Now: Settled in bed watching ‘Unsolved Mysteries’. Next: Goes to ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ wiki after each story for further updates 🤣 My new nightly routine!
I’m not laying in bed, but sitting on it. And toking green leafy substance. I’ve been watching “Unsolved Mysteries” since its original time slot on NBC. Robert Stack’s voice itself made this show. This surfacing of the styrofoam container from out of nowhere, in the middle of the ocean, is nothing else but a divine miracle and intervention. He made it. I was 26 when this happened in 1990, and I regret the others are presumed dead. But I see the survivor as God’s Will, and yet I’m probably wrong due to the other three. Triumph with tragedy. Another memorable episode of “Unsolved Mysteries” is the horror story of the Horicon, Wisconsin demon. And the bunk bed.
Episode after episode...Unsolved Mysteries got actors to look like the real people, that's so good! All of this episodes I watched when I was 15 years old (1992)...now Im in my 40's and enjoying them like that time!
Wow. I was the same age during that year. UM was the top show of the day. Use to love watching this every week. Still love this show to this day. I'm so grateful for these uploads. Brings back memories.
He was probably arrested for something else and is behind bars. This type of killer will get more reckless over time...and the probability of him being caught goes up substantially as the years go on. He didn't just kill this kid and stop.
I used to watch this show with my grandma in the 80s! The good ol days! How I long for simpler times like then!!! Rip Grandma miss you! Love this show and Robert stacks voice was perfect for the show!!!! Rip to him as well!!!
I haven't seen them all but my favorite is the one with the older psychic woman(lived in New Jersey)who helped detectives solve murders that lacked leads... truly mindblowing. Or another truly mind-blowing episode was the one with Edgar Cayce
I'd bet the house that Phil Fraser was not the first or last victim of this mysterious hitchhiker. Eddie Olson and his wife must have had nightmares, thinking they allowed that maniac to sleep in their basement with all these guns next to the couch.
@@johnrowe8964 True. I mean, I understand that people back then were less suspicious of others and this gentleman Eddie Olson was obviously from another era and a good old farmer type (type of laid back guy who would give his shirt to anyone)....but yeah, he definitely took trust and generosity to a brand new level that night LMAO! 😉
Makes sense, not like he wouldn't have done it before or since, especially with the effort to dispose of the evidence and thwart police... seemed pretty experienced
@@jonathanturbide2232 The village they lived in had less than 500 people. Its probably normal for people from those areas to be friendly to lost strangers.
One time in the 90's when I was a kid, my sister and I were playing near a river. It was like a block or two from my grandmas house. You could see her house from where we were. These two grown men had just got there with a boat to put it in the water but had locked their keys in the truck. The window was cracked about 2 inches. He asked me "if I pick you up, can you reach in and unlock the door for me?" My sister and I looked at each other, and I said, "sure". He picked me up, I unlocked his door, and he gave me ten bucks and went on his way lol Could've gone a completely dif way but I suppose my sister and I read these guys well.
we just weren’t aware of how much crime was really happening , all we ever heard in the news was crack babies & drug dealers, many ppl were were needlessly killed bc of that neglect
It was a different time; you still had a sense of "trust" so to speak in people and many hadn't lost their faith in humanity, unlike today. I remember in the early 90s growing up as a kid, it was still generally safe to pick up a hitchhiker depending on the area. Nowadays, you just about sign your own death warrant doing that.
@@stevelafarga3296 ok, so there also was the Iran-Iraq war, reagonomics but at the same time NO coverage on all the serial killers in Cali alone, thats #1 reason theres a true crime genre craze today 💯
There's a tendency to emphasize the physical "ugliness" of a male criminal. It makes people feel better...and emphasizes how different the criminal is from the rest of us law-abiding citizens.
Thanks for posting these episodes...as a kid my mom would watch this every Thursday night I was so scared of this show...Robert Stacks voice was so creepy. This has to be one of the greatest series ever made! This takes me back to my childhood!
Aww I loved Robert Stack and his voice - I was 5 when I watched this in 1990 and wanted to marry a man with that look and voice (never got married 😂 ah well)
Ok I'm not the only one till this day the theme music still gives me goosebumps and I'm 41 even the music they play when they update a story is frightening as well.
Segment 1: The hitchhiker's description matched that of a notorious serial killer in Canada at the time. He died in prison and was never substantially linked to Philip Fraser's death though he is believed to have been Philip's murderer. Philip's father passed away in 2014, never having received closure to his son's death.
The Phillip Fraser case is eerie as hell. I watch a lot of true crime on here, and this is hands down one of the creepiest I've ever seen. The quiet Cafe in the middle of nowhere, the even more desolate road that goes on for hundreds of miles, and the terrifying, ugly sketches of him. And to top it off this guy was never caught.
This is one of the scariest most memorable unsolved mysteries cases when I was a kid. When Philip Fraser picked up the mysterious hitchhiker ! SPOOKY ! NEVER Hitchhike and NEVER let anybody you do not know in your car.
@Morphelia Sorry but his point is exaggerated. Plenty of people hitchhike and pick up hitchhikers with no incident. Is there a tiny chance you will die? Sure, but plenty of other things are more likely to kill you. The probability of being murdered is incredibly small. More people have died in plane crashes than people have been murdered, hitchhiking. Does that mean you should never air travel? Of course not. This is just fearmongering.
@Morphelia I need to chill because I disagree with him? Hardly a "tirade". You´re the one getting flustered. And yes its fearmongering. If you are scared, do what you want but don´t force your false beliefs on others especially when they are not backed up by statistics. That is my point.
@Morphelia Okay. Btw, there are tons of car accidents, when things get back to normal, make sure you NEVER get into a car you NEVER know who might crash into you!
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The Philip Fraser case is so sad, you can really sense the pain his parents were feeling. Had his whole life ahead of him and it was taken away by some sicko. :(
This episode shows you just how big and remote most of Canada is. Lots of unsolved crime up there. This perp did all kinds of stuff, was seen by several folks and still was never linked to this crime.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 I always wondered IF he was a murderer, why didn't he kill the first guy who dropped him off at the Café. Puzzling case. They never said how Phillip was killed. I assume he was strangled or stabbed because neither had a gun.
@@rickimhotep1236 It's been a long time since I watched this episode. I believe I read/heard somewhere that Philip was shot. Killers are sometimes selective about those they choose to deep six. The first guy might have been too big/tough/intimidating for him to do away with...or the murderer just liked him for some reason. Heck, he spent the night with that one couple after he offed Philip and slept next to a bunch of easily accessible rifles, but didn't harm them either (even paid them for their hospitality).
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Good point. So IF he was shot, that means the nut is from Canada, as the cop says "It is illegal for Americans to enter with a firearm", so it wasn't Phillips gun, it was his own. It would've been nice to find the first guy who gave him a ride to see what convo was going on, any clues where he's from. Case haunts me as a few others do.
@@msneenee37 Just unpacked after a camping trip in the N. GA Mtns...decompressing and cooling off in the shade...Queued up the unsolved/maybe solved Mysteries 😎
It’s so weird in his obituary it says that Mac McDonald had a son and grandchildren but in the segment it said he had no one in his life and that’s why he was trying to find his child .
Maybe he wasn’t able to really establish a relationship with Sherry so he got married in his 60’s and had a kid with this new woman, that kid today could easily be in his late 20’s today.
