Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 7, Episode 11 - Full Episode

[@sarahhurst140]

The school bus family's story ripped my heart out! Peace & blessings to them all, & to whomever reads this post!💜🌍

[@wesleyAlan9179]

🙌 bless you, Sarah💜🙏

[@enochclarke597]

Thank You! ❤

[@biancacarter3465]

God bless you Sarah and everyone ❤❤

[@billyjournell]

Did anyone ever win an award for UM’s intro music? I mean, is there really a more deserving TV show musical effort?? This still gives me chills

[@PjuNonnie]

Yesss. This ☝️

[@CherokeeBird]

I have this theme song as my ringtone 😊❤

[@yy17782]

No one asked

[@diaryofarealmom3264]

It’s crazy the insane amount of people that talk about this opening credit song, giving them chills as children, and still terrifying them as adults.

[@johnnolan33177]

Unsolved Mysteries remind me of the late 80s!! Even though it stayed on til like 1999-2000, I remember when I was about ten , seems like one of the best times of your life being 10-11-12. I miss them days so much!

[@supercooled]

You old. Lol jk I was born in the 70s.

[@crystalvouse7015]

I feel like my best times were my teens and 20s.. 30s are ok but since covid I'm ok with not going out and being home with my family.. idk if that's a good or bad thing but I could careless about a social life..anymore...im ok with just going out with family 👪

[@gristamshackleford2102]

@@crystalvouse7015 ppl that want social lives are dumb. im 45 and i never saw the point in hanging out with people other than family. i mean i have friends but they can come to my house while i do hobbies and things for myself if they want

[@eddiesroom1868]

You look younger than me

[@amaliasafaryan4256]

i wish i was born in the 80s so i could be a kid/teen in the 90s :/ i was a baby in the 90s

[@adamdavis2967]

I faintly remember the school bus children segment when it first aired. Watching it again as an adult, that teared me up a little. Joe Dillahunty, bless his heart. You could tell the search for his other siblings had taken such a large toll on him. I'm so happy he was able to find them all. Sadly, the oldest brother had already passed away shortly after the siblings had begun to be reunited. They found out later in their search. Joe Dillahunty lived a good, long life. He passed away just last August at the age of 81. I'm so glad he had 26 good years with his siblings.

[@shannonsprogressuk]

I grew up in San Marino, I remember the news of the bones being found as a child. Our house was right around the corner. The whole story that unfolded was crazier that anyone could of ever suspected!

[@RETRO_BELL]

These episodes being me back to the 90s

[@thegodfather1907]

You mean bring you back to the 90s

[@adamivester9789]

Remember the show Rescue 911 that aired back then too? I think it came on before Unsolved Mysteries

[@-elchoya9832]

1890s?

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

So glad to hear all the kids found each other.

[@thesilentdiva]

That's funny that they refer to luminol as controversial. They be spraying luminol on Forensic Files like it's Glade air freshener

[@laurentrevino5967]

😂😂😂😂

[@queenkandake1515]

Ok?? November 2019 was the moment I heard toxic and luminol together. I was mind blown recalling the numerous times Forensic Files, City Confidential, etc. headlined luminol as the go to for crime solving 🤣

[@rositawest4279]

😆

[@Anasteroiddestroyer]

They also referred to DNA evidence as controversial in another episode. It's amazing how much things change in forensic science.

[@supergeeky7529]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adamdavis2967]

Last segment: Why the hell do they separate children from each other without at least allowing them to keep in contact with one another and keep their given names. Health and human services are monsters.

[@kcairns1]

100%

[@terriaki1273]

I believe there were more nefarious motives. I am sure one or more of the people who took the children away got paid big bucks to 'adot' the kids out! Just my opinion.

[@TheIndependentLens]

White privilege.

[@morticiasunshine1402]

I swear until the 80s kids weren't thought of as... very impressionable or something... thank God for psychology discoveries

[@annabelladebonnay8320]

It's because they are ,snobbish Brutes and 'always know what's best'!!!??(for themselves.). :

[@vickiparrish3235]

At 72 years young, I remember when this show first came on. Robert Stacks voice gave me almost as many goosebumps as Bella Lagose's vampire voice. 🧛‍♂️ And, BOTH still scare the bejeebers out of me, even 'til this day!! Love that these reruns are still being shown, and knew 2 murdered victims that were aired!!

