Unexplained Mysteries

What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in Vatican City, yet more than 40 years later we still have no idea what really happened behind the papal state’s walls. After the story, stick around for an exclusive interview with the director of The First Omen, Arkasha Stevenson! This episode is brought to you by Twentieth Century Studios' the First Omen. Experience the most terrifying movie of the year, and what critics are calling “deliciously disturbing” only in theaters April 5th. Conspiracy Theories is now on Instagram @theconspiracypod and TikTok @conspiracy.pod! Follow us to keep up with the show and get behind-the-scenes updates from Carter and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When it comes to sudden memory loss, the most common forms of amnesia are often short-term, and stem from trauma to the brain. But some cases are much more inexplicable. People with Dissociative Amnesia don't experience brain damage, but still lose large chunks of time… and can even forget their entire identity. This episode originally aired in February 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How would a time machine work? Physicists have been engaging the question for decades — and building theoretical frameworks to make it happen. From designs like the Tipler Cylinder, to the paradoxes that imply time travel's improbability, how close are we really to folding the fabric of space-time back on itself… and breaking free from the constraints of time as we know it? This episode originally aired in November 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is it possible… and has it happened already? Today we’re investigating the most famous — maybe even most credible — timeslip in history (involving two respected academics and Marie Antoinette!), and the alleged time traveler from 2036 who’s connected to a mystery no one’s been able to crack. This episode originally aired in November 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A disembodied arm, a man-eating shark, and multiple rumored mob hits. It’s one of Australia’s most famous and bizarre murder mysteries, but the pair of unsolved deaths might not be murders at all... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over 10,000 years ago, the city of Atlantis was believed to exist as a pinnacle of human achievement before it was suddenly, mysteriously wiped from the face of the earth. Over millennia of human evolution, our species has returned time and time again to the mystery of the Lost City. This episode originally aired in May 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Known as the first Empire, this great city ran afoul of the gods and was destroyed over 10,000 years ago. Despite expeditions made by everyone from Spanish Conquistadors to Nazis, there’s no proof the Atlantis actually ever existed. This episode originally aired in May 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the past decade, thousands of people have realized their memories don't quite match history. Though these false recollections are usually insignificant, perhaps they point to someone making changes to space, time, or even the fabric of our reality… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2009, paranormal investigator Fiona Broome realized something odd: She had a memory of watching Nelson Mandela's funeral in the 1980s. The only problem? He was still alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a group of thieves hijacked a train and escaped with millions of pounds, they set a new record for the largest cash robbery in British history. But who tipped them off? For decades, sleuths have debated the identity of ‘The Ulsterman’ — the shadowy insider who instigated the Great Train Robbery of 1963.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After five years, we’re saying goodbye to Unexplained Mysteries.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The site of the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil is also allegedly home to countless restless spirits. Today, we’ll cover the nightmarish clash between the Union and the Confederacy and retell some of the most famous — and terrifying — ghost stories from its grounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the 1940s, an elite group of American female pilots known as the WASPs risked their lives during WWII, testing new airplane models, transporting aircraft, and preparing fighter planes for combat. In October 1944, Gertrude Tompkins Silver took off from Los Angeles in a P-51 Mustang. It was supposed to be a routine flight, but four days after takeoff, Gertrude was declared missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some of the wildest UFO encounters have happened in the Alaska Triangle. Are aliens behind the many unsolved disappearances there? Or should we believe the stories that say cryptids—like the Hairyman—are stalking the region? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Missing planes, government cover-ups, something called the Dark Pyramid… The mysteries run deep in this remote region of Alaska, which has been earning an unnerving—and some say, supernatural—reputation since the 1950s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aliens did not build Machu Picchu (though this episode does include a story about supernatural warriors…). Ever since Hiram Bingham III came upon “the city in the sky” in 1911, questions have lingered: Who lived there? What was its purpose? And how did it survive all this time intact? Scientists and scholars continue to puzzle out the answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the early 20th century, a history professor from Yale introduced the world to Machu Picchu—an ancient Incan city built atop the Andes Mountains. The now-legendary site is a feat of engineering, hydrology, and physics. It’s also a place of mystery, posing questions that have baffled scholars for years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In rural Missouri, a reverend’s granddaughter hunts for proof of a family secret….and stumbles into a government conspiracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Jurassic Park film franchise brought dinosaurs to life using CGI and special effects. But, with advancing gene engineering technology, could dinosaurs actually be resurrected? If so, should they be? Would they even survive in 21st-century conditions? We may find out sooner than you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been thirty years since the first Jurassic Park film dazzled global audiences. Since then, the movie franchise has reshaped our understanding of dinosaurs. But should it? Though the filmmakers got some things right, some inaccuracies remained for dramatic effect, leaving many questions unanswered. What do we really know about velociraptors? Were they as formidable as they are depicted in the films? And if it was possible, what would a real-life Jurassic Park look like today? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, we're digging deeper into a film that preyed on the world's fascination with dinosaurs and changed cinema as we know it: Jurassic Park. Based on the book by Michael Crichton and directed by Steven Spielberg, Jurassic Park tore through the box office to become the highest-grossing film ever upon its release — weaving innovative technology with groundbreaking practical effects to bring an ancient species long extinct... back to life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For centuries, humans have had a deep fascination with mermaids. Most just think it would be fun to be them. Others claim to be descendants of the half-fish, half-human creatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With roughly 80% of our oceans unexplored, new species are constantly being discovered. But there is one species that has been sighted in different corners of the world since the beginning of time. Mermaids are half-fish, half-human, and all mystery. Do these creatures really exist, and if not, why are stories of them embedded in so many cultures? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some people are born with extraordinary abilities. Others may discover them when they least expect it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For centuries, the Oracle made prophecies while in a mind-altering trance. Thanks to their accurate predictions they played a pivotal role in the struggle for control of Greece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In ancient times, humans were desperate to make sense of the world. For centuries, people flocked to Delphi to speak with a mysterious fortune-teller and receive a prophecy. But because she was the most sought-after seer in the Mediterranean world, the wait could be an all-day event — if you got to see her at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The faster the world can transition away from fossil fuels, the higher the likelihood of slowing climate change. So, if clean energies like wind, solar, and hydropower have been proven to be more effective options, what else stands in the way? If you’d like to take action on the climate or learn more about the topics covered in “Dark Green: Earth Crimes and Conspiracies,” visit www.spotify.com/darkgreenresources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On April 20th, 2010, an explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling platform killed 11 men and started a catastrophic leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Eighty-seven days and millions of gallons of oil later, the spill was finally stopped. Now, over a decade later, we’re still dealing with its disastrous effects on our environment, food, and health.  If you’d like to take action on the climate or learn more about the topics covered in “Dark Green: Earth Crimes and Conspiracies,” visit www.spotify.com/darkgreenresources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In one year, over 800 million people will suffer from hunger. Yet, in that same year, 1.3 billion tons of food will be discarded. Food waste is a global problem that can be solved. So, why hasn’t it been? And how long before its effects on our population and environment become irreversible? If you’d like to take action on the climate or learn more about the topics covered in “Dark Green: Earth Crimes and Conspiracies,” visit www.spotify.com/darkgreenresources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cities worldwide are headed for a "Day Zero'' when taps will run dry. Even though water covers over 70% of the Earth's surface, only about 1% is fresh enough to drink. Scientists are working on ways to desalinate water, but will it be enough, and if so, will it be in time? If you’d like to take action on the climate or learn more about the topics covered in “Dark Green: Earth Crimes and Conspiracies,” visit www.spotify.com/darkgreenresources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most famous stories in the bible is the tale of Noah's Ark. Many believe it's just a parable. But with numerous cultures having similar stories of a great flood, some wonder if it could have happened. Then, in 1993, a man climbing Turkey's Mount Ararat claimed to have found physical evidence of Noah's legendary ark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many familiar with the Tower of Babel from the Book of Genesis interpret it as a mythical explanation for the birth of multiple cultures and languages. But evidence suggests it may have been an actual structure in Babylon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Does your life unfold as a result of free will or because your fate is written in the stars? There have been tons of scientific studies trying to demystify astrology. But there is far more to these studies than meets the eye.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since the ancient Babylonians, man has gazed up at the stars and tried to find meaning in them. Thanks to Isaac Newton, we now better understand how these celestial bodies follow a mathematical trajectory. But have we gotten any closer to understanding how the stars can predict day-to-day events in our lives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Sherman family sold their ranch, new owner Robert Bigelow and his team were excited to prove the existence of alien life. Over the next few years, his team witnessed strange phenomena but could never document them. While they chalked it up to things like electromagnetic interference, skeptics heard nothing but excuses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Strange things started happening at Terry and Gwen Sherman's new ranch in northeastern Utah not long after they bought the property. They claimed mysterious creatures roamed around. Spacecraft seemed to patrol the grounds. And the cattle were being mutilated. Were there logical explanations for these events, or was something otherworldly happening? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Throughout the past century, numerous hikers have claimed to have seen the Big Grey Man or its relatives like Sasquatch or the Abominable Snowman. But some believe they didn't actually see these creatures. Instead, they were experiencing something known as the Brocken Spectre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's rumored to stand on two legs, has the face of a fox, and wears a top hat. His name is Big Grey Man, and if you're in the Cairngorm Mountains in the Scottish Highlands, you will feel its presence before you see it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the late 1920s and early ‘30s, word spread about Therese Neumann's regular ecstatic visions, healing powers, and stigmata. Local bishops were skeptical and sent doctors to study her in person. While some of her feats could be explained, others seemed legitimately miraculous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an accident left her disabled, Therese Neumann started having visions of Jesus Christ. But they weren't just visions, she experienced them as if she was Jesus. Some people were skeptical, but Therese had the scars to prove it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our friends over at Solved Murders have a new true crime special! Over the next four weeks, discover the true story of a legendary figure of the Wild West… The man widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger… Who was born into slavery — and became one of America’s most revered lawmen. His name was Bass Reeves. Catch episode one of the four-part miniseries Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty here, and follow Solved Murders free on Spotify to hear the rest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

