Unexplained Mysteries

Is an ancient ruin in Turkey the true location of the Garden of Eden? Göbekli Tepe shattered archaeologists’ beliefs about the origins of civilization, and researchers believe it’s the oldest monument on Earth.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Decades pass before Natalie’s case is reopened to investigate the possibility of foul play. Her widower, Richard Wagner, is named a person of interest in 2018, with several witnesses — including the captain of the Splendor, Dennis Davern — complicating Wagner’s version of events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

On Thanksgiving weekend in 1981, Hollywood actress Natalie Wood died off the coast of California's Catalina Island at the age of 43. Although her death was ruled an accidental drowning, key questions still remain about what really happened on the final night of her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

In the mood for gratitude? Join us right here on Tuesday, November 23rd, for a three-part Thanksgiving special presented by Cults and Crimes of Passion. Listen to the trailer for a “breathtaking” introduction to the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Arctic Circle has some of the most treacherous waters in the world, and countless ships have gone missing on these seas. But some have reappeared years after they wrecked — and these ghost ships still haunt sailors today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All over the world, there are legends of ghost ships roving the seas, crewless and doomed. Today, we melt the ice off the story of the Baychimo: the ghost ship of the Arctic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For skeptics and believers alike, the Mothman is a phenomenon that’s not going away. Today we explore the most compelling theories surrounding the famous cryptid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Angel of death? Harbinger of doom? In the late 1960s, countless people in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, saw a strange creature on the outskirts of town. Soon afterward, witnesses had prophetic dreams of a deadly disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1996, somebody logged onto an online forum and started posting long, nonsensical messages with the same subject line: Markovian Parallax Denigrate. Was it spam? A hoax? Or were these coded posts the work of a double agent? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2012, a secret organization began recruiting codebreakers by posting a series of ciphers online. Whoever could solve them the fastest was in. But the syndicate wasn’t as friendly as they first seemed. Who was really behind it all? And when, if ever, will their last cipher be solved? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

Occasionally, a presence comes along that is so wicked, it can infest entire groups of people — even nuns. But getting rid of demonic power will take more than a sprinkling of holy water. Today we explore infamous cases of exorcisms, including the real-life example observed by the director of The Exorcist, and investigate why exorcisms are still on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

How does a house become haunted? It could be because a gruesome murder occurred there. Maybe it sits on an ancient burial ground. Or perhaps it has to do with the perspective of the people who are calling it haunted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Photographs and ouija boards. Tape recorders and EMF detectors. Ghost hunters have long tried using technology to prove the existence of spirits. With new instruments on the horizon, will spiritualists finally be able to show proof of the supernatural? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From shamans to mystics to medical marvels, people have been experiencing out of body experiences for centuries. Some think they can give us a glimpse into the afterlife, while military experiments suggest they can give us healing powers and time-travel capabilities.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

Since 1836, people have speculated on the origins of the 17 miniature coffins found at Arthur’s Seat. Experts have theorized they could be linked to witches, sailors lost at sea, or even two serial killers with a guilty conscience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1836, five boys discovered 17 tiny coffins in a cave outside of Edinburgh, Scotland. Nobody knew how they got there or what they represented until almost 200 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tracing the origins of the Jersey Devil takes us from prehistoric caves, to a feud between a cursed family and a Founding Father, to late 19th-century monster madness. Have scientists and skeptics locked onto an explanation? Or will this cryptid keep swooping its way into modern times? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

How many states have an official state demon? The Jersey Devil is firmly entrenched in New Jersey lore, with sightings dating back centuries. Today, we recount some of its most infamous encounters, including the Week of Terror, and speculate on the cryptid’s origins.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

In 2006, multiple airline professionals — including pilots, ramp workers, and mechanics — claimed to have seen a UFO hovering over Gate C17 at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1948, a U.S. National Guard pilot engaged in a 27-minute dogfight with a suspicious aircraft. It could've been an optical illusion, a Soviet weapon, or even an alien spaceship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The deep ocean is home to some of the strangest life forms that scientists have ever discovered. But from living fossils to mythical monsters, what else might be lurking in the Mariana Trench? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly 7 miles underwater, the Mariana Trench is the deepest point in all of Earth's oceans. Today, we'll meet some of the bizarre creatures who thrive in its freezing, pitch-black depths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the spate of mysterious cattle mutilations in the 1970s, ranchers believed the government was responsible for the attacks and the subsequent cover-up. Others blamed satanic cults or extraterrestrial activity. The strange evidence leaves questions to this day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

Throughout the 1970s and beyond, thousands of cows were found slaughtered in fields across the U.S. Their mutilations were precise, almost surgical, and many were accompanied by strange sightings in the days prior. To this day, the cases remain unsolved — but the evidence suggests foul play. The question is, by whom?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more...

In 1947, a plane called the Star Dust went missing over the Andes mountain range in Argentina. The only clue to its disappearance was a mysterious phrase: STENDEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices