Unexplained

At the northern edge of the Brecon Beacons in Cymru, in the shadow of the Pen y Fan peak, sits a large stone house. Named Heol Fanog, or Road to the Peaks, for one couple who moved there in 1989 the house was everything they had ever dreamed of.

Little did they know that, in truth, it would soon become the place of their worst nightmares.

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In April 1991, music executive Christopher Case told his friend that he'd been cursed by a woman he met while on a night out.  The woman apparently told him that he'd be dead within a week.

Then Chris stopped answering his calls. 

Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. 

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There is a story told over centuries, by local Congolese and explorers alike – a story that calls into question what we truly know about our world, and what may lurk still in the parts of the map that have yet to be fully filled in…

It's name is mokele-mbembe.

Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. 

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In October 1929, Bessie and Glen Hyde set out to become the fastest people ever to traverse the Grand Canyon by boat.

For a landscape so saturated in mystery, the story of the Hydes might be one of its greatest... 

Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. 

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In July 1692 strange things are afoot in Massachusetts, America.

In Salem village, 11 women and one man are languishing in jail as they await trial, accused of witchcraft.  Meanwhile, 20 miles away in the county of Gloucester, something perhaps even stranger is about to occur...

Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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In December 1975, on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, pilot Norman Peter Gibbs took off for a recreational flight around the island.

He was never heard from again in circumstances so strange that people have been trying to unravel the mystery ever since. 

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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Will the idea of travelling purposefully through time always be nothing more than an imaginative device through which to convey longing, nostalgia and regret? Or might it actually be possible?

Perhaps the answer lies in one of the UK's great cities, Liverpool and its enigmatic Bold Street...

Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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Part two of Season 08 Episode 5: Islands of Fear

Back to where it all began...

It's August 1995 in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico and according to one local resident, something very strange is about to go down....

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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Back in the early 1990s, a series of strange reports began emanating from Latin and Central America regarding a spate of farm animal massacres. 

And there was only one word on the lips of concerned citizens... Chupacabra.   

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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In the late 1980s and early 90s, 14 women vanished within a 100km radius of Ireland's capital, Dublin. 

Former crime correspondent Geraldine Niland dubbed it the Vanishing Triangle... 

Written by James Conor Patterson and Richard MacLean Smith

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On November 18th 2020 a small group of biologists spotted something strange while flying over a remote part of southeastern Utah; a bizarre reflective monolith that had gone unnoticed for years... 

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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If you think the novels of Philip K. Dick are strange, you should hear what happened to him in real life.

It all began, one uncanny day in 1974...

Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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The sandworm from Frank Herbert's Dune, is a monstrous gigantic creature with a thirst for blood. But did you know it was possibly based on another terrifying creature that is said to stalk the darkest corners of Mongolia's Gobi desert...

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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Unexplained returns for Season 08 on Friday, September 6th.

Sometimes eerie, sometimes strange, always Unexplained...

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The otherworld of Welsh mythology, known as Annwn, is said to be populated with a vast array of creatures including fairies and mottled ridged serpents.  It is also said that there is one place more than any other where the bridge between our world and theirs is at its thinnest.

That place, is the Berwyn Mountains...

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1990 in Gulf Breeze, Florida, in the early hours of Saturday, July 14th, a young man is pulled over for a routine traffic stop. Little could anyone have predicted it would begin the unravelling of one of the most bizarre cases of desertion in the United States Military’s entire history.

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For any regular listener of this show, as you may have gathered, Unexplained is rather fond of a good old haunted house story.  

The story of the Cooneen ghost house of Ireland is just one such tale,  often regarded as one of the most compelling supposed true-life hauntings of all time... 

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On December 4th 1872, the crew of the cargo ship Dei Gratia, came across a ghost ship set adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles to the east of the Azores. The fate of the vessel, Mary Celeste, and that of its crew has since become known as perhaps the greatest maritime mystery of all time.

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It could be said that all stories are ultimately about one thing – death. None more so than the stories we tell each other concerning what awaits us after life. It is a theme that can be found in stories told across every community and culture, from as far back as we can remember.

But what might our dreams have to do with it?

Featuring the unsettling story of The Pollock Twins.

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Unexplained Season 7 has now finished but we’ll be back on Friday September 6th to begin Season 8.