His life could have been saved if he had decided to reveal his stolen treasure's whereabouts. Instead, legendary privateer Olivier Levasseur tossed a paper with an encrypted map into the crowd. Would it lead to one of the greatest hauls in history? Or was it simply a folktale designed to enhance the myth of one of the most ruthless pirates to sail the Seven Seas? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the morning of July 3rd, 1929, an associate of occultist Benny Evangelist stopped by the house for a business meeting. When he walked into Benny's office, he found him decapitated. His wife and their four children were also found brutally murdered. Police had trouble finding a suspect until they discovered a similar case hundreds of miles away… involving a friend from Benny’s past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Rosamund de Clifford became romantic with King Henry II, his wife, Queen Eleanor, was determined to get revenge on his lover. Although the circumstances surrounding Rosamund's fate are shrouded in mystery, her legend has been the foundation of many fairy tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Their star pupils predicted a handful of notable deaths and horrific tragedies. But by the time the Bureau closed its doors forever, could they claim their mission was a success? Did they ever save any lives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1967, psychiatrist John Barker embarked on an experiment to see if tragedies could be avoided and lives could be saved through the premonitions of ordinary people. Then two of his subjects predicted separate disasters. Some speculate it was a coincidence. But the accuracy of these predictions was downright frightening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For centuries, religious worshippers flocked to experience the healing powers of St. Anne's Well. Then a tragedy transformed the pool, and it no longer cured people. It killed them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On December 9, 1965, hundreds of people saw a ball of fire streak across the sky and crash in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. Witnesses at the crash site described seeing a 10-foot-tall, acorn-shaped ship. But before they could determine where it came from, the military shut down the scene and hauled the object away. Then they claimed it never happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greta Alexander made predictions that helped police solve cases that had stalled. But many in the scientific community insisted she must be a fraud. So experiments were set up to prove once and for all if she really had mystical powers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Like a superhero origin story, Greta Alexander seemed to obtain psychic powers after nearly being killed twice by powerful electricity surges. Her ability to see through victims' eyes and predict the future allowed her to work with police to solve crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alexandrina da Costa was a Portuguese mystic who, from the 1920s until her death in 1955, suffered paralysis and chronic pain. She also reportedly had visions of Jesus and Mary, and was tormented viciously by Satan. Were her encounters real? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The mysterious caves in Ecuador’s Amazon Rainforest hold everything from golden statues, to metallic books, to architecture that can only be described as otherworldly… if you believe the Swiss author who wrote about them in his hugely popular 1970s book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They might dress alike, pursue similar interests, even finish each other’s sentences… but do twins also share a bond that science can’t fully explain? Today we’re looking at stories of twin telepathy that defy explanation, and what happened when a psychologist began studying separated twins in secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here one moment, gone the next. Is it possible to blip into another location at the snap of a finger? There are stories that date back hundreds of years of people doing just that. And now, scientists are engaging the question on a quantum level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As other ships in the area reestablished contact with the mainland, the Andrea Gail remained silent. Hours turned into days, and it became clear that the crew didn’t survive the brutal Nor’easter. What wasn’t clear was why not. What happened to their emergency beacon? How did the vessel go down? And what’s going on with the supernatural stories surrounding its lost crew? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In late October 1991, the crew of a commercial swordfishing vessel sailed through the collision of three separate storms — a “perfect storm” that ravaged Canada’s Grand Banks with 70 ft. waves and 90 mph winds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After years of research, Dr. Maria Reiche formed one mainstream idea about how and why the Nazca Lines were made. But who were they made for? In the 1960s, Swiss author Erich Von Daniken proposed a theory: that aliens visited our ancestors and imparted onto them the knowledge needed to create our greatest earthly treasures. Most experts ignored these claims. Others believed he was on to something... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discovered in the early 20th century, the Nazca Lines are a group of vast, mysterious formations in Peru’s Nazca Desert. For years, archaeologist Maria Reiche researched the origins of these geoglyphs, ultimately determining how and why they were built. But who were they a message for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The spree continues into Christmas Day and beyond, during which the teen gang murders their third, fourth, fifth and sixth victims. After a tip, police catch the group wearing victims’ clothing, driving a victim’s stolen car, and in possession of the guns they used in their murders. A Parcast holiday special from Serial Killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the early hours of Christmas Eve 1992, a senseless murder in Dayton, Ohio, marks the beginning of a rampage. What started as a desire for Christmas cash turns into a three-day killing spree that leaves six people dead. Even more shocking was that the brazen killers were just teens. A Parcast holiday special from Serial Killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every day, we’re seeing advancements in artificial intelligence with the potential to radically change lives. Question is, will they change for the better — or worse? Will machines be our saviors after the dawn of the Singularity? Or will sentient A.I. tip us toward an apocalypse of our own making?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We don’t have to rely on our imaginations to predict what an all-out atomic war would do to us, and everything else on the planet. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings tell us enough, and even if they didn’t, we have examples of atomic accidents and reactor meltdowns to relay the horrors of nuclear fallout. The question today is, how close have we come to an atomic WWIII — and if it happened, would we be able to survive it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Threats from space aren’t limited to extraterrestrial life forms. Celestial rockfall can do damage on a global scale — and it already has. From the KT Event 65 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaurs, to the Tunguska Event in 1908 Siberia that felled 80 million trees, cosmic collisions have apocalyptic aftermaths. Luckily for us, systems are being developed to protect our planet — whether from massive stray asteroids, or supercharged solar winds.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If the prophecies of a mystic named Baba Vanga are true, Earth is due for an alien invasion any minute now. And she’s not the only one who’s sounded the alarm. Scientists have voiced concerns for years, fueled by credible reports of UFO sightings that suggest we’re far from alone in the galaxy. The only question is, do our interstellar neighbors come in peace? Or with a will to conquer the cosmos… and harvest our planet for their gain? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ancient texts can paint a grim picture of humanity’s demise — but what’s in store depends on your source. We could be in for anything from global disasters and epic wars, to supernatural ascensions, to enlightened beings shepherding us into the next age. With prophets to warn us, and preppers to guide us, what do major religions tell us about the end times? And how do we know if we’re living in them… right now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1980, a massive British carrier disappeared in a region of the North Pacific — adding to the area’s bleak legacy of lost ships. It’s said these waters are one of the twelve “vile vortices” of the world… and that the strange things that happen within them are decidedly paranormal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, knead your dough, and listen to our Thanksgiving Special on the regime-changing, assassination-aiding King of Poisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How would a time machine work? Physicists have been engaging the question for decades — and building theoretical frameworks to make it happen. From designs like the Tipler Cylinder, to the paradoxes that imply time travel's improbability, how close are we really to folding the fabric of space-time back on itself... and breaking free from the constraints of time as we know it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is it possible… and has it happened already? Today we’re investigating the most famous — maybe even most credible — timeslip in history (involving two respected academics and Marie Antoinette!), and the alleged time traveler from 2036 who’s connected to a mystery no one’s been able to crack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For years after his daring hijack, there was no sign of DB Cooper or even any evidence that he made it to the ground alive. But a chance discovery in 1980 breathed new life into an old case, and for the first time, the FBI had real hope that they'd find their man. As it turned out, there were far more twists and turns than they could possibly have imagined. Today, DB Cooper isn’t just a name. It’s a legend. One that has taken on a life of its own. But who was the man who hurled himself out of a plane all those years ago, and how did he stay ahead of the law for decades? This episode originally aired on Deathbed Confessions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1971, a man calling himself DB Cooper boarded a flight bound for Seattle. The plane reached its destination safely, but not before Cooper had threatened to blow it up unless his demands were met. What followed was one of the largest manhunts in US history, as the FBI threw the full weight of their resources at answering one question: Who was DB Cooper? This episode originally aired on Deathbed Confessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From cardboard cutouts to DNA matching, British Big Cat hunters have tried to pin down exactly what kinds of felines haunt the British Isles. They’ve also offered some believable explanations about where they came from and how they ended up in the U.K. But some researchers don’t think they’re cats at all. They believe the animals could be spirits… from another world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The British Isles were once home to a diverse population of powerful cats like lions, leopards, and lynxes. Scientists believe humans wiped them out more than a millennium ago. But… maybe we didn’t. Since the 1500s, British people have sporadically seen huge felines on their home soil. Experts claim they shouldn’t exist. Those who have survived their attacks disagree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ethnobotanist Wade Davis returned from Port-au-Prince with the ingredients for a zombie potion that made people appear dead. But this only completed half his mission — he needed the antidote. But no matter how much Davis studied, he couldn’t explain how one would work. At least, not scientifically. For that, he would need to infiltrate Haiti’s most dangerous secret societies… in search of spells. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1982, Canadian ethnobotanist Wade Davis flew to Port-au-Prince, hoping to find the ingredients for a poison said to turn the living into the living dead. If real, Davis believed the potion would revolutionize science. But in order to attain it, he would first need to immerse himself in voodoo traditions, accept the existence of magic, and come face-to-face with a real-life zombie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Secret doors, a cast-off wig, mummified arms — strange and exhilarating clues have peppered the search for Nefertiti’s final resting place. What happened to the famed leader, once branded a heretic? The evidence uncovered by archaeologists isn’t definitive. The debates rage on… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 3,400 years ago, Nefertiti and her husband, the pharaoh Akhenaten, brought sweeping changes to their kingdom. Several years later, she suddenly vanished from the historical record. Some believe she died of the plague. Others think she was banished. But some Egyptologists cite evidence that she ruled as co-regent with Akhenaten — and then on her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two days after three inmates broke out of Alcatraz prison, a crewman on a patrol boat spotted a homemade oar in the water. Authorities believed it was evidence that the trio drowned. But others think it was discarded once the inmates successfully reached the mainland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alcatraz wasn't just a prison, it was a fortress designed to hold the most notorious criminals in the world. But prisoner Frank Morris had other ideas. Over many months in 1962, Morris and three other inmates worked in shifts to execute one of the most daring prison breaks in American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For years, conspiracy theorists probed and prodded the army’s official explanation for the debris they found outside Roswell. It’s hard to prove anything when you’re up against a machine as big as the U.S. military. But as the years go by, something shifts. The men who were on the base back then start to open up. Share details they’ve kept close all these years. None more so than First Lieutenant Walter Haut. The words he wrote before he died might just be the sledgehammer that cracks open one of the biggest conspiracy theories of all time. This episode originally aired on Deathbed Confessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could an unsealed affidavit reveal what really happened at Roswell? This week we’re sharing a special two-part episode from Deathbed Confessions on one man at the center of the mystery. First Lieutenant Walter Haut was one of a select group of people who attended closed briefings on the now-infamous UFO crash... Who saw the debris... Who for years after, would say very little on the matter. But Haut did have opinions of his own. Ones he recorded in a sealed affidavit, only to be released after his death. And if true, what he has to say could paint the Roswell incident in a very different light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly 150 years ago, two fishermen hauled to shore a sea monster they caught off the coast of Cornwall, England. As strange sightings of the creature continued over the decades, public curiosity turned into spectacle. Whatever it was — prehistoric remnant, or rare marine animal — perhaps it could be summoned… by a wizard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For over two decades, the artist known as Banksy has vandalized private property, sold millions in antagonistic artwork, drawn a spotlight to society’s most egregious hypocrisies — and stayed anonymous through it all. In the finale of our Art Mysteries series, we’re peeling back the stencil to take in the whole of Banksy’s oeuvre, from covert street art to public provocations, and outlining the most compelling theories on his identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before and during WWII, the Nazis stole a fortune in priceless art. Among them was a portrait that’s been called “the Mona Lisa of Austria” — a luminous piece by Gustav Klimt completed in 1907. Placed in the Austrian National Gallery, the artwork’s rightful heir fought for years to reclaim it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1994 an art dealer representing an anonymous client sold a rare painting to a New York gallery. There was only one problem: It was a fake. Yet for years, the paintings kept coming, the deals kept closing, and no one was the wiser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Art dealer Yves Bouvier revolutionized the fine art business. His clientele included oligarchs, billionaires, or any other buyer who required discretion. Then he used the industry's need for secrecy and anonymity to steal a fortune without his clients noticing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an ethereal painting of Jesus Christ fetches a record-breaking bid in a 2017 auction, doubts about its authenticity shroud the work in controversy. Is “Salvator Mundi” a Da Vinci original, done by the hand of the master himself? How did it become so exorbitantly expensive? And with its present whereabouts unknown, where is the work now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After years of research, Dr. Maria Reiche formed one mainstream idea about how and why the Nazca Lines were made. But who were they made for? In the 1960s, Swiss author Erich Von Daniken proposed a theory: that aliens visited our ancestors and imparted onto them the knowledge needed to create our greatest earthly treasures. Most experts ignored these claims. Others believed he was on to something... