Mysteries of the Unexplained

Product Information

For thousands of years, people have been describing unexplainable gleaming objects in the sky. Some aerial phenomena like comets, meteor showers, bolides , auroras or even earthquake lightning – all... Science & Technology Long-lost continent 'Argoland' located 155 million years later VIDEO 10-24-2023 | 1 In 1587, English colonial governor John White led a group of people from Britain to found an English colony, settling on Roanoke Island, one of a chain of barrier islands which is now known as the Outer Banks near North Carolina. When rations were running low, White left for more supplies. When he returned three years later, he found the colony carefully abandoned, with all houses and military constructions dismantled with care. Before he had left the colony, White had instructed his people that if they were taken by force, someone was to carve a cross into a nearby tree, but there was no cross nor sign they had been brutally taken over. The only clue was the word “Croatoan,” the name of a Native American tribe that allied with the English colonists, which was carved into a post. White took this to mean that the colonists had moved to Croatoan Island.

Freeze, Kellie (July 18, 2019). "William Shatner Looks for Answers to Inexplicable Mysteries on 'The UnXplained' ". TV Insider . Retrieved July 20, 2022. The Holy Grail, the cup that Jesus drank from at his last supper with his disciples before his crucifixion, has never been found and almost certainly never will be. In fact, it wasn’t until the Middle Ages that there was much interest in it, after those writing some of the King Arthur stories described the search for the Holy Grail as a quest that King Arthur and his knights took on. In photographic and video recordings around the world, a strange solar entity – lines of light dashing across the sky – would sometimes occur, with no clear reason why. A common interpretation of these rods was – you guessed it – an incident of the paranormal, or tiny alien life forms. Adorable, right? Despite repeated arrests, no murderer has ever been found and the files were closed in 1955 and the house was demolished.McMullan, Sarah. "The UnXplained with William Shatner: The mad show that's the most evil fun on TVNZ". stuff.co.nz. Stuff . Retrieved August 22, 2023. The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, archaeology, mythology, religion and history around the globe.

Ball lightning is a potentially dangerous atmospheric electrical phenomenon. It’s reported as looking luminous and spherical, and can vary in diameter – from pea-sized to several metres long. Related: How Cuba Gooding, Jr. Approached the Role of O.J. Simpson 30. The Mystery of Overtoun Bridge Due to the horrific state of the body, authorities believed that the woman was murdered. With no sign of struggle at the time, authorities believed that the unidentified victim would have known her murderer. The only signs of evidence were the size-10 footprints that indicated a heavy person running away. Provincetown Police Chief Jimmy Meads said that “the killer likely drove the victim to the dune in a 4-wheel-drive sand vehicle to sunbathe.” Episode List - The UnXplained Full Episodes, Video & More | HISTORY". play.history.com . Retrieved January 26, 2021.Nine-year-old Walter Collins went to the cinema in 1928 but never returned home. The Los Angeles police were struggling with a rash of disappearances, so when the Illinois police sent information about a boy they'd found who claimed to be Walter Collins, the LAPD was pleased and took the pictures to Walter's mother—but she stated emphatically that it wasn't him, according to Crime Museum. Science & Technology What exactly is intelligence and could it really be an ethical liability ? 10-14-2023 | 7 Legends have swirled that there's a money pit full of buried treasure somewhere on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, though no one has ever found it. (Image credit: Historic Collection/ Alamy)

Here we see a sunk relief of Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII) and her son Caesarean on the the south wall of the Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt. (Image credit: TerryJLawrence via Getty Images) The image was taken by Captain Hubert C Provand, a London-based photographer working for Country Life magazine, and his assistant, Indre Shira. They were taking photographs of Raynham Hall for an article, and had just taken a shot of the Hall’s main staircase. The earliest surviving gospels date to the second century, almost 100 years after the life of Jesus.Over the next decade after Paula’s disappearance, a local Bennington man twice bragged to friends that he knew where Paula’s body was buried. However, he was unable to lead the police to any body. With no evidence of a crime, no body, and no forensic clues, the case grew cold and the fate of Paula Jean Welden was never discovered. Science & Technology Boston Dynamics robot can now have a conversation with you VIDEO 10-30-2023 | 6 At 3:30 p.m., Terri and her husband, Kyron’s father Kaine, walked with their daughter to the bus stop to meet Kyron. The bus driver told them that the boy had not boarded the bus after school, however, and to call the school to ask where he might be. Terri did ring the school, only to be informed by the school secretary that, as far as anyone there knew, Kyron had not been at school and that he had been marked absent. Realizing then that the boy was missing, the secretary called the police. On June 4, 2010, seven-year-old Kyron Horman was dropped off at Skyline Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, by his stepmother Terri. She stayed with him as he attended the school’s science fair and walked him down the hall to his class and left the school around 8:45 a.m. However, he was never seen in his first class and was instead marked as absent that day. Related: How to Watch The Watcher—and the Terrifying True Story Behind It 14. The Mystery of the Circleville Letters

On the night before Christmas in 1945 in Fayetteville, West Virginia, George and Jennie Sodder were asleep with nine of their children when a fire started in the house around 1:00 in the morning. George, Jennie, and four of their children managed to escape. The remaining children: 14-year-old Maurice, 12-year-old Martha, 9-year-old Louis, 8-year-old Jennie, and 5-year-old Betty still remained in the house. Between the five of them, they shared two bedrooms located upstairs. The Satanic panic grew fast and fierce. The hill where she was discovered was covered with occult symbols and many were led to believe that her body was placed on a makeshift altar. Many locals and even some police officers pointed their fingers at an alleged coven of witches who were rumored to have used DePalma for a human sacrifice; others said it was a Satanic group.The name is a bit gross to begin with. Rather like spontaneous human combustion, but more manufactured.