Truthdiva1 If I had a dollar for each time I read a comment like your's I'd be a wealthy woman. Robert Stack had/has a strong following from this series. I think it has a lot to do with nostalgia. I like the show, but not to the extent most of you guys do. My memories of him are from "The Untouchables."
@@sandradee1579 - I wouldn’t necessarily come down on them for not helping. We have no idea why the didn’t. Sometimes the reasons are really good ones.
I have been binge watching these for days now lol. It brings back so many memories (im 43 now) ha ha ha... Love this show. RUclips better leave all these episodes alone lol.!!!!!....
im SO happy to find the REAL ones with Robert Stack too!! I was born in 1990 and this music terrified me too-and I seriously have to admit IT STILL WIGS ME OUT!! AHH!! Robert Stack your the man!!
Is it just me or was 90's music scarier? I was born in 91' tales from the crypt music used to terrify me I used to make my big sister sit with me when I watched it all while swearin up and down that I was tough 😂 goosebumps music kinda creeped me out when I was really young and this music legit gave me the chills me too 😂
No, it's not you. Under the influence of entertainments like TftC, Tim Burton's "Batman," and many others, the '90s had a kind of obsession with darkness, and nowhere is it more obvious than on this show. In fact, this show was probably one of the first to start the trend, having come about much earlier.
Loved this show and the The Host. I think this show lead to my obsession to crime shows. I remem nights lying on the flr lights off and watching this scared to death. The music alone did that. #UnsolvedMysteriesRIPRobertStack
Monica Morrow Same! I used to love watching this on Lifetime late at night as a little kid. It didn’t scare me, but it definitely did give me chills. It’s also what got me super addicted to true crime shows too as well as shows involving ghosts and the paranormal. Now as an adult, I can’t stop watching this stuff even if I wanted to lol.
It was probably a car jacking, robbery, drugs etc! Shame on them for destroying DNA evidence by letting the funeral director & others handle crime scene clothes. Hopefully they have that blue jacket in storage to pull off fibers, hairs, stains etc for DNA to find his killer!
The guy had clearly been involved in a fight and he winds up dead. Chad got hooked up with the wrong crowd and he wound up dead. I white guy with blond hair does not belong in Chicago's south side.
these originals with Robert Stack are classic gems. takes me back to my childhood watching these with my mother late 80's early 90's so happy I found these.
The greatest combination on TV........... Unsolved Mysteries music and Robert Stacks voice....I was a young adult when it first aired and it used to scare the hell out of me.......
Chad Mauer was originally MY CASE in his hometown, Madison, Wi. I was still there when they did this series & friend of Dolly's. Chicago gave us NO HELP. He did not commit suicide. Dave Bongiovani worked hard on this too.
@@LaMostraVia Uh, pretty simple. Suicides do not include bruising, beatings, contusions, or bleeding. He simply wouldve looked normal, except for a pink-ish color of the skin (which is what CO does). Its clear he was beaten then left in the car for dead. A million suspects / drug dealers low level - too long to pursue, so cops just call it a suicide.
This show, forensic files & cold case files are my favorite shows. I remember watching this with the lights off & the creepy music & Robert Stack scaring the hell out of me!
My brother had the same problem as Lorene. He was in and out of mental hospitals for years, he would get out and get a job but once jobs got too hard for him he’d quit and go back to the hospital. Thankfully he got the medication he needed and hasn’t been in one for years.
You need to watch Charlie Best segment! Tears flow easily watching that adorable grandpa! UM did the same with images of old Charlie, and the recreation scene of him with the girls he received in his Home!
We are so lucky to live in a time when social media can make finding lost loved ones very easy. It’s so sad to think that, in the past, so many people probably never found the person they were searching for, when today we can most often find them with just a few clicks.
@@MrElmofamily Oh, rest assured knowing that I too am of the "western world". I just like to take any opportunity to criticize this ugly, overrated, shit culture that assimilated the world like 'the Borg'.
The shots fired into the bike shop after the interview regarding Chad's death were later determined to not be connected to this case. Chad's parents divorced in 2007, but they are both still searching for a resolution to his case.
It sounds like Chad was a nice young man who naively thought that being a drug runner was a good way to make a few extra bucks, and sadly, wound up paying with his life.😞
One of my actor relatives played a role in an reenactment for crime stoppers in Australia. One of his friends rang the police and I said “I know who committed the crime” next minute police turned up at my relatives house and he was arrested until he could prove he was the actor who played in the re-enactment. (This occurred pre-internet days). Very funny story.
We can’t find Lorene, who has an inheritance waiting for her. -after show airs: Lorene called us and solved her own mystery. She reunited with her family and collected her inheritance.
@@mariacatullo4807 Did you miss the part about her being in a mental hospital 5 times? And still you go straight to "She picked up a few habits by the look of her." SMH.
