Unexplained
@unexplained.bsky.social
Haunting story-based podcast about strange and mysterious 'real-life' events. iTunes Best of 2016. 75+ Million streams. Book available at http://amzn.to/2Nc55ay
Sometime in the mid 1930s, a young budding bluesman appeared on the scene, suddenly possessed of a talent for playing the guitar, which he’d never shown before.
Over time a strange rumour began to spread, that the young man hadn't achieved his talent all on his own...
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Over time a strange rumour began to spread, that the young man hadn't achieved his talent all on his own...
pod.link/1078112813
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Sometime in the mid 1930s, a young budding bluesman appeared on the scene, suddenly possessed of a talent for playing the guitar, which he’d never shown before.
Over time a strange rumour began to spread, that the young man hadn't achieved his talent all on his own...
pod.link/1078112813
Over time a strange rumour began to spread, that the young man hadn't achieved his talent all on his own...
pod.link/1078112813
10 years ago today, in 2016 I released the Episode 01 of Unexplained simply to have something I'd written finally exist in the world
I planned to make 10 episodes. The idea of being a podcaster was as mysterious as the stories I told.
10 years and 300+ episodes later... 1/2
I planned to make 10 episodes. The idea of being a podcaster was as mysterious as the stories I told.
10 years and 300+ episodes later... 1/2
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 PM
10 years ago today, in 2016 I released the Episode 01 of Unexplained simply to have something I'd written finally exist in the world
I planned to make 10 episodes. The idea of being a podcaster was as mysterious as the stories I told.
10 years and 300+ episodes later... 1/2
I planned to make 10 episodes. The idea of being a podcaster was as mysterious as the stories I told.
10 years and 300+ episodes later... 1/2
I'm very excited to announce it will be a triple whammy of CRIMECON appearances this year.
I'll now also be attending @crimecon.bsky.social in the US
CRIMECON will be in Las Vegas on May 28-31
I'd love to see you there!
Use code UNEXPLAINED for 10% off ticket
www.crimecon.com/CC26
I'll now also be attending @crimecon.bsky.social in the US
CRIMECON will be in Las Vegas on May 28-31
I'd love to see you there!
Use code UNEXPLAINED for 10% off ticket
www.crimecon.com/CC26
CRIMECON 2026
CrimeCon is a weekend event experience for true crime fans, creators, and professionals. With a heavy focus on education CrimeCon connects thousands of attendees with the mysteries, cases, and issues ...
www.crimecon.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I'm very excited to announce it will be a triple whammy of CRIMECON appearances this year.
I'll now also be attending @crimecon.bsky.social in the US
CRIMECON will be in Las Vegas on May 28-31
I'd love to see you there!
Use code UNEXPLAINED for 10% off ticket
www.crimecon.com/CC26
I'll now also be attending @crimecon.bsky.social in the US
CRIMECON will be in Las Vegas on May 28-31
I'd love to see you there!
Use code UNEXPLAINED for 10% off ticket
www.crimecon.com/CC26
After years appearing to endure a series of increasingly bizarre and terrifying occurrences in their home, the Smurl family finally decide to call in some real help.
Enter Lorraine and Ed Warren, perhaps the world's most famous paranormal investigators...
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Enter Lorraine and Ed Warren, perhaps the world's most famous paranormal investigators...
pod.link/1078112813
January 23, 2026 at 6:40 PM
After years appearing to endure a series of increasingly bizarre and terrifying occurrences in their home, the Smurl family finally decide to call in some real help.
Enter Lorraine and Ed Warren, perhaps the world's most famous paranormal investigators...
pod.link/1078112813
Enter Lorraine and Ed Warren, perhaps the world's most famous paranormal investigators...
pod.link/1078112813
I'm very excited to be attending CRIMECON UK for the first time this year (and possibly in the US... TBC) I'll be in:
Birmingham on - April 25th
London - October 3rd & 4th
Use code UNEXPLAINED of 10% discount on tickets. I hope to see you there! 🖤
Birmingham on - April 25th
London - October 3rd & 4th
Use code UNEXPLAINED of 10% discount on tickets. I hope to see you there! 🖤
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I'm very excited to be attending CRIMECON UK for the first time this year (and possibly in the US... TBC) I'll be in:
Birmingham on - April 25th
London - October 3rd & 4th
Use code UNEXPLAINED of 10% discount on tickets. I hope to see you there! 🖤
Birmingham on - April 25th
London - October 3rd & 4th
Use code UNEXPLAINED of 10% discount on tickets. I hope to see you there! 🖤
What if you invested so much in a new home that you were forced to stay, even if you realised that you might not be the only inhabitants?
And what if those, most unwelcome housemates proved to be more frightening than anything you could possibly imagine?
