Unexplained History delivers unexplained events analysis and deep dives into the history of the unexplained. Join host Tom McKenzie weekly as we uncover the secrets behind history’s greatest cold cases and cover-ups. If you’re fascinated by true crime, ancient mysteries, paranormal activity, and government conspiracies, this podcast is for you.Each episode creates a gripping audio landscape exploring events that defy explanation — from baffling disappearances and cryptid sightings to the dark realities of the Cold War and the occult.The TeamNarrative & Direction: Rob DavenportLead Researcher: Mike SherwinSound Design & Score: Smoking Man StudiosNew episodes drop every Tuesday. Listen in — and deci...
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Sep 29, 2026 · 55:31
In September twenty twenty-six, a team studying Tutankhamun's tomb reported new geophysical anomalies north of its known rooms. Their proposed plan revives a remarkable idea: the…
Sep 24, 2026 · 58:43
In September nineteen fifty, the United States military carried out six simulated biological attacks on the San Francisco Bay Area. A Navy vessel released Serratia marcescens and…
Sep 22, 2026 · 59:59
In two thousand twenty-four, a Norwegian government scientist reportedly tested a secret microwave-emitting apparatus on himself. He was said to have developed neurological…
Sep 17, 2026 · 53:40
In 1942, a Pennsylvania dentist proposed attacking Japan with bats carrying tiny incendiaries. His idea reached the White House and became a real military research program,…
Sep 15, 2026 · 56:47
On September 16, 1994, dozens of children at Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, said they had seen something extraordinary beyond their playground. Silver objects. Small figures.…
Sep 10, 2026 · 59:20
Majestic Twelve is the most durable alleged UFO cover-up in modern American history. Its papers describe a secret committee formed after a crash in nineteen forty-seven and…
Sep 8, 2026 · 1:00:55
MH370 left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people aboard. Its final radio message sounded routine. Then its identifying radar signal disappeared, a second track led back across…
Sep 3, 2026 · 1:16:25
John Bell died on a Tennessee farm in eighteen twenty after months of illness. According to America's most famous haunting story, his family found a mysterious vial beside his…
Sep 1, 2026 · 1:03:54
In nineteen thirty, archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a colossal statue of Ramesses II at Hermopolis Magna. The king's head and torso were gone. Ninety-four years later,…
Aug 27, 2026 · 1:03:33
Unexplained History follows the evidence behind Black Triangles: Strange Reports From a Dark Sky. This episode separates witness accounts, documented history, official records,…
Jun 24, 2026 · 1:00:26
Before Roswell, before flying saucers, and even before the Wright brothers, Americans were already looking up at the night sky and reporting strange craft, glowing lights, secret…
Jun 9, 2026 · 1:14:24
For decades, one astonishing claim has haunted the world of ancient mysteries: the Dogon people of Mali supposedly knew about Sirius B — a tiny, dense companion star invisible to…
Jun 4, 2026 · 59:05
In 1974, a Florida family discovered a polished steel sphere in the burned grass near their Fort George Island home. It was heavy, seamless, strangely balanced, and according to…
Jun 2, 2026 · 58:59
Before D-Day, the Allies built an army that was never meant to fight — only to be seen, heard, intercepted, and believed. Known as the Ghost Army, the 23rd Headquarters Special…
May 29, 2026 · 35:12
In 1864, a French newspaper published a stunning report from the American frontier: oil prospectors had drilled into a gigantic meteorite and found a tiny humanoid body sealed…
May 26, 2026 · 59:44
In 1990, Italy admitted the existence of Operation Gladio: a secret Cold War stay-behind network built to resist a Soviet invasion that never came. But when hidden weapons…
May 22, 2026 · 40:33
In July 1952, radar operators at Washington National Airport saw something impossible: unidentified targets moving through the skies near the White House, the Capitol, and the…
