Unexplained Mysteries

Her goal was to circumnavigate the earth along the equator, and she had the equipment and the skillset to make it happen. The greatest difficulty would be getting across the expansive Pacific Ocean. E...

28 Jun 202239min

Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated into pieces after re-entering the earth's atmosphere. NASA admits that both of these tragedies could hav...

23 Jun 202241min

A fabled route connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans lured sailors to the Arctic, where the temptation of discovering the Northwest Passage brought many to their deaths. The most infamous of thes...

21 Jun 202237min

While over half of the Donner Party survived, what's remembered most about their expedition is how survivors resorted to cannibalism. Though that's only part of the reason why some people lived to tel...

16 Jun 202239min

Glen and Bessie Hyde were newlyweds who attempted to raft down the Colorado River in 1928. Their goal was to become famous. Instead, they would become infamous — an attention-seeking couple who ignore...

14 Jun 202242min

George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set out in 1924 to summit the world’s tallest peak. Then they disappeared. Their fate has left a lasting mystery in Everest lore: Did they actually make it to the top,...

9 Jun 202236min

Our dreamscapes can be terrible, wonderful, and truly bizarre. What if we could control them? In the late 1800s an aristocrat studying sleep became legendary for his ability to direct his dreams. A ce...

7 Jun 202234min

In 18th-century England, inbred sheep are afflicted with a disease that leaves them with an unscratchable itch. In New Guinea, a group of indigenous people blame sorcery for “kuru,” a disease causing ...

2 Jun 202237min