[@claudiacontrerasgutierrez7724]

Who we're the víctims? Tell us more! Please!

[@claudiacontrerasgutierrez7724]

Who we're the víctims? Tell us more! Please!

[@Lindaastewart7015]

I find ( found) Robert Stacks voice to be very soothing

[@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew]

Aleena, boarded up

[@catsario7512]

Right?!

[@lmc2664]

Knowing all the siblings finally reunited after decades later gave me a sense of joy.

[@vegetasolo1221]

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter was apprehended in 2008. He was using the alias Clark Rockefeller and was arrested right after he abducted his seven-year-old daughter. Over the years, he had conned friends and even his ex-wife into believing he was a part of the wealthy Rockefeller family. Authorities reopened the investigation of the Sohus case after his parental kidnapping trial concluded. He was sentenced to four-to-five years in state prison on the kidnapping charge, and additional time for an assault charge. He has, however, refused to cooperate with police in their investigation of the Sohus case. In March 2011, he was charged with John's murder. Investigators finally located John's birth family; DNA testing from his family members confirmed that the remains found in the backyard of the house belonged to him. At the trial, along with the luminol evidence, prosecutors had several witnesses testify against Gerhartsreiter. Multiple neighbors remembered seeing strange-colored smoke coming from his chimney around the time of the murders. He also had asked friends about places that he could dispose of drums filled with "chemicals" (John's remains were found in a metal drum). Around the time of the murder, he borrowed a chainsaw from a neighbor and tried to sell a bloodstained rug to a friend. Also, around that same time, a friend noticed that the ground near the guest house had been dug up. He claimed that he was having problems; however, the same area was where John's body would later be found. Finally, two bags found with John's remains came from two universities that Gerharstreiter had attended. On April 10, 2013, Gerhartsreiter was convicted by a Los Angeles jury of first-degree murder for that of John. However, Linda has never been found, but police believe that she is dead.

[@brandyyolidio4213]

Wow thank you for the update, very interesting. I think he killed them both but her body has not been discovered yet or atleast not tie to this story. Anyone switching names like that is going to be prime suspect number 1. I think they returned and he killed them then

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@brandyyolidio4213 It's a well known case. Lifetime did a movie based on it.

[@davidfrison4372]

Wasn't he the guy that was in that show "very bad men" that aired in the 90s...he conned a bunch of people by using the last name as a way of living the high life

[@reneedennis2011]

Yes, he is.

[@mringram]

Thanks!

[@rushback4997]

I absolutly love these pure Gold oldskool rule

[@libbyreesbarresi7459]

am i the only one that got all emotional over the family tht were separated, so glad they found each other

[@rositawest4279]

♀‍🙋🏾😢

[@isabellavalencia8026]

I got emotional because its so sad that the parents were so irresponsible and put 6 children through hell

[@halriggs4407]

No those are the most touching cases

[@halriggs4407]

If you think about it that episode was in 1994 forensic files was a couple years later

[@YouAreGoingToLoseMe87]

@@isabellavalencia8026 Birth control wasn't around they did their best. Now shut up

[@Demonizer5134]

This show is sooo good!!

[@CosplayDreams16]

You knew shit was about to get real when the theme music played.

[@troytanner1693]

MIGTOW

[@Jolenesmart1980]

@@troytanner1693 migtow?

[@GeminiJo]

🤣🤣

[@ElaynaAlexander-z5r]

These reunion stories always get me 😢

[@survivintryindiy282]

Man that one was a tear jerker on the sibling reuniting, the bus family story. Heart breaking. Seem like that momma was a good one that her no good husband is the one who caused this & she tried her best to proved with little of nothing. Had me balling like a baby.

[@ericssidechick3732]

Lol balling

[@pauljordan4452]

Shows what happens with addictions. Their mother seemed a strong lady, and it's BAWLING.

[@WilliamSynn]

Joe Dillahunty passed away last year on August 27.

