Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina - Season 5, Episode 20

True Crime Files

  • Mar 8, 2017
  • 42:54
  • Full Episode

This, Episode includes: The Blob, Freedon, John Wilkes Booth (Pts. 1 & 2), Update: Smoker Car Baby and Hitchhiking Killer.

Brief Summary

This episode features mysterious goo in Oakville, a missing journalist, Booth's possible survival, and a hitchhiker murder case.

Key points

  • Mysterious Goo Falls from Sky. In Oakville, Washington, residents experience a bizarre rain of gelatinous blobs that makes them sick.
  • Lisa Bishop's Disappearance. A young journalist vanishes while sailing to Haiti, leaving her family desperate for answers.
  • The Truth About Booth's Death. Evidence suggests that John Wilkes Booth may have escaped after Lincoln's assassination, living until 1903.
  • The Deathbed Confession. John St. Helen claims to be John Wilkes Booth in a shocking confession.
  • Sandra's Search for Family. After learning the truth about her origins, Sandra seeks her birth mother.
  • The Murder Mystery. Charles Holden discovers his mother's body after a strange encounter with a hitchhiker.

Tension

75/ 100High tension

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