The story about the murdered hitchiker is one of the scariest in the entire series. A lot of the stories about murders in the Northwest--like the Canadian couple who were lured to their death on a ferry crossing--are just chilling. The fact that quite of few of them remain unsolved makes it even worse.
I think you are talking about the Cook-Van Cuylenborg murders. It was theorized that they met the killer on the ferry but it turned out the killer was some type of delivery man who was never on the ferry. He spotted them parking their van in the street, kidnapped and then murdered them.
I feel so sorry for Philip Fraser. He was just being a nice guy and got killed for it. It makes me angry and sick that his killer was going around pretending to be him. Feel very sad for Philip's Parents losing a fine son. I saw this as a kid and this episode was one of the most memorable & spookiest Unsolved Mysteries for me.
This. But also, what is bizarre is that if Phillip turned him down when the hitchhiker initially approached him, why did he drive over to where the hitchhiker was, and then attempt to drive away when he tried forcing himself in that car? Why make any more contact with him in the first place? Unless it was just how the story was re-enacted.
they always filmed the segments with care,the stories that took place in different years,the clothing,art decoration and sets, the photography looked superior.
For better or worse, Canadians do not live with the level of fear of crime and violence, whether real or imagined, that Americans do. (I will add that I had a very dear friend murdered while he was hitchhiking in the U.S. No one knows where exactly he was picked up, but his body was dumped out of a car in South Carolina.)
I live in Australia and no way would I pick up a hitchhiker, even if it was freezing cold or raining. Sorry, I know there are some genuinely good people in this world who wouldn't harm a fly, but you just never know and in the middle of nowhere I wouldn't be picking up anyone.
@@inkyguy - yet Canadians get killed just like Americans do. I have watched numerous Canadian crime documentaries, and I was appalled at the inaction of the Canadian police.
@@inkyguy you are right, but remember we are talking about a country of 35 million vs a country of 300 million.....it only stands to reason the US would have a much higher rate of violence
AA KT, read more carefully. I referred to the RATE of murder and violent crime, not raw totals. The rates are based on the number of incidents per 100,000 people.
Oy the Cassie Nicole. I'll never forget the reenactment (getting chills typing this) when the woman relative who had been getting strange phone calls looks out her kitchen pondering about everything that had transpired following anther abrupt call. Stack's commentary of: "After only a moment, the connection was broken. There have been no calls since. The Niesmiths and the Tysons are convinced that the three missing men were taken aboard the passing freighter, and perhaps transported to a foreign country against their will" That statement combined with the eerie music, and then the photos of the three men against the black granite background UM always used has haunted me all these years. Chills. Damn I wish I knew what happened to them.
is it really likely though, that a passing freighter which must contain a reasonable amount of crew who would all likely be fully aware of the situation that they had 3 american captives would be, for whatever reason, around 20 or so miles off of the coast of georgia with the entire crew except for potentially one guy all in on it, all keeping quiet, all contributing towards their captivity and their.....what? torture? murder? for what reason? because they just dont like americans? i think that the ship mightve seen the debris and taken it aboard, i think its logical that if they found survivors that it would be followed up in some way, because why wouldnt it be? they probably just drowned and i dont blame this guy for hoping for the best, he probably feels responsible, but i think they died shortly after he swam away. i dont think he shouldnt have swam away, he clearly made the right decision or he wouldve been dead too.......but they shouldve gone too, they should have tried
I am so grateful to film Rise for these episodes. The Mystery Hitchhiker always bothers me. As did the man who was worried about getting jailed over his kid.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Because he´s not the killer. He was serving time in prison when Fraser was murdered. Not to mention the witnesses didn´t identify him.
@@jenniferryersejones9876 "Wayne" is cool as a last name, but as a middle name it either means you're a wacky killer or you've had your member cut off. Remember, John Wayne Gacy and John Wayne Bobbitt.
i bet you would need more than 2 hands to count how many hitchhikers youd have to pick up before one murders you, and then it would be your own stupid fault for taking your hands off the steering wheel to count your fingers, causing you and the innocent hitchhiker to die
I always loved the Mac McDonald segment. It was a complex situation and I think he was genuinely remorseful about what happened. You can also see it all in the reaction of Helen during the reunion. Her manner of speaking and expression had me feeling that she realized her own mother was right all along about him. His daughter was an incredibly thoughtful and open person about the whole thing.
Old post but you are spot on. As an added though, he had all that money and couldn't find his daughter doesn't sound right. I don't think he tried too much, not sure if he was still scared because of statute of limitations or what but he had the means to find her IF he really wanted to. Sadly when he died there's no mention of his daughter, so maybe it's more complicated than we think. Maybe he was NOT her father after all. It's been done before, who knows.
yep, her mom knew he was trouble and that's why she tried to keep them apart. As she matured she probably realized her mom was only trying to help her.
The fishing trip creeps me out, especially being out in the middle of no where in the ocean. That's scary! Everyone should've stayed together or there needs to be more coastguards in the sea just for safety reasons.
That guy swimming back to the piece of debris alone was strange. Why not stay together or swim together. I initially thought he has something to do with it
@@erickanew same - I had a sinking feeling the same as when I watched the other episode about the Greg guy who was a cop who turned out to be the killer (and only got 8 years!!!) and the other episode where the male friend tried to make out that the young woman insisted on getting a lift back with 2 men and it turned out that he had raped and murdered her. I think he killed them all and made it all up and is calling these families himself I bet it’s him. It’s awful but I bet it’s him because it’s all going by his say so and that Joanna Lees mystery in Australia where everyone originally believed her even though she had another lover she was wanting to meet up with in Europe and she wasn’t getting along with Peter Falconio the point I’m trying to make is when there is only one survivor they can make up anything and I bet he wanted them all dead for some reason probably to gain their life insurance I bet. It doesn’t ring true at all. It’s all by his recollection and he could be saying anything.
Couldn't hurt of course, but its on them ultimately or us if we choose to go out, for example if you go out on a small boat with 4 crew, don't have a single life raft that's only for 2 men and also has a hole the size of a quarter in it....100 percent of that was avoidable and it was all on them and there bad choices, and that's not"victim shaming" its just the truth ya know, it sucks though terrible I mean dude lost 2 family members on there.
the thing is.....he abandoned that baby, he had the address he could have written, could have maintained contact, could have helped to support his baby...........but he waited 4 decades and then felt guilty enough to do something about it after painting a picture of how much of a hard working honest guy he was that would do anything for love i totally get that womans stance. she is 43 now, she has her life has everything she needs, he has never been there before and now its only to make himself feel better so i dont blame her at all and none of it is her fault anyway, she is the victim not the father if it were me, and i am a similar age to her and have spoken to my own father on 1 occasion since i was 9 and no occasions in the last 25 years, i would not be interested. i have got this far on my own and i wouldnt care to ease his guilt now that he is old and alone, all those years without a thought spared and then suddenly he wants back in? no thanks
His obituary is online and there is no mention of his daughter. I don’t think they really ended up reconnecting. Sadly it sounds like the damage was done
After watching this episode I wonder how Mac's daughter Sherry and him got along after the show. She seemed to not want him to be part of her life. Although I feel bad for Sherry because she was born into a pretty crazy situation. I looked at Mac's obituary and it didn't mention her. I have a feeling perhaps the two drifted apart after the years. I wonder if the two made peace with each other and that it was an accident that Sherry's name wasn't on there. Sometimes with these updates there's more that goes on which we don't know and that it isn't always a happy ending. But I really hope things turned out ok.
