State of the Unknown | Documented Hauntings and Real Paranormal Cases Across America
Strange things happen. Sometimes they leave records.
State of the Unknown examines strange events that disrupted real lives.
From documented hauntings and unexplained encounters to cases that forced police, clergy, doctors, or investigators to respond, each episode focuses on what actually happened — who was involved, what was reported, and what changed afterward.
These are not campfire stories. They are incidents with names, dates, locations, and consequences.
Some have clear explanations. Others do not.
But all of them left a mark.
If you’re drawn to strange events told straight, without exaggeration, without theatrics, this is your show.
New episodes every week.
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Episodes
57 episodes
The Cash–Landrum Incident | The Night the Sky Burned Over Texas — And What It Did to Them — Ep. 47
On December 29, 1980, three witnesses driving along a rural road outside Dayton, Texas reported one of the most unusual UFO encounters ever documented in the United States.Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Vickie’s seven-year-old grandson ...
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Episode 47
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30:00
Bonus Episode: The Black Forest Haunting | The Colorado Poltergeist Case That Was Never Explained
In the late 1960s, a quiet home in the Black Forest area near Colorado Springs became the center of a disturbing series of events. The family living there claimed objects moved on their own, household items were thrown across rooms, and unexpla...
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14:09
The L-8 Ghost Blimp | The U.S. Navy Airship That Landed Without Its Crew — Ep. 46
The L-8 Ghost Blimp is one of the strangest unsolved aviation mysteries of World War II — a Navy patrol airship that returned from a mission over the Pacific with its engines running and its crew missing.In August of 1942, a U.S. Navy pa...
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Episode 46
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24:46
The San Pedro Poltergeist | When LA Police Responded to the Unexplainable — Ep. 45
In the late 1980s, a family living in San Pedro, California reported a series of unexplained disturbances inside their apartment. Objects allegedly moved without physical contact. Items fell from shelves. Activity was said to occur in front of ...
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30:11
The Mothman and the Silver Bridge Collapse: Witness Reports Before the 1967 Disaster — Ep. 44
In November 1966, residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia began reporting encounters with a tall, winged figure near the McClintic Wildlife Management Area, known locally as the TNT Area. Police documented statements. The local newspaper rec...
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Episode 44
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24:56
The Ammons Demon House: The Possession Case Authorities Could Not Explain — Ep. 43
In 2011, a family in Gary, Indiana reported escalating disturbances inside their rental home on Carolina Street. What began as unexplained noises and strange behavior would eventually involve the Gary Police Department, Methodist Hospital medic...
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Episode 43
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25:58
Coral Castle: The 30-Ton Mystery That Defies Explanation — Ep. 42
Coral Castle is one of the most enduring mysteries in American history.In South Florida, a single man named Edward Leedskalnin spent decades building a massive stone monument entirely on his own. He worked at night, refused help, and left b...
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Episode 42
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24:57
The Entity: The True Story of Doris Bither and the 1974 Culver City Poltergeist — Ep. 41
In 1974, a woman named Doris Bither reported a series of disturbing events inside her small rental home in Culver City, California. What began with unexplained object movement soon escalated into reported physical encounters witnessed by family...
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Episode 41
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33:54
The Pascagoula Incident | The Abduction Secretly Recorded by Police — Ep. 40
In October 1973, two shipyard workers walked into a Mississippi sheriff’s office late at night and claimed they had been taken against their will. What followed was documented by law enforcement, investigated by federal agencies, and quietly re...
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Episode 40
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The Hinsdale House: The Documented Haunting That Forced a Family to Leave — Ep. 39
Located in Hinsdale, New York, the Hinsdale House has become one of the state’s most frequently discussed haunted locations. Reports of unusual activity date back decades, but this episode focuses on a specific period when one family lived insi...
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Episode 39
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The Montauk Project: The Cold War Conspiracy That Inspired Stranger Things — Ep. 38
Before it became a pop-culture reference point, Camp Hero was a real military installation in Montauk, New York, on the eastern edge of Long Island. During the Cold War, the base operated as a radar and defense site. Decades later, it would bec...
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Episode 38
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28:44
The St. Louis Exorcist House: The 1949 Possession Case That Inspired The Exorcist — Ep. 37
In 1949, a family in the Midwest began documenting a series of disturbing events centered on their teenage son. What began as unexplained disturbances soon escalated into physical incidents witnessed by family members, physicians, and Jesuit cl...
