State of the Unknown | Documentary Stories of Real Unexplained Encounters
Strange things happen. Sometimes they leave records.
State of the Unknown is a documentary paranormal podcast about real people who encountered something they couldn't explain.
From ghosts and documented hauntings to UFO encounters, cryptid sightings, strange creatures, and other unexplained events, each episode follows the people at the center of the story—what happened, what evidence remains, and what explanations came later.
These aren't campfire stories. They're incidents with names, dates, locations, witnesses, and consequences.
Some have clear explanations. Others don't.
But all of them left a mark.
If you love paranormal stories, ghost stories, UFO cases, cryptid encounters, and unexplained mysteries but still want to know what really happened, this is your show.
You're allowed to be curious without being required to believe.
New episodes every week.
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State of the Unknown | Documentary Stories of Real Unexplained Encounters
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Fragments | Blackbeard’s Ghost: The Light That Never Left Ocracoke — Ep. 02
In November 1718, the pirate known as Blackbeard was killed in the waters near Ocracoke Island. His head was carried away as proof of his death, while his body disappeared beneath the surface.But around the Outer Banks, people believed t...
Creature Encounter: The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp | The Night Browntown Road Changed Forever — Ep. 62
Join host Robert Barber as he examines one of America’s most enduring cryptid and unexplained creature encounters.In the summer of 1988, seventeen-year-old Christopher Davis stopped along a quiet road outside Bishopville, South Ca...
Fragments | The Devil’s Footprints: The Tracks That Crossed Rooftops — Ep. 01
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