The UnXplained

How do some people live through the impossible? Remarkable tales of human survival force us to reconsider what we know about our own will to live.

Even after centuries of study, the human mind remains as inscrutable as ever. Could the quintessential human machine, the brain, be even more powerful than we realize?

Perhaps the greatest unexplained mystery of all is: what happens to us after we die? Perhaps clues to the answer lie in unusual cases of near-death experience.

Ancient practices such as prayer, blood sports, voodoo, and exorcism are often thought to be relics of bygone superstition--but there is evidence they have an impact on the physical world.

Many mysteries of planet Earth are far from understood. How was Devil's Tower formed? Or why do some people get struck by lightning multiple times?

Millions of people around the world claim to have had an encounter with a creature unlike any recognized by mainstream science--such as the Mothman, Chupacabra, and Mongolian Death Worm. Could these incredible creatures be real?

For centuries, archaeologists have tried to unravel the mysteries of how--and why--certain incredible structures like the Great Pyramid at Giza, the staircase at Loretto Chapel, and Coral Castle were built. Will we ever find the answers?

Deadly forests. Haunted houses. Mountains where visitors never return alive. Are there such things as "evil places"? Places where bad things seem to repeatedly--and inexplicably--happen?