Netflix released the official trailer forUnsolved MysteriesVolume 2ahead of its October 19th, 2020, premiere. The preview offers viewers a chilling glimpse at the six new mysteries that will be explored when the latest iteration of the documentary crime series returns, including a brand new ghost story.
Unsolved Mysteriesdebuted in 1987 as a series of television specials created by John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer before developing into a proper show on NBC in 1988. Hosted by Robert Stack, the series presented cold cases and unexplained phenomena to viewers for years until its cancelation following a short-lived stint on CBS in 1997. Attempts at reviving the series in the ensuing years were unsuccessful, untilStranger Thingsexecutive producer Shawn Levy partnered with Cosgrove-Meurer Productions and Netflix to produce a12-partUnsolved Mysteriesrebootin 2019.
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Shortly after the first run of episodes aired in July 2020, Meurer stated the remaining mysteries would includetwo more international casesand an “unusual ghost story.” Now, the official trailer forUnsolved Mysteries Volume 2confirms the six episodes will center specifically on tsunami spirits, stolen kids, a lady in the lake, the Washington Insider Murder, a death in Oslo, and a death row fugitive. “Why is it important to find out why a person died 25 years ago? People die all the time,” says an interviewee in the opening seconds of the trailer, raising the central concept of the series. “I think it’s important for the family to know what happened to her.”
Unlike the original version ofUnsolved Mysteriesthat aired through the late ’80s and ’90s, Netflix’s reboot is presented in a standard documentary style. While the reboot still includes reenactments, there is a greater focus on interviews with individuals analyzing the cases and there is no host, although Stack’s image is included in the opening credits as a tribute. As with its predecessor, theUnsolved Mysteriesreboot led to some real-world movement when the FBIreopened the case on Alonzo Brooks, whose death was explored in the fourth episode of the series.
The promise of a new ghost mystery will likely come as a welcomed addition forUnsolved Mysteriesfans. While the first volume of the reboot included an episode focused on the 1969UFO encountersin Berkshire County, some viewers familiar with the original iteration of theUnsolved Mysterieswere disappointed that more supernatural tales were not included.
