Unexplained History

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Unexplained History delivers unexplained events analysis and deep dives into the history of the unexplained. Join host Tom McKenzie weekly as we uncover the secrets behind history’s greatest cold cases and cover-ups. If you’re fascinated by true crime, ancient mysteries, paranormal activity, and government conspiracies, this podcast is for you. Each episode creates a gripping audio landscape exploring events that defy explanation — from baffling disappearances and cryptid sightings to the dark realities of the Cold War and the occult. The Team Narrative & Direction: Rob DavenportLead Researcher: Mike SherwinSound Design & Score: Smoking Man Studios New episodes drop every Tuesday. Listen in — and decide what you believe. Visit us: https://www.unexplained.co Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support.

  1. 1d ago

    John Dee Part One: The Voices in the Stone | Halloween Special 1 of 6

    A little girl seems to pass between the books in an Elizabethan scholar's study. That is the vision Edward Kelley reports, and John Dee preserves it alongside prayers, questions, and instructions he believes come from angels. The first of our six Halloween episodes follows Dee's early experiments, the ritual apparatus built around them, and the voices that begin reaching into ordinary life. This first half of his story ends as Dee commits his household to a journey away from England. The final segment examines what the surviving evidence can establish. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support. 🎧 Unexplained History explores the myths, mysteries, and misunderstood moments that shaped our world. Hosted by Tom Mackenzie and Don Masterson. New episodes every week. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen — and uncover the stories history tried to forget. More at The Unexplained Company History, Mystery, True Crime, Conspiracy, Paranormal, CIA, Cold War, Ancient Aliens, Archaeology, Unsolved, Supernatural, Tom McKenzie, Audio Drama, Storytelling, Documentaries. This episode includes AI-generated content.

    John Dee Part One: The Voices in the Stone | Halloween Special 1 of 6

  2. 4d ago

    The Fighter Pilot Who Died Chasing a Giant Object

    On January 7, 1948, witnesses at Godman Field near Fort Knox watched a bright object they could not identify. A passing flight of Kentucky Air National Guard Mustangs was asked to investigate. Captain Thomas Mantell continued climbing after the other pilots turned back. His aircraft crashed near Franklin, Kentucky. This episode reconstructs the tower statements, follows the pursuit and accident investigation, and examines the Air Force's changing explanations. Contemporary documents and Edward Ruppelt's later investigation reveal how a fatal flight became one of the earliest defining cases in American UFO history. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support. 🎧 Unexplained History explores the myths, mysteries, and misunderstood moments that shaped our world. Hosted by Tom Mackenzie and Don Masterson. New episodes every week. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen — and uncover the stories history tried to forget. More at The Unexplained Company History, Mystery, True Crime, Conspiracy, Paranormal, CIA, Cold War, Ancient Aliens, Archaeology, Unsolved, Supernatural, Tom McKenzie, Audio Drama, Storytelling, Documentaries. This episode includes AI-generated content.

    The Fighter Pilot Who Died Chasing a Giant Object

  3. 6d ago

    The Green Fireballs That Flew Over America's Nuclear Labs

    In late nineteen forty-eight, pilots, security personnel, and scientists reported brilliant green fireballs over New Mexico. The reports reached officials responsible for some of America's most sensitive atomic installations. Meteor expert Lincoln LaPaz investigated, witnessed a fireball himself, and brought his findings to a secret conference at Los Alamos. The Air Force eventually built Project Twinkle to obtain photographs, trajectories, and other measurements. This episode follows the sightings across the atomic Southwest, reconstructs the investigation from surviving records, and examines why the program left so much unsettled. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support. 🎧 Unexplained History explores the myths, mysteries, and misunderstood moments that shaped our world. Hosted by Tom Mackenzie and Don Masterson. New episodes every week. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen — and uncover the stories history tried to forget. More at The Unexplained Company History, Mystery, True Crime, Conspiracy, Paranormal, CIA, Cold War, Ancient Aliens, Archaeology, Unsolved, Supernatural, Tom McKenzie, Audio Drama, Storytelling, Documentaries. This episode includes AI-generated content.

    The Green Fireballs That Flew Over America's Nuclear Labs

  4. Oct 13

    Biological Warfare: From Ancient Sieges to Russia's Secret Laboratories

    This special Unexplained History broadcast follows biological warfare from its disputed Bronze Age beginnings through medieval sieges, colonial smallpox, Japan's Unit 731, Western programs, and the treaty intended to end them. The second half investigates the Soviet biological weapons system, the Aralsk smallpox outbreak, the Sverdlovsk anthrax disaster, defectors, inspections, and accidents at Russian research facilities. We close with the October 2026 death of an Irkutsk anti-plague institute employee and the evidence behind reports of pneumonic plague. The October 10 WHO bulletin reports no evidence of ongoing transmission on the information provided, while the cause of the death remains unknown and a laboratory exposure cannot be fully excluded. Research is current through October 12. This episode distinguishes documented history, government assessments, testimony, and unresolved reporting. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support. 🎧 Unexplained History explores the myths, mysteries, and misunderstood moments that shaped our world. Hosted by Tom Mackenzie and Don Masterson. New episodes every week. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen — and uncover the stories history tried to forget. More at The Unexplained Company History, Mystery, True Crime, Conspiracy, Paranormal, CIA, Cold War, Ancient Aliens, Archaeology, Unsolved, Supernatural, Tom McKenzie, Audio Drama, Storytelling, Documentaries. This episode includes AI-generated content.

