Unexplained
SEASON 07 WILL BEGIN FRIDAY JULY 28TH Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as ‘reality,’ whatever that is… More info at www.unexplainedpodcast.com and on twitter @unexplainedpod and facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast
Episodes
Due to the recent arrival of another mini MacLean Smith, the next new episode will be with you next Friday on June 13th…
In the meantime, we’re heading back into the vault for this week’s episode, going all the way back to the beginning of Season 02.
England’s Black Country, a region just west of Birmingham is considered one of the birth places of the British industrial revolution. It’s ce...
Due to the recent arrival of another mini MacLean Smith, there’ll be a slight pause on new episodes. For the next two weeks we’ll be dipping back into the vaults until we continue, rather aptly with the next episode of Season 08 on Friday 13th of June…
This week, we’re heading back to Season 01 Episode 10.
The world of horror is littered with unnerving locations, places that both draw from...
In the race to develop cutting edge technology for the Second World War, many nations focused on how to evade radar detection.
Down in the Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, if the rumours are to be believed, the US Navy took it to a whole other dimension...
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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Part two of Season 08 Episode 29: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
It's 11 years since the so-called Frog Boys were last seen alive.
Two men out in the forest, hunting for acorns close to where the boys were last seen, make a grisly discovery.
Will the devastated parents finally get answers about what happened to their sons?
Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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In March 2001, as the nation of South Korea enjoyed a national holiday, five boys from Dalseo in the city of Daegu, headed off into the forest in search of adventure.
They were never seen alive again.
Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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When emergency services arrived at the home of Kathleen and Michael Peterson in the early hours of December 9th 2001, they found a horrifying scene: Kathleen, dead, at the bottom of a staircase and blood everywhere.
But quite what exactly had happened to her, would turn out to be one of the most confounding, and potentially bizarre mysteries of recent times.
Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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One hot day in the summer of 1518, in the city of Strasbourg, a woman left her home in a strange trance and headed straight for the town square. There she began to dance, and dance, and dance. Something was terribly wrong and then, it began to spread...
Written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith
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Over the decades, stories have trickled in from all across the globe. Places both far, and unnervingly near… of truly horrifying things, with far too many legs for comfort.
The simple question is, are you afraid of spiders?
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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While battling for his life during the height of the COVID pandemic, Damian Harris slips into a vivid dream of a forgotten Arizona ghost town—where an eerie portal seems to call to him from within a long-abandoned guesthouse.
The history of Vulture City is a haunting tale of gold and greed, and perhaps a little bit more...
Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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To many, Mt. Shasta in northern California, is a sacred place.
It's a place of visions and power, and for seeking communion with the unseen world.
But some say, if you’re not careful, there are places on the mountain where you can fall into this unseen world too...
Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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When caught up in a cult, the line between what’s acceptable and what constitutes abnormal behaviour starts to blur. For one South Korean man in 2011, this lack of clarity appeared to lead to one of the most baffling acts of self-mutilation in recent history...
This episode was written by James Connor Pattinson and Richard MacLean Smith
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When seasoned hiker Kenny Veach claimed to have found a cave in the Nevadan wilderness that made his body vibrate with fear, few believed him. So he set out to find it again, only this time he never came back.
Some believe he made the whole thing up. Others that he had unwittingly stumbled on a secret government location that led right into the heart of Area 51...
This episode was written by Neil McRobert and produced by Rich...
In the wake of Carl's tragic death, his family find themselves reminiscing about the strange claims he made as a boy - that he had once lived before as a German airman who was shot down over England.
It all seems so fanciful until two years later, when an extraordinary discovery is made, only a few miles from where Carl was murdered...
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Part 2 of Season 08 Episode 21: East of Edon
From the moment he is born, Carl Edon's mother senses there is something a little different about him.
The story he will come to tell, is beyond anything she or anybody else could possibly have imagined...
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The Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia, was founded in 1967 by psychiatrist Dr Ian Stevenson. By the time of his retirement in 2002, Stevenson had logged over 2,500 cases of apparent reincarnation with varying degrees of credibility.
One case involved a young boy from Middlesbrough, England, called Carl Edon.
It would prove to be one of the most compelling cases that Dr Stevenson ever came across...
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In 1977, farmer Huang Yanqiu is said to have vanished from his village in China's Hebei province only to reappear after a baffling journey across China that defies explanation.
Join us as we unravel this mysterious tale—one marked by inexplicable detainment, shadowy figures, and an alleged experience that challenges the limits of reality.
Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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In 1657 Shepton Mallet, England, a young boy claims to suffer from a mysterious affliction after a strange encounter with an elderly stranger.
Join us as we delve into this dark, unsettling tale of apparent supernatural terror and unexplained happenings that continue to haunt history...
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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In the early 2000s, a story emerged online about a mysterious sarcophagus unearthed by miners in a remote Siberian village back in 1969. Inside, so they say, was the eerily preserved body of a woman, later dubbed the Tisul Princess—a discovery swiftly seized by Soviet authorities and buried in secrecy.
Decades later, another astonishing find—the Ice Maiden of the Altai Mountains—raised even more questions abo...
From eerie legends to real-life horrors, castles have long concealed secrets behind their ancient walls—secrets that refuse to stay buried. In this episode, we uncover the possible sinister past of Scotland's Glamis Castle, where devils, ghosts, and a monstrous family secret blur the line between myth and terrifying reality.
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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On December 24th, 1945, a fire destroyed the home of Jennie and George Sodder and their ten children in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Five children were believed to have died. But when firefighters searched the rubble, there was no trace of them—no remains, no answers. How could they have vanished so completely? Join us as we uncover the strange clues and lingering questions surrounding this unforgettable case.
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