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discovered in the early 20th century, the Nazca Lines are a group of vast, mysterious formations in Peru’s Nazca Desert. For years, archaeologist Maria Reiche researched the origins of these geoglyphs, ultimately determining how and why they were built. But who were they a message for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Australia, the Aboriginals speak of a man-eating aquatic beast who will punish anyone who abuses its waters. Over the years, descriptions of the Bunyip’s appearance have varied wildly, calling into question: is this legendary creature an unseen threat... or just a myth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the night of August 21, 1986, approximately 1,800 people died in the West African villages surrounding Lake Nyos. Surviving villagers battled a range of ailments, claiming to have seen a thick white blanket hovering above the lake before falling ill. In the wake of the tragedy, questions arose... Was this the result of a secret weapons test? A natural occurrence? Or a supernatural force? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York World’s Fair was intended to be an example of peace and unity between nations during a time of war. A year after the bombing, the police and FBI were still on the hunt for who caused the tragedy. Focus was now on international enemies... and supposed allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With World War II intensifying, July 4th at the New York World’s Fair was supposed to be a day of unity and hope. It quickly turned deadly when a terrorist attack killed two and maimed several others. The NYPD had investigated bombings before. This one had the world’s attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With all the seemingly miraculous healing happening, accusations of fraud weren’t far behind. Edgar Cayce was taken to court on charges of fortune-telling... But the jury’s still out on whether he was more healer or hoax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Edgar Cayce’s supernatural ability made him one of the most famous hypnotists of the 20th century. With no formal training, Edgar could solve medical mysteries — diagnosing patients’ illnesses while in a self-induced trance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In one of the most bizarre unsolved mysteries in Brazil’s history, two bodies were found lying side by side on a hill overlooking Rio de Janeiro. They were wearing eye masks made of lead, and carried coded notes and electrical charts. Allegedly, they had set out to make contact with alien life. Autopsy reports and witness statements only added to the mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1942, a forest ranger came upon a small lake in the Himalayas. Its shores were covered in hundreds of rotting skeletons. It’s been decades since his discovery, but scientists still struggle to explain how the bodies got there, or who they were. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever since his death in 1935, Dutch Schultz’s lost fortune has drawn treasure hunters to Phoenicia, New York — one of the most likely locations for the hidden loot. Most seekers left empty-handed. But clues have resurfaced that could end the mystery of Schultz’s riches for good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the early 20th century, a small-time crook grew to become the infamous “Beer Baron” of New York. Dutch Schultz’s fortune was legendary — even more so after it was lost. Rumored to be buried in a safe, the stash’s value could be worth up to 100 million dollars. If only someone could find it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For over a century, Billy Gohl was thought to be the Ghoul of Grays Harbor. But a historian's fresh look at the case revealed that Gohl wasn't a serial killer, and there likely was never a Ghoul of Grays Harbor at all. If that’s so, then where were all the bodies coming from?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the early 1900s, men were turning up dead by the dozens in the port of Aberdeen, Washington. Police constable George Dean suspected a serial killer was on the loose. If he was right, he’d be on the trail of one of the most prolific murderers in American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For so long, the government’s stance when it came to UFOs was to deny and debunk. But when declassified and new information started hitting the mainstream — thanks to the work of engineers, private investors, and even musician Tom DeLonge — a new era began. One that chipped away at the taboo surrounding ufology… and has paved a way for incredible new research. This is the last episode of our four-part special with Conspiracy Theories, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the infamous Roswell crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By the late 1940s the U.S. government knew it had a problem on its hands. “Flying saucers” posed a threat to other aircraft, and possibly even the planet. So they created programs to study UFOs in secret, and stored the evidence in the highly classified Hangar 18. What do we know about their discoveries? And what exactly did they find in the Roswell wreckage? This is the third episode of our 75th Roswell anniversary special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Less than a week after the Roswell wreck, the U.S. Department of War issued a statement claiming the debris came from a weather balloon. And for decades, that was the official story. But what if it was a lie? Today, we’re examining how the government silenced eyewitnesses, spread misinformation, and squashed stories of alien encounters. This is the second episode in our four-part crossover series with Conspiracy Theories, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Roswell UFO crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1947 the U.S. military seized an unidentified object that had crashed in the New Mexico desert. Ever since, the area has been a hotspot for conspiracy theories and supernatural speculation. Join us for a four-part crossover with Conspiracy Theories as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of one of the biggest UFO events in history, and investigate the mysteries of alleged alien encounters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Numerous radio operators allegedly heard from Amelia Earhart after she disappeared. Many believe she didn't actually crash, but set her plane down on an island called Nikumaroro, hundreds of miles south of the Howland Islands. Though some think that the real reason for her global flight was because she was a spy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Her goal was to circumnavigate the earth along the equator, and she had the equipment and the skillset to make it happen. The greatest difficulty would be getting across the expansive Pacific Ocean. Everything was set for a record-breaking journey with a plan to refuel at the Howland Islands. Except, Amelia Earhart never showed up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated into pieces after re-entering the earth's atmosphere. NASA admits that both of these tragedies could have been prevented. So why weren't they? Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A fabled route connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans lured sailors to the Arctic, where the temptation of discovering the Northwest Passage brought many to their deaths. The most infamous of these expeditions was led by Sir John Franklin, who set sail from Europe with nearly 130 crewmen in two ships: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. They never returned, and investigations revealed the voyagers were beset by horrors. Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While over half of the Donner Party survived, what's remembered most about their expedition is how survivors resorted to cannibalism. Though that's only part of the reason why some people lived to tell the tale and others perished. Countdown to the CULTS book release! Parcast’s first book hits shelves July 12th. It’s an unflinching exploration of shame, secrecy, power, exploitation, and destruction. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Glen and Bessie Hyde were newlyweds who attempted to raft down the Colorado River in 1928. Their goal was to become famous. Instead, they would become infamous — an attention-seeking couple who ignored safety precautions and never made it out of the canyon. Countdown to the CULTS book release! Parcast’s first book hits shelves July 12th. It’s an unflinching exploration of shame, secrecy, power, exploitation, and destruction. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set out in 1924 to summit the world’s tallest peak. Then they disappeared. Their fate has left a lasting mystery in Everest lore: Did they actually make it to the top, thirty years before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay?  Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our dreamscapes can be terrible, wonderful, and truly bizarre. What if we could control them? In the late 1800s an aristocrat studying sleep became legendary for his ability to direct his dreams. A century later, researchers broke new ground with their studies of the cycles of slumber.  Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 18th-century England, inbred sheep are afflicted with a disease that leaves them with an unscratchable itch. In New Guinea, a group of indigenous people blame sorcery for “kuru,” a disease causing tremors and uncontrollable fits of emotion. By the 1980s, scientists discovered they shared a groundbreaking link — one that could help explain why an Italian family was dying of insomnia.  Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Generations of a Venetian family succumbed to a mysterious illness that stopped them from entering a state of deep rest. Without sleep, they died. Faced with an early and terrible death, members of the family grew determined to unlock the secrets of their wicked inheritance.  Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cults! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

War veterans, celebrated wolf hunters, even the king’s own gunbearer all tried to slay the blood-thirsty Beast of Gévaudan. It was finally brought down in 1767, three years and dozens of deaths after it first appeared. Some believe it was a werewolf, or perhaps a serial killer in disguise. An autopsy of the monster points to a possible royal conspiracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Villagers in 18th-century France suffered through a years-long spree of grisly attacks from an unstoppable predator they couldn’t identify. The carnage was so bad, one bishop claimed the beast was a punishment from God.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Roberto Calvi’s mysterious death in 1983, his wife Clara immediately rejected the idea that he had killed himself. She argued instead that he was murdered for threatening to expose a powerful organization’s criminal ties. The only question was: Which one? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roberto Calvi was a notorious banking bigwig whose criminal co-conspirators included a Vatican archbishop, a man known as “The Shark,” and the Mafia. By the time his body was found underneath a bridge in London, his empire was coming undone, and his death was ruled a suicide. But was it?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As eyewitness accounts start cropping up in the mainland, the chupacabra becomes less like a spiny alien-reptile, and more like a mangy coyote. But chupa-believers hold firm, and theories abound. Maybe the creature was invented by NASA. Maybe it was an extraterrestrial. Or maybe the real vampire was something else entirely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vicious fangs, leathery wings, and the lingering scent of sulfur... These are the terrifying encounters and conspiracy theories that have breathed life into the legend of Puerto Rico’s blood-sucking chupacabra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The origins of this treasure hunt are as complex as the ciphers themselves. Who really was the man behind the codes? And why are they seemingly still eluding the most advanced cryptographers in the world? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three coded messages have been drawing treasure-seekers to Virginia for over a century. Supposedly written by an adventurer named Thomas J. Beale, the ciphers contain instructions for how to find millions of dollars worth of gold, silver, and jewels.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two investigations attempt to unravel the mystery of the Aurora aircraft, looking for a smoking gun that will prove once and for all that the small Texas town was once the crash site of extraterrestrial visitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1897 a wave of airship sightings occurred across America, but one incident in Aurora, Texas, stood apart from the rest... because the UFO crashed. Metal debris littered a farm in the area, and locals recovered the body of the pilot: an extraterrestrial they buried in a graveyard.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the last episode of our four-part series, we’re examining climate change from a historical perspective — and envisioning what the world will look like if the global temperature continues to rise unchecked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What was life like for our earliest ancestors? Which of our qualities are uniquely human, and which are just... primal? From the discoveries of paleoanthropologists, to the experiments of evolutionary biologists, today we’re examining the mysteries of our species — and what exactly makes humans, humans.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can plants read our minds? What would happen if our magnetic poles… flipped? Today we’re going deeper into Earth’s mysteries, from the unexpected discoveries beneath our surface, to the “Wood Wide Web,” to what’s at stake when isolated indigenous groups lose their homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From natural disasters to extinction-level events, how is life as we know it shaped by our planet’s catastrophes? With Earth Day around the corner, we’re investigating the deepest mysteries of the natural world — starting with nature at its most destructive.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands of years ago, a group of people hid priceless religious texts in caves along the Dead Sea’s West Bank. But who wrote them? And what secrets are still waiting to be decoded? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1947, a shepherd’s search for his lost goat led to one of the most significant archaeological finds of all time. Found in the caves near an ancient settlement outside Jerusalem, the Dead Sea Scrolls comprise some of the oldest biblical texts ever discovered… including a potential treasure map.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the final part of our Cyber Mysteries series, we’re asking: What happens when artificial intelligence is embedded in our lives? From the singularity to digital immortality… A.I. companions to robotic overlords… Transhumanism to the metaverse… How far can we go? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re looking at the conflicts created by cyberspace — environmentally, through tons of toxic e-waste; socially, through practices like doxxing and swatting; and politically, through cyberattacks and autonomous drones. And touring parts of our physical world to see how our digital world poses threats to our existence. This is part five of our Cyber Mysteries series.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anonymous users. Virtual kingpins. And marketplaces trading in illegal goods. The dark web encompasses a realm of hidden websites that don’t operate like the webpages accessible by the public. So how do you get there? What mysteries run through it? And what could it cost you to find out?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A computer programmer from California became a household name in the ‘90s after creating the world’s first antivirus software. But after building his company from the ground up, John McAfee is allegedly pushed out — and begins to spiral. When he reemerges in the public spotlight, he’s a murder suspect hiding out from Belize police. This is part three of our Cyber Mysteries series.