@@anne-droid7739 thank you! People love to judge🙄 they're just showing their ignorance of the mental health crisis, not to mention wtf about her trash ex husband and his trash family! Nope, gotta make snap judgements about people based on shallow perceptions.
Lorene had such an amazing, loving, and supportive family. They really seemed worried about her wellbeing, it's refreshing to see that in a show where so many stories have a tragic end.
You're dealing with Chicago. Like all of the other major cities in this country, they refuse to act on things like this. Only what they want to act on or something just enough to keep them employed. They don't give a shit. To them, it's just another statistic that goes unnoticed.
So glad all the Vess children were able to reunite in the last segment. Such a shame a lot of lost loves segments were due to parents battling alcoholism
Respect to the family who recreate their loved ones stories it must be so mentally hard and heartbreakingly difficult. I wish things like this didn’t happen to innocent people.
mikeandmars2345 wasn't expecting 1. 1st autopsy came back as a suicide with no mention of the blood staind shirt, or jacket in the front seat til the mom & dad said something, felt right away there was a conspiracy.
Right! Police said they didn't suspect foul play but the parents said he had scuffed up hands/knuckles and bruising on his face....then to top it off blood stains on his clothes! A white kid with no drugs or alcohol in his system or on him was found dead in his car....in a garage 3 hours from home....Yea...nothing suspicious here...They must've put Chicago's finest on this one ha! Their detective skills suck!! Oh and losing the jacket....no telling what other evidence was lost. The killer(s) could've left a note and I'd bet the detectives on this case wouldn't have even noticed it 😂
Poor kiddo, such a loss. I typically err to the side of suicide, not this one - I'm thinking that there is some sketchy shit afoot regarding his death.
@@monkeyman2407 There's usually some sketchy stuff involved in places like Chicago. I don't know who would want Chad dead. I hope they are doing time behind bars now.
Update on Todd Mueller: Captured. On December 19, 1991, Mueller was arrested on fraud charges in New Jersey under the alias "Kenneth Maxwell". He was arrested after he used a stolen embossing machine to make fake American Express cards and gamble with them in New Jersey. He was then placed in a New York jail to await trial. FBI agents recognized him from the broadcast and positively identified "Maxwell" as Mueller. Mueller's real name was later determined to be David Livingston. While awaiting trial on the New Jersey fraud charges, he impersonated an Assistant United States Attorney and unsuccessfully attempted to escape from federal custody. In October 1992, he pleaded guilty to the New Jersey charges and was sentenced to eighteen months in prison. In July 1993, he pleaded guilty to charges of attempted escape and impersonation of a federal officer. He was sentenced to three years in prison. He was later sentenced to eleven years and two months for other crimes. He served his time and was released from prison in October 1999. Just a few months later, in March 2000, Livingston was arrested again, charged with defrauding a Japanese businessman. In December, he was convicted of those charges and sentenced to eleven years in prison. In April 2008, he pleaded guilty to violating his supervised release and was sentenced to four years in prison. He was released from federal custody in July 2015. unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Todd_Mueller
I think Chad was definitely involved in drugs. Just because he was also a "good all American boy" doesn't mean he wasn't also into drugs. To me, it's the only explanation as to why he was there in the first place. I definitely think he met with foul play, but it was over drugs. No drugs in his system just means he didn't partake, but it doesn't mean he wasn't a drug runner. A clean cut, blonde boy from a nice suburb is an excellent and unspicuous drug runner. Sadly, I dont think they will ever convict anyone of his murder.
That's a possibility, since he was looking to earn money for college. Except if he was running drugs, he either wasn't good at it or that was his first time since no money or bank account flush with cash was found after his death. Another possibility is that, because he was looking to earn money for college, he was duped into helping someone and that went south which resulted in his death. Could be drug related, could have been a friend of his that was into drugs. Could have been a number of things. The sad thing is that we probably won't know, since the initial investigation was so absurdly botched and so much time has passed since.
It’s always interesting to see just how much love people had for Robert Stack and for this show. I was a teenager in the 80’s and I love watching these old episodes.
That was my first thought; why was she struggling? Then I thought, maybe most of the money was insurance. Possibly Lorraine didn't want her family to know the extent of her struggling. I've been in that position and I didn't want my family to know. At any rate, Lorraine is obviously mentally ill. This is no insult to her, as at that time there weren't treatments like we have now. I have a feeling that her children being adopted wasn't just lack of financial support. I'm glad her family found her.
@@michelleprieur1 Gotta wonder where the husband was in all this. Regardless of anything, those were his kids and he was financially and morally responsible for them.
I disagree...they didn't separate the Vess children to punish them or because it reminded people of the tragedy. They separated them because most families can't afford to raise 9 kids. It's easier to just take 1 or 2.
Actor that plays Todd Mueller, deserves some props. He had a subtlety about him, that exuded arrogance and humor. Reminds me of some of the Great character actors, from the 80's..