[@ravenbaa7989]

Nope both of them shouldn’t have had so many kids blame the woman too

[@maevependragon]

Seeing those kids reunite made me cry my eyes out. As a mom that would have completely killed me to lose my children. I'm sure their mama was somewhere watching over them, thankful. Finally at rest.

[@dadsarepeopletoo3785]

Their parents' only crime was being poor

[@karenhall4645]

The mother was not guilty. She did the best she could for that time period. As for the father....how can you gamble away the only home your family has!

[@ravenbaa7989]

Her own fault that mom

[@ravenbaa7989]

Having kids u both can’t afford

[@jonathanturbide2232]

The "suicide" of Captain O'Mara is another scary case where everything point to a murder, but the detectives in charge try to convince everyone that it was suicide. Very chilling, it's pretty clear he was murdered.

[@joannerutledge1377]

yes I agree,when I first seen it I thought its so clear he was murdered .

[@lifeisamatrix5960]

Yep been on job forever and it smells bad of a murder made to look like suicide. Probably a gang or mob he busted back in day and he crossed their path. He obviously went to investigate something got over powered and shot in forehead with his own service revolver.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Right. Who takes a flashlight to shoot themself?

[@jonathanturbide2232]

@@rogerscottcathey Excellent observation, my dear Watson. Great point there.👍

[@survivintryindiy282]

I wonder who was captain after him, police politics is most likely the cause. And I hope his wife wasn’t left w/o benefits bc of their blatant wrongful conclusion. Wtf

[@karentucker2161]

I'm obsessed with this show now

[@buddapudgie8482]

I’ve been since 1989. Lol.

[@sisterluke]

Christopher Chichester always sounded like a movie villain to me. His mug shot was also pretty creepy. The fact that he cut up the body and buried it out in the backyard was chilling.

[@buckeyeschmave]

The way they melded those two photos of him together at the end of the case was simultaneously hilarious and even more creepy than the mug shot.

[@s.tavares3257]

@@buckeyeschmave I agree.

[@FletcherUpton-zw3hh]

He needs sprayed down good with luminol.

[@rodionraskolnikov2098]

Chichester reminded me of the real-life "Talented Mr. Ripley". He also reminded of a that really creepy scene in "There Will Be Blood" when Daniel Day-Lewis is with his brother.

[@francesgray3676]

😂"They be"? Fuc*ng learn to speak and TYPE CORRECTLY before you write comments on the internet😂😂 Obviously you're IGNORANT AND UNEDUCATED!!!!! DUMBAS*

[@vidahasselburg3841]

Wow, finally seeing so much of what I missed the show used to scare me but I never knew it ran so long

[@DizzyDaDon]

Sometimes I forget I'm watching UM because I get so captivated by the actors in the reenactments. They're just so good

[@deuscaritasest7778]

These re-enactments are so good , that the will make you love or hate the actors

[@kmuhammadshah7839]

I ♥️ this show. Creepy music and best host Robert Stack.

[@--pbrstreetgang--]

The teased hair in these old episodes is off the chain.

[@tommyallison94]

That's an interesting choice of a sunflower shirt to wear to your first time sibling meet..... God, I miss the 90s lol

[@cazi5759]

In the 90s, that was a top-notch shirt back then 😉. I cringe looking at my own pictures from the 90s…

[@Battmatt22]

It annoys me watching these, and they just say it’s a suicide, because they don’t feel like investigating it any further. That’s what’s wrong with the justice system

[@sergeiyzerman7240]

Cops take a death in the line of duty very personally. They wouldn't just sweep it under the rug if they thought it was murder.

[@akschmidt2085]

Thats not all thats wrong with justice system, but its one of the things...

[@sergiovapors181]

What are you even talking about? You're so far out of your element, you're embarrassing yourself

[@ilovebuttercream7684]

I tear up each time families are reunited on this show #happytears

[@sharonjackson268]

Same here.

[@HazardousChaos1]

I wish I could contact them, because Norma jean was my aunt

[@VIIStar]

Mrs. Stallings worked her butt off only to have her husband lose what little they had in a poker game.

[@tgirl1762]

Worked where? I don't remember them saying she worked anywhere

[@karenlindsey5988]

@@tgirl1762 - raising the family! ...and everything that entails.

