Release Date: 10/5/2004
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Full Screen Format
Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Closed Caption
Studio: First Look Media
Features: Featurettes, Tribute to Robert Stack, Audio Commentaries, Behind the Scenes


Synopsis:
In his trademark trenchcoat and his easily recognizable voice Robert Stack hosts Unsolved Mysteries. Unsolved Mysteries was a great show that brought us the world of the paranormal, unidentified flying saucers, bizarre murders, miracles and legends right into our home as they investigated each case with a very unbiased and open minded opinion and always leaving us wonder if there is more to this world then what it seems.

Review:
Now the people of First Look Media only were able to send me one disc from this set, and unfortunately that disc they sent me does not include any of the special features listed above so I can not give you any insight on them, however I can give you a rundown of the episodes featured on this disc.

Episode I - The Legend of the Gray Man

In the summer of 1822 on Pawley Island a man and his friend are riding their horses on a trip to reach the man's fiancé who is waiting for him so they can marry. Tragically, the man gets thrown from his horse and dies before his friend can save him. Time passes, and one day the lady talks a walk on the beach only to see her fiancé on the beach, only for him to vanish as she approaches. A little while later the fiancé is upstairs sleeping and hears the voice of her lover telling her to leave as the great winds are coming. Sure enough a hurricane comes blowing through and her families, as well as her and their house are spared. According to the legend, anyone who comes in contact with the Gray Man (the titled bestowed upon the man who died falling off his horse) they will be spared during a hurricane, along with their belongings. Case in such, Jim Ward and his wife were walking the beach when a man walks by them, as Jim goes to say hi the man disappears. Sure enough a hurricane approaches and their house is left with barely any damage while other houses were simply destroyed. This episode started out slow but turned out to be an interesting viewing.

Episode II - Resurrection Mary

It was an evening in Chicago in 1979 when a cab driver who is lost sees a lady walking down the street. In return for her giving him directions the man says he will gladly drive the lady to where she needs to go, free of charge. As they are driving the lady immediately asks the driver to stop next to a cemetery, where the lady disappears into thin air. According to Jerry Paulane, another local cabbie, he met the very same lady one day back in his time of being a ladies man. He asked her if she would like to dance, which she agreed. Jerry asked what her name was and where she was from. She replied that her name was Mary and that she was from the southside of town. According to Jerry, Mary seemed very cold to the touch. After the dance was over Jerry offered to give Mary a lift home. However, instead of Mary asking him to take him to the southside of town, Mary asked they go in another direction. When asked why, Mary did not give any reason. When there car reached the cemetery, Mary demands that he stop the car so she could get out. Mary does and disappears into the night right in front of Jerry. The next day Jerry taking the information he was giving by Mary and finds her house, only to discover that Mary died in a car accident 5 years earlier. This episode is the typical urban legend of a girl dying, a boy going to find her only to find out she died several years ago. It was a nice episode but I couldn't help at laugh at it due to the common storyline in most urban legends.

Episode III - Matchmaker Ghost

The Delta Queen is the most known steamboat in the world. Well one stormy night on the Delta Queen in New Orleans Mike Williams, the ships first mate, wakes up to what sounds like someone talking into his ear. He wakes up and investigates, checking all over the ship. He reaches Cabin 109 and the door swings open. Not being able to see anyone he returns to his quarters and goes back to sleep. A little while later Myra Fruge gets a call from Cabin 109. The voice on the phone is a lady telling her that her room is cold and that she is uncomfortable. Mary calls Mike to go check to see what is wrong with the room, only to find that no one is in that room and no one is registered to that room. In the meantime, Myra encounters a little old lady on the outside of the window; the little old lady simply disappears. Myra, shaken up asks Mike to walk her to her room. As they walk Myra sees a picture of Mary Greene one of only a handful of ladies to pilot a steamboat, and the only one to pilot the Delta Queen. Mary had died long ago and apparently still has an attachment to her boat. On that night that is when Myra and Mike find each other and end up getting married because of that encounter and living happily ever after. Another cheesy episode, but with a happy ending that although I should have seen coming, I didn't.