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And what if those, most unwelcome housemates proved to be more frightening than anything you could possibly imagine?
pod.link/1078112813
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
What if you invested so much in a new home that you were forced to stay, even if you realised that you might not be the only inhabitants?
And what if those, most unwelcome housemates proved to be more frightening than anything you could possibly imagine?
pod.link/1078112813
And what if those, most unwelcome housemates proved to be more frightening than anything you could possibly imagine?
pod.link/1078112813
It's inconceivable that, with all our modern technology someone could appear in a populated town with no trace of who they are or where they came from
And yet, that’s exactly what happened in 2009, during one strange summer in a picturesque seaside town in the west of Ireland...
pod.link/1078112813
And yet, that’s exactly what happened in 2009, during one strange summer in a picturesque seaside town in the west of Ireland...
pod.link/1078112813
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It's inconceivable that, with all our modern technology someone could appear in a populated town with no trace of who they are or where they came from
And yet, that’s exactly what happened in 2009, during one strange summer in a picturesque seaside town in the west of Ireland...
pod.link/1078112813
And yet, that’s exactly what happened in 2009, during one strange summer in a picturesque seaside town in the west of Ireland...
pod.link/1078112813
In this week’s rerun we return to Bennington, VT.
In 1946, 18-year-old Paula Jean Weldon became the 2nd of 4 people to mysteriously disappear in the space of 5 years, in a case one investigator described as the most baffling he ever came across.
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In 1946, 18-year-old Paula Jean Weldon became the 2nd of 4 people to mysteriously disappear in the space of 5 years, in a case one investigator described as the most baffling he ever came across.
pod.link/1078112813
January 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
In this week’s rerun we return to Bennington, VT.
In 1946, 18-year-old Paula Jean Weldon became the 2nd of 4 people to mysteriously disappear in the space of 5 years, in a case one investigator described as the most baffling he ever came across.
pod.link/1078112813
In 1946, 18-year-old Paula Jean Weldon became the 2nd of 4 people to mysteriously disappear in the space of 5 years, in a case one investigator described as the most baffling he ever came across.
pod.link/1078112813
In January 1959, a story begins from out of the foothills of the Ural Mountains.
Perhaps the most extraordinary of all the stories ever featured on the show.
Some call it the Dyatlov Pass Incident.
You might know it as, When The Snow Melts...
pod.link/1078112813
Perhaps the most extraordinary of all the stories ever featured on the show.
Some call it the Dyatlov Pass Incident.
You might know it as, When The Snow Melts...
pod.link/1078112813
December 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In January 1959, a story begins from out of the foothills of the Ural Mountains.
Perhaps the most extraordinary of all the stories ever featured on the show.
Some call it the Dyatlov Pass Incident.
You might know it as, When The Snow Melts...
pod.link/1078112813
Perhaps the most extraordinary of all the stories ever featured on the show.
Some call it the Dyatlov Pass Incident.
You might know it as, When The Snow Melts...
pod.link/1078112813
In September 1934, something was stirring in the home of the Palazon family in Zaragoza, Spain.
What started as a strange burst of maniacal laughter, soon transformed into the terrifying haunting known today as ‘El Duende de Zaragoza’… ‘The Goblin of Zaragoza’.
pod.link/1078112813
What started as a strange burst of maniacal laughter, soon transformed into the terrifying haunting known today as ‘El Duende de Zaragoza’… ‘The Goblin of Zaragoza’.
pod.link/1078112813
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In September 1934, something was stirring in the home of the Palazon family in Zaragoza, Spain.
What started as a strange burst of maniacal laughter, soon transformed into the terrifying haunting known today as ‘El Duende de Zaragoza’… ‘The Goblin of Zaragoza’.
pod.link/1078112813
What started as a strange burst of maniacal laughter, soon transformed into the terrifying haunting known today as ‘El Duende de Zaragoza’… ‘The Goblin of Zaragoza’.
pod.link/1078112813
One more week to win a signed copy of the Unexplained book and my never ending gratitude!
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December 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Some say the MV Joyita was always cursed.
What is beyond dispute, is that on one hot day in October 1955 the ship and its 25 passengers and crew set sail on a routine journey from Samoa to the Tokelau islands.
And none of them were ever seen again.
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What is beyond dispute, is that on one hot day in October 1955 the ship and its 25 passengers and crew set sail on a routine journey from Samoa to the Tokelau islands.
And none of them were ever seen again.
pod.link/1078112813
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Some say the MV Joyita was always cursed.
What is beyond dispute, is that on one hot day in October 1955 the ship and its 25 passengers and crew set sail on a routine journey from Samoa to the Tokelau islands.
And none of them were ever seen again.
pod.link/1078112813
What is beyond dispute, is that on one hot day in October 1955 the ship and its 25 passengers and crew set sail on a routine journey from Samoa to the Tokelau islands.