[@melissamullinator]

Holy crap, reading up on Christian Gerhartsreiter...this life could be a freaking movie.

[@s.tavares3257]

He must have multiple personality disorder.

[@Romans8-9]

I have a good documentary up on my channel about him, you should check it out.

[@bethmc95]

There are a couple of documentaries about him. It's amazing to me how he was able to completely change identities and fool so many people.

[@samanthab1923]

That case is deep & crosses the country. After killing them & taking their car, he tried selling it in CT. Faked his way thru jobs under a new alias. Clark Rockafeller. Married well, had a child & moved from NYC to New England. When the marriage broke down he tried taking the daughter. All came out @ him.

[@aandjay]

It is the guy playing will on will and grace plays him in a movie

[@chrisw6164]

When they whip out the luminal, someone’s going to prison.

[@ryankatz7707]

You know these episodes are old because today luminol is accepted for finding washed away blood

[@douglasbarton6597]

I have read up on the subject - how to bury your self - it is very difficult, almost impossible

[@franpotter5041]

lol

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

I can think of all kinds of things to read up on... But I’m being totally honest when I say this isn’t one of them. I know, I know, I’m crazy that way.

[@jolinachavez5930]

Joe Al hahahahaha

[@deuscaritasest7778]

Hahaha

[@batmanbatman5027]

The ones with Robert Stack are my favorite ones.

[@buddapudgie8482]

Mine as well.

[@shaunreinert5202]

"they're not missing, they're on a secret mission" **Takes giant pull off whiskey bottle**

[@buckeyeschmave]

The actress was excellent.

[@OikPoinFive]

​@@buckeyeschmaveagree! I love these unknown local actors. More realistic than using a well known actress...

[@DizzyDaDon]

lmaooo Dede Sohus was a mood

[@leslieswinney47]

I love it when you all do the updates!!

[@nataliewicks3388]

I enjoy watching Unsolved mysteries❤

[@phoenixman8569]

I feel so sorry for john, after growing up with a drunk for a parent and then trying to move forward with his life and then getting murdered, possibly his wife too when they were both so young, my late father was a drunk though most of my childhood too so I have a good idea what it was like for him, and coincidently my first name is john "Too" I hope they found the Pease and love in heaven they should have gotten on earth...

[@troytanner1693]

Ridgefield Connecticut

[@superjaymccool7880]

Did you get murdered by someone named Christopher also? Cause that would be really coincidental.

[@phoenixman8569]

@@superjaymccool7880 yes I WAS!!!!! Now I spend the afterlife haunting childish trolls like you!!!!!!!!

[@Greg400]

@@troytanner1693 Newton, CT

[@ytyt3922]

So were the postcards from France definitively with Linda’s handwriting? Seems a no brainer to get a handwriting expert to verify if it is in fact hers.

[@jessestewart169]

Good point.

[@thegoodguy44]

They would have stated if it wasn’t...

[@jolinachavez5930]

The sister acted as if they were. And the woman picking up the cats? What’s up with that? Weird story.

[@shellymorgan5200]

Since they didn’t find Linda, she could’ve been held captive and forced to write the postcards. You never know. Ye, because this was a time when lumenol was considered “controversial”, they probably didn’t use handwriting experts either. But maybe Unsolved Mysteries could’ve gotten the handwriting analyzed and done an update?

[@lukewykman]

Handwriting 'Experts' are generally regarded by the scientific community as being controversial at best and outright quacks at worst. This is likely why their opinion wasn't sought.

[@johnathandouglas007]

As far as the guy who died at the gas pump... It's pretty obvious to me that another cop that he possibly even knew killed him... Who else would be at a private company gas pump at that time of night?

[@eddieq2189]

Just listening to the musical theme of this show always gives me the chills it's also one of my favorite shows I watch every chance I get

[@beachaddict7653]

My grandfather was in the merchant marines and his ship got hit by the germans in WWll. He said he was in the water for 2 hours. He had to be mentally institutionalized for a month.

