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4	->''"This week on [[TitleDrop [=Buzzfeed Unsolved=]]] we look into the mystery that's been plaguing the internet: [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife is TV Tropes capable of ruining one's life?]]"''
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7	[=BuzzFeed Unsolved=] is a WebVideo live-action/documentary series created by Ryan Bergara for Website/BuzzFeed that ran from 2016 to 2021. Covering both True Crime and Supernatural unsolved mysteries, it was hosted by Ryan and Shane Madej, with whom Ryan maintains a very... [[VitriolicBestBuds intense]] friendship. Each serves as the resident believer and skeptic respectively.
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9	The series premiered on February 4, 2016, as part of [=BuzzFeed IRL=]. The first episode, The Mysterious Death of the Somerton Man, began Season One of the True Crime segment and was hosted by Ryan and his friend Brent Bennett, who played the role of skeptic. Brent stayed on for much of the first season of True Crime, and co-hosted the first episode of Supernatural, but was replaced by Shane in late 2016.
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11	Unsolved updated on Fridays, with post-episode Q&A sessions (known as Postmortems) being posted the following Wednesday. The True Crime segment has run for 5 seasons, with the 5th season premiering on March 21, 2019. The series began on one of Buzzfeed's subsidiary [=YouTube=] channels; Buzzfeed Blue, but from the 5th season of the Supernatural segment onwards, the show switched to a new Unsolved-only Buzzfeed channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKijjvu6bN1c-ZHVwR7-5WA Buzzfeed Unsolved Network]].
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13	[[invoked]] [[CreatorsOddball There's also a sports segment. So that's cool.]]
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15	Also check out WebVideo/RuiningHistory, another show on Buzzfeed that features Shane and Ryan. As of 2020, Ryan and Shane have both left Buzzfeed to found their own company, ''[[Website/{{Watcher}} Watcher Entertainment]]'', alongside fellow Buzzfeed alumni, Stephen Lim. On June 7, 2021, Ryan [[https://twitter.com/ryansbergara/status/1401951282739351554 announced]] that the upcoming 8th season of True Crime would be the final one, along with a 7th and final season of Supernatural set to premiere on October 15, 2021. The final episode aired on November 19 2021 and was followed up by a behind the scenes documentary ''Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Making of the Final Investigation''. A SpiritualSuccessor series, once again starring Ryan and Shane, called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcBYV26XcaA Ghost Files]]'' is currently in production on the Watcher Youtube channel and premiered on September 23, 2022.
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17	[[foldercontrol]]
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19	[[folder: [=BuzzFeed=] Unsolved True Crime episodes]]
20	* '''Season 1''':
21	** The Mysterious Death of the Somerton Man
22	** The Horrifying Slaughter at Hinterkaifeck Farm
23	** The Bizarre Death of Elisa Lam
24	** The Chilling Mystery of the Black Dahlia
25	** The Strange Deaths of 9 Hikers at Dyatlov Pass
26	** The Mysterious Death of Music/TupacShakur - Part 1
27	** The Mysterious Death of [[Music/TheNotoriousBig Biggie Smalls]] - Part 2
28	** The Horrifying Murders of the Zodiac Killer
29	** The Mysterious Disappearance of the Sodder Children
30	** The Odd Death of Michelle Von Emster
31	** The Shocking Case of Creator/OJSimpson
32	** The Strange Disappearance of D.B. Cooper
33	* '''Season 2''':
34	** The Terrifying Axeman of New Orleans
35	** The Mysterious Death of the Boy in the Box
36	** The Bizarre Road Trip of a Missing Family
37	** The Tragic Murder of [=JonBenét=] Ramsey
38	** The Odd Vanishing of UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart
39	** The Creepy Murder in Room 1046
40	** The Strange Drowning of Creator/NatalieWood
41	** The Mysterious Poisoned Pill Murders
42	** The Disturbing Murders at Keddie Cabin
43	** The Suspicious Assassination of JFK
44	* '''Season 3''':
45	** The Grisly Murders of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper
46	** The Thrilling Gardner Museum Heist
47	** The Ghastly Cleveland Torso Murders
48	** The Enigmatic Death of the Isdal Woman
49	** The Strange Killing of Ken Rex [=McElroy=]
50	** The Scandalous Murder of William Desmond Taylor
51	** The Historic Disappearance of Louis Le Prince
52	** The Disturbing Mystery of the Jamison Family
53	* '''Season 4''':
54	** The Sinister Disappearance of UsefulNotes/JimmyHoffa
55	** The Bizarre Collar Bomb Bank Robbery
56	** The Mysterious Death of the Eight Day Bride
57	** The Incredible Alcatraz Prison Break
58	** The Covert Poisoning of an Ex-Russian Spy
59	** The Odd Death of Charles C. Morgan
60	** The Bizarre Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar
61	** The Treacherous Treasure Hunt of Forrest Fenn
62	** The Chilling Black Dahlia Murder Revisited[[note]]A special episode made to tie in with the airing of ''Series/IAmTheNight''. Released a few months after Season 4 concluded, but is considered part of it.[[/note]]
63	* '''Season 5''':
64	** The Eerie Case of the Watcher
65	** The Unusual Australian Shark Arm Murders
66	** The Suspicious Case of the Reykjavik Confessions
67	** The Unexplained Murder of Bugsy Siegel
68	** The Horrifying Texarkana Phantom Killer
69	** The Shocking Florida Machete Murder
70	** The Puzzling Disappearance of Walter Collins
71	** The Curious Death of Creator/VincentVanGogh
72	** The Impossible Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
73	* '''Season 6 ''':
74	** The Macabre Death of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe
75	** The Missing Identity of The Lady of the Dunes
76	** The Tinseltown Murder of Thelma Todd
77	** The Creepy Quandary of Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm
78	** The Puzzling Case of Marilyn and Sam Sheppard
79	** The Mysterious Death of the Somerton Man Revisited
80	* '''Season 7''':
81	** The Eerie Vanishing Of The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers
82	** The Daring Heists Of The Elusive Pink Panthers
83	** The Suspicious Death Of Creator/HarryHoudini
84	** The Sudden Disappearance of Cynthia Anderson
85	** The Maritime Mystery of the Mary Celeste
86	** The Haunting Murder Case Of The Hammersmith Ghost
87	* '''Season 8''':
88	** The Mysterious Death of Creator/GeorgeReeves
89	** The Puzzling Disappearance of Creator/AgathaChristie
90	** The Menacing Case of the Monster with 21 Faces
91	** The Perplexing Case Disappearance of Judge Joseph F. Crater
92	** The Tragic Death of Princess Diana
93	** The Bizarre Death of Alfred Loewenstein
94	[[/folder]]
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96	[[folder: [=BuzzFeed=] Unsolved Supernatural episodes:]]
97	* '''Season 1''':
98	** The Creepy Real-Life "[[TheMenInBlack Men in Black]]"
99	** The Secret Society of the Illuminati
