In 1670, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Major Thomas Weir, a Covenanter and man of puritanical faith was a much-respected member of the city's Presbyterian community. Until, one day, the mask slipped.  
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Season 6 Episode 21: The Mask that Eats the Face

SEASON 07 WILL BEGIN FRIDAY JULY 28TH
Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as &lsquo;reality,&rsquo; whatever that is&hellip;
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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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Season 07 Episode 22: Jumping into Legend (Pt.2 of 2)

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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Season 07 Episode 22: Jumping into Legend (Pt.1 of 2)

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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Season 07 Episode 21: Wild is the Wind

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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Season 07 Episode 20: The Haunting of Hannath Hall (Pt.2 of 2)

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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Season 6 Episode 21: The Mask that Eats the Face

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