Unexplained America The Podcast

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the Haunted History of The Queen Mary. In 1929, the Cunard Ship line envisioned a mega ship. The wanted to be in competition with France, and Germany: they wanted the largest and fastest ocean liner. So they began planning for this ship that would be christened the Queen Mary. The RMS Queen Mary set sail on her maiden voyal in May of...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the famous and beautiful Stanley Hotel located in Estes Park, Colorado. The Stanley Hotel is built by famous manufacturer Freelan O. Stanley in 1907--the hotel opens it's doors in 1909 to great success. This episode will outline the early history of Estes Park and then the background of Freelan Stanley and how he came to be the o...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the missing persons case of Martha and Flora Helmick and John "Ed" Keyton. Martha, Flora and Ed left out around noon on Friday August 3, 1973, They lived in Bridgewater, Virginia, and were driving to Kentucky to pick up Ed's brother for a family reunion. The three would never make it. They are reported missing and days...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa has special guest host Amber delight us with the lore of the Yazoo City Witch of Yazoo City, Mississippi. Amber begins with a little background of Yazoo City, Mississippi; then lets us know the story of the town--that in 1884, there was an alleged woman that was found to have killed some men and the men were found in her shack down in the swam...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss cases and origin of Spontaneous Human Combustion. We will begin way back in the 1400's discussing an origin and then in the 1700's a case that would bring a poet to coin the actual term Spontaneous Human Combustion. Then we will get into 3 cases, Mathilda Rooney of 1885 in Illinois, Mary Hardy Reeser case in 1951 Florida, and then...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the murder of Dr. Andrew Bagby-this is part 2 of a 2 part episode. Listener Discretion: Discussion of Murder, Suicide Attempts, and Small touch of Alleged Child Abuse. On November 5, 2001, Dr. Andrew Bagby tells his supervisor that his on again/off again girlfriend whom he had ended things with just a couple of days ago had shown...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the murder of Dr. Andrew Bagby-this is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Listener Discretion: Discussion of Murder, Suicide Attempts, and Small touch of Alleged Child Abuse. On November 5, 2001, Dr. Andrew Bagby tells his supervisor that his on again/off again girlfriend whom he had ended things with just a couple of days ago had shown...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Faith Hedgepeth Case--requested by listener Parker. ****Warning--listener discretion--the episode contains murder, SA, and rape. On September 7, 2012, Faith Hedgepeth is found brutally killed in her friends apartment in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Faith was a 19 year old student at the University of North Caroline at Chapel H...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the life, achievements, and then the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart. On July 2, 1937, world renowned lady aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan were in communications with the US Coast Guard ship the Itasca. The Itasca was anchored right close to Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean awaiting the arrival o...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Amityville case but this episode is specifically starting at the time George and Kathy Lutz move their family into 112 Ocean Ave, Amityville, New York. On December 18, 1975, the Lutz family move into their new home. Right away the Lutz experience phenomenon that they cannot explain. They only live in the home for 28 days but t...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Amityville case but this episode is specifically covering the Defeo Family Murders. On November 13, 1974, Ronald Defeo Jr. (Ronnie) ran into a local bar close to his home in Amityville, New York, and screamed "someone has shot my mom and dad". Police would find 6 members of the Defeo Family shot and dead in the beds wearing pa...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Night Stalker, serial killer Richard Ramirez. This is Part 3--the final episode to Richard Ramirez-- in this episode I will be picking up on August 31, 1985, when Richard was arrested. I will be discussing in depth his court case, all through the 4 years of it. We will then work through the after math of his court case into hi...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Night Stalker, serial killer Richard Ramirez. This is Part 2 (Part 1 was a deep dive into Richard's whole family history, his childhood and into his first 2 murders): in this episode I'll start with the rest of the events on March 17, 1985 and go through every known victim until Richard is arrested on August 31. 1985. Warning-...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Night Stalker, serial killer Richard Ramirez. June 28, 1984, Richard Ramirez whom had been burglarizing LA County for years, went on the hunt for more than just a burglary. He found the apartment of Jennie Vincow, a 79 year old retired woman from New York, and brutally murdered her in her own bed. Eight months later he would f...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the famous cryptid the Jersey Devil; the demon devil of New Jersey. The origin story of the Jersey Devil goes way back to the Province of New Jersey in 1735, one story begins with a "Mother Leeds" who is pregnant with her thirteenth child and in her frustration and exhaustion prays to God to make this baby a devil...her prayer com...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss The Phoenix Lights-a UFO sighting phenomenon event in Phoenix, Arizona. On March 13, 1997, tens of thousands of people between California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico witnessed a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) that covered 400 + miles, multiple hours and could never be explained over the past 28 years. In this episod...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Cleveland Torso Murders--also known as, the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run and also was called the Kingsbury Slayer and other things in the press. The killings begin in Cleveland, Ohio in 1935 (1934 depending in victim inclusion of the "Lady in the Lake")--a body is found without a head in a dark, dank area of Cleveland called K...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the most haunted place in America; the Myrtles Plantation of St. Francisville, Louisiana. "General" David Bradford of Pennsylvania fled to the territory of Louisiana in 1794 after getting into some trouble with first President George Washington over the excise tax or slang the Whiskey Rebellion situation. Once he landed in Louisia...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the sad and strangely mysterious death of Ellen Greenberg. On January 26, 2011, Ellen Greenberg would be found dead in her apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that she shared with her fiance. Ellen's death is at first ruled as a homicide by the Philadelphia Medical Examiner Dr. Marlon Osborne; however, the Philadelphia Police...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss this horrible, tragedy in 1990's Tennessee. On December 11, 1990; around 9:15am a dense, thick fog all of a sudden came upon motorist driving on I-75 between Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee. On the southbound lane a first collision of two semi-tractor trailer trucks quickly becomes deadly when a 1981 Oldsmobile Sedan collides...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa and guest host Dorothy, will discuss the Murder of Billy Joe Holder-Part 2--listen to Part 1. On February 9, 1976, Billy Joe Holder (ex-Sheriff and current Agent with the Alcohol Beverage Control Department in Arkansas) was watching television in his living room with his wife June when all of a sudden he was shot by an assailant outside of his...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the haunts, history and scary stories of the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. William Balser Skirvin built a fortune in real estate ventures. He began his ventures being an original 89er in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. After becoming a widow, he decided to build the most luxurious hotel in Oklahoma. He would build...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa discusses the Nancy Zanone Case from St. Louis, Missouri. On December 2, 1963, Nancy Zanone is working on taking care of her two small children and finishing up some laundry. While she works on this, a 15 year old, named Joseph Arbeiter Jr., walks into her home looking for items to steal. When Nancy sees Joseph in her home, Joseph lunges at Na...

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa and guest host Dorothy, will discuss the Murder of Billy Joe Holder. On February 9, 1976, Billy Joe Holder (ex-Sheriff and current Agent with the Alcohol Beverage Control Department in Arkansas) was watching television in his living room with his wife June when all of a sudden he was shot by an assailant outside of his home. This episode is a...

In this episode of Unexplained, your host Lisa will discuss the Unexplained Death of John Glasgow--CFO of CDI Contractors in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2008. On January 28, 2008, John Glasgow's vehicle was seen leaving his home by his neighbor around 5:15 am; which was unusually early for John to leave his home. Later that day John's wife, Melinda, would get a phone call from John's empl...