On 9/11, Chuck Sereika's life was at rock bottom.
That didn't stop him putting on an old paramedic sweatshirt and making his way to Ground Zero to risk his life to save others.
So why didn't we feature his story on my RESCUE podcast?
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Tucked deep in the woods of Wisconsin, Summerwind Mansion became home to the Hinshaw family - but something about the house wasn't right.
And what they experienced inside those walls would follow them long after they left...
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9/11 - the day the world changed forever. But as a nation mourned, Sneha Anne Philips' loved ones were left wrestling with a seemingly impossible question:
Was she lost to history, or did she vanish just before it began?
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Some new fiction up now on the Substack:
A time-traveller embarks on a risky mission to unravel the mystery behind the destruction of the world...
THE DOOR IN THE DOOR
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The new Unexplained Addendum is now up on Substack.
This one's a little less dense... Some very cool and weird pictures and a little ghostly encounter of my own.
Do any of you have any strange photos or encounters to share?
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In other news Unexplained is coming to the Edinburgh Festival!
There'll be some proper promo to come but in the meantime, you can read the blurb and buy tickets here:
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The new Unexplained addendum is a dark & strange story but it’s also about how very intelligent people can also do very foolish things & how they take us all down with them.
Fans of Curtis Yarvin, Peter Thiel et al might want to look away...
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In the early 1900's Kentucky's Jefferson County was struggling to contain an outbreak of TB.
Waverley Hills Sanatorium was built to tackle it.
Today, some believe it is the most haunted hospital in the United States.
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This week's Unexplained addendum is now up.
It begins with a strange discovery in 1920s Beijing/Peking before venturing out to places even stranger…
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Part Two of S09E15: Red Dust.
Rumours swirl of strange retreats outside the city, organised by debonair American dentist Wentworth Prentice.
Everything seems to link back to a seedy bar in the Badlands known as No. 28.
Will any of it lead to Pamela's killer?
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On the Substack this week, you might enjoy reading about the time a Big Brother contestant appeared to groundlessly accuse a fellow housemate of assault, seemingly forgetting that every minute of their lives was being recorded & watched by millions
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Also on the Substack this week is the latest transcript from Catherine Marsh's Dark Tales podcast.
This one's a real doozy and not for those of a weak disposition...
(Long-time Unexplained listeners might find the story vaguely familiar...)
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In the winter of 1937, in Beijing, a young woman vanished on her way home under the shadow of the Fox Tower — a crumbling relic long associated with superstition and unease.
What followed would become one of the most haunting mysteries in the history of Beijing.
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This week's Unexplained Addendum (think of it like the old Unexplained Extra if you enjoyed that...) is now up on Substack:
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Yes potentially. I currently have an advertising agreement that runs until July, but not sure what will happen after that. Definitely watch this space, I know it would be very popular. But whether it would be popular enough to keep me going, I'm not sure...
In Aug. 2016, a bizarre story began to unfold about a farming family from the town of Silvan, Australia.
They fled their home in utter panic, telling no one why or where they had gone.
The truth was even stranger than anyone could possibly have imagined.
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Also on this week's Substack you can read about the time(s) Unexplained almost became a TV show...
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The latest Unexplained Addendum, my companion essay to each new episode, is up on Substack now.
Along with a short tale about how Unexplained nearly became a TV show...
Read all the latest posts and subscribe to the weekly newsletter here:
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On November 17, 1981 an event occurred at the construction site of the soon to be Manila Film Centre in the Philippines that is almost too shocking to believe.
Today the site is one of many that has become part of a burgeoning Dark Tourism scene...
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The latest Unexplained Addendum (a companion essay to each new episode) is up on Substack now. Along with some other new writing...
Read all the latest posts and subscribe to the weekly newsletter here:
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Digging into the local history, investigators uncover strange tales of witchcraft that have plagued the area for generations, including the chilling case of Ann Tenant.
Surely, it couldn't possibly have anything to do with Charles' murder, could it?
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Unexplained's Substack page is now live. New writing every Monday. I'd love to see you there!
Find out more and subscribe here:
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With local police ill-equipped to handle such a strange & brutal murder, the London Met’s greatest living officer, DI Robert Fabian, is drafted in to help.
Despite presiding over every criminal case imaginable in his twenty years of service, he hasn’t seen anything yet...
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🚨Crimewave 2.0. tickets on sale now!🚨
Come join us for truecrime and strangeness on the high seas, with The Last Podcast on the Left, Casefile, Scared to Death & more!
Feb 8-12 2027
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To some, folk beliefs are little more than the harmless superstitions of a bygone age.
For others, such beliefs and practices are something to be deeply feared as nothing less than the work of the Devil.
Happy Friday the 13th...
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🚨Tickets go on sale this Friday 13th for Crimewave 2.0🚨
Click this link to get discount code for 100$ off tickets:
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Join us on the high seas for true crime and strangeness, with The Last Podcast on the Left, Casefile, Scared to Death and more!
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In 1925, experienced mountaineer Prof. John Norman Collie told a climbing club in the Scottish Highlands, that he believed something strange stalked the highest peak of the local Cairngorm mountain range.
Something that scared him so badly he vowed never to return...
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Unexplained is returning to Crimewave at Sea in 2027!
Live shows and meet-ups, alongside Last Podcast on the Left, Casefile, Scared to Death and many more.
🚨Tickets on sale Feb 13th!🚨
Head to crimewaveatsea.com/UNEXPLAINED for $100 off your stateroom with code UNEXPLAINED.
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Sometime in the mid 1930s, a young budding bluesman appeared on the scene, suddenly possessed of a talent for playing the guitar, which he’d never shown before.
Over time a strange rumour began to spread, that the young man hadn't achieved his talent all on his own...
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Unexplained is still going strong.
I can't thank every single one of you enough, who've ever taken the time to listen, subscribe, rate and engage with the show to help keep this improbable thing going.
With any luck there'll be lots more to come... 🙏👻🖤