After the Sutton family's incredible encounter with aliens, their story ignited a pattern of encounters across the American South during the 1950s. Was it an invasion — or a hoax? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Near midnight on August 21st, 1955, the entire Sutton family burst into the police station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. They claimed to have been in a shootout with extraterrestrial creatures. When police investigated the Suttons' land, they found no evidence… until the aliens came back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After an experimental treatment helped sleeping sickness patients, doctors had new clues about the origin of the disease. But would they be able to stop a new outbreak? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As WWI raged across Europe, diseases spread along with it. One of them was a strange pandemic that turned victims into living statues — conscious, but unable to communicate. Fifty years later, some of them woke up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 1990, an enigmatic sculpture with four encoded messages written on its surface was revealed at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. One of them has remained unsolved for over 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For centuries, doctors, morticians, and bystanders have found newborn babies alive in coffins, funeral homes, and graves of their deceased mothers. It has led many to wonder...can expectant mothers deliver children postmortem? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A rumor about an underground society in New York City sent a journalist into the depths of subway tunnels to investigate. She discovered a culture that had existed for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From ancient caves to subterranean cities, humans have lived underground for centuries throughout history. Why? And what happens when people from above descend into the dark? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Around 2016, fishermen in a remote Inuit village in Canada began picking up a strange ping on their SONAR devices. Nobody knew where it came from, why it had only recently begun — or whether it had any connection to the mass exodus of local marine animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On the night of May 14th, 2008, Brandon Swanson crashed his car on a rural Minnesota road. He called his parents for help, but when they came to the location he gave them, Brandon wasn’t there. Strangest of all, he was still on the line at the moment he vanished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In October 2000, the first and only Persian mummy in history was offered for sale. This unique discovery rocked the world of archeology — and raised immediate questions. Where did it come from? Who found it? And above all… was it real? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Miracle of Fatima astounded thousands of Portuguese Catholics in 1917. Nobody knows for certain what happened that day, but theories range from holy fire to psychological terror — and there is tantalizing evidence for each possibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 1917, at the height of WWI, thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in a Portuguese field to witness a miracle. Three children prophesied that Our Lady of Fatima would appear — but the crowd saw the sun plummet toward Earth instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
According to prophecy, when thirteen ancient crystal skulls come together, they'll reveal humanity's destiny. Museums, spiritualists, and archaeologists claim to have found some of the foretold artifacts — and they’ve been linked to miraculous healings, psychic visions, and communication with extraterrestrial life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On September 10th, 2001, Dr. Sneha Philip was seen for the last time in her neighborhood near the World Trade Center. Her husband believes she was a victim of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. NYPD detectives believed something else entirely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 2002, former NBA star Bison Dele and his girlfriend Serena sailed into the waters near Tahiti and were never seen again. Nobody knows if they're alive or dead, but Bison's brother's strange behavior after the disappearance may hold the key to the mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 1900, a crew of divers came across an ancient shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera. Hidden among its treasures was a mechanical contraption that some believe is the oldest computer in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kidnappings, espionage, poaching operations — when it comes to the ghost ships, theories abound. A 1977 disappearance, ocean survival stories, and international fishing regulations may hold answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For decades, wrecked ships have been washing ashore in Japan and Russia. Given the text on their sides, they seem to be from North Korea. But nobody knows what became of their crews, or why the frequency of these wrecks has increased since the 1990s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For thousands of years, biblical scholars and treasure seekers alike have looked for the missing Ark of the Covenant. Some believe it’s been lost to time. Others think it might have been smuggled out of Israel. But it could be hidden inside it's original resting place: the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
According to the Bible, ancient Israelites used to transport the pieces of the Ten Commandments in a chest blessed by God. The chest safeguarded the Israelites, struck down their enemies, and helped lead them to the promised land. But after an invasion in 586 B.C.E., the fabled ark disappeared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Did a nearby factory unleash a cloud of caustic gas? Were psychological factors at play? Or were the pits a symptom of nuclear fallout? Nobody’s exactly sure why so many people reported windshield damage in 1954. There are almost as many theories as impacted motorists… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the spring of 1954, Seattle suburbanites began noticing dime-sized dents and dings on their windshields. Within weeks, thousands of motorists across Washington reported mysterious divots — only for reports to die down as rapidly as they had begun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alberto Nisman’s mysterious death was initially ruled a suicide until a follow-up investigation reclassified it, raising terrible questions. Who killed Nisman, what were they trying to hide — and was his death orchestrated by then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
By January 2015, an Argentinian prosecutor had spent years investigating the country’s deadliest terror attack. Days after accusing the sitting president of a cover-up, Alberto Nisman was found dead in his home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On April 1st, 2014, Dutch tourists Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers disappeared in the rainforest outside Boquete, Panama. Seven years later, the only clues as to what happened to them are a camera filled with mysterious photos, and a few scattered remains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a Washington D.C. intern disappeared in May 2001, her parents learned she was having a secret affair with a powerful politician. The case erupted into a nationwide scandal, but investigators were focused on all the wrong leads. If you enjoy this episode, follow Unsolved Murders free on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dorothy Allison consulted on some of the most infamous crimes of the ‘70s, but despite her successes, she also faced skeptical critics. Was she really a well-meaning psychic? Or was her whole career a hoax? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 1967, 43-year-old housewife Dorothy Allison awoke from a frightening dream: a young boy in a striped shirt drowned. Only, it wasn’t just a dream. The psychic’s vision marked the beginning of a 30-year career using her clairvoyance to solve crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An FBI agent, a world-famous art detective, and one of Boston’s deadliest gangsters all tried to track down the paintings stolen from the Gardner Museum. But no matter who was running the investigation, every suspected lead turned up dead… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
