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Mexico Unexplained


    • Apr 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 391 EPISODES

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    Pancho Villa’s Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 15:43


    The famous Mexican revolutionary was said to have had up to 75 wives and mistresses. Who were Pancho Villa's women?

    The Hidden Archaeology of Baja

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 20:24


    Often neglected, the archaeology of Mexico's Baja Peninsula remains mysterious and problematic.

    The Freemasonic Role in Mexican Independence

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 18:07


    What role did Freemasonry have in the birth of the new nation of Mexico?

    The Tijuana Flying Saucer Crash of 1989

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 15:59


    In February of 1989 a strange object fell from the sky and crashed into a hillside in the outskirts of Tijuana.

    María Uchu Túpac: Inca Princess in Colonial Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 15:16


    An Inca princess found herself in colonial Mexico fighting for her rights, for recognition of her family's status, and for a place in a post-Conquest world.

    Did Ancient Mexico Have Contact with Cahokia?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 13:56


    Did the Mississippian Culture's capital city of Cahokia have contact with civilizations thousands of miles to the south?

    Mexico's First Imperial Family: Where are They Now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 16:59


    On a warm July day in 1822, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City echoed with the sounds of celebration. Agustín de Iturbide, a man of Basque descent born in Valladolid (now Morelia), Mexico, in 1783, stood before a cheering crowd as the heavy imperial crown was placed upon his head. He became Agustín I, the […]

    Ek Balam, City of The Jaguar Star

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 14:44


    Located in the Yucatán Peninsula. Ek Balam, meaning ‘Black Jaguar' or ‘Jaguar Star' in Yucatec Maya, was a significant northern Maya kingdom, known historically as Talol, during its peak from 770 to 840 AD.  The ruined city is situated about 12 miles north of Valladolid and 27 miles northeast of Chichén Itzá, making it a […]

    Yaqui Legends Into the 21st Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 17:44


    The Yaqui or Yoeme people have lived in the river valleys of south-central Sonora in northwestern Mexico since time immemorial. The name “Yaqui” comes from the Yoeme word “Hiyakim” which was the name these people gave to their homeland. The Yaqui resisted outside influence for hundreds of years and as a result much of their […]

    Ancient Mexican Trade with the American Southwest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 15:21


    Although separated by well over 1,000 miles, the ancient civilizations of Mexico did have contact with their distant northern neighbors.

    Cigar-Shaped UFOs: The Mexican Sightings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 14:53


    Many mysterious cigar-shaped objects have been spotted over Mexico. What are they?

    Itzcoatl, First Emperor of the Aztecs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 16:54


    The first emperor of the Aztecs altered the past and set the course for the future of an empire

    Misnebalam: Mysterious Ghost Town of the Yucatan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 15:15


    This abandoned modern town is full of legends, paranormal activity and many mysteries.

    Mysterious Egg-Shaped Objects Over Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 13:50


    What are these strange ovoid objects in the skies over Mexico?

    Legends of the Mixtec People

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 13:41


    The Mixtec of Oaxaca have a long and vibrant history. Their culture is full of legends. Here are 4.

    Oxkintok: Little-Known Lost City of the Maya

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 16:14


    The little-known lost city of Oxkintok has many secrets yet to reveal.

    The Ultimate Cinco De Mayo Post

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 14:16


    It's not Mexican Independence Day. It's not the day that Mexico kicked out the French. So, what exactly is the holiday called Cinco de Mayo?

    Diamond-Shaped UFOs Over Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 13:47


    For many years diamond-shaped objects have been seen in Mexican skies. What are they?

    Ghosts of Mexicali

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 12:22


    Although new by Mexican standards Mexicali is home to various ghost stories and tales of terror. Here are 4.

    The Mysterious Death of Mexican Singer Chalino Sánchez

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 14:37


    Rising Mexican superstar Chalino Sánchez suffered an untimely death. The case remains unsolved. What really happened?

    Eclipses in Ancient Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 16:02


    The Zapotecs, Maya and Aztecs could track and predict eclipses, and had interesting legends about them.

    Jacinto Canek: Last King of the Maya

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 14:41


    In the Yucatán in 1761 a Maya leader spearheaded a brief but intense uprising against the Spanish.

