The volcanic landscape of Iceland exerts a strong pull on the psyche. So it's no wonder the nation's folklore is so rich with stories of the supernatural, of ghosts and trolls, but most of all, elves...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith
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Kevin Mannis, outside Addy's Market 2004 (Jason Haxton)
Third and final part of Season 07 Episode 23: The Box
Jason continues his quest to get to the bottom of how the dibbuk box came into being. What he uncovers is more wild than he could possibly have imagined...
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Jason Haxton (David Kennedy / For The Times)
Part two of Season 07 Episode 23: The Box
Despite the disturbing nature of Kevin's eBay listing, his 'dibbuk' box attracts the interest of hundreds of potential buyers. Before long, it's heading for Kirksville, Missouri, with disturbing consequences...
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In June 2003, something unusual popped up for sale on eBay.
The listing was posted by used furniture dealer Kevin Mannis and concerned a strange Jewish artefact he'd apparently purchased a few years before. He called it a dybbuk box.
He said he wanted to sell it because, according to him, it was haunted...
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Second and final part of Season 07 Episode 22: Jumping into Legend
In the hunt for the true identity of the so-called Dan Cooper, the FBI and police interview over 800 suspects. Could one of them be him?
This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.
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On November 24th 1971 at Portland International airport, a man turned up at the ticket desk requesting a one-way ticket to Seattle.
The rest is strange and mystifying history...
This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and produced by Richard MacLean Smith.
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It's long been thought that people can be driven to madness by the wind.
In 1969, Episcopalian bishop James Pike and his wife Diane became stranded in the Judean desert while on a research trip. Then the wind started to blow...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith.
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The second and final part of Season 07 Episode 20: The Haunting of Hannath Hall
The team from the Cambridge University Society of Psychical Research are ready to begin their investigation of Hannath Hall. Starting with a good old fashioned séance...
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It always fills me with a particular sense of caution, and no little excitement when I learn of new alleged poltergeist events, particularly ones that invoke the work of Nigel Kneale involving learned men and women on the hunt for ghosts…
And so I present to you, the haunting of Hannath Hall...
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In 1999, a house went on the market in the tiny village of Upper Mayfield near the Derbyshire Peak District.
It was bought by Tim Chilton for what he thought was a steal. It turned out to be far more than that...
This episode was written by Diane Hope.
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The fourth and final part of Season 07 Episode 18: A Dance with Mr. Dee (Pt.4 of 4)
Fearing for his life, John Dee flees with his family to Europe along with his trusty scryer Edward Kelly. Together they continue to commune with angels in pursuit of Dee's dream to unlock the secrets of the universe. All seems to be going well until Kelly makes an outrageous proposition...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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Part Three of Season 07 Episode 18: A Dance with Mr. Dee
Late one afternoon in March 1582, John Dee is introduced to one Edward Talbot, a self-proclaimed medium and scryer. And, Dee hopes, the gateway to his wildest dreams.
His life will never be the same again.
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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With the death of Queen Mary 1st, John Dee does what he can to ingratiate himself with the new Queen, Elizabeth 1st.
In the secrecy of his home, he embarks on an ambitious new experiment, to uncover nothing less than the secrets of the universe...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith
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John Dee.
Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and some say, the most influential occult magician in British history...
This episode was written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith.
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Unexplained will return next week.
In place of this week's episode, this is one from the vaults...
When 3 year old Shanti Devi becomes convinced she has lived another life before, her parents assume it’s just a childish game.
Today many consider her story to be nothing less than absolute proof of reincarnation…
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Part two of Season 07 Episode 17: What Lies in the Long Grass
As news begins to spread about the bizarre events at Ruwa school, the children find an unlikely champion for their version of events.
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One evening in September 1994, strange lights are seen in the skies over Zimbabwe.
Two days later, 60 pupils of a rural primary school make the astonishing claim, that a UFO landed in their playground.
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In the late 1960s, there were few better places to enjoy a night out in Glasgow than the Barrowland Ballroom.
At weekends, as many as 2000 would cram into the venue to dance away the night.
Among them, was one of the UK's most notorious misogynistic murderers, whose true identity remains to this day, Unexplained.
This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith.
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Part two of Season 07 Episode 15: In His Eyes a Flaming Glow
As Gregori Rasputin's influence over the Tsar and Tsarina grows ever stronger, so too does the determination of his enemies to put a stop to it. By any means necessary.
But how do you kill the man who cannot die?
This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith.
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In the early 1900s, a strange enigmatic mystic ingratiated himself with the Russian royal family.
It was the beginning of a new life for him – and for the royals.
Unknown to them then, it was also the beginning of the end...
The man's name... Grigori Rasputin.
This episode was written by Emma Dibdin and Richard MacLean Smith.
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