Mysterious
Mysterious explores the mysteries in the world around us. Brought to you by authors from a variety of genres, we each tell you about a mystery related to our particular field of expertise. From mysterious disappearances and UFOs to the unexplainable behavior of a pig to an unsolved mass murder at sea to a nun who suddenly disappeared. We will explore mysteries in nature, mysterious occurrences in history, and the enigmas of space. Join us and take a closer look at the mysterious world around us.
Episodes
April 23, 2024 • 17 mins
Episode 35: Mysterious and Deadly Critters
Kissing Bug
To find this deadly mystery and the murderers involved, Victoria looked no further than her backyard.
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April 9, 2024 • 20 mins
Episode 34: The Female Robinson Crusoe and Wrangel Island Expedition Mystery
Ada Blackjack’s story reflects the harrowing experiences faced by those who venture into the Arctic and the often-overlooked capabilities and contributions of indigenous peoples to Arctic expeditions. In the annals of Arctic exploration, few tales evoke the blend of mystery and tragedy quite like the Wrangel Island Expedition. The year was 1921, and under...
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March 26, 2024 • 24 mins
Episode 33: The Mystery of Time
There was a time when we thought we mastered time by clocking it. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Fifty years ago, I thought I had mastered time when I strapped on my first Timex windup wristwatch. If I didn’t forget to wind it up every day, I had time under control. How little I understood about time back then.
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March 12, 2024 • 22 mins
Episode 32: Mysterious Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Civilization
What caused the mysterious demise of the Maya? What was the cause that led to the disappearance of one of the greatest civilizations in the history of Mesoamerica? The collapse did not happen all at once; instead, it occurred over time from place to place, between about the late 8th and 925—about ±100 years. Exactly why any of this transpired, though, is a mystery.
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February 27, 2024 • 17 mins
Episode 31: Mysteries from the 1990s
I'm your host, Victoria Hardesty, and in this episode, I share several mysteries from the 1990s. Welcome aboard!
Mysteries include:
Who Abucted Amber Hagerman?
Who did the Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre?
Where did the Oakville Blobs come from?
Who killed Yale Senior Suzanna Jovin?
Who Sabotaged Amtrak’s Sunset Limited in 1995?
What was the Cosford Incident?
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February 13, 2024 • 35 mins
Episode 30: The Doomed Wilcox Expedition
George Mallory once said, “I climb mountains because they are there.” Mallory died climbing Mt. Everest in 1924, and his body wasn’t found for 75 years. George Mallory represents both the passion and the danger for those who climb mountains.
On July 18, 1967, a catastrophic snowstorm pummeled Alaska’s Mt. Denali, killing seven of the twelve young men in the Wilcox Expedition attempting to...
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January 30, 2024 • 22 mins
Episode 29: The Death of Juanita Richardson: Accident, Suicide, or Murder?
On June 22, 2006, Juanita Richardson fell to her death. The investigation of her death, and the subsequent trial and conviction of her husband, Thomas Richardson, was not ordinary.
Sources:
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on appeal from the Western District of Michiganhttps://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?s=MI&d=135150
Wife’s plunge...
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January 16, 2024 • 22 mins
Episode 28: Richard Willoughby and “The City in the Mist”
"Did Richard Willoughby really photograph a mirage in the sky, or was he conning the residents of Juneau, Alaska, and the many people who paid dearly for a copy of his photograph?"
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January 2, 2024 • 17 mins
Episode 27: Ghosts of the Desert
Listen to ghost stories from the California desert.
Vallecito Stage Stop
Yaqui Well
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December 19, 2023 • 16 mins
Episode 26: Christmas Hauntings in England
When I hear the words ‘ghost’ and ‘Christmas,’ I automatically think about my favorite Christmas story, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens and Scrooge’s nightmare evening of being visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. But did you know other Christmas ghost stories aren’t so full of hope and the spirit of the season? You may not since hauntings are far from most ...
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December 5, 2023 • 18 mins
Episode 25: What Happened to the Christmas Tree Ship?
The ship known as the Christmas Tree Ship, the Rouse Simmons, sank in November of 1912 between Kewaunee and Two Rivers, Wisconsin, during a winter storm on Lake Michigan. The ship left Thompson Pier, Michigan, reportedly needing repair, and overloaded with Christmas trees for its annual journey to the expanding Christmas market in Chicago. The story surrounding the mystery of th...
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December 4, 2023 • 1 min
Why do so many people disappear in Alaska? Who buried Sister Mary Janina in the basement of the church? How did a pig manage to calm the animals at an Arabian horse ranch? Are there stories about Bigfoot in Alaska? Was the sinking of the Clara Nevada an accident or mass murder? Can it rain blood? Where did the saying, “Another one bites the dust,” originate? What happened to the Grand Duchess Anastasia?
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November 21, 2023 • 23 mins
Episode 24: A Terrible Christmas Tragedy -- Or Was It Murder?
The Jon Benet Ramsey case pops into most of our minds when we are asked to relay the most terrible Christmas story we know, but seventy-eight years ago in 1945 in Fayetteville, West Virginia, the Sodder family lost five of their ten children in a house fire on Christmas Eve. Was it a tragedy, a murder, or a kidnapping? Until their deaths, George and Jennie Sodder be...
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November 7, 2023 • 16 mins
Episode 23: The Mystery of The Way to Go, Nassau, Buster Brown
This is the story of a gorgeous Thoroughbred horse. If he could talk, it would be interesting to listen to him talk about the many miles he put on American roads and highways. We know he crossed the entire continent twice and went halfway one additional time.
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October 24, 2023 • 22 mins
Episode 22: The Mothman of Point Pleasant
Welcome to a journey through one of America’s most haunting enigmas—the Mothman of Point Pleasant.
Plus -- The Phantom Dogsled.
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October 10, 2023 • 22 mins
Episode 21: What Happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald?
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they called Gitchee Gumee
The lake it is said never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy
Gordon Lightfoot's lyrics memorialize the tragedy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, but the mystery remains - what sunk the great ship?
Sources:
Stonehouse, Frederick. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald...
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September 26, 2023 • 16 mins
Episode 20: The Most Lovable Conman of the Alaska Gold Rush
One of the most scandalous persons to be associated with Nome was Wilson Mizner, a loveable scoundrel. Mizner was involved with gambling and prize fighting in Nome, and it was said he was probably the only man with the reputation of being able to "borrow money from a lamppost and is said to be the only man who ever hired the Nome brass band on credit." In addition to the...
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September 12, 2023 • 26 mins
Episode 19: Mysterious Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was born into the most elite segment of Russian society on June 18, 1901 as the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Anastasia was the younger sister of Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, and Maria, and was the elder sister of Alexei Nikol...
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August 29, 2023 • 28 mins
Episode 18: The Investor Murders
What happened on a foggy September day in 1982 in the small fishing village of Craig, Alaska? Many believe they know who killed the crew and passengers of the Investor, but only the killer knows why the massacre occurred.
Sources
Bovsun, Mara. “Murder on a fishing boat—and there was never a conviction.” March 31, 2019. New York Daily News. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-justice-story-i...
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August 15, 2023 • 21 mins
Episode 17: Where is Baby Shannon?
Some of the facts in this true story have been established, but some things are still unknown.
Sources:
https://wbckfm.com/cold-case-cedar-springs-the-disappearance-of-baby-shannon/ Cold Case Cedar Springs: The Disappearance of Baby Shannon
https://charleyproject.org/case/shannon-dale-verhage The Charley Project
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2022/06/03/michigan-girl-still-missing-...
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