What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in Vatican City, yet more than 40 years later we still have no idea what really happened behind the papal state’s walls. After the story, stick around for an exclusive interview with the director of The First Omen, Arkasha Stevenson! This episode is brought to you by Twentieth Century Studios' the First Omen. Experience the most terrifying movie of the year, and what critics are calling “deliciously disturbing” only in theaters April 5th. Conspiracy Theories is now on Instagram @theconspiracypod and TikTok @conspiracy.pod! Follow us to keep up with the show and get behind-the-scenes updates from Carter and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
27 3月 2024 - 01 ore 04 de minute 17 de secunde
When it comes to sudden memory loss, the most common forms of amnesia are often short-term, and stem from trauma to the brain. But some cases are much more inexplicable. People with Dissociative Amnesia don't experience brain damage, but still lose large chunks of time… and can even forget their entire identity. This episode originally aired in February 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
26 9月 2023 - 35 de minute 55 de secunde
How would a time machine work? Physicists have been engaging the question for decades — and building theoretical frameworks to make it happen. From designs like the Tipler Cylinder, to the paradoxes that imply time travel's improbability, how close are we really to folding the fabric of space-time back on itself… and breaking free from the constraints of time as we know it? This episode originally aired in November 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
19 9月 2023 - 33 de minute 34 de secunde
Is it possible… and has it happened already? Today we’re investigating the most famous — maybe even most credible — timeslip in history (involving two respected academics and Marie Antoinette!), and the alleged time traveler from 2036 who’s connected to a mystery no one’s been able to crack. This episode originally aired in November 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
12 9月 2023 - 36 de minute 49 de secunde
A disembodied arm, a man-eating shark, and multiple rumored mob hits. It’s one of Australia’s most famous and bizarre murder mysteries, but the pair of unsolved deaths might not be murders at all... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 9月 2023 - 28 de minute 28 de secunde
Over 10,000 years ago, the city of Atlantis was believed to exist as a pinnacle of human achievement before it was suddenly, mysteriously wiped from the face of the earth. Over millennia of human evolution, our species has returned time and time again to the mystery of the Lost City. This episode originally aired in May 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
29 8月 2023 - 50 de minute 37 de secunde
In 2009, paranormal investigator Fiona Broome realized something odd: She had a memory of watching Nelson Mandela's funeral in the 1980s. The only problem? He was still alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
8 8月 2023 - 42 de minute 54 de secunde
When a group of thieves hijacked a train and escaped with millions of pounds, they set a new record for the largest cash robbery in British history. But who tipped them off? For decades, sleuths have debated the identity of ‘The Ulsterman’ — the shadowy insider who instigated the Great Train Robbery of 1963. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 8月 2023 - 32 de minute 14 de secunde
After five years, we’re saying goodbye to Unexplained Mysteries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 8月 2023 - 40 de secunde
The site of the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil is also allegedly home to countless restless spirits. Today, we’ll cover the nightmarish clash between the Union and the Confederacy and retell some of the most famous — and terrifying — ghost stories from its grounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
25 7月 2023 - 30 de minute 37 de secunde