenny. It proved to be her ultimate nightmare.
I felt bad for Jenny, especially when I heard her speak. Her life got ruined because she fell in love with a guy that had a troubled past
Or because she wasn’t wearing a helmet
@@thefrase7884 she was probably blinded by love and wouldn't have been thinking about that
No..she fell in love with a piece of sh%t
@@gregelliott5016females love bad boys
Thank you for the upload.
Re-living the series is amazing..
Watching from NSW Australia.
I love these older Robert Stack episodes the music is so scary it makes me wanna wet my pants
I can't believe Confidential Curtis agreed to be on the show and then says they made him tattle 🤣
The clarence roberts case is one of the creepiest and sinister cases of the whole series - especially 32:37 😱
Agree
Clarence was my great great great uncle lol
it happened in the town i live in
@@racoonlover3000 Hi! And the family remember all of this? Still discuss when reunited maybe?
I agree.
I'm curious to know how Jenny is doing, nowadays.
she's still unfortunately disabled , Jenny Pratt is still living in Carlsbad, CA and she will always be mentally impaired. As of 2012, almost twenty-five years after the attack, she still has not received Justice and Curtis Croft, who is still living in California as well, and who is still keeping quiet til this day.letsfindthem.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/unsolved-mysteries-attempted-murder-of-jennifer-jenny-pratt/
I like her mom 😘☺💯
@@pinkpastelhearts I read that everyone in the community including the parents knew who the culprit was and he ended up committing suicide in 1994, as far as they are concerned its case closed.
@@Romans8-9 wow interesting! Any links/articles? Would love to read more into that. I guess the culprit wasn't completely heartless, not that killing himself redeemed anything..
@@Romans8-9 proof
Jenny's boyfriend is such a liar.
N M And he’s a fucking snitch too. How wouldn’t you snitch on the person who did that to your girlfriend. Fucked up
ruclips.net/video/hMqVdw1sCxI/видео.html watch the boyfriend get punched in the face on tv
Someone should whack his face. Creep.
@BeardedVeteran WTF?
@@tonethechef1675 Wow. The first comment was that someone should hit him with a 2×4 with her name on it. Homeboy got washed.🤣
Jenny didn’t deserve this, man...I wanna cry. She seems so damn sweet. Bless her.
Jenny's story is the one I've been thinking about 24/7 for decades!
247?! 🤔
Ever wonder about the people who got caught and served their time, if they ever see themselves on here?
What about ppl like this that was never caught?
In two cases yes. Jerry Strickland and Missy Munday, and Joe Weldon Smith.
@@tonyascheckel6621 I've always thought for the still-unsolved cases maybe we can trace who's watching and take another look. I bet some of the unsolved criminals watch their online presence regularly.
@@ThePeterDislikeShow ya i too think about that. I always wonder if they follow every story about their victims.
@@pizzaplanettruck9761 I am so curious, do you mean you have seen them comment on youtube videos for Unsolved Mysteries? Or are you just speculating about those cases in particular?
The story about Jenny Pratt is so sad. The weird part about it is it happened ten minutes away from my house in Encinitas, California. 15 minutes north of San Diego. The even weirder part is that my oldest brother went to the same exact school, and graduated five years after it happened, in ‘92. The incident happened in 87. And that same exact taco shop where Curtis had the argument with his friend, which is called Juanita’s is still there to this day. I’m almost positive my brother knows about the incident, but I highly doubt he ran around with that crowd since he’s a good, clean guy, and was five years younger than them.
Juanita's the best Mexican food but la especial Norte is the best tho
Turn him in.
This may be something you've considered and even more so disagree with but your brother may know who did this....
@@friskies89 good point.
YESSS I watched all these episodes years and years ago when they were uploaded by random people and I was completely addicted. I'm so happy that they're back and its all legit.
Osaka13 Me too☺️
Yeah, I'm glad they're on here properly now. I too would watch the crude uploads by various users of this show beforehand that usually got taken down eventually so I'm happy now.
That first case hit hard, I listen to these while I'm working and I'm legit crying at work right now 😭
Ohhhh I remember hearing about this case a very long time ago, I cried when I saw what had become of Jenny. It’s beautiful that she is still alive but she’s an entirely different person.
Always use a helmet
Best ones w Robert stack glad you've shared I like the haunted one's
Only ones. That Denis Farina rehash is a travesty.
7:30 that cop really seems to be enjoying himself especially picking up the bloody 2x4 lol
😂the police nick named the rober fumbles....😂
Stack did a great job keeping a straight face ... or close to it.
Im dead😂😂😳
Sounds like a cartoon character.
I think all criminals should be given demeaning names. The Golden State Killer should have been called "Tiny Dicked Killer."
....and can't catch him.
Robert Stack did a live interview with Jennifer on a different episode, live at the telecenter. As a hardcore fan, I'm glad I got to see it many years ago.
I've heard about that one. Wasn't it a 90 minute special? Unsolved Mysteries posted a snippet of its introduction on Instagram. I wonder why the whole thing's not available elsewhere...
@@jessiesmith6676 it's out there. Those of us that are hardcore fans have seen it.
