State of the Unknown

State of the Unknown

State of the Unknown is a documentary-style podcast that explores America’s strangest stories—haunted highways, cryptid encounters, and folklore that refuses to fade. Every other week, we journey to a different U.S. state to uncover the truth behind its most enduring legends.

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April 30, 2025 26 mins

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The Bridgewater Triangle: Massachusetts’ Paranormal Hotspot of UFOs, Cryptids, and Curses

What if one of the most paranormally active places in America wasn’t hidden in the shadows— but sitting in plain sight?

In this episode, we journey into the heart of Massachusetts’ Bridgewater Triangle—a region plagued by UFO sightings, mysterious lights, ghost encounters, thunderbirds, Bigfoot, and Native American curses. From the...

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The Beast of Bray Road: Wisconsin’s Real-Life Werewolf Legend

In the quiet town of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, something stalks the backroads.

For decades, witnesses have described a terrifying creature—walking upright like a man, but covered in fur, with glowing eyes and claws that drag across car doors. Some call it a werewolf. Others call it a hoax. But no one who’s seen it up close ever forgets.

In this episode, we head to t...

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In the winter of 1892, a small town in Rhode Island opened a grave.
Inside, they found a young woman—eerily preserved, blood still in her heart.

Her name was Mercy Brown.

And they believed she was feeding on the living from beyond the grave.

In this episode, we explore the true story behind America’s most infamous vampire case—a tale of grief, disease, and ritual in an era before science could explain the unexplainab...

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In 1903, the quiet farming town of Van Meter, Iowa, became the epicenter of a mystery that still defies explanation.

Over the course of five nights, respected townspeople—doctors, bankers, merchants—reported seeing a massive winged creature, glowing with an eerie light and impervious to gunfire. It was no bird. It was no man. And when it disappeared into an abandoned mine, the town sealed the entrance shut... permanent...

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In the summer of 1955, a quiet farmhouse in rural Kentucky became the site of one of the strangest encounters in American history.

A family burst into the local police station, claiming their home had been under siege—by creatures from the woods. Small. Glowing eyes. Clawed hands. And impervious to gunfire.

What followed became one of the most thoroughly documented cases of alleged extraterrestrial contact on record. Wi...

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What if America’s strangest stories weren’t just legends… but coordinates?

State of the Unknown is a documentary-style podcast mapping the supernatural, the unexplained, and the forgotten mysteries tucked into the quiet corners of all 50 states. Each episode dives deep into a single location-based legend—cryptids, hauntings, cursed places, and events that can’t be explained.

Blending investigative st...

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