He couldn't win he runs people look at him as a deadbeat he stays he could be looking at a statitory rape charge. He couldn't win your 2nd chance doesn't come knowing the outcome of the past.
@@patrickgray5633 exactly. The Mother orchastrated it all, she was a bitch. Mac wasn't able to stay in his baby daughters life or with Helen due to her vicious mother's actions.
@Lady Heart Woah give him a break. You talk like you knew him. As others said, different times and different dilemmas. It was her mothers fault, not hers or him. Kids acting like grown ups and trying to do their best, thats all. Also the 40 years timelapse work in both ways. One can say Sherry was happy to add a million to her family, dont ya´ think?
Her mother is the one to blame. She called the cops on him. He was terrified he’d go to jail for 30 years. The mother should have given them a chance to be together and have a family.
You know this video made me really sad. I was just amazed how the man Olson invited a stranded stranger home. Back then people were not so afraid of strangers, and its sad that in this day in age not to many people would invite a stranger home for fear of strangers. Times have changed for the worse,
@Cowschickenspigs Feelpain Lord is fake just like you are. He ain't feasible for people who neglect taking Him as Lord. His fakeness is so real that lead you to believe your lies. But, if you wake up, there is a chance for you to see the bitterness in your soul will cancker up you all over and done.
@@xennial80sxberner I mean it's possible. His obituary listed a son (and 3 grandchildren) yet in this segment Stack mentioned he wasn't married or had any other family. He was about 60 when this aired. So it is possible he may have had another child. Or someone came forward after watching the episode and claiming he had a son. Sad whatever it was that happened between Sherry and Mac.
I was a big fan of this show, watched pretty much every episode, and even after all these years, the Philip Fraser story still stands out as one of the creepiest stories they ever covered. It still sends chills up and down my spine listening to the café owner and her daughter describing the creepy, sinister vibes that weird hitchhiker gave them.
@@bustyblondebeachbunny4827 I agree! Really scary how the creepy hitchhiker seemed to appear out of nowhere and then just vanished into thin air again.
Lol I used to hitchhike and ride trains and we were always scared the drivers that picked us up were going to be killers. One guy really seemed like it, he wore leather gloves the entire ride, didn't say anything but was listening to Frank Zappa in a spotless car with entomology flyers sitting around, right when we got out my girlfriend was like "did he feel like a serial killer you?" And I said "I was just about to ask you the same thing". But sometimes it's a pain getting a ride but you understand why people are cautious of you too like you are of them.
I listen to this while I'm working, and EVERYBODY hears the music and goes "UNSOLVED MYSTERIES!!!! I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!! Even young people know what this show is!!!! 👍👍👍👍
That ‘Mac’ story must have a part that’s being left out, then again a million bucks doesn’t even begin to make up for leaving your woman with your kid...
Personally, I don't believe the threat of statutory rape charges. Why would you let her stay with you & lie that she's your wife? Why would you go to her house if the fear of being arrested made you leave not even 5 mins later? Especially when the mother wasn't being mean towards you at all. He ran away because he didn't wanna be a dad. He could've sent money or even waited til Mary was 18 to ask for marriage. Then, he waits until he's old & the child is well past 18 to want to reconnect. Please. Just a selfish old creep who wanted to feel better about abandoning his child.
Hahaha, what's with your handle dude? Just putting it out there from the get go & hey, u never know right. Classic. Your one of those shy fellers ain't 'cha. LoL 🧘😝😜🤸🙃🙀😻🙈🙉🙊👅🙄😂🤣😅😋🤪😏
I hope all Canadians are this naive. What in the world was this guy thinking. Letting a total stranger sleep in this basement with a gun cases full of guns😳
honestly in my opinion, canadians wrestle bears up there in their free time, im sure they know how to take down a guy even if he was in a room of guns.
There was never any mention that the guns *WERE ACTUALLY LOADED* so that was *PROBABLY THE TEST* and if the freak that probably inspired the Angelina Jolie Movie Taking Lives was stupid enough to try anything to that couple in their own house they would have a gun up his poop hole and the sheriff on speed dial in seconds. Canadians are smart people. They will lull bad people into a false sense of security then if it turns out those people are bad then they will turn rogue and destroy them.
I used to love but be terrified of this show when I was a little kid in the 80/90s!!! The music even gave me the creeps!!! Btw its obviously still a favorite
Wilfred "Mac" McDonald died April 11, 2017. His lengthy obituary doesn't mention him having a daughter, only "...he is survived by his son Douglas McDonald and grandchildren, Thea, Logan, and Ray McDonald. Mac was a father, grandfather and friend to many."
...So very SAD ! All Philip Fraser's & his parent's hopes, dreams and aspiritions all came to a horrifying end when Philip picked up that Deadbeat hitchhiker killer ! In my opinion Philip needed to be travelling in a more powerful truck than that run down car, going through all that wilderness. There is always a danger too of being attacked by a Mountain Lion or Bear. Sad what happenned. My heart goes out to his parents who seemed very nice !
Can't expect a child to love a parent who abandoned them for literally their entire life up to age 43. She doesn't know that man & never did. And, he probably wasn't as truthful about wanting to get to know her as he made it seem.
Unsolved mysteries..... My childhood. From 7 years old to now (I'm 31), I would watch it every time it was on tv, it was amazingly interesting. Still is.
Omg I’m watching from Adelaide Australia and I used to watch this back in the early 90’s as a kid with my family at night along with Agro’s Cartoon Connection in the morning (by myself!) 😂
My own story from 2015: I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. Male. (this IS important, because you have to consider what I LOOK like) Since 2012, Vancouver BC has been my favorite vacation spot. Before the pandemic, once a year, I liked to go out to Kelowna BC, even driving East in Washington State, and driving North through US 97, then driving West back to Vancouver (great scenery). Well, in 2015, I entered at Osoyoos BC, North of Omac, Washington. This time in 2015, I did NOT drive North to Kelowna. Instead, literally one mile North of the border crossing, I went West on BC 3 towards Hope BC, to Vancouver. Well, literally a HALF mile from turning left, West on BC 3, an attractive 16 year old Native American girl stuck out her thumb, asking me for a ride. I didn't stop. I kept driving. How do I know that if I stopped the car, some accomplice hiding behind a tree or rock wasn't going to come in, on cue, and ambush me? How does SHE know that I'M not some "bad scary guy," despite my "harmless nerdy appearance?" No question in my mind, from that moment in 2015, to now, and every moment in between, that I did the right thing, by NOT even THINKING about giving her a ride. Oh Oh!! I have a friend named BJ, who's 5'6", 375 pounds. Back in 1993, I told BJ, "Never ever pick up a hitchhiker!" BJ asked me, "What if she's a hot woman?" Come on BJ, ESPECIALLY hot women! It's a RUSE!
I’ve watched the Fraser case 4-5 times in a row now. So many crazy things in this case. Creepiest thing of all is they never definitively found him, only speculation as to who he could’ve been. It’s really sad there was never justice in this case. At the same time, you have to wonder what possessed him to pick this guy up? Especially if he was trying to pull away from him while the passenger door was open. Then add in the fact that the 2nd couple who found the hitchhiker let him sleep next to the gun cabinet?? I mean, wow...
Maybe times were different then? And for me Canada's a different country, foreign countries have different ways of doing things...i know being a woman in the USA I WOULD NOT ever pick up a hitch hiker ever!
@Piatequila They were small town folk. The village they found him in has less than 500 people. It´s probably normal for those people to be friendly to out-of-towners.
