List of ''Case Unclosed'' episodes
Case Unclosed is an informative news and public affairs television show in the Philippines aired every Thursday evenings by GMA Network. The show is currently hosted by Arnold Clavio, who previously hosted Emergency. Kara David served as the first host until March 5 when she was replaced by Clavio to host OFW Diaries.
The episodes of this programs featured different cases which is unsolved up until now. The dramatization is directed by different Filipino film directors.
List of episodes
Case Unclosed with Kara David
| # | Total | Title | Directed by | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Alaala ng Ozone (Memories of Ozone)" | Adolfo Alix, Jr. | October 2, 2008 |
| The evening of March 18, 1996, turns to tragedy when a fire broke out in the Ozone Disco nightclub. There were 162 casualties and 95 injuries due to the stampede. Some of the victims are unidentified and the owner became responsible for what happened. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Yaman ni Yamashita (Yamashita's Treasure)" | Tara Illenberger | October 9, 2008 |
| One of the most controversial treasures of all time and in history is Yamashita's treasure. Some of the treasures of General Tomoyuki Yamashita still exists. The discovery of the Golden Buddha by Roger Roxas in 1971 led him to his imprisonment under dictator president Ferdinand Marcos. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Bakas ng Karahasan (Trace of Violence): The Chiong Murder Case" | Milo Tolentino | October 16, 2008 |
| On July 16, 1997, sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong were kidnapped by unidentified persons in Cebu. Marijoy's body was found the next morning while Jacqueline is not yet found until now. Some of the suspects came from some prominent families in Cebu. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Hultman-Chapman double-murder case" | Raya Martin | October 23, 2008 |
| On July 13, 1991, Maureen Hultman, Roland John Chapman and Jussi Leino were shot by Claudo Teehankee, Jr., son of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee, Sr. It also became controversial when Teehankee was released from jail. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Lihim ng 1897 (The Secret of 1897)" | Paul Morales | October 30, 2008 |
| On May 10, 1897, Andrés Bonifacio, known as the Supreme leader of the Katipunan together with his brother Procopio was killed at Mount Buntis in Maragondon, Cavite after a military trial. Some say that Emilio Aguinaldo was responsible for the killings. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Nida Blanca Murder Case" | TBA | November 6, 2008 |
| On November 7, 2001, actress Nida Blanca was found dead in a building in Greenhills. Philip Medel, Jr. erroneously claims that her husband Roger Lauren Strunk, nicknamed "Rod" masterminded the crime. Strunk later died in 2007 when he reportedly fell from the second-floor balcony of a motel in Tracy, California, United States 20 feet below onto a parking lot. His death was ruled to be a suicide.. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Kapatiran hanggang Kamatayan (Death in the Fraternity) (literally, Fraternity Until Death)" | Rica Arevalo | November 13, 2008 |
| Cris Mendez was killed by hazing by some of the members of the Sigma Rho Fraternity. The 1991 death of Lenny Villa under the Aquila Legis Fraternity has prompted the Philippine government to sign into law RA 8409, known as the Anti-Hazing Law. But the case is still in court. The story is the rule in almost all fraternities, that in order to secure loyalties from initiates by putting them in several challenges, including beatings, burnings, punchings and even sodomy. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Desaparecidos" | Alvin Yapan | November 20, 2008 |
| During the Marcos administration, many activist were kidnapped but up until now, not yet found, even their remains. Some were killed during the Arroyo administration. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Vizconde massacre" | Mark Shandii Bacolod | November 27, 2008 |
| On June 30, 1991, Estrelita, Carmela and Jennifer Vizconde were killed inside their house in Parañaque. At first, some of the suspects were acquitted. After four years, Jessica Alfaro became responsible for re-opening the case. But Hubert Webb, son of then-Senator Freddie Webb was not in the Philippines when the murder occurred. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "Dacer-Corbito murder case" | Charlie Bebs Gohetia | December 4, 2008 |