[@lrowerowe7207]

Loved this show growing up in the 80s

[@mistybollinger3312]

When Joseph stated that his daddy was a good daddy, he worked and tried to.provide for his family broke my heart. Even at his age he was still trying to protect a father who in all actuality didn't give a damn about his family. I will never understand why ppl want to keep having children when they can't take care of them. It makes me mad at them and breaks my heart for the children. I'm glad they were eventually able to find each other. I'm also glad that the lady who was left in the car was able to find her family, she really broke my heart at the beginning. I hope they were all able to gave a wonderful relationship for the rest of their days 🙏🙏

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

This is sad!

[@lynncrf]

There was no real access to contraception for poor people then.

[@mistybollinger3312]

@lynncrf choosing to not have sex is available to anybody with enough common sense and self control!!!

[@lynncrf]

@@mistybollinger3312 Marital rape is a thing and definitely was even more prevalent then since it wasn't even illegal. Comparing today's modern sex awareness with then is completely inaccurate.

[@jolinachavez5930]

Can we talk about the weird neighbor guy that only wanted custody of the 2nd oldest boy?! I think he was 6? Who the hell goes to a “family friend” (I think that’s what they called it) and bugs to take custody of their small son, and away from his siblings!!

[@ZeranZeran]

a pdo

[@thomtoh]

A Paedo, thats who Lol

[@surfninja8728]

LOVE THIS SHOW!!!

[@lifeisamatrix5960]

Seems like the cook county deputy was murdered. He was getting gas, seen or heard something. Someone shot at him missed he pulled his gun got hit or they over powered him and shot him in forehead. Come on clear murder for a perp he busted somewhere in past.

[@Doomguise]

Don't take this Coy Leigh guy seriously. I see that dumbass in the comments pretty often for these unsolved mysteries episodes and all he does is post comments like this where he's a complete asshole for no reason.

[@erickanew]

He got shot with his own gun???

[@tphvictims5101]

45:20 the kids turned out just fine. A credit to their mom.

[@iaskalbert3891]

TPHVICTIMS 🤣

[@tgirl1762]

Uh no? The mother had them living on a old bus with little to no food and no money. They probably would have died of starvation and malnutrition if they stayed with the mother and gambling father. The foster families they lived with should get the credit for how he turned out.

[@vintagesavoiur]

AMEN! She was a good mom

[@SocaMusicLova1]

The school bus family story in today's time is "van life" and people leave in vans and such with pets and children. Sad

[@milancue2061]

I hated the system back then. A mistake cost an entire family decades. You can never take it back but time sometimes have a way of bringing the lost back to life.

[@troytanner1693]

New England Patriots

[@troytanner1693]

Los Angeles Raiders

[@rogerscottcathey]

Beside the fact no one takes a flashlight to shoot themselves, firing a bullet into the forehead means they're dead before they hit the ground. The recoil will swing the hand in an arc causing the weapon to follow that arc. It wont land inches away from the firing hand. What were the results of a paraffin test on the hand? If positive, did they metal detect around the area for another slug? The killer(s) would put another gun in his hand and shoot into the ground or maybe the bushes. It seems O'Mara's death was given short shrift.

[@rogerscottcathey]

I am the world's only consulting detective.

[@BalrogUdun]

It does seem criminally under investigated for the death of a cop. If he was as squeaky clean as they claim I’m willing to bet he had some enemies in that department. Mob doesn’t tend to hold grudges that long unless you betrayed them.

[@ZeranZeran]

Anyone else here from That Chapter? Lol Thanks Mike!

[@marcellixx]

What story was he talking of on here?

[@martinahunter2382]

Update I'm watching Unsolved Mysteries on KZbin love you Robert Stack rip you were my favorite host of Unsolved Mysteries you and Dennis Farina.

[@joecastillo4884]

I wonder if any of Stallings siblings are still living in 2021. This "Lost Loves" segment has always been one of the most memorable.

[@MiguelPerez-ou4jz]

Didi: they are on a mission!!! Police: Ok... Have you been drinking or are you hearing voices again???

[@liddybug8311]

🤣🤣

[@kmuhammadshah7839]

😊😊😊

[@zacksutt]

Greatest show ever...the new one on Netflix is ok but the show is not the same without Robert Stack.

[@karaandhazel]

Omgosh so sad!!!! I feel so bad for Mary and all of her siblings! This actually made me cry!