By the looks of him he would have likely been the easy to be intimidated type, at that moment he probably thought he was being"rude" and was simultaneously a bit scared and so rolled the duce hoping the Hitchhiker was a decent man, bad move ultimately, but yeah him running with the car was Red flag #1 and the only flag needed.
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Mr. Robert Stack was the epitome of cool! Watching unsolved mysteries kept me off of the streets! Thank you!
Someone needs to make a collection of all "unexplained death" segments . They were always my favorite
Now: Settled in bed watching ‘Unsolved Mysteries’.
Next: Goes to ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ wiki after each story for further updates 🤣
My new nightly routine!
Yep 👍
🤣 same!!
Yup ❤️🙌🏽
Of course, I'm not dead inside!
Same
In bed listening and watching Unsolved Mysteries.
Loving it! 👍
Good and entertaining ... Makes one think...trying to solve it as well..😂
Same here.
I’m not laying in bed, but sitting on it. And toking green leafy substance. I’ve been watching “Unsolved Mysteries” since its original time slot on NBC. Robert Stack’s voice itself made this show.
This surfacing of the styrofoam container from out of nowhere, in the middle of the ocean, is nothing else but a divine miracle and intervention. He made it.
I was 26 when this happened in 1990, and I regret the others are presumed dead. But I see the survivor as God’s Will, and yet I’m probably wrong due to the other three. Triumph with tragedy.
Another memorable episode of “Unsolved Mysteries” is the horror story of the Horicon, Wisconsin demon. And the bunk bed.
Me too 😂
Episode after episode...Unsolved Mysteries got actors to look like the real people, that's so good! All of this episodes I watched when I was 15 years old (1992)...now Im in my 40's and enjoying them like that time!
Wow. I was the same age during that year. UM was the top show of the day. Use to love watching this every week. Still love this show to this day. I'm so grateful for these uploads. Brings back memories.
Same here! I was in my teens & loved this show then. So much nostalgia watching it again. Love that theme song.
I was born in 92 lol....
I soo agree.
Actually, UM had many of the actual victims/witnesses play their parts in the re-enactments.
Time to crawl into bed snuggle up and listen to Unsolved Mysteries
Ikr it's the best. Yaaaaas
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OH YES!!!
marriage material. haha 😉
@@MissMcD woman of my on ❤️
It's shocking to think that hitchhiker freak will never be caught
The police are hopeful that this case is still solvable. Several key details about the murder have not been released.
@Jewel Clark That´s not correct. McGray was in prison at the time of the murder. Moreover, the witnesses did not identify McGray as the hitchhiker.
He was probably arrested for something else and is behind bars. This type of killer will get more reckless over time...and the probability of him being caught goes up substantially as the years go on. He didn't just kill this kid and stop.
they'll never find me
I wish there would of been an update on the freak of a hitchhiker
I used to watch this show with my grandma in the 80s! The good ol days! How I long for simpler times like then!!! Rip Grandma miss you! Love this show and Robert stacks voice was perfect for the show!!!! Rip to him as well!!!
Me too!❤
I've seen every single episode of Unsolved Mysteries and this is personally one of my favorite episodes. Such a great
I haven't seen them all but my favorite is the one with the older psychic woman(lived in New Jersey)who helped detectives solve murders that lacked leads... truly mindblowing. Or another truly mind-blowing episode was the one with Edgar Cayce
I second that..
Do you remember the giant squid segment I've been looking and can't find it
Bless you to find your father love the family you have it can change in the blink of a eye
my favorite episode is the one with big foot, Elvis, and some paranormal thing.
Rainy autumn day, snacks and unsolved mysteries.
Literally living my best life❤❤❤❤
I'd bet the house that Phil Fraser was not the first or last victim of this mysterious hitchhiker. Eddie Olson and his wife must have had nightmares, thinking they allowed that maniac to sleep in their basement with all these guns next to the couch.
But how stupidly could u put a total stranger in your home next to a loaded gun case Im naive and trusting enough but even Im not that dumb
@@johnrowe8964 True. I mean, I understand that people back then were less suspicious of others and this gentleman Eddie Olson was obviously from another era and a good old farmer type (type of laid back guy who would give his shirt to anyone)....but yeah, he definitely took trust and generosity to a brand new level that night LMAO! 😉
I felt bad for the Olsons, especially when Eddie said there were 15 guns in the basement, that stranger could've killed them.
Makes sense, not like he wouldn't have done it before or since, especially with the effort to dispose of the evidence and thwart police... seemed pretty experienced
@@jonathanturbide2232 The village they lived in had less than 500 people. Its probably normal for people from those areas to be friendly to lost strangers.
As a Canadain, I really appreciate thst unsolved mysteries would feature a Canadain story
Spelled Canadian wrong though 😮
As a Canadian, I am offended a Canadian does not know how to spell it.
One time in the 90's when I was a kid, my sister and I were playing near a river. It was like a block or two from my grandmas house. You could see her house from where we were. These two grown men had just got there with a boat to put it in the water but had locked their keys in the truck. The window was cracked about 2 inches. He asked me "if I pick you up, can you reach in and unlock the door for me?" My sister and I looked at each other, and I said, "sure". He picked me up, I unlocked his door, and he gave me ten bucks and went on his way lol Could've gone a completely dif way but I suppose my sister and I read these guys well.
People in the 80s were wild. Picking up hitchhikers. Letting strangers from the side of the road sleep in your house. Wtf?
we just weren’t aware of how much crime was really happening , all we ever heard in the news was crack babies & drug dealers, many ppl were were needlessly killed bc of that neglect
It was a different time; you still had a sense of "trust" so to speak in people and many hadn't lost their faith in humanity, unlike today. I remember in the early 90s growing up as a kid, it was still generally safe to pick up a hitchhiker depending on the area. Nowadays, you just about sign your own death warrant doing that.
@@PropsandWingsIt was never “safe” to pick up hitchhikers. Americans are morons!
@@grandkhanonizegypti disagree, that was just one segment of the news back then.
@@stevelafarga3296
ok, so there also was the Iran-Iraq war, reagonomics
but at the same time NO coverage on all the serial killers in Cali alone, thats #1 reason theres a true crime genre craze today 💯
never heasrd of guy described as "flappy belly overhanging his belt" i mean daaamn, just call the guy fat
So descriptive lol
There's a tendency to emphasize the physical "ugliness" of a male criminal. It makes people feel better...and emphasizes how different the criminal is from the rest of us law-abiding citizens.
This one dude had the most boomhower drawl ever
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 I agree it's to make distance so people feel safe that they are not the terrible beast
@Werewolf O. London, Esq. that's not a physical description that's making him appear to be a monster seporate from regular humans
The first story has always spooked me!
Never hitchhike & vice versa
Be careful out there.
Thanks for posting these episodes...as a kid my mom would watch this every Thursday night I was so scared of this show...Robert Stacks voice was so creepy. This has to be one of the greatest series ever made! This takes me back to my childhood!
Yeah, this show was part of my childhood too. Those were the days. Use to watch with my mom and sis. Miss Robert Stack...RIP.
Aww I loved Robert Stack and his voice - I was 5 when I watched this in 1990 and wanted to marry a man with that look and voice (never got married 😂 ah well)
@@ChanelCoco-pk7mp To me, he looks as if he could be a handsome cousin of Michael Douglass.
Same
This show scared the crap out of me when I was a kid because of the theme music and Robert stack voice 🥴🥴
Ok I'm not the only one till this day the theme music still gives me goosebumps and I'm 41 even the music they play when they update a story is frightening as well.
