Episode
Unsolved Mysteries: Episode #161
Overview
Reports: a con game using state lottery tickets that took in millions of dollars in New York state alone; the search for a homeless person who may stand to inherit $100,000; a former runaway's search for three of her nine estranged siblings.
Details
- Series
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1991-12-11
Episode context
Episode #161 is Episode 15 in Season 4 of Unsolved Mysteries. It aired on 1991-12-11.
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