One chilly morning in a small village in Romania, in February 1925, 11-year-old Eleonore Zugun found a coin on the way to her grandmother's house. Eleonore's cousin warned her not to pick it up; that it was the devil's money and would only bring her bad luck.
But Eleonore ignored the warning...
This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.
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The third and final part of Season 07 Episode 25: The City Upon a Hill
As accusations of witchcraft mount up soon the fear spreads beyond Salem and out into the wider Puritan community. With over 100 people accused of being in league with the devil, it's time to begin the official trials.
The shit gets real, as they say...
This episode was written by Richard MacLean Smith and Ella Mcleod
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Part two of Season 07 Episode 25: The City Upon a Hill
It's March 1692 in Salem. Three women - Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba - stand accused of witchcraft. All three have so far denied the accusation.
But all that is about to change...
This episode was written by Ella Mcleod and Richard MacLean Smith.
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In June 1630, 700 puritans arrived from England at a place in New England, America, known to many local communities as Naumkeag.
To those new arrivals however, it was known as something different.
Inspired by the Hebrew for peace, they called it Salem.
This episode was written by Ella Mcleod and Richard MacLean Smith.
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The volcanic landscape of Iceland exerts a strong pull on the psyche. So it's no wonder the nation's folklore is so rich with stories of the supernatural, of ghosts and trolls, but most of all, elves...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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Kevin Mannis, outside Addy's Market 2004 (Jason Haxton)
Third and final part of Season 07 Episode 23: The Box
Jason continues his quest to get to the bottom of how the dibbuk box came into being. What he uncovers is more wild than he could possibly have imagined...
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Jason Haxton (David Kennedy / For The Times)
Part two of Season 07 Episode 23: The Box
Despite the disturbing nature of Kevin's eBay listing, his 'dibbuk' box attracts the interest of hundreds of potential buyers. Before long, it's heading for Kirksville, Missouri, with disturbing consequences...
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In June 2003, something unusual popped up for sale on eBay.
The listing was posted by used furniture dealer Kevin Mannis and concerned a strange Jewish artefact he'd apparently purchased a few years before. He called it a dybbuk box.
He said he wanted to sell it because, according to him, it was haunted...
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Second and final part of Season 07 Episode 22: Jumping into Legend
In the hunt for the true identity of the so-called Dan Cooper, the FBI and police interview over 800 suspects. Could one of them be him?
This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.
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On November 24th 1971 at Portland International airport, a man turned up at the ticket desk requesting a one-way ticket to Seattle.
The rest is strange and mystifying history...
This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.
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It's long been thought that people can be driven to madness by the wind.
In 1969, Episcopalian bishop James Pike and his wife Diane became stranded in the Judean desert while on a research trip. Then the wind started to blow...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith.
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The second and final part of Season 07 Episode 20: The Haunting of Hannath Hall
The team from the Cambridge University Society of Psychical Research are ready to begin their investigation of Hannath Hall. Starting with a good old fashioned séance...
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It always fills me with a particular sense of caution, and no little excitement when I learn of new alleged poltergeist events, particularly ones that invoke the work of Nigel Kneale involving learned men and women on the hunt for ghosts…
And so I present to you, the haunting of Hannath Hall...
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In 1999, a house went on the market in the tiny village of Upper Mayfield near the Derbyshire Peak District.
It was bought by Tim Chilton for what he thought was a steal. It turned out to be far more than that...
This episode was written by Diane Hope.
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The fourth and final part of Season 07 Episode 18: A Dance with Mr. Dee (Pt.4 of 4)
Fearing for his life, John Dee flees with his family to Europe along with his trusty scryer Edward Kelly. Together they continue to commune with angels in pursuit of Dee's dream to unlock the secrets of the universe. All seems to be going well until Kelly makes an outrageous proposition...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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Part Three of Season 07 Episode 18: A Dance with Mr. Dee
Late one afternoon in March 1582, John Dee is introduced to one Edward Talbot, a self-proclaimed medium and scryer. And, Dee hopes, the gateway to his wildest dreams.
His life will never be the same again.
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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With the death of Queen Mary 1st, John Dee does what he can to ingratiate himself with the new Queen, Elizabeth 1st.
In the secrecy of his home, he embarks on an ambitious new experiment, to uncover nothing less than the secrets of the universe...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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John Dee.
Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and some say, the most influential occult magician in British history...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith.
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Unexplained will return next week.
In place of this week's episode, this is one from the vaults...
When 3 year old Shanti Devi becomes convinced she has lived another life before, her parents assume it’s just a childish game.
Today many consider her story to be nothing less than absolute proof of reincarnation…
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Part two of Season 07 Episode 17: What Lies in the Long Grass
As news begins to spread about the bizarre events at Ruwa school, the children find an unlikely champion for their version of events.
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