| On November 24, 2000, PR man Bubby Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito were kidnapped and were found dead four days after. P/Col. Glenn Dumlao, one of the accused, named former Po/Supt. Cezar Mancao and former S/Supt. Michael Ray Aquino as the brains behind the crime. Mancao and Aquino were members of Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force or PAOCTF, headed by then Gen. Panfilo Lacson. | ||||
| 11 | 11 | "Ang Pagkawala ni Geraldine Palma (The Disappearance of Geraldine Palma)" | Jay Abello | December 11, 2008 |
| On August 16, 2007, the body of Geraldine Palma, a seven-year-old girl was found in North Harbour packed in a luggage. Some say that the nanny is responsible for her death. But there are speculations that the body found is not Geraldine Palma's. | ||||
| 12 | 12 | "Magsaysay plane crash" | Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo | December 18, 2008 |
| The whole Philippines and the world was shocked on March 17, 1957 when a Douglas C-47 crashed at Mount Manunggal in Cebu. One of the casualties is famous President Ramon Magsaysay. Speculations say that it was an accident due to aircraft problems while some claim it was a sabotage. Newspaper journalist Nestor Mata, the sole survivor in the crash, lived to tell the tale of what happened. He later died on April 12, 2018. | ||||
| 13 | 13 | "Gregorio del Pilar: Bayani o Berdugo? (Gregorio del Pilar: A Hero or Executioner?)" | Sari Lluch Dalena | January 8, 2009 |
| On December 2, 1899, General Gregorio del Pilar was assassinated after the Battle of Tirad Pass. | ||||
| 14 | 14 | "Payatas Tragedy" | Eli Balce | January 15, 2009 |
| On July 10, 2000, More than 300 people were buried alive when a mountain of garbage collapsed in Payatas. Although almost a decade has passed, no one has been made responsible and punished for what happened until now. | ||||
| 15 | 15 | "RCBC Massacre" | Joaquin Pedro Valdes | January 22, 2009 |
| On May 16, 2008, Ten lives ended after a group of men robbed the RCBC Light and Science branch in Cabuyao, Laguna in May of last year. Because victims were shot in the head, the case has been dubbed as the bloodiest bank robbery in the history of the Philippines. | ||||
| 16 | 16 | "Pestaño: suicide o murder? (Pestaño: suicide or murder?) (substitutely hosted by Ivan Mayrina)" | Maikel Cardoz | January 29, 2009 |
| On September 27, 1995, Philippine Navy Ensign Philip Pestaño was found dead with a gunshot in his head. It said had he killed himself, but other said that he was murdered. | ||||
| 17 | 17 | "ULTRA Stampede (hosted by Rhea Santos)" | Anna Isabelle Matutina | February 6, 2009 |
| 73 people died and hundreds were injured in the stampede at the PhilSports Arena for the first anniversary of the ABS-CBN noontime show Wowowee during the afternoon hours of February 4, 2006. A bomb threat was speculated as the cause but was denied by authorities. Up until now, no one is responsible for the tragic incident. Worst of all, the Guinness World Records gave it the title of the "Greatest Gameshow Death toll" a record which ABS-CBN still holds up to this day. The question, "how do we get justice if the show's host Willie Revillame is now hosting in TV5 and later GMA?" remains unanswered.. | ||||
| 18 | 18 | "Gumuhong mga Pangarap (Shattered Dreams) (substitutely hosted by Tina Panganiban-Perez)" | Sigfried Barros Sanchez | February 12, 2009 |
| Education is believed to be the best legacy we can leave our children. So to ensure their children's future, thousands of Filipinos buy educational plans. In April 2005, however, 30,000 parents were alarmed when news broke out that Pacific Plans, Incorporated, one of the largest companies in the pre-need industry, went bankrupt and would not be able to pay for the tuition fees of its planholders. | ||||
| 19 | 19 | "Lucila Lalu: Chop Chop Lady" | Sandino Magno | February 19, 2009 |
| Chop-chop. A term coined to describe what is done to easily and inconspicuously dispose of the remains of a murder victim. The term was first used in the Philippines when the dismembered body parts of Lucila Lalu were found in different cities in May 1967. | ||||
| 20 | 20 | "Jabidah Massacre" | Onin Tagaro | February 26, 2009 |
| More than a hundred men… brought to the southern part of the Philippines to be secretly trained in guerrilla tactics… The year was 1967 and their mission was to infiltrate and invade Sabah, Malaysia. But early in the morning of March 18, 1968, something happened. | ||||
| 21 | 21 | "Plaza Miranda Bombing" | Kiri Lluch Dalena | March 6, 2009 |
| August 21, 1983 has gone down in history as the day former Senator Ninoy Aquino was assassinated. But 12 years before Ninoy’s death, another event happened that left a deep mark in history: the Plaza Miranda Bombing. | ||||
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