100	** 3 Horrifying Cases of Ghosts and Demons (The Winchester Mansion, the Island of Dolls, the Sallie House)
101	** The Chilling Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
102	** The Bizarre Toxic Death of Gloria Ramirez
103	** The Spirits of the Whaley House
104	** The Haunted Decks of the Queen Mary
105	* '''Season 2''':
106	** The Ghosts and Demons of Bobby Mackey's
107	** Bigfoot: The Convincing Evidence
108	** 3 Creepy Cases of Ancient Aliens
109	** The Haunted Halls of Waverly Hills Hospital
110	** The Strangest Disappearances in TheBermudaTriangle
111	** The Murders that Haunt the UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden House
112	** The Spontaneous Human Combustion of Mary Reeser
113	** The Haunting of the Salem Witch Trials
114	** The Haunted Quarters of the Dauphine Orleans Hotel
115	** The Bizarre Voodoo World of New Orleans
116	* '''Season 3''':
117	** The Ghost Town at Vulture Mine
118	** Three Bizarre Cases Of Alien Abductions
119	** The Captive Spirits of Eastern State Penitentiary
120	** The Demonic Goatman's Bridge
121	** The Horrors of Pennhurst Asylum
122	** Roswell's Bizarre UFO Crash
123	** [[UsefulNotes/TheLostColonyOfRoanoke The Mysterious Disappearance of the Roanoke Colony]]
124	** London's Haunted Viaduct Tavern [[note]] This episode begins a 3-episode London, England special. [[/note]]
125	** The Chilling Chambers of Colchester Castle
126	** The Subterranean Terrors of the London Tombs
127	** The Legend of Krampus (an animated ChristmasEpisode)
128	* '''Season 4''':
129	** The Search for the Mysterious Mothman
130	** The Shadowy Spirits of Rolling Hills Asylum
131	** The Demonic Bellaire House
132	** The Phantom Prisoners of Ohio State Penetentary
133	** The Unexplained Phoenix Light Phenomena
134	** The Spirits of Moon River Brewing
135	** The Horrifying Sorrel-Weed Haunted Mansion
136	** The Mystical Villa Montezuma Mansion
137	* '''Season 5''':
138	** Return To The Horrifying Winchester Mansion
139	** The Demon Priest of Mission Solano
140	** The Terrors of Yuma Territorial Prison
141	** 3 Videos From The Pentagon's Secret UFO Program
142	** The Haunted Town Of Tombstone
143	** The Haunting of Hannah Williams
144	** The Hunt for La Llorona [[note]]A special episode made to tie in with the release of ''Film/TheCurseOfLaLlorona''. Released a few months after the conclusion of Season 5, but still considered part of it[[/note]]
145	** The Demonic Curse of Annabelle the Doll[[note]]A special episode made to tie in with the release of ''Film/AnnabelleComesHome''. Like the above, it was released after Season 5 concluded, but is still considered part of it.[[/note]]
146	* '''Season 6''':
147	** The Hidden Secrets of Area51
148	** The Haunted Shadows Of The St. Augustine Lighthouse
149	** The Lost Souls Of The USS Yorktown
150	** The Hollywood Ghosts of the Legendary Viper Room
151	** The Haunting of Loey Lane
152	** The Unbelievable Horrors of the Old City Jail
153	* '''Season 7''':
154	** The Demonic Possession of the ''Conjuring'' House
155	** The Horrors of Villisca Ax Murder House
156	** The Gettysburg Ghosts of Farnsworth House Inn
157	** The Haunted Halls of Morris-Jumel Mansion
158	** The Spirits of Pythian Castle
159	** Return To The Demonic Sallie House
160	[[/folder]]
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162	[[folder: [=BuzzFeed=] Unsolved Sports Conspiracies episodes:]]
163	** The Mysterious Retirement of Michael Jordan
164	** The Frozen Envelope That Rigged The NBA Draft
165	** Tom Brady’s Infamous Football Cheating Scandal
166	** The Conspiracy of Muhammad Ali’s Fixed Fight
167	** The Controversy of The Crooked Referees: Lakers vs. Kings
168	[[/folder]]
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171	!!''Let's get into it:''
172	* AdamWesting: Their appearance on ''Series/Swat2017'' has them as douchey youtube stars who ''both'' believe in the supernatural.
173	* AgentMulder:
174	** Ryan is a true believer, always left shaking his head at Shane's defiant antics and trying in vain to make him see the supernatural side.
175	** Ryan and Shane briefly swap roles in the Bigfoot episode, with Shane being a fan of the theory, and Ryan admitting that he's "not the biggest believer in Bigfoot". Shane scoffs that it's only because Bigfoot is flesh and blood, too scientific and solid for spooky Ryan.
176	* AgentScully:
177	** Almost definitely intentional, given the GenreSavvy nature of the show. Shane always rebutts Ryan’s claims of the supernatural by offering possible real-life explanations and/or making fun of them. He also dismisses the more outlandish theories, such as aliens being responsible for the disappearance of the lost Roanoke colonists or the existence of an "Underwater Area51" in TheBermudaTriangle.
178	** Brent fulfilled the role of Scully before Shane joined the show, particularly in the "Men In Black" episode.
179	* AlienAbduction: A frequent theory, and the topic of an entire episode dealing with three famous cases. The boys also joke that Shane would be the perfect candidate for an abduction, because he would be so unrelentingly snarky and skeptical that the aliens would just toss him back.
180	* AluminumChristmasTrees: In-universe, Ryan accuses Shane of making up the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518 Dancing Plague of 1518]] when he uses it to defend the mass hysteria theory in the "Bizarre Toxic Death of Gloria Ramirez" episode. It then became a RunningGag on the show.
181	* AndStarring: Played on a more light hearted level during the Hot Daga, as the character Dr. Goondis is "voiced" by Ryan via stitched up voice recordings and Shane would always credit him, [[spoiler:at least until Goondis hatches from his egg and Shane takes over and actually voices him]].
182	* AngryMob: One was involved in Ken Rex [=McElroy=]'s murder, although it was a lot less violent than the trope is usually associated with. After a town meeting where everyone was airing out their grievances with him and getting no solutions, they got a call that he was nearby and about 60 people went out to confront him. It's not certain whether the mob meant to kill him, as they mostly just intimidated him by standing around his car and it was only one or possibly two people who actually shot him, but they all remained quiet on who the shooter(s) were.
183	* {{Anticlimax}}: All the goddamn time, usually lampshaded and PlayedForLaughs.
184	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Shane, depending on your personal beliefs of the supernatural. It's a running joke on the show that a ghost would have to "rock bottom him through the floorboards" for him to even consider the existence of the paranormal. While he does put stock into the existence of Bigfoot, he mentions that he doesn't see it as paranormal, just as a rare, unusual creature of meat and bone. The most "out there" he gets is his belief in aliens (although he will still shoot down most alien abduction theories). According to Ryan and Quinta, the type of aliens he typically believes in are tiny bacteria on other planets.
