If you were a TV watcher in North America in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, there’s about a 100% chance you were a fan of Unsolved Mysteries. The title sequence, the theme music, the cheesy reenactments and, of course, the voice of Robert Stack. It all transports you right back to the days of VHS tapes and TV’s that weighed more than your car. I know I was a fan and was always sitting right there on the carpet preparing myself to be creeped out by the true crime on display.

Recently, Amazon Prime started streaming all the old seasons of the fantastic similar show Beyond Belief and it was a huge hit. Netflix went next and brought back all the Unsolved Mysteries episodes of old. True crime interest is booming right now and, so, you guessed it, tons of folks streamed the show. All that love you were sending out for these gems? Well, Netflix heard you and just announced they’re rebooting the show and bringing it back proper.

I, for one, cannot wait! I love the show, love true crime and love mysteries. Still, a lot can go wrong when a reboot fails to capture the spirit of the original. They damn well better find someone to take the helm that has an understanding of the retro spookiness of the original. What? What’s that you say? They’ve chosen the Executive Producer of Stranger Things, Shawn Levy? And he’s teaming up with the original production company, Cosgrove-Meurer? Now that’s what I’m talking about!

Beyond who is involved, all we know for sure now is that a deal was struck with Netflix for 12 episodes. We also know they are abandoning the anthology style of the original, in favor of the typical modern approach of profiling one case per episode. I like that this gives them an opportunity to go more in-depth into the cases, but loved that the original’s episodes were so full of a variety of stories.

No word at this point as to who will host the show or when it is scheduled to air. One thing is certain, the team behind the reboot is fantastic and I am super excited to see how it plays out. In the meantime, keep an eye out for new information and join me in bingeing on some of the 500 episodes of the original series. As the late great Robert Stack would say, “Join us and perhaps you may be able to solve a mystery.”

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