Tag: missing persons

Show: Still a Mystery

Mysterious disappearances, murders, and other cases

About Still a Mystery

Still a Mystery features homicide and missing persons cases that are unsolved or unresolved in some other way: cases yet to be tried, those awaiting retrial, or solved cases that the family believes was not a suicide or accident but instead, a murder.

Each episode of the true crime show includes two cases and emphasizes the views of the family and their emotional and heartbreaking stories, rather than that of detectives and their investigations. Loved ones offer a lot of speculation about what may have happened, as they cling to their beliefs about their family member’s disappearance or death.

Still a Mystery is similar to Disappeared, but broadens the focus past only disappearances to include murders, accidents, suicides, and other causes of death that family members and friends just can’t bring themselves to believe.

True crime shows

The Show Elements

Seasons: 6 (2019-)

Where to stream: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Discovery+

More shows like Still a Mystery: Disappeared, Gone, In Pursuit: The Missing, Last Seen Alive, The Missing, Real Life Nightmare, The Search, Vanished: The Missing Persons Project

See also this list of true crime shows

✓ Police interviews
✘ Trial clips
✓ Narration
✓ Re-creations
✘ Experts
✓ Victims’ families and friends

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Show: Disappeared

Missing persons cases, as told by family members and friends

About Disappeared

Imagine your family member, your friend, or your coworker gone without a trace. Calls and texts unanswered. No explanation. This is the premise of Disappeared, which follows the stories of mostly unsolved missing persons cases, thought to be possible suicides, murders, drug overdoses, or psychotic breaks. In only a few episodes are bodies ever found, and even fewer have been solved.

Similar to Still a Mystery, Disappeared is less emotional but also has a lot of speculation by family members and friends about what they think might have happened to their loved one. The focus is on their stories and thoughts, rather than the theories of detectives, who don’t always appear on the show.

Disappeared is a nice change from the usual homicide-based true crime shows, but it will drive you crazy if you’re the type who needs resolution. It may even make you look for updates on the cases. With 10 seasons and still going strong, the show sheds light on just how many unsolved missing persons cases exist in the US. A surprising and sad number at the same time.

True crime shows

The Show Elements

Seasons: 11 (2009-)

Where to stream: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Discovery+

More shows like Disappeared: Still a Mystery, Gone, In Pursuit: The Missing, Last Seen Alive, The Missing, Real Life Nightmare, The Search, Vanished: The Missing Persons Project

See also this list of true crime shows

✓ Police interviews
✘ Trial clips
✓ Narration
✓ Re-creations
✘ Experts
✓ Victims’ families and friends

Latest Posts