Episode
Unsolved Mysteries: Episode #177
Overview
IRS and FBI efforts to stop a medical-investment scam operated by a team of con artists; the murders of two Swedish women vacationers, discovered in 1983 by deer hunters near Santa Barbara; a 17-year-old disappearance case, stumbled upon by a rock climber.
Details
- Series
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 1992-04-08
Episode context
Episode #177 is Episode 31 in Season 4 of Unsolved Mysteries. It aired on 1992-04-08.
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