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Unexplained

Unexplained

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SEASON 07 WILL BEGIN FRIDAY JULY 28TH

Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as ‘reality,’ whatever that is…

More info at www.unexplainedpodcast.com and on twitter @unexplainedpod and facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast

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Episodes
  • Season 08 Episode 31: Morning Has Broken
    Jun 13 2025

    Three women vanished without a trace from a quiet suburban home in the early hours of a summer morning in 1992.

    What began as a hopeful graduation weekend in Springfield, Missouri, spiraled into one of the most chilling and perplexing missing persons cases in American history.

    Written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.

    Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

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    30 mins
  • Season 02 Episode 01: Whispers in the Trees (RERUN)
    Jun 6 2025

    Due to the recent arrival of another mini MacLean Smith, the next new episode will be with you next Friday on June 13th…

    In the meantime, we’re heading back into the vault for this week’s episode, going all the way back to the beginning of Season 02.

    England’s Black Country, a region just west of Birmingham is considered one of the birth places of the British industrial revolution. It’s centered around a 30 ft-wide and unusually shallow coal seam – a product of once living trees, compressed and buried for millions of years, returning to the surface like an irrepressible secret.

    There are some who say the trees can talk. If they could, what secrets might they hold?

    This is Unexplained Season 2 Episode 01: Whispers in the Trees, in full for the first time.

    Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    51 mins
  • Season 01 Episode 10: The Spaces That Linger (RERUN)
    May 30 2025

    Due to the recent arrival of another mini MacLean Smith, there’ll be a slight pause on new episodes. For the next two weeks we’ll be dipping back into the vaults until we continue, rather aptly with the next episode of Season 08 on Friday 13th of June…

    This week, we’re heading back to Season 01 Episode 10.

    The world of horror is littered with unnerving locations, places that both draw from and have in turn seeped into the public imagination.

    For many there is one place in particular that continues to fascinate like no other in the UK.

    With its combination of mystery, intrigue and atmospheric location you couldn’t concoct a better setting, the place: Boleskine House.

    Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

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    31 mins
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Each episode is something new and interesting. With a great variety of weird, sad, fascinating and mysterious topics. Highly recommend.

Consistently excellent and interesting

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a real stand out piece of work in a genre where the is so much noise and hyperbole. this is the perfect antidote - fascinating tales of mystery and the bizzare, thoroughly researched and thoughtfully presented in an unhurried, relaxed and almost hypnotic manner. I particularly enjoyed the backing music that goes with each episode and look forward to winding down at the end of the day with the dulcet tones of RMS. a real treat .

fascinating, thoughtful and understated mystery podcast perfect for night time listening

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I read the book, and was so excited to find it was based on a podcast. But wth! Why does he talk like he’s reading the time?! He sounds so bored. It’s really a big shame. The first episode was fine but it just changed to this weird voice. It is very distracting and now I can’t understand the story. It’s a no from me.

Why does he talk like this?

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i love how Richard expands on any given story of the week and we get to hear about pop culture references, philosophy, metaphysics - it's not just about the thrilling story, but about what these stories and events tell us about ourselves. there is so much care put into how these stories are told too in the podcast

one or my favourite podcasts

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just an ads platform. Why bother listening nothing interesting only ad after ad. Don't bother with this

ads

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Podcast that has completely lost its way. Discovered it in 2017 and it was groundbreaking. Downhill unfortunately in last two years.

Poor…

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This could be so engaging and exciting but the tone of the presenters voice is so monotone and boring.

He sounds like he’s reading a Sermon.

Don’t put yourself through the pain. Find something else.

Snoozefest!!

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