185	* ArcWords: During the demon special, the phrases uttered by the priest "Do not be afraid" and "Do not do anything to invite the demons in" come up frequently. They’re immediately [[TemptingFate followed by Shane shouting at the demons to harm them]].
186	* ArtifactTitle: Despite Dan and his family being [[spoiler:killed off]] in Season 2 of the Hot Daga and Maizey, Gene, and Mike Soup taking their roles as the main characters, Shane continues to call the post-Mortem animation by that name.
187	* AscendedMeme: The famous "Hey there demons, it's me, ya boy" line became a popular internet meme. It was then used in the season 3 trailer ("Hey there demons, ya boys are back") and the line appears on the official merchandise.
188	* AudienceParticipation: Though the actual episodes are recorded in advance, the aftershow ''[=BuzzFeed=] Unsolved: Postmortem'' is recorded weekly and has Shane and Ryan answering questions about the previous episode submitted by fans via Twitter and Instagram.
189	* AwesomeMcCoolName:
190	** C.C. Tinsley, the detective hired by the Sodder family to find their missing children, and then went missing himself. Both Ryan and Shane agree that that is the perfect name for a private investigator.
191	** They both agree that D.B. Cooper, which was the result of a printing press error, and not the original name of the unknown criminal printed on the airplane ticket is a much cooler name than Dan Cooper.
192	** Doctor Fear, a doctor who worked at the Pennhurst Asylum. Shane notes that with a name like that he was morally obligated to be an evil man. Shane and Ryan eventually conclude that Doctor Fear is the reason [[BrickJoke C.C. Tinsley went missing]], as they were obviously archnemeses.
193	** On the episode about Creator/GeorgeReeves's death, Ryan immediately called his "hell of a name" just three words into the case.
194	* BackFromTheDead: In the Hot Daga, with the help from Gina and Murray's father, [[spoiler:Pam is revived with the intent of undoing her wrongs and help Maizey, Mike Soup, and Gene go back in time to stop the Dark Master from eating the universe]].
195	* BaitAndSwitch: In the first-season demon special, Ryan says he'll stay in the infested house until 5, then gives up at 3. Shane needles him about it, casually saying he doesn't have the guts to fulfill his promise. [[SlowMotion The video then slows]] and pulls out the dramatic music, intercutting Ryan's conflicted face and Father Thomas saying "do not be afraid". The speed returns to normal as his expression grows resolved, and he says.....[[AntiClimax "Yeah, you're right. Let's get out of here."]]
196	* BaitAndSwitchComment: Ryan asks Shane whether he thinks Pennhurst Asylum is haunted. Shane [[SarcasmMode shockingly]] says he does not. Ryan then asks if Shane wants to know if he thinks it is.
197	--->'''Ryan:''' Actually, maybe not.
198	--->'''Shane:''' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Wow]].
199	--->'''Ryan:''' ''(beat)'' [[SubvertedTrope But probably]].
200	* BatOutOfHell: In the Vulture Mine episode, Ryan and Shane are repeatedly startled by (admittedly harmless) bats.
201	* BavarianFireDrill: Employed by Ryan's alter ego "Ricky Goldsworth," who can get anything he wants just by being super-confident and aggressive, until whoever he's talking to has to back down.
202	* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: PlayedForLaughs in the Waverly Hills Hospital episode when Shane realizes with horror that he is a ghost hunter.
203	--->'''Shane:''' Am I a ghost hunter? I don’t want to be a ghost hunter! This is all bullshit!
204	%%* BermudaTriangle: Covered in one episode.
205	* BerserkButton: The [[OverlyLongGag Hot Doga]] and Shane's ArbitrarySkepticism for Ryan. Outlandishly supernatural theories for Shane.
206	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Bigfoot is the unsolved mystery in one episode. A Yeti attack is also given as a possible theory for what happened at Dyatlov Pass.
207	* BizarreTasteInFood: Shane has mentioned that he would eat a pickle from a pond and that once he took a whole bite out of a pumpkin.
208	* BlackComedy: This is what a lot of the series banter falls under, since they're frequently joking about things like murder, serial killers, ghosts, death, creepy places, and demons in order to lighten the mood. They said in an AMA that they try to make fun of the ridiculousness of a case/mystery and not in any real suffering.
209	* BodyInABreadBox: Discussed in two different episodes. Tragically, in one, a young woman's body was found in a water tank, and in another, a young boy's was found in a refrigerator box. In both cases, no one is quite sure how the bodies got there.
210	* BootstrappedTheme: "Nightshade" by David O'Brien, which typically plays during the theories segment.
211	--> '''Ryan''': Now let's into the theories...
212	* BreatherEpisode: The Missing Family episode, a case with no deaths, takes place right between The Boy in the Box and [=JonBenét=] Ramsey episodes, both of which involve the murder of a child.
213	* BystanderSyndrome: In The Strange Killing of Ken Rex [=McElroy=], there were 60 witnesses to his murder but no one other than [=McElroy=]'s partner Trena [=McCloud=] would report it. However [[HateSink [=McElroy=]]] had terrorized the small town for years and those 60 witnesses remained in complicit silence as to who the murderer was.
214	* CallBack: A few in the Forest Fenn post mortem, with Ricky Goldsworth obviously pretending to be Ryan, to the William Desmond Taylor episode with Shane getting paid to polish Ryan/Ricky's watch and to the Russian Spy episode with Shane saying again he wants to live forever. They also have a side by side comparison with the first shot of the first post mortem.
215	* CannotTellALie: The Plupples from the Hot Daga prefer not to tell them, as they would explode if they do.
216	* CanonImmigrant: In "The Odd Death of Charles C. Morgan" Ryan accidentally mentions the Hot Daga, much to Shane's joy, who declares that having done so Ryan made the Hot Daga real in the main series.
217	* CatScare: Happened on the Queen Mary when a pigeon flew into Ryan's face.
218	* CatchPhrase:
219	** Ryan starts off each Supernatural episode with "This week on Buzzfeed Unsolved we investigate [name of place] as part of our ongoing investigation into the question: 'Are ghosts real?'"
220	*** Shane usually responds to this with his non-vocal catchphrase of shaking his head.
221	** Ryan ends each episode with some variation on "For now, the mystery of [topic of video] will remain [[TitleDrop Unsolved]]."
222	** Ryan says, "Shut up, Shane" a ''lot''.
223	** You could make a drinking game out of the number of times Ryan says, "That being said..."
224	** (wheeze)
225	* CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: Bears v Sharks, in "The Odd Death of Michelle Von Emster" and "The Strange Drowning of Natalie Wood".