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The business of cybercrime is booming, and the people who protect our data are seemingly locked in step with the people who hack it. So today we’re covering historical efforts to safeguard – or steal – our most valuable information online. From ancient cryptographers inspiring early digital security tools, to the world’s first major malware attack, to unbreakable codes, social engineering, and what happens when codebreaking becomes fun. This is part two of our Cyber Mysteries series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every day we generate massive amounts of information that can be exposed and exploited. From the Digital Age into an era of deepfakes, security breaches and a billion-dollar cybertheft industry. But how our data is created, who controls it, and what bad actors can do with it… aren’t always obvious. This is part one of Cyber Mysteries, where the fallout from having an online identity can be embarrassing, costly — or even deadly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In July 1997 the National Guard announced their explanation for the Phoenix Lights. But the people who witnessed the event — who saw the hovering orbs and the mile-long aircraft — weren’t convinced. If the Phoenix Lights weren’t military in origin, could they have been extraterrestrial? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1997 thousands of people across three states witnessed bizarre lights in the sky — but is it just one more mysterious incident for the books, or is something larger at play? What’s really happening in the American Southwest that makes it such a beacon for UFO activity?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The testimony of the Greenbrier ghost was enough to secure a conviction against her husband. But was he really to blame for her death? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1897, a young woman was found dead in a small West Virginian town. Her death was pronounced natural, but days later, her grieving mother received a visit from the ghost of her daughter… who tells her she was murdered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Founded in 1954, the Bilderberg Group has since been accused of handpicking world leaders, deposing uncooperative governments, and even messing with mind control. In this episode from Secret Societies, uncover the clandestine organization operating in the shadows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is it simply a fraternity, or something more sinister? In this episode from Secret Societies, investigate the Yale group whose members include titans of industry, business elites, and world leaders — including three U.S. presidents.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2020, the founder of the World Economic Forum proposed a new set of policies called The Great Reset. The initiative was a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but conspiracy theorists smelled a power play. It begged the question: How might a New World Order promise utopia, while enacting an agenda far more sinister? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if our leaders weren’t elected, but installed? Today we’re investigating relationships that positioned people for power and re-shaped our world. From the Bilderberg Group ushering politicians into the White House, to Citizens United and the insidiousness of super PACs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, we take a rapid-fire tour through the psychological factors that make us susceptible to misinformation. And ask: How would a New World Order take advantage? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How would a New World Order covertly seize control? We don’t have to look far to find precedents.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For two centuries, secret societies, elite families and wealthy individuals have worked to consolidate power and wield their influence in and over the U.S. government. Has it become the perfect front for a New World Order? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are secret groups of elites working in the shadows to take over the world? Over the next few weeks, we’re exploring the most likely candidates for global dominion. Up first: the Illuminati, and how this private club in Bavaria became a catch-all for totalitarian conspiracies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we look ahead to the new year, we want to take one last chance to say thank you for the year that was — and present our "Best of 2021"! Please enjoy this episode from Disappearances with Sarah Turney, one of our favorite new shows this year.  Officially, 23-year-old Michael Rockefeller drowned off the coast of New Guinea in 1961. But disturbing rumors add another dimension to his death.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Christmas Eve nearly seventy years ago, Dorothy Martin and the Seekers stood outside in Chicago and sang carols. They were waiting for a spacecraft that would shepherd them away from Earth — and the impending apocalypse. In this Christmas Special from Cults, join us for a look into a doomsday cult awaiting deliverance. And if you like this episode, follow Cults — a Spotify Original from Parcast — for more chilling insights every week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For almost 50 years, amateur sleuths have speculated on what really killed Peter Gibbs. While Mull officials argued he died of exposure, some wonder if he was betrayed by diamond thieves, killed by militant nationalists — or if he faked his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The night of Christmas Eve 1975, amateur pilot Peter Gibbs took off from Scotland's Isle of Mull. He was never seen alive again — but his body reappeared four months later with no sign of the plane or even a crash site.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During WWII, Nazis plundered cities across Europe for anything of value. Legend has it that a train filled with stolen riches vanished in 1945, and treasure hunters have been searching for it ever since. A strange development in 2021 might mean they’re closer than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As alchemists were persecuted over time, their teachings became the basis of myths and legends. But these stories had a darker purpose — to hide the secrets alchemists had discovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What happened to the ancient alchemists and their writings? Over thousands of years, practitioners tried to turn metals into gold and obtain immortality. Instead, they developed a precursor to pharmacology and chemistry. But that may not be all…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the 1970s, astronomers noticed something odd in the Milky Way. Somehow, the entire galaxy was moving in the wrong direction. It was being pulled by a mysterious force — one that defied the laws of physics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a small Texas town in 1936, two hikers discovered a perplexing artifact: a modern hammer encased in ancient rock. It was an archaeological mystery — and it might be proof that humans and dinosaurs once walked side-by-side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1943, the U.S. government seized eight trunks of Nikola Tesla's papers. Years later, they returned just six trunks to his family. The government said the missing papers were a result of consolidation… but perhaps they'd actually stolen some of Tesla's most incredible inventions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Nikola Tesla revolutionized electricity. He spent his days sketching countless incredible inventions, accumulating 8 trunks full of notebooks. Upon his death, the U.S. government seized his papers. Was it a routine investigation — or something more sinister? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Sutton family's incredible encounter with aliens, their story ignited a pattern of encounters across the American South during the 1950s. Was it an invasion — or a hoax? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Near midnight on August 21st, 1955, the entire Sutton family burst into the police station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. They claimed to have been in a shootout with extraterrestrial creatures. When police investigated the Suttons' land, they found no evidence… until the aliens came back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an experimental treatment helped sleeping sickness patients, doctors had new clues about the origin of the disease. But would they be able to stop a new outbreak? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As WWI raged across Europe, diseases spread along with it. One of them was a strange pandemic that turned victims into living statues — conscious, but unable to communicate. Fifty years later, some of them woke up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1990, an enigmatic sculpture with four encoded messages written on its surface was revealed at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. One of them has remained unsolved for over 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For centuries, doctors, morticians, and bystanders have found newborn babies alive in coffins, funeral homes, and graves of their deceased mothers. It has led many to wonder...can expectant mothers deliver children postmortem? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A rumor about an underground society in New York City sent a journalist into the depths of subway tunnels to investigate. She discovered a culture that had existed for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From ancient caves to subterranean cities, humans have lived underground for centuries throughout history. Why? And what happens when people from above descend into the dark?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Around 2016, fishermen in a remote Inuit village in Canada began picking up a strange ping on their SONAR devices. Nobody knew where it came from, why it had only recently begun — or whether it had any connection to the mass exodus of local marine animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the night of May 14th, 2008, Brandon Swanson crashed his car on a rural Minnesota road. He called his parents for help, but when they came to the location he gave them, Brandon wasn’t there. Strangest of all, he was still on the line at the moment he vanished.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the early 20th century, a Turkish historian discovered a map made in 1513 by famed cartographer Piri Reis. The map was incredibly detailed and even featured a perfectly accurate depiction of Antarctica — a continent not discovered for another 300 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In October 2000, the first and only Persian mummy in history was offered for sale. This unique discovery rocked the world of archeology — and raised immediate questions. Where did it come from? Who found it? And above all… was it real? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Miracle of Fatima astounded thousands of Portuguese Catholics in 1917. Nobody knows for certain what happened that day, but theories range from holy fire to psychological terror — and there is tantalizing evidence for each possibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1917, at the height of WWI, thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in a Portuguese field to witness a miracle. Three children prophesied that Our Lady of Fatima would appear — but the crowd saw the sun plummet toward Earth instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to prophecy, when thirteen ancient crystal skulls come together, they'll reveal humanity's destiny. Museums, spiritualists, and archaeologists claim to have found some of the foretold artifacts — and they’ve been linked to miraculous healings, psychic visions, and communication with extraterrestrial life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On September 10th, 2001, Dr. Sneha Philip was seen for the last time in her neighborhood near the World Trade Center. Her husband believes she was a victim of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. NYPD detectives believed something else entirely.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2002, former NBA star Bison Dele and his girlfriend Serena sailed into the waters near Tahiti and were never seen again. Nobody knows if they're alive or dead, but Bison's brother's strange behavior after the disappearance may hold the key to the mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1900, a crew of divers came across an ancient shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera. Hidden among its treasures was a mechanical contraption that some believe is the oldest computer in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kidnappings, espionage, poaching operations — when it comes to the ghost ships, theories abound. A 1977 disappearance, ocean survival stories, and international fishing regulations may hold answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For decades, wrecked ships have been washing ashore in Japan and Russia. Given the text on their sides, they seem to be from North Korea. But nobody knows what became of their crews, or why the frequency of these wrecks has increased since the 1990s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For thousands of years, biblical scholars and treasure seekers alike have looked for the missing Ark of the Covenant. Some believe it’s been lost to time. Others think it might have been smuggled out of Israel. But it could be hidden inside it's original resting place: the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to the Bible, ancient Israelites used to transport the pieces of the Ten Commandments in a chest blessed by God. The chest safeguarded the Israelites, struck down their enemies, and helped lead them to the promised land. But after an invasion in 586 B.C.E., the fabled ark disappeared. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did a nearby factory unleash a cloud of caustic gas? Were psychological factors at play? Or were the pits a symptom of nuclear fallout? Nobody’s exactly sure why so many people reported windshield damage in 1954. There are almost as many theories as impacted motorists… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the spring of 1954, Seattle suburbanites began noticing dime-sized dents and dings on their windshields. Within weeks, thousands of motorists across Washington reported mysterious divots — only for reports to die down as rapidly as they had begun.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alberto Nisman’s mysterious death was initially ruled a suicide until a follow-up investigation reclassified it, raising terrible questions. Who killed Nisman, what were they trying to hide — and was his death orchestrated by then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By January 2015, an Argentinian prosecutor had spent years investigating the country’s deadliest terror attack. Days after accusing the sitting president of a cover-up, Alberto Nisman was found dead in his home.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On April 1st, 2014, Dutch tourists Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers disappeared in the rainforest outside Boquete, Panama. Seven years later, the only clues as to what happened to them are a camera filled with mysterious photos, and a few scattered remains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a Washington D.C. intern disappeared in May 2001, her parents learned she was having a secret affair with a powerful politician. The case erupted into a nationwide scandal, but investigators were focused on all the wrong leads. If you enjoy this episode, follow Unsolved Murders free on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dorothy Allison consulted on some of the most infamous crimes of the ‘70s, but despite her successes, she also faced skeptical critics. Was she really a well-meaning psychic? Or was her whole career a hoax? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1967, 43-year-old housewife Dorothy Allison awoke from a frightening dream: a young boy in a striped shirt drowned. Only, it wasn’t just a dream. The psychic’s vision marked the beginning of a 30-year career using her clairvoyance to solve crimes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An FBI agent, a world-famous art detective, and one of Boston’s deadliest gangsters all tried to track down the paintings stolen from the Gardner Museum. But no matter who was running the investigation, every suspected lead turned up dead… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On March 18th, 1990, Johannes Vermeer's painting, "The Concert," disappeared from the Gardner Museum. The thieves never ransomed it, and it's never shown up at an art auction. That masterpiece, and other artworks worth millions, seemingly vanished off the face of the Earth.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On December 26, 1900, a reserve lighthouse keeper arrived for his shift at a remote lighthouse off the coast of Scotland after being delayed by a storm. He found that the three other keepers had vanished from the tiny island without a trace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On July 13, 1980, over 300 people fainted en masse during a marching band jamboree in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, England. Even after an official investigation, no has ever been able to explain what happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 6 years have passed since Rico Harris's disappearance, and today police still don't have any leads about where he went. Theories abound, suggesting he was murdered, attacked by wild animals... or faked his death so he could start a new life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In October 2014, former Harlem Globetrotter Rico Harris parked in a remote lot in a Yolo County Regional Park. Later, police couldn't determine why he'd driven there, why he'd left his car... or what became of him afterward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Chicago 1987, local television sets were commandeered by a man in a Max Headroom mask. His explicit and uncensored behavior caught the attention of millions who wondered: Who had the power to take over the airwaves? What was his motive? And if he struck again, what would he do next? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For roughly a century, from the 1860s to the 1960s, numerous people reported the same bizarre medical malady: horrible toothaches that didn't end until the offending molars exploded — inside their mouths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For almost a century, the Hinterkaifeck murders have run cold. Some point to a robbery gone wrong, political extremists, or even familial love triangles as possible motives behind the attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a rural German settlement in April 1922, five members of the Gruber family, along with their maid, were slaughtered in cold blood. While the Grubers had been the topic of town gossip for years, not even the police could fathom who might have wanted them dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

