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Part two of Season 08 Episode 29: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

It's 11 years since the so-called Frog Boys were last seen alive. 

Two men out in the forest, hunting for acorns close to where the boys were last seen, make a grisly discovery.

Will the devastated parents finally get answers about what happened to their sons?

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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In March 2001, as the nation of South Korea enjoyed a national holiday, five boys from Dalseo in the city of Daegu, headed off into the forest in search of adventure. 

They were never seen alive again. 

Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith

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When emergency services arrived at the home of Kathleen and Michael Peterson in the early hours of December 9th 2001, they found a horrifying scene: Kathleen, dead, at the bottom of a staircase and blood everywhere. 

But quite what exactly had happened to her, would turn out to be one of the most confounding, and potentially bizarre mysteries of recent times.

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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One hot day in the summer of 1518, in the city of Strasbourg, a woman left her home in a strange trance and headed straight for the town square. There she began to dance, and dance, and dance. Something was terribly wrong and then, it began to spread...

Written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith

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Over the decades, stories have trickled in from all across the globe. Places both far, and unnervingly near… of truly horrifying things, with far too many legs for comfort.

The simple question is, are you afraid of spiders?

Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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While battling for his life during the height of the pandemic, Damian Harris slips into a vivid dream of a forgotten Arizona ghost town—where an eerie portal seems to call to him from within a long-abandoned guesthouse.

The history of Vulture City is a haunting tale of gold and greed, and perhaps a little bit more...

Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith

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To many, Mt. Shasta in northern California, is a sacred place.  

It's a place of visions and power, and for seeking communion with the unseen world. 

But some say, if you’re not careful, there are places on the mountain where you can fall into this unseen world too...

Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith

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When caught up in a cult, the line between what’s acceptable and what constitutes abnormal behaviour starts to blur.  For one South Korean man in 2011, this lack of clarity appeared to lead to one of the most baffling acts of self-mutilation in recent history...

This episode was written by James Connor Pattinson and Richard MacLean Smith

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When seasoned hiker Kenny Veach claimed to have found a cave in the Nevadan wilderness that made his body vibrate with fear, few believed him. So he set out to find it again, only this time he never came back.

Some believe he made the whole thing up. Others that he had unwittingly stumbled on a secret government location that led right into the heart of Area 51... 

This episode was written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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In the wake of Carl's tragic death, his family find themselves reminiscing about the strange claims he made as a boy - that he had once lived before as German airman who was shot down over England. 

It all seems so fanciful until two years later, when an extraordinary discovery is made, only a few miles from where Carl was murdered...

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Part 2 of Season 08 Episode 21: East of Edon 

From the moment he is born, Carl Edon's mother senses there is something a little different about him.

The story he will come to tell, is beyond anything she or anybody else could possibly have imagined...

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The Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia, was founded in 1967 by psychiatrist Dr Ian Stevenson. By the time of his retirement in 2002, Stevenson had logged over 2,500 cases of apparent reincarnation with varying degrees of credibility. 

One case involved a young boy from Middlesbrough, England, called Carl Edon.

It would prove to be one of the most compelling cases that Dr Stevenson ever came across...

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In 1977, farmer Huang Yanqiu is said to have vanished from his village in China's Hebei province only to reappear after a baffling journey across China that defies explanation. 

Join us as we unravel this mysterious tale—one marked by inexplicable detainment, shadowy figures, and an alleged experience that challenges the limits of reality.

Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith

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In 1657 Shepton Mallet, 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 supernatural terror and unexplained happenings that continue to haunt history...

Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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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

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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 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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On Christmas Eve, 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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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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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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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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With Unexplained on a short break we are 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...

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 the tunnel - once the longest rail tunnel in the United States - is no longer in use. But the stories, and perhaps a little more, still linger...

Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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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

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In the 15th century, in a citadel perched high above a cliff, there lived a bloodthirsty ruler, considered by some to have been among the most feared and brutal in history.

His name was Vlad Dracul III...

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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At the northern edge of the Brecon Beacons in Cymru, in the shadow of the Pen y Fan peak, sits a large stone house. Named Heol Fanog, or Road to the Peaks, for one couple who moved there in 1989 the house was everything they had ever dreamed of.

Little did they know that, in truth, it would soon become the place of their worst nightmares.

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In April 1991, music executive Christopher Case told his friend that he'd been cursed by a woman he met while on a night out.  The woman apparently told him that he'd be dead within a week.

Then Chris stopped answering his calls. 

Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. 

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There is a story told over centuries, by local Congolese and explorers alike – a story that calls into question what we truly know about our world, and what may lurk still in the parts of the map that have yet to be fully filled in…

It's name is mokele-mbembe.

Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. 

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In October 1929, Bessie and Glen Hyde set out to become the fastest people ever to traverse the Grand Canyon by boat.

For a landscape so saturated in mystery, the story of the Hydes might be one of its greatest... 

This episode was written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith. 

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In July 1692 strange things are afoot in Massachusetts, America.

In Salem village, 11 women and one man are languishing in jail as they await trial, accused of witchcraft.  Meanwhile, 20 miles away in the county of Gloucester, something perhaps even stranger is about to occur...

Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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In December 1975, on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, pilot Norman Peter Gibbs took off for a recreational flight around the island.

He was never heard from again in circumstances so strange … that people have been trying to unravel the mystery of what exactly happened ever since. 

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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Will the idea of travelling purposefully through time always be nothing more than an imaginative device through which to convey longing, nostalgia and regret? Or might it actually be possible?

Perhaps the answer lies in one of the UK's great cities, Liverpool and it's enigmatic Bold Street...

Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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Part two of Season 08 Episode 5: Islands of Fear

Back to where it all began...

It's August 1995 in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico and according to one local resident, something very strange is about to go down....

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Back in the early 1990s, a series of strange reports began emanating from Latin and Central America regarding a spate of farm animal massacres. 

And there was only one word on the lips of concerned citizens... Chupacabra.   

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In the late 1980s and early 90s, 14 women vanished within a 100km radius of Ireland's capital, Dublin. 

Former crime correspondent Geraldine Niland dubbed it the Vanishing Triangle... 

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On November 18th 2020 a small group of biologists spotted something strange while flying over a remote part of southeastern Utah; a bizarre reflective monolith that had gone unnoticed for years... 

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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If you think the novels of Philip K. Dick are strange, you should hear what happened to him in real life.

It all began, one uncanny day in 1974...

Written by James Conor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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The sandworm from Frank Herbert's Dune, is a monstrous gigantic creature with a thirst for animal blood. But did you know it was possibly based on another terrifying creature that is said to stalk the darkest corners of Mongolia's Gobi desert...

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Unexplained returns for Season 08 on Friday, September 6th.

Sometimes eerie, sometimes strange, always Unexplained...

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The otherworld of Welsh mythology, known as Annwn, is said to be populated with a vast array of creatures including fairies and mottled ridged serpents.  It is also said that there is one place more than any other where the bridge between our world and theirs is at its thinnest.

That place, is the Berwyn Mountains...

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1990 in Gulf Breeze, Florida, in the early hours of Saturday, July 14th, a young man is pulled over for a routine traffic stop. Little could anyone have predicted it would begin the unravelling of one of the most bizarre cases of desertion in the United States Military’s entire history.

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