226	--->'''Ryan:''' I mean, [a great white shark] is not a bear, but it's...it's a powerful animal.
227	--->'''Shane:''' It can certainly kill a bear, hands down, if you dropped a bear in the ocean-
228	--->'''Ryan:''' We've been over this before, the bear is the most deadly animal of all time.
229	--->'''Shane:''' No, it's not.
230	--->'''Ryan:''' Yes, it is.
231	--->'''Shane:''' No, it's not.
232	--->'''Ryan:''' Yes, it is.
233	--->'''Shane:''' No, it's not.
234	--->'''Ryan:''' If you put a bear on any playing field in the world: water-
235	--->'''Shane:''' Nope. Hippopotamus.
236	--->'''Ryan:''' No, fuck you dude, a bear's the most-
237	--->'''Shane:''' Hippopotamus would kill a bear in a heartbeat.
238	--->'''Ryan:''' You know what, we're getting the h-this is a different episode.
239	--->'''Shane:''' ''[impulsively]'' Fuck you.
240	* CharacterDevelopment: Ryan has gotten noticeably more confident and assertive when dealing/communicating with spirits, which is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Shane in "The Spirits of Moon River Brewing".
241	--->'''Shane:''' I feel like this season you've gotten very aggressive.
242	* CollectiveDeathGlare: {{Discussed\|Trope}} in "The Strange Killing of Ken Rex [=McElroy=]." [=McElroy=] was shot and killed in front of several witnesses, none of whom ratted the killer out, because [=McElroy=] was truly HatedByAll for terrorizing the community. When [=McElroy=] was shot, he was left to bleed out and die, and no one called the cops until ''after'' he was dead. When discussing the case, Ryan and Shane wonder what it was like in the immediate moments following the shooting, and speculate that someone would've offered to call for help... only to be met with everyone else glaring at them until they got the message.
243	-->'''Shane:''' "I'll call--ohhhhhhhhh."
244	* ColorCodedSpeech: The series uses this for cutaways where Ryan and Shane's conversation is transcribed instead of showing video of them talking. Shane's text is transcribed in yellow and Ryan's is transcribed in blue.
245	* ContinuityNod: Shane brings up Father Thomas, the man who they consulted in their first season of Supernatural about demons, to Ryan in the third season of Supernatural, in a episode where they were again covering demons. He wonders if Father Thomas would be disappointed in Ryan. Ryan sighs and says he probably would.
246	* CreepyMonotone: Ryan's "theory" voice, which he uses to narrate each of the episodes.
247	* CrimeReconstruction: Used in True Crime episodes as of Season 3, namely in the Gardner Museum, Isdal Woman, and William Desmond Taylor episodes.
248	%%* CryptidEpisode: Bigfoot and Mothman.
249	* CutHimselfShaving: When asked who caused his extensive injuries (consisting of being stabbed in the chest, being beaten in the head and being tied up and strangled), Roland T. Owen denied the involvement of anyone and told the detective that he fell against the bathtub.
250	* DarkerAndEdgier: The [=JonBenét=] Ramsey episode. Not the case itself per se, as you can see Shane and Ryan [[BlackComedy merrily joking away]] in other episodes with missing/dead children, but here (possibly due to the relative recency of the case and how well-known it is)they're more toned down. Notably, Ryan says that, for this particular episode, they're legally not allowed to say who they think did it.
251	-->'''Shane:''' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I know everybody wanted to hear about this case, but I don't wanna anymore. I'm done.]]
252	** The entire Ken Rex [=McElroy=] episode was incredibly dark in comparison to previous episodes with little to no comedy being featured (so much as that a viewer discretion warning had to be put up).
253	* DeadAllAlong: {{Invoked}} in "The Haunting of the Salem Witch Trials", in which Ryan has Shane dress up in pilgrim outfits with him, hoping the ghosts will be more receptive to something familiar.
254	** They dress as union soldiers when visiting the Farnsworth House Inn.
255	* DeadlyHug: This was how William Desmond Taylor was suspected to have died, embracing his killer before being shot in the back.
256	* DeadpanSnarker: Both have their moments, but [[AgentScully Shane]] shines due to Ryan's antics giving him plenty of material.
257	* DeathOfAChild: A few episodes have centered around the murder of children. "The Murder of [=JonBenét=] Ramsey" in particular is uncharacteristically somber. They've explained in the Walter Collins post-mortem that they can't do many episodes on the trope, as it makes them both miserable.
258	* DemonicPossession: Covered in The Chilling Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, and discussed with an exorcist named Father Thomas.
259	* DependingOnTheWriter: Discussed in the La Llorona episode, as Curly mentions that many families and cultures from the Latin American world have their own spin on the La Llorona story.
260	* DirtyCop: Discussed frequently in the True Crime seasons, since this trope is sometimes the reason why cases are unsolved in the first place. This was particularly notable in the Sodder Children episode, where the authorities located only a few miles away showed up ''hours'' after the house was set on fire, and in the episode about the Keddie Cabin Massacre, where it has often been theorized that the authorities were covering something up, due to the sheer negligence that was shown to the case.
261	--->'''Shane:''' 70s and 80s police were always just like, oh you murdered someone? [[DramaticPause beat]] Got 40 bucks?
262	* DoNotCallMePaul: Apparently, Arthur Leigh Allen's nickname was the Zodiac. Ryan and [[ThePeteBest Brent]] wonder if he was obnoxious about it.
263	--->'''Ryan:''' Could you imagine if he was like super douchey about it too, like he wouldn't respond unless you called him Zodiac? You'd be like "Arthur, wanna go out?" And he'd be like "That's not my name.""Sighhh".
264	--->'''Brent:''' ''[laughing]'' Yeah, "ugh!"
265	--->'''Ryan:''' "Okay, Zodiac do you wanna go out?" "Okay!"
266	* DownerEnding: Majority of the True Crime episodes end with the discussed deaths/murders/disappearances [[ForegoneConclusion remaining unsolved]] with little to no closure for family and friends.
267	** Bizarrely averted in Ken Rex [=McElroy=]. Despite his death being unsolved, everyone sees it for the best due to the utter chaos he had wrecked on the town.
268	* DrivenToSuicide: A few of the theories from True Crime that involves death mention suicide as a potential reason, although the presumed way the person in question died makes this questionable at best.
269	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: {{Discussed}} in the Alcatraz breakout episode, where Ryan mentions that, if they're even still alive, the statue of limitations will expire when the escapees turn ninety-nine. He and Shane agree that, if it were then, they'd totally roll into the US Marshal's office on their their ninety-ninth birthdays, sunglasses on and FlippingTheBird, telling the cops to go fuck themselves, before promptly dying right there in the office.
270	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
271	** Ryan's been in the show since the beginning, but Shane only joined in the Illuminati episode. Before then, Ryan's co-host was Brent Bennett.
