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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

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Unexplained TV Adaptation Development Hell and Other Stories...

Also on this week's Substack you can read about the time(s) Unexplained almost became a TV show...

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09.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE INTERZONE OF INTEREST Season 09 Episode 13 Addendum

The latest Unexplained Addendum, my companion essay to each new episode, is up on Substack now.

Along with a short tale about how Unexplained nearly became a TV show...

Read all the latest posts and subscribe to the weekly newsletter here:

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09.03.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On November 17, 1981 an event occurred at the construction site of the soon to be Manila Film Centre in the Philippines that is almost too shocking to believe.

Today the site is one of many that has become part of a burgeoning Dark Tourism scene...
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06.03.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ALL OF THEM WITCHES Season 09 Episode 12 Addendum

The latest Unexplained Addendum (a companion essay to each new episode) is up on Substack now. Along with some other new writing...

Read all the latest posts and subscribe to the weekly newsletter here:

open.substack.com/pub/unexplai...

02.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Digging into the local history, investigators uncover strange tales of witchcraft that have plagued the area for generations, including the chilling case of Ann Tenant.

Surely, it couldn't possibly have anything to do with Charles' murder, could it?
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27.02.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Unexplained Podcast | Substack A Substack companion to the Unexplained podcast. Featuring deeper dives, offshoots and tangents to themes and ideas explored on the podcast. All writing by Richard MacLean Smith. Click to read Unexpla...

Unexplained's Substack page is now live. New writing every Monday. I'd love to see you there!

Find out more and subscribe here:

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26.02.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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With local police ill-equipped to handle such a strange & brutal murder, the London Met’s greatest living officer, DI Robert Fabian, is drafted in to help.

Despite presiding over every criminal case imaginable in his twenty years of service, he hasn’t seen anything yet...
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20.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CrimeWave at Sea 2.0 - CrimeWave at Sea Nassau & CocoCay February 8-12, 2027 The UltimateTrue-Crime FestivalJust Got Bigger Featuring: Last Podcast on the Left / NoSleep / Casefile / Scared to Death / Sinisterhood / True Crime Garage / Unex...

🚨Crimewave 2.0. tickets on sale now!🚨

Come join us for truecrime and strangeness on the high seas, with The Last Podcast on the Left, Casefile, Scared to Death & more!

Feb 8-12 2027

Get your discount code for 100$ off tickets
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13.02.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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To some, folk beliefs are little more than the harmless superstitions of a bygone age.

For others, such beliefs and practices are something to be deeply feared as nothing less than the work of the Devil.

Happy Friday the 13th...
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13.02.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CrimeWave at Sea 2.0 - CrimeWave at Sea Nassau & CocoCay February 8-12, 2027 The UltimateTrue-Crime FestivalJust Got Bigger Featuring: Last Podcast on the Left / NoSleep / Casefile / Scared to Death / Sinisterhood / True Crime Garage / Unex...

🚨Tickets go on sale this Friday 13th for Crimewave 2.0🚨

Click this link to get discount code for 100$ off tickets:
crimewaveatsea.com/UNEXPLAINED

Join us on the high seas for true crime and strangeness, with The Last Podcast on the Left, Casefile, Scared to Death and more!

crimewaveatsea.com

10.02.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In 1925, experienced mountaineer Prof. John Norman Collie told a climbing club in the Scottish Highlands, that he believed something strange stalked the highest peak of the local Cairngorm mountain range.

Something that scared him so badly he vowed never to return...
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06.02.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CrimeWave at Sea 2.0 - CrimeWave at Sea Nassau & CocoCay February 8-12, 2027 The UltimateTrue-Crime FestivalJust Got Bigger Featuring: Last Podcast on the Left / NoSleep / Casefile / Scared to Death / Sinisterhood / True Crime Garage / Unex...

Unexplained is returning to Crimewave at Sea in 2027!

Live shows and meet-ups, alongside Last Podcast on the Left, Casefile, Scared to Death and many more.

🚨Tickets on sale Feb 13th!🚨

Head to crimewaveatsea.com/UNEXPLAINED for $100 off your stateroom with code UNEXPLAINED.

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03.02.2026 10:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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30.01.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Unexplained is still going strong.

I can't thank every single one of you enough, who've ever taken the time to listen, subscribe, rate and engage with the show to help keep this improbable thing going.

With any luck there'll be lots more to come... πŸ™πŸ‘»πŸ–€

28.01.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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

28.01.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ...

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
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24.01.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.Β 

Enter Lorraine and Ed Warren, perhaps the world's most famous paranormal investigators...Β 
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23.01.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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! πŸ–€

21.01.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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16.01.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...
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09.01.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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02.01.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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26.12.2025 22:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€˜El Duende de Zaragoza’… β€˜The Goblin of Zaragoza’.
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19.12.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE BIG UNEXPLAINED SURVEY Thank you so much for taking the time to help improve our show. Don't forget to add your email for a chance to win a signed Unexplained book. (You can leave blank if you don't want to share email)

One more week to win a signed copy of the Unexplained book and my never ending gratitude!

If you have a moment, please fill out our survey to help us improve the show.

Link here:

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Thank you so much as ever for your support πŸ™πŸ–€

18.12.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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12.12.2025 18:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE BIG UNEXPLAINED SURVEY Thank you so much for taking the time to help improve our show. Don't forget to add your email for a chance to win a signed Unexplained book. (You can leave blank if you don't want to share email)

If you have a moment, please fill out our survey to help us improve the show for a chance to win 1 of 10 signed copies of the Unexplained book.

Link here:

s.surveyplanet.com/wh3dv2dy

Thank you so much as ever for your support πŸ™πŸ–€

06.12.2025 12:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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05.12.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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05.12.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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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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28.11.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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21.11.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0