Exactly! The same!
Philip's first instinct was not to pick that guy up, always trust your instincts! Poor boy!
I.L., Hi I agree 100%. Alway's keep your passenger door LOCKED and do not pick up strangers ! Philip's kindness did him in really
Very creepy story.
his mother probably said "dont pick up any hitchhikers"
Also he had guns but the cannucks confiscated them. Otherwise the story might have ended differently.
'The Hitcher' with Rutger Hauer should be enough to deter people from picking up hitchhikers. 🚗 🚷
He didn't actually pick him up the guy opened the car door and pretty much forced him to give him a ride. He should have had his doors locked.
Maybe he never saw it lol
@@biofreeze5232 😊 👍
That movie freaked me out.
OMG yes - that movie totally freaked me out!
SHIRLEY FRASER was my doctor 1990. Rest in heavenly peace Phillip.♡
They look like good people.
Really? my heart feels for poor Phillip. I am stil lwondering about that case 30 + years later
Segment 1: The hitchhiker's description matched that of a notorious serial killer in Canada at the time. He died in prison and was never substantially linked to Philip Fraser's death though he is believed to have been Philip's murderer.
Philip's father passed away in 2014, never having received closure to his son's death.
Name of the killer????
@@MyNameIsRon Michael Wayne McGray, although the RCMP later ruled him out, as he was believed to be in another area of the country at the time.
so let me get this straight, he allows a strange man to sleep in his home in the basement RIGHT NEXT TO HIS GUN CASES WITH WEAPONS?????? REALLY??? LOL
Stupidity at it's finest.
Lol
Well in the clip they look to be in a safe, but I have no idea if that's the actual basement or just a reenactment.
People are stupid.. period...
Canadians.
They're canadians. They think bad things happen only in america lol
RIP Philip Fraser.
I could never figure out why Philip Fraser had a change of heart and decided to pick him up. Being a nice guy cost him his life.
Yeah pretty sad, poor guy and his family
Kindness . it can kill.
I thought this has been solved, but I checked and it has not been.
It kinda looked like the hitchhiker forced his way into Philip's car. Maybe he threatened phil that he'd kill the women in the diner or something?
Nah him not having his guns killed him. Imagine if the Canadians didn't take both of his guns? He might've lived if it wasn't for that.
The Phillip Fraser case is eerie as hell. I watch a lot of true crime on here, and this is hands down one of the creepiest I've ever seen. The quiet Cafe in the middle of nowhere, the even more desolate road that goes on for hundreds of miles, and the terrifying, ugly sketches of him. And to top it off this guy was never caught.
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I love all of these episodes!! Thank you so much for uploading them Film Rise
I have a feeling the hitchhikers is still out there somewhere. He’s getting older but still here.
i’ll never stop watching unsolved mysteries!
He went to meet his daughter wearing a nice suit! I was balling 😭
Very moving
lol
Hopefully he Will enjoy having a long term relationship with his daughter and grandkids
Bawling not balling lol. There's a big difference.
Yes that touched me too!
This is one of the scariest most memorable unsolved mysteries cases when I was a kid. When Philip Fraser picked up the mysterious hitchhiker ! SPOOKY ! NEVER Hitchhike and NEVER let anybody you do not know in your car.
You have more chances of dying in a car accident than a hitchhiker murdering you.
@Morphelia Sorry but his point is exaggerated. Plenty of people hitchhike and pick up hitchhikers with no incident. Is there a tiny chance you will die? Sure, but plenty of other things are more likely to kill you. The probability of being murdered is incredibly small. More people have died in plane crashes than people have been murdered, hitchhiking. Does that mean you should never air travel? Of course not. This is just fearmongering.
@Morphelia I need to chill because I disagree with him? Hardly a "tirade". You´re the one getting flustered. And yes its fearmongering. If you are scared, do what you want but don´t force your false beliefs on others especially when they are not backed up by statistics. That is my point.
@Morphelia Okay. Btw, there are tons of car accidents, when things get back to normal, make sure you NEVER get into a car you NEVER know who might crash into you!
@Morphelia I´m being smart too. Don´t get into your car, its dangerous!
thanks FilmRise! the og's are the best.
Yes!
(Robert)Stack-attack!
Cant agree anymore....so many memories
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The Philip Fraser case is so sad, you can really sense the pain his parents were feeling. Had his whole life ahead of him and it was taken away by some sicko. :(
Agreed,very sad. So much potential stolen
This episode shows you just how big and remote most of Canada is. Lots of unsolved crime up there. This perp did all kinds of stuff, was seen by several folks and still was never linked to this crime.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 I always wondered IF he was a murderer, why didn't he kill the first guy who dropped him off at the Café. Puzzling case. They never said how Phillip was killed. I assume he was strangled or stabbed because neither had a gun.
@@rickimhotep1236 It's been a long time since I watched this episode. I believe I read/heard somewhere that Philip was shot. Killers are sometimes selective about those they choose to deep six. The first guy might have been too big/tough/intimidating for him to do away with...or the murderer just liked him for some reason. Heck, he spent the night with that one couple after he offed Philip and slept next to a bunch of easily accessible rifles, but didn't harm them either (even paid them for their hospitality).
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Good point. So IF he was shot, that means the nut is from Canada, as the cop says "It is illegal for Americans to enter with a firearm", so it wasn't Phillips gun, it was his own. It would've been nice to find the first guy who gave him a ride to see what convo was going on, any clues where he's from. Case haunts me as a few others do.
Love the period pieces. You can tell the actors playing Mac and Mary Helen were 1991 Gen X teens pretending it was the late 40s lol.
I used to watch this as a kid. Here in Australia. The music is so cool.
Here from New Zealand 🎉❤
here from Canada 🎉
Ggga GG fgg gf fgààg5@@paleshelter5376
Here in South America too, there are many updated cases now compared to when it used to air back then
I got my snacks and my sweats on time to binge
I watch these episodes at night with the lights off, and it’s scary!
Who’s watching in may 2024 In Melbourne Australia
From trinidad and tobago.
July 2024😂
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Just unpacked after a camping trip in the N. GA Mtns...decompressing and cooling off in the shade...Queued up the unsolved/maybe solved Mysteries 😎
Did the person who gave the hitchhiker lift to cafeteria ever come out to call the police? Maybe he or she knows who was that hitchhiker?
Reunions never fail to hit me in the feels.
It’s so weird in his obituary it says that Mac McDonald had a son and grandchildren but in the segment it said he had no one in his life and that’s why he was trying to find his child .
Maybe this story was made up.
or they found more random kids after the show lol
Remember the show was 1992 and he only died a few years ago so a lot of time passed in between
Story dont add up.
Maybe he wasn’t able to really establish a relationship with Sherry so he got married in his 60’s and had a kid with this new woman, that kid today could easily be in his late 20’s today.
The story about the murdered hitchiker is one of the scariest in the entire series. A lot of the stories about murders in the Northwest--like the Canadian couple who were lured to their death on a ferry crossing--are just chilling. The fact that quite of few of them remain unsolved makes it even worse.
Josh, Hello. To me this is the most scary story of Robert Stacks unsolved Mysteries. I saw it first as a teenager and it still scary. All the best.
I think you are talking about the Cook-Van Cuylenborg murders. It was theorized that they met the killer on the ferry but it turned out the killer was some type of delivery man who was never on the ferry. He spotted them parking their van in the street, kidnapped and then murdered them.
