Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS ON ADDING CASES

This site is in the early stages of development and I'm really sorry for not creating a much easier way of adding cases, but until I can get this site working correctly and easier, I'm sorry. There will be a instruction page for adding links eventually, but to write future case-files (until I can get a template page going), you will need to paste/click one of the already established case files and alter the info to the new case. Some suggested templates to paste and click are below, but I'd prefer if you'd use one of the already used cases as a template (altering and renaming it to the new case) until I can get the bus fixed. The original versions for templates, erasing the notes in <... > to add the information to the cases, for now are:

WANTED:

Name: <name>
Aliases: <aliases>
Wanted for: <crimes>
Missing Since: <date>
Details of Crime: <story or description of segment>
Connections: <locations the suspect might be located or has been seen>
Extra Notes: <information that might not fit in above areas, such is this case on a DVD or has been featured on another series such as America's Most wanted or Forensic Files>
Final Results: <is this person still at large or have they been found>
Links: <exterior case related links to outside websites>


MURDER:

Name: <name of deceased>
Occupation: <occupation of deceased>
Location: <city and state where case occurs>
Date: <date>
Details of Death: <story or description of segment>
Suspects: <possible suspects or theories might be located or has been seen>
Extra Notes: <information that might not fit in above areas, such is this case on a DVD or has been featured on another series such as America's Most Wanted or Forensic Files>
Final Results: <has this case been solved or is it still open >
Links: <exterior case related links to outside websites>


MISSING (for missing people and lost loved ones):

Name: <name of missing party>
Occupation: <occupation of missing party>
Location: <city and state where case occurs>
Date: <date disappeared>
Extra Notes: <information that might not fit in above areas, such is this case on a DVD or has been featured on another series such as America's Most Wanted or Forensic Files>
Final Results: <has this case been solved or is it still open >
Links: <exterior case related links to outside websites>


MYSTERIOUS DEATHS (for suspected murder cases without suspects):

Name: <name of deceased>
Occupation: <occupation of deceased>
Location: <city and state where case occurs>
Date: <date>
Details of Death: <story or description of segment>
Theory #1: <possible theories that might solve the case>
Theory #2: <possible theories that might solve the case>
Theory #3: <possible theories that might solve the case>
Extra Notes: <information that might not fit in above areas, such is this case on a DVD or has been featured on another series such as America's Most Wanted or Forensic Files>
Final Results: <has this case been solved or is it still open >
Links: <exterior case related links to outside websites>

Again, these are just first draft templates. They are going to be updated as the site gets more pages. Right now, I am not accepting case files on haunted locations, legends or UFOs at this time; maybe later. I will subsequently be open to creating files for cases not featured on the series, but lets not jump too far into that just yet. Unsolved Mysteries during its televised run featured hundreds of cases that they repeated often so there's obviously a great abundance of cases to jump into first before adding case files that they "could" have run.

HOW TO WRITE A CASE FILE
Case Names: Be sure you have a decent name for the case that isn't too vague (like: "Case of the Missing Heir") and therefore can't be confused with another case. In other words, use a name that definitely identifies the case. When in doubt, peruse the case file lists for what name is already being used. A few examples:

Brayman Road Attacker
Shannon Davis
Michael Scott Martin
Tami Leppert
The Signal Mountain Murders

Note I am using the simplest most basic name for the file. It is acceptable to describe the same case under different categories. The Shannon Davis case can be listed under UNSOLVED MURDERS as:Shannon Davis or under MOST WANTED as David Davis as long as they are cross-linked. When the spelling of the character name is in doubt, include the extra notes under comments in the case description or use the variant name under aliases, as in Mafuz Huck. (Due to time in trying to get this site user friendly, I'll still be adapting as things go on.)

Case Descriptions: Be sure to include as many links to cross-reference and identify cases as possible for visitors to the site to identify cases they might only have a few details on. For example: the Signal Mountain Murders can include:

Category: Tennessee
Category: 1990 Category: Solved
Category: ATV-Related cases

Eventually this site will have categories to cross-reference cases with common states, years, vehicles and objects as well as by status (Solved, Unsolved, Unresolved, Wanted, Captured, et al) Hopefully with your help we can put together a site that will list every segment from the series and cross-reference for easy identification.

If you do not have immediate full details for a detailed case file here, please provide as much as you are aware of that someone else can recognize the case and add to it. If you are the type easiliy offended by others editing your work, this is not the site for you.

Watch your grammar and spelling and do not include any profanity. There is no excuse for this.

Pictures and Photos: I do hope to add more photos soon. You are welcome to add them

Note: Cosgrove-Meuer Productions, The NBC Network, Lifetime-TV or Spike-TV recently reviving the series does not recognize this site. Please describe cases in your own words only; do not repeat copied material from the "Unsolved Mysteries" website or any other website.