This was a great episode. Very moving stories here. Happy for those reunited by the show. A shame that Chad is still unsolved. Big Brother was/is a hero.
Not to be unsensitive here, but people say is a tragedy about chad and include how good looking he was. so if it was a young man that wasnt easy to the eye it wouldn't be as tragic? comon people everyones life is beautiful and very much as valuable as everybody else.
Very well said I was a foster child all my young life and let me say this when kids are unhappy there needs aren't getting met#$! Today's generation thinks that their ENTITLED#$$$$!
Anyone else think it was weird that they kinda brushed over the fact that Lorene just gave her kids away? It's not like they're infants and won't have memory of their mother abandoning them. Why didn't the sisters or parents take them in?
The reason for her story airing in the first place was because they were searching FOR LORENE. Not putting any amount of emphasis on why she gave the kids up for adoption. No it's not weird.
He may have either been a drug runner using his "all American, good boy" background as a perfect cover to avoid suspicion OR he was mistaken for someone else and was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
I loved this show and God Bless the creators and producers of it. This how has brought so many criminals to justice and behind bars, has brought so many people who were torn apart by unfortunate circumstances in their lives together. In a world so full of hate and fear, it is good knowing there are truly good people out there who want to do such good things for other people. While the music the creators used and Mr Robert Stack's distinctive voice(May he rest in peace). It was good to be a little frightened so many other people out there can have closure, be re-united with lost loved ones and those horrible people who choose to do harm in this life could meet their fate.
It's a better look than the Davey Crockett hat hair, shaved around the sides and grow the rest into a stupid poney tail. That's pretty out dated and so 90's as well, yet it had made a comeback. Most O ever knew that had mullets were women anyway. Women who acted liked men usually.
It's tragic she lost her son, but when she said I hardly slept at all... Then she said, "I got five hours of sleep..." I was like, that's more than some people get!
Awe..the big brother episode ahhhh straight to my heart♥️ what a wonderful positive story...what a beautiful legacy to leave behind...one human being to another hats off to you! Thank you for this up building episode on this story...there are still GOOD PEOPLE in this world...
John is a rare one. We need more Johns in this world.
Unfortunately, you'll have less, many less
He's lucky he didn't get a George Costanza.
@@captainpungent LoL 😂
Geez, this takes me back to when I was little. The intro was so awesome and Stacks voice was haunting.
I agree! The music used to scare my sister.
Yas girl
How little ?
@@carloscabrera5311 say 10 to 12 in the early 90s
Truthdiva1
If I had a dollar for each time I read a comment like your's I'd be a wealthy woman. Robert Stack had/has a strong following from this series. I think it has a lot to do with nostalgia.
I like the show, but not to the extent most of you guys do. My memories of him are from "The Untouchables."
You know it’s old when u can walk right up to the gate to celebrate arrivals
Exactly.
The big brother story had me all emotional. So sweet. Good they got to meet up again after all these years
yes that boy was very gratefull
Yeah and they remained in touch till John passed away about 6 years ago.
@@garrettroberts4104 Awww how sad. At least they did get to reconnect but so sad that he passed away
@@garrettroberts4104 s..
@@garrettroberts4104 cancer sucks :(
Chad disappeared exactly one year before I was born 😞. Poor guy. He had so much to go live for.
Nice to hear that voice again, Robert Stack.
Janet Mwangi please be us
“Served time and since been released” is a common quote on all these episodes 😂
Isn’t that the point of the criminal justice system? Serve your time and get out. Especially since most of these crimes are from 30+ years ago.
@@Kyle899 But when it says just that and not how much time they were actually sentenced to, I always get the feeling they didn’t get much time at all.
Right? Light sentences too.
Once you go Stack you never go back.
Amen !!!
Yes!
Your profile pic of that guy from The Karate Kid kind of looks like Chad.
stack is like crack
NICE!1
The actor playing Chad looks like the pizza delivery guy in Home Alone lol
"Leave it on the doorstep and get the hell out of here."
Also the blonde guy from The Karate Kid.
I wonder if it’s the same guy? These were made around the same time.
lmao! that's how a lot of skinny white dudes look in the midwest..a cross between the geek on breakfast club and the guy who played chad..
Lol
Lorene still had a lost look about her in the update. Glad her family found her.
I feel bad for her
@@aprilsilvers381 u can tell she a had a hard life
She passed away in 1997
Rooting for her. It made me tear up when they found her.
@@sandradee1579 - I wouldn’t necessarily come down on them for not helping. We have no idea why the didn’t. Sometimes the reasons are really good ones.
This show brings back so many childhood memories.
I used to love this show in elementary school. The music was always eerie sounding to me, but i still watched it. I'm now 37.
🌻 Daisy. Exact same
Me too...and I’m 37 as well. I love true crime, ufo’s, esp stories, ghosts, beyond the grave, etc. this & forensic files are the best shows!