This old show is so nostalgic for me! I used to watch this as a kid with my grandparents! It was one of our favorites!
So sad for Phillips parents ,😔😔
me to i hope the guy who did that burns in hell
The Philip parents must have gone through so much pain such a sad story .
I feel so sorry for Philip Fraser. He was just being a nice guy and got killed for it. It makes me angry and sick that his killer was going around pretending to be him. Feel very sad for Philip's Parents losing a fine son. I saw this as a kid and this episode was one of the most memorable & spookiest Unsolved Mysteries for me.
Hope the catch that bastard.
This. But also, what is bizarre is that if Phillip turned him down when the hitchhiker initially approached him, why did he drive over to where the hitchhiker was, and then attempt to drive away when he tried forcing himself in that car? Why make any more contact with him in the first place? Unless it was just how the story was re-enacted.
@@clothestravel Probably just how it was reenacted. We don't really know exactly what happened.
@@clothestravelpeople like that killer know how to spring things suddenly, to apply pressure.
I always thought this show did a good job of recreating the stories.
Agree 👌.
@@pansysgarden I'm with you, sister, I agree too.
Ashley Jo hi Ashley, I agree with your comment. I remember being in 4th and 5th grade watching these episodes. This is an awesome show!
they always filmed the segments with care,the stories that took place in different years,the clothing,art decoration and sets, the photography looked superior.
Very high production values, as is fortunately the Netflix reboot.
Who else watching in 2020?
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This dude...tho I was scared as a child to watch this
Me and it brings me so much nostalgia- my family and I used to watch this together when I was a child 😊 it reminds me of my late father 💕
NEVER pick up hitchhikers. Never BE a hitchhiker. Always, ALWAYS lock your car doors no matter where you go.
For better or worse, Canadians do not live with the level of fear of crime and violence, whether real or imagined, that Americans do. (I will add that I had a very dear friend murdered while he was hitchhiking in the U.S. No one knows where exactly he was picked up, but his body was dumped out of a car in South Carolina.)
I live in Australia and no way would I pick up a hitchhiker, even if it was freezing cold or raining. Sorry, I know there are some genuinely good people in this world who wouldn't harm a fly, but you just never know and in the middle of nowhere I wouldn't be picking up anyone.
@@inkyguy - yet Canadians get killed just like Americans do. I have watched numerous Canadian crime documentaries, and I was appalled at the inaction of the Canadian police.
@@inkyguy you are right, but remember we are talking about a country of 35 million vs a country of 300 million.....it only stands to reason the US would have a much higher rate of violence
AA KT, read more carefully. I referred to the RATE of murder and violent crime, not raw totals. The rates are based on the number of incidents per 100,000 people.
"Flabby belly", lol, Stack funny
The Mary Helen actress has to be the most attractive renactment actress I've ever seen in my life!
Oy the Cassie Nicole. I'll never forget the reenactment (getting chills typing this) when the woman relative who had been getting strange phone calls looks out her kitchen pondering about everything that had transpired following anther abrupt call. Stack's commentary of:
"After only a moment, the connection was broken. There have been no calls since. The Niesmiths and the Tysons are convinced that the three missing men were taken aboard the passing freighter, and perhaps transported to a foreign country against their will"
That statement combined with the eerie music, and then the photos of the three men against the black granite background UM always used has haunted me all these years. Chills. Damn I wish I knew what happened to them.
Me too
is it really likely though, that a passing freighter which must contain a reasonable amount of crew who would all likely be fully aware of the situation that they had 3 american captives would be, for whatever reason, around 20 or so miles off of the coast of georgia with the entire crew except for potentially one guy all in on it, all keeping quiet, all contributing towards their captivity and their.....what? torture? murder? for what reason? because they just dont like americans?
i think that the ship mightve seen the debris and taken it aboard, i think its logical that if they found survivors that it would be followed up in some way, because why wouldnt it be? they probably just drowned and i dont blame this guy for hoping for the best, he probably feels responsible, but i think they died shortly after he swam away. i dont think he shouldnt have swam away, he clearly made the right decision or he wouldve been dead too.......but they shouldve gone too, they should have tried
@@psims7342 Yeah I always felt they all should gave swam together, it made no sense for 1 person to do that.
I am so grateful to film Rise for these episodes. The Mystery Hitchhiker always bothers me. As did the man who was worried about getting jailed over his kid.
@simon says Seems plausible. I wonder why he hasn't been definitively linked to the case yet.
@simon says Well, he DOES have 'Wayne' as his middle name!
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Because he´s not the killer. He was serving time in prison when Fraser was murdered. Not to mention the witnesses didn´t identify him.
@@jenniferryersejones9876 "Wayne" is cool as a last name, but as a middle name it either means you're a wacky killer or you've had your member cut off. Remember, John Wayne Gacy and John Wayne Bobbitt.
Back then a guy could do 20 or 30 years for sleeping with a minor only 16. Its creepy even in Canada serial killers are in our myst.
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Don’t pick up a hitchhiker!
Does anybody still do in 2021? Probably.
@@luke125 I hope not to dangerous.
@@luke125 I hitched through Norway and Sweden in the early 2000s. I wouldn't do it in the States or Canada however.
@@ernstvanstangl1048 Yeah definitely don’t do it here in the States, it’s a good way to get murdered.
i bet you would need more than 2 hands to count how many hitchhikers youd have to pick up before one murders you, and then it would be your own stupid fault for taking your hands off the steering wheel to count your fingers, causing you and the innocent hitchhiker to die
I always loved the Mac McDonald segment. It was a complex situation and I think he was genuinely remorseful about what happened. You can also see it all in the reaction of Helen during the reunion. Her manner of speaking and expression had me feeling that she realized her own mother was right all along about him. His daughter was an incredibly thoughtful and open person about the whole thing.
Old post but you are spot on. As an added though, he had all that money and couldn't find his daughter doesn't sound right. I don't think he tried too much, not sure if he was still scared because of statute of limitations or what but he had the means to find her IF he really wanted to. Sadly when he died there's no mention of his daughter, so maybe it's more complicated than we think. Maybe he was NOT her father after all. It's been done before, who knows.
Or maybe your absolutely wrong 😮
It is a very complex situation, but it would've been a lot less complex had Mary Helen's mother not butted in in the first place.
yep, her mom knew he was trouble and that's why she tried to keep them apart. As she matured she probably realized her mom was only trying to help her.
@@JonathanLedbetter the man was like 23 and she was 16 -- utterly disgusting
Alaska so much looks just like the UP in Michigan where I lived. Beautiful.
No place on earth like Alaska.
The fishing trip creeps me out, especially being out in the middle of no where in the ocean. That's scary! Everyone should've stayed together or there needs to be more coastguards in the sea just for safety reasons.
whos going to pay for it? im not gonna pay more taxes just because people cant make sure they have a good life raft and an emergency locator
youre an idiot
have you ever been to the ocean
its....pretty big
stupid biotch haha wow
That guy swimming back to the piece of debris alone was strange. Why not stay together or swim together. I initially thought he has something to do with it
@@erickanew same - I had a sinking feeling the same as when I watched the other episode about the Greg guy who was a cop who turned out to be the killer (and only got 8 years!!!) and the other episode where the male friend tried to make out that the young woman insisted on getting a lift back with 2 men and it turned out that he had raped and murdered her. I think he killed them all and made it all up and is calling these families himself I bet it’s him. It’s awful but I bet it’s him because it’s all going by his say so and that Joanna Lees mystery in Australia where everyone originally believed her even though she had another lover she was wanting to meet up with in Europe and she wasn’t getting along with Peter Falconio the point I’m trying to make is when there is only one survivor they can make up anything and I bet he wanted them all dead for some reason probably to gain their life insurance I bet. It doesn’t ring true at all. It’s all by his recollection and he could be saying anything.