272	** Early episodes were much shorter (4-10 minutes), covering fewer theories (if any at all, the earliest, like Hinterkaifeck farm, mention them in passing) while later episodes range from 20 to 40 minutes. The graphics and filming location when not on-site were also not as high-quality.
273	** [=BuzzFeed=] Unsolved did not become its own series until The Black Dahlia episode. The episodes before that were considered part of the [=BuzzFeed=] IRL series, though they were retroactively made into [=BuzzFeed=] Unsolved episodes.
274	* ElectromagneticGhosts: Alluded to in "The Haunting of the Salem Witch Trials", in which Ryan uses an EMF reader. More dramatically, it's seen in the Sallie House, where Shane taunts the demon to turn a flashlight on and off, and it does, more than once. In the voodoo episode, a fan turns on in a house without electricity, and it did not turn off when Shane tried to turn it off. As of Season 3 of ''Supernatural'', they have been using the spirit box at haunted locations, as per fan request. In the London Tombs episode, a light turns on randomly, and the boys prove that they are not motion censor lights and mention that they are alone.
275	* EverybodyHasStandards:
276	** Even Ryan laughs off the idea of actual witches being in Salem, or all politicians secretly being lizard people.
277	** On the flipside, even Shane will occasionally admit to finding an area or story genuinely creepy, even if he doesn't believe in ghosts. He also tries "not to be an asshole sometimes" to believers, especially if they seem distressed by their alleged encounter, or if religion/culture is involved.
278	* EvilIsCool: {{Discussed}} InUniverse in a few episodes, especially the ones about D.B. Cooper and the Gardner Museum Heist. In the former, Ryan and Shane both admit to finding Cooper's calm demeanor and method of committing the crime kind of cool, and are a little disappointed when they realize he was probably kind of an idiot. In the latter, Shane's outright rooting for the thieves, and is ''delighted'' by how awesome and movie-like the heist was. Ryan also admits to liking the thieves, and notes that in heist movies, most audiences are inclined to root for the criminals.
279	* ExactWords:
280	** During the post show, Shane frequently insists he'll progress [[ItMakesSenseInContext his ongoing tale of hot dogs jousting on crabs]] but instead flashes back to the lives of the hot dog couple. He finally insists on the post show of the Poison Pill Murders episode that there will be some crab action. [[spoiler: It's the backstory of the crabs that the hot dogs are jousting on.]]
281	** In the following post show of the Keddie Cabin, Shane claims that he isn't going to trick the audience by starting with the joust and then cutting to a flashback. [[spoiler:That's because that it doesn't feature the joust at all and is instead a flash-''forward''.]]
282	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: They've lampshaded numerous times that they'll never solve anything.
283	* FireForgedFriends: They don’t go into detail, but they’ve talked about going through some shit both on Unsolved shoots and making WebSite/{{Watcher}}, and know each other better because of all that.
284	* ForegoneConclusion: Per the name of the show, the questions surrounding the culprit of the crime cases and existence of the supernatural are never given a definitive answer, although Ryan and Shane will sometimes give individual opinions.
285	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: For the series' one hundredth episode, Shane and Ryan revisit the case of the Somerton man; the focus of the very first episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved. The two note that the case was before Shane's tenure on the show, when Brent still co-hosted. Ryan jokingly says that that was a time when Brent was "still alive". Cut to a shot of Shane blowing a kiss to the heavens, presumably for Brent, with Brent himself in the back of the shot, out of focus.
286	* GhostShip: The Queen Mary, where they spend the night. This is also noteworthy as the site that made Ryan believe in ghosts at the age of seventeen. He saw a tube of toothpaste fly off the sink.
287	* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: In The Thrilling Gardner Museum Heist episode, the night guard openly admitted he was usually drunk or high during most of his shifts. He even told the police the reason he let the robbers (disguised as cops) into the building was because [[SkewedPriorities he had a Grateful Dead concert to go to the next day]]. Ryan wonders why the museum would hire him in the first place.
288	%%* GutFeeling: Ryan's typical reaction to approaching a haunted location, especially at night.
289	* HamAndDeadpanDuo: Ryan spends most of the Supernatural episode visits loudly freaking out and demanding questions of the spirits, while Shane stands off to the side joking.
290	* HauntedCastle: They visited and ghost-hunted at the supposedly haunted Colchester Castle in England during Season 3 of ''Supernatural''. They recorded some interesting evidence, including a sound that some interpret as a woman singing.
291	* HauntedHouse: They have visited many. "Three Horrifying Cases of Ghosts and Demons" has the Winchester Mystery House (mansion variety), the Sallie House (suburban version), and a ''haunted island''.
292	* HehHehYouSaidX: In "The Ghost Town at Vulture Mine," Shane and Ryan both laugh uproariously at the location known as "The Glory Hole," though they do acknowledge the phrase meant something innocuous back when the town was founded.
293	* HellholePrison: They're more horrified at the conditions of Ohio State Penitentiary than any ghost stuff, and even apologize to one of the prisoners who decided to set himself on fire just to be free from it.
294	-->'''Ryan''': But before we leave, once again, sorry what happened to you happened to you. Pretty awful.
295	-->'''Shane''': May you know peace.
296	* HellHotel: Twice.
297	** The Cecil Hotel in the Elisa Lam episode. While the hotel is technically normal, it has a reputation for having housed several serial killers and being the site of an unusually high number of suicides. Ryan proposes ghosts as an explanation for Elisa's psychotic behavior right before her death.
298	** The Dauphine Orleans Hotel, which is famously haunted with the spirits of former prostitutes. Visitors (including Shane and Ryan) report being kept up all night by loud, pacing footsteps and other eerie noises.
299	* HiddenInPlainSight: Creator/AgathaChristie wrote a letter to her brother saying she was in Yorkshire but the police, not believing it, seemed to start by checking everywhere ''but'' Yorkshire.
300	* HurricaneOfPuns: The episode about the Australian Shark Arm Murders. Ocean and marine-based puns abound.
301	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: A lot of their dynamic is roasting each other for whatever reason, but Shane will tell (small dickish percentage) Shaniacs off if they act like Ryan is “too scared”, and Ryan will tell (equally small) Boogaras off if they act like Shane genuinely has no feelings.
302	* IAmAHumanitarian: Discussed in the Roanoke episode. Researchers found evidence of mass cannibalism on the island, leading some to theorize that a ''zombie plague'' wiped out the colony. Ryan does admit that they were going through a harsh winter, and may have just turned to good old Donner dinners to survive, with John White gone to get supplies.
303	* IronicNickname: Discussed in the "Bugsy Siegel" episode in relation to Matthew Pandza, whose nickname was "Moose", and the boys joke that he could've been a small guy with a high pitched voice.
304	* KarmaHoudini: Several criminals/serial killers in the True Crime episodes have yet to be identified and brought to justice for their crimes, including Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer, [=JonBenét=] Ramsey's murderer, etc.