45 million years ago, a group of monkeys somehow arrived in South America. Some scientists think the primates rafted across on floating islands, while others believe they trekked across a landbridge — a journey that took them millions of years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are two families of monkeys on the planet: the Old World Monkeys, which live in Africa and Asia, and the New World Monkeys native to South America. A discovery in 2015 confirmed that they share a common ancestor — but one major mystery remained. How did it cross the Atlantic Ocean?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outside Glasgow, Scotland, a 1,000-square-foot slab of rock lies buried in a hillside, covered in ancient carvings. Is the Cochno stone the remnant of an ancient ritual, a rocky guidebook, or something more supernatural? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inexplicable rumblings from the heavens have dated back centuries. With no connection to the weather, many wonder if these strange noises are due to meteors, sonic booms, or if they're Biblical warnings that the end is nigh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nobody really knows why Houska Castle was built, or why its strange layout seemingly defies explanation. It may be a last defense against a gateway to Hell, or host a portal through space and time. Or perhaps its real purpose is even more obscure… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is a castle in the present-day Czech Republic guarding us against unimaginable evil? Built in the 13th century by Bohemian settlers, the layout and history of Houska Castle suggest something sinister lurks there… and legend holds that it sits atop a gateway to Hell.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When it comes to sudden memory loss, the most common forms of amnesia are often short-term, and stem from trauma to the brain. But some cases are much more inexplicable. People with Dissociative Amnesia don't experience brain damage, but still lose large chunks of time… and can even forget their entire identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Between 2018 and 2019, 12 American tourists died suddenly at resorts in the Dominican Republic. Was something nefarious stalking vacationers in paradise? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since the 1970s, a strange radio signal has broadcast from somewhere in Russia. Listeners can hear rhythmic buzzes, and occasionally, a speaker reciting a nonsense string of letters and numbers. Nobody knows what the messages mean, but the ongoing broadcast may be the only thing preventing global nuclear devastation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On December 18th, 1994, three cave scientists discovered a narrow opening in a cliff near the Ardèche River in France. When they cleared enough debris to get inside, they found a cave covered in perfectly preserved 30,000-year-old paintings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After failing to make a name for herself in the New York folk scene, Connie Converse gave up music for good. But her sadness still lingered, and in 1974 she drove off from her family, never to return again. What could have happened to the folk music pioneer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2004, radio host David Garland played a 50-year-old tape of a folk singer named Connie Converse on the air. Those listening didn't know they might be hearing a ghost… In 1974, Connie Converse disappeared without a trace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the early 20th century, a disturbing pattern emerged: gold prospectors and trappers would enrich themselves in Nahanni Valley, and then lose their heads. Nobody could account for the eerily similar murders. Was the pristine river gorge home to a dark curse? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Nahanni Valley lies in a remote Canadian mountain range. For centuries, legend suggested that strange monsters lived in the lands. The accounts were easy to dismiss — until four prospectors in the valley died in gruesome, inexplicable ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, most scientists agree that, prior to dying, something likely happens inside the brain — it’s just unclear what. Perhaps souls really can glimpse into the afterlife… or maybe brains are simply processing chemical reactions to physical trauma.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanks to the marvels of modern medicine, thousands of people have returned from the brink of death. But some report having out-of-body experiences, meeting deceased loved ones, even seeing a light at the end of a tunnel. Are Near-Death Experiences the hallucinations of a dying brain, or could they be proof that an afterlife exists? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Freedom of Information Act allowed civilian UFOlogists to access information the government had kept under wraps. But after the millennium, the U.S. government itself decided to get back into the game — and discover once and for all where UFOs come from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1952, the Air Force created a third project, pursuing objective UFO data without a bias. After examining thousands of cases, and dismissing many as planes, birds, or clouds, Project Blue Book was left with several UFO sightings that no one could explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1949, the Air Force launched a new UFO research project: Project Grudge. But this time, they had a new mandate to follow: extraterrestrial UFOs did not — and could not — exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1947, a team of Air Force officials and scientific experts began studying unidentified flying objects spotted in American skies. Their investigations under Project Sign marked the beginning of a decades-long battle for objectivity and transparency in UFO research.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s an architectural wonder: a self-supporting spiral staircase in Santa Fe’s Loretto Chapel, constructed by a man who showed up unannounced and left without payment. Some have wondered if the unidentified carpenter was St. Joseph himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 58 BCE, Julius Caesar marched on northern Europe to conquer the Celtic tribes. Between battles, he wrote of the druids’ horrific human sacrifices: entrapping victims in giant wooden structures and setting them ablaze. Were his accounts an accurate depiction of ritual murders? Or are the wicker men little more than anti-Pagan propaganda? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The tragedy — and the mystery — led people to look for answers anywhere they could: George Sodder’s shaded past in Italy, child trafficking trends, and even spontaneous human combustion. But the real explanation for the children’s disappearance might have to do with the house itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the aftermath of the fire, a startling number of tips, twists, and witnesses came forward regarding the fate of the Sodder children. Their father, George, followed the clues for decades, driven by a suspicion of the “official” story and a belief that the blaze was no accident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Early Christmas day in 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to her house on fire. The blaze consumed her home, and five of her children. Or did it? A series of strange events before, during and after the incident leave room for more nefarious — though no less tragic — possibilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 70 years after the so-called Mad Gasser struck, historians are no closer to identifying a culprit. Some even propose that the victims imagined the attacks. But a pattern of similar gassings suggest the perpetrator might have been active for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the summer of 1944, the citizens of Mattoon, Illinois suffered a series of baffling attacks that left them nauseated and temporarily paralyzed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the past decade, thousands of people have realized their memories don't quite match history. Though these false recollections are usually insignificant, perhaps they point to someone making changes to space, time, or even the fabric of our reality… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2009, paranormal investigator Fiona Broome realized something odd: She had a memory of watching Nelson Mandela's funeral in the 1980s. The only problem? He was still alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoscientist Andrés Ruzo traveled to the legendary Boiling River in 2011, determined to find the source of its incredible heat. His first theory: a massive underground volcano.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hidden deep in the Peruvian Amazon, there supposedly lies a mythical, superheated river. While it's rumored to have healing properties and be protected by spirits, it will boil alive anything that falls into it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How did the soothsayer arrive at such uncannily accurate prophecies? The answer lies in both how he divined our futures, and why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was a 16th century doctor, apothecary, and seer whose prophecies, published in 1555, still hold resonance today. Did Nostradamus foresee Hitler's rise in Germany, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the COVID-19 pandemic?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With no official explanation of the alleged UFO encounters, ufologists and skeptics alike tried to construct the most likely scenario. Among their theories: astrological events, a patrol car prank, a nearby lighthouse… and time-traveling humans.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In December 1980, American soldiers stationed in eastern England encountered flashing lights, irradiated trees, and impossible flight technology. And despite numerous eyewitness accounts, U.S. and U.K. authorities dismissed the bizarre events as rumor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Although they represent immense destruction, a supermassive black hole lies at the center of every galaxy in the known universe. Could these fearsome maws hold the key to life? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For decades, researchers refused to believe they existed — inescapable pits of darkness so powerful, even light could be caught up in their gravitational pull. But in 1964, an astronomer proved the unthinkable: black holes are real. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2013, an L.A. hotel employee discovered the body of college student Elisa Lam decomposing in the building’s water tank. The only clue as to what happened was a bizarre CCTV recording from the date of her disappearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In February 1983, an inmate on bereavement leave experienced something incredible: the spirit of an old man taunting him and scratching his arms. Just as Don Decker began to believe his deceased grandfather's spirit was haunting him, it began to rain indoors... and upwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rare artifact, or possessed toy? Robert the Doll is a life-size figurine with a penchant for pulling hijinks. In 1996, he attracted the attention of a paranormal expert, who became determined to track down the source of Robert’s power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In September 1991, a couple of hikers discovered the world's oldest naturally preserved mummy near Similaun Mountain. The mummy was a boon to researchers… But did their study awaken a deadly curse? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In December 2002, police responded to a call about a vehicle that had just swerved off a highway in Surrey, England. But when authorities arrived at the scene, they discovered a rusted car and a body that had undergone months of decomposition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In February 2004, eBay user “spasmolytic” listed an antique wine cabinet for sale. According to the posting, he and the box's previous owners believed it was inhabited by a dark spirit from Jewish tradition called a Dybbuk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the state took LaToya Ammons' children away, she turned to the church for help. She obtained an exorcism for herself and her young son, ending the haunting saga of the Ammons family—but not after enduring the bewilderment and trauma of occult occurrences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In November 2011, LaToya Ammons and her family moved into a new house in Gary, Indiana. In the months that followed, she and her children were tortured, possessed, and tormented by over 200 demons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This urban legend tells of a maniac who ran amok in the forests of Fairfax County, Virginia. His infamous name is said to derive from his propensity to eat live rabbits and leave their mutilated corpses displayed on an overpass known as Bunny Man Bridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometime in the 18th century, the island of Bermeja seemingly disappeared off maps and from the sea. Then, in the 1990s, the phantom island became the center of a tumultuous dispute between the United States and Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1977, a radio telescope at The Ohio State University received an extraordinarily strong signal from outer space. Scientists have suggested it might have been sent by aliens.