Thinking Sideways: Gobekli Tepe
A discovery that "changes everything", Gobekli Tepe is a prolific discovery and dates to a time when humans were literally mere decades from being cavemen. Who built these, how did they build them, wh...
9 Jan 20141h 20min
Thinking Sideways: Polybius
A new arcade game arrived in Portland in 1981 but was pulled from arcades just weeks after it arrived. It's never been seen again. Was it having strange effects on the kids who play it? Was it a gover...
2 Jan 20141h 13min
Thinking Sideways: Surcouf
In February 1942, the Free French Navy submarine Surcouf departed Bermuda for Australia, via the Panama Canal. She never reached the canal, and disappeared without a trace, leading to accusations of c...
26 Des 201347min
Thinking Sideways: Santa Claus
One mystery has plagued us since childhood- how does he carry all those toys? How does he make it to everyone's house in one night? Why has no one seen him delivering toys? That's right, it's Santa! W...
21 Des 201316min
Thinking Sideways: Baghdad Battery
Bagdahd, Iraq, 1939, a new curator takes over the National Museum of Iraq, bringing to light a confusing discovery- a ceramic pot with a metallic rod inside. Speculation over what this artifact is, wh...
20 Des 201330min
Thinking Sideways: 1991 VG
A near-earth-object that was seemingly metallic and approximately 10 meters across went past the earth in 1991. Instead of looking like a piece of space rock it showed characteristics of a "made" obje...
12 Des 201345min
Thinking Sideways: Isdal Woman
In November 1970, the partially burned corpse of a woman was discovered near Bergen, Norway, leading to one of the most intensive investigations in Norwegian history, which is still a source of contro...
5 Des 201335min
Thinking Sideways: Boy in the Box
In Philadelphia on February 25th, 1957 a would-be peeping tom discovers a box with the body of a young boy in it. The boy has never been identified, despite diligent work from many different organizat...
28 Nov 201333min