[@mringram]

So sad

[@dennisarnold2250]

My mother had 10 kids 9 boys and 1 girl I have never met 6 of my brothers all from springfield illinois and have tried numerous times to locate them without success...my mother was married 5 times and was a severe alcoholic and I was told that 6 of the boys were adopted and I would like to try to locate..

[@lifeisamatrix5960]

His unit was unmarked and I read it didn't have a radio and why would he yell for help when they subdued him. It smells of a cop he knew that killed him part of the mafia or paid off to kill him

[@user-gw5cc6rg7r]

I can only watch this during the day😲👻

[@AnnetteMendoza18]

I remember being a kid and when I would hear the song I get so scared but I wanted to watch it so I had to get a big cover and sit in the living room all covered up cuz I was scared 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tgirl1762]

Hey me too 😂 I was terrified but I couldn't stop watching. I turned on all the lights to watch it then after that it was "Rescue 911"

[@cmh9932]

@@tgirl1762 OMG Rescue 911! “I.. am William Shatner... and This!... is 911!“

[@tgirl1762]

@@cmh9932 Yesss!!!

[@jazmine4332]

Robert Stack made it sound scarier than what it really was

[@janiselopez9793]

i wished i could've adopted baby Terry...her story is so touching...

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

You can adopt me.

[@random4969]

I hope her 8 cats were rehomed into loving homes and not destroyed

[@rate733]

uhh we found a body in the ground, it was in 3 seperate bags, ok ..... murder maybe?

[@PjuNonnie]

I used to watch this show when I was a small child and it scared the crap out of me more than Tales from the Crypt did because I knew this was REAL!

[@s.tavares3257]

“Chichester” lmao. That should’ve been a red flag 🚩 already.

[@gregelliott5016]

With that case I'm wondering if the wife had a hand in what Chichester did or if he kidnapped her if she knew about her husband's death

[@yucansuckadee8930]

@@gregelliott5016 I swear I always thought that too. Linda wanted that Chichester!

[@ewaleokadia76]

@@gregelliott5016 I doubt that. Where is Linda then when Christian was arrested? She could have been murdered, used as a sex toy for a while and buried elsewhere. Or, she could have been murdered around the same time that her husband was and buried in a different part of the backyard.

[@kenna163]

I think Linda is buried somewhere close to John, they just haven't bothered to try to find her

[@JMHulme]

It looks like a crime of passion. He became interested in Linda and John was in the way. He would not confess since there was no body for Linda. She was probably taken against her will. He was crafty so he had a European friend write those postcards to keep people from being curious. The alibi itself is that they were going to work for the government.....

[@kenna163]

@@JMHulme No I really don't think so.

[@seaislevel7233]

Some person not giving any identity at all can pick up your animals from a shelter and walk away with them? BS once again

[@sonnycorleone2602]

The first story of the missing couple, The Sohus. Glad they caught their killer Mr Chicester. Would love to know more details why he killed them ?

[@jeremyzak654]

Most likely to extort money from them. They were two people that were desperate to to move out of there alcoholic mother's house. The mother seemed like someone who believes anything without question. They seem like an easy target to pull a con on.

[@The_ZeroLine]

A brilliant law enforcement officer relegated to the records section. Talk about an obvious red flag for the police being corrupt and punishing him.

[@1000mizz]

Terry's been through a lot, you can see her energy is different compared to her siblings at the reunion.

[@joselbazcom4221]

That drunkard knew what happened and kept protecting her "source".

[@georgiesimmons5924]

Exactly what a awful parent so sad

[@troytanner1693]

That chocolate female cop doesn't look human

[@joselbazcom4221]

@@troytanner1693 I don't see a "chocolate" female cop. Would you also explain why being a female cop indicates not being human?

[@troytanner1693]

6:48

[@joselbazcom4221]

@@troytanner1693 That is an African American/Black Lady Police Officer; a human person like you and me. What makes a being non human is belittling or ill intentionally pointing at skin complexion of other people just because they have a skin color different than ours or just because they are female or both. The way you call her "chocolate" manifests racism, a psychopath disorder. I do not appreciate that.