And none of them were ever seen again.
pod.link/1078112813
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December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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On 15th May 1979, David Booth awoke from a terrible dream, sweating profusely with tears in his eyes.
In it, a silver plane fell from the sky and crashed right in front of him. Then he had the dream again. And again.
Soon he began to wonder, was it really just a dream?
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In it, a silver plane fell from the sky and crashed right in front of him. Then he had the dream again. And again.
Soon he began to wonder, was it really just a dream?
pod.link/1078112813
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
On 15th May 1979, David Booth awoke from a terrible dream, sweating profusely with tears in his eyes.
In it, a silver plane fell from the sky and crashed right in front of him. Then he had the dream again. And again.
Soon he began to wonder, was it really just a dream?
pod.link/1078112813
In it, a silver plane fell from the sky and crashed right in front of him. Then he had the dream again. And again.
Soon he began to wonder, was it really just a dream?
pod.link/1078112813
Edward Leedskalnin embarks on his strange mission to build a vast megalithic dreamscape carved from oolite.
And soon, the rumours begin; whispers of huge stones being moved about as if freed from gravity itself, and a strange black box equipped with otherworldly powers...
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And soon, the rumours begin; whispers of huge stones being moved about as if freed from gravity itself, and a strange black box equipped with otherworldly powers...
pod.link/1078112813
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Edward Leedskalnin embarks on his strange mission to build a vast megalithic dreamscape carved from oolite.
And soon, the rumours begin; whispers of huge stones being moved about as if freed from gravity itself, and a strange black box equipped with otherworldly powers...
pod.link/1078112813
And soon, the rumours begin; whispers of huge stones being moved about as if freed from gravity itself, and a strange black box equipped with otherworldly powers...
pod.link/1078112813
In 1923, Edward Leedskalnin - sickly, and fresh from a long mysterious journey - stepped onto a patch of Florida coral.
In time, he would carve it into a place so strange that, if the whispers are true, could only have been shaped with otherworldly powers
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In time, he would carve it into a place so strange that, if the whispers are true, could only have been shaped with otherworldly powers
pod.link/1078112813
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In 1923, Edward Leedskalnin - sickly, and fresh from a long mysterious journey - stepped onto a patch of Florida coral.
In time, he would carve it into a place so strange that, if the whispers are true, could only have been shaped with otherworldly powers
pod.link/1078112813
In time, he would carve it into a place so strange that, if the whispers are true, could only have been shaped with otherworldly powers
pod.link/1078112813
Reposted by Unexplained
I’ve made a number of comics related to or directly influenced by the podcast @unexplained.bsky.social over the last 3 years. Paranormal comics are so fun to write and Richard’s work on Unexplained has been a huge inspiration. Read them all for free on my website: www.amoryabbott.com/illustration
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I’ve made a number of comics related to or directly influenced by the podcast @unexplained.bsky.social over the last 3 years. Paranormal comics are so fun to write and Richard’s work on Unexplained has been a huge inspiration. Read them all for free on my website: www.amoryabbott.com/illustration
Deep in Alaska, in the ghost town of Portlock, villagers once whispered of something stalking the fog – a presence said to have left shredded camps and vanished men in its wake.
Decades later, the forest is silent, but the stories remain...
pod.link/1078112813
Decades later, the forest is silent, but the stories remain...
pod.link/1078112813
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Deep in Alaska, in the ghost town of Portlock, villagers once whispered of something stalking the fog – a presence said to have left shredded camps and vanished men in its wake.
Decades later, the forest is silent, but the stories remain...
pod.link/1078112813
Decades later, the forest is silent, but the stories remain...
pod.link/1078112813
When a young woman in a small New Zealand town begins to act strangely, her family becomes convinced that something evil has taken hold of her.
What follows is a chilling descent into fear and faith...
pod.link/1078112813
What follows is a chilling descent into fear and faith...
pod.link/1078112813
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When a young woman in a small New Zealand town begins to act strangely, her family becomes convinced that something evil has taken hold of her.
What follows is a chilling descent into fear and faith...
pod.link/1078112813
What follows is a chilling descent into fear and faith...
pod.link/1078112813
Weird review and poor take imo @theguardian.com
The Predator was always much more than a senseless killing machine - unlike the xenomorph for example. Film might be awful for all I know but this seems like a totally valid and intriguing extension.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
The Predator was always much more than a senseless killing machine - unlike the xenomorph for example. Film might be awful for all I know but this seems like a totally valid and intriguing extension.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Predator: Badlands review – a pointless but unkillable franchise that has started to eat itself
The toothy villain is humanised and made sympathetic in this disappointing horror sci-fi – at which point it ceases to be the Predator
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Weird review and poor take imo @theguardian.com
The Predator was always much more than a senseless killing machine - unlike the xenomorph for example. Film might be awful for all I know but this seems like a totally valid and intriguing extension.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
The Predator was always much more than a senseless killing machine - unlike the xenomorph for example. Film might be awful for all I know but this seems like a totally valid and intriguing extension.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
And behind door #1? It's the brand new season of course...