@@jessiesmith6676 i have it on vhs
Is it posted anywhere, im a long time UM watcher but i musta missed that :(
@@OikPoinFive Hi! I'm Claudia from Chile. I enjoyed this show very much during the 90's in My country!!!! Could you share that special episode in the telecenter? Many of us would looooove that! Thank You very much!
I know I shouldn't have laughed but when the robber fell over and droped his gun I burst out laughing lol
Awww man. Poor Jenny. I feel so bad for her. I hope she’s doing well…. Much love to Jenny. 💌
Curtis sure isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier.
Curtis isn't the brightest bulb in the night light.
The bulb is broken
This is one of the very first episodes I’ve ever seen! We’d watch this when we stayed with our grandparents and all go to bed that night scared to the bejesus. Good times though, gotta love the 90’s!
13 years in prison for 33 armed bank robbery jobs seems like a sweet deal to me
Poor Jennifer, such a sad case, her whole life turned upside down because of the sheer stupidity of a group of teenagers, Curtis definitely knew who threw the plank and I'm sure it was common knowledge among her so called 'friends' in school, if anyone knows anything about this case all these years later I would appreciate it
I looked it up and its rumored that the guy the bf ratted on hired some kids to target the bf. the person who had the board supposedly commited suicide in 1994, but the driver is still alive.
The boyfriend Curtis, is a complete wacko, he's on RUclips spewing so much crap, like you wouldn't believe!
@@Scorch428 thanks for the update, tragic case, the photos of Jenny before and after the attack really do show the reality of what she suffered, at that age we really do think we are invincible and nothing will happen us, when I look back now the company I kept was far from desirable, thankfully nothing like what happened Jennifer happened me, let it be a lesson, who we hang around with can have serious consequences.
Stack is the man
who would live under the name Calvin Clukey by choice
🤣 right that's such a corny name. Clukey? Wtf is a Clukey anyway.
According to Fletch, it's what they call Klansmen in California.
I am going to go out on a very short and thick limb; the person who attacked Jenny was a Cop's son.
Hmm... Could be!
Might be on to something there
Very likely
@BeardedVeteran “Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?”
No
A clumsy robber has successfully held up 30 banks.....
Let that sink in for awhile.
I am so glad to see Jenny didn't die and recovered she has some brain damage but is able to do basic tasks isn't a vegetable won't be the same as she used to but she is alive is beautiful.
Robert Stack make me feel like I know something😬
Robert Stack is the Best!!❤️❤️
No u are
The Jenny Pratt story and the two boys on the railroad tracks are the two mysteries that I remember most.
I'm sitting here trying not to cry about Jenny. I pray that she and her family can learn the truth.
Thank you so much for uploading these videos. My great grandma loved them. She would sit with me and my sister and watch the episodes together.
I've watched both volumes of the Netflix reboot. It's a very well-done reboot for sure, but it doesn't surpass the original series.
Whoever hit Jenny with the board deserves CASTRATION!!
for real. It hurts to see her struggling just to talk.
She was going to be rather similar looking to her mom....Her future surely was henceforth limited/bleak...what can she really do?...who knows
Let's not forget about the grown man that put her in harm's way
Artur S, permanent disability.
@@iseehowitis9382 Exactly!!! He knows who did it.
Curtis didn't have money, one or both of his parents had money.
With regards to Jenny Pratts case. I wish we could stop giving these worthless criminals power and start coming together as a community to bring people that do this to justice.
wouldnt surprise me if it was the bf. he has a criminal history and a history of putting himself before others.
The Killer was Curtis Croft.
Easier said than done
Stack looked great in those suits and trench coat.
He was good as Ness but he was fantastic as host of UM.
I remember when he passed.
The zenith of his acting career was in the movie "written on the wind". If I'm not mistaken he received an AA nomination for it. He was sooo good in it as Kyle, the hard drinking, stubborn, untrusting son, husband, and friend. Rock hudson llayed his best friend, mitch. Dorothy malone played the his drinking sister ( AA win) and robert keith (brian Keith's dad) played their father.
Excellent movie.
A lot of times stack was stiff on screen but he SHINED in this movie!
Poor Jenny. Bless her heart tho'.
Some friends and family members could watch a loved one commit a crime right in front of them and when asked about it by media or law enforcement they would immediately talk about how bad their eye sight is.🙄
This show needs to be brought back for the 21st century. There have been more crimes to happen. Love to see a an episode regarding wells fargo scandal.
It’s on Netflix, but in a different format. It’s still VERY good.
There's a remake show
Currently binge watching every episode of #UnsolvedMysteries now that I've discovered them all on here. I was 7 & 8 in the late 90's when my mum used to watch these and I'd watch them with her. American crime shows like this were always on TV in the UK back then. Just proves that things you see and hear from a young age can shape your interests for a lifetime. Unsolved Mysteries is legendary they don't make programmes like this anymore. Thanks mum!
I'm doing the same thing now! Lol! Binging!
(I was 7 or 8 in the late 80s though, watching unsolved mysteries...I was in high-school in the mid- late 90s😄👍
@@wesleyalan9179 😅 Enjoy bro 👍🏻
@@KingBritish
I had this thought earlier...
