Wednesday, January 07, 2009

The K-Files - Unsolved Mysteries


The K-Files - Unsolved Mysteries

This is probably old news to a lot of you, but a revamped Unsolved Mysteries is airing on Spike TV now.

Covering topics from missing persons to UFOs and alien abduction, the original Unsolved Mysteries was a smorgasbord of strangeness. This latest version of the show may have a new set, host and theme song, but the topics remain the same. It's everything that was good about the original, but wrapped up in a slick, highly enjoyable package.

With paranormal and true crime reality shows flooding the airwaves, you're probably wondering if this new series is worth your time. After watching a handful of episodes during Spike TV's Unsolved Mysteries marathon this week, I can tell you emphatically, "Yes."

Having grown up in the 1990s, my interest in the paranormal can be attributed to two main causes: The X-Files and Unsolved Mysteries. I have both fond and frightening memories of watching Unsolved Mysteries in its prime-time slot on NBC. I would usually grow bored during the unsolved murder segments, but a wave of excitement would come over me whenever a UFO story was covered. When it came to reenacting the accounts of UFO witnesses and alien abductees, few did it better than Unsolved Mysteries...Full Article.