[@ullgeologist]

More about the Sohus case: In 2008, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter was finally located and arrested. At the time, he was using the alias Clark Rockefeller. He was arrested after he abducted his seven-year-old daughter during a custody visit. Over the years, he had conned friends and even his ex-wife into believing he was a part of the wealthy Rockefeller family. Fingerprints confirmed his true identity. Investigators reopened the Sohus case after his parental kidnapping trial concluded. He was sentenced to four-to-five years in state prison on the kidnapping charge, and additional time for an assault charge. He refused to cooperate with police in their investigation of the Sohus case. In March of 2011, he was charged with John's murder. Investigators finally located John's birth family; DNA testing from his family members confirmed that the remains found in the backyard of the house belonged to him. At the trial, along with the luminol evidence, prosecutors had several witnesses testify against Gerhartsreiter. Multiple neighbors remembered seeing strange-colored smoke coming from his chimney around the time of the murders. He also had asked friends about places that he could dispose of drums filled with "chemicals" (John's remains were found in a metal drum). Around the time of the murder, he borrowed a chainsaw from a neighbor and tried to sell a bloodstained rug to a friend. Also, around that same time, a friend noticed that the ground near the guest house had been dug up. He claimed that he was having plumbing problems; however, that same area was where John's body would later be found. Finally, two bags found with John's remains came from two universities that Gerharstreiter had attended. On April 10, 2013, Gerhartsreiter was convicted by a Los Angeles jury of first-degree murder for that of John. He was sentenced to twenty-seven years to life. Sadly, Linda has never been found; however, police believe that she is dead, and was probably killed by Gerhartsreiter around the same time as John. unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/John_and_Linda_Sohus

[@BalrogUdun]

I’m pretty suspicious of her given the cats disappeared too. It’s possible he could have conned her into getting rid of the husband with him and eventually they had a falling out or something.

[@Theranchhouse1]

BalrogUdun...thats the 1st thing I thought too.....

[@nathandehoyos8796]

The dad lost their school bus home in a poker game. First who would want a school bus and second when they came to pick it up and saw the kids living in it still took it? Why is that so funny.

[@FlixCreEightR]

Dumb stupid dad for doing that.

[@tgirl1762]

I don't think the kids were there when they took it. In the clip the kids came and saw it gone. Also why did the family friend only want one of her children instead of helping her find a different place to live?

[@jennalee5967]

Feel for Linda's family as it's unclear how John n Linda died. And no remains of her have ever been found. They live in a perpetual mystery with no definite answers.

[@lynncrf]

Who picked up the cats?!

[@happytrails3]

A cat lover who couldn't bear the thought of the cats being abandoned and separated.

[@bg81973]

wow, what a theory. this cop killed himself for no reason but the sneaky bastard also made it look like murder, lol.

[@elvis3555]

Lol

[@DBZluvz]

it's funny, when an officer is killed in the line of duty the other police involved scream for justice or scream cover up but if an officer's death is ruled a suicide they accept it like gospel, even if there is evidence to the contrary. in the case of Mike O'Mara there are too many incidentals to come to the conclusion of suicide, him taking his wife's money, the gas hose hanging from his car, the fact he took a flashlight with him, there are a lot of things that make this look like a cover up. Mike served in the F.B.I and maybe he witnessed or came upon evidence of some major crime and they thought he might talk but his death when weighed along with the scene and circumstances (at least in my novice opinion) doesn't say ''suicide''

[@BalrogUdun]

It does seem criminally under investigated for a cop to randomly commit suicide. If he was as squeaky clean as they claim he could have made some enemies in the department, old school mob doesn’t tend to hold grudges like that unless you betray them which is a possibility too.

[@sds5502]

Law Enforcement does NOT honor those who commit suicide, especially in those days. They sweep it under the rug and try to sell the idea of a tragic accident. O'Mara was taken out by the new criminal organization running Chicago, known as the Cowboys. They controlled both the Irish and Italian organized crime in Chicago, with a few remaining today, just very low key.

[@LegionOfShrooms]

I’ll always remember Chichester’s face. I wanted to find him one day as a kid. When I heard they caught him I was like no freaking way!

[@shannonsprogressuk]

Same. I grew up in San Marino and was a child when the bones were found. In such a small town it was massive news. Even bigger news when Chichester was discovered pretending to be a Rockefeller! I am baffled how he got away with all of it for so long!

