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What happens when a photograph appears to capture a ghost? 👻
Long before Photoshop and AI, photographers were creating mysterious images that convinced people they had captured the supernatural. In this Halloween month episode of the Mystery Kids Podcast, we're exploring William Mumler's famous spirit photographs, the trial that challenged his claims, and the Cottingley fairy photographs that fooled even famous adults for decades.
Discover the real stories behind these spooky pictures and learn why a photograph isn't always proof of what we think we're seeing.
It's the perfect historical mystery for our favorite month of the year: Halloween month!
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Four hippos were brought to Pablo Escobar’s private estate in Colombia in the 1980s. After his death, the hippos were left behind, escaped into the surrounding waterways, and began multiplying. Today, their descendants have become one of the strangest invasive species stories in the world. 🦛
I tell the full story in this episode, from Escobar’s bizarre private zoo to the scientific problem Colombia is dealing with today.
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What if Godzilla wasn't just a movie monster?
For this Mystery Kids Podcast episode, we're having some fun imagining what it would actually take for a creature like Godzilla to exist. From the square cube law to the deep ocean, giant animals, mysterious underwater sounds, dinosaur footprints, and the real science behind discovering unknown species, we're turning one of the world's most famous monsters into a scientific mystery.
Could an animal that enormous really survive?
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Forest City in Malaysia was designed to become a futuristic city for hundreds of thousands of people, but a combination of changing regulations, China's property crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other challenges left huge portions of the development dramatically under-occupied. The result was a surreal landscape of towering apartments, beautiful landscaping, and unusually quiet streets that earned it the nickname “Ghost City.” But Forest City isn't actually abandoned, and its story is changing as new residents, businesses, and government-backed economic plans begin bringing activity back.
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What would you do if someone was trapped more than 1,000 feet inside a flooded cave?
In 1992, David Gant became trapped inside Tennessee's Nickajack Cave with his scuba air running out and only a tiny pocket of air keeping him alive.
Rescuers searched for him, found an old map of the cave, and came up with an incredible solution...
They lowered the lake.
The water level dropped, giving Gant more air space and rescuers a better chance of reaching him.
After roughly 16 hours underground, rescuers finally heard his voice.
He was alive.
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What’s hiding behind one of Canada’s most famous lighthouses? Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, looks like the perfect postcard, but its story includes centuries of history, generations of fishermen, a mysterious legend about Peggy, a lighthouse built to guide ships, incredible granite carved by ancient glaciers, and the tragic story of Swissair Flight 111. Join Tess as we explore the real stories behind one of Canada’s most fascinating coastal villages.
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Forty days lost in the Amazon rainforest. 🌿
In 2023, four siblings disappeared into the Colombian rainforest after a plane crash.
The oldest was just 13 years old, and the youngest was only 11 months.
For 40 days, search teams followed tiny footprints, found abandoned shelters, and searched through one of the most difficult environments on Earth.
Then, on day 40, they found them.
Alive. ❤️
Their survival wasn't just luck.
The children's knowledge of the rainforest, lessons passed down through their Indigenous Huitoto community, and the determination of hundreds of rescuers all played a role.
This is one of the most incredible true survival stories of our time.
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When strange green skies appeared over parts of Virginia, people wondered if it was aliens, pollution, or something even stranger. In this episode of The Mystery Kids Podcast, we uncover the real science behind one of nature's most eerie weather events, explore famous green skies from around the world, and learn why these glowing storms are both beautiful and worth taking seriously.
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👑 Two young princes entered the Tower of London in 1483, and then they vanished.
More than 540 years later, no one knows for certain what happened to Edward V and his younger brother, Richard.
Did they disappear because of a royal power struggle, or is the truth still hidden somewhere in history?
Join me as we explore one of England's greatest unsolved mysteries and separate the facts from the legends in this week's episode of The Mystery Kids Podcast!
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What if one of the world's strangest creatures was hiding beneath the ice of Antarctica? This week on Mystery Kids Podcast, we're investigating the legend of the Ningen—a mysterious giant white sea creature that some sailors claim to have seen. We'll separate fact from fiction, examine the evidence, and discover why the deep ocean is still one of Earth's greatest mysteries. Is the Ningen real...or just an icy illusion? Dive in and decide for yourself!
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