Unexplained Mysteries
Life can take unexpected turns. Some are easily defined. Others… require further investigation. Every Tuesday, collect the pieces of a seemingly unsolvable puzzle — events in history which have eluded so many for so long, but deserve a deeper look. Unexplained Mysteries is a Spotify Original.
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Best of 2019: The Curse of the Hope Diamond Pt. 2
The infamous Hope Diamond was donated to the Smithsonian museum in 1958, which seemingly ended a nearly 300-year legacy of ruin, tragedy, and death.
34 min
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Best of 2019: The Curse of the Hope Diamond Pt. 1
In 1668, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier returned to France with a haul of diamonds, including a massive Blue Gem.
38 min
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Mound Builders
For thousands of years, the ancient people of the Americas built massive mounds holding the dead, religious artifacts, and elaborate structures.
39 min
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Mythical Elves Pt. 2
Whether they’re Santa’s helpers, ancient warriors, or friends of Snow White, elves and dwarves have occupied a prime position in mythology and fairy tales.
38 min
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Mythical Elves Pt. 1
Mysterious figures with mystical powers have appeared in the mythologies of cultures throughout the world.
41 min
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The Silent Twins Pt. 2
After a lifetime of inexplicable behavior and sullen silence, identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons were sentenced to indefinite treatment at Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital.
38 min
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The Silent Twins Pt. 1
By 1971, 8-year old Welsh twins Jennifer and June refused to speak to anyone but each other.
53 min
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King Solomon’s Mines Pt. 2
From 970 to 931 B.C.E., King Solomon transformed war-torn Israel into a prosperous kingdom, with a capital city covered in gold.
39 min
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King Solomon’s Mines Pt. 1
There are multiple clues scattered throughout the Bible as to the place where Solomon, the richest King of Ancient Israel, mined the gold which gave him his power.
37 min
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The Buru Pt. 2
Ralph Izzard, Charles Stonor, and Frank Hodgkinson's 1947 venture into the jungles of Assam failed to produce a shred of evidence for the existence of the mysterious Buru.
38 min
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The Buru Pt. 1
When reporter Ralph Izzard, zoologist Charles Stonor and photographer Frank Hodgkinson heard rumors that a mysterious, dino-like creature lived in the swamps of India’s Assam Region, they resolved to find and capture the beast themselves.
36 min
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Bog Bodies Pt. 2: Unlocking the Secrets of History
For thousands of years, men, women, and children were brutally killed, and their bodies were unceremoniously dumped into the peat bogs of northern Europe.
39 min
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Bog Bodies Pt. 1: Ancient Storytellers
For decades, people harvesting peat from bogs uncovered frighteningly fresh-looking bodies.
41 min
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Extrasensory Perception Pt. 2 - Is ESP Real?
Although the scientific community refused to accept the existence of a sixth sense, in the 2000s researcher Daryl Bem sought to design the perfect test to measure ESP ability.
38 min
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Extrasensory Perception - Is ESP Real?
Does a sixth sense like precognition, telepathy, or telekinesis really exist?
37 min
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Curse of the Pharaohs Pt. 2 - Do Not Disturb
Mummies and legends of ancient curses have gone hand-in-hand since the dawn of the field of Egyptology.
45 min
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Curse of the Pharaohs - King Tut’s Tomb
When Howard Carter and his team of archaeologists first stepped into the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, they broke new ground in our understanding of ancient Egypt.
43 min
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Shepherd's Monument Pt. 2 - Codebreakers
The search for the meaning behind the secret code on the Shepherd's Monument continues across multiple time periods and multiple locations.
39 min
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Shepherd's Monument - The Shugborough Inscription
In 2004 in northern England, a husband and wife team of former Nazi codebreakers believed they'd cracked a centuries-old mystery.
37 min
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The Tunguska Event Pt. 2 - Mission from Mars
After the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, some scientists began to wonder if the mysterious Tunguska Event was actually the result of a nuclear explosion.
48 min
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The Tunguska Event - The Southern Swamp
On June 30th, 1908, a massive explosion in remote Siberia flattened over 2,000 square kilometers of forest.
44 min
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The Zodiac Pt. 2 - Hide and Seek
Following the string of brutal murders throughout the 1960s, the masked man known as the Zodiac Killer continued to write letters to the press and police, while capturing the imaginations of terrified onlookers across the country.
38 min
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The Zodiac - Summer of Slaughter
This special bonus episode is part of our Summer of '69 series! Don’t miss all of our special Summer of ‘69 episodes by subscribing to Parcast Presents: Summer of ‘69, on Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts!
38 min
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The Yeren Pt. 2 - Wild Man
Since it was first allegedly spotted in 1976 outside the Shennongjia forest in China, the Yeren has captivated hundreds of scientists and amateur monster hunters across the world.
34 min
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The Yeren - China’s Bigfoot
There is an ancient legend of a massive, hairy beast that lives in seclusion in the forests of China.
32 min