Unexplained History
Tom McKenzie
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About This Podcast
Join host Tom McKenzie weekly as we uncover the secrets behind history’s greatest cold cases and cover-ups. If you’re fascinated by true crime, ancient mysteries, paranormal activity, and government conspiracies, this podcast is for you.
Each episode creates a gripping audio landscape exploring events that defy explanation — from baffling disappearances and cryptid sightings to the dark realities of the Cold War and the occult.
The Team
- Narrative & Direction: Rob Davenport
- Lead Researcher: Mike Sherwin
- Sound Design & Score: Smoking Man Studios
New episodes drop every Tuesday. Listen in — and decide what you believe.
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S2E58 The Dogon Sirius Mystery: Ancient Star Knowledge or Modern Myth?
For decades, one astonishing claim has haunted the world of ancient mysteries: the Dogon people of Mali supposedly knew about Sirius B — a tiny, dense companion star invisible to the naked eye —…
The Betz Sphere: The Metal Ball That Moved on Its Own
In 1974, a Florida family discovered a polished steel sphere in the burned grass near their Fort George Island home. It was heavy, seamless, strangely balanced, and according to the Betz family, it…
S2E56 The Ghost Army: The Fake Force That Fooled Nazi Intelligence
Before D-Day, the Allies built an army that was never meant to fight — only to be seen, heard, intercepted, and believed.Known as the Ghost Army, the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops used inflatable…
S2E55 The Colorado Martian: The Alien Body Buried in Stone
In 1864, a French newspaper published a stunning report from the American frontier: oil prospectors had drilled into a gigantic meteorite and found a tiny humanoid body sealed inside a stone…
S2E54 Operation Gladio: Europe’s Secret Armies
In 1990, Italy admitted the existence of Operation Gladio: a secret Cold War stay-behind network built to resist a Soviet invasion that never came. But when hidden weapons caches, intelligence links,…
S2E53 Saucers Over Washington: The 1952 UFO Flap That Panicked the Pentagon
In July 1952, radar operators at Washington National Airport saw something impossible: unidentified targets moving through the skies near the White House, the Capitol, and the Pentagon. Pilots…
S2E52 The Chronovisor: Did the Vatican Hide a Machine That Could See the Past?
A Benedictine priest claimed he helped build the impossible: a machine that could photograph history itself. Father Pellegrino Ernetti said the Chronovisor revealed lost speeches, vanished plays,…
S2E51 The Vela Incident: The Nuclear Flash No One Claimed
In 1979, an American Vela nuclear-detection satellite recorded a mysterious double flash over the remote southern ocean — the kind of signal it was built to recognize as an atmospheric nuclear test.…
S2E50 Project Looking Glass: The Time Machine That Saw a Future No One Could Stop
A secret machine. A future that refused to change. And a Cold War program with a name that sounded like it belonged to myth.In this episode of Unexplained History, we investigate the legend of…
S2E49 The Emerald Tablet of Atlantis: Alchemy’s Lost Recipe for Immortality
Was the Emerald Tablet a lost Atlantean secret — or one of history’s most powerful occult misunderstandings?In this episode of Unexplained History, we follow a strange trail from a modern internet…
S2E48 Giants of History: The Bones They Told Us Were Buried
Ancient stories say giants once walked the earth — from the Nephilim and Og of Bashan to Greek Titans, Gilgamesh, Native giant traditions, and mysterious “giant skeleton” reports from American…
S2E47 The Prophecy of the Popes: The Secret List That Predicted the End Times
A secret list of 112 popes. A mysterious manuscript that surfaced during a papal conclave in 1590. A final prophecy warning that Peter the Roman would rule during the destruction of Rome.For…
S2E46 The Cash-Landrum Incident: The UFO Case That Took the U.S. Government to Court
On December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and seven-year-old Colby Landrum were driving through the pine woods of East Texas when they claimed to see something impossible: a massive…
S2E45 Babylon's Secret Gods
Babylon's Secret Gods follows one of the oldest and most seductive religious-conspiracy claims in history: that ancient Babylon preserved a hidden system of sacred knowledge that survived its own…
S2E44 Point Pleasant’s Red-Eyed Omen: The Mothman Legend of West Virginia
Explore the chilling history and enduring legacy of the Mothman. It all began on the night of November 15, 1966, when two couples encountered a massive, winged figure with glowing red eyes near the…
S2E43 Voices in the Static: The Enigma of Number Stations
What happens when a jingle ends and a monotone voice begins reading strings of numbers into the void? Welcome to the unsettling world of Number Stations. In this episode of Unexplained History, Tom…
S2E42 Project Azorian: The Secret Cold War Mission to Salvage Soviet Sub K-129
In March 1968, the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 vanished into the depths of the North Pacific. While the Soviets searched in vain, the U.S. government—armed with secret acoustic data of…
S2E41 Sedona’s Red Rocks: The Hidden History of the Vortex Legend
Millions of travelers flock to Sedona, Arizona, seeking the "vortexes"—specific sites rumored to emit powerful, healing electromagnetic energy. But where did this idea actually come from? In this…
S2E40 The Lost City of Z: Percy Fawcett and the Ancient Secrets of the Amazon
In 1925, the world’s most famous explorer vanished into the green wall of the Amazon. Percy Harrison Fawcett wasn't just wandering; he was hunting for "Z"—a grand, ancient civilization he believed…
S2E39 Lemuria: The Sunk Continent Myth vs. Geological Truth
A single footnote in 1864 by zoologist Philip Sclater was intended to solve a simple primate distribution puzzle. Instead, it birthed Lemuria, a legendary sunken continent that has captivated…
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