Unexplained

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... Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for m...

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for lis...

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com...

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.  Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Tha...

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... Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listen...

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... Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Tha...

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/lis...

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...

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 Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unex...

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 Go to @unexplainedpod, fac...

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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… Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com fo...

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.  Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Go to @unexplai...

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or w...

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplai...

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… Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

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...  Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com...

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or ww...

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. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com f...

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... Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast...

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 Helman...

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 G...

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 Smi...