In the meantime, I’m going to be replaying some of my favourite episodes from the archives.

This week we’re heading back to Sussex in the south of England to explore the dark mysteries of Chanctonbury Ring and its bucolic surrounds. 

Long thought 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...

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One chilly morning in a small village in Romania, in February 1925, 11-year-old Eleonore Zugun found a coin on the way to her grandmother's house.  Eleonore's cousin warned her not to pick it up; that it was the devil's money and would only bring her bad luck. 

But Eleonore ignored the warning...

This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.

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The third and final part of Season 07 Episode 25: The City Upon a Hill 

As accusations of witchcraft mount up soon the fear spreads beyond Salem and out into the wider Puritan community. With over 100 people accused of being in league with the devil, it's time to begin the official trials.

The shit gets real, as they say... 

This episode was written by Richard MacLean Smith and Ella Mcleod

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Part two of Season 07 Episode 25: The City Upon a Hill 

It's March 1692 in Salem. Three women - Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba - stand accused of witchcraft. All three have so far denied the accusation.

But all that is about to change...

This episode was written by Ella Mcleod and Richard MacLean Smith.

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June 1630, 700 puritans arrived from England at a place in New England, America, known to many local communities as Naumkeag.

To those new arrivals however, it was known as something different.

Inspired by the Hebrew for peace, they called it Salem.  

This episode was written by Ella Mcleod and Richard MacLean Smith.

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The volcanic landscape of Iceland exerts a strong pull on the psyche. So it's no wonder the nation's folklore is so rich with stories of the supernatural, of ghosts and trolls, but most of all, elves... 

This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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Third and final part of Season 07 Episode 23: The Box 

Jason continues his quest to get to the bottom of how the dibbuk box came into being.  What he uncovers is more wild than he could possibly have imagined...

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Part two of Season 07 Episode 23: The Box 

Despite the disturbing nature of Kevin's eBay listing, his 'dibbuk' box attracts the interest of hundreds of potential buyers. Before long, it's heading for Kirksville, Missouri, with disturbing consequences...

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In June 2003, something unusual popped up for sale on eBay.

The listing was posted by used furniture dealer Kevin Mannis and concerned a strange Jewish artefact he'd apparently purchased a few years before. He called it a 'dibbuk' box.

He said he wanted to sell it because, according to him, it was haunted...

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Second and final part of Season 07 Episode 22: Jumping into Legend

In the hunt for the true identity of the so-called Dan Cooper, the FBI and police interview over 800 suspects. Could one of them be him?

This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.

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On November 24th 1971 at Portland International airport, a man turned up at the ticket desk requesting a one-way ticket to Seattle.

The rest is strange and mystifying history...

This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.

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It's long been thought that people can be driven to madness by the wind. 

In 1969, Episcopalian bishop James Pike and his wife Diane became stranded in the Judean desert while on a research trip. Then the wind started to blow... 

This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith. 

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The second and final part of Season 07 Episode 20: The Haunting of Hannath Hall

The team from the Cambridge University Society of Psychical Research are ready to begin their investigation of Hannath Hall. Starting with a good old fashioned séance...

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It always fills me with a particular sense of caution, and no little excitement when I learn of new alleged poltergeist events, particularly ones that invoke the work of Nigel Kneale involving learned men and women on the hunt for ghosts… 

And so I present to you, the haunting of Hannath Hall...

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In 1999, a house went on the market in the tiny village of Upper Mayfield near the Derbyshire Peak District.

It was bought by Tim Chilton for what he thought was a steal. It turned out to be far more than that...

This episode was written by Diane Hope.

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The fourth and final part of Season 07 Episode 18: A Dance with Mr. Dee (Pt.4 of 4)

Fearing for his life, John Dee flees with his family to Europe along with his trusty scryer Edward Kelly.  Together they continue to commune with angels in pursuit of Dee's dream to unlock the secrets of the universe. All seems to be going well until Kelly makes an outrageous proposition...

This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith

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Part Three of Season 07 Episode 18: A Dance with Mr. Dee 

Late one afternoon in March 1582, John Dee is introduced to one Edward Talbot, a self-proclaimed medium and scryer.  And, Dee hopes, the gateway to his wildest dreams... 

