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Feb. 25, 2026

The Metcalf Sniper Attack

In April 2013, unknown gunmen carried out a highly coordinated sniper attack on the Metcalf Transmission Substation in California, one of the most critical nodes in the United States power grid. They cut fiber-optic lines, fired more than 120 precision rifle rounds, and disappeared before police arrived. No group claimed responsibility. No suspects were arrested. The FBI ruled it was not terrorism. Yet experts quietly called it a potential dress rehearsal for a larger infrastructure attack. Wa...
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Feb. 18, 2026

Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z

Percy Fawcett vanished into the Amazon jungle in 1925 while searching for a legendary ancient civilization he called the Lost City of Z. He never returned. In this episode of Still Unexplained, we follow Fawcett’s final expedition into one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth and examine the clues he left behind. Was Z a real advanced civilization hidden deep in the rainforest, inspired by Indigenous knowledge and early accounts of lost cities? Or did obsession, illness, or hostile enc...
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Feb. 18, 2026

The Death of Venus

For decades, Venus was imagined as Earth’s twin. A warm ocean world hidden beneath thick clouds. Some scientists even believed it might support life. Then the data came back, and the illusion collapsed. In this episode of Still Unexplained, we explore how Venus became one of the most hostile planets in the solar system and why its transformation still raises unsettling questions. What exactly went wrong on a planet so similar to our own? Was Venus always doomed, or did something trigger a catas...
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Feb. 11, 2026

The Yuba County Five

In February 1978, five young men vanished after a college basketball game in Northern California. Their abandoned car was found in the mountains, perfectly operable yet inexplicably left behind. Months later, their remains were discovered scattered across the wilderness, some in places that made survival seem possible, even likely. Food went untouched. Shelter was ignored. One man was never found at all. In this episode of Still Unexplained, we revisit the baffling case of the Yuba County Five ...
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Feb. 11, 2026

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are remembered as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, yet no physical evidence of them has ever been found. In this episode of Still Unexplained, we explore the mystery through a different lens, tracing the legend beyond Babylon and into the powerful Assyrian Empire, where some historians believe the gardens may have actually existed. Were they built by an Assyrian king in Nineveh and later misattributed by Greek writers? Or were the gardens a myth shap...
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Feb. 4, 2026

The Dancing Plague of 1518

In the summer of 1518, hundreds of people in Strasbourg began dancing uncontrollably in the streets. Some collapsed from exhaustion. Some reportedly died. No music. No celebration. Just an unstoppable compulsion that spread through the city. Was it mass hysteria, poisoning, religious belief, or something we still don’t understand? In this episode of Still Unexplained, we explore the strange historical record of the Dancing Plague of 1518 and the competing explanations that have followed it for...
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Feb. 4, 2026

Room 1046

In January 1935, a teenage boy checked into a Kansas City hotel under a false name and was brutally murdered behind a locked door. The crime scene was stripped of clues, the victim refused to identify his attacker, and nearly everything that could explain what happened vanished with him. Decades later, the mystery of Room 1046 remains unsolved. In this episode of Still Unexplained, we examine the chilling details, the theories that refuse to die, and the haunting question of why some truths are ...
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Jan. 28, 2026

The Vrillon Broadcast

In 1977, a calm and unexplained voice interrupted a live television news broadcast in the United Kingdom, claiming to represent an extraterrestrial command and warning humanity about its future. The transmission lasted nearly six minutes and was never repeated, and no one ever claimed responsibility. This episode explores how technically difficult the broadcast would have been to fake, why the official explanations fall short, and why the mystery still lingers decades later.
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Jan. 28, 2026

The Babushka Lady

During the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a woman in a headscarf stood calmly in Dealey Plaza, filming as gunshots rang out and chaos erupted around her. She did not run. She did not duck. And afterward, she vanished without ever identifying herself or producing her footage. Known only as the “Babushka Lady,” her presence has puzzled investigators and researchers for decades. This episode explores who she might have been, why her behavior was so unusual, and how one of the most phot...
Jan. 25, 2026

Still Unexplained — Trailer

Some mysteries are famous.Others are barely remembered.All of them remain unresolved. Still Unexplained is a weekly, short-form podcast exploring unsolved mysteries across history, science, true crime, and human experience. Each episode examines a single case where the evidence is incomplete, the records are unclear, or the answers never fully arrived. This trailer introduces the scope and tone of the series. These are not stories told to shock or sensationalize. They are real events that invi...