Decoding The Unknown

Decoding The Unknown

Decoding The Unknown explores history's deepest mysteries to see if we can draw any conclusions about what actually happened. Russian hikers killed by a yeti? Aircraft lost to sea monsters? Probably not, so let's try and figure out what really happened. New episodes every Friday. Also on YouTube!

Episodes

October 26, 2026 • 72 mins
Pfizer has faced billions in fines for healthcare fraud, suppressed evidence of deadly product flaws, and protected profits during global health crises. From the landmark 2009 DOJ settlement to COVID vaccine patent controversies, this episode examines the evidence behind claims that pharmaceutical giants prioritise shareholders over the health of patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This episode tackles the Berserker Hypothesis, a disturbing answer to the Fermi Paradox. It suggests self-replicating alien death machines, created by a long-extinct civilisation, roam the galaxy destroying intelligent life. Drawing on theories from Hart, Tipler and Brin, the episode asks whether humanity's radio signals might attract these autonomous killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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October 16, 2026 • 60 mins
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Russian mathematician Anatoly Fomenko claims conventional history is fundamentally wrong. Using mathematical analysis of eclipses, chronicles, maps and dynastic records, he argues all major historical events occurred within the last thousand years. His controversial theory suggests Jesus was born in 1152 and a vast Russian empire once secretly dominated Eurasia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Every year, hundreds vanish in America's national parks. Former detective David Paulides has spent decades investigating over 1,400 cases sharing eerie similarities: afternoon disappearances, failed tracking dogs, impossible distances covered, and bodies found in previously searched areas. His research reveals troubling patterns the National Park Service seems reluctant to acknowledge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
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Stieg Larsson died of a heart attack in 2004, just before his Millennium trilogy made him famous. But the author had spent years investigating the 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, pursuing theories linking South African intelligence to Swedish far-right extremists. Was his sudden death really so straightforward? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In April 2005, Pennsylvania District Attorney Ray Gricar drove to an antique store in Lewisburg and vanished. His Mini Cooper was found abandoned near the Susquehanna River, his laptop later recovered without its hard drive. Twenty years on, theories range from suicide to foul play connected to the Sandusky case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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September 21, 2026 • 45 mins
From Notre-Dame's Crown of Thorns to the Shroud of Turin, countless relics claim direct connection to Jesus Christ. This episode examines the material objects, bodily remains, and mysterious cloth images venerated by millions worldwide, tracing their histories through crusaders, emperors, and Saint Helena's legendary fourth-century pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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President Trump's 2025 release of JFK assassination files revealed extensive CIA activities during Kennedy's presidency, including global surveillance operations, foreign interference, and arms supplies to foreign assassins. Documents suggest the agency monitored Lee Harvey Oswald before Dallas, fuelling longstanding theories about CIA involvement, though many files remain redacted or missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
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With 60 billion potentially habitable planets in our galaxy alone, why haven't we found alien life? The Dark Forest Hypothesis offers a chilling answer: civilisations hide because revealing themselves means death. Game theorists and astrophysicists take this seriously, and our radio signals have already travelled 120 light years into space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What happens to consciousness after death? This episode examines near-death experiences, recurring features, case studies, scientific explanations, brain activity, out-of-body claims, and whether NDEs offer evidence for afterlife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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September 1, 2026 • 45 mins
Yale’s Skull and Bones is surrounded by secrets, powerful members, bizarre rituals, and wild conspiracy theories. But is it really plotting world domination—or simply history’s most exclusive social network? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Astronauts have reported strange lights, objects, music, and unexplained phenomena in space. Explore famous UFO encounters, possible explanations, NASA conspiracies, and what the astronauts themselves actually believed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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From ancient Himalayan legends to the legendary expeditions of the 1950s and 60s, explore Yeti sightings, mysterious footprints, bizarre evidence, daring hunters, and the enduring mystery of the Abominable Snowman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Discover the mysterious disappearance of anti-gravity pioneer Dr. Ning Li, separating conspiracy from documented facts while exploring groundbreaking research, classified military work, and the truth behind her remarkable life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Could reality be a simulation? Explore Nick Bostrom's groundbreaking argument, The Matrix parallels, consciousness, posthuman civilizations, and compelling evidence challenging everything you believe about existence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Are crop circles proof of alien contact or humanity’s greatest land-art hoax? Explore famous cases, eerie evidence, government conspiracies, scientific claims, and clever debunks behind one of history’s strangest mysteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Are aliens ignoring us on purpose? Explore the Zoo Hypothesis, Fermi Paradox, cosmic quarantines, Dark Forest fears, and the unsettling possibility that advanced civilizations are already watching humanity silently today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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June 6, 2026 • 57 mins
Did the Smithsonian hide giant skeletons? Explore viral hoaxes, fake photos, Native American legends, archaeological myths, racism, and the truth behind America’s enduring giant conspiracy obsession today, revealed at last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dr. Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and storyteller obsessed with the moments in history that still can't be fully explained. Every week she investigates real events that defy easy explanation. Mass hysterias. Vanished civilizations. Medical oddities. Strange signals. Unexplained phenomena that keep repeating across centuries, as if history is trying to tell us something. Hidden History doesn't dismiss ancient events as myth ...
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