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Mysterious creatures, strange events, and unexplained phenomena from history and around the world, perfect for curious young detectives.
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The Mystery Kids Podcast is a kid-friendly "Unsolved Mysteries" style show created for curious children, featuring educational explorations of strange, bizarre, and unexplained events, creatures, and historical phenomena from around the world.
Fast Facts
- Audience
- Ages 5–12
- Network
- Tess O'Driscoll
- Format
- Listen in any order
- Typical length
- 12 min
- Episodes
- 212
- Seasons
- 106 seasons
- Topics
- Education For Kids
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Episodes
212 episodes
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106: California & Mount Shasta Mysteries
17 min 19 August 2024California is like a giant playground full of fun surprises for kids! It's home to magical places like Disneyland, where dreams come true, and beautiful beaches perfect for building sandcastles and splashing in the waves. The state also has giant redwood trees that are so big, you could drive a car through them! California is where movie magic happens in Hollywood, and you might even spot a celebrity or two. It's also famous for delicious avocados, sunny weather, and being the only place with a real-life Golden Gate Bridge. From mountains to deserts, and everything in between, California is an awesome adventure waiting to happen! Mount Shasta is like the ultimate mystery mountain, wrapped in legends and magic! This towering peak in Northern California isn't just a sight to behold; it's a hotspot for all kinds of fantastical tales. Some say it’s home to a hidden city of advanced beings called Lemurians, who live in crystal caves beneath the mountain. Others believe it's a mystical energy vortex, drawing in UFOs and spiritual seekers. Whether you’re into Bigfoot sightings or just want to imagine meeting a yeti on a snowy trail, Mount Shasta is a treasure trove of mystical fun. It’s a place where your imagination can run wild, and the air feels just a little more magical! Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Resources, Books, Photos, Coloring pages and more! Mysterykidspodcast.com Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify! The 50 States Book Resources Resources Resources Resources
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105: Longyou Caves
14 min 5 August 2024The Longyou Caves are like a real-life adventure from a fantasy story, where mystery meets marvel! These ancient, man-made caverns in China are a stunning labyrinth of rooms, hallways, and staircases, all carved out of solid rock. The caves are so meticulously crafted and vast that it's as if a team of stone-loving giants with a flair for architecture decided to sculpt a playground underground. The best part? No one really knows who built them or why, adding a dash of intrigue to their already impressive aura. Visiting the Longyou Caves feels like stepping into a secret world full of hidden wonders, waiting to be explored and celebrated for their enigmatic beauty! Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Resources, Books, Photos, Coloring pages and more! Mysterykidspodcast.com Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify! Resources Resources Resources
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96: The Man who Sold the Eiffel Tower
22 min 31 March 2024Thank you Emry for sharing this fantastic story! This man sold the Eiffel Tower twice! Article Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Resources, Books, Photos, Coloring pages and more! Mysterykidspodcast.com Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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184:Ghost City/Forest City
14 min 10 September 2026Forest City in Malaysia was designed to become a futuristic city for hundreds of thousands of people, but a combination of changing regulations, China's property crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other challenges left huge portions of the development dramatically under-occupied. The result was a surreal landscape of towering apartments, beautiful landscaping, and unusually quiet streets that earned it the nickname “Ghost City.” But Forest City isn't actually abandoned, and its story is changing as new residents, businesses, and government-backed economic plans begin bringing activity back. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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183: Nickajack Cave Rescue
16 min 3 September 2026What would you do if someone was trapped more than 1,000 feet inside a flooded cave? In 1992, David Gant became trapped inside Tennessee's Nickajack Cave with his scuba air running out and only a tiny pocket of air keeping him alive. Rescuers searched for him, found an old map of the cave, and came up with an incredible solution... They lowered the lake. The water level dropped, giving Gant more air space and rescuers a better chance of reaching him. After roughly 16 hours underground, rescuers finally heard his voice. He was alive. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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182: Peggy’s Cove: The Lighthouse on the Edge of the Atlantic
22 min 28 August 2026What’s hiding behind one of Canada’s most famous lighthouses? Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, looks like the perfect postcard, but its story includes centuries of history, generations of fishermen, a mysterious legend about Peggy, a lighthouse built to guide ships, incredible granite carved by ancient glaciers, and the tragic story of Swissair Flight 111. Join Tess as we explore the real stories behind one of Canada’s most fascinating coastal villages. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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179: Ningen
13 min 29 July 2026What if one of the world's strangest creatures was hiding beneath the ice of Antarctica? This week on Mystery Kids Podcast , we're investigating the legend of the Ningen —a mysterious giant white sea creature that some sailors claim to have seen. We'll separate fact from fiction, examine the evidence, and discover why the deep ocean is still one of Earth's greatest mysteries. Is the Ningen real...or just an icy illusion? Dive in and decide for yourself! Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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181: The Four Kids Who Survived 40 Days in the Rainforest
16 min 21 August 2026Forty days lost in the Amazon rainforest. 🌿 In 2023, four siblings disappeared into the Colombian rainforest after a plane crash. The oldest was just 13 years old, and the youngest was only 11 months. For 40 days, search teams followed tiny footprints, found abandoned shelters, and searched through one of the most difficult environments on Earth. Then, on day 40, they found them. Alive. ❤️ Their survival wasn't just luck. The children's knowledge of the rainforest, lessons passed down through their Indigenous Huitoto community, and the determination of hundreds of rescuers all played a role. This is one of the most incredible true survival stories of our time. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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180: Green Skies
10 min 13 August 2026When strange green skies appeared over parts of Virginia, people wondered if it was aliens, pollution, or something even stranger. In this episode of The Mystery Kids Podcast , we uncover the real science behind one of nature's most eerie weather events, explore famous green skies from around the world, and learn why these glowing storms are both beautiful and worth taking seriously. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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179: The Princes in the Tower
17 min 6 August 2026👑 Two young princes entered the Tower of London in 1483, and then they vanished. More than 540 years later, no one knows for certain what happened to Edward V and his younger brother, Richard. Did they disappear because of a royal power struggle, or is the truth still hidden somewhere in history? Join me as we explore one of England's greatest unsolved mysteries and separate the facts from the legends in this week's episode of The Mystery Kids Podcast! Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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178: Meowing Nuns
11 min 28 July 2026Why did a group of nuns suddenly start meowing like cats? In this episode of The Mystery Kids Podcast , we travel back to medieval France to investigate one of history's weirdest true stories. Was it stress? A prank? Something supernatural? Join us as we explore the real events behind the mystery of