Unexplained

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Unexplained

SEASON 07 WILL BEGIN FRIDAY JULY 28TH Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as ‘reality,’ whatever that is… More info at www.unexplainedpodcast.com and on twitter @unexplainedpod and facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast

  1. Season 03 Episode 03: Under the Asphalt (Rerun)

    6 DAYS AGO

    Season 03 Episode 03: Under the Asphalt (Rerun)

    With Season 8 due to return next Friday, it’s back to the archive one more time… This week we’re heading back to the 70s, to a quiet housing estate in South East London… Considering there have been settlers based around the area comprising present day London for over 5000 years, it's hardly surprising that under all that concrete we find remnants of those that have come before us.  But what comes of those whose remnants have been disturbed?  Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    30 min
  2. Season 01 Episode 08: When the Light Fades (Rerun)

    12/27/2024

    Season 01 Episode 08: When the Light Fades (Rerun)

    With Unexplained on a short break we're dipping into the archives again. This week’s story is a true ghost of Christmas past, reaching out to us from almost 124 years to the day. It was late one night on December 26th 1900, when a telegram was received by the Northern Lighthouse Board. It was sent by a member of a rescue crew, dispatched to the Flannen isles, the site of the UKs most remote lighthouse, located way out in the Atlantic, beyond any sign of civilisation.  They were sent to investigate why the light was no longer shining, The telegram read: A dreadful accident has happened at the Flannans. The keepers, have disappeared from the Island...  Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    33 min
  3. Season 08 Episode 13: The Tunnel Without End

    12/20/2024

    Season 08 Episode 13: The Tunnel Without End

    Completed in 1875, the Hoosac Tunnel was known to those who built it as the bloody pit owing to the 195 people that were killed during its construction.Today people are warned not to venture into the tunnel, but not only because you might get hit by a train... Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    32 min
  4. Season 08 Episode 12: The Dark Banquet (Pt.2 of 2)

    12/13/2024

    Season 08 Episode 12: The Dark Banquet (Pt.2 of 2)

    Part two of Season 08 Episode 12: The Dark Banquet  Continuing on from last week's episode, we take a look at what inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. And just what a real-life vampire might actually look like... Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    31 min
  5. Season 08 Episode 12: The Dark Banquet (Pt.1 of 2)

    12/06/2024

    Season 08 Episode 12: The Dark Banquet (Pt.1 of 2)

    In the 15th century, in a citadel perched high above a cliff, there lived a bloodthirsty ruler, considered by some to have been among the most feared and brutal in history. His name was Vlad Dracul III... Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    30 min
  6. Season 4 Episode 1: Alone With Everybody (RERUN)

    11/29/2024

    Season 4 Episode 1: Alone With Everybody (RERUN)

    At the northern edge of the Brecon Beacons in Cymru, in the shadow of the Pen y Fan peak, sits a large stone house. Named Heol Fanog, or Road to the Peaks, for one couple who moved there in 1989 the house was everything they had ever dreamed of. Little did they know that, in truth, it would soon become the place of their worst nightmares. Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, on Bluesky @unexplained.bsky.social, on X at @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    58 min
  7. Season 08 Episode 11: A Hole in My Head Where the Rain Comes in

    11/22/2024

    Season 08 Episode 11: A Hole in My Head Where the Rain Comes in

    In April 1991, music executive Christopher Case told his friend that he'd been cursed by a woman he met while on a night out.  The woman apparently told him that he'd be dead within a week. Then Chris stopped answering his calls.  Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.  Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, on Bluesky @unexplained.bsky.social, on X at @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    30 min
  8. Season 08 Episode 10: Not All Who Wander

    11/15/2024

    Season 08 Episode 10: Not All Who Wander

    There is a story told over centuries, by local Congolese and explorers alike – a story that calls into question what we truly know about our world, and what may lurk still in the parts of the map that have yet to be fully filled in… It's name is mokele-mbembe. Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.  Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, on Bluesky @unexplained.bsky.social, on X at @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    36 min
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SEASON 07 WILL BEGIN FRIDAY JULY 28TH Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as ‘reality,’ whatever that is… More info at www.unexplainedpodcast.com and on twitter @unexplainedpod and facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast

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  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    345
  • Rating
    Clean
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