Mysterious Universe

Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 35 episode 20!This realm boasts a massive amount of tiny happenings. Many Mini Mysteries can be found to surround you in every wee way within every micro moment of every diminutive day. Satisfying the appetite for the petite. We're talking about making a big deal out of the small stuff with a mini flying saucer invasion of tiny ray-gun-toting one-armed aliens appearing to children in Malaysia and more Mini Mysteries. In our Plus+ extension, we dive into one of the strangest blind spots in human nature: the way intelligent people become trapped inside their own certainty...

Welcome back! This week we continue from last week's extension with Colin Wilson's The Occult, and his interesting perspective on what these heightened states are, how they are achieved and maintained, as well as some notable characters associated with the topic. We also question why this area of research is so rife with charlatans and fakes? As always, make of this what you will, but Wilson really makes a great case for all of it. Welcome to your Plus+ Extension, and thank you for joining us on Plus+! This is a weird, wild realm we have here, riddled with strange...

On this episode we are continuing our mind-blowing adventure with Vera Stanley Alder’s “From the Mundane to the Magnificent”. Today, friends, we discover the inner workings of nature itself with a gander at the logistics of Fairyland before a view of human beings in various mental and emotional states as we gain greater insight into the “insane”. For our Plus+ extension we begin Colin Wilson’s The Occult, exploring his argument that the real mystery isn’t ghosts or magic, it’s human consciousness itself. From primitive shamans to the bombastic Crowley types, we go over the idea that people have alwa...

This week we’re continuing down the Sheldrake path with The Physics of Angels by Matthew Fox and Rupert Sheldrake, where a theologian and a scientist try to make sense of angels in a modern context. Pulling from figures like Aquinas and Hildegard, we explore whether these “beings” might actually point to forms of intelligence or organization we still don’t fully understand. Whether you buy it or not, it’s a solid look at how our view of reality might be a lot more limited than we think. Welcome to this banger Plus+ Extension! The long awaited uber saga that is Fr...

Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 35 Episode 16! What do you know of how the calendar was created? Hundreds of specialized or regional calendars have existed throughout history, major calendar systems are often grouped into solar, lunar, and lunisolar types, with six principal systems commonly recognized today. Tom Sherman has sorted out the wishy-washy Gregorian and offers the realm something better, A New Calendar. Perhaps it’s time we examine the time we keep? In our Plus+ extension, we dive back into some wild NDE stories! From a 1-year-old memory of being drowned in a bathtub, to an ex-military man experiencing his ve...

Was the Moon just a byproduct of planetary chaos, or does the Earth–Moon system show signs of deeper structure? In this episode, we dig into Who Built the Moon? by Christopher Knight and Alan Butler, exploring the strange mix of astronomy, ancient measurement systems, and numerical relationships that led the authors to question whether our nearest celestial neighbor might be more unusual than we’ve been taught.  Welcome to your Plus+ extension as we wrap up this “Salts of Salvation Saga Series” with a look at each of the salts in association with you and your loved one's zodiac sign, and...

Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 35 episode 14! Did you know that you can trace every sickness, disease, and ailment to a mineral deficiency? There are 12 primary cell salts developed in the 1870s by German physician Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schüssler. Today we have chosen to take an entertainment only (not medical advice) look at what these salts are and what can they do for those who choose to heed the wisdom of the ancients. In Part 2 of our electricity deep dive, we get into the strange and controversial world of The Electric Universe by Wal Thornhill — a theory that suggests electricity may...

Welcome back to MU! In this episode, we explore the idea that the timeline of history may not be as settled as we’ve been led to believe. From the mysterious concept of Tartaria to strange patterns in 19th century architecture, rapid technological leaps, world fairs, orphan trains, and the work of Nikola Tesla, we examine a collection of theories from Guy Anderson's Tesla & the Cabbage Patch Kids suggesting that pieces of the past may have been forgotten, reinterpreted, or quietly absorbed into the modern world.  Welcome to your Plus+ Extension where we continue our Michig-investigation of the freaky things fou...

Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 35 episode number 12! Mysterious creatures and rumors of mysterious creatures have been passed down from times long lost, but where do they come from? What may be considered to be fantastically incredible creatures to us could simply be “the way” for other inhabitants of the realm that have experienced a variety of critters. Perhaps like seeing and disobliging a dragon the way one would have seen a squirrel. In our Plus+ extension, we cover a classic metaphysical book called The Ra Material by Don Elkins. This is a wild ride of abstract philosophical meanderings, paired with shor...

This week we dive into another work by Marcus Lowth, The Electric People. He documents the stories of "SLIders", or Street Light Interference experiencers. From simple accounts of lights flickering when passed by, to more profound electrical abnormalities, he ties them all in to possible UFO/UAP connections, and the broader paranormal field as a whole. Are these just psychosomatic hallucinations, real EMF interference by humans, or perhaps the other way around?  Thank you for joining us for your Plus+ Extension where we discuss some truly bizarre invisible creature sightings, which we are fully aware sounds silly in and of i...

Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 35 Episode number 10! We are here to talk about some of the most jarring funeral ritual customs from around this freaky world. Featuring but not limited to mummy tupperware, the tribe that dresses up their dead to join them for dinner, hella devoted wives who light themselves ablaze to mourn the loss of their dead hubby-hubs, some super fun curses of course, and the possible burial plot of super-savior to some and homeboy to all, Jesus Christ.  For our Plus+ extension, we go into the fantastic book The Dead Have Never Died by Edward C. Randall, w...

Thanks for joining us this week on MU! Today we offer another installment from Dirk Gillabel entitled Accidentally Viewing of Past Scenes. This continues on our investigations into odd moments when time doesn't behave like it's supposed to; from the legendary Oregon Vortex to being suddenly teleported from a bus into the Victorian era, Dirk has compiled many of these stories in an attempt to find the patterns that seem to permeate them. Are these hallucinations or is this a natural phenomenon that occurs when several contributing factors align? For your Plus+ Extension, this Joe-round we continue and conclude THE...

Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 35 episode 08, and the conclusion of Caesar’s Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus by Joseph Attwell, which we began on the plus extension last Friday, season 35 episode 07. On this episode, we continue the work of Joseph Attwell with our look at the origin of the gospels of the Bible to see if there are any alternative perspectives with the official interpretations, and to discover the motives behind its very existence in the first place. For our Plus+ extension we continue the time slip/Missing 411 thread along a slightly different path, that of Dirk Gillabel al...

Thanks for joining us! This week we dive into another older book by Dr. Carl Wickland, who describes decades worth of firsthand experiences with the dead speaking through his highly sensitive wife. He approaches these cases with clinical skepticism, but by the end of his research it's clear he had resigned himself to the reality of these communications, whatever they may actually be. Welcome to your Plus+ extension! We are here to ask if the Bible and its contents were created as a means to pacify a potentially dangerous, Messiah-seeking populus by offering a contentment-encourager in the form of a...

Welcome to Mysterious Universe, mental ninjas! Come with us as we explore an unexplored land. A forbidden “lost world” to outsiders reported to be inhabited by strange beasts out of time. Legends speak of not one, but several bizarre and terrifying creatures that haunt the Ancient Plateau’s of the South American Wilderness. Today we are grateful to cover The Mysteries Of Kurupira - The hidden land of unknown creatures that inspired Conan Doyle’s Lost World - By Ben Tejada-Ingram. For Plus+, we wade through an insane theory on the world we live on… or IN. Cyrus Teed’s “The Cellular C...

This week, we take a look at Anthony Meyer's amazing work on time slips! From two biddies walking through a path with several different time periods involved, a disappearing hotel, & a particular street in Liverpool that seems to be a portal to the 1950's, these stories beg the question: Are these examples of time travel, collective hallucinations, or some kind of weaponized experiments? Join us & decide for yourself! Welcome to your Plus+ extension! For this one, we will be continuing to ask deep questions about one of the most third-rail topics that exists to get a NU-clear picture of the...