305	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Discussed in the episode about the murder of Ken Rex [=McElroy=]. After literal decades of terrorizing his small town, and always wriggling his way out of legal punishment, someone decided to shoot him.
306	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: All members of the Tromp family in The Bizarre Road Trip of a Missing Family don't have any memory of what caused them to go on their sudden road trip or any event that happened during said trip.
307	* LightmareFuel: Part of the series' popularity. Disturbing murders and haunted places are interspersed with a lot of comedy, often at the genuinely scary situation's expense.
308	* LighterAndSofter: The Supernatural series comes across as this in comparison to True Crime, since they're more about Shane and Ryan's skeptics vs believers antics and debating the supernatural whereas True Crime is grounded in real life deaths and disappearances.
309	** And the beginning of the Mothman episode is this to the entire Supernatural series, as Ryan and Shane start out by strolling around the town of Point Pleasant and enjoying some local Mothman-themed snacks.
310	* LoveDodecahedron: The Natalie Wood episode brings up the possibility of one happening. Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner were married but there were rumors that Wood was infatuated with Christopher Walken (to the extent Wagner was concerned about it) and Wood was jealous of Wagner's on-screen romance with his co-star Stephanie Powers. Ryan also brings up the possibility that their friend Captain Dennis Davern being in love with Wood.
311	* LoveTriangle:
312	** The William Desmond Taylor episode posits that Taylor possibly had romantic entanglements with Creator/MabelNormand. Another star Mary Miles Minter was also in love with Taylor but he did not appear to reciprocate.
313	** In "The Mysterious Death Of The Eight Day Bride", there was one between Christina, her husband Jack and Jack's best friend Ronald. However, the question of who was in love with who drives the mystery of Christina's death. Her family believed Ronald loved Christina but others claim that Jack and Ronald were in a relationship.
314	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: What pretty much all of their paranormal investigations come down to. They find a fair amount of evidence, but it's rarely dramatic and often has a mundane explanation.
315	* TheMenInBlack: Featured in an episode, with video evidence. Brent, [[AgentScully the resident skeptic at the time]], was not impressed.
316	* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Their own channel hosts other videos to do with crime/mysteries, and one discusses how mothers of pretty missing white girls who don't mourn hard enough are slandered and deemed guilty by the media and public.
317	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:In the Hot Daga, the root of Pam's HeelFaceTurn is this, as she was killed by the Dark Master]].
318	* MoodWhiplash: Happens a lot. You'll hear the terrifying details of a crime scene, and then it'll cut to Shane and Ryan making jokey commentary.
319	* MultipleIdentityIDs: The Isdal Woman was found to have several passports in her luggage, leading to Ryan and Shane theorizing she was a spy.
320	* MyBelovedSmother: In "The Scandalous Murder of William Desmond Taylor", one suspect was Mary Miles Minter's mother, who was overbearing and controlling of Minter's life, including having Minter steal the name of a deceased relative so Minter could work.
321	* NiceGuy: They both are, which works to their favor in some of the more upsetting True Crime episodes. Ryan will put trigger warnings before graphic descriptions of violence towards women, and they're both understanding of Mcelroy's wives defending him.
322	* NervesOfSteel: Regardless of whether you believe in ghosts or not, a lot of the supposedly haunted locations the duo visits are creepy as hell, and would scare the living daylights out of most people, particularly when visited alone at night. Shane, however, is calm and even relaxed in most cases, and frequently {{Troll}}s Ryan by daring any ghosts that may be there to come after them.
323	* NightmareFetishist: Both of them, naturally. When a fan sent them true crime baseball cards, Ryan described it as feeling "so wrong and yet so right at the same time".
324	--->'''Ryan:''' I gotta say, of all the serial killer cases I've read about-and I've read a lot-
325	--->'''Shane:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Because you're a sicko.]]
326	--->'''Ryan:''' I am not a sicko!
327	--->''[later in the same episode]''
328	--->'''Shane:''' Tell you what. I love when serial killers [[ThemeSerialKiller have a fun little thing.]]
329	* OnceASeason: The duo have only done one demon investigation per Supernatural season due to Ryan's fear of them.
330	** Subverted in the final season, which started and finished with a demonic investigation.
331	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: {{Enforced\|Trope}}. Shane intended to end the Hot Doga in the episode in which it essentially began, but Ryan pulled a ToBeContinued. Since then, Shane has decided that he will never end the Hot Doga (which Ryan hates), and often reminds Ryan that he could have avoided it if he hadn't taken narrative control for the sake of a {{Cliffhanger}}.
332	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
333	** Subverted. In the Eastern State Penitentiary episode, a lot of viewers noticed that Shane seemed a little off and theorized something there may have [[SeriousBusiness seriously scared him.]] It was later revealed in the post show, that he ate some bad hot-dogs before arriving on set.
334	** PlayedStraight in the [=JonBenét=] Ramsey video, where Shane appears genuinely miserable and even horrified when talking about the case.
335	** In general, if the boys aren't laughing and cracking jokes, the case is probably really getting to them.
336	** In the Ken Rex [=McElroy=] episode, it's very telling that ''[[NiceGuy Ryan]]'' says he's glad [=McElroy=]'s dead, and that his killer got away with it.
337	** According to the almost 70th episode, when they were in the shoot at Waverly and heard the noise, Shane ''ran off''. Mark their camera-man said that he knows if Shane is scared by something, something is actually wrong.
338	** The Demon Priest Of Mission Solano has Ryan actually wanting to mock the demon along with Shane, because the priest was so shitty and deserves it. He doesn’t actually, but the fact that he’s terrified of demons and was almost willing, speaks to how much they both hate him.
339	* OrphanedSeries: [[LeftHanging Despite the ending of Season 5 of the Hot Daga indicating that Maizey's journey to save]] [[spoiler:her wife, Dan, Rebecca, [[KidFromTheFuture Future Brandon]], and their friends from Pam]] is not over yet, Shane ultimately chooses to end the series.
340	* ParanormalInvestigation: The Supernatural seasons. At least, on Ryan's side.
341	* PayEvilUntoEvil: The death of Ken Rex [=McElroy=]. After literal decades of imposing a reign of terror upon the town of Skidmore and never suffering more than a slap on the wrist for his crimes, [=McElroy=] was finally gunned down in the street by at least one enraged citizen. To this day, the people of Skidmore have not disclosed the identity or identities of those responsible despite the dozens of witnesses present at the crime scene, making it a case of evil-paying shared by an entire town.
342	* PoisonIsEvil: In one episode, the duo covers multiple people's death by poisoned Tylenol caplets. Ryan theorizes that the killer may have been Ted Kaczynski (more infamously known as the Unabomber), but anyone willing to do such a thing certainly falls under the "Evil" category.