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Episode 37
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31:47
The Greenbrier Ghost: Inside America’s Only Murder Case Influenced by a Ghost — Ep. 36
The Greenbrier Ghost is one of the most unusual cases in American legal history. In this episode of State of the Unknown, host Robert Barber examines a true paranormal story involving a sudden death, a reopened investigation, and testi...
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Episode 36
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23:35
600 Incidents: A Year-Long Paranormal Assault on a Washington Home — Ep. 35
In a quiet suburban neighborhood in Bothell, Washington, a family began experiencing unexplained disturbances inside their home. What started as small, dismissible events slowly escalated into more than 600 reported paranormal incidents over th...
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Episode 35
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The Tallman Bunk Beds: The Ordinary Object Linked to a Terrifying Haunting — Ep. 34
In the late 1980s, a family in Wisconsin brought home a simple set of bunk beds for their children. Nothing about them seemed unusual. There was no known history tied to them, no warning signs, and no reason to think they would change anything ...
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Episode 34
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18:31
The Dybbuk Box: The True Story Behind America’s Most Haunted Object — Ep. 33
The Dybbuk Box is one of the most infamous haunted objects in modern paranormal history.But behind the viral stories, the museum footage, and the online legends, there was something real: a chain of people who claimed that nightmares, sh...
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Episode 33
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34:30
The Sallie House: The Terrifying True Haunting That Drove a Kansas Family Out of Their Home — Ep. 32
A quiet home in Atchison, Kansas. A nursery that never felt empty. Scratches that appeared on skin — fresh, burning, and witnessed in real time.This is the true paranormal story of the Sallie House haunting, one of the most disturbing an...
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Episode 32
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38:05
What Happened in Room 428? Ohio University’s Haunting Mystery — Ep. 31
On the fourth floor of Wilson Hall at Ohio University sits a sealed dorm room no one has lived in for decades, Room 428. Students have whispered about it for years: pacing footsteps behind a locked door, lights flicking on in the middle of the ...
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Episode 31
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19:31
The Bell Witch: The Terrifying True Story Behind America’s Oldest Haunting — Ep. 30
In the early 1800s, a quiet Tennessee farmhouse became the center of one of the most chilling and well-documented hauntings in American history. For more than two years, the Bell family claimed they were tormented by an unseen voice, one that s...
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Episode 30
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38:28
The Black Hope Cemetery: The Real Events That Mirror Poltergeist — Ep. 29
In the early 1980s, new homeowners outside Houston started finding coffins buried beneath their freshly built yards.Lights flickered, water ran on its own, and fear spread through the neighborhood—until they learned the truth.Thei...
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Episode 29
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15:35
Ghosts of Flight 401: The Haunting That Changed Aviation — Ep. 28
In 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades—killing 101 people.Months later, flight crews across the country began reporting something impossible: the faces of Captain Robert Loft and Flight Engineer Donald ...
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Episode 28
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27:15
The Haunting of Madison Seminary: The Investigation That Spoke Back — Ep. 27
In the quiet town of Madison, Ohio sits a building with nearly two centuries of history and more than a few secrets.Once a school, a Civil War widows’ home, and later a state-run institution, Madison Seminary has become one of the most h...
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Episode 27
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28:28
The Enfield Poltergeist: The True Haunted History Behind The Conjuring 2 — Ep. 26
Before The Conjuring 2 terrified moviegoers, there was a real family living through something no one could explain.In 1977, the Hodgson family of Enfield, London reported furniture moving on its own, voices echoing from the walls, and vi...
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Episode 26
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32:08
The Devil Made Me Do It: The True Story Behind America’s Most Shocking Possession Case — Ep. 25
In 1981, a quiet Connecticut town became the center of one of the strangest murder cases in American history.When nineteen-year-old Arne Johnson stabbed his landlord, he claimed something no U.S. court had ever heard before, that he was ...
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Episode 25
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32:02
Annabelle: The True Story Behind America’s Most Haunted Doll — Ep. 24
In the world of paranormal encounters and urban folklore, few stories are more chilling than this one.Before The Conjuring turned her into a horror icon, Annabelle was real — a simple Raggedy Ann doll at the center of one of the...
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Episode 24
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