Bookmark the link below for the new Inescapable Podcast coming in Mid-February. Plus+ Members can now find the new feed on your Dashboard and add it to your preferred podcast player ahead of launch. This week on MU, we take a look at Robert Temple's book, A New Science of Heaven. Temple argues that not only is plasma ubiquitous throughout the cosmos, but it may just have an inherent intelligence. He encourages mainstream science to study this fourth state of matter in greater depth, not from a "supernatural" perspective but as a marriage of myth, science, & a newfound curiosity. Then...

Check out the link below for the new Inescapable Podcast where Plus+ Members can go ahead and lock the feed into their favorite podcast player in preparation for their upcoming launch! Welcome back! On this week’s episode, we put on our theological hats and explore the rapidly increasing interest in the idea that not only has Jesus already returned, but that we are currently in the “little season” of Satan! This theory goes DEEP into speculation and subjective interpretation but a lot of the points made do make some sense, depending on your particular worldview. We also get into some p...

Thank you for joining us! Support your favorite show at the link below and catch this episode’s Plus+ Extension and access to all things Mysterious Universe. Michel Whittington has compiled an ode to such unexplainables in a book called “Close Encounters of the Texas Kind”. Its pages are the inspiration and contain the stories brought forth for this episode. From the first reported flying saucer, before Kenneth Arnold, to death from above, to the most bizarre series of encounters with an unexplainable technological wonder that remains a mystery which continues to amaze and delight to this day. Then for our Pl...

This week on MU we cover the great book by Dr. Jeffery Long, Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences. From a man collapsing in the ER and meeting God/Buddha/Jesus, to another that is electrocuted right out of his body, these stories are powerful examples of consciousness surviving the physical experience. Welcome to your Plus+ Extension! Smashing out of the holiday break and into another freaky story from Preston Dennett’s book,  “Inside UFOs - True accounts of contact.” Due to the story covered from this book on the last Plus+ episode with the story of Seaman...

Occult Louisiana is a documentary made in 2023 by film maker and all around great guy, Chris Mathieu of Forbidden Knowledge Productions. This film takes us exploring into the mysterious happenings in and around the swamps of Louisiana. Chris brings great presenters to speak on a variety of fascinating topics from hidden ancient history, voodoo, pirates, cryptids to modern conspiracies. Check the links for his website and how to watch Occult Louisiana, available on Tubi, Roku, and Apple TV. What will you be using to thwart the easily twartable Rougarou? Then for our Plus+ extension, we peruse the work of Oliver...

On this week’s episode of MU, we dive headfirst into the bizarre tale of Dion Fuller, a seemingly targeted individual. From invisible ninja midgets, to holographic overlays, to covert nanotechnology, this story has it all. Was Dion genuinely targeted and harassed or was this simply a case of drug psychosis? Tune and make up your own mind! The for our Plus+ members we shine light on the misconceptions surrounding the mind teasing observational phenomena that we have all had to decide was legit or not. Alicen Grey has decided to clear up the confusion surrounding this subjective phenomenon. Brandon an...

This very special episode of Mysterious Universe marks the end of an extraordinary era. After nearly two decades, we are honoured to pass the reins to a talented new team who will carry the legacy forward. Join us as we introduce new hosts Brandon and Joe, and reflect on the remarkable journey of MU—celebrating the unforgettable moments, the strange and wondrous discoveries, the challenges we’ve faced, and everything in between. It has been an incredible adventure, and we would be delighted to have you with us as we close this chapter together. We’re also excited to share that t...

A cache of looted relics, stolen bones, and vanished cultures sets the stage as we explore the astonishing true story of Don Miller, the Indiana retiree whose quiet suburban home concealed one of the largest illicit artifact collections in U.S. history. From the FBI’s painstaking recovery and repatriation efforts to the worldwide scramble over sacred objects, we trace how one man’s obsession spiraled into an international archaeological scandal. Then for our Plus+ members we crack open old issues of Psychic Australian to uncover tales of Nazi UFO experiments, Hitler’s alleged Antarctic escape, and the shadowy blueprints of a s...