Couldn't hurt of course, but its on them ultimately or us if we choose to go out, for example if you go out on a small boat with 4 crew, don't have a single life raft that's only for 2 men and also has a hole the size of a quarter in it....100 percent of that was avoidable and it was all on them and there bad choices, and that's not"victim shaming" its just the truth ya know, it sucks though terrible I mean dude lost 2 family members on there.
The reunion between Mac and his daughter Sherrie, had tears running down my cheeks.
Yeah its touching.. so sad him and his ex didn't spend those 43 years together. Have a bitch on wheels grandma I see why he ran.
All the best 💞 to you all got alot to catch-up ! From South Australia
the thing is.....he abandoned that baby, he had the address he could have written, could have maintained contact, could have helped to support his baby...........but he waited 4 decades and then felt guilty enough to do something about it after painting a picture of how much of a hard working honest guy he was that would do anything for love
i totally get that womans stance. she is 43 now, she has her life has everything she needs, he has never been there before and now its only to make himself feel better so i dont blame her at all and none of it is her fault anyway, she is the victim not the father
if it were me, and i am a similar age to her and have spoken to my own father on 1 occasion since i was 9 and no occasions in the last 25 years, i would not be interested. i have got this far on my own and i wouldnt care to ease his guilt now that he is old and alone, all those years without a thought spared and then suddenly he wants back in? no thanks
I would think inherenting a million dollars would help them find time to reconnect.
His obituary is online and there is no mention of his daughter. I don’t think they really ended up reconnecting. Sadly it sounds like the damage was done
God is love. God is glorious. God hates sin. In Heaven God wipes away every tear. There is no more death, or pain in Heaven.
Who gives these classic episodes a thumbs down. Wtf is wrong with you
Scumbags man , that’s who
The mysterious hitchhiker downvoted it.
People who think it is a news broadcast.
right!!
Fuckin idiots that’s who!
2023 still watching! Love these shows!
After watching this episode I wonder how Mac's daughter Sherry and him got along after the show. She seemed to not want him to be part of her life. Although I feel bad for Sherry because she was born into a pretty crazy situation. I looked at Mac's obituary and it didn't mention her. I have a feeling perhaps the two drifted apart after the years. I wonder if the two made peace with each other and that it was an accident that Sherry's name wasn't on there. Sometimes with these updates there's more that goes on which we don't know and that it isn't always a happy ending. But I really hope things turned out ok.
He couldn't win he runs people look at him as a deadbeat he stays he could be looking at a statitory rape charge. He couldn't win your 2nd chance doesn't come knowing the outcome of the past.
@@patrickgray5633 exactly. The Mother orchastrated it all, she was a bitch. Mac wasn't able to stay in his baby daughters life or with Helen due to her vicious mother's actions.
@Lady Heart Woah give him a break. You talk like you knew him. As others said, different times and different dilemmas. It was her mothers fault, not hers or him. Kids acting like grown ups and trying to do their best, thats all.
Also the 40 years timelapse work in both ways. One can say Sherry was happy to add a million to her family, dont ya´ think?
Her mother is the one to blame. She called the cops on him. He was terrified he’d go to jail for 30 years. The mother should have given them a chance to be together and have a family.
@@t.j.7789 exactly
You know this video made me really sad. I was just amazed how the man Olson invited a stranded stranger home. Back then people were not so afraid of strangers, and its sad that in this day in age not to many people would invite a stranger home for fear of strangers. Times have changed for the worse,
Lucky it didnt cost him his life.
Nathan's entreaties towards God were answered and he managed to get saved to see his beloved ones once more. Praise the Lord.
@Cowschickenspigs Feelpain Lord is fake just like you are. He ain't feasible for people who neglect taking Him as Lord. His fakeness is so real that lead you to believe your lies. But, if you wake up, there is a chance for you to see the bitterness in your soul will cancker up you all over and done.
12:18 awful things happen to GOOD people.
I’m 65 and I can’t figure it out.
We are all suffering for the sins of the world
@@johnnaleighdermond3739 IE Covid19, yes thank you very much China! 🤬🖕
Mac passed away in 2017. His daughter Sherry, is not listed as his survivors. :(
Just read that. It says he has a son... Sad, no mention of his daughter.
Oh no. Hope there wasn't a falling out
@@ssmith543 maybe a typo? In this segment it said he had no immediate family or Heir to his estate other then the daughter he was trying to find.
Whoa, I wonder if he became an elderly father some time after 1992, and since Sherry seemed indifferent towards him maybe she cut him off?
@@xennial80sxberner I mean it's possible. His obituary listed a son (and 3 grandchildren) yet in this segment Stack mentioned he wasn't married or had any other family. He was about 60 when this aired. So it is possible he may have had another child. Or someone came forward after watching the episode and claiming he had a son. Sad whatever it was that happened between Sherry and Mac.
When you have a murdered child. You never get over it. You learn to keep on keeping on.
I was a big fan of this show, watched pretty much every episode, and even after all these years, the Philip Fraser story still stands out as one of the creepiest stories they ever covered. It still sends chills up and down my spine listening to the café owner and her daughter describing the creepy, sinister vibes that weird hitchhiker gave them.
Mike, Hi The Philip Fraser case on Unsolved Mysteries is probably the scariest of all for me. Always gave me CHILLS !
@@bustyblondebeachbunny4827 I agree! Really scary how the creepy hitchhiker seemed to appear out of nowhere and then just vanished into thin air again.
Lol I used to hitchhike and ride trains and we were always scared the drivers that picked us up were going to be killers. One guy really seemed like it, he wore leather gloves the entire ride, didn't say anything but was listening to Frank Zappa in a spotless car with entomology flyers sitting around, right when we got out my girlfriend was like "did he feel like a serial killer you?" And I said "I was just about to ask you the same thing". But sometimes it's a pain getting a ride but you understand why people are cautious of you too like you are of them.
I listen to this while I'm working, and EVERYBODY hears the music and goes "UNSOLVED MYSTERIES!!!! I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!! Even young people know what this show is!!!! 👍👍👍👍
Never pick up a hitchhiker & vice versa
Never hitchhike a pick upper?
Dangerous both ways more so getting in strange vehicles.
That ‘Mac’ story must have a part that’s being left out, then again a million bucks doesn’t even begin to make up for leaving your woman with your kid...
He s alone with nobody . Life got even with him for that episode. Yeah money dont make up for nothing.
Personally, I don't believe the threat of statutory rape charges. Why would you let her stay with you & lie that she's your wife? Why would you go to her house if the fear of being arrested made you leave not even 5 mins later? Especially when the mother wasn't being mean towards you at all. He ran away because he didn't wanna be a dad. He could've sent money or even waited til Mary was 18 to ask for marriage. Then, he waits until he's old & the child is well past 18 to want to reconnect. Please. Just a selfish old creep who wanted to feel better about abandoning his child.
aaaaaaaaannnnnd another full season in the books. Looking forward to season 5 binge watching
Hahaha, what's with your handle dude? Just putting it out there from the get go & hey, u never know right. Classic. Your one of those shy fellers ain't 'cha. LoL 🧘😝😜🤸🙃🙀😻🙈🙉🙊👅🙄😂🤣😅😋🤪😏
I hope all Canadians are this naive. What in the world was this guy thinking. Letting a total stranger sleep in this basement with a gun cases full of guns😳
they are just to friendly
You hope they are this naive?
honestly in my opinion, canadians wrestle bears up there in their free time, im sure they know how to take down a guy even if he was in a room of guns.