On Halloween 2001, a bright Penn State student returned home after a night out with friends.
What happened soon after has haunted her friends, detectives, and an entire community ever since.
tinyurl.com/4y9w44fc
On Halloween 2001, a bright Penn State student returned home after a night out with friends.
What happened soon after has haunted her friends, detectives, and an entire community ever since.
tinyurl.com/4y9w44fc
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
And behind door #1? It's the brand new season of course...
On Halloween 2001, a bright Penn State student returned home after a night out with friends.
What happened soon after has haunted her friends, detectives, and an entire community ever since.
tinyurl.com/4y9w44fc
On Halloween 2001, a bright Penn State student returned home after a night out with friends.
What happened soon after has haunted her friends, detectives, and an entire community ever since.
tinyurl.com/4y9w44fc
Behind door #2, getting close now...
The author of the Necronomicon is said to have been devoured by invisible monsters in broad daylight.
Watching the Necronomicon film alone at night when I was far too young, is perhaps the closest I've come to that terror.
youtube.com/watch?v=rGxIJF3qwIs
The author of the Necronomicon is said to have been devoured by invisible monsters in broad daylight.
Watching the Necronomicon film alone at night when I was far too young, is perhaps the closest I've come to that terror.
youtube.com/watch?v=rGxIJF3qwIs
H.P.Lovecraft's NECRONOMICON [HQ Trailer]
YouTube video by Wicked Vision Distribution GmbH
youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Behind door #2, getting close now...
The author of the Necronomicon is said to have been devoured by invisible monsters in broad daylight.
Watching the Necronomicon film alone at night when I was far too young, is perhaps the closest I've come to that terror.
youtube.com/watch?v=rGxIJF3qwIs
The author of the Necronomicon is said to have been devoured by invisible monsters in broad daylight.
Watching the Necronomicon film alone at night when I was far too young, is perhaps the closest I've come to that terror.
youtube.com/watch?v=rGxIJF3qwIs
Behind door #3 of our countdown to... Actually. You really don't want to open this door.
Captured by the crew of the USCSS Maginot sometime corresponding to the earth year, 2120.
I give you the Trypanohyncha Ocellus:
Captured by the crew of the USCSS Maginot sometime corresponding to the earth year, 2120.
I give you the Trypanohyncha Ocellus:
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Behind door #3 of our countdown to... Actually. You really don't want to open this door.
Captured by the crew of the USCSS Maginot sometime corresponding to the earth year, 2120.
I give you the Trypanohyncha Ocellus:
Captured by the crew of the USCSS Maginot sometime corresponding to the earth year, 2120.
I give you the Trypanohyncha Ocellus:
Behind door #4 of our countdown to Season 09:
Step into the dark recesses of @gazelletwin.bsky.social's, and perhaps all our psyche's...
This was the dream...
youtube.com/watch?v=d4XSWxh56zc
Step into the dark recesses of @gazelletwin.bsky.social's, and perhaps all our psyche's...
This was the dream...
youtube.com/watch?v=d4XSWxh56zc
Gazelle Twin performing 'Black Dog' live at ACCA, Brighton (November 2023)
YouTube video by Gazelle Twin
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October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Behind door #4 of our countdown to Season 09:
Step into the dark recesses of @gazelletwin.bsky.social's, and perhaps all our psyche's...
This was the dream...
youtube.com/watch?v=d4XSWxh56zc
Step into the dark recesses of @gazelletwin.bsky.social's, and perhaps all our psyche's...
This was the dream...
youtube.com/watch?v=d4XSWxh56zc
Behind door #5 of our countdown to Season 09:
Come heeere chiiickeeeennn!!!!
Who needs gratuitous gore-fests, banned under public obscenity orders, when you've got the Wheelers...
If you know, you know. If you don't, then you do now...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MLVfQOknYM
Come heeere chiiickeeeennn!!!!
Who needs gratuitous gore-fests, banned under public obscenity orders, when you've got the Wheelers...
If you know, you know. If you don't, then you do now...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MLVfQOknYM
Beware the Wheelers
YouTube video by myshkin66
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Behind door #5 of our countdown to Season 09:
Come heeere chiiickeeeennn!!!!
Who needs gratuitous gore-fests, banned under public obscenity orders, when you've got the Wheelers...
If you know, you know. If you don't, then you do now...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MLVfQOknYM
Come heeere chiiickeeeennn!!!!
Who needs gratuitous gore-fests, banned under public obscenity orders, when you've got the Wheelers...
If you know, you know. If you don't, then you do now...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MLVfQOknYM