What creatures reside at the edge of reality, and what happens when we cross into the space of nonreality where we can’t trust our perceptions? On this episode we explore reports of floating jellyfish drifting through the sky, squid-like beings gliding over forests, octopoid forms appearing out of nowhere, and entities hidden behind cloaks of invisibility. From dark forces stalking remote woodlands to encounters with creatures that slip between worlds, a strange intelligence seems to be moving just beyond the visible. Then for our Plus+ members we turn to the mysteries that emerge at the boundary of life itself. We...

As we open the show, we explore the extraordinary claims of an experiencer whose encounters with strange craft, vivid dream intrusions and possible abductions point toward a larger cosmic drama. Her visions of a coming struggle involving artificial intelligence raise unsettling questions about humanity’s future and the forces that may already be guiding us from the shadows. Then for our Plus+ members we slip into a deeper and more unnerving discussion about the rise of humanoid robots, the seductive promises of home AI and the new power sources that could reshape civilisation. We also look at the spiritual undercurrents be...

Shadows gather at the edges of quiet forests and lonely backroads where people report encounters with figures that seem neither fully human nor animal. They speak of upright wolves, phantom predators and beings that watch with knowing eyes before slipping back into the dark as though they were never there at all. On the episode we follow these chilling accounts, explore the patterns within them and ask what kind of world exists just beyond the firelight. In the Plus+ extension the wilderness gives way to a different kind of unknown. We explore the strange and compelling world of channelling, where...

It’s Halloween, and fittingly, our stories take a dark and eerie turn. We begin with the unsettling accounts of a psychiatrist whose faith is tested by cases of possession, patients climbing walls with unnatural strength, resisting sedatives, and channeling violent entities. From there, we delve into reports of demonic warfare waged by a modern exorcist and explore the harrowing case of a woman whose kundalini awakening spiraled into years of spiritual battle. Then, for our Plus+ Members, we confront brushes with the Grim Reaper, chilling cinematic style premonitions, and one of the most dangerously haunted homes ever investigated. Hidden Me...

Dangerous encounters with Bigfoot and other cryptids reveal a side of these creatures that’s far more unsettling than many realise. This episode explores chilling stories of researchers and witnesses who’ve faced the wrath of these elusive beings. From the mysterious death of a Sasquatch researcher linked to infrasound to terrifying attacks like the one at Ape Canyon, we uncover the potential dangers lurking in the wild. Could these creatures possess abilities that make them capable of far more harm than we’ve ever suspected? We then continue the exploration of Sasquatch encounters for Plus+ Members and hear the story...

A chilling pattern runs through centuries of human contact with beings that straddle the line between alien and spirit. On this episode, we explore strange abductions, parasitic intelligences, and the disturbing theme of energy vampirism that surfaces across Eastern lore and modern UFO accounts. From the luminous visitors of ancient skies to entities that drain vitality and manipulate human perception, we uncover how these encounters reveal an enduring presence, one that feeds on fear, thrives in shadow, and may be far older than we dare to imagine. Then for our Plus+ members, we venture into dark and eerie cemeteries and...

Could unknown energies be linked with spontaneous human combustion? On this episode, we trace the eerie patterns of unexplained fires that affect not just humans but animals as well. Drawing on the work of famed researchers, we explore the theory that these mysterious burnings may align along invisible ley lines, suggesting a hidden geophysical force that could be responsible for this unexplained phenomenon. From people found consumed by inner fire to livestock and pets inexplicably scorched, as documented by Jenny Randles in Spontaneous Human Combustion and Larry E. Arnold in Ablaze!, the evidence hints at a strange energy connecting these...

Across cultures, dragons and serpents have been revered as rain spirits and storm bringers, their myths echoing an ancient recognition of nature’s hidden intelligence. In this episode, we explore the enigmatic Makara Naga motif, a storm cloud beast entwined with a serpent, and consider whether it encodes knowledge of atmospheric rivers and towering clouds long before modern science. Then for our Plus+ members we journey into the blue ether to contemplate the nature of time and hear the stories of those who have slipped through its cracks and returned to tell their tale. The Dragon and Serpent “Rain Spirits”, and th...

