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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The third and final part of Season 07 Episode 14: If These Walls Could Scream. Elisa Lam has been missing for over two weeks when guests staying at the Cecil building begin to notice that the water coming out of their tabs has gone putrid… Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part two of Season 07 Episode 14: If These Walls Could Scream. Detectives Tennelle and Stearns begin their investigation into Elisa Lam's disappearance. Clues are thin on the ground until the emergence of some bizarre CCTV footage recorded the day Elisa went missing, which completely upends the investigation... Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
The world of horror is littered with unnerving locations, with the hotel perhaps the most unsettling of them all. Hotels constitute a vast clash of psychical intersections, moving through time and all held together in one singular place. In 2013, one such place, became host to one of the most disturbing and tragic deaths of recent times. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
Early one chilly morning in March of 1977, Mary Gillespie checked her postbox and found a strange, threatening letter inside - addressed to her. And so began one of the most bizarre incidences ever to befall the town of Circleville... This episode is written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Unexplained rerun: Chanctonbury Ring, an ancient and unusual landmark located in Sussex, England, and the surrounding countryside has long been considered by some to be a hotbed of strange and peculiar activity. In the 1970s, one local resident set out to dig a little deeper into the mystery only to find a little more than he bargained for... Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Unexplained Rerun In July 2009, at the height of war in Afghanistan, US and British forces struggle to get to grips with fighting a mostly invisible enemy, while simultaneously trying to win the hearts and minds of the people whose land they have invaded. As part of Operation Khanjar, the US government's latest roll of the dice in their efforts to beat back the influence of the Taliban in Helmand Province, 4000 marines from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment have been deployed to the region. Among ...
Second part of Season 07 Episode 12: The Jungle Never Sleeps So much of this story is comparable to a walk into the jungle - perhaps the very same walk that Lisanne and Kris embarked upon on. All that can be done of course is to try and retrace the steps - their steps - and piece together what little clues there are. This episode was written by Ella MacLeod and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info...
In March 2014, the parents of Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers waved their daughters off at Amsterdam's Schipol Airport as they embarked on a trip of a lifetime to Central America. A month later they received the news that no parent wants to hear. The young women had gone missing and no one had a clue where they could be. This epiosde was written by Ella MacLeod and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more i...
RERUN EPISODE (Huge apologies to all, due to illness I've not been able to produce a new epiosde this week, but here is one of my past favourites from Season 4 instead.) In February 1978, five young men from the Yuba-Sutter area in Northern California took a short trip to watch their favourite basketball team. But the men never returned home. It's a tragic and beguiling mystery that to this day remians Unexplained. Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodc...
On March 10th 1928, 9-year-old Walter Collins left home to go to the cinema but never came back. For months police worked tirelessly to find out what happened to him but drew only blanks. Then incredibly, five months later, he was found alive and well living on the streets of DeKalb, Illinois. Or was he? This epiosde was written by Ema Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for...
Part Three of Season 7 Episode 10: Into the Badlands As Robert Bigelow's team set about investigating the anomalous activity on the ranch, strange horrors await them... Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part Two of Season 7 Episode 10: Into the Badlands As the weirdness on Tery and Gwen Sherman's ranch becomes more troubling, a strange organization led by the enigmatic Robert Bigelow offers to take it off their hands. They are looking for clear evidence of paranormal activity, and they think the Sherman's ranch might be full of it... Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
In 1994, Gwen and Terry Sherman travel deep into the Uintah basin in Utah to view a potential new home. The Myers Ranch is everything they have been dreaming of: 480 acres of prime, cattle-rearing pastures and scrubland. Unknown to Gwen and Terry, it is also full of strange and terrifying secrets... Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
In 1878, a man named Kakisikutchin took his wife, six children, mother-in-law, and brother, out into the forest, to hunt food for the winter. But only Kakisikutchin returned. His family had all died he said, and now he was being tormented by the wendigo. This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
Part Two of Season 07 Episode 08: Walking on Snow In February 1954 the Daily Mail's huge Yeti expedition team arrives in the Himalayas. Will they be able to succeed where so many others have failed, and bring back conclusive proof of the Yeti's existence? This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
For centuries people of Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, India, and China have recognized the existence of a strange ape-like creature said to stalk the vast Himalayan mountain ranges. It has many names. In English, it's name is Yeti. This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
No one knows exactly who The White Witch of Rose Hall is supposed to be, or if she was ever anyone at all. But it doesn't make the story any less real. Or any less terrifying... This epiosde was written by Ella McLeod and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
The third and final part of Season 07 Episode 06: Look Me in the I By 1975 Anneliese has endured countless exorcisms but they fail to relieve her of her strange and terrifying affliction. As her condition worsens, she insists the end is in sight... Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Part Two of Season 07 Episode 06: Look Me in the I As Anneliese's condition worsens, Father Alt and his colleagues are left in no doubt that she has been possessed by a force of immense evil. It is time to begin an exorcism. Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In September 1952, Anna and Josef Michel celebrated the birth of their first child together, Anneliese. 24 years later, she was dead; the result, some have said, of the most terrifying and convincing case of demonic possession ever recorded. Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part Two of Season 07 Episode 05: Jumpin' Jacks The search for the mysterious Spring Heeled Jack continues... This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Most countries and cultures have their own version of a bogeyman and the UK is no exception – many of them given the epithet of ‘Jack’. The one they called Spring Heeled Jack, which emerged at the dawn of the Victorian era is by far the strangest... This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
A tangled web of myth and history, an alluring mixture of fact and fiction shadowed by an ever-present aura of death and pagan spiritual energy. I give you, Stonehenge... Written by Ella MacLeod and Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Part Two of Season 07 Episode 03: Under Black Water A strange discovery made on a fishing trawler just off the east coast of South Africa in 1938 has some wondering, could the Loch Ness Monster be real after all? This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
In August 1930, the first media report of a strange creature, reportedly seen in the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland, was published by a local Inverness newspaper. It would not be the last... This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Whether it was the rumour that a UFO followed the flight path of a plane from New York to London in June, or it was the sighting of the strange “green ball” over Madagascar in August. 1954 certainly seemed to be a hotbed of apparent UFO-related incidents. No more so than over the continent of Europe... This episode was written by Ella McLeod and Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. S...
Part 2 of Season 7 Episode 1: The Fall Without End After the US government offers a formal apology and explanation of sorts to Frank Olson's family, Frank's son Eric is unconvinced. Digging a little further into the case, he uncovers some horrifying truths... This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
On the evening of November 28th 1953, in New York, Frank Olson was found on the pavement outside the Statler Hotel having fallen out of a window on the 13th floor. Olson died shortly after hitting the pavement. His death was first said to be caused by suicide. But then Olson, had worked for the CIA and on MK Ultra. Nothing was quite what it seemed... This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or une...
With Unexplained Season 7 due to start next Friday, July 28th, we have time for one more episode from the vaults. This week we return to Broadhaven in Wales, where a series of bizarre events occurred over the course of a few months in 1977. And it all began in the playground of a local primary school... Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
For me, the Spanish film Veronica, directed by Paco Plaza and released in 2017, is, without doubt, one of the best horror films depicting demonic possession of recent times. Incredibly, the true story it's based on is even more terrifying... Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
