S05 Episode 5: When Love Breaks Down (Pt. 2 of 2)

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, ...

16 Aug 202425min

On December 4th 1872, the crew of the cargo ship Dei Gratia, came across a ghost ship set adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles to the east of the Azores. The fate of the vessel, Mary Celeste, and t...

9 Aug 202433min

It could be said that all stories are ultimately about one thing – death. None more so than the stories we tell each other concerning what awaits us after life. It is a theme that can be found in stor...

2 Aug 202422min

Unexplained Season 7 has now finished but we’ll be back on Friday September 6th to begin Season 8. In the meantime, I’m going to be replaying some of my favourite episodes from the archives. This week...

26 Juli 202430min

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...

19 Juli 202430min

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...

12 Juli 202434min

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 acc...

5 Juli 202432min

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. Inspir...

28 Juni 202434min