I have been binge watching these for days now lol. It brings back so many memories (im 43 now) ha ha ha... Love this show. RUclips better leave all these episodes alone lol.!!!!!....
I’m 36 and I used to watch with my mom. Best time ever
@@heathermooney3656 you might like deadly women with Candace Delong as well
The Chad story is so sad.He seemed like a good kid.
@Josh Kolbo yes he was really a cutie
Ember you look so good!
..where did you come from baby ?and ooohhh won't you take me there
Right away won't you baby!
Ember=tenderoni
Wrong place wrong time,hung with wrong people
@Josh Kolbo FFS Josh the child is dead.
@Josh Kolbo 🤡🤡🤡
Thanks for posting. These episodes used to scare me to death.
It’s the music that does it for me 😆
My boys were only 7 when this came on yrs ago and the music scared them silly! They are grown men now lol
I love unsolved mysteries
im SO happy to find the REAL ones with Robert Stack too!! I was born in 1990 and this music terrified me too-and I seriously have to admit IT STILL WIGS ME OUT!! AHH!! Robert Stack your the man!!
The music creeped me out too, and some of the episodes were also creepy.
Oh, the Big Brother story! Thank you so much for sharing! That helped restore my hope in this world!
Is it just me or was 90's music scarier? I was born in 91' tales from the crypt music used to terrify me I used to make my big sister sit with me when I watched it all while swearin up and down that I was tough 😂 goosebumps music kinda creeped me out when I was really young and this music legit gave me the chills me too 😂
No, it's not you. Under the influence of entertainments like TftC, Tim Burton's "Batman," and many others, the '90s had a kind of obsession with darkness, and nowhere is it more obvious than on this show. In fact, this show was probably one of the first to start the trend, having come about much earlier.
I definitely agree. The 'Are You afraid of the Dark' theme song still gives me chills.
I think weird 80s horror music was scariest
Courage the cowardly dog show use to terrify me!!! Poor puppy lol
@@katasue2633 You ain't lying!
That reunion between sisters is pretty touching. It's crazy how much the actress playing a younger Lorene looks exactly like her, terrific casting.
And the man that played Chad, not just his hair but his face looked like him too.
New game, watch these old episodes and find actors that "made it" I've found Neve Campbell and Matthew McConaughey so far!
Dena Turner which episode was Neve Campbell in?!
@@denaturner8871 - which episode was my friend Matthew in?
@@sarahrobinson3706 i didn't note the episode info, I can't remember off top, sorry.
That Jeff and John story is so touching and beautiful. I’m in tears.
Omg me too!
💓💓💓
Loved this show and the The Host. I think this show lead to my obsession to crime shows. I remem nights lying on the flr lights off and watching this scared to death. The music alone did that. #UnsolvedMysteriesRIPRobertStack
Monica Morrow Same! I used to love watching this on Lifetime late at night as a little kid. It didn’t scare me, but it definitely did give me chills. It’s also what got me super addicted to true crime shows too as well as shows involving ghosts and the paranormal. Now as an adult, I can’t stop watching this stuff even if I wanted to lol.
Last week my dumbass watched b4 bed and I was paranoid for 2 days lol.
Yep, music still does. "Criminally listed" has some creepy music as well.
Same
Those Chicago cops were totally unobservant when they looked at Chad and his car. Real dopes.
They were lazy. Call it a suicide and hope nobody questions it, case closed.
It was probably a car jacking, robbery, drugs etc! Shame on them for destroying DNA evidence by letting the funeral director & others handle crime scene clothes. Hopefully they have that blue jacket in storage to pull off fibers, hairs, stains etc for DNA to find his killer!
No doubt
They definitely don’t have a great reputation
Keystone cops...
The guy had clearly been involved in a fight and he winds up dead. Chad got hooked up with the wrong crowd and he wound up dead. I white guy with blond hair does not belong in Chicago's south side.
Its a sanctuary city, what do you expect?
these originals with Robert Stack are classic gems. takes me back to my childhood watching these with my mother late 80's early 90's so happy I found these.
The greatest combination on TV........... Unsolved Mysteries music and Robert Stacks voice....I was a young adult when it first aired and it used to scare the hell out of me.......
LOL.,..😂😂😂😂 his voice is scary...
Real nice voice bob's voice .. a classic
Chad Mauer was originally MY CASE in his hometown, Madison, Wi. I was still there when they did this series & friend of Dolly's. Chicago gave us NO HELP. He did not commit suicide. Dave Bongiovani worked hard on this too.
What happen?
Whats the updates, or your made up
Yeah we’d love to hear your theory
Update?
@@LaMostraVia Uh, pretty simple. Suicides do not include bruising, beatings, contusions, or bleeding. He simply wouldve looked normal, except for a pink-ish color of the skin (which is what CO does). Its clear he was beaten then left in the car for dead. A million suspects / drug dealers low level - too long to pursue, so cops just call it a suicide.