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On March 3rd, 1876, farmer and housewife Mary Crouch witnessed a bizarre weather anomaly: pounds of raw meat raining down across her farm in Bath County, Kentucky. Almost 150 years later, we're still trying to figure out what caused the flurry of flesh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On January 26, 1972, Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived a 33,000-foot fall after her plane was bombed by terrorists. It's the highest recorded fall without a parachute, but even Vesna herself doesn't know how she lived through it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Between 1942 and 1976, lightning reportedly struck Virginia Park Ranger Roy Sullivan seven times. If you think that sounds crazy, just wait for how he handled 22 encounters with wild bears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What could possibly be buried on Oak Island that is so alluring? Some theorists suspect pirate treasure… But at least one researcher believed the Knights Templar hid an ancient relic there, like the Ark of the Covenant. Or maybe even the Holy Grail.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oak Island is located off the coast of Nova Scotia and has been a popular treasure-hunting destination for over 200 years. But not every hunter has made it off the island alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least twelve deaths have been connected to one karaoke song: Frank Sinatra's "My Way." Do instrumental tracks trigger the human brain to send an otherwise peaceful person into an uncontrollable homicidal fury? It makes about as much sense as anything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First coined in the early 2000s, 'Karaoke Rage' is an umbrella term for erratic, inexplicable acts of violence with one innocent commonality: karaoke. And it's far deadlier than you'd expect…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1971, hundreds of mysterious visages started to appear in María Gómez Cámara’s home in Bélmez, Spain. Today, it's known as the House of Faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beginning in the 1940s, ordinary people started to hear an invasive, low-frequency sound that consumed their lives. No matter where The Hum surfaces, only about 2% of any population can hear it—and its source is never clear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From around 1905 until his mysterious death in 1916, Grigori Rasputin held immense influence over the royal Romanovs. Despite the unsavory rumors that dogged him, his reputation as a healer and mystic gained him prominence… and a few enemies along the way.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was the most talked-about man in Russia at the turn of the 20th century. Grigori Rasputin’s life reads like a twisted fairy tale, but even the most well-studied historians have a hard time separating the man from the darkness of his many myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the late '70s, the Men in Black shifted strategies from intimidation to disinformation. They traded black suits for polo shirts and became known as Mirage Men, becoming even more dangerous than their predecessors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Men in Black may be more than a Hollywood film franchise… Reports of mysterious government agents silencing witnesses of alien activity on Earth date back to the '40s. To this day, nobody knows what the agents’ real intentions were—or if they were even human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the Mary Celeste was found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872, the ship was mostly intact, and in good condition. Many believed its crew’s disappearance must have had violence at its root… But maybe the ship itself—and its cargo—held the real answer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After its crew’s disappearance in 1872, speculation about the Mary Celeste ran rampant. But this wasn’t the first unusual and troubling incident in the American trade ship’s history—and some wondered whether the ship was cursed from the very start…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1966, Lorraine Fuller found her son, the eponymous frontman of The Bobby Fuller Four, dead under mysterious circumstances. His bandmates and family suspected foul play—and the list of suspects runs the gamut from the LA mafia to notorious cult leader Charles Manson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For almost two decades, thousands of anonymous, threatening letters plagued the small town of Circleville, Ohio. From unsolved murders to illicit affairs, the many mysteries behind the terror campaign still confuse anyone who dares tug at their loose threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since the Heslington Brain was discovered in 2008, its seemingly miraculous preservation has stumped every scientist who’s examined it. Perhaps the secret of its sustaining isn’t found in modern science, but in ancient practices of the past…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2008, researchers at a dig in Heslington, England discovered a human skull whose brain had miraculously remained intact for almost 2,500 years. As scientists tried to wrap their heads around this remarkable preservation, they had only one question: how? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the days after the Battle of Los Angeles, residents began to wonder what U.S. forces had been shooting at. Some have theorized that it was an actual attack by Japanese forces, but others think the threat might have been from out of this world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the early morning hours of February 25, 1942, the sky above Los Angeles came alive. Residents rushed outside to see what looked like an enemy invasion. Spotlights lit up the sky, and anti-aircraft guns opened. But by the next morning, there was no evidence that anything had ever flown over the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the four years since the Havana Syndrome was first reported, no one has been able to identify its source. Scientists, politicians, and intelligence agents are at a loss. Some believe it was a direct attack, while others believe there was a more natural explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2016, U.S. diplomats in Havana, Cuba experienced something odd: a shrill noise that sounded like metal scraping against metal. Many of those affected complained of feeling nauseous and weak shortly after the experience, and some inside the embassy worried they were victims of a sonic attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the course of their decades-long investigation, the FBI interviewed thousands of potential D.B. Cooper suspects. All leads ran cold. But in 2011, citizen sleuth Tom Colbert started his own search—and he believes he may have finally found the real identity of the mysterious hijacker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1971, a man operating under the pseudonym "Dan Cooper" hijacked a plane, stole $200,000, strapped the money to his body, and then parachuted into the darkness below. Who was he? And what happened to the money?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Margaret Dunbar Cutright set out to discover if her ancestor Bobby Dunbar was actually the son her great-grandparents lost in 1912. What she found rocked her family to its very core. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1912, the nation was captivated by the saga of Bobby Dunbar, a four-year-old who disappeared from Louisiana. When a boy matching his description was discovered in Mississippi, the courts and the Dunbars both struggled to confirm if he was indeed the missing boy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An acupuncturist that can apparently turn human energy into fire? The science behind spontaneous human combustion might be more surprising than you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stories of inexplicable fires have been around since the Bible, when a person erupting into flames meant they were a sinner. Now, spontaneous human combustion is considered a myth. But tell that to the family of Jeannie Saffin. In 1982, they watched her blow fire out her mouth after breakfast one morning... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

30 years after they first rained down over Washington, the mystery still remains: What caused the Oakville Blobs? People have blamed everything from airline dumping, a jellyfish accident, or even biological weapons testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On August 7th, 1994, transparent, gelatinous blobs rained down over the city of Oakville, Washington. The townspeople quickly fell ill, and many blamed the blobs for the mysterious disease. But even after a barrage of independent tests, no researcher could discover what the “Oakville Blobs” really were. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For centuries, Bugarach has attracted those seeking to learn its secrets, including occultists, New Agers, hippies, and esoterics. These free-spirits wanted to experience the mountain’s mysterious power firsthand. But they all had different theories on where that power came from... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was rumored to be the only location on earth that would survive the apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans. For centuries, this mystical mountain peak in southern France has attracted New Age believers, ufologists, occultists, hippies, doomsday cults, and the curious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Between 2007 and 2020, a total of 21 human feet have washed up on beaches throughout the Pacific Northwest. Some suggest a 2005 plane crash could account for some of the feet. Others attribute them to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Others see the feet as a warning—a product of gang intimidation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2007, a little girl enjoying a beach day with her family made a gruesome discovery. A human foot had washed ashore—and it was far from the last. Over the past 13 years, 21 feet have been found in the region, and no one seems to know where they’re coming from… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some believe there are legendary cryptids in the woods. Others believe a killer might be on the loose. But what makes the missing cases of Vermont’s Bennington Triangle so intriguing is that, 70 years later, there’s little evidence to suggest people didn’t simply vanish into thin air… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1945, college student Paula Jean Weldon went missing near the southern Vermont town of Bennington. Over the next five years, four more people disappeared without a trace. Rumors began to circulate that something supernatural was going on, and others began to fear that more people would vanish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For 800 years, the identity of the Codex Gigas' author has remained a mystery. Many believe only the Devil could have crafted the impossibly large tome, while others think it was the work of a single hermetic monk. But the text itself tells a surprising story: perhaps the man behind the masterpiece was a passionate, unskilled amateur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three feet high and weighing in at 165 pounds, the Codex Gigas is the largest surviving illuminated manuscript from the medieval era. Some say the ghastly portrait of the devil inside the book is in fact an image of the author. According to local legend, the book was created when a desperate monk struck a deal with Lucifer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1590, when ships arrived carrying emergency supplies for the Roanoke settlers, they found the camp abandoned. It was as if the settlers had vanished into thin air… For centuries, researchers have wondered about the fate of the Roanoke colonists. Disease, famine, and even cannibalism have been popular theories.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1585, the first English settlement was established on an island off the coast of present day North Carolina. The colonists developed relationships with the local natives but found themselves clashing culturally. After making a trip back to England for supplies, Governor John White returned to find all of the colonists had vanished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are thrilled to bring you a brand new episode of Unexplained Mysteries today and for the foreseeable future. We thank you for your patience during this unprecedented time. They were a series of portraits that were mass-produced and sold in department stores during the 1980s. The somber images of a crying child were connected to a number of house fires throughout the U.K. It happened so often, in fact, that many began to wonder if there was more to the object than met the eye... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In case you missed it, here’s a classic episode of Unexplained Mysteries we think you’ll enjoy: In 1703, a prisoner died in captivity in the famed Parisian prison, The Bastille. No one knew his name, or even what his face looked like, as he had spent the entire period of his sentence confined in a harsh Iron Mask.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In case you missed it, here’s a classic episode of Unexplained Mysteries we think you’ll enjoy: At the end of the 17th century, Parisians witnessed a strange man being escorted into the fortress prison known as the Bastille. He wore a dark metal mask, and for centuries historians, scholars, and writers have tried to determine this mystery prisoner's identity.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you enjoy the stories told in Unexplained Mysteries, check out this episode from our series Gone: It was allegedly discovered by German immigrant Jacob Waltz, who made himself rich and then died before he could show it to anyone. Prospectors have since been searching for the “Lost Dutchman Gold Mine” for more than a century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The reclusive and mysterious Sarah Winchester never spoke to the public about her motivation for building her labyrinthian mansion in California. But many speculated that she was haunted by ghosts, had gone mad, or even joined a secret society that influenced the home’s confounding details... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the death of her husband in 1881, Sarah Winchester became the heiress of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Soon after she moved to her California mansion, rumors began to circulate that the heiress was being tormented by ghosts who had been killed by her husband’s invention...the Winchester rifle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Due to the unfortunate spread of COVID-19, Parcast has decided to halt recording for the time-being. This is a precautionary measure taken to ensure the safety of our hosts and staff. In the meantime, we're excited to share one of our classic episodes that we know you'll enjoy! In the 1700s, he was known as the “hungriest man in history.” Among other things, he could eat his way through corks, stones, live animals, and an entire basketful of apples one after the other. Was Tarrare meant to be a competitive eater, or was he the victim of a strange disorder? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How does trauma birth genius? Is it related to the mind's ability to heal itself or latent powers encoded in human DNA? Or possibly, is it evidence of past lives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a mysterious medical condition where a patient acquires extraordinary talents after deadly trauma. Usually, the new skills are in a field the person had never previously studied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Ninth Roman Legion vanished from history sometime around 120 C.E., historians began dedicating their lives to finding out what happened to the mysterious disappearing army. But recent archeological evidence suggests that the Ninth Roman Legion appeared to live on...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julius Caesar's prized army known as the Ninth Roman Legion fought valiantly for nearly three centuries between 89 B.C.E. and 120 C.E. But after coming face to face with the Celtic tribes in Northern Britain, the Ninth took a massive hit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the last Sunday of every month, Parcast Rewind replays a classic episode of Unexplained Mysteries that you might have missed!  Less than one hour into its flight, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared from the skies. Despite all of the geo-location technology that exists, and more than $160 million in a search and recovery effort, the whereabouts of flight MH370, and the circumstances of its disappearance over the Indian Ocean in 2014 remain a mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the night of February 1st, 1959, nine student hikers died under mysterious circumstances while camping in the Ural Mountains. Some people believe the hikers were killed in a Yeti attack or abducted by aliens. Others maintain that a confluence of rare weather phenomena drove the hikers from their tents and caused their fatal injuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In February 1959, nine experienced hikers, in peak physical condition, were found dead under mysterious circumstances. Their bodies were all mutilated and scattered around their campsite—with no evidence as to what happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

