Disturbing History

Disturbing History

The past isn’t always dead. Sometimes, it’s just been buried... and it’s time to dig it up. Disturbing History is a weekly podcast that dives headfirst into the strange, spooky, and little-known stories that history tried to forget. From secret societies and sinister folklore to lost colonies, unsolved mysteries, and events too dark for your high school textbook — this is where the shadowy corners of the past finally get their time in the spotlight. Hosted by author, investigator, and storyteller Brian King-Sharp, each episode is a deep, immersive journey into the stories that disturb us — and the ones we have to disturb to uncover the truth. So if you're drawn to the uncomfortable, obsessed with the unexplained, or just can’t shake the feeling that some things never should’ve been buried… You’re not alone. Follow. Subscribe. Turn on auto-downloads. And get ready to disturb history.

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May 26, 2025 84 mins
In 1974, a family exploring the aftermath of a wildfire on their Florida property stumbled upon something strange: a perfectly smooth, polished metal sphere, about the size of a bowling ball.They brought it home.

That’s when the weirdness began.The sphere rolled on its own. It reacted to music. It moved without being touched, stopping and starting as if it had a mind of its own. Doors slammed. Guitars vibrated. And a quiet family su...
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July 8, 1947. The U.S. military made a stunning announcement: they had recovered a “flying disc” from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Hours later, they walked it back. Just a weather balloon, they said. Case closed. But what really happened in those 24 hours? 

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian dives deep into the origins of America’s most enduring UFO mystery—beginning with rancher Mac Brazel, who discovered strange deb...
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May 19, 2025 36 mins
They appeared without warning in the quiet hills of Elbert County, Georgia—towering granite slabs carved with ten cryptic commandments for a “new age of reason.” Written in eight languages and aligned to the stars, the Georgia Guidestones have baffled, enraged, and haunted the curious for decades.Who was the mysterious man known only as “R.C. Christian”?
Why did he demand secrecy?

And what exactly were these rules meant to prepare us...
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A secret U.S. Navy project. A warship shrouded in green mist.
And then… nothing.

Witnesses claimed the USS Eldridge vanished from a naval yard in Philadelphia—only to reappear miles away. Some say it teleported. Others say it traveled through time. But those who were on board? Some never came back the same. Some never came back at all.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian dives deep into one of America’s most enduring military...
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Everyone remembers Jamestown.
But what if America’s first English colony wasn’t in Virginia… but in the cold, remote woods of Maine?

In 1607, the Popham Colony was founded with bold ambitions: to rival Spain, to build ships, to establish a permanent English foothold in the New World. It had backing, blueprints, and a fort. Then, just like that—it vanished.

n this episode of Disturbing History, Brian digs into the icy winds and politic...
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Christmas Eve, 1945. The Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia goes up in flames. Within minutes, the house is reduced to smoldering rubble—and five of the Sodder children are never seen again.But what begins as a tragic fire quickly spirals into something far stranger.No remains.
No smoke inhalation.
No bodies in the ashes.
Just... questions.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian revisits one of the most haunting di...
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She was First Lady of the United States during its most fractured hour—graceful in public, defiant in politics, and privately… unraveling. But behind the veils, the funerals, and the shadow of a war-torn White House, Mary Todd Lincoln was spiraling into something far stranger than grief. 

She wasn’t just mourning her children. She was chasing them—into the afterlife.In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian steps into the quiet m...
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Every July, in the deep redwood forests of Northern California, some of the most powerful men in the world gather in secret. Politicians, CEOs, generals, media moguls—all drawn to a place shrouded in myth and ritual: Bohemian Grove. But what happens beyond the gates?

What’s the meaning behind the robed ceremonies, the 40-foot stone owl, and the burning effigies beneath the trees?In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian peels bac...
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Decades before the infamous hysteria gripped Salem, Massachusetts, another colony was already burning witches. In the quiet Puritan towns of Connecticut, from 1647 to 1663, women—and even men—were accused, imprisoned, and executed for crimes that existed only in the minds of their accusers. 

No spectral evidence. No headlines. Just a dark chapter buried beneath centuries of silence.In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian uneart...
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In 1826, a man named William Morgan vanished from upstate New York. Days earlier, he had announced plans to publish a book revealing the secret rituals of the Freemasons—a move that would ignite national outrage, spark riots, and give birth to America’s first third political party: the Anti-Masonic Party.

But Morgan never lived to see the book hit the shelves.In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian explores the chilling disappe...
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Beneath the chaos of Manhattan’s streets lies another city—silent, forgotten, and carved in brick and stone. A labyrinth of hidden tunnels snakes beneath old New York, built for subways, smugglers, secret societies, and stories no one was supposed to find.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian takes us deep under the surface to explore the eerie and often overlooked world beneath the Big Apple. From Prohibition-era escape rou...
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A man in a suit.
A briefcase bomb.
A ransom demand for $200,000.
And then—he vanished into the storm.

On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle. Calm, composed, and oddly polite, he would soon become the center of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian walks through every twist and contradiction in the D....
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Long before the skyscrapers and shipping lanes, the Delaware River carried something else—a ghost story whispered across centuries.For generations, sailors, fishermen, and riverfront families have spoken of a phantom vessel drifting silently through the mists—its sails tattered, its deck empty, and its arrival a grim omen. Wherever it was seen, sickness followed. Death lingered. And no one who tried to reach it ever returned with a...
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You know him as the 35th President of the United States—a war hero, a charismatic leader, a symbol of youthful hope during a turbulent time. But what if there was another side to John F. Kennedy?
A quieter side. A seeker.

A man who, beneath the tailored suits and carefully crafted speeches, was chasing something far older than politics: truth hidden in the margins of history.In this episode of Disturbing History, host Brian takes you...
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