The Shelldrake Files
The Shelldrake Files is a weekly podcast uncovering real mysteries, true crime, and unexplained events. We dig into the facts, follow the evidence, and piece together stories that keep you thinking long after the episode ends. If you’re drawn to cases that don’t add up, you’ll feel right at home here.
Podcasting since 2025 • 7 episodes
The Shelldrake Files
Latest Episodes
He Went to Write a Book...and Disappeared Forever
In 1988, journalist and aspiring author Keith Reinhardt arrived in the quiet Colorado town of Silver Plume, searching for inspiration. What he found was a dark mystery—and what happened next shocked everyone. Just months after the remains of lo...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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14:17
This Pilot Vanished Mid-Sentence...
On October 21, 1978, 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich took off from Moorabbin Airport in a Cessna 182, heading toward King Island across the Bass Strait. He never arrived. Minutes before vanishing, Valentich made a chilling radio call desc...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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20:31
Ralph Sigler: The Army Officer Who Fooled the KGB
The mysterious death of U.S. Army intelligence officer Ralph Sigler remains one of the Cold War’s most disturbing secrets. In April 1976, he was found dead in a Maryland motel—wired to a lamp, electrocuted, and left behind with nothing but a cr...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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15:39
They Had the Worst Camping Trip Imaginable...
The Cowden Family was celebrating Labor Day Weekend in 1974 when they vanished from their campsite. Seven months later, they were found — one tied to a tree, the others hidden in a cave.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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22:13
Blind River: Murder on Highway 17
In June 1991, a quiet Ontario rest stop became the scene of a brutal double murder and an unsolved mystery that has haunted Canada for decades. In the dead of night, a stranger with a shotgun shattered the stillness, leaving two dead, one criti...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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