Disturbing History

On a hot August night in 1955, in the quiet rural stretch between Kelly and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, something strange lit up the sky. What happened next would become one of the most bizarre and chilling close encounter cases in American history. That evening, a family arrived at the local police station in a panic, claiming their farmhouse had been under siege—not by people, but by creatures. Small, glowing-eyed beings with long arms, talon-like claws, and ears that pointed straight back like bat wings.

They said the creatures emerged from the woods, peeked through windows, clawed at doors, and se...

One if by land, two if by sea.
We all know the legend of Paul Revere’s midnight ride — but what if I told you he wasn’t the only one?In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian King-Sharp shines a light on the forgotten riders of America’s revolution — the men and women who risked everything in the dead of night to spread word of British troop movements.At the center of this lost chapter is Sybil Ludington, a 16-year-old girl who rode twice as far as Revere — alone, through stormy woods, warning militia forces in New York. And she wasn...

It started with a phone call....

In 1997, a man named Mel Waters called into Coast to Coast AM, the legendary late-night radio show dedicated to the unexplained. What he shared was bizarre, chilling, and completely unforgettable—a tale of a bottomless hole on his property in rural Washington State that defied the laws of physics… and maybe reality itself.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian unpacks the legend of Mel’s Hole—a seemingly endless pit that swallowed fishing lines by the mile, resurrected dead animals, and attracted the interest of mysterious government agents who may have...

In the early 1830s, the U.S. government signed into law one of the most devastating policies in its history—The Indian Removal Act, forcing tens of thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral homelands.What followed was a harrowing journey of betrayal, suffering, and death known as The Trail of Tears.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian traces the brutal expulsion of the Cherokee and other Southeastern tribes at the hands of the American government. Under President Andrew Jackson’s directive, entire communities were marched west at gunpoint—across freezing rivers, through disease-ridden camps, and along miles...

In 1974, a family exploring the aftermath of a wildfire on their Florida property stumbled upon something strange: a perfectly smooth, polished metal sphere, about the size of a bowling ball.They brought it home.

That’s when the weirdness began.The sphere rolled on its own. It reacted to music. It moved without being touched, stopping and starting as if it had a mind of its own. Doors slammed. Guitars vibrated. And a quiet family suddenly found themselves at the center of one of the most bizarre scientific mysteries of the 20th century.

In this episode of...

July 8, 1947. The U.S. military made a stunning announcement: they had recovered a “flying disc” from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Hours later, they walked it back. Just a weather balloon, they said. Case closed. But what really happened in those 24 hours? 

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian dives deep into the origins of America’s most enduring UFO mystery—beginning with rancher Mac Brazel, who discovered strange debris scattered across his land after a violent storm. 

When he reported it, the story quickly escalated to the highest levels of the military. Major Jesse Marcel, Co...

Beneath the chaos of Manhattan’s streets lies another city—silent, forgotten, and carved in brick and stone. A labyrinth of hidden tunnels snakes beneath old New York, built for subways, smugglers, secret societies, and stories no one was supposed to find.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian takes us deep under the surface to explore the eerie and often overlooked world beneath the Big Apple. From Prohibition-era escape routes and underground speakeasies to sealed-off subway stations and Masonic passageways, these tunnels have carried more than just trains—they’ve carried whispers, rumors, and secrets.Who built them?

Long before the skyscrapers and shipping lanes, the Delaware River carried something else—a ghost story whispered across centuries.For generations, sailors, fishermen, and riverfront families have spoken of a phantom vessel drifting silently through the mists—its sails tattered, its deck empty, and its arrival a grim omen. Wherever it was seen, sickness followed. Death lingered. And no one who tried to reach it ever returned with answers.


In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian sails into the chilling legend of the Death Ship of the Delaware, a story that straddles folklore, maritime mystery, and historical plag...

A man in a suit.
A briefcase bomb.
A ransom demand for $200,000.
And then—he vanished into the storm.

On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle. Calm, composed, and oddly polite, he would soon become the center of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian walks through every twist and contradiction in the D.B. Cooper mystery—from the dramatic mid-air jump into darkness, to the strange discoveries in the wilderness, to the endless stream of s...

