S01 Episode 8 Extra: Into the Myst

05/12/16 • 7 min

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In last week’s episode, When the Light Fades, we looked at the haunting tale of the Lightkeepers of Eilean Mór.
The island was often referred to as ‘the other country’, a place where a mysterious otherworld had touched with our own mortal world. It is a sentiment reserved for a number of remote islands from around the world.
Though many will be familiar with the mythical Atlantis or the lost land of Lemuria, there is one island, once thought to be located a few hundred miles off the south coast of Ireland that may just prove the strangest of them all...
Featuring the mythical land of Hy Brasil.
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S01 Episode 8: When the Light Fades

Of all the unexplained mysteries I have come across there is one that has for me left the most indelible impression. As far as mysteries go you couldn’t invent a better story. A story that has over time led to some of the most extraordinary of speculations and has since evolved a folklore all of its own.
This is that story...
Featuring the mystery of the Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Keepers.
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S01 Episode 9: Dawn of the Head

Throughout history we have attributed worth and sentiment to inanimate objects, things that when looked at out of context or without the language to understand their worth would otherwise appear completely insignificant.
But what of those objects that seem not to conform to the vagaries of the human conscious. Objects that seem to have a power all of their own...
Featuring the extraordinary mystery of The Hexham Heads.
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Unexplained - S01 Episode 8 Extra: Into the Myst

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Welcome to Unexplained Extra with me Richard McClain smith. For the weeks in between episodes, we look at the stories that, for one reason or other, didn't make it into the show. In last week's episode, When the Light Fades, we looked at the haunting tale of the Lightkeepers of Island More. The island is one of seven small rocky outcrops known collectively as the Flannin Isles, located seventy miles to the west of the Isle of Lewis in the Scottis