S04 Episode 19 Extra: Touching from a Distance

In the early hours of March 14th 1928, below deck of an ocean liner just off the coast of West Africa, former RAF pilot Colonel George Henderson reportedly experienced a 'crisis apparition' of his friend and fellow pilot, Captain Raymond Hinchcliffe saying he was lost and in great danger.

What Henderson is said not to have known at the time, is that Hinchcliffe, and his co-pilot, Elsie Mackay were 3000 thousands miles away, high in the clouds, and fated never to be seen again...

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Elsie Mackay

S04 Episode 19: A View From a Hill

For any regular listener of this show, as you may have gathered, Unexplained is rather fond of a good old haunted house story.  

The story of the Cooneen ghost house of Ireland is just one such tale,  often regarded as one of the most compelling supposed true-life hauntings of all time... 

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The Cooneen Ghost House | © Mark Gunn/Flickr

S04 Episode 18 Extra: Buried Under Brambles

Whatever your thoughts on supposed occult groups conducting rituals in England's west Sussex countryside, for whatever reason, it’s fair to say the region has certainly had its fair share of weirdness.

In fact, only last year, yet another peculiar story emerged from out of the shadows of the Sussex Downs, as compelling as any other that had previously come to light...

Featuring the story of Anthea Ring.

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Anthea Ring as a baby shortly after being discovered by the Dodd Family

S04 Episode 18: The Dark Ascending

Chanctonbury Ring, an ancient and unusual landmark located in Sussex, England, and the surrounding countryside has long been considered by some to be a hotbed of strange and peculiar activity. In the 1970s, one local resident set out to dig a little deeper into the mystery only to find a little more than he bargained for... Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

S04 Episode 17 Extra: Reid Me My Rights

Despite it first being formerly recognised by psychologist Hugo Münsterberg in 1906, only today are we really getting to grips with understanding the phenomenon of false confessions. In this episode we take a closer look at the worrying way in which false confessions continue to contribute to wrongful convictions.

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S04 Episode 17: Appearing is Being (Pt.2 of 2)

Part Two of S04 Episode 17: Appearing is Being

In January 1974, in a quiet port town in Iceland, one teenager’s mysterious and tragic disappearance proves just the beginning in a devastating chain of events that will forever haunt the nation. 

In part two, as investigators push Erla to think harder about the night that Guðmundur Einarsson disappeared, her grip on reality begins to loosen...

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S04 Episode 17: Appearing is Being (Pt. 1 of 2)

In January 1974, in a quiet port town in Iceland, one teenager’s mysterious and tragic disappearance proves just the beginning in a devastating chain of events that will forever haunt the nation.

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Guðmundur Einarsson and Geirfinnur Einarsson (no relation)

S04 Episode 16 Extra: Sanity and Other Irrationalities

The notion that it is possible to exist in one state of awareness and perpetrate terrible acts without even realising it, represents a very singular type of horror. This week's Extra, with a little help from Euripides, takes a closer look at the idea.

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S04 Episode 16: Folie, Adieu

In May 2008, twin sisters and Swedish nationals Sabina and Ursula Eriksson took a ferry from Ireland to Liverpool in England and boarded a bus to London. The pair would never make it to London nor ever disclose where they were going or why they were in England at all.

By the end of their bizarre excursion, one would be left critically hurt in hospital and the other arrested for murder.

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Ursula and Sabina Eriksson captured on CCTV, 17 May 2008

S04 Episode 15 Extra: Final Cut

Whatever we might think about the actions of Burke and Hare, their crimes were as much a result of market forces as anything else. Today's black market organ trade provides a very modern equivalent.

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S04 Episode 15: Where The Bodies Lie

It was on one bright summer's day in 1836 that a group of boys out hunting rabbits on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, made a very bizarre and macabre discovery. Could it have been linked to one of the city's most infamous murder sprees from only a few years before?

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S04 Episode 14 Extra: 2+2=5

In last week's episode, Negative Space, we looked at the chilling tale of the Perron family haunting, which, like many people I first came across through the film The Conjuring. In this week's extra we look a little closer at key elements of the story that inspired the movie.

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The Arnolds Farm c.1840

S04 Episode 14: Negative Space

Many listeners of Unexplained might be familiar with the 2013 film The Conjuring directed by James Wan. Some however, might not know the true story behind the film. Before Hollywood, before the involvement of Lorraine and Ed Warren there was just a family, an old farmhouse and some very peculiar goings on...

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S04 Episode 13 Extra: Fade to White

In the winter of 1930, a fur trapper is alleged to have discovered an abandoned village on the shores of Lake Anjikuni, in what is commonly known today as the territory of Nunavut in Northern Canada. What exactly happened to its former residents is a mystery that remains to this day, unexplained...

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S04 Episode 13: Lost in Stormy Visions (Pt.3 of 3)

Part Three of S04 Episode 13: Lost in Stormy Visions

In the late 16th century, a series of English dreamers attempted to establish the first English colony in the New World. Their efforts, in equal parts brave and utterly callous would leave a trail of death and disaster in their wake. It is nothing less than the story of the founding of modern America and at its centre lies perhaps one if its greatest mysteries: The Lost Colony.

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S04 Episode 13: Lost in Stormy Visions (Pt.2 of 3)

Part Two of S04 Episode 13: Lost in Stormy Visions

In the late 16th century, a series of English dreamers attempted to establish the first English colony in the New World. Their efforts, in equal parts brave and utterly callous would leave a trail of death and disaster in their wake. It is nothing less than the story of the founding of modern America and at its centre lies perhaps one if its greatest mysteries: The Lost Colony.

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S04 Episode 13: Lost in Stormy Visions (Pt.1 of 3)

In the late 16th century, a series of English dreamers attempted to establish the first English colony in the New World. Their efforts, in equal parts brave and utterly callous would leave a trail of death and disaster in their wake. It is nothing less than the story of the founding of modern America and at its centre lies perhaps one if its greatest mysteries: The Lost Colony.

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S04 Episode 12 Extra: Escaping the Cave

In 1954, Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma became the location of one of the most audacious and controversial social psychology experiments of all time. This is the unbelievable story.

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The Eagles take on the Rattlers in Tug-a-War, 1953

S04 Episode 12: Wilderness Be Still

In October 2009, a white pick-up truck was found abandoned deep in the Sans Bois mountains in Oklahoma. The discovery would spark the beginning of one of the state's most peculiar and tragic unexplained mysteries.

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S04 Episode 11 Extra: The Sky Inside

In last week’s episode, New Dawn Fades, we traced the origins of what is commonly referred to as the Roswell incident. In this week's extra we look at how changing trends in culture and general thinking have influenced our interpretation of UFOs throughout the ages.

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The 1561 Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg by Hans Glasser.