    Biological Warfare: From Ancient Sieges to Russia's Secret Laboratories

  5. Oct 10

    Roswell: The First Twenty-Four Hours Before the Legend Took Over

    On a July afternoon in nineteen forty-seven, the Army air field at Roswell announced possession of a flying disc. Within hours, officers at Fort Worth presented wreckage they identified as a balloon and radar target. The reversal became one of the most durable mysteries of the twentieth century. This episode reconstructs the first day's surviving record before following the people, interviews, books, and disputed papers that made Roswell a story about alien bodies and a secret government. It examines what the photographs and contemporary reports can establish, and where the evidence still leaves room for argument. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support. 🎧 Unexplained History explores the myths, mysteries, and misunderstood moments that shaped our world. Hosted by Tom Mackenzie and Don Masterson. New episodes every week. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen — and uncover the stories history tried to forget. More at The Unexplained Company History, Mystery, True Crime, Conspiracy, Paranormal, CIA, Cold War, Ancient Aliens, Archaeology, Unsolved, Supernatural, Tom McKenzie, Audio Drama, Storytelling, Documentaries. This episode includes AI-generated content.

    Roswell: The First Twenty-Four Hours Before the Legend Took Over

  6. Oct 8

    Zodiac Killer: Why the New Cipher Claim Does Not Name Him Yet

    A new claim says the Zodiac Killer's shortest name cipher points to a man once investigated in the murder of Elizabeth Short. The proposal joins two notorious unsolved cases, a cipher, a possible alias, and a set of newly published technical arguments. This episode follows the original letters, the two Zodiac ciphers that really were solved, and the thirteen symbols that still invite competing readings. It examines what the new theory adds, what the documents establish, and what evidence would be needed before any name could be called an answer. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support. 🎧 Unexplained History explores the myths, mysteries, and misunderstood moments that shaped our world. Hosted by Tom Mackenzie and Don Masterson. New episodes every week. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen — and uncover the stories history tried to forget. More at The Unexplained Company History, Mystery, True Crime, Conspiracy, Paranormal, CIA, Cold War, Ancient Aliens, Archaeology, Unsolved, Supernatural, Tom McKenzie, Audio Drama, Storytelling, Documentaries. This episode includes AI-generated content.

    Zodiac Killer: Why the New Cipher Claim Does Not Name Him Yet

  7. Oct 6

    Operation Northwoods: The False-Flag Plans the Pentagon Actually Wrote

    In March nineteen sixty-two, the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff sent Defense Secretary Robert McNamara a memorandum about pretexts for military intervention in Cuba. Its annex proposed a manufactured attack on a ship, a campaign of terror blamed on Cuba, and a simulated civilian-airliner shootdown. These were preliminary proposals, not operations carried out. This episode follows the paper from Operation Mongoose to the Joint Chiefs and then to its public release decades later. It asks how a plan like this reached the top of the military, what the political leadership actually authorized, and what the surviving documents can and cannot prove. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support. 🎧 Unexplained History explores the myths, mysteries, and misunderstood moments that shaped our world. Hosted by Tom Mackenzie and Don Masterson. New episodes every week. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen — and uncover the stories history tried to forget. More at The Unexplained Company History, Mystery, True Crime, Conspiracy, Paranormal, CIA, Cold War, Ancient Aliens, Archaeology, Unsolved, Supernatural, Tom McKenzie, Audio Drama, Storytelling, Documentaries. This episode includes AI-generated content.

    Operation Northwoods: The False-Flag Plans the Pentagon Actually Wrote

  8. Oct 1

    Jack the Ripper: The DNA Mystery

    A stained shawl has been presented as the object that finally reveals Jack the Ripper. A published forensic study found mitochondrial DNA profiles compatible with descendants of Catherine Eddowes and Aaron Kosminski. The finding is real enough to examine. The leap from a textile to a named murderer is much harder. This episode follows Eddowes through the surviving inquest, traces the shawl's claimed journey, and asks what the science actually establishes. The final assessment tests the provenance, contamination history, statistics, and the older police suspicions without naming a killer the evidence cannot identify. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support. 🎧 Unexplained History explores the myths, mysteries, and misunderstood moments that shaped our world. Hosted by Tom Mackenzie and Don Masterson. New episodes every week. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen — and uncover the stories history tried to forget. More at The Unexplained Company History, Mystery, True Crime, Conspiracy, Paranormal, CIA, Cold War, Ancient Aliens, Archaeology, Unsolved, Supernatural, Tom McKenzie, Audio Drama, Storytelling, Documentaries. This episode includes AI-generated content.

    Jack the Ripper: The DNA Mystery
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Unexplained History delivers unexplained events analysis and deep dives into the history of the unexplained. Join host Tom McKenzie weekly as we uncover the secrets behind history’s greatest cold cases and cover-ups. If you’re fascinated by true crime, ancient mysteries, paranormal activity, and government conspiracies, this podcast is for you. Each episode creates a gripping audio landscape exploring events that defy explanation — from baffling disappearances and cryptid sightings to the dark realities of the Cold War and the occult. The Team Narrative & Direction: Rob DavenportLead Researcher: Mike SherwinSound Design & Score: Smoking Man Studios New episodes drop every Tuesday. Listen in — and decide what you believe. Visit us: https://www.unexplained.co Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unexplained-history--6429156/support.

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