Imagine not having anything better to do than letting cops chase you around your whole life.
I could see how that could become addictive. Like an exciting adrenaline rush-a drug in and of itself.
It actually sounds like fun kinda
@@smittyvidz25fire84 Maybe for a year but then get a life.
I get so tired of officials ruling deaths as suicides , even though there's evidence to the contrary.
The actress portraying Lorene at the scene where she visits her sister looks really gorgeous with the outfit she wears.
she does, doesn't she
Yes, I thought so too! classy, refined...Kim
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Her eyes and her whole look were stunning! ❤
Just wanted to say thanks for the uploads. I grew up watching Unsolved Mysteries and it's been wonderful to see the show again.
This show, forensic files & cold case files are my favorite shows. I remember watching this with the lights off & the creepy music & Robert Stack scaring the hell out of me!
Robert stack and Bill kurtis are the greatest
American Justice and Cold Case Files are almost the same. Bill Kurtis.
You nailed all the greats girl...gotta throw FBI Files and The New Detectives in there too
@No you There are surprisingly alot of us maniacs that do this..lmao
I love the shows but his voice never fails to put me right to sleep.
the big brother story was my fav 😍 got me all in my feels.... lol glad they found each other.
more than controllimg ss social services, there'd be more humanitary solutions, like those of the big bros
Are you native?
@@GiantsJets718 yes I am
@@MsWina08 very cool! Which tribe?
@@GiantsJets718 I'm Kiowa, Comanche and Apache. Enrolled under Kiowa.
To the gentleman who was a big brother the world is a much better place because of people like you !!!!!
My brother had the same problem as Lorene. He was in and out of mental hospitals for years, he would get out and get a job but once jobs got too hard for him he’d quit and go back to the hospital. Thankfully he got the medication he needed and hasn’t been in one for years.
I've been through it myself. I'm glad to hear he is doing well! ❤
This may sound ridiculous, but at the end of the big brother segment, it brought me to tears, the photos of them together. 😪
You need to watch Charlie Best segment! Tears flow easily watching that adorable grandpa! UM did the same with images of old Charlie, and the recreation scene of him with the girls he received in his Home!
Yeah. It hit me in the feels.
Yeah what a great story!
We are so lucky to live in a time when social media can make finding lost loved ones very easy. It’s so sad to think that, in the past, so many people probably never found the person they were searching for, when today we can most often find them with just a few clicks.
@I. Wynn Wynn I think she meant people who are searching for long lost relatives, like the ones in the segment "Lost loves" in this show.
I think of that, too. Also DNA through Ancestry and other sites can help to find criminals and find lost love ones.
No one can do it like Robert Stack did it....
The music they played during the Practical Joker segment 😂😂😂
It's so weird to see Chad's parents re-enact scenes revolving around their son's recent death; even interacting with a boy playing as their son.
That shows you they really care about their son, they're willing to go the extra mile if that helps them find out what really happened to him.
@@andylatino
Maybe so but it's still morbid.
Of course, westerners are a weird lot with morbid traditions like open-casket funerals.
@@JanetStarChild Where are you from?
@@MrElmofamily
Oh, rest assured knowing that I too am of the "western world". I just like to take any opportunity to criticize this ugly, overrated, shit culture that assimilated the world like 'the Borg'.
@@JanetStarChild Get out of here with your nastiness.
Chad's knuckles were skinned raw. He fought for his life. Chicago cops, "Clear case of suicide."
Corrupt & or incompetent
@@Yahweh-dn9cv Totally incompetent, they knew it wasn't & they just didn't want to bother with it.
A female detective in Madison stated, " Chicago PD gave us NO help whatsoever!". I believe it, this was No suicide.
Chad was murdered by a gang banger or perhaps an incel, apology for tastlessness in advance.
Even in 1990 Cook County Illinois was one of the most corrupt places in the country when it comes to crooked law enforcement. Now its ten times worse.
The shots fired into the bike shop after the interview regarding Chad's death were later determined to not be connected to this case. Chad's parents divorced in 2007, but they are both still searching for a resolution to his case.
That's so sad. I actually made a mental note to google this case and see if they finally got answers. How sad.
Not true , the shots fired in the shop was to scare the owner about what happened to Chad
It was related because it was supposed to scare the owner about Chad
Thanks
Linda Lockhart incorrect. You are wrong. Stop spreading your bullshit lies.
CHAD= BIG 80S NAME
Apparently
Jeff
Names are weird.
He was born in the 70s... 😐
@markmac -. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
It sounds like Chad was a nice young man who naively thought that being a drug runner was a good way to make a few extra bucks, and sadly, wound up paying with his life.😞
I agree with you, 100%. He was likely promised some amount of money, and as is pointed out, he was saving money to move.
anyone ever wondered who out there, was mistaking this for an actual news broadcast?
