Three Theories explores some of the world’s most haunting mysteries. Each episode uncovers an unsolved mystery from history, true crime, paranormal, or the unexplained, retold with immersive detail and chilling atmosphere. After the story unfolds, we break it down into three compelling theories. Some are grounded in fact, others stretch the limits of possibility, and a few venture into the unsettling unknown. Together, they offer different lenses on the same mystery to help you decide: What ...
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It’s our Bonus Halloween Episode—and tonight’s story is the stuff of nightmares. Across the world, people report late-night knocks from pale, polite children with solid black eyes and voices that chill the soul. Some say they’re spirits. Others think they’re something far worse. One thing is certain: if the Black-Eyed Children ever come to your doo…
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In 1976, a 23-year-old German woman named Anneliese Michel died after enduring 67 exorcisms. Her case would inspire The Exorcism of Emily Rose and ignite fierce debate over faith, science, and evil itself. Was Anneliese possessed by demons — or abandoned by medicine and reason? Join us on this chilling episode of Three Theories as we explore the di…
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In the silent hours of the night, countless people across the world wake to find themselves unable to move. Shadows stretch along the walls. Something sits on their chest, watching, waiting. Some describe whispering voices, cold hands, or the sense of an unseen presence pressing down. From the “Old Hag” of Newfoundland to Japan’s “Kanashibari,” and…
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In 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were brutally murdered as they slept inside their home on Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. The following year, the Lutz family moved into the same house, only to flee in terror after twenty-eight days, abandoning their belongings and claiming the house was infested with something evil. Their story becam…
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In February 1978, five young men from Yuba City, California, vanished after attending a college basketball game. Their car was later discovered abandoned in the Plumas National Forest—miles from their homes, deep in the mountains, with no clear reason why they would have been there. Months later, four of their bodies were found under chilling circu…
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In the early hours of March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lifted off from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing with 239 people on board. Less than an hour later, the plane vanished from radar without a distress call. For weeks, search teams scoured the seas, yet nothing was found. Years later, only a handful of fragments washed ashore, while the…
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In January 2013, 21-year-old college student Elisa Lam vanished while staying at Los Angeles’ infamous Cecil Hotel. For nearly three weeks, her whereabouts remained a mystery until her body was discovered floating in a rooftop water tank, after guests complained of strange-tasting tap water. The only record of her final hours was a surveillance vid…
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In February 1959, nine hikers fled their tent on a remote Russian mountainside and never returned. Their bodies were discovered scattered across the snow: some frozen, some fatally injured, one missing her tongue. Their tent was cut open from the inside. Some of their clothing carried traces of radiation. To this day, no one knows what terrified th…
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In February 2004, 21-year-old nursing student Maura Murray vanished after a car crash on a remote New Hampshire road. Her belongings were left inside the vehicle — her wallet, schoolwork, even alcohol she had recently purchased. A witness saw her only minutes before police arrived, but when officers reached the scene, she was gone. No footprints, n…
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In 1957, two young sisters — Joanna and Jacqueline Pollock — were killed in a tragic car accident in the quiet town of Hexham, England. Their parents were left devastated, their family forever altered. But one year later, twin girls were born into the same family, and as they grew, they began to speak of memories they should never have known. Memor…
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Vanished Without a Trace: The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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24:16In 1587, more than one hundred settlers established a colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina. When their governor returned from England three years later, the settlement was deserted—its people vanished without a trace. The only clue: the word “CROATOAN” carved into a post. Join us on this episode of Three Theories as…
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Consumed by Fire: The Mystery of Spontaneous Human Combustion
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14:33On the morning of July 2, 1951, investigators in St. Petersburg, Florida discovered a scene that defied all logic. Mary Reeser, a 67-year-old widow, was found almost entirely reduced to ash in her apartment. Her foot, still clad in a slipper, and part of her skull were all that remained. Strangely, the room showed only minimal fire damage — a myste…
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On a calm spring day in 1967, prospector Stefan Michalak ventured into the wilderness near Falcon Lake, Manitoba, expecting a routine search for precious metals. Instead, he encountered something extraordinary—a close encounter with an unidentified flying object that left him with mysterious burns and a tale that has baffled investigators for decad…
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Blood in the Pines: The Keddie Cabin Murders
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27:51On the night of April 11, 1981, a brutal and horrifying crime took place in the quiet community of Keddie, California. The bodies of Sue Sharp, her son John Sharp, his friend Dana Wingate, and Sue's daughter Tina Sharp were discovered in Cabin 28, the scene of one of the most perplexing unsolved murder cases in American history. Join us on this epi…
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The Sodder Children: Mystery in the Ashes
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29:41Join us on Three Theories as we explore the mysterious disappearance of the Sodder children on Christmas Eve in 1945. A devastating fire destroyed the Sodder family home, but five of the ten children were never found. Did the children tragically perish in an accidental fire? Were they kidnapped as part of a personal vendetta? Were they caught in a …
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