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The Best of Unsolved Mysteries

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Here are the episodes included on "The Best of Unsolved Mysteries" for those who own previous Unsolved Mysteries. Allagash Abductions, Lucky School, Life After Lightning, Elvis's Last Night, Fritz and the Soldiers, Ghost Boy, Scared to Death, Goldies Girl, Brandon Lee, Mexico UFO, Black Hope Curse, Twins, Fertility Statues, Lucky Choir, Colorado Cop Killers, Sleepwalking, Texas Most Wanted, After Death Visits, KC Blast, Roswell, Campus Murder Expose, Baby's Breath, Dutch Schultz Treasure, Marco's Buddha, Lost dutchman's Mine, Nazi War Treasure, Plummer's Booty, Ghost-Fighters, Haunting on 37th Street, Direct Contact, Mummy's Curse, and Haunted Mansion. I hope this is helpful.

Having been a loyal fan of "Unsolved Mysteries", I was pleasantly suprised when First Look Media released the various DVD boxed sets ("Ghosts", "UFOs", "Bizarre Murders", "Miracles", "Psychics" and "Strange Legends")awhile back. While the respective sets were far from perfect in their content, they nevertheless were able to whet my appetite for the time being as I anxiously awaited more volumes. So imagine my suprise when I discovered that First Look media would be releasing a "Best Of Unsolved Mysteries" DVD collection. It seemed to be a great excuse to cull segments from the many seasons' worth of UM episodes. Perhaps some of the more (in)famous segments would finally be brought to digital life. Suffice it to say, that is simply not the case here. Sure, you get an extra bonus DVD featuring five "ghost" segments and five "treasure" segments as well as a less-than-generous sprinkling of new segments throughout the rest of the collection. However, the vast bulk of the collection is composed of segments found in the various aforementioned boxed sets. While this may appeal to newer fans and/or those who did not want to buy the categorized sets, it is a major letdown to fans who already own them. Barring any legal or copyright issues, one has to wonder why First Look didn't mine the rich UM archive for more segments. While the new segments included in this collection are fascinating, it nevertheless leaves fans of the UM DVDs wanting more---a whole lot more.

With near-perfect picture and sound quality, this set makes for a great gift for casual fans. However, loyal fans may want to hedge their bets before deciding to shell out money for this collection.

First, let me explain that I am an enormous fan of the show. When they first released box sets I was excited, and currently own four of them.

Imagine my excitement seeing this "new" box set on a store shelf last week. I bought it no questions asked and returned home with a friend to check it out.

After doing so, for two reasons I am really disappointed. First, like previously mentioned, the lack of new content. I hope this doesn't mean they have given up on the box sets by lumping skits from each set into one set. It is near impossible to find any of the box sets in stores besides Bizarre Murders, and now this one shows up all over the place with no restocking of the other sets.

My second complaint is with the sloppy work done with the set itself. For one, a segment that is advertised on the box titled "Terrorized Teen" on disc 3 does not even appear! Instead, they put in its place a segment from the Bizarre Murders set with Teresita Basa. We were incredibly disappointed with that as the Teen segment sounded great. Also, the DVD menu for the bonus disc contains a typo for the segment "Mummy's Curse" spelling it "Mummy's Cures." A petty complaint, or a sign that FirstLook really didn't put top notch effort in this release?

I pray they are working on new sets with unreleased segments. There are few other shows more deserving of better or improved DVD treatment than Unsolved Mysteries.

I normally avoid "best of" sets, I'll decide what's the best of a given show, thank you very much. But I got this for the new content and because I'm not interested in the Miracles or Murders sets, but still would appreciate some of those stories. This set was great, 33 stories, 14 of them new, so I don't understand the reviewer who says it was lacking in new content. Also, I never saw the word "curse" misspelled as "cures."
5 Treasures segments, 9 Ghosts, 3 UFO's, 5 Murders, 4 Miracles, 2 Legends, 2 Psychic, and 3 that can't be categorized by existing box set, 2 being "Lost Loves" type, and one being "Sci-Med." Complaints: Disc 3 says it has "Terrorized Teen," but instead has "Voice From the Grave," "Marcos' Buddha" says it has an update but doesn't, "Mummy's Curse" was more of a "Legend" type of story than "Ghost" story.
There were some treasures segments not included on here, also left out were the Chupacabras story and The Gurdon Lights. Most of the dvd's of UM are centered around "The Unexplained" segments. I hope they release more dvd sets in the future, but this one, despite its flaws, is still very good.

I always enjoyed Unsolved Mysteries when it was 'first run' on TV. Now, I'm rediscovering the series on DVD...and this "best" collection has a great range of different types of stories.
The dramatic recreations of the stories are always quite good.........and if you look carefully, you can often find a few actors in these recreations who later went on to become very famous. For example, in this "Best of Unsolved Mysteries" collection, don't miss Matthew McConaughey in the "Texas Most Wanted" episode on disk #3. He plays a murder victim in Texas whose killer escaped and was only found 20 years later.

Ok...I purchased this set knowing what I would get. Meaning I knew it had a lot of repeats and knowing there were mistakes in the set but I got it anyway...why you ask...Cuz I am a true lover of "Unsolved Mysteries" and wanted every story that is available on DVD. I'm happy with this set because there are a couple new stories that I had never seen when the show was on the air. If you are a person who owns the "Ultimate Collection" keep in mind that there are only 4 new stories...the rest of the new stories are on the "Treasures and Ghosts" DVD you got with the Ultimate Collection. I'll end with saying that we are very lucky to have gotten a chance to get this wonderful show on DVd and I hope there will be more tom come one day!

Hands down this is indeed the BEST little mini-collection of Unsolved Mysteries to date. it sure beats buying all the different sets; UFO's, Psychics, Miracles.....because all of them are wrapped up into the BEST, and you dont have to watch the repetitive stuff :P

definitely a good buy if your looking to either save money or just fall in love with the best show that was on television.

I LOVE "Unsloved Mysteries"! I'm very excited that they are releasing more DVDs of this show,and hopefully they will release more DVDs later on. The Best of is on 4 Discs,and runs 6hrs,& 49mins. It has some stories that has never been released on dvd yet. If you are an Unsloved Mysteries Fan I suggest you buy this DVD-set! I can't wait for this to come out,and Hopefully they will release more DVDS!

I recently bought this set at a good price. The dvd material is really weak. The ghost storys that are new should have been called "the worst ghost storys" because none of them are worth viewing. I remember the ones where they found a man in a cave trapped under a boulder, a kid who came home to a house full of ghosts, and one where people where going thru pictures and had a picture of a ghost in them. I dont know what these were called but they were probably three of the best segements of the show. They should release anther ghost and bizarre murders set because there is alot more ground to cover. Very disappointed with the set.

I used to watch this show on tv a lot, and it really brings back nostalgia. I did love all the episodes in this pack, although in general it did feel pretty short. Would be great if they had the mega bundle for blu-ray.