Loreena! Not me......way better than a news broadcast!
They cleared that misconception right up lol
it actually happened in the beginning
This was common in the 80s and 90s
One of my actor relatives played a role in an reenactment for crime stoppers in Australia. One of his friends rang the police and I said “I know who committed the crime” next minute police turned up at my relatives house and he was arrested until he could prove he was the actor who played in the re-enactment. (This occurred pre-internet days). Very funny story.
We can’t find Lorene, who has an inheritance waiting for her.
-after show airs:
Lorene called us and solved her own mystery. She reunited with her family and collected her inheritance.
what about the scumbag military clown who didnt even take care of his own kids'
total scum
She looks like she picked up afew habits by the look of her.. Hope she takes care of herself.
@@mariacatullo4807 Did you miss the part about her being in a mental hospital 5 times? And still you go straight to "She picked up a few habits by the look of her." SMH.
She died in 97.
@@anne-droid7739 thank you! People love to judge🙄 they're just showing their ignorance of the mental health crisis, not to mention wtf about her trash ex husband and his trash family! Nope, gotta make snap judgements about people based on shallow perceptions.
Great show.. The Big Brother reunion was very touching.. That was nice to see..
Lorene had such an amazing, loving, and supportive family. They really seemed worried about her wellbeing, it's refreshing to see that in a show where so many stories have a tragic end.
Bloodstained corpse, beaten to a pulp? Suicide! The cops on this show, mother of pearl😑
@Shandra9000mail Likelier still, they were too lazy to investigate and still wanted to claim a solve. Done and dusted.
Botched investigation I can't believe they were that dumb
Absolutely ignorant, stupid cops.
You're dealing with Chicago. Like all of the other major cities in this country, they refuse to act on things like this. Only what they want to act on or something just enough to keep them employed. They don't give a shit. To them, it's just another statistic that goes unnoticed.
Only bc it was Chicago
My names Robert Stack... when I'm having a bad day I put on one of these videos, and then read the comments.
Bless you John, he loves you
2:17 Chad 12:58 Thanks Big Brother
16:21 Honky Tonk Woman
26:13 Practical Joker
37:16 9 Lives
MVP
John's big brother story was really neat. We need so much more of that in our country.
Laurine just came to get her shomony lol
No cap.
I Remember watching these when I was little. Love this
When that music starts at the beginning of chads story gets me every time. Such a tragic sad story
Unfortunately it happens too often
All these families finding each so amazing I wanted to cry so happy for you all 😄😄😄
I am happy for them, too!
That guy, Chad, had the most perfect looking blonde hair; handsome guy :(
jennifer ur very pretty much
@brett linthicum hey ass face shut ur face
Yea, I bet he was the new kid in school and rode the expensive huffy
@The Reverend Jim Jones that sure escalated pretty fast...
The Reverend Jim Jones 🤣
So glad all the Vess children were able to reunite in the last segment. Such a shame a lot of lost loves segments were due to parents battling alcoholism
Respect to the family who recreate their loved ones stories it must be so mentally hard and heartbreakingly difficult. I wish things like this didn’t happen to innocent people.
Very happy to watch Lorene back her roots and be welcomed the way she should have from the start. May she be happy at last with people who care.
My family used to watch this together when I was in the 1st grade. I'm 33 years old now. :p
Who is else was wording about Chad and was looking for a update
mikeandmars2345 wasn't expecting 1. 1st autopsy came back as a suicide with no mention of the blood staind shirt, or jacket in the front seat til the mom & dad said something, felt right away there was a conspiracy.
Right! Police said they didn't suspect foul play but the parents said he had scuffed up hands/knuckles and bruising on his face....then to top it off blood stains on his clothes! A white kid with no drugs or alcohol in his system or on him was found dead in his car....in a garage 3 hours from home....Yea...nothing suspicious here...They must've put Chicago's finest on this one ha! Their detective skills suck!! Oh and losing the jacket....no telling what other evidence was lost. The killer(s) could've left a note and I'd bet the detectives on this case wouldn't have even noticed it 😂
Such a sad story about Chad he was such a handsome kid.
Yeah totally and im shocked no one knows anything.
Poor kiddo, such a loss. I typically err to the side of suicide, not this one - I'm thinking that there is some sketchy shit afoot regarding his death.
Very handsome, so sad
@@monkeyman2407 There's usually some sketchy stuff involved in places like Chicago. I don't know who would want Chad dead. I hope they are doing time behind bars now.
cranberry411 I know right!!!
That story about the man who was a big brother was the best story I've seen in a long time. Touched my heart ♥️♥️♥️
Watch the episode with Charlie Best. Also super sweet.
Does anyone else cry when people you've never met are reunited?😥🤣
Update: Lorene passed away in 1997 in Little Rock at the age of 64.
I wonder what she did with that money. I also wonder if she ever contacted her kids, or if they contacted her?
