The Unexplainers: Rebirth

The Unexplainers: Rebirth

The comedy adventure podcast that unexplains the unexplainable. Skeptic Mike and believer John travel the world in search of unexplainable stories. From UFO crash-landings to extra dimensional beings, we will blow your mind. The permanent home of all Unexplainers past shows and extended content.

Episodes

August 24, 2025 26 mins

From South Wales to the deep woods, we’re covering the paranormal stories you definitely won’t hear on the BBC. First up: the infamous Rhondda Street poltergeist, a restless spirit that turned a quiet terrace into chaos with furniture that moved on its own, unexplained noises, and terrified tenants running for the hills. Then we switch gears to tackle one of cryptozoology’s most awkward questions: What does Bigfoot’s dick ...

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Buckle up for a another paranormal double bill! First, we trek to the windswept hills of West Yorkshire to revisit the baffling case of the Ilkley Moor alien—part UFO encounter, part unexplained disappearance, and all eerie mystery. Then, we swap foggy moorland for the neon glow of Sin City, checking in to a Vegas hotel with some tragic history.

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In this episode, John and Rhys explore two new cases: spontaneous human combustion in Wales and the weird space recordings of the tragic fates of cold war cosmonauts.

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April 14, 2025 46 mins

In this episode, John and Rhys explore two intriguing cases: the Cardiff Poltergeist at Mower Services and the bizarre Fresno Night Crawler - a cryptid that looks like walking pants with no arms.

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March 28, 2025 47 mins

The story of a man with mysterious alien implants and a lobster the size of a Renault Megan.


John and Rhys are back, Mike is still MIA.

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All new The Unexplainers Rebirth will release monthly!

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January 20, 2025 38 mins

Was John right about Big Cats? John Rutledge and Mike Bubbins as they reignite their quest to investigate unexplained mysteries, this time focusing on the phenomenon of big cat sightings in the UK. Since their last investigation, evidence such as DNA tests and eyewitness accounts suggest the presence of big cats like panthers or pumas, although conclusions remain elusive. Outdoor expert Rich Predeaux joins the episode to s...

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May 23, 2024 27 mins

After hearing rumours that a ripple in space-time is swallowing residents of a UK city, Mike Bubbins and John Rutledge investigate whether time travel is possible.


Original Broadcast 

Monday 28th October 2019

BBC Radio Wales

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John turns technophobe after he discovers an arcade game in America is trying to destroy humanity. After smashing up Mike's tech John's new quest is to uncover the truth about our electronic overlords. A final attempt to escape the impending Armageddon sees the boys contemplate a life in without wires in a west Wales Eco Village, but will The Unexplainers really be able to live up to the good life?

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John mistakes Mike for a zombie during a late night snack binge and decides its time to educate his reluctant friend in all matters undead.

What starts as a lesson in Welsh Zombie history slowly crumbles into anarchy, especially when a scientist exposes Mr Creamy the local tabby as a potential catalyst for the new dawn in global terror.

Can a trip to an underground training facility fully prepare The Unexplainers team for th...

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May 2, 2024 27 mins

Mike comes home to find John has Poltergeist proofed the house against Noisy spirits, demonstrating they aren't just the domain of Hollywood chillers.

To prove his point John sources a golf club in Mountain Ash with an underwhelming supernatural secret. When Mike gives John a lesson in extrasensory engineering the duo wind up spending an afternoon in an opera singer's mansion. With arguments and insults traded with every st...

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Mike and John are back with an all new show! Check out the trailer.

Darkness has fallen, evil powers around the world grow ever more influential. Luckily, Mike Bubbins and John Rutledge have returned, delivering weekly updates to help navigate these terrible times. After being forced into retirement for a crime they didn't commit. The duo are back. Broadcasting from their respective bunkers, sharing hard truth and solid evi...

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We've actually gone and done it. We've made a TV show for the BBC! Treats all round if you live in the UK and you're a fully paid up BBC TV license fee payer upper because you can now feast your eyes on our unexplainable comedy TV festival!

For a limited time only our episodes are freely available on the BBC iPlayer - just go to the BBC iPlayer, sign in or sign up if you haven't already done so and search for The Unexplaine...

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March 17, 2019 28 mins

The Unexplainers visit the small Welsh village of Pentyrch near Cardiff. John's hunting down a UFO, but Mike's wants to find a favourite sweet shop from his childhood memory.

When the village notice board starts talking to John in code, his paranoia grows. Are they being watched by something worse than the Men in Black?

A trip to a reported UFO landing site with some UFO hunters could solve everything. But a field full of sh...

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March 10, 2019 27 mins

A taste of Mike's blood sets John on a mission to prove Vampires are real.

After folklore expert Dr Juliette Wood tells of undead revenants, the Unexplainers visit the welsh village of Marford. Strange vampire fighting architecture in the village is nothing compared to an even stranger tale of a window tapping vampire bride.

To discover more, Mike and John spend a night in an ancient local pub and not only provoke resident v...

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March 3, 2019 28 mins

When Mike's gammy knee brings some deep research to an abrupt end, John realises he needs to do something.  When you're investigating the paranormal, there's nothing worse than having a skeptic with a sports injury on the team.

To help Mike's body return to its former skeptical glory, John drags his fellow unexplainer on a quest to rid him of ailments.

John thinks modern medicine is a bit boring and instead opts to hunt down...

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February 24, 2019 28 mins

John hopes to become the first dry human to prove that wet Mermaids exist. Mike's worried, because whilst the UK braces itself for a winter onslaught of hurricane force winds, John's latest water-based quest for the truth looks like it'll end up with both of them in Davy Jones' Locker. A trip to see a local storyteller leaves John believing he's found some 'solid mermaidy fact' but as storm winds build, a visit to the nati...

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December 24, 2018 31 mins

Go 2018!!!

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May 6, 2018 27 mins

When John discovers a real scientist who has proven the existence of a Ghost Slug, the duo begin an adventure into phantom animals. Heading to a mysterious castle, sleeping in a tent and setting up John's home made ghost traps, will they make contact with an infamous Ghost Monkey?

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April 8, 2018 27 mins

A chance discovery sets John on an anxious mission to protect The Unexplainers from impending doom. The end of the world starts to look like a welcome prospect for Mike as John's doomsday panic leads to the exploration a nuclear bunker and a chat with the man people call Dr. Apocalypse.

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