State of the Unknown | Exploring Paranormal Stories and Dark American Folklore
Hosted by Robert Barber, State of the Unknown is a documentary-style podcast exploring urban legends, paranormal stories, and unsolved mysteries buried across America.
From haunted hotels and forest disappearances to ghost towns and forbidden folklore, each episode dives deep into the eerie, the forgotten, and the unexplained—brought to life with immersive sound and cinematic storytelling.
If you believe some places remember… and some stories were never meant to be solved, this show is for you.
🎧 New episodes every other week.
🌐 Visit: www.stateoftheunknown.com
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Episodes
16 episodes
The House That Remembers: Uncovering the Conjuring House’s Hidden Origins
The weathered farmhouse on Round Top Road in rural Rhode Island holds secrets far deeper than what you've seen on screen. Before the Warrens arrived, before the Perron family's terrifying encounters, and long before Hollywood transformed it int...
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Episode 10
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31:56
Preview | Exploring the Conjuring House : The True Paranormal History Behind the Perron Haunting
Join host Robert Barber as he uncovers the real story behind one of America’s most infamous hauntings.Before the films. Before the franchise.There was a farmhouse in Rhode Island—where a family claimed something watched them f...
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Season 1
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1:46
Dead Man’s Hollow | Haunted Forests and Pennsylvania’s Paranormal Legends
Host Robert Barber leads you into the shadows of one of Pennsylvania’s most infamous haunted forests.Dead Man’s Hollow has seen murders, disappearances, and stories whispered for over a century.Located just outside Pittsburgh,...
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Episode 9
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30:37
Dead Man’s Hollow Preview | Haunted Legends and Paranormal Mysteries
In this episode, we unveil the haunted legends of Dead Man’s Hollow—exploring eerie tales and paranormal stories from one of Pennsylvania’s most mysterious forests.Join host Robert Barber as he walks the shadowed paths of a place ...
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1:51
Mel’s Hole | Unraveling the Paranormal Mystery of Washington State’s Bottomless Pit
Join host Robert Barber as he explores one of the strangest paranormal stories in American folklore.In the forests of Washington State lies a tale of a bottomless pit—Mel’s Hole—where reality seems to unravel.A man finds a h...
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Episode 8
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29:36
Preview | Discovering Mel’s Hole: Paranormal Legends from Washington’s Bottomless Pit
Step into haunted folklore with host Robert Barber as he unravels the bizarre legend of Mel’s Hole—one of Washington State’s most chilling urban myths.In this episode, we introduce the story of a bottomless pit that has defied exp...
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2:19
The Crescent Hotel | Haunted History, Urban Legends & Paranormal Stories
Hosted by Robert B., State of the Unknown invites you into the chilling world of the Crescent Hotel—one of the most haunted places in America. Nestled in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, this historic hotel has gained a dark reputation...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:35
Crescent Hotel Preview: Paranormal Stories and Urban Legends from Arkansas
Step inside one of America’s most haunted places.Hosted by Robert Barber, this preview of State of the Unknown sets the stage for a chilling descent into the Crescent Hotel—where paranormal stories, ghost sightings, and urban le...
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Season 1
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2:27
The Hartford Witch Panic | America’s Forgotten First Witch Panic
Robert Barber presents a chilling deep dive into one of America’s earliest witch trials.Before Salem, fear gripped Hartford, Connecticut.In 1662, unexplained deaths, superstition, and hysteria sparked the nation’s first witch pani...
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Episode 6
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27:00
Hartford Witch Panic Preview: Haunted History of America’s First Witch Trials
Step into the haunted history of Hartford, Connecticut—site of America’s first witch trials and a chilling legacy that predates Salem.This creepy preview of State of the Unknown explores one of the darkest, most overlooked chapt...
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1:52
The Hopkinsville Goblins | Unusual Encounters in Kentucky
In 1955, a small farmhouse in Kentucky became the site of one of America’s most bizarre UFO encounters.The Sutton family claimed they were terrorized by small, metallic-skinned creatures—what we now call the Hopkinsville Goblins....
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Episode 5
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27:06
The Van Meter Visitor | Iowa’s Winged Mystery of 1903
n 1903, the town of Van Meter, Iowa, was terrorized by a mysterious winged creature that defied explanation.Was it a cryptid, a mass panic—or something else entirely? Robert Barber unpacks the eyewitness accounts and legends beh...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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33:03
Mercy Brown | Rhode Island's Last American Vampire - Fact or Folklore?
In 1892, a family in Rhode Island was dying one by one. Locals believed something—or someone—was feeding from the grave.When the coffin of 19-year-old Mercy Brown was opened, what they found sparked one of the most chilling vampire l...
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Episode 3
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28:11
The Beast of Bray Road: Wisconsin’s Real-Life Werewolf?
In rural Wisconsin, something strange stalks the roads.Witnesses have reported a towering, fur-covered creature with glowing eyes and canine features—a beast some believe to be a werewolf.In this episode, host Robert Barber di...
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Episode 2
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22:31
The Bridgewater Triangle: Massachusetts’ Paranormal Hotspot
In the heart of Massachusetts lies a stretch of land filled with curses, cryptids, and unexplained encounters.Known as the Bridgewater Triangle, this region has been home to ghostly sightings, UFOs, Bigfoot reports, and strange disap...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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26:59