His life will never be the same again. 

This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith

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Part Two of Season 07 Episode 18: A Dance with Mr. Dee 

With the death of Queen Mary 1st, John Dee does what he can to ingratiate himself with the new Queen, Elizabeth 1st.  

While the secrecy of his home, he embarks on an ambitious new experiment, to uncover nothing less than the secrets of the universe...

This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith

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John Dee.

Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and some say, the most influential occult magician in British history... 

This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith.

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Unexplained will return next week.

In place of this week's episode, this is one from the vaults...

When 3 year old Shanti Devi becomes convinced she has lived another life before, her parents assume it’s just a childish game.

Today many consider her story to be nothing less than absolute proof of reincarnation…

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Part two of Season 07 Episode 17: What Lies in the Long Grass. 

As news begins to spread about the bizarre events at Ruwa school, the children find an unlikely champion for their version of events. 

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One evening in September 1994, strange lights are seen in the skies over Zimbabwe. 

Two days later, 60 pupils of a rural primary school make the astonishing claim, that a UFO landed in their playground.

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In the late 1960s, there were few better places to enjoy a night out in Glasgow than the Barrowland Ballroom. 

At weekends, as many as 2000 would cram into the venue to dance away the night. 

Among them, was one of the UK's most notorious mysoginistic murderers, whose true identity remains to this day, Unexplained. 

This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith.

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Part two of Season 07 Episode 15: In His Eyes a Flaming Glow

As Gregori Rasputin's influence over the Tsar and Tsarina grows ever stronger, so too does the determination of his enemies to put a stop to it. By any means necessary.

But how do you kill the man who cannot die?

This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith.

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In the early 1900s, a strange enigmatic mystic ingratiated himself with the Russian royal family.

It was the beginning of a new life for him – and for the royals. 

Unknown to them then, it was also the beginning of the end...

The man's name... Grigori Rasputin. 

This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith.

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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…

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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... 

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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 them are eight Marines, tasked with occupying a strange and isolated observation post, known simply as The Rock. 

Their war is about to get far stranger than they could ever have imagined.  

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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

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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

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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. 

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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. 

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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In 1987, construction began on a small stretch of road that would later become known as the Stocksbridge Bypass, now considered one of the most haunted roads in the UK.

This is why...

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In the summer of 1958 in Mölndo, Sweden, EVP pioneer Friedrich Jürgenson was attempting to record the sound of birdsong in his garden. What he captured instead would change his life forever...

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With Unexplained currently on a break between seasons, we’re taking a look back at some of our favourite episodes. 

In the summer of 2014, Maria and Derek Broaddus were overjoyed when they completed on their dream home; a $1.4 million dollar mansion in the affluent suburb of Westfield in New Jersey.  

But then the letters started to arrive…

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Continuing with our look back at some of our favourite episodes while we take a break between seasons, this week we’re going back to March 2019. 

In 1969 National Geographic photographer Loren McIntyre traveled deep into the Amazon in search of the fabled Mayoruna tribe who were said to have no contact with the outside world. 

What happened next left him wondering for the rest of his life whether it had truly occurred or not... 

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Revisiting some of our favourite episodes...

Since the dawn of communication, we have shared stories about imaginary beings; entities such as demons, angels, monsters, and fairies. 

But what if they weren't stories at all? What if these entities were real, existing right next to us, right now, walking invisibly among us? 

What if all we needed to see them was some kind of gateway, and what price would we pay for opening it?

Featuring the tragic story of occultist Netta Fornario.

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Experiments to prove the existence of psychokinesis have been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability and are generally regarded as pseudoscience.

One story that emerged out of Sweden in 1919 is certainly strange enough to make you think again...

This episode was written by Richard MacLean Smith and Diane Hope

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In early 1846, in a village in northwestern France, a teenage girl begins displaying apparent psychokinetic powers in the wake of an intense period of stormy weather.   Featuring the incredible story of Angélique Cottin.  

This episode is written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.

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There have been surprisingly many supposedly true-life tales of werewolves over the years though perhaps none are more infamous, more wicked or more disturbing than that which appeared in a pamphlet in London in June 1590...