343	* PoliceAreUseless: Shows up all over the place in the True Crime episodes, with a truly depressing (and, frankly, kind of scary) number of law enforcement officials, as well as other professionals who were brought in to help with investigations, who are corrupt, utterly incompetent, or just plain lazy. Lampshaded by Shane in the Amelia Earhart episode, who snarks that half these cases wouldn't be unsolved if people just ''did their freakin' jobs right''.
344	* ProperlyParanoid: Natalie Wood who was terrified of water, ended up drowning in 1981.
345	* RasputinianDeath: Roland T. Owen was discovered with critical wounds indicating he was struck repeatedly in the head, fractured his skull, stabbed in the chest several times, had a punctured lung and was possibly strangled. Somehow though, he was still alive and conscious for several hours before being discovered and eventually dying from his injuries.
346	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil:
347	** The Ramsey episode is dark anyway, but Shane delicately asks how gross they're going to get when Ryan mentions DNA on Benet's underwear. Ryan reassures that he doesn't mean like that.
348	** In the Ken Rex [=McElroy=] episode, Ryan warns the audience that he's going to discuss sexual assault -- and, sure enough, among [=McElroy=]'s many crimes is the the assault and rape of multiple teenage girls. This, along with his infuriating ability to wriggle out of legal repercussions for anything, is what gets the guys (and most of the audience) to agree that [=McElroy=] deserved what he got.
349	-->'''Shane:''' ''Fuck'' this guy.
350	* RapidFireNo: Shane's immediate reaction to the theory that the Axeman could've been a supernatural entity due to the contents of a letter sent to the police that is attributed to them.
351	* RefugeInAudacity:
352	** Shane is so skeptical of demons that he casually lays down where a pentagram once was in the basement of the Sally house. Notable for being a case that features one of the few examples of possible supernatural activity caught on camera (a flashlight mysteriously turns on after Ryan and Shane challenge the demon to do so).
353	** On the Goatman's bridge Shane starts swearing at the Demon right off the bat, and continues to do so through the whole episode, and when they try to communicate with him via Ouija Board, Shane eventually goads Ryan into claiming the bridge as their own if the Goatman didn't communicate with them (which he didn't).
354	* RelaxOVision: In "The Shocking Case of O.J. Simpson," the guys show a picture of a [[PreciousPuppies cute little Akita]] when the case gets too depressing or disturbing.
355	* RootingForTheEmpire: An InUniverse example:
356	** During the Whaley House episode, Ryan and Shane both sympathize with the most feared ghost, Yankee Jim, and hope that he has a sweet speed boat in the afterlife.
357	** In The Thrilling Gardner Museum Heist, from the very beginning Shane outright is rooting for the thieves.
358	** In the episode about the Alcatraz breakout, Ryan says he sort of hopes the men survived and got away, partially because their plan was ''so'' ingenious.
359	** In general, if a criminal targets rich people and corporations, Shane's probably on their side. He outright endorses the actions of "the Monster With 21 Faces," since they didn't actually hurt or kill anybody (they ''did'' put cyanide in candy, but gave the public a heads-up and even ''labelled'' the dangerous boxes, and no one was ever reported to have eaten the contaminated products), and their targets were mega-wealthy companies. Ryan doesn't fully approve, since the revenue lost for the companies lead to many innocent workers losing their jobs, but can't help but say [[{{Touche}} "nice work"]] to the criminals.
360	* RuleOfThree: Discussed in the episodes centering around demons, since the Rule of Three is allegedly significant in mocking the Holy Trinity. Ryan mentions when spending the night at the Sallie House, that at 3:00 am he's going to be quiet for 3 minutes to see if any demonic activity happens at that specific time. When they go to a demonic bridge, Ryan mentions that according to lore, if you knock on it three times, the demon that haunts it will throw you off. They try it: [[AntiClimax nothing happens]].
361	* RunningGag:
362	** Ryan frequently brings up his fear of bears, insisting that they are the most fearsome and dominant creatures on the planet. Shane vehemently disagrees.
363	** The Hot Dog Saga/[[{{Portmanteau}} Hot Daga]]. Shane insists on keeping the story alive, and expect him to continue with the tale at the end of every Post-Mortem episode.
364	** [[AgentScully Shane looking into the camera and shaking his head]] every time [[AgentMulder Ryan asks]] "are ghosts real" at the beginning of the supernatural episodes.
365	** Father Thomas. Ryan reminds himself of Father Thomas' advice, "Do not be afraid" when visiting haunted locations. Father Thomas' advice against interacting with ghosts and demons is often replayed before they do just that.
366	** The concept that Ryan has an alternate personality named Ricky Goldsworth (a very willful and domineering con man in sharp contrast to Ryan's usual demeanor) and that Shane is actually a demon.
367	** Shane's pet bird that he may have eaten. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When Shane was young and lived in the Chicago area, his bird died during the winter, making it impossible to bury the bird outside due to the ground being frozen. His parents agreed to wrap the bird up and put it in the freezer until the ground thawed out and it could be properly buried, which Ryan proceeds to have a great time with, repeatedly accusing Shane of sticking his dead bird in the freezer with all of his frozen foods so he could eat it later. [[/labelnote]]
368	** The rotten Dalmatian that harassed Shane while he was jogging.
369	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
370	** Ryan, Shane, and Pepe all get the fuck out of Dodge when they see that the Island of the Dolls is ''full'' of huge spiders. Of course, the fact that it's CreepyDoll Central probably doesn't help. Even ''Shane'' admitted to being creeped out by that place.
371	** In the same episode, Ryan can't make it through a night in the Sallie House, and bolts.
372	* ScrollingText[=/=]ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
373	** Dialogue between Shane and Ryan is portrayed as this with Shane's being in yellow on the left and Ryan's being in dark blue on the right. Prior to Shane taking Brent’s place, Brent’s dialogue was also in yellow text while Ryan’s dialogue was a light blue colour instead.
374	** If a third party participates in the conversation, their dialogue is centered and in purple. So far this has included Daysha, a major fan of Tupac Shakur (and to a lesser extent, Biggie Smalls) in "The Mysterious Death of Tupac Shakur" and "Biggie Smalls" episodes; Pepe from Buzzfeed Mexico, who acts as Ryan and Shane's guide during the Doll Island part of "3 Horrifying Cases of Ghosts and Demons"; and Ryan's girlfriend, Helen, who Ryan calls for moral support in "The Haunted Halls of Waverly Hills Hospital".
375	* SelectiveObliviousness: In The Scandalous Murder of William Desmond Taylor, some neighbors including the apartment manager, heard what sounded like a gunshot but write it off when no other disturbance follows. One of the neighbors spotted someone leaving Taylor's home, dressed like a burglar, but again, didn't think too much about it.
376	* SelfDeprecation: The duo poke fun of themselves during the series finale of ''True Crime'' concerning how they didn't solved anything with Ryan calling themselves "worst detective agency ever assembled".