[@jeremyzak654]

If you have enough charisma you could practically get away with anything.

[@unclequack5445]

What a piss poor excuse of a man gambling away their only shelter.

[@lesbridges3040]

Great job Mr.Robert❤🎉😊

[@rochelle123ist]

I love my pets way too much to leave them for even a day before I leave them in a kennel.

[@melissalee2872]

If I didn't collect my pets, the cops could assume something bad happened as I would never part with mine.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Now that this heart felt reunion is over here is a tragically never solved gruesome murder....geesus

[@Oneiriel]

James Lee Yup. This show is an emotional rollercoaster.

[@masternoob9673]

See, the moment you’re spouse says, “Hey, we’ve been hired by the Government!”, you should just divorce and/or run. Working for suits *Never* ends well.

[@tphvictims5101]

39:59 the judge was a cruel black hearted creature.

[@franklinfx]

The dad was the real POS of the story. That poor woman must have been devastated when they took those babies.

[@BlueIvysAssistant]

Maybe nobody heard Mike scream because he wasn’t given the chance to. Also, why would he stage his suicide to look like murder?

[@roseclimbpaintcont]

So his family woukd still get his pension and life insurance. That being said I still think it was clearly murder.

[@roseclimbpaintcont]

Suicide loses pension and social security and life insurance.

[@BlueIvysAssistant]

@@roseclimbpaintcont Yes, but there is an investigation first so it could have been discovered that he committed suicide which means the family wouldn't get anything. Why take that chance?

[@mikerod76]

In the first story, I believe the mother of the deceased man was the one that took the cats on orders from her "source"

[@TheMabes69]

i loved this show

[@gristamshackleford2102]

how the hell you gonna lose a school bus that your family lives in a poker game. thats just sad. i'm a former drug addict so i know addiction but i wouldnt sell my families school bus home for dope. and the guy that took it must be a real jackass if he didnt give them any time before he just came and got it

[@gotsm9959]

He should have had a job

[@maryocailleach4978]

The Sohus case sounds to me like Gerhartsreiter murdered John, kidnapped Linda and sold her into human trafficking in Europe. Didi might have been paid off or blackmailed by Gerhartsreiter or both. It would explain the cryptic postcards from Linda and possibly even the random lady picking up her cats... People are awful 😕 😪

[@stefanie7823]

To me it sounds like John was murdered and Linda accompanied him to Europe (hence the postcards she wrote). They duped John’s mother and kept up the ruse for awhile before he killed her.

[@RJArens]

The case with the cop puzzles me. They say it was suicide. Could one really believe that the last act of gratuity this man performed was to fill the company car before he put a gun to his head? It just doesn't make any sense. I'm sure he had enemies. I think it was murder.

[@moesmoontv8270]

25:00 why would he be gas’n up his car just to go to the lawn beside him to kill him self? Plus, the flashlight! It’s like he was pullin out his gun and had his flashlight to see who it was and he was shot because he saw something

[@kenz1439]

The one piece of information that was never revealed and would have helped clear things was , "was his hands tested for powder residue from firing the gun". The gun was a revolver so it should have been prominent if he pulled the trigger.

[@Eleivana777]

Police Captain's Death- 22:56 "Michael O'Mara had been regulated to a desk job in the records department. It should have been the gentle twilight to a brilliant career. Should have been but wasn't ". Why? What happened? He had been a 'scourge' to the Illinois Mafia in the 60's and he gets put on a desk? Isn't that a demotion? Strange. This really jumped out at me and they slid right over that.

[@delilaha]

*relegated

[@florants6214]

After watching the Terri segment , I kinda want a funky vest now... 👀

[@dfaircloth30]

I think the submarine was a Japanese submarine.... they were known to get that close to the US West Coast

[@hardv8]

If you are dirt poor....don't have 6 kids!!

[@sergeiyzerman7240]

So much for white privilege there.

[@dustyrustymusty3577]

Maybe they didn't know what was causing it?

[@cabooseabs6864]

Did they do gunshot residue testing on the retired captains hands? Wouldnt that be pretty conclusive on if he did or did not fire a weapon?