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The Clown Motel’s “IT” room.
murder

The Best Haunted Hotels to Book for a Spooky Getaway

From an inn with secret cellars to a clown motel next to a graveyard, these 12 hotels don’t just have history — they have houseguests who never checked out.
Holyn Thigpen September 30, 2026
Walpole called the house his “little plaything ... the prettiest bauble you ever saw” and sought to imbue it with “gloomth” and wonder.
castles

14 Real Places That Haunt the Pages of Literature

Tour the real-world locations that gave iconic horror books their nightmares.
Holyn Thigpen September 24, 2026
Havelange, Belgium

'Pyramide de Verlée'

All websites claim that the origin of this obelisk is both unknown and mysterious. However, adding a single piece of information solves the mystery entirely.
Side view of the vertebra.
Toronto, Ontario

Queen's Quay Whale Vertebra

A massive fossil of unknown origins
List

33 of the World’s Most Mysterious Tombstones

These memorials raise more questions than they answer.
Daniel McDermon June 3, 2026
Higashikawa, Japan

Mount Asahi

The highest mountain in Hokkaido was the setting for one of Japan’s strangest unsolved mysteries.
Málaga, Spain

Cinco Bolas (Five Balls)

Five mysterious spheres in the wall of a church that puzzle Málaga’s locals.
Castle Ruins
Brognaturo, Italy

Castle of Baroness Scoppa

Castle ruins of the not-so-chaste baronessa whose lovers mysteriously disappeared.
Marree Man
art

Do You Know the Marree Man?

Who created this giant geoglyph in the Australian Outback?
The Podcast Team October 18, 2025
North Canaan, Connecticut

Carl 'Great' Barrington Memorial

A small memorial dedicated to a man purportedly killed when a meteor the size of an SUV crashed into him.
The Loretto Staircase.
churches

The Miraculous Loretto Chapel Staircase

The Sisters of Loretto prayed nine days for this staircase—and on the ninth day, it came.
Cairo, Egypt

Sabu Disk

Nobody knows what this saucer-like ancient Egyptian object was for.
Places like Forest Grove linger on the edge of wilderness and civilization.
sounds

Listening for Echoes of the Forest Grove Sound

A physics expert and audio engineer may have solved the mystery of a strange noise that rattled an Oregon town in 2016.
Colin Dickey July 11, 2025
Manhattan Well
murder

The Manhattan Well: How Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton United to Solve a Murder Mystery

In 1800, Elma Sands was found murdered at the bottom of the Manhattan Well. What followed was America’s first recorded trial.
The Podcast Team June 27, 2025
U.S. Air Force Capt. Samuel “RaZZ” Larson, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander, passes over the flight line at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, July 9, 2024
politics

Who Swarmed Langley Air Force Base With Drones?

For 17 nights in 2024, unidentified drones circled the historic Air Force base. To this day, no official explanation has been given.
The Podcast Team June 19, 2025
View of Santa Monica Beach and Los Angeles in afternoon sun. Aerial view from above the pacific ocean water.
churches

Why Did Celebrity Preacher Aimee Semple McPherson Mysteriously Disappear?

The pastor was presumed drowned in 1926 after a swim on Venice Beach. Then reports of sightings started trickling in.
The Podcast Team May 30, 2025
Knoxville, Tennessee

Gen. John Sevier Statue

The statue mysteriously lost its head and left hand.
Wolverhampton, England

Bargain Stone

A mysterious churchyard stone with a peculiar hole was once used to seal market transactions.