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Near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in the autumn of 1991, local journalist Linda Godfrey recorded a series of peculiar sightings of a terrifying humanoid dog-like creature, apparently witnessed skulking around the fringes of nearby Bray Road. 

What seemed a ludicrous proposition at first, soon took on a surprising amount of credibility...

This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.

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Toward the end of the Second World War, it became apparent that billions of US dollars worth of priceless art, gold, and a veritable treasure trove of other artifacts, looted by advocates of the Third Reich had been hidden away throughout Germany.

Some believe a significant amount of it, is still out there... 

This episode was written by Ella McLeod and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.

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Günther Stoll was a fairly typical individual. He enjoyed his job as a food engineer, he loved his wife and he enjoyed the occasional drink at his local pub.   You might say he was an ordinary man. His death, however, was anything but...  

This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. 

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Pt. 2 of Season 06 Episode 31: Every Story is a Ghost Story

As the apparent haunting of Jackie Hernandez and her family intensifies, Barry is left with no doubt that they have become the unwitting victims of a deeply malignant entity... 

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When it comes to the sheer terror of the supernatural, for me, there are few more disturbing notions than the poltergeist; malignant spirits of wrathful agency seemingly dead set on singling you out for often inexplicable—and therefore, deeply frightening—reasons.

So it always fills me with a particular sense of caution and no little excitement when I learn of new alleged poltergeist events, particularly those of a seemingly malicious nature.

Such as that which occurred in San Pedro back in 1989...

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Part Two of Season 6 Episode 30: The Extinguishable Fire (Pt.2 of 2)

Inspired by Joan's apparent visions, and as the voices foretold, the Dauphin's army finally gain the upper hand in their efforts to reclaim the nation of France. 

So what then of Joan's other prophecy, the one foretelling of her imminent demise?

This episode was written by Ella McLeod and Richard MacLean Smith

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Back in the early 15th century, as the English King, Henry VI, tried to assert his supremacy in the Kingdom of France, an unlikely teenage hero came to the aid of her nation.

A king-maker, seemingly blessed with the gift of prophecy whom many in France also believed had been sent by God themself to save them... 

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In 1978, having been satisfied that remote viewing could enable people to look into the past, Stephan A. Schwartz had an epiphany.

If experienced remote viewers could look back in time, could they also look into the future?

And so, he decided to try and find out...

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In 1979, Stephan Schwartz and a team of remote viewers arrived in the city of Alexandria in Egypt, claiming they had pinpointed the location of numerous ancient buildings that had long since been lost to time. 

Tasked by the local authorities with proving their unorthodox methods worked, they set out to convince them... 

This episode of Unexplained was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.

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As the internet becomes our public forum for sharing and discussing ideas, more often than not it is through this portal that we develop much of our sense of the world. As such, as demonstrated by the attempted murder of Peyton Lautner in 2012, what achieves validity online can quickly achieve solidity offline.

The so-called Slender Man stabbing was not the first incident of its kind. And it certainly wasn't the last.

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Pt. 3 of Season 06 Episode 28: The Nous Fear 

Where once the Internet was thought to offer something akin to a beneficial noosphere - many have instead been left fearing it has merely opened a door to chaos, disrupting established orders and threatening all the ‘progress’ that such order has contributed to.

But is this fear warranted?

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Pt. 2 of Season 06 Episode 28: The Nous Fear 

The digital space is a world where fact and fiction become progressively blurred.

As our lives become increasingly influenced by what we experience there, those online fictions don’t stay online.

They bleed into the real, physical world, with real physical world consequences...

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He is the personification of the unknown; a messenger of the medium, at once new but strangely, archaically, familiar. 

His name is The Slender Man, and one way or another, he is coming for us all.

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One aspect of our Mothman episode that some listeners wanted to know a little more about was how exactly the collapse of the Silver Bridge fitted into everything.

Well, let me tell you...

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The third and final part of Season 6 Episode 27: All That We See 

New York-based writer John Keel joins the hunt for the Mothman as something ominous looms on the horizon...

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Part two of Season 6 Episode 27: All That We See

The apparent sighting of a strange winged creature on the outskirts of Point Pleasant in West Virginia sparks a flurry of similar sightings over the next few days. 

One local reporter and a writer from New York endeavour to get to the bottom of just what is going on...

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