From the creators of Explained, Files of the Unexplained is a docuseries that explores eight haunting encounters about…. blobs, hauntings, cold cases and disappearances. The series was produced by Vox Media Studios which marks its second premier this year with the first being season two of Full Swing.
The series dropped last week and has a 5.4/10 rating on IMDB and a furrowed eyebrow from Common Sense Media at the time of this publication. It is our understanding that one of our reviewers has a special place in his heart for the series and is pulling for a second season to be produced. Given that it is currently sitting at number 1 on Netflix’s weekly rankings, we’ll hope that it pulls through.
Files of the Unexplained Season 1 Episode List
- Episode 1: During a 1973 fishing trip in Pascagoula, Mississippi, two men encountered an unidentified craft and were allegedly abducted. Their strange experience with otherworldly beings left them searching for answers.
- Episode 2: The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, attracts many visitors — and many spirits that are said to roam the historic inn on account of its disturbing past.
- Episode 3: Known as the Yuba County Five, five men in California disappeared without a trace in 1978, leaving investigators puzzled. Why, after watching a basketball game together, did the men venture into the frigid wilderness?
- Episode 4: For decades, members of the US military have reported unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) like the one seen in the now-infamous Gimbal video. The government silenced them — until a whistleblower in the Department of Defense came forward in 2023.Â
- Episode 5: Lake Lanier, a man-made lake in Georgia, has claimed hundreds of lives over the years and spawned countless tales of terror — leaving residents to suspect the ghosts of those who drowned there now haunt its waters.Â
- Episode 6: An active volcano in northern California, Mount Shasta is considered sacred by the Karuk people, one of the largest Indigenous tribes in the state.  The mountain is also steeped in myths, legends, and history — from the legend of Lemuria to a doomed ski lodge.Â
- Episode 7: So-called blobs that rained from the sky in Oakville, Washington, in 1994 caused illness among the town’s residents — who began to theorize about the blobs’ origins. Were these washed-up sea creatures? Or something more sinister?
- Episode 8: A couple exploring the shores of the Salish Sea in British Columbia found shoes among the rocks before realizing they contained skeletal remains. As a number of severed feet washed ashore, investigators began to suspect foul play.Â
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I'm sure we'll end up checking this out at some point. My wife is kind of hardcore for this stuff and I've succumbed to watching ancient secret alien expeditions into the unknown mysteries of the lost socks of Atlantis to find the proof is unexplained when Bigfoot confronts river monsters.
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So, we watched most of this throughout the weekend and mostly enjoyed it. Wife doesn't like dark stuff and so was a bit annoyed by the Yuba Five (truly tragic and I agree with the person who mentioned the local bullies) and Lake Lanier episodes but I really do appreciate the more balanced approach this show has vs other similar ones that we've watched. I really like how they will have 3 or 4, or more, different perspectives for each topic and don't necessarily end up pushing one on you like so many other shows do. I'd also say the episode lengths are more appropriate as others really start to feel like they're beating a dead horse with repeating the same ideas over and over again.
Probably won't watch the UFO one since that's something I've already seen way too much of already and definitely a hard pass on the Salish one since that would only freak my wife out more even though I have told her about it over the years since I did at one point live in NW Washington state.
Thanks for tip as I probably would've skipped this show otherwise.
Episode 7, the Blobs of Washington is the best episode :)
"Peter_Brosdahl, post: 84372, member: 87" wrote:Wife doesn't like dark stuff and so was a bit annoyed by the Yuba Five (truly tragic and I agree with the person who mentioned the local bullies)
I'm into this stuff as well especially missing persons or unexplained disappearances. The Yuba City five is really an odd occurrence.
Just finished a few episodes of this series. A very good watch IMO. Thank you OP.
Sounds like a show full of "monster of the week" X-Files episodes. :P
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Join Discussion →I'm sure we'll end up checking this out at some point. My wife is kind of hardcore for this stuff and I've succumbed to watching ancient secret alien expeditions into the unknown mysteries of the lost socks of Atlantis to find the proof is unexplained when Bigfoot confronts river monsters.
;)
So, we watched most of this throughout the weekend and mostly enjoyed it. Wife doesn't like dark stuff and so was a bit annoyed by the Yuba Five (truly tragic and I agree with the person who mentioned the local bullies) and Lake Lanier episodes but I really do appreciate the more balanced approach this show has vs other similar ones that we've watched. I really like how they will have 3 or 4, or more, different perspectives for each topic and don't necessarily end up pushing one on you like so many other shows do. I'd also say the episode lengths are more appropriate as others really start to feel like they're beating a dead horse with repeating the same ideas over and over again.
Probably won't watch the UFO one since that's something I've already seen way too much of already and definitely a hard pass on the Salish one since that would only freak my wife out more even though I have told her about it over the years since I did at one point live in NW Washington state.
Thanks for tip as I probably would've skipped this show otherwise.
Episode 7, the Blobs of Washington is the best episode :)
I'm into this stuff as well especially missing persons or unexplained disappearances. The Yuba City five is really an odd occurrence.
Just finished a few episodes of this series. A very good watch IMO. Thank you OP.
Sounds like a show full of "monster of the week" X-Files episodes. :P