In 1826, a man named William Morgan vanished from upstate New York. Days earlier, he had announced plans to publish a book revealing the secret rituals of the Freemasons—a move that would ignite national outrage, spark riots, and give birth to America’s first third political party: the Anti-Masonic Party.

But Morgan never lived to see the book hit the shelves.In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian explores the chilling disappearance of William Morgan and the shadowy world of early 19th-century Freemasonry, where power, loyalty, and secrecy were everything.

Was Morgan silenced for betraying the brot...

Decades before the infamous hysteria gripped Salem, Massachusetts, another colony was already burning witches. In the quiet Puritan towns of Connecticut, from 1647 to 1663, women—and even men—were accused, imprisoned, and executed for crimes that existed only in the minds of their accusers. 

No spectral evidence. No headlines. Just a dark chapter buried beneath centuries of silence.In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian unearths the overlooked and unsettling story of America’s first witch trials, where fear took root not in folklore, but in law. With community paranoia, religious extremism, and the collapse of rational justice, Connecticut laid th...

Every July, in the deep redwood forests of Northern California, some of the most powerful men in the world gather in secret. Politicians, CEOs, generals, media moguls—all drawn to a place shrouded in myth and ritual: Bohemian Grove. But what happens beyond the gates?

What’s the meaning behind the robed ceremonies, the 40-foot stone owl, and the burning effigies beneath the trees?In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian peels back the layers of one of America’s most elite and mysterious gatherings—and follows a surprising thread straight to Richard Nixon, who once called the Grove “t...

She was First Lady of the United States during its most fractured hour—graceful in public, defiant in politics, and privately… unraveling. But behind the veils, the funerals, and the shadow of a war-torn White House, Mary Todd Lincoln was spiraling into something far stranger than grief. 

She wasn’t just mourning her children. She was chasing them—into the afterlife.In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian steps into the quiet madness that gripped Mary Todd Lincoln following a lifetime of unimaginable loss. From secret séances in the Red Room to whispered messages from beyond the veil, her...

Christmas Eve, 1945. The Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia goes up in flames. Within minutes, the house is reduced to smoldering rubble—and five of the Sodder children are never seen again.But what begins as a tragic fire quickly spirals into something far stranger.No remains.
No smoke inhalation.
No bodies in the ashes.
Just... questions.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian revisits one of the most haunting disappearances in American history. This isn’t just a missing persons case—it’s a tale of war, conspiracy, obsession, and a family that refused...

Everyone remembers Jamestown.
But what if America’s first English colony wasn’t in Virginia… but in the cold, remote woods of Maine?

In 1607, the Popham Colony was founded with bold ambitions: to rival Spain, to build ships, to establish a permanent English foothold in the New World. It had backing, blueprints, and a fort. Then, just like that—it vanished.

n this episode of Disturbing History, Brian digs into the icy winds and political shadows surrounding the lost colony of Popham—a story buried under centuries of silence. Why did it fail? Why was it forgott...

A secret U.S. Navy project. A warship shrouded in green mist.
And then… nothing.

Witnesses claimed the USS Eldridge vanished from a naval yard in Philadelphia—only to reappear miles away. Some say it teleported. Others say it traveled through time. But those who were on board? Some never came back the same. Some never came back at all.

In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian dives deep into one of America’s most enduring military legends: The Philadelphia Experiment. Was it a cloaking device gone wrong? A breakthrough in quantum physics? Or something darker...

They appeared without warning in the quiet hills of Elbert County, Georgia—towering granite slabs carved with ten cryptic commandments for a “new age of reason.” Written in eight languages and aligned to the stars, the Georgia Guidestones have baffled, enraged, and haunted the curious for decades.Who was the mysterious man known only as “R.C. Christian”?
Why did he demand secrecy?

And what exactly were these rules meant to prepare us for? In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian  unearths the strange origins, esoteric design, and swirling conspiracies behind one of America’s most unsettling modern monume...

You know him as the 35th President of the United States—a war hero, a charismatic leader, a symbol of youthful hope during a turbulent time. But what if there was another side to John F. Kennedy?
A quieter side. A seeker.

A man who, beneath the tailored suits and carefully crafted speeches, was chasing something far older than politics: truth hidden in the margins of history.In this episode of Disturbing History, host Brian takes you down a rarely explored path—into the mystic mind of JFK. This isn’t about war rooms or campaign trails. This i...