About fifty dogs have died from jumping off of Overtoun Bridge into the deep ravine below. Many who live near the bridge believe that it's haunted by a lonely ghost. Can this possibly be true? Or is there another more natural explanation for the canine calamity? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the last Sunday of every month, Parcast Rewind replays a classic episode of Unexplained Mysteries that you might have missed!  Alfred Lowenstein was a proper sportsman by anyone’s standards. He was a fierce entrepreneur, a loving father and husband, an amateur aircraft pilot, an avid horse racer, and in 1928, the third richest man in the world—making his disappearance even more shocking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just outside of the small Scottish town of Dumbarton, sits an old gothic structure known as Overtoun Bridge. It’s become a popular hiking spot for thousands, but it's also the source of tragedy for many. Over 300 dogs have jumped over the side—and no one seems to know why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After spending a weekend on William Randolph Hearst’s yacht in November 1924, Thomas Ince suddenly died. The aftermath of Ince’s mysterious death included various theories about what actually happened on that yacht that fateful weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During a weekend of partying on media mogul William Randolph Hearst’s yacht, pioneering film producer Thomas Ince died under suspicious circumstances. The public was no stranger to Hollywood scandals, and Hearst had the kind of money that could sweep these scandals under the rug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: The infamous Hope Diamond was donated to the Smithsonian museum in 1958, which seemingly ended a nearly 300-year legacy of ruin, tragedy, and death. In the decades since, scientists and skeptics have continued to debate whether the diamond is truly cursed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: In 1668, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier returned to France with a haul of diamonds, including a massive Blue Gem. Over the next 350 years, the diamond travelled the globe in the hands of kings, bankers, and thieves. Everyone who possessed it met with misfortune and, in some cases, death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For thousands of years, the ancient people of the Americas built massive mounds holding the dead, religious artifacts, and elaborate structures. Then, all of the sudden, these Mound Builders disappeared without a trace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whether they’re Santa’s helpers, ancient warriors, or friends of Snow White, elves and dwarves have occupied a prime position in mythology and fairy tales. Could the prevalence of these creatures signify that similar otherworldly beings really made contact with humanity in the past? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mysterious figures with mystical powers have appeared in the mythologies of cultures throughout the world. These beings, dubbed "elves" and "dwarves," have been depicted as dangerous tricksters and god-like beings. But is there more to these legends than simply fiction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a lifetime of inexplicable behavior and sullen silence, identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons were sentenced to indefinite treatment at Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital. But the sisters didn't improve and their story ended in tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By 1971, 8-year old Welsh twins Jennifer and June refused to speak to anyone but each other. For most of their youth, they isolated themselves, preferring to live out their days in a rich fantasy world rather than reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From 970 to 931 B.C.E., King Solomon transformed war-torn Israel into a prosperous kingdom, with a capital city covered in gold. Although these ancient treasures have never been found, certain clues point to the possible locations of his missing mines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are multiple clues scattered throughout the Bible as to the place where Solomon, the richest King of Ancient Israel, mined the gold which gave him his power. Explorers have searched in the Middle East, Africa and North America, but they’ve never been found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A centuries-old tome discovered in 1912 by antique book dealer Wilfrid Voynich. The manuscript became famous for its bizarre, indecipherable writing system. But with little explanation as to the meaning of its content, questions of a hoax arose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discovered by book dealer Wilfrid Voynich in 1912—the centuries-old “Voynich Manuscript” is written in a strange text that no one has been able to decipher. For over a hundred years since its discovery, scholars, historians, and linguists have tried to uncover the secret behind this mysterious tome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ralph Izzard, Charles Stonor, and Frank Hodgkinson's 1947 venture into the jungles of Assam failed to produce a shred of evidence for the existence of the mysterious Buru. But they weren't discouraged, and maintained for years that Burus were real. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When reporter Ralph Izzard, zoologist Charles Stonor and photographer Frank Hodgkinson heard rumors that a mysterious, dino-like creature lived in the swamps of India’s Assam Region, they resolved to find and capture the beast themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For thousands of years, men, women, and children were brutally killed, and their bodies were unceremoniously dumped into the peat bogs of northern Europe. Did these people die by murder, capital punishment, or human sacrifice? The answers remain submerged in ancient waters and peat. Sponsors! Buy your Bombas at BOMBAS.com/UNEXPLAINED today, and get 20% off your first purchase! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For decades, people harvesting peat from bogs uncovered frighteningly fresh-looking bodies. But beginning in the mid-1950s, researchers began to realize that these bog bodies were astonishingly well-preserved remains from the Iron Age, containing clues about long-dead cultures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Although the scientific community refused to accept the existence of a sixth sense, in the 2000s researcher Daryl Bem sought to design the perfect test to measure ESP ability. His persuasive results changed the course of psychological research forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Does a sixth sense like precognition, telepathy, or telekinesis really exist? That’s what researcher J.B. Rhine set out to determine in the 1930s with a series of experiments into extra-sensory perception. But his controversial results would only spur more questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mummies and legends of ancient curses have gone hand-in-hand since the dawn of the field of Egyptology. In the first half of the 19th century, over a dozen people died after coming into contact with the tomb of the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, King Tut. Even today, the viability of “King Tut’s Curse” is hotly debated.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Howard Carter and his team of archaeologists first stepped into the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, they broke new ground in our understanding of ancient Egypt. Did they also unleash a curse? For years to come, strange events and unresolved deaths would plague those who explored the site. Parcasters - Which UFO sighting kicked off the alien craze? It wasn’t Roswell! Subscribe to Extraterrestrial today to learn about the close encounter that started it all, the Mount Rainier flying saucer sighting. Search for Extraterrestrial on Spotify to listen now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The search for the meaning behind the secret code on the Shepherd's Monument continues across multiple time periods and multiple locations. In 1979, a French expedition to a small town promises to connect the monument to the Holy Grail. Then, in 2004, the former Bletchley Park codebreakers reveal their theory. The monument may indeed have a connection to Christ himself. Parcasters - This week on Crimes of Passion we take on the infamous case of Lorena and John Bobbitt! You won’t want to miss this one! Listen today on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2004 in northern England, a husband and wife team of former Nazi codebreakers believed they'd cracked a centuries-old mystery. Shepherd's Monument in Staffordshire had long perplexed visitors, as it contains an inscription of random letters with no obvious meaning. Had the couple finally provided an answer? Is the code a love letter, a key to treasure, or something more? Parcasters - When Darwin published his thesis on human evolution, it was highly contentious. When John Scopes introduced the theory into his lesson plan, criminal charges were brought against him. Learn about this historic trial on our other podcast NOT GUILTY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, some scientists began to wonder if the mysterious Tunguska Event was actually the result of a nuclear explosion. As the topic became increasingly divisive within the scientific community, experts struggled to find a concrete explanation of what could cause such devastating destruction. Parcasters - Is there any truth behind the rumored society that protects the secrets of the Holy Grail? Learn more about the Priory of Sion on this week’s episode of Conspiracy Theories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On June 30th, 1908, a massive explosion in remote Siberia flattened over 2,000 square kilometers of forest. The only problem? Nobody knew what caused it. Parcasters - This week on The Dark Side Of, we move on from Hollywood and start our exploration of the music industry. Our first episode details the myth of the 27 Club, you won't want to miss it! Subscribe to The Dark Side Of on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following the string of brutal murders throughout the 1960s, the masked man known as the Zodiac Killer continued to write letters to the press and police, while capturing the imaginations of terrified onlookers across the country. Fifty years later, there is still no confirmed suspect as to the identity of the murderer.  Parcasters - Don’t miss all of our special Summer of ‘69 episodes by subscribing to Parcast Presents: Summer of ‘69, on Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts! Sponsors! Veestro - Save 30% off any purchase when you visit Veestro.com and use our code UNEXPLAINED.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the summer of 1969, newspapers in Northern California began receiving coded letters from a person who would come to identify themselves as "The Zodiac." The author of the letters taunted the police by giving clues related to a series of unsolved murders, but did the cryptic messages truly come from the mind of the killer? Parcasters - Don’t miss all of our special Summer of ‘69 episodes by subscribing to Parcast Presents: Summer of ‘69, on Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since it was first allegedly spotted in 1976 outside the Shennongjia forest in China, the Yeren has captivated hundreds of scientists and amateur monster hunters across the world. And yet, despite hundreds of reported sightings, there is still no photographic evidence that this creature even exists. Sponsors! Gabi - Take 2 minutes and see if you can save up to $865 when you go to Gabi.com/UNEXPLAINED. Pair of Thieves - Get 20% off your first order at PairOfThieves.com/UNEXPLAINED. Veestro - Try the 6 most popular Veestro meals for just $49 at TryVeestro.com/UNEXPLAINED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is an ancient legend of a massive, hairy beast that lives in seclusion in the forests of China. They call it The Yeren, and since 1976, over four hundred people have claimed to have spotted the creature.  Parcasters - What is it like to be abducted by Somali pirates? Find out today on Hostage, where we cover the lengthy captivity of journalist Michael Scott Moore. Available now on Spotify or wherever you listen to Parcast Originals! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Catholic church spent centuries encouraging the faithful to pray to the Shroud of Turin, even as they refused to issue an official edict on whether they believe the Shroud of genuine. But as science has improved over the course of the 20th century, scholars have gained new tools with which to determine where the Shroud of Turin really does bear the imprinted image of Jesus Christ.  Parcasters - Cults...UFOs...Nazis? If you don’t know about the Vril Society, you’re in for a treat! This group allegedly developed flying saucers for the Third Reich. Search for Extraterrestrials on Spotify or wherever you listen to Parcast Originals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, a chapel in Turin, Italy, bears an ancient burial shroud that bears the faint image of a man. For centuries, this image is believed to be the burial image of Jesus Christ. Sponsors! Pair of Thieves - Get 20% off your first order at PairOfThieves.com/UNEXPLAINED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mexico's Zone of Silence has been a spot of mystery for decades. Though there may be a geological reason for why radio signals seem to fail within the Zone, locals have spent years promoting the more bizarre theories that extraterrestrial activity may be involved. Sponsors! Gabi - Take two minutes and see if you can save up to $865 a year on car insurance at Gabi.com/UNEXPLAINED. There are NO fees, NO forms, and NO spam. Veestro - Try the 6 most popular Veestro meals for just $49! Visit TryVeestro.com/Unexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is a patch of desert in northern Mexico where no radios work. Compasses point the wrong way. And all manner of strange occurrences have been reported within its borders.  Sponsors! The Farmer’s Dog - Get 50% off your two week trial of fresh, healthy food at TheFarmersDog.com/UNEXPLAINED. Plus, you get FREE shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1703 a prisoner died in captivity in the famed Parisian prison, The Bastille. No one knew his name, or even what his face looked like, as he had spent the entire period of his sentence confined in a harsh Iron Mask.  Parcasters - This week on Extraterrestrial, we take on the mysterious Anunnaki, supposed ancient alien gods. What is their origin? What interactions have they had with our planet? Find out today at parcast.com/extraterrestrial Sponsors! Pair of Thieves - Get 20% off your first order at PairOfThieves.com/UNEXPLAINED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the end of the 17th century, Parisians witnessed a strange man being escorted into the fortress prison known as the Bastille. He wore a dark metal mask, and for centuries historians, scholars, and writers have tried to determine this mystery prisoner's identity.  