I had been a night owl since I was a little kid, and I'd watch UM with my mother a lot--along with stuff like Kolchak, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Night Gallery...
And she wonders why I like those "stupid, weird horror movies."
It also made Stack's appearance in Beavis and Butthead Do America all the more hilarious.
Stack + the reinactments often made the show, but since they never showed gruesome gore in the reinactments, they'd find *something* to reinact. I'm reminded of when some campers' kids found "human remains" in a forest one time.
A segment they did on a haunted hotel comes to mind, complete with a psychic trying to figure out what the deal was.
I didn't know Stack died. It's a shame--I've loved to have heard his voice pop up in some upcoming video games (i.e. Area 51, Destroy All Humans) and in some more animated shows.
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one that wasn't freaked out as a kid by that theme music.