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SEASON 07 WILL BEGIN FRIDAY JULY 28TH

Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as ‘reality,’ whatever that is…

More info at www.unexplainedpodcast.com and on twitter @unexplainedpod and facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast

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

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

Completed in 1875, the Hoosac Tunnel was known to those who built it as the bloody pit owing to the 195 people that were killed during its construction.

Today people are warned not to venture into the tunnel, but not only because you might get hit by a train...
 
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
 
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Season 08 Episode 13: The Tunnel Without End

With Unexplained on a short break we're dipping into the archives again.
 
This week’s story is a true ghost of Christmas past, reaching out to us from almost 124 years to the day.
 
It was late one night on December 26th
 
1900, when a telegram was received by the Northern Lighthouse Board.
 
It was sent by a member of a rescue crew, dispatched to the Flannen isles, the site of the UKs most remote lighthouse, located way out in the Atlantic, beyond any sign of civilisation. 
 
They were sent to investigate why the light was no longer shining,
 
The telegram read:
 
A dreadful accident has happened at the Flannans. The keepers, have disappeared from the Island... 
 
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Season 01 Episode 08: When the Light Fades (Rerun)

With Season 8 due to return next Friday, it’s back to the archive one more time…
 
This week we’re heading back to the 70s, to a quiet housing estate in South East London…
 
Considering there have been settlers based around the area comprising present day London for over 5000 years, it's hardly surprising that under all that concrete we find remnants of those that have come before us. 
 
But what comes of those whose remnants have been disturbed? 
 
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Season 03 Episode 03: Under the Asphalt (Rerun)

Meet Robert the Doll, the mysterious gift to a young boy named Gene Otto that marked the beginning of a lifetime of strange occurrences. Was Robert a harmless childhood companion—or the source of an inexplicable darkness?
 
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
 
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Season 08 Episode 14: Still Life

When UFO researcher Bill Chalker is contacted about a baffling case from long ago in the Australian Outback, he uncovers reports of strange lights in the sky and unexplained attacks on farm animals. What supposedly took place on the McGann Farm in Fernvale, Queensland in 1927 are considered by some to be the strangest in all Australian ufology. 
 
Written by James Connor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
 
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Season 08 Episode 15: If We Can Sparkle

On December 24th, 1945, a fire destroyed the home of Jennie and George Sodder and their ten children in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Five children were believed to have died. But when firefighters searched the rubble, there was no trace of them—no remains, no answers. How could they have vanished so completely? Join us as we uncover the strange clues and lingering questions surrounding this unforgettable case.
 
Written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.
 
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Season 08 Episode 16: Nothing Beside Remains

From eerie legends to real-life horrors, castles have long concealed secrets behind their ancient walls—secrets that refuse to stay buried. In this episode, we uncover the possible sinister past of Scotland's Glamis Castle, where devils, ghosts, and a monstrous family secret blur the line between myth and terrifying reality.
 
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
 
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Season 08 Episode 17: Stone in the Blood

In the early 2000s, a story emerged online about a mysterious sarcophagus unearthed by miners in a remote Siberian village back in 1969. Inside, so they say, was the eerily preserved body of a woman, later dubbed the Tisul Princess—a discovery swiftly seized by Soviet authorities and buried in secrecy.
 
Decades later, another astonishing find—the Ice Maiden of the Altai Mountains—raised even more questions about ancient civilizations, lost histories, and the blurred line between legend and reality...
 
Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
 
Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

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Season 08 Episode 18: The Hardest Hue to Hold

In 1657 Shepton Mallet, England, a young boy claims to suffer from a mysterious affliction after a strange encounter with an elderly stranger. 
 
Join us as we delve into this dark, unsettling tale of apparent supernatural terror and unexplained happenings that continue to haunt history...
 
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
 
Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

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Season 08 Episode 19: Mallet Maleficarum

With Unexplained the book due out on October 25th 2018, a number of people have asked me what books have inspired me and the show. Rather than list them I thought, why not talk about them instead. In tandem with a question and answer session I review a small selection of those books...Go to @unexplainedpod or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info.Thank you for listening.
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S03 Special Episode: Richard MacLean Smith Q & A and Book Reviews

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