May 19, 2026 · 40:40
A Benedictine priest claimed he helped build the impossible: a machine that could photograph history itself. Father Pellegrino Ernetti said the Chronovisor revealed lost…
May 14, 2026 · 59:20
In 1979, an American Vela nuclear-detection satellite recorded a mysterious double flash over the remote southern ocean — the kind of signal it was built to recognize as an…
May 12, 2026 · 46:03
A secret machine. A future that refused to change. And a Cold War program with a name that sounded like it belonged to myth. In this episode of Unexplained History, we…
May 7, 2026 · 1:05:15
Was the Emerald Tablet a lost Atlantean secret — or one of history’s most powerful occult misunderstandings? In this episode of Unexplained History, we follow a strange trail…
May 5, 2026 · 1:03:01
Ancient stories say giants once walked the earth — from the Nephilim and Og of Bashan to Greek Titans, Gilgamesh, Native giant traditions, and mysterious “giant skeleton” reports…
Apr 30, 2026 · 56:23
A secret list of 112 popes. A mysterious manuscript that surfaced during a papal conclave in 1590. A final prophecy warning that Peter the Roman would rule during the destruction…
Apr 28, 2026 · 56:08
On December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and seven-year-old Colby Landrum were driving through the pine woods of East Texas when they claimed to see something…
Apr 23, 2026 · 39:34
Babylon's Secret Gods follows one of the oldest and most seductive religious-conspiracy claims in history: that ancient Babylon preserved a hidden system of sacred knowledge that…
Apr 21, 2026 · 40:23
Explore the chilling history and enduring legacy of the Mothman. It all began on the night of November 15, 1966 , when two couples encountered a massive, winged figure with…
Apr 16, 2026 · 59:02
What happens when a jingle ends and a monotone voice begins reading strings of numbers into the void? Welcome to the unsettling world of Number Stations . In this episode of…
Apr 14, 2026 · 57:07
In March 1968, the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 vanished into the depths of the North Pacific. While the Soviets searched in vain, the U.S. government—armed with…
Apr 9, 2026 · 56:34
Millions of travelers flock to Sedona, Arizona , seeking the "vortexes"—specific sites rumored to emit powerful, healing electromagnetic energy. But where did this idea actually…
Apr 7, 2026 · 1:01:34
In 1925, the world’s most famous explorer vanished into the green wall of the Amazon. Percy Harrison Fawcett wasn't just wandering; he was hunting for "Z" —a grand, ancient…
Apr 2, 2026 · 1:05:03
A single footnote in 1864 by zoologist Philip Sclater was intended to solve a simple primate distribution puzzle. Instead, it birthed Lemuria , a legendary sunken continent that…
Mar 31, 2026 · 43:21
In 2011, a Spanish research vessel discovered "Los Atlantes," a series of submerged seamounts east of the Canary Islands with features resembling ancient beaches. While headlines…
Mar 26, 2026 · 41:03
Join host Tom McKenzie in this investigative episode of Unexplained History as we journey to the frozen landscape of Antarctica. We dive deep into the official records of…
Mar 24, 2026 · 38:40
Explore the chilling history and haunting urban legends of Camp Hero in Montauk, New York . This episode of Unexplained History investigates the transition of this former Long…
Mar 19, 2026 · 43:48
In 1983, Army Lieutenant Colonel Wayne M. McDonald authored a document that would quietly sit in filing cabinets for decades before exploding into an internet phenomenon. Known…
Mar 17, 2026 · 43:48
For decades, rumors have circulated about a mysterious object orbiting Earth—an object some claim has been watching humanity for thousands of years. Conspiracy theorists call it…
Mar 12, 2026 · 1:15:25
For decades, a remote stretch of desert in Nevada has fueled some of the most persistent mysteries in modern history. Area 51 is officially just a military testing site. But…
Mar 10, 2026 · 50:53
In December of 1980, a group of U.S. Air Force personnel stationed at RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk, England entered the dark woods of Rendlesham Forest to investigate mysterious…
