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From eerie legends to real-life horrors, castles have long concealed secrets behind their ancient walls—secrets that refuse to stay buried. In this episode, we uncover the possible sinister past of Scotland's Glamis Castle, where devils, ghosts, and a monstrous family secret blur the line between myth and terrifying reality.
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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On December 24th, 1945, a fire destroyed the home of Jennie and George Sodder and their ten children in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Five children were believed to have died. But when firefighters searched the rubble, there was no trace of them—no remains, no answers. How could they have vanished so completely? Join us as we uncover the strange clues and lingering questions surrounding this unforgettable case.
Written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.
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When UFO researcher Bill Chalker is contacted about a baffling case from long ago in the Australian Outback, he uncovers reports of strange lights in the sky and unexplained attacks on farm animals. What supposedly took place on the McGann Farm in Fernvale, Queensland in 1927 are considered by some to be the strangest in all Australian ufology.
Written by James Connor Patterson and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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Meet Robert the Doll, the mysterious gift to a young boy named Gene Otto that marked the beginning of a lifetime of strange occurrences. Was Robert a harmless childhood companion—or the source of an inexplicable darkness?
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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With Season 8 due to return next Friday, it’s back to the archive one more time…
This week we’re heading back to the 70s, to a quiet housing estate in South East London…
Considering there have been settlers based around the area comprising present day London for over 5000 years, it's hardly surprising that under all that concrete we find remnants of those that have come before us.
But what comes of those whose remnants have been disturbed?
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With Unexplained on a short break we're dipping into the archives again.
This week’s story is a true ghost of Christmas past, reaching out to us from almost 124 years to the day.
It was late one night on December 26th
1900, when a telegram was received by the Northern Lighthouse Board.
It was sent by a member of a rescue crew, dispatched to the Flannen isles, the site of the UKs most remote lighthouse, located way out in the Atlantic, beyond any sign of civilisation.
They were sent to investigate why the light was no longer shining,
The telegram read:
A dreadful accident has happened at the Flannans. The keepers, have disappeared from the Island...
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Completed in 1875, the Hoosac Tunnel was known to those who built it as the bloody pit owing to the 195 people that were killed during its construction.
Today people are warned not to venture into the tunnel, but not only because you might get hit by a train...
Written by Neil McRobert and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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Part two of Season 08 Episode 12: The Dark Banquet
Continuing on from last week's episode, we take a look at what inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. And just what a real-life vampire might actually look like...
Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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In the 15th century, in a citadel perched high above a cliff, there lived a bloodthirsty ruler, considered by some to have been among the most feared and brutal in history.
His name was Vlad Dracul III...
Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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At the northern edge of the Brecon Beacons in Cymru, in the shadow of the Pen y Fan peak, sits a large stone house. Named Heol Fanog, or Road to the Peaks, for one couple who moved there in 1989 the house was everything they had ever dreamed of.
Little did they know that, in truth, it would soon become the place of their worst nightmares.
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