Parcasters - A famous actress captured and forced to act in movies for a totalitarian regime, how would she escape? Find out this week on Hostage! Both parts available now at parcast.com/hostage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1898 a Swedish immigrant farmer uncovered a rune-covered stone buried in Minnesota. Over the last 120 years, the Kensington Runestone has been denounced as a hoax time and time again, but continually resurfaced in the public eye as a potentially authentic relic of an ancient Viking expedition. Sponsors! The Farmer’s Dog - Get 50% off your two week trial of fresh, healthy food at TheFarmersDog.com/UNEXPLAINED. Plus, you get FREE shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the turn of the 19th century, a Swedish American immigrant uncovered a strange stone slab on his land. It looked ancient and was covered in a mysterious writing. This was the Kensington Runestone, and its discovery would spark a century-long debate about its authenticity. Sponsors! Pair of Thieves - Get 20% off when you go to PairOfThieves.com/UNEXPLAINED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over 10,000 years ago, the city of Atlantis was believed to exist as a pinnacle of human achievement before it was suddenly, mysteriously wiped from the face of the earth. Over millennia of human evolution, our species has returned time and time again to the mystery of the Lost City.   Parcasters - Checked out Not Guilty yet? We’re following up our examination of the Robert Blake trial with a real corker, the trial of Cythia Payne, the Madam of London. Find out more at parcast.com/notguilty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Known as the first Empire, this great city ran afoul of the gods and was destroyed over 10,000 years ago. Despite expeditions made by everyone from Spanish Conquistadors to Nazis, there’s no proof the Atlantis actually ever existed.  Parcasters - Have you checked out Mythology yet? This week we tell the story of Poseidon's son, Bellerophon, and his quest to ride the mythical Pegasus. Available now at parcast.com/mythology  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Italian Physicist Ettore Majorana vanished without a trace in 1938. Some suspected a suicide. Others surmised he may have been kidnapped. And some even considered that possibility that Ettore had vanished willingly, in a dramatic attempt to leave his old life behind. Sponsors! Robinhood -  Robinhood is giving listeners of Unexplained Mysteries a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio. Sign up at Unexplained.Robinhood.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1938, Italian Physicist Ettore Majorana boarded a boat from Palermo to Naples, Italy. When the boat docked, Ettore wasn't on it, and in the 80 years since he vanished, nobody has ever been found.  Sponsors! Robinhood - Robinhood is giving listeners of Unexplained Mysteries a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio. Sign up at Unexplained.Robinhood.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The infamous Hope Diamond was donated to the Smithsonian museum in 1958, which seemingly ended a nearly 300-year legacy of ruin, tragedy, and death. In the decades since, scientists and skeptics have continued to debate whether the diamond is truly cursed... or if it's just truly unique. Sponsors! CBS All Access - Visit CBS.com/UNEXPLAINED to watch the Twilight Zone. Redeem your FREE trial TODAY.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1668, merchant explorer. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, returned to France with a haul of diamonds, including a massive, magnificent Blue Gem. Over the next 350 years, the diamond travelled the globe in the hands of kings, bankers, and thieves. Everyone who possessed this jewel met with misfortune and, in some cases, death. They were victims of the Curse of the Hope Diamond. SPONSORS! CBS All Access - Watch the Twilight Zone on CBS All Access. Visit CBS.com/UNEXPLAINED to redeem your FREE trial today and watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1888, five women were brutally murdered in London's Whitechapel district. Bound by masonic loyalty, the police may have covered up Jack the Ripper’s identity to avoid bringing negative press upon their fraternal order.   Sponsors! CBS All Access - Cross over into another dimension April 1st and watch the new Twilight Zone only on CBS All Access. Visit CBS.com/UNEXPLAINED to redeem your FREE trial TODAY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1888, London was terrorized by a series of brutal murders. Due to the grotesque mutilation of the victims, the murders were referred to as "rippings." The deaths created a frenzy of panic and paranoia that lasted long after Jack the Ripper vanished from the public eye.  Sponsors! CBS All Access - Visit CBS.com/CULTS to redeem your FREE trial of CBS All Access. Robinhood - Robinhood is giving listeners of Unexplained Mysteries a FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio. Sign up at Unexplained.Robinhood.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They say that before his Crucifixion, Jesus Christ drank wine from a cup. This Holy Grail vanished from historical record for a 1000 years before it emerged as a part of the Arthurian Legend. Is the Holy Grail just a myth? Or is it possible that it was smuggled out of Jerusalem and remains hidden to this day? BetterHelp - Unexplained Mysteries listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code UNEXPLAINED. Go to BetterHelp.com/Unexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Most people know the story of the Holy Grail, but in fact there is little evidence in the Bible that it actually exists. Over the past two centuries, everyone from Arthurian Knight to Renaissance painters to contemporary thriller novelists have questioned the location of the cup of Christ. This religious relic, has taken a number of forms in human consciousness over the years, and may have never existed at all. Parcasters - To learn about an iconic event in American history, check out our our new episode on John McCain on HOSTAGE, wherever you get your shows. Listen now at parcast.com/hostage Sponsors! BetterHelp - Go to BetterHelp.com/Unexplained to get 10% off your first month with discount code UNEXPLAINED.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since 1858, millions have bathed themselves in the Sacred Waters of Lourdes in France with the hope to be cured of their terminal illnesses.  While many are healed, many more are not. To this day, it is still a mystery if Lourdes water is actually a mystical fountain or just the world’s largest placebo effect.  Sponsors! Torrid - Go to Torrid.com and use Promo Code UNEXPLAINED15 for $15 off every $50 you spend! That means you can get up to $150 off a $500 order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This natural spring in the Grotto of Massabielle is a small cave-like enclosure in the southern countryside of France. In 1862, the Catholic Church authenticated claims that the Virgin Mary made an apparition at the grotto to a young girl. Blind people can suddenly see, the lame can walk and the depressed experience euphoria. Is it a placebo effect or does the water have magical powers only some can experience? Parcasters - Are you searching for a miracle cure for your podcast lineup? Check out our new show, CRIMES OF PASSION today! Listen now at parcast.com/passion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While excavating the ruins of a Christian church, Kathleen Martinez thought the site was actually part of something much bigger. She believed the site was in fact home to Cleopatra’s tomb that had been lost for over 2,000 years. Martinez’s intuition and insightful research have helped shed a tremendous amount of light on the Ptolemaic. Sponsors! BetterHelp - Unexplained Mysteries listeners get 10% off your first month with discount code UNEXPLAINED when you go to BetterHelp.com/Unexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She is likely the most famous historical figure from Ancient Egypt. And yet, thousands of years after Cleopatra's reign, her final resting place has yet to be discovered. Archaeologist and historians struggle to find evidence surrounding her death and who and what she was buried with.  Sponsors! BetterHelp - Unexplained Mysteries listeners get 10% off the first month with discount code UNEXPLAINED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1949, eight months after the Unknown Man’s body was found on Somerton Beach in Australia, luck knocked on the investigators’ door. After numerous dead ends, investigators finally received their first clue about the identity of the mystery man. Sponsors! Torrid - Go to Torrid.com and use Promo Code UNEXPLAINED15 for $15 off every $50 you spend! That means you can get up to $150 off a $500 order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The discovery of a corpse in 1948 on the beach in Australia creates a frenzy circulating rumours about the identity of the unknown man. In his pocket was a slip of paper with the phrase “Tamam Shud,” translating to “it is ended.” The authorities investigation was met with dead ends and more questions. Theories about his identity range from being a Cold War spy, a time traveler, or even a victim of alien abduction. Parcasters - If this mysterious death piqued your interest, check out Richard and Molly’s other podcast GONE, that covered Michael Rockefeller’s disappearance and potential cannibalization. Listen now at parcast.com/gone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1216, just before his death, English Monarch King John lost the original royal Crown Jewels. Were they lost to the landscape, buried beneath dozens of feet of silt and dirt? Or is it possible the jewels were intentionally misplaced? The tremendous loss of the crown jewels was perhaps karma for a king known for his cruelty. Sponsors! Zola - To start your free wedding website and also get $50 off your registry on Zola, go to Zola.com/UNEXPLAINED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1216, just before his death, English Monarch King John lost the royal Crown Jewels. Were they lost to the landscape, buried beneath dozens of feet of silt and dirt? Or is it possible the jewels were intentionally misplaced? Parcast News - Be sure to check out Parcast’s first fictional crime show MIND’S EYE at Parcast.com/MindsEye! Sponsors! Torrid - Go to Torrid.com and use Promo Code UNEXPLAINED15 for $15 off every $50 you spend! That means you can get up to $150 off a $500 order!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reports surfaced in the late 1800s from local tribesmen in the Congo claiming a small horse-like creature hid in the woodlands. Men went in search of the mysterious animal. The creature in question: a unicorn. Expeditions have continued throughout history to find a living unicorn. Parcast - If you enjoyed this episode, check out our new show MYTHOLOGY! Subscribe today for more tales of mythical heroes, gods, and creatures! Sponsors! Project Blue Book - ​The new drama series Project Blue Book premieres Tuesday, January 8th at 10/9c on HISTORY.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to mythical beliefs, the unicorn is a shy creature, living deep in the forest and rarely venturing near people. The creature is found in literature dating back to 1800 B.C.E. and is referenced in the King James Bible. Was Lancelot a genetic mutation or a descendant from a real species?  Thank you to MYTHOLOGY Host, Vanessa for helping out with this episode!  Subscribe to Parcast's new podcast, MYTHOLOGY, for more episodes on mythical creatures, heroes, and gods!  Sponsors! SimpliSafe - Go to SimpliSafe.com/UNEXPLAINED to get a special offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the hunt for the real location of Eden, Molly and Richard use biblical text as a map to locate where the Garden may have originally been located. The Middle East and South America are definitely possibilities for this paradise of religion and myth.  Sponsors! Audible - Get 3 months of Audible for just $6.95 a month by going to Audible.com/UNEXPLAINED or text UNEXPLAINED to 500 500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The mythical paradise described in the book of Genesis has roots in cultures across the globe. Many explorers, conquerors, and fanatics have attempted to locate it over the centuries. Biblical and geographic evidence shows that the Garden may have really existed.  Sponsors! SimpliSafe - Go to SimpliSafe.com/UNEXPLAINED to get a special offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Thanksgiving Unexplained Mysteries fans! We hope you enjoy this sneak peak of our new podcast, Assassinations, where we examine history’s most dramatic deaths. If you enjoy this episode and want to listen to part two right now, subscribe to ASSASSINATIONS wherever you listen to podcasts! "Loner. Drop out. Marine. Defector. Husband. Father. Lee Harvey Oswald was all of these things, but on November 22 1963, he came to only be known as the man who killed President John F. Kennedy." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What is the science behind the way Tarrare ate the way he did? Most people wouldn’t consider eating 12 whole eggs at once possible, but in 1700s France, Tarrare was an anomaly. Competitive eaters today still can’t compare to this reigning king of bizarre eating. Sponsors! Parcast - We now have merch for sale! Head to Parcast.com/Merch now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was known as the Hungriest Man in history, eating his way through corks, stones, live animals, and by swallowing an entire basketful of apples one after the other. Was he the victim of a strange disorder or just meant to be a competitive eater? In Part II, Molly and Richard discuss what might have caused Tarrare’s strange affliction in 1700s France. Sponsors! Amazon Prime - Season 1 is available now. Watch the New Season of Lore out now, only on Prime Video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A millionaire investor goes missing. Who is responsible? We explore the chief suspects behind Lowenstein’s disappearance.  Sponsors! Amazon Prime - Season 1 is available now. Watch the New Season of Lore out now, only on Prime Video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A shrewd, confident businessman, achieving a net worth of over 12 million pounds in the 1920s, but would his business dealings eventually lead to his downfall? Subscribe now to our new podcast HOSTAGE, featuring the riveting story of Patty Hearst's abduction by the Symbionese Liberation Army. Sponsors! Amazon Prime - Season 1 is available now. Watch the New Season of Lore October 19, only on Prime Video. SimpliSafe - ​Go today to SimpliSafe.com/Unexplained.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Devil's Triangle remains shrouded in mystery. What have legitimate studies conducted by the U.S. Navy revealed about the regular disappearances of ships and aircraft over this area of the North Atlantic Ocean? Sponsors! Amazon Prime Video - Catch the new season of Lore October 19th, only on Prime Video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In December of 1945, five planes never returned to Fort Lauderdale Naval Base from a routine training mission exercise. Three rescue planes were sent to look for them. Only two came back. Welcome to the Bermuda Triangle, a patch of ocean between Florida, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda. Sponsors! Parcast - Sign up for the Parcast Monthly Newsletter at Parcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if the government’s explanation for a UFO encounter is proven false? Could these sightings be the advanced technology of extraterrestrial visitors? If so, why doesn’t the government want us to know about it? Sponsors! Netflix - Watch the new film, HOLD THE DARK, now, Only on Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UFO sightings are still largely unexplained today. The government did a massive, twenty-year study into what they could be. Are these mysterious objects the result of secret military projects? Alien spacecraft? Overactive imaginations? Or are they something else entirely? Sponsors! SimpliSafe - Go today to SimpliSafe.com/Unexplained. Netflix - Watch the new film, HOLD THE DARK, September 28, only on Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Clovis People have long been accepted as the first humans to arrive in the Americas. Then spearheads were discovered in the Americas that pre-date the Clovis by 2500 years. Is it possible the first settlers in the Americas were actually Australians who reached the Chilean coast? Or Siberians who came down the Pacific coast in canoes?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Clovis peoples have long been considered the predecessors to the native Americans. Recent evidence has suggested that North America may have been inhabited as long as 19,000 years ago. Who were the Clovis and were they the first to inhabit America? If so, how did they get from Central Asia to the Americas? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices