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Synopsis

BuzzFeed Unsolved True Crime and Supernatural were originally co-hosted by Bergara and Brent Bennett until Madej took over from Bennett in July 2016.¹⁴ Madej does not believe in supernatural phenomena, whereas Bergara does.¹⁵¹⁶¹⁷

Production

The episodes were normally filmed with the two hosts at a desk, with Bergara presenting Madej and the audience with either a True Crime or Supernatural case depending on the season, aided with the use of stock photos and other visuals. In some episodes, the hosts and other crew members traveled around to investigate a location(s), although this method was primarily used for the Supernatural episodes; the show's True Crime seasons were typically filmed all within the Unsolved set.¹⁸ Often, Bergara and a team of producers would pitch and research episodes and Madej would be kept out of the process to give a more fresh perspective.¹⁹

BuzzFeed Unsolved True Crime

In the show's True Crime seasons, Bergara focuses on unsolved crimes and mysteries. Bergara reads out the story of the case before presenting a handful of possible suspects and theories. Bergara and Madej will discuss these cases with a comedic tone.

BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural

In the show's Supernatural seasons, Madej and Bergara travel to places with haunted folklore in order to attempt to find evidence of paranormal phenomena. These episodes sometimes contain more frightening scenes than the True Crime episodes, and they broadly involve some sort of in-person investigation.²⁰

Throughout their investigations of hauntings, both Madej and Bergara use a variety of instruments and equipment to attempt to collect evidence, including video and audio devices.²¹ Other BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural episodes investigate supernatural entities and phenomena such as Goatman²² and the existence of aliens.²³ The two aim to create an "everyman approach" in discussing the topics, with the use of humor in an effort to balance the tone between dark and goofy.²⁴

Guests

Father Gary Thomas, a pastor who has been to the Vatican to learn about exorcisms and spirits, was featured in several episodes.²⁵ In "BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural" Season 6, Madej and Bergara investigated an alleged haunting at the home of Youtuber Loey Lane.²⁶

Episodes

BuzzFeed Unsolved – True Crime

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

BuzzFeed Unsolved – Supernatural

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

BuzzFeed Unsolved - Sports Conspiracies

Season 1

Ending segments

The "Hot Daga" – a portmanteau of "hot dog" and "saga" – is a recurring segment at the end of some Postmortem episodes that focuses on a cast of anthropomorphized food.²⁷

External links

• Buzzfeed Unsolved Network's channel on YouTube
• Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime at IMDb 
• Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural at IMDb 

References

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