She used the money on meth
@@ironsheep0026 thats what I was thinking but didn't want to write. she got her money and bounced
@@ironsheep0026 shame on you.
@@ironsheep0026 it honestly looked like it
As a 9 year old foreigner arriving in the U.S in 1987 , I used to watch this show and it would scare the bejesus out of me
Todd was something else, lol!
Update on Todd Mueller:
Captured. On December 19, 1991, Mueller was arrested on fraud charges in New Jersey under the alias "Kenneth Maxwell". He was arrested after he used a stolen embossing machine to make fake American Express cards and gamble with them in New Jersey. He was then placed in a New York jail to await trial. FBI agents recognized him from the broadcast and positively identified "Maxwell" as Mueller.
Mueller's real name was later determined to be David Livingston. While awaiting trial on the New Jersey fraud charges, he impersonated an Assistant United States Attorney and unsuccessfully attempted to escape from federal custody. In October 1992, he pleaded guilty to the New Jersey charges and was sentenced to eighteen months in prison. In July 1993, he pleaded guilty to charges of attempted escape and impersonation of a federal officer. He was sentenced to three years in prison. He was later sentenced to eleven years and two months for other crimes. He served his time and was released from prison in October 1999.
Just a few months later, in March 2000, Livingston was arrested again, charged with defrauding a Japanese businessman. In December, he was convicted of those charges and sentenced to eleven years in prison. In April 2008, he pleaded guilty to violating his supervised release and was sentenced to four years in prison. He was released from federal custody in July 2015.
unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Todd_Mueller
Was caught,served his time,& now released
@@Yahweh-dn9cvCommitted suicide in 2015, he’s the real Frank Abagnale
The kid probably met someone on the streets that tried to make a deal with him and ended up double crossing him.
I love the chilling theme music.
Thank you Robert Stack for making beautiful memories with that unique voice
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Always loved this show but RUclips comments make it so much cooler
Usually it's the opposite... trust me
I think Chad was definitely involved in drugs. Just because he was also a "good all American boy" doesn't mean he wasn't also into drugs. To me, it's the only explanation as to why he was there in the first place. I definitely think he met with foul play, but it was over drugs. No drugs in his system just means he didn't partake, but it doesn't mean he wasn't a drug runner. A clean cut, blonde boy from a nice suburb is an excellent and unspicuous drug runner. Sadly, I dont think they will ever convict anyone of his murder.
That's a possibility, since he was looking to earn money for college. Except if he was running drugs, he either wasn't good at it or that was his first time since no money or bank account flush with cash was found after his death.
Another possibility is that, because he was looking to earn money for college, he was duped into helping someone and that went south which resulted in his death. Could be drug related, could have been a friend of his that was into drugs. Could have been a number of things.
The sad thing is that we probably won't know, since the initial investigation was so absurdly botched and so much time has passed since.
@@Cheriwrites75 not every drug dealer is tossing money around some live check to check
@@Cheriwrites75 well said
I agree
Jealous much 🤔
Omg...the story of Sherene🥰😥 what a tragedy losing their mother!! It was so moving to see them reunited 🥰
It’s always interesting to see just how much love people had for Robert Stack and for this show. I was a teenager in the 80’s and I love watching these old episodes.
Stacks to the max! Giving justice to ppl who never would have goten closure/found family * not to mention the ppl caught* justice to the ppl🖤💜🖤
The Jeff and John story really touched my heart. Such a feelgood story. I'm tearing. ❤
That’s one dry sandwich fake Chad. Bologna and Cheese and bread with zero mayo or mustard or even butter.
hatednyc lol
I thought I was the only one who noticed how fast he threw that sandwich together😂
Still not as bad as the sandwiches Dennis Depue got:
dry bread with 1 slice of deli meat.
And an extra slice of bread... good old 3 slice sammich.
Lol lol lol🤣
If Lorraine"s mother was worth a fortune , then why did Lorraine have to give up her children, and how about that father??? very strange....
That was my first thought; why was she struggling? Then I thought, maybe most of the money was insurance. Possibly Lorraine didn't want her family to know the extent of her struggling. I've been in that position and I didn't want my family to know. At any rate, Lorraine is obviously mentally ill. This is no insult to her, as at that time there weren't treatments like we have now. I have a feeling that her children being adopted wasn't just lack of financial support. I'm glad her family found her.
Too bad she didn't know to look into help from the government. I hate that sweet little boy had to play the role of an adult and miss his childhood.
Bouncing right after leaving your sister with a bill for your ‘wedding’ ring is pretty evident of both financial and mental struggles.
@@carysfaerie thank you Dr. for your medical input.
@@michelleprieur1 Gotta wonder where the husband was in all this. Regardless of anything, those were his kids and he was financially and morally responsible for them.
I disagree...they didn't separate the Vess children to punish them or because it reminded people of the tragedy. They separated them because most families can't afford to raise 9 kids. It's easier to just take 1 or 2.
