Unsolved Mysteries season 17

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Unsolved Mysteries
Season 17
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No. of episodes9
Release
Original network Netflix
Original releaseJuly 31 (2024-07-31) 
October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)
Season chronology
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Season 16
List of episodes

The seventeenth season of Unsolved Mysteries , billed as Volume 4 and Volume 5, is part of a reboot revival of the long-running American television series, created by John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer. Volume 4 premiered on Netflix July 31, 2024. It consists of 5 episodes.

Like the previous seasons released by Netflix, there is no host or narrator. However, an image of longtime host Robert Stack is shown in the title sequence of each episode. [1] A fifth volume, consisting of an additional four episodes, was announced on July 31, 2024 [2] and premiered October 2, 2024. [3]

Background

In February 2024, it was announced that a fourth volume would begin streaming in 2024. [4] It was later confirmed in June that the fourth volume would begin streaming in July 2024. [5] In an interview for the new season, show creator Terry Dunn Meurer stated that they didn't want to focus solely on true crime, but also the paranormal. The new season features what is dubbed a "a classic throwback episode" entitled "The Mothman Revisited". The show originally documented the case in 2002. [6]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
MysteryDirected byOriginal air date
Volume 4
6031Who Was Jack the Ripper?Robert M. WiseJuly 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)
A fresh look at 19th-century London serial killer Jack the Ripper.
6042Body in the BasementGabe TorresJuly 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)
On Oct. 26, 2015, Calgary resident Lee Antoni returned home after spending a weekend with his mother in Saskatchewan. His wife Amanda had been too ill to join him on the trip. Lee returned home and found his wife Amanda's body lying dead on the basement floor. The death was ruled accidental but suspicion still lingers.
6053The Severed HeadSkye BorgmanJuly 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)
An unidentified severed head is found in Economy, Pennsylvania.
6064Murder, Center StageRobert M. WiseJuly 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)
The 1977 unsolved murder of 25-year-old graduate student Sigrid Stevenson is detailed. Stevenson was found dead on the stage of Kendall Hall's theater at Trenton State College.
6075The Mothman RevisitedGabe TorresJuly 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)
People share tales of their encounters with the creature known as Mothman.
Volume 5
6086Park Bench MurdersSkye BorgmanOctober 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)
Two friends are found shot dead in a park in the Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Reservation.
6097My Paranormal PartnerRobert M. WiseOctober 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)
Paranormal researcher Don Philips is profiled.
6108Mysterious MutilationsRobert M. WiseOctober 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)
The strange phenomenon of mutilated cattle is detailed. In each instance, there were no footprints, no indication that the cattle had been attacked by another animal, and no blood.
6119The Roswell UFO IncidentGabe TorresOctober 2, 2024 (2024-10-02)
New information comes to light on the Roswell incident.

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