377	* SerialKiller: They've done surprisingly few, but the ones that do feature serial killers[[labelnote:Note]]The Zodiac Killer, The Axeman of New Orleans, the Cleveland Torso Killer and Jack the Ripper [[/labelnote]]are colorful. They're typically peppered with Ryan and Shane joking about the killers GrowingTheBeard in regards to their "fun little things".
378	* SeriousBusiness: As the resident AgentMulder, Ryan of course takes the supernatural seriously, but there's one particular rule he's incredibly staunch about.
379	-->'''Ryan:''' I've lived my life by one adage, and that's ''don't fuck with demons''.
380	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Seasons 3-5 of the Hot Daga has Maizey, Gene, and Mike Soup trying to go back in time to prevent [[spoiler:Pam from killing Dan, Rebecca, Future Brandon, Gebra, and their friends in Season 2]].
381	* SlainInTheirSleep:
382	** How the Axeman of New Orleans operated. He would wait for the victims to go to bed before attempting to murder them with an axe. Attempting because as Shane and Ryan do point out, for someone murdering people in their sleep, he's not actually all that successful. He managed to actually kill his victims in less than 50% of his attacks.
383	** The victims of the Villisca ax murders – the six members of Moore family and their two house guests – were all found in their beds.
384	* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: Strikes a careful balance between them, with some episodes being more serious and some being more light-hearted, and all having a mix of scary and snarky moments.
385	* SmugSnake: Ken Rex [=McElroy=], who was awfully full of himself for a creepy, universally loathed crook, with a boatload of [[EvilGloating gloating]] to go with it. It's for this reason that Shane admits he'd ''love'' to know what [=McElroy=]'s last thoughts were, after someone just shot him in the middle of the street.
386	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries,'' down to the creepy background music and the dramatic Robert Stack-style narration delivered by Ryan. This show is just considerably funnier.
387	* StalkerWithoutACrush: It's unknown why the Watcher was terrorizing and stalking the Broaddus family, even knowing intimate details like the children's nicknames and their birth dates.
388	* StealingTheCredit: Ryan accuses Thomas Edison of stealing the credit of inventing the motion picture from Louis Le Prince.
389	* StockUnsolvedMysteries: Befitting the show's nature, a few of them have been covered over the years on both ''True Crime'' and ''Supernatural''.
390	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Ryan references the one made by Bill Rothstein in his suicide note concerning the death of Brian Wells, which would allow the authorities to connect him to the case as a potential suspect.
391	* TemptingFate[=/=]SmiteMeOMightySmiter:
392	** Practically Shane's hobby. He has yelled for demons to kill him, given Ryan's home address away so any ghosts could follow him home, laid down on a pentagram in a basement supposedly used for Satanic rituals, and declared a possibly demonic bridge to be his if said demon didn't show itself.
393	** Most of the episodes that take Shane and Ryan to haunted locations end with them sleeping in the haunted places as a final act of provoking the supposed spirits.
394	* ThatCameOutWrong: After Shane dismisses the idea of Lizzie Borden not being able to change her clothes unassissted:
395	-->'''Ryan:''' I'd like to see you put on a dress from that time period.
396	-->[[GayMoment [They pause awkwardly]]]
397	-->'''Ryan:''' That came out weird, I could've worded that better. [[VerbalBackspace I would not like to see you in a dress. I would like you to try]] - you know what, you get what I'm saying. OK.
398	** In the St. Augustine Lighthouse episode:
399	-->'''Ryan:''' [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments I think when Shane is around it's easy to forget you're in one of the most horrifying places on Earth]]. And now that he's not going to be in there... Not to say that he's, like, my daddy or anything like that, I don't know why I said that (cracking up)--[[GenreSavvy have fun with that one, Internet]]!
400	* TinfoilHat: Ryan has one specifically for the Area 51 episode, which in Shane's eyes makes him look more crazy.
401	* TownWithADarkSecret:
402	** Keddie. Possibly. The fact that the town had maybe 50 inhabitants and yet nobody saw or heard a series of brutal murders leads Shane and Ryan to speculate that somebody was covering for the killer.
403	** A good portion of the Skidmore town knew who murdered Ken Rex [=McElroy=], having 60 witnesses to his murder, but refused to say who.
404	* TreasureHuntEpisode: “The Treacherous Treasure Hunt of Forest Fenn”. They didn’t get the gold, unfortunately.
405	* TheUnreveal: At the end of the [=JonBenét=] Ramsey episode, Ryan explains that they are legally not allowed to say who they think is the killer, so Ryan blinks his answer in Morse code. [[spoiler: Turns out, he doesn't actually know Morse Code and just said "TTTT".]]
406	* TheUnsolvedMystery: Well, duh.
407	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
408	** In "The Creepy Murder in Room 1046", they frequently lampshade how many suspicious things (like a guy lying on the bed surrounded by a dark stain) the hotel staff discount/walk away from with no comment.
409	** Shane posits that the Keddie killer got away clean because "in the 80s, you see someone running down a back road covered in blood, you just move on".
410	* ValuesDissonance:
411	** In-universe, they're always willing to point out misogyny/racism/homophobia of the time, especially when it's to do with a motive. In the Bobby Dunbar episode, they get genuinely angry at a newspaper vilifying Julia Anderson (a single mom who was obviously far less well off than Lessie Dunbar) for not recognizing her child right away and calling her "a big coarse woman".
412	** Ryan being Mexican/Japanese hunting old-fashioned ghosts doesn't come up a whole lot. He mentioned that Shane would fit in more to the Sorrel-Weed house being a white guy, but that banter was cut out of the show thanks to feeling like it wasn't funny and halting the momentum.
413	* VitriolicBestBuds: Shane and Ryan. Their bickering is the trademark of the show, arguably even more so than the ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries'' aspect.
414	* [[HollywoodVoodoo Voodoo]]: Covered in an episode. Shane and Ryan team up with New Orleans Voodoo priest, Bloody Mary. They learn that Voodoo is not necessarily an evil practice and can be used for good.
415	* WhoShotJFK: Kennedy's assassination gets its own video with Ryan mentioning some of the more popular theories surrounding it.
416	* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: The main question surrounding the death of Ken [=McElroy=]. It's really a testament to how big an asshole Ken was that not has the ''entire town of Skidmore'' remained silent on who killed him, but also that Ryan, Shane and the show's fans are perfectly okay with letting the mystery go unsolved.
417	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Though ghosts and monsters freak Ryan out, nothing gets him more scared than demons. He has said he will only do one demon related episode per season, and it usually ends with him sweating bullets if things went well, screaming and whipping around at every noise if they didn't.
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420	-->''It seems that despite all the evidence pointing to it being true, the theory that [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife this site will ruin your life]] is still up for debate, and will likely remain Unsolved.''
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