Actor that plays Todd Mueller, deserves some props. He had a subtlety about him, that exuded arrogance and humor. Reminds me of some of the Great character actors, from the 80's..
Agreed.
This was a great episode. Very moving stories here. Happy for those reunited by the show. A shame that Chad is still unsolved. Big Brother was/is a hero.
Not to be unsensitive here, but people say is a tragedy about chad and include how good looking he was. so if it was a young man that wasnt easy to the eye it wouldn't be as tragic? comon people everyones life is beautiful and very much as valuable as everybody else.
Thank you!
Nobody but racists would say that.
They usually say that abour girls, now the guys are getting attention.
An uncomfortable and unfortunate fact of life that almost everyone will try to say isn't true;
Looks matter.
Very well said I was a foster child all my young life and let me say this when kids are unhappy there needs aren't getting met#$! Today's generation thinks that their ENTITLED#$$$$!
Anyone else think it was weird that they kinda brushed over the fact that Lorene just gave her kids away? It's not like they're infants and won't have memory of their mother abandoning them. Why didn't the sisters or parents take them in?
Bc they bitched and holes!
Except, given that she was mentally unstable it was probably a good thing.
The reason for her story airing in the first place was because they were searching FOR LORENE. Not putting any amount of emphasis on why she gave the kids up for adoption. No it's not weird.
Oh sh**, when the funeral director was talking to Chad's parents his mouth wasn't moving lol
I’m born and raised in Chicago and there are some real bad neighborhoods but also some areas are nice and Chicago has best skyline and best food!
MY favorite ALL time crime drama! NEED to look for it on DVD! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 I can watch it ALL day long 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Friggin’ Tod Mueller 🤣🤣🤣
This is old but the tuxedo and baseball hat at like noon is too much 😂😂 it’s like reading the Daily Mail. They have to be in on the joke.
the Chad one has me really intrigued what the hell happened. everyone has a dark side and intelligent people can easily mask it.
@Piatequila the hell is a flirt?
Michael Medina lol
@Josh Kolbo I read that
I believe Chad got into a situation, the wrong place at the wrong time & it cost him his life; Nothing about this points to a suicide.
He may have either been a drug runner using his "all American, good boy" background as a perfect cover to avoid suspicion OR he was mistaken for someone else and was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
48:18 I remember that scary music playing and after that would say unsolved mysteries on lifetime will return after this.
From 12:00 to 2:00 it would air.
I used to sit and smoke weed and be mind blown by the stories.
I loved this show and God Bless the creators and producers of it. This how has brought so many criminals to justice and behind bars, has brought so many people who were torn apart by unfortunate circumstances in their lives together. In a world so full of hate and fear, it is good knowing there are truly good people out there who want to do such good things for other people. While the music the creators used and Mr Robert Stack's distinctive voice(May he rest in peace). It was good to be a little frightened so many other people out there can have closure, be re-united with lost loved ones and those horrible people who choose to do harm in this life could meet their fate.
Ive seen the chad story on another show/platform i cant recall but if I remember right it was a little more in depth
How did people ever fool themselves into thinking that mullets looked even remotely acceptable?!!
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Unbelievably they are making a comeback...
Business in the front , party in the back bro
It's a better look than the Davey Crockett hat hair, shaved around the sides and grow the rest into a stupid poney tail. That's pretty out dated and so 90's as well, yet it had made a comeback. Most O ever knew that had mullets were women anyway. Women who acted liked men usually.
I'm no detective, but my first question would be "who's fucking garage did Chad die in?"
Exactfuckenactly
It was in a public housing complex so technically it belonged to the city. The question that should have been investigated was who had access to it.
I have that unwanted feeling and it's the worst feeling ever
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The re-enactments are better than most movies/shows today...
Aww! Heath and his curly mullet are precious.
It's tragic she lost her son, but when she said I hardly slept at all... Then she said, "I got five hours of sleep..." I was like, that's more than some people get!
Same! I was like "5 HOURS!?! Girl that's like 2 full 'nights' sleep for me! What's 'only' 5 hrs sleep feel like?" 😆
if my child didn't come home i would be getting ZERO hours of sleep
Awe..the big brother episode ahhhh straight to my heart♥️ what a wonderful positive story...what a beautiful legacy to leave behind...one human being to another hats off to you! Thank you for this up building episode on this story...there are still GOOD PEOPLE in this world...
I grew up watching this show. I love this show. Robert Stack is legendary ❤
LOL at Roy Hartsock playing on his belly button
Why didn't Loraine's family help her w/ the children?
Exactly what I was thinking.
They helped with the oldest son and that was it!
I'm sure her friends and family would of helped take care of her and her kids
Best show of all time. Reenactments are well done
Beautiful family reunion, I'm so glad that they are all okay. I pray that they stay together forever. Amen !