    Alien Encounter: The Extraordinary Abduction of Enrique Mercado

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 12:54


    In October of 1972 an unassuming Mexican laborer was taken aboard a flying saucer.

    María Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: Champion of Mexican Independence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 13:51


    The wife of a colonial magistrate became a key player in Mexico's War of Independence from Spain.

    Legends of the Seri People

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 14:19


    The Seri people of the Mexican state of Sonora have a rich culture full of legends. Here are 3.

    Some Lesser-Known Gods of the Aztecs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 17:26


    Have you ever heard of the gods Huhueteotl, Centeotl and Nanahuatzin?

    The Mysterious (Faked?) Death of Mexican Superstar Pedro Infante

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024


    The death of one of the greatest Mexican entertainers who ever lived is shrouded in mystery

    Barrios Beyond Time: Comparing Teotihuacan’s Enigmatic Neighborhoods

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024


    What was life like in the neighborhoods of ancient Mexico's largest city?

    Witchcraft and Pacts with the Devil in Late Colonial Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024


    Thousands of documents tell different stories of the Spanish Inquisition in colonial Mexico.

    Exploring the Mysteries of La Venta

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024


    Important but neglected, the city of La Venta dominated the Olmec world for 500 years.

    Catarina de San Juan and the Trans-Pacific Slave Trade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024


    An enslaved woman from India found herself living 10,000 miles away from home in 1600s colonial Mexico.

    Porfirio Díaz: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2024


    Over 100 years after his death historians are still wondering what to make of the reign of Porfirio Díaz.

    More Legends from the State of Chihuahua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024


    The Mexican state of Chihuahua is home to many legends. Here are 4 (more).

    The Trial of the Chichimec Witch, 19 July 1599

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024


    An obscure witch trial on the frontier of New Spain was more political than religious.

    The Newest Maya Ruin and America's “Sleeping Prophet”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023


    Mexico's newest archaeological zone has a strange connection to an early 20th Century American clairvoyant

    Did Jesus Really Appear on a Tortilla in Mexico?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023


    The story of how a seemingly random occurrence became a pop culture phenomenon.

    More Legends from the Yaqui People

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023


    The Yaqui people of northwestern Mexico have many legends. Here are three (more).

    The Lerdo Monster, a New Chupacabra?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023


    A strange monster is said to be killing livestock in northern Durango. What is it?

    Edzná, Land of the Seven Provinces

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023


    This ruined city in the jungles of Campeche has a long and interesting history.

    Legends from the State of Tabasco

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023


    The Mexican state of Tabasco is home to many legends. Here are 4.

    Julia Pastrana, Mexico’s “Ape Woman”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023


    The star of freak shows, circuses and chambers of horror, Julia Pastrana was the most famous Mexican woman in the world in the 1850s.

    The Stories of Two Unknown Mexican Saints

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2023


    Have you ever heard of these 2 saints from Mexico?

    Have You Ever Heard of the Islas Coronado?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023


    This northernmost group of Mexican islands has a unique history and many strange tales to tell.

    Benito Juárez: The Indigenous Statesman Who Shaped Modern Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023


    A brief profile of one of the greatest leaders of Mexico.

    Legends of the Huichol People

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2023


    The Huichol people of the mountains of Mexico have many legends. Here are three.

    Did a Mexican Invent Color TV?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023


    Many Mexicans have never heard of genius inventor Guillermo González Camarena

    El Teúl, Eternal City of Mystery

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023


    This little-known site in southern Zacatecas was an important place in ancient Mexico for almost 2,000 years.

    Does a Group of Remote Islands in the Western Pacific Belong to Mexico?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023


    4 small Pacific islands north of New Guinea may belong to Mexico

    The Mexican Alien Mummies, All You Need to Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2023


    Facts and speculation about the biggest UFO-related event to happen in Mexico in 2023.

    Archangel Michael and the Well of Miracles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023


    The Archangel Michael appeared to a poor boy in Mexico in 1631 and brought with him miracles.

    Three More Legends from Jalisco

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2023


    Here are three more intriguing legends from the state of Jalisco

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