The true crime genre has significantly blown up in the decades since “Unsolved Mysteries” first aired in 1987, and not necessarily in a good way. We’re seeing more sensationalized TV and movies each year, so it’s nice to go back to the classics. Of course, “Unsolved Mysteries” isn’t for everyone. Some people need a resolution — to watch the bad guy go down — in order to sleep at night. And that’s completely valid.
But when these kinds of unsolved cases are done right and respectfully, getting a large number of eyes on them can help solve the seemingly unsolvable. That’s what draws people to series like “Unsolved Mysteries.” John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer created the original show, with Robert Stack as the host. Ten years after the OG ended in 2010, Netflix rebooted the series, standing out among the dozens of similar-minded shows on the streaming platform.