There was never any mention that the guns *WERE ACTUALLY LOADED* so that was *PROBABLY THE TEST* and if the freak that probably inspired the Angelina Jolie Movie Taking Lives was stupid enough to try anything to that couple in their own house they would have a gun up his poop hole and the sheriff on speed dial in seconds. Canadians are smart people. They will lull bad people into a false sense of security then if it turns out those people are bad then they will turn rogue and destroy them.
@@pinkpastelhearts nobody's wrestling a bear🙄🙄🙄 stfu.
Hitch hiker story is scary holy cow. Yes even in Canada we got serial killers.
those serial killers are called mounties.
I used to love but be terrified of this show when I was a little kid in the 80/90s!!! The music even gave me the creeps!!!
Btw its obviously still a favorite
Wilfred "Mac" McDonald died April 11, 2017. His lengthy obituary doesn't mention him having a daughter, only "...he is survived by his son Douglas McDonald and grandchildren, Thea, Logan, and Ray McDonald. Mac was a father, grandfather and friend to many."
Plot twist: they did a DNA test and the child wasn't his lol
This is kinda random but after seeing the daughter and him and then her mom, she doesnt look like either of them😬
I read in mac’s that he is survived by a son and 3 grandchildren.
@@WarriorPrincess615 lol I thought about that.
True. When you lose your children you lose a massive part of your self as a person. Anyone who causes that is evil and wicked.
This is by far the creepiest episode! That guy had the killer in his house full of guns!!!
Love layin n bed listening to this
Interesting that the hitchhiker appears to have a bit shorter hair in each of the composite drawings. Rest in peace for the victim.
I think its to show possible various hairstyles. He was supposedly an unkempt person, so they had to show a few different ways his hair could be.
maybe its in chronological order from when he had a haircut and its simply grown between sketches
That first segment is one one of the spookiest in my opinion
20-25 years old with a belly like that. He looked like he was in his 40s.
Amma Appiah I thought the same Queen
Rocking the 40 year old dad bod
😂
Amma Appiah never underestimate what them yummy desserts and a diet full of carbs can do to a kid’s body...
Liz
I’m 40 and don’t have a body like that lol
A lot of people think that I’m still in my mid to late 20’s lol
13:30 "Flabby belly"😂😂
...So very SAD ! All Philip Fraser's & his parent's hopes, dreams and aspiritions all came to a horrifying end when Philip picked up that Deadbeat hitchhiker killer !
In my opinion Philip needed to be travelling in a more powerful truck than that run down car, going through all that wilderness. There is always a danger too of being attacked by a Mountain Lion or Bear.
Sad what happenned. My heart goes out to his parents who seemed very nice !
Sadly, Mac died on April 11, 2017 in Reno, Nevada. In his obituary, Sherry is not named among his survivors.
If the mother of his daughter married after he left, he would not been able to find her since her last name would have changed.
Can't expect a child to love a parent who abandoned them for literally their entire life up to age 43. She doesn't know that man & never did. And, he probably wasn't as truthful about wanting to get to know her as he made it seem.
Why did they cut out that part where Mary's mother finds out about her daughter's relationship with Mac?
End of the story for them.
Unsolved mysteries..... My childhood. From 7 years old to now (I'm 31), I would watch it every time it was on tv, it was amazingly interesting. Still is.
Why didn't Mac and Mary Helen just get married? Legal age in Texas at that time was 16.
Thank you for the upload UM
Watching from NSW Australia.
Omg I’m watching from Adelaide Australia and I used to watch this back in the early 90’s as a kid with my family at night along with Agro’s Cartoon Connection in the morning (by myself!) 😂
The reunion was nice. But when Mac died in 2017, Sherry was not named as one of his survivors
Oh no, I guess things didn't go well between them.
Mac's story breaks my heart 😢 Him showing up in his suit to meet his daughter was so sweet!
Eddie and Pauline are two luckiest people on 🌎 for letting him stay there and not getting killed themselves
Who's watching in 2023😅
2024!!
June 2024!
Couldn't the mysterious phone calls be traced? There's more to the story on the whole disappearance of the other 3 shipmates.
@Jewel Clark Brian didn't say it was impossible. He just said he thought it was something else.
@Brian Jones Real rich being Brian Jones and commenting on a drowning case....
Tracing is a lot more complicated thank you imply.
What # call came from.
You have to remember, things were not as simple to trace back then.
My own story from 2015: I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. Male. (this IS important, because you have to consider what I LOOK like) Since 2012, Vancouver BC has been my favorite vacation spot. Before the pandemic, once a year, I liked to go out to Kelowna BC, even driving East in Washington State, and driving North through US 97, then driving West back to Vancouver (great scenery). Well, in 2015, I entered at Osoyoos BC, North of Omac, Washington. This time in 2015, I did NOT drive North to Kelowna. Instead, literally one mile North of the border crossing, I went West on BC 3 towards Hope BC, to Vancouver. Well, literally a HALF mile from turning left, West on BC 3, an attractive 16 year old Native American girl stuck out her thumb, asking me for a ride. I didn't stop. I kept driving. How do I know that if I stopped the car, some accomplice hiding behind a tree or rock wasn't going to come in, on cue, and ambush me? How does SHE know that I'M not some "bad scary guy," despite my "harmless nerdy appearance?" No question in my mind, from that moment in 2015, to now, and every moment in between, that I did the right thing, by NOT even THINKING about giving her a ride. Oh Oh!! I have a friend named BJ, who's 5'6", 375 pounds. Back in 1993, I told BJ, "Never ever pick up a hitchhiker!" BJ asked me, "What if she's a hot woman?" Come on BJ, ESPECIALLY hot women! It's a RUSE!
The human heart and the human brain each have their own memories.
I’ve watched the Fraser case 4-5 times in a row now. So many crazy things in this case. Creepiest thing of all is they never definitively found him, only speculation as to who he could’ve been. It’s really sad there was never justice in this case. At the same time, you have to wonder what possessed him to pick this guy up? Especially if he was trying to pull away from him while the passenger door was open. Then add in the fact that the 2nd couple who found the hitchhiker let him sleep next to the gun cabinet?? I mean, wow...
Maybe times were different then? And for me Canada's a different country, foreign countries have different ways of doing things...i know being a woman in the USA I WOULD NOT ever pick up a hitch hiker ever!
@Piatequila The Olsons were just good people. There should be more people like them. Glad they weren't harmed by the killer.
@Piatequila They were small town folk. The village they found him in has less than 500 people. It´s probably normal for those people to be friendly to out-of-towners.
😂 you can’t fix stupid
By the looks of him he would have likely been the easy to be intimidated type, at that moment he probably thought he was being"rude" and was simultaneously a bit scared and so rolled the duce hoping the Hitchhiker was a decent man, bad move ultimately, but yeah him running with the car was Red flag #1 and the only flag needed.
RIP phillip xo
He let a total stranger sleep in his basement full of shotguns lol 😆
I watch it every night before I go to bed 🛏️ unsolved mysteries every night 💙