Solved Mystery Podcast

Today we are going to have some fun with a popular detective story named "A Scandal in Bohemia" from a very popular series. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who first appeared in the novel "A Study in Scarlet" in 1887. He is known for his incredible deductive abilities, sharp intellect, and attention to detail, which he uses to solve the most challenging cases. Holmes i...

Part Two:  Today we will be trying out a new format for the podcast including reading of historical texts, beginning with Genesis. This Episode was done in two parts, as the texts are quite extensive. This is the second part. The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. It is a foundational text for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is considered to be one of the most important book...

Part One: Today we will be trying out a new format for the podcast including reading of historical texts, beginning with Genesis. This Episode will be done in two parts, as the texts are quite extensive. We will post part two of the episode immediately following this one. The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. It is a foundational text for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is ...

Noah's Ark is a biblical story that has captured the imagination of people for centuries. The story goes that God instructed Noah to build an ark to save his family and a pair of every kind of animal from a massive flood that was going to cover the earth. In this podcast, we'll hear the story of Noah's Ark, learn about the civilizations of that era, discuss the engineering concepts of the Ark, and explore the possible l...

Prior to the recent pandemic, it was estimated that on average that around ten million people flew commercially each day worldwide.

The global demand for new commercial airplanes is accelerating as more and more people travel and there is projected to be an increase of nineteen thousand aircraft over the next twenty years, with an estimated value of over three trillion dollars.

It is a booming industry, but what happens when aircr...

The Vietnam War was a prolonged conflict that took place in Southeast Asia, specifically in what is currently Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, from 1955 to 1975. It was fought between the communist government of North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam, which was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. The war was part of the larger Cold War conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States.

The ...

The ocean has always seemed foreign to humans, and when there is bad weather or poor navigation, it can be extremely dangerous. This is true everywhere in the world. People have been enthralled by the fabled Bermuda Triangle (sometimes called the Devils Triangle) in the North Atlantic due to the strange disappearances of people, ships, and planes. As explanations for the unexplainable catastrophes, some people make claimed aliens k...

Our atmosphere is made up of several distinct layers including, but not limited to, the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, and the thermosphere.

The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere and is the layer closest to the Earth's surface. It is the layer where most of the weather and clouds form and is the warmest layer of the atmosphere. It contains around 78% of the atmosphere's mass, and is heated by...

Films like 1998’s Armageddon thrill us in the realm of fiction, but today we asked how a big NEO collision destroyed the dinosaurs, how likely it is that a nearby space rock will make a violent and destructive visit to planet Earth and whether we can deflect an asteroid today.

A massive impact would be devastating and potentially wipe out most life on Earth. Fortunately, the risks are so low that it is not worth a sleepless night....

The 1715 Treasure Fleet, or the Plate Fleet as it is often called, Plata being Spanish for silver, was a collection of twelve ships that set sail from Cuba to Spain in 1715. They carried an unimaginable amount of treasure and were a continuation of a long tradition of Spain shipping treasure from the Americas back home. Unfortunately, the fleet set sail during hurricane season and eleven of the twelve ships crashed off the coast of...

GPS, which stands for Global Positioning System, is a navigation system that uses satellites to determine the location, speed, and time of a receiver on Earth.

GPS satellites orbit the Earth in a precise pattern, transmitting signals down to Earth. 

When the GPS receiver on the ground receives signals from at least three GPS satellites, it can use triangulation to determine its location. To do this, the receiver measures the time i...

Our Sun is a main-sequence star of spectral type G2, which means it is a yellow dwarf star.

As the Sun evolves and changes, it will have a significant impact on the planets in our solar system, including Earth. During the red giant phase, the increased luminosity of the Sun will cause the surface temperature of Earth to rise, making it uninhabitable for life as we know it.

The entire process of the Sun's evolution from a main-s...

Honey bees are one of the most important creatures on the planet. They play a critical role in pollination, which is essential for the survival of many plant species, including those that produce the food we eat. Without honeybees, our world would be a very different place. Bees are responsible for pollinating approximately 80% of all flowering plants, including fruits, vegetables, and nuts that we eat every day as food. In additio...

If antimatter exists, why can’t we find it? Today, scientists know so little about antimatter that it’s hard to believe it exists at all. We see antimatter having amazing capabilities in shows and movies and have a little taste of what it can do here on Earth, but most of it seems to have escaped from our grasp. In this episode, we dive into some of the most common or tested theories working to explain where antimatter is, since ph...

The Maya, the Aztec, and the Inca. These words evoke images of a Sun-God, human sacrifices, and large stone cities. The three are often used interchangeably in conversation. These were distinct empires, with each of these empires living and peaking at different times and places. In this podcast we discuss the similarities and differences between the three pre-Columbian civilizations.

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On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Washington DC by a confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth. Booth was a famous actor and was also a secret agent for the Confederacy. Booth did not act alone and the conspiracy went much farther than most people realize. 

In this episode we look at how the plot was hatched, who were the targets of the conspiracy, who took part in the scheme, and...