Unexplained

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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…

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Saturday · 31 min
Unexplained Halloween Special: Night Tales
On this week's Night Tales, have we got a story for you. Back in 1975 in a quiet English town, a naked man is found wondering around the neighbourhood covered in blood. But things only get stranger from there. Pull up a seat by the fire and pour a stiff drink, you're going to need it for this one... Written, produced and scored by Richard MacLean Smith Starring Bec Boey as Catherine Marsh Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Friday · 24 min
S01 Episode 4: Where Darkness Plays - The Pontefract Poltergeist (RERUN)
UNEXPLAINED SEASON 10 BEGINS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27TH Fear, it would seem, is a powerful primal emotion. So potent that it can even make us afraid of things that may not even exist. But then again, just because we can't see something, it doesn't mean it isn't there... Featuring the terrifying Pontefract Poltergeist. Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tuesday · 39 min
Cautionary Tales - Aliens in Wilshire
Cautionary Tales is one of my favourite podcasts, which I think you’ll love too if you haven’t already heard of it. So we're doing an episode swap for Halloween! Cautionary Tales is a historical podcast about mistakes and disasters from the past, and what we can learn from them today, narrated by journalist and author Tim Harford. In 1980s Britain, intricate patterns began appearing in farmers' fields—shapes pressed into the wheat by some unknown force—all under cover of darkness. What caused these crop circles? Could it be an alien language, magnetic fields, strange weather phenomena...or one big hoax? No one could agree, until a scientist came up with a way to test what was really behind them… This is Cautionary tales, Aliens in Wiltshire. I hope you enjoy it - and you can hear more Cautionary Tales wherever you listen to podcasts… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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October 26 · 1 min
Introducing Midnight Radio
From the team that brought you THE BLACK PHONE and SINISTER movies comes MIDNIGHT RADIO: a new, fantastical horror podcast starring Ethan Hawke. Available 10.22.26. New episodes every Thursday. iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-midnight-radio-347294943 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/midnight-radio/id6821125433 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06cMxekkp9lkpFL1k2hc8A?si=032130d0342b448e See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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October 16 · 36 min
S09E37: Anger is An Energy Pt.2 of 2 (The Tina Resch Story)
The second and final part of S09E37: Anger is An Energy (The Tina Resch Story) As William Role continues his investigation of Tina, a sudden diminishing of her apparent powers has him wondering if they have been lost for good. But Tina's troubling story was far from over... Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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October 9 · 36 min
S09E37: Anger is An Energy Pt.1 of 2 (The Tina Resch Story)
In the 1980s, a young girl named Tina Resch became the focus of a baffling series of events that seemed to defy explanation. As the strange occurrences mounted, famed parapsychologist William Roll set out to determine once and for all, was it coming from a genuine telekinetic power, or something else entirely? Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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October 2 · 30 min
S09E36: Message Received (The Vision of Etta Smith)
In December 1980, Etta Smith contacted the police with a startling proposition: she knew the whereabouts of a missing woman, despite never having met her or knowing anything about her. What followed was a strange and deeply unsettling case that would challenge the boundaries of the explainable... Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 25 · 32 min
S09E35: A Land of Darkness Pt.2 of 2 (The Guarulhos Poltergeist)
Part two of S09E35: A Land of Darkness (The Guarulhos Poltergeist) A year after it all began, the family begin their fightback against whatever it is that seems to be terrorising them. But things are only about to get worse. Much worse. Written by Richard MacLean Smith and Emma Dibdin. Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 18 · 27 min
S09E35: A Land of Darkness Pt.1 of 2 (The Guarulhos Poltergeist)
Back in the 1970s, in a quiet house on the edge of São Paulo, a young family became besieged by a series of inexplicable events, each more terrifying than the next. What followed would last more than a decade, and would leave even trained investigators and committed people of science struggling to explain it. Written by Richard MacLean Smith and Emma Dibdin. Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 11 · 35 min
S09E34: Nine Lives (The Satanic Cat of Killakee )
In 1968, Margaret O'Brien moved into a crumbling hunting lodge outside Dublin, hoping to fill it with artists. Instead she found herself at the mercy of terrifying forces beyond her control, and at the centre of it all, one strange, unnerving black cat, that some believed was not of this world... Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 4 · 30 min
S09E33: The Day You Came to Me (The Grand Canyon Plane Crash Mystery)
In 1956, two airliners collided over the Grand Canyon, killing all 128 people on board. Two weeks later, two students set off into the Canyon, journeying through a landscape steeped in ancient Native American history and haunted by stories of those who never left... Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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August 28 · 35 min
S09E32: The Long and Lonely Road (The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Mystery)
While out on a lonely stretch of Route 3, driving through the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Betty and Barney Hill claim to have encountered something not of this world. They would spend the rest of their lives trying to unravel what that something was exactly. Written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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August 21 · 30 min
S09E31: Let's Get Wild (The Beast of Gévaudan)
For three terrifying years in 18th Century France, something stalked the people of the Gévaudan region. It's said to have killed over a hundred mostly women and children. But what on earth was this thing? Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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August 14 · 34 min
S09E30: Come, Hear What We Have to Say (The Scole Experiment), 2/2
The second and final part of Unexplained S09E30: Come, Hear What We Have to Say (The Scole Experiment). In October of 1993, the living members of the Scole Experiment Group had supposedly made contact with one spirit, but that was just the beginning. And what incredible sights they had to show them... Written by Neil McRobert and Richard MacLean Smith Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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August 7 · 29 min
S09E30: Come, Hear What We Have to Say (The Scole Experiment), 1/2
In the waning years of the twentieth century, a group of researchers decided to finally tackle the great enigma. Namely, does life... do we… ever really end? This is the extraordinary story of the Scole Experiment Group. Written by Neil McRobert and Richard MacLean Smith Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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July 31 · 37 min
S09E29: The Howling Woods (The Michigan Dogman)
Dog-headed men haunted the fringes of the entire ancient world. With time, these stories have steadily dissolved into folklore, and the world moved on from such tall tales. However, there does remain one corner of the modern world in which the dogman has not yet been explained into extinction... Written by Neil McRobert and Produced by Richard MacLean Smith Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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July 24 · 31 min
S09E28: Laughter Cracking Through the Walls (The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn)
A mysterious cipher manuscript. Correspondence from an enigmatic figure in Germany. And countless claims from some of the most erudite personalities of the day, that the magic actually worked... This is the strange story of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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July 17 · 45 min
S09E27: Death in Vegas, the Ted Binion Mystery (Pt. 3 of 3)
In the third and final part of Unexplained Season 09 Episode 27: Death in Vegas, the Ted Binion Mystery, Ted Binion is dead. What seems like a fairly uncontroversial drug overdose soon becomes something a little murkier... But just how much did Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish have to do with it? Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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July 10 · 33 min
S09E27: Death in Vegas, the Ted Binion Mystery (Pt. 2 of 3)
In Part 2 of Unexplained Season 09 Episode 27: Death in Vegas, the Ted Binion Mystery, we dig deeper into the controversial and complicated nature of Ted Binion's life. Meanwhile, on a night out at the famous Piero's restaurant, Ted and Sandy meet a man named Rick Tabish. Some might say, it was all down hill from there... Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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July 3 · 35 min
S09E27: Death in Vegas, the Ted Binion Mystery (Pt. 1 of 3)
One night in September 1998, three men dug up a vault load of silver from a vacant lot in Pahrump, Nevada. The only problem was, the silver wasn't theirs to take. And so begins one of the wildest stories ever to come out of Vegas, of love, betrayal and maybe, murder... Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, X @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast, bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social, www.unexplainedpodcast.com Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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