Ready to question your sanity and sleep with every light in your house blazing? Congratulations, you’ve discovered “Unexplained,” the podcast where host Richard MacLean Smith uses his distressingly calm British voice to narrate stories that will have you side-eyeing your closet for weeks!
Grab your emotional support blanket, check under your bed (just to be safe), and join us as we countdown the most mind-bending, sleep-destroying episodes that “Unexplained” has to offer, because nothing says “self-care” quite like voluntarily subjecting yourself to stories that make you question the fundamental nature of reality while waiting for your Uber Eats delivery.
S02 Episode 4: When the Snow Melts pt.1
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In the early hours of January 23rd, 1959, a tale emerges from the slopes of the Ural mountain range. A tale that stands as possibly the most remarkable among all narratives presented on this program to date. A disturbing and deeply puzzling enigma that continues, even now, to be Unexplained..
S06 Episode 2: Valleys of the Uncanny (Pt 1. of 2)
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From time to time, an event so remarkable takes place that it leaves such a profound impression on a location that it seems fated to forever influence how we perceive it. For the community of Todmorden, situated in Northern England, that remarkable incident happened slightly more than four decades ago. The memory of this occurrence will linger in collective consciousness for many years to come…
S05 Episode 9: Tenebrous (Pt. 1 of 2)
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In a remote countryside area of Bavaria, within southern Germany, stood a solitary and peaceful dwelling, isolated among meadows, encircled by dense evergreen woodland. A residence constructed from rock, with exterior walls colored white. This property was known as Hinterkaifeck.
Season 7 Episode 1: The Fall Without End
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During the night hours of November 28th, 1953, in Manhattan, Frank Olson was discovered on the concrete below the Statler Hotel after plummeting from an opening on the thirteenth story. Olson perished soon after impact with the ground. Initially, authorities claimed his demise resulted from self-destruction. However, given that Olson had been employed by the CIA and participated in the MK Ultra program, the circumstances proved far more complicated than initially presented…
Season 08 Episode 16: Nothing Beside Remains
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During Christmas Eve of 1945, a blaze consumed the residence of Jennie and George Sodder along with their ten offspring in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Five youngsters were presumed deceased. Yet when emergency personnel examined the debris, they discovered no evidence of them, no bodily remnants, no explanations. How could they have disappeared so thoroughly? Accompany us as we examine the peculiar evidence and persistent mysteries surrounding this memorable incident.
Season 06 Episode 32: A Death Less Ordinary
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Alfred Günther Stoll led a relatively conventional existence. He took pleasure in his career as a nutrition technologist, cherished his spouse, and occasionally savored beverages at the neighborhood tavern. One might describe him as an unremarkable person. His demise, however, proved entirely extraordinary…
Season 01 Episode 8: When the Light Fades
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Among all the unsolved enigmas I’ve encountered, a single case has made the most lasting impact on me. As far as puzzling incidents go, you couldn’t craft a more compelling narrative. A tale that has, through the years, sparked some of the most remarkable theories and has subsequently developed its own unique mythology.
Season 06 Episode 27: All That We See (Pt.1 of 3)
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In November 1966, four young adults were cruising through an isolated expanse of wetlands on the edge of their peaceful West Virginian town late at night when they reportedly encountered a bizarre, winged humanoid figure that left them shaken. Their account would go on to spark one of America’s most lasting cryptid legends. Welcome to Mothman.
Season 07 Episode 20: The Haunting of Hannath Hall (Pt.1 of 2)
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There is always a distinct sense of caution, mixed with a touch of excitement, whenever new reports of alleged poltergeist activity emerge, especially those that echo the works of Nigel Kneale, where knowledgeable men and women set out in pursuit of spirits.
Season 04 Episode 1: Alone With Everybody (Pt 1 of 2)
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Nestled at the northern boundary of the Brecon Beacons in Cymru, beneath the towering presence of Pen y Fan, stands a grand stone house. Known as Heol Fanog, or Road to the Peaks, it seemed like a dream come true for the couple who moved there in 1989. However, they had no way of knowing that it would soon transform into the setting of their darkest horrors.
Season 08 Episode 6: Time is Gone, The Song is Over
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Will the concept of deliberately journeying through time always remain merely a creative tool for expressing longing, nostalgia, and regret? Or could it one day become a reality? Maybe the key to this mystery can be found in one of the UK’s great cities, Liverpool, and its mysterious Bold Street…
Season 02 Episode 1: Whispers in the Trees pt.1
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We travel back to the Midlands in the winter of 1943, where the Worcestershire police struggle to solve the enigma of a skeleton discovered inside an ancient wych elm tree.
Season 08 Episode 13: The Tunnel Without End
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Finished in 1875, the Hoosac Tunnel earned the grim nickname “the bloody pit” from its builders due to the 195 workers who lost their lives during its construction. Even today, people are cautioned against entering the tunnel—and not just because of the risk of an oncoming train…
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