Mar 9, 2026 · 51:53
In October of 1943, a U.S. Navy destroyer escort called the USS Eldridge was allegedly used in a secret military experiment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Witnesses claimed…
Mar 6, 2026 · 57:50
In the early morning hours of June 30, 1908 , a cataclysmic explosion leveled 800 square miles of the Siberian Taiga. While the official scientific explanation attributes the…
Mar 5, 2026 · 1:02:04
In this deep-dive episode of Unexplained History , Tom McKenzie investigates a chilling encounter on a desolate stretch of Arizona highway that changed one man's life forever.…
Mar 3, 2026 · 1:02:28
In this episode of Unexplained History , host Tom McKenzie investigates the fascinating, ink-stained history of one of America’s most famous cryptids. Far from starting with a…
Feb 26, 2026 · 1:03:51
What happens when scarcity moves from the body to the spirit? In this episode, we trace the history of the Wendigo Complex , a cluster of Northern Algonquian narratives tied to…
Feb 24, 2026 · 1:17:03
Did you know that Nazis helped build NASA? In this immersive episode of Unexplained History , we peel back the paperclips to reveal a moral labyrinth that changed the course of…
Feb 19, 2026 · 56:10
Could a passenger from a non-existent country or a stock trader from the year 2256 be proof of glitches in our reality? In this episode of Unexplained History , host Tom McKenzie…
Feb 17, 2026 · 55:09
In this fascinating episode of Unexplained History , we delve into the mystery of the Copper Scroll , an extraordinary artifact discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Join host…
Feb 12, 2026 · 59:14
Beneath our feet, entire worlds exist in silence. From the Raven Rock Mountain Complex in Pennsylvania to the vast, hollowed-out caverns of Mount Weather, governments have spent…
Feb 10, 2026 · 56:19
In Brittany, France, thousands of massive standing stones stretch across the landscape like a frozen army. They form the Carnac Alignments—the largest megalithic site in the…
Feb 5, 2026 · 59:08
On October 13, 1917, in a muddy field in Fátima, Portugal, tens of thousands of people gathered in the rain, waiting for a promised miracle from three shepherd children. What…
Feb 3, 2026 · 59:06
Around 1200 BCE, the civilized world came to a sudden, violent end. The Hittite Empire burned, Mycenaean palaces crumbled, and Egypt fought for its life. The culprits? A…
Jan 29, 2026 · 59:15
Dive into the shadows of the Cold War with host Tom McKenzie as Unexplained History uncovers the chilling reality of Project MKUltra . In this episode, we peel back the layers of…
Jan 27, 2026 · 1:00:08
Join host Tom McKenzie on Unexplained History as we unroll one of the world's most baffling cartographic mysteries: the Piri Reis Map . Discovered in the dusty archives of…
Jan 22, 2026 · 1:00:26
In the sands outside Baghdad, archaeologists uncovered a strange object that may challenge everything we think we know about ancient technology. Known as the Baghdad Battery,…
Jan 20, 2026 · 1:01:31
Television and radio were once trusted voices of authority—until something began breaking through the signal. In this episode of Unexplained History, we investigate some of the…
Jan 15, 2026 · 1:01:37
Long before farming, pottery, or metal tools, an ancient civilization may have built the world’s first known temple. Göbekli Tepe, a 12,000-year-old megalithic site in…
Jan 13, 2026 · 57:45
In 1977, a British television broadcast shocked viewers with a chilling idea: Earth was facing environmental collapse, and a secret elite had already chosen an escape plan known…
Jan 8, 2026 · 58:16
Deep in the Amazon jungle, Terence McKenna claimed to find a map of time itself. In Episode 23 of Unexplained History , we take a trip to the edge of reality to explore Time Wave…
Jan 6, 2026 · 51:28
He knew the secrets of the universe. He turned base metals into gold. And he claimed he would never die. In this episode of Unexplained History , host Tom McKenzie tracks the…
Jan 1, 2026 · 51:16