Those who immerse themselves in the paranormal begin to notice something strange: reality starts to shift. This episode explores the idea that it’s not always entities reaching out to us but that our own curiosity may peel back the veil of time itself. Through the practice of Remote Viewing, we follow the experiences of a renowned researcher whose encounters suggest a disturbing link between consciousness and time travel. Along the way, we examine reports of time slips, phantom black cats, retrocausality, and the strange pull of “temporal attractors” drawing people toward hidden layers of reality. Later, in our Plus+ Extens...

After a string of baffling technical failures and narrowly avoided accidents we began to wonder if we are tempting the curse of the White Lady. Drawn deeper into the mystery, we examine chilling reports of UFO witnesses who claim to have encountered this ghostly figure, questioning whether she is a forgotten goddess of old or something far more sinister with hidden designs on humanity. The evidence hints at ancient powers resurfacing, leaving us to ask if the gods of the old world are back and whether their intentions are anything but benevolent. Then for our Plus+ Members we explore eerie...

Late one night in rural Iowa, a driver on a routine trip found himself stalked by strange lights that morphed into otherworldly shapes and seemed to close in on his car. In this eerie episode we explore how a simple journey turned into a night of fear as luminous orbs and towering figures appeared out of the darkness, hinting at something far beyond ordinary understanding. We talk about the unsettling dangers of UFO encounters, the unnerving sense of being pursued by something unknown, and what such incidents might reveal about forces that can reach into our world without warning. Then...

Something strange lingers at the far reaches of the UFO and abduction mystery, a place where the familiar turns uncanny and control seems to slip from human hands. In this episode, we venture into the bizarre realm of contact encounters that feel more like tests than chance meetings. We trace patterns of manipulation, strange authority figures, and moments so calculated they raise the question of whether someone or something is orchestrating it all for reasons we can barely comprehend. Then for our Plus+ Members we peel back the layers further to ask if these tactics are truly alien in nature...

Tony Cornell stands out as one of the most remarkable investigators to ever work with the UK’s Society for Psychical Research, and this episode follows his extraordinary life and career. Drawing on long lost archives uncovered at the University of Cambridge, author Ben Machell resurrects Cornell’s world through unpublished memoirs, tapes, and case files, revealing a man determined to probe the mysteries of haunted houses, phantom hounds, and baffling manifestations while keeping a sceptic’s eye. In the Plus+ extension we travel to the mist shrouded shores of Maryland’s Eastern waterfronts with Mysterious Middle River, where Joshua and Dolo...

Strange beings appear in the dead of night. Some say they’re aliens, others aren’t so sure. In this episode, we explore unsettling encounters that seem extraterrestrial but may be something far stranger. Through the research of Nigel Watson, we uncover bizarre contact reports and ask whether these visitors come from the stars or from deep within the human mind. Then, coming up for our Plus+ members, we dig into eerie outlier cases including ghostly visitations tied to UFO phenomena and the chilling account of Betty Hill’s paranormal experiences that began even before her famous abduction. The deeper you lo...

They’re often dismissed as harmless lights in the sky, but the glowing orbs that haunt the edges of our reality may be far more than they appear. In the quiet fields near crop circles and the forgotten corners of the world, witnesses report beings emerging from these luminous spheres. Others speak of noxious vapors, choking fog, and the sense of something watching, something intelligent. Are these orbs alive? Are they scouts, probes, or entities themselves, cloaked in shimmering disguise? For our Plus+ members, we trace the unsettling journey of a woman whose natural psychic abilities cracked open the veil. Dr...

New Age communities often promote "love and light", but many hide darker influences. This episode explores clairvoyant Maya Zahira’s claims of false-light entities manipulating spiritual groups through energy healing and channeling. She describes encounters with shapeshifting beings, demonic attachments, and energy-draining cords, revealing unseen dangers in these practices. From a plasma entity posing as a divine force in a church to predatory healers exploiting trust, her experiences highlight the serious pitfalls facing spiritual seekers. We also discuss broader patterns tying these entities to concepts like the djinn. For Plus+ Members, we cover how Maya escapes these forces, her ongoing st...