Unexplained
@unexplained
Haunting story-based podcast about strange and mysterious 'real-life' events. iTunes Best of 2016. 75+ Million streams. Book available at
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, up now... pod.link/1078112813
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? Up now... pod.link/1078112813
In Pt. 2 of S09E27 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. pod.link/1078112813
One night in Sep, 1998, 3 men dug up a vault load of silver from a vacant lot in Pahrump, Nevada. The 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. pod.link/1078112813
In April 2006, a 27-year-old med student walks into a bar but seemingly never comes out. It sounds like the beginning of a joke but has been nothing but a nightmare for the family of Brian Shaffer. Shaffer's disappearance remains one of the strangest vanishings of recent times. pod.link/1078112813
HUGE APOLOGIES, a complete disaster with the audio this week & can't clean it up enough to put it out. Very frustrating. So it's a RERUN today sadly, although one of my favourites, if that's any consolation. I'll be back next Friday - POSSIBLY - with added video, we'll see... pod.link/1078112813
As search teams struggle to find any sign of Daniel, a private investigator uncovers a promising lead. But will it lead to any more answers or just more questions... Up now: pod.link/1078112813
In June 2021, just outside of Phoenix, Arizona, 24-year-old geologist Daniel Robinson, drove off into the desert and was never seen again. What exactly happened to him remains one of the most tragic and beguiling mysteries of recent times. Up now: pod.link/1078112813
When Teresita Basa was found murdered in her Chicago apartment in 1977, police had more or less given up on ever catching her killer. That was until one of Teresita's colleagues claimed the dead woman was speaking to her in her sleep... Up now: pod.link/1078112813
On a warm summer afternoon in 1980, hundreds of children gathered on the grounds of a quiet village school fair in the English countryside. There was music and laughter. Then, without warning, one by one, the children began to collapse... Up now at: pod.link/1078112813
This one really creeped me out! In 2006, Vicki and Rob Graves got an absolute steal when they purchased a property in the idyllic countryside of Indiana, for almost three times below the original asking price. The only problem was, that property was Fox Hollow Farm... pod.link/1078112813
On Dec. 5th 1945, five US Navy aircraft along with all crew disappeared on a routine training exercise in an area known today as the Bermuda Triangle. What exactly happened to them is thought by some to be one of the strangest aviation mysteries of all time… pod.link/1078112813
One night in Feb 1959, 23-year-old Gerry Irwin was discovered unconscious near a lonely stretch of Route 14 in Utah. He claimed to have no idea how he got there. Some believe Gerry was abducted by aliens, others that perhaps something far darker was at play... pod.link/1078112813ht...
In April 1935, a tiger shark was exhibited in a salt water pool in Sydney, Australia. Then it regurgitated something unexpected. What followed was one of the most bizarre and chilling mysteries in Australian history... pod.link/1078112813
Tucked deep in the woods of Wisconsin, Summerwind Mansion became home to the Hinshaw family - but something about the house wasn't right. And what they experienced inside those walls would follow them long after they left... pod.link/1078112813
9/11 - the day the world changed forever. But as a nation mourned, Sneha Anne Philips' loved ones were left wrestling with a seemingly impossible question: Was she lost to history, or did she vanish just before it began? pod.link/1078112813
In the early 1900's Kentucky's Jefferson County was struggling to contain an outbreak of TB. Waverley Hills Sanatorium was built to tackle it. Today, some believe it is the most haunted hospital in the United States. pod.link/1078112813
Part Two of S09E15: Red Dust. Rumours swirl of strange retreats outside the city, organised by debonair American dentist Wentworth Prentice. Everything seems to link back to a seedy bar in the Badlands known as No. 28. Will any of it lead to Pamela's killer? pod.link/1078112813
In the winter of 1937, in Beijing, a young woman vanished on her way home under the shadow of the Fox Tower — a crumbling relic long associated with superstition and unease. What followed would become one of the most haunting mysteries in the history of Beijing. pod.link/1078112813
In Aug. 2016, a bizarre story began to unfold about a farming family from the town of Silvan, Australia. They fled their home in utter panic, telling no one why or where they had gone. The truth was even stranger than anyone could possibly have imagined. pod.link/1078112813
On November 17, 1981 an event occurred at the construction site of the soon to be Manila Film Centre in the Philippines that is almost too shocking to believe. Today the site is one of many that has become part of a burgeoning Dark Tourism scene... pod.link/1078112813
Digging into the local history, investigators uncover strange tales of witchcraft that have plagued the area for generations, including the chilling case of Ann Tenant. Surely, it couldn't possibly have anything to do with Charles' murder, could it? pod.link/1078112813
With local police ill-equipped to handle such a strange & brutal murder, the London Met’s greatest living officer, DI Robert Fabian, is drafted in to help. Despite presiding over every criminal case imaginable in his twenty years of service, he hasn’t seen anything yet... pod.link/1078112813
To some, folk beliefs are little more than the harmless superstitions of a bygone age. For others, such beliefs and practices are something to be deeply feared as nothing less than the work of the Devil. Happy Friday the 13th... pod.link/1078112813
In 1925, experienced mountaineer Prof. John Norman Collie told a climbing club in the Scottish Highlands, that he believed something strange stalked the highest peak of the local Cairngorm mountain range. Something that scared him so badly he vowed never to return... pod.link/1078112813
Sometime in the mid 1930s, a young budding bluesman appeared on the scene, suddenly possessed of a talent for playing the guitar, which he’d never shown before. Over time a strange rumour began to spread, that the young man hadn't achieved his talent all on his own... pod.link/1078112813
Unexplained is still going strong. I can't thank every single one of you enough, who've ever taken the time to listen, subscribe, rate and engage with the show to help keep this improbable thing going. With any luck there'll be lots more to come... 🙏👻🖤
After years appearing to endure a series of increasingly bizarre and terrifying occurrences in their home, the Smurl family finally decide to call in some real help. Enter Lorraine and Ed Warren, perhaps the world's most famous paranormal investigators... pod.link/1078112813
I'm very excited to be attending CRIMECON UK for the first time this year (and possibly in the US... TBC) I'll be in: Birmingham on - April 25th London - October 3rd & 4th Use code UNEXPLAINED of 10% discount on tickets. I hope to see you there! 🖤
What if you invested so much in a new home that you were forced to stay, even if you realised that you might not be the only inhabitants? And what if those, most unwelcome housemates proved to be more frightening than anything you could possibly imagine? pod.link/1078112813