It killed over 100 people. It was bulletproof. And it took an army to stop it. Between 1764 and 1767, the rural province of Gévaudan in southern France became a hunting ground.…
Dec 30, 2025 · 50:02
It has baffled the world’s greatest minds for 600 years. Is it a lost language, a medieval hoax, or something darker? In Episode 20 of Unexplained History , host Tom McKenzie…
Dec 25, 2025 · 54:07
It is an object that defies history. A computer built before the birth of Christ. In 1901, sponge divers off the coast of Antikythera discovered a shipwreck filled with marble…
Dec 23, 2025 · 58:54
How does an entire colony disappear without a trace? The mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has baffled historians for over four centuries.On this episode of Unexplained…
Dec 18, 2025 · 40:17
Dive deep into the chilling mystery of Krampus, the horned figure who embodies the darker side of winter traditions. This episode explores the fascinating duality of Krampus,…
Dec 16, 2025 · 58:40
Imagine the ground beneath your feet suddenly shifting, continents rearranging overnight, and ancient civilizations vanishing in cataclysmic floods. Welcome to Unexplained…
Dec 11, 2025 · 45:00
Journey into the heart of the 1959 Dyatlov Pass Incident, where nine seasoned hikers met a horrifying and inexplicable end in the frozen Ural Mountains. Uncover the mysterious…
Dec 9, 2025 · 53:31
Explore the chilling and enigmatic tale of Die Glocke, the alleged Nazi wonder weapon developed deep within a Polish mine during World War II. In this episode of Unexplained…
Dec 4, 2025 · 1:00:33
In Episode 13 of Unexplained History, we dive into the eerie events of February 25, 1942, known as the Battle of Los Angeles. Just months after Pearl Harbor, a mysterious object…
Dec 2, 2025 · 53:22
Episode 12 of Unexplained History delves deep into the mysterious intersection of occult rituals, government secrecy, and the dawn of the modern UFO era. Explore how famed rocket…
Dec 1, 2025 · 56:38
Dive deep into the shadowy world of Cold War espionage with Episode 11 of Unexplained History as we uncover Project Stargate — the secret U.S. government program that spent…
Oct 15, 2025 · 1:23:37
Dive into the chilling mystery of Operation Highjump: Antarctica’s Frozen Secret — where military history, Nazi legends, and UFO lore collide beneath the world’s coldest…
Oct 8, 2025 · 1:04:38
Dive deep into The Real Secret History of the Anunnaki — a revealing episode of Unexplained History that separates ancient myth from modern conspiracy. From the clay tablets of…
Jan 21, 2025 · 1:02:36
In this gripping episode of Unexplained History, host Tom McKenzie explores one of the CIA's most bizarre and ethically questionable experiments called Operation Midnight Climax.…
Jan 12, 2025 · 1:08:14
In this chilling episode of Unexplained History, host Tom McKenzie delves into the enigmatic world of the Montauk Project, a conspiracy theory that blurs the lines between…
Jan 7, 2025 · 46:17
In this chilling installment of Unexplained History, host Tom McKenzie delves into the sinister depths of folklore to explore the stories that have haunted humanity for…
Dec 31, 2024 · 57:30
In this riveting episode of Unexplained History, host Tom McKenzie takes listeners deep into the mysteries of Hidden Civilizations—enigmatic societies said to have thrived before…
Dec 24, 2024 · 1:10:10
Join host Tom McKenzie on Unexplained History for a festive yet eye-opening journey into the mysterious origins of Christmas. In this episode, we unravel the ancient roots of…
Dec 24, 2024 · 59:57
In this chilling episode of Unexplained History, host Tom McKenzie takes you on a journey through the eerie and mysterious world of cursed objects. From glittering treasures to…
Dec 17, 2024 · 1:04:50
In this episode of Unexplained History, we conclude our exploration of the Fourth Turning, tying together the key events of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to uncover the repeating…
Dec 1, 2024 · 1:03:42
Step into the shadows of the 1920s as Unexplained History delves into the scandals, secrets, and societal shifts that defined the Roaring Twenties. In this episode, we begin with…
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