Episode IV - Queen Mary Ghost

Carol Leyden was working one December morning when she notices a lady sitting at a table as she walks by she turns around only to see the lady has disappeared. Nancy also sees some weird and questionable things as she sees an elderly lady who is in black and white look like she is going to take a dive, only for her to disappear as she turns the corner. The freakiest of things doesn't happen until Unsolved Mysteries brings in a Paranormal Crew to record paranormal activity. They pick up on a sound recorder some very eerie sounds, which I am not going to give away, but they were quite interesting. The team was unable to duplicate any of those sounds, which leaves the speculation open for debate. This was an interesting episode simply because of the sounds recorded. They were very creepy and leaves me wanting to investigate this story further on my own.

Episode V - Grace's Ghost

In the Old Cold Wood Lodge employees walk to the staff lounge. As three hang back, one goes in to turn on the lights. As she goes in she feels a strange presence, like someone is in the room with her. Outside the three people witness a ghostly lady on the second floor disappear into the night. It appears that the ghost was of Grace Brown who was brutally murdered in 1906 by Chester Gillette. Grace was murdered because she became pregnant with Chester child and instead of marrying her he killed her on the lake. Her spirit according to local legend and at least two witnesses who saw her figure wander around the lake with incredible sadness. This story was kind of weird, it started out great but the end left me unsatisfied

Episode VI - Voice from the Grave

In 1977 around 9 pm the Chicago fire department gets a call about a fire up in a second floor apartment. When they arrive they see a mattress in the middle of a room that is on fire. Under the mattress is the body of Taracetta Bassa. It appears she has been stabbed in the chest. For months there were no leads. Until two people who remained unnamed call the police with a wild story. It seems the man's wife was tired one day and went to bed early. During the night the wife started to talk in a different voice telling him her name was that of Taracetta. She said a man named Alan Showry killed her and took her jewelry and gave it to his girlfriend. Police followed the lead and they were absolutely correct catching the killer with an unbelievable tip. This story line was interesting as the dead came back to bring her killer to justice. Quite an interesting story line indeed.

Episode VII - Ghosts Go to Court

Josie Smith and her husband see all sorts of ghostly things. They sees candles move and things shake. They will be in the bedroom and one side of the bedroom will have a dramatic temperature change. She also has seen ghostly figures. Now she is suing the people that sold the house for not telling them the house was haunted. According to the previous owners they never witnessed any ghostly action and believe the owners are now trying to get out of paying. This story was did not go into great detail, other then that they believed the house was haunted by Elaine Henry who was murdered by her employer in the cellar of the house. According to Josie Smith, everyone knows about that story and according to the previous owners there is no such story. This episode didn't give the results of the trial and what happened afterward. This was the worst episode of the whole disc.

Episode VIII - The Entity

Three cowboys buy a house so they can rent it out to fellow hunters and make a little profit on the side. Well they are three stay at the house why they fix it up. On the very first night all three hear loud banging sounds and bashing sounds. Other incidents include someone calling their names, feeling like someone got in bed with them to having someone feel like they are having someone sit on their leg. Not wanting to leave anyone out, they invite their sisters who encounter loud noises that scare them silly. However, they did not really get into what caused the noises and left me wanting more.

Episode IX - Ghost Boy

This episode follows a little boy who has an encounter with a ghost; it turns out to be his grandfather. Over the course of time he has visits from all sorts of ghost, including his grandfather still who tells him that some of these ghosts are bad spirits that want him for reasons unknown. Over time the boy has his bed shake while he is on it, experiences cuts that come out of no where. His parents move a total of 8 times and the boy has to experience several exorcisms, including one that apparently was overlooked by a figure called the black shadow figure, which apparently haunts the boy. This was a great episode as it covers pretty much everything in terms of ghosts.

Overall, this disc was a great DVD to watch as I love ghost stories and have dabbled in ghost investigation. It was great seeing Robert Stack again in a role that he will no doubt always be remembered for. I wish I could have gotten my hands on the whole set to review so I could check out the special features.