When caught up in a cult, the line between what’s acceptable and what constitutes abnormal behaviour starts to blur.  For one South Korean man in 2011, this lack of clarity appeared to lead to one of the most baffling acts of self-mutilation in recent history...

This episode was written by James Connor Pattinson and Richard MacLean Smith

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When caught up in a cult, the line between what&rsquo;s acceptable and what constitutes abnormal behaviour starts to blur.&nbsp; For one South Korean man in 2011, this lack of clarity appeared to lead to one of the most baffling acts of self-mutilation in recent history...
This episode was written by James Connor Pattinson and Richard MacLean Smith
Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as ‘reality,’ whatever that is…

More info at www.unexplainedpodcast.com and on twitter @unexplainedpod and facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast

Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as &lsquo;reality,&rsquo; whatever that is&hellip;
More info at www.unexplainedpodcast.com and on twitter @unexplainedpod and facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast

Unexplained

Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as ‘reality,’ whatever that is…

Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not; where sometimes belief can be as concrete as &lsquo;reality,&rsquo; whatever that is&hellip;
Find us at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod, tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast, twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

S08E23: My God, My God (Mungyeong Crucifixion Case)

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Part two of S09E35: A Land of Darkness (The Guarulhos Poltergeist)

A year after it all began, the family begin their fightback against whatever it is that seems to be terrorising them.

But things are only about to get worse. Much worse. 

Written by Richard MacLean Smith and Emma Dibdin.

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Part two of S09E35: A Land of Darkness (The Guarulhos Poltergeist)
A year after it all began, the family begin their fightback against whatever it is that seems to be terrorising them.
But things are only about to get worse. Much worse.&nbsp;
Written by Richard MacLean Smith and Emma Dibdin.
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S09E35: A Land of Darkness Pt.2 of 2 (The Guarulhos Poltergeist)

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Back in the 1970s, in a quiet house on the edge of São Paulo, a young family became besieged by a series of inexplicable events, each more terrifying than the next.  

What followed would last more than a decade, and would leave even trained investigators and committed people of science struggling to explain it. 

Written by Richard MacLean Smith and Emma Dibdin.

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Back in the 1970s, in a quiet house on the edge of S&atilde;o Paulo, a young family became besieged by a series of inexplicable events, each more terrifying than the next.&nbsp;&nbsp;
What followed would last more than a decade, and would leave even trained investigators and committed people of science struggling to explain it.&nbsp;
Written by Richard MacLean Smith and Emma Dibdin.
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S09E35: A Land of Darkness Pt.1 of 2 (The Guarulhos Poltergeist)

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In 1968, Margaret O'Brien moved into a crumbling hunting lodge outside Dublin, hoping to fill it with artists. Instead she found herself at the mercy of terrifying forces beyond her control, and at the centre of it all, one strange, unnerving black cat, that some believed was not of this world...

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In 1968, Margaret O'Brien moved into a crumbling hunting lodge outside Dublin, hoping to fill it with artists. Instead she found herself at the mercy of terrifying forces beyond her control, and at the centre of it all, one strange, unnerving black cat, that some believed was not of this world...
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S09E34: Nine Lives (The Satanic Cat of Killakee )

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S08E23: My God, My God (Mungyeong Crucifixion Case)

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