What if Robert Stack was NEVER the host of Unsolved Mysteries, what if it was another Mandela Effect!?😄
I believe I would just have to freak out if it were, like...totally lose it!! lol!
Only 13 years!!?? WOOOOOOW!!
Helmets protect lives.
If she had one smh
Jenny's case is still unsolved and the statute of limitations ran out long ago.
So sad. My heart goes out to her
Premedated attempted murder
@@smarie923 They would need evidence to support charging a suspect with premeditated murder and they don't have the evidence nor a suspect.
😔
apparently it's known in thar community who the attacker was, who also apparently committed suicide shortly after. Not that killing himself was an act of redemption but I guess he wasn't completely heartless. Case closed tho.
1st fire was the transient 2nd fire was definitely clarence
Police in Clearwater, Florida received a call from a viewer who identified "Fumbles" as twenty-three-year-old college student Ross James Preston; on May 24, 1989, FBI agents arrested Preston while he was test-driving a pickup truck in Clearwater. When he was arrested, Preston was in possession of the baseball cap, sunglasses, and gloves that were believed to be used in the robberies. A fingerprint found on a bag at the first robbery scene was matched to him. On August 2, 1989, Preston pleaded guilty to thirty-three armed robberies; as part of a plea deal, he was given a twenty-five-year sentence for seven of the robberies. He served thirteen years in prison and was released in 2002.
Yeah it said all that on the show. Thanks for the recap 🙄
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Segment 3: These types of stories are quite common out in the sticks. Whoever said small town life is a bore doesn't know what they're talking about.
I swear in all my years of living I've never laughed so hard due to a law enforcement officer (fbi) professionally tell the story of a criminal. When he said "proceeds to trip" while telling the story with a straight had me laughing so hard i was crying from it.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The cowards that did this and know won't get away with this in Gods judgment.
We all deserve his judgement. God is love, he desires mercy. If those people experience wrath in the life to come it is because they experience God's love as fire and pain, insofar as they lived life as his enemy. According to their mode of willing they construct a hell for themselves. The gates of hell are locked from the inside and hell (or heaven) in a sense, begins in this life insofar as our choices convey us to one or the other. God sends us only to our choices.
Deserving and choosing are two different things. The Bible in Matthew 7 makes it explicitly clear, there are false converts who think they are believers, (believe in Jesus and are saved) and are cast out into hell. They are not choosing to go to hell.
You had me at "join"
Watching from London, Ontario... realizing that I grew up uncomfortably close to the neighbourhood he was found in. 😳👁👁
You could tell Curtis didn't care much about Jenny 😒
He was a rat fink. He doesn’t care about abyone
If you looked up "moron jock" in a dictionary his picture would be displayed. "Steve Holt!"
Dunkaroos abyone? Da fuck?
Johnny Gleason typo. They happen.
He Was A TYPICAL FUCKBOY
man. jennys case makes me feel awful. what a champ - she has done so well. the courage is phenomenal. man.
In the case of Clarence Roberts the fires happened 10 years apart exactly.
11/18/1970. 11/18/1980
No way was that a coincidence.
Incorrect, it was November 29, 1980.
Tawny C. Oh sorry I wasn’t the one that researched it, Robert Stack said himself November 18, 1980 but yeah research it on the Internet it was November 29, 1980. Still the day is pretty close exactly 10 years.
The first fire was a murder commited by Clarence and staged to look like an accident.The second fire was also a murder.Clarence must of activated the accelerant by accident after killing his wife and burned himself to death IRONICALLY.OR IT WAS THE MASONS (POSSIBLY).
@@fryguy1133 That or someone Clarence owed money to decided to swing by the house to collect. I can see Clarence owning money to someone you don't want to own money to.
@Disco Sucks Lol I still want to be a Mason myself so I can save myself and the world.
Best one by far is Robert stack , I use to watch this when I use to go to my dads as a kid
Love Robert Stack in Unsolved Mysteries thank you . This is Stacks show . Sad for Jenny ☹️😢
Clarence Roberts most likely died in the 2nd 🔥the drifter he encounterd was most likely the victim of the 1st 🔥I clearly remember this case from 1988 when I was in 8th grade this was a very good show and Robert stack was the best Host for it
COUGH off the masons ring was fine. that was a symbol. they did this somehow.
@@chrisschneider850lol
The saddest thing is that Jenny did kinda die. The real Jenny.
Brain damage can change people so much that they're not the same person as they were before.
Yes very sad 😭
Yeh it does, i live with a tbi and im nothing in personality like i was before it :(
@@alli-kat2329
Damn, that's a sobering reminder that humans are fragile and should take good care.
I hope your life is going well since the incident.
@@JanetStarChild id like to say it is but tbh its not :( but ty ❤❤
I wonder how she’s doing now? We have such a different perspective on people living with tbi. I had one friend who was recovering from one tbi and then she got hit again! One of the smartest, loveliest people I knew. One friend married a wonderful guy and within 6 months of getting married he was injured and the tbi, ptsd, made him into someone unrecognizable.
I love finding an episode I don't remember seeing since I binged this on RUclips!
One of my favorite TV Shows ever