UNEXPLAINED

It’s the late 1500s and the rulers of England are hungry for expansion. Spain has already claimed vast territories in the Americas, and Queen Elizabeth the First wants her own foothold in the New World. The legendry explorer Sir Walter Raleigh convinces the Crown to fund an expedition that can secure a permanent settlement across the ocean. In 1587, men, women, and children set off under the leade...

Some places are built on stories. Others are built on secrets. And then there are the places built on something darker — places where the walls seem to remember, where the air feels heavy, where tragedy settles like dust and refuses to be swept away. The United States mining town of Globe in Arizona, a place forged in copper, whiskey, and violence. A place where fortunes were made and lives were l...

In 2016, inside the US Embassy in the Cuban capital city of Havana, American diplomats and their families begin to hear a sound that cannot be explained. Some of those exposed develop symptoms that affect their senses and cognitive abilities. One by one, those exposed report what they’re experiencing to the Embassy’s medical staff — professionals trained to handle tropical illnesses, environmental...

Between 2008 and 2012 the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, now referred to as CERN, commenced and completed the creation of the Large Hadron Collider. The world’s most powerful particle accelerator, its purpose was to advance our understanding of fundamental physics. The Collider was able to accelerate two counterrotating beams of heavy ions or protons at speeds close to the speed of li...

In June 2014, Derek and Maria Broaddus, after months of searching, completed the purchase of their new property, located in the town of Westfield within the US state of New Jersey. Commencing renovations prior to moving in, the family frequently visited the house to check the progress of alterations. When Derek stopped by the house alone, checking the work that had been done, and then collect the...

On a quiet August morning in 1994, the residents of Oakville in the US state of Washington, woke to find something falling from the sky. It wasn’t rain, snow or hail. This was different. Something soft. Something translucent. Something alive — or so people said. Within hours, people began to fall sick. Some animals began dying. And the town found itself at the centre of one of the strangest enviro...

On June 4th, 2011, 50-year-old David Prideaux left his wife and two kids at their Australian home in the state of Victoria. David loaded his Toyota Land Cruiser with camping gear and supplies for a weekend hunting trip with his brother-in-law. By 1:30 PM they were in the Mansfield State Forest on the southern end of the State Victorian Alps. The men made their way through to Tomahawk Hut, a small...

In November 1980, Police Officer Alan Godfrey, is driving his car along a country road within the County of West Yorkshire in the north of England. Responding to a report of cows wandering loose from their paddock, Alan is reminded of the body he helped recover 5 months earlier, while driving near the same location known as Todmorden. Unexpectedly Alan is forced to stop the car. In front of him is...

In the town of Hexham near the City of Newcastle, located in the north of England. Joanna Pollock and her younger sister, Jacqueline, were walking to Church for Sunday school with their friend, Anthony. It was during this walk; they were struck by a car and all three were killed. The parents of Joanna and Jacqueline were devasted beyond explanation. It was the following year they unexpectedly welc...

In 1987, the people in the United States city of Chicago, were watching the evening TV. And then without warning the signal changed. The TV picture flickered and the sound dissolved into a harsh electronic buzz. On the screen appeared a figure wearing a rubber mask of the cult figure Max Headroom, the stuttering, sarcastic, artificially generated TV personality who had become an icon of 80s pop cu...

In August 2016, a family of berry growers, were located on their home farm located in the state of Victoria in Australia. The Tromp family operated a successful business, then suddenly, with no warning, the family of 5 were in danger. They left the property in a single vehicle and fled their home. They didn’t prepare, they took no phones, no wallets, and offered no explanation.  Social media: Inst...

In the morning of September 20, 1986, a 28-year-old Jane Marie Prichard, makes her way into the Delaware states Blackbird Forest. A recent graduate of botany, she continued her field work in the final stages of a master’s degree. Attending a familiar spot within the forest she continues her work studying the germination of seeds. In the area that shared with hikers and campers, it was not uncommon...

In the summer of 1977, at the Ohio State University, Jerry Ehman, was volunteering as a researcher reviewing radio data obtained from a radio telescope. Jerry observes data that he has not seen before. The signal makes no sense – it is suspiciously strong and appears to have travelled from the constellation known as Sagittarius. He picks up a red pen, circles that data, and writes next to it, “W O...

The year was 1945, and amid the bustling naval activity along the eastern coast of Florida, five Avenger torpedo bombers, known collectively as Flight 19, took off on a routine training mission. The pilots, led by Lieutenant Charles C. Taylor, were tasked with completing a navigation and bombing exercise known as "Navigation Problem No. 1." They were to fly east to practice a bombing run...

For several months in 1938, a regular terraced house in the United Kingdom became the site of supernatural experiences. Alma Fielding found herself at the centre of those events, this transformed her life, but the cost was life changing.  Nandor Fodor attempted to understand, going beyond the balance of genuine or fake. His approach was ahead of its time, and recognised that psychological dimensio...

November 24, 1971, and Dan Cooper sits onboard the Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, during a cold Thanksgiving Eve.  It is about 3pm and Cooper orders a bourbon and soda, paying in cash and while doing so, passes a note to the flight attendant. The attendant casually puts the note in her pocket without reading the content suspecting it to be the phone number of a businessman of whom she has d...

Eilean Mor, a remote and unyielding island off the coast of Scotland in the United Kingdom. Perched atop its rocky summit, was the island’s lone beacon. The year is 1900, and the lighthouse keepers, responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse are due to be replaced. The new staff have arrived, however, the resident lighthouse keepers, without explanation, have van...

The fate of the Mary Celeste was anything but ordinary. What should have been a straightforward journey turned into one of the most baffling mysteries in maritime history. In the late autumn of 1872, a sturdy merchant ship named the Mary Celeste set out from New York Harbor. Captained by Benjamin Briggs, a highly respected seaman, the ship was also maintained by an experienced crew. The voyage was...

Florida's most famous ghost story - located at an old steel frame bridge that spans the Chipola River in the swamps north of Marianna. The legend holds that the restless ghost of a young woman named Elizabeth Jane Bellamy roams the swamps around the bridge on dark and foggy nights.   Sound effects and music - https://upbeat.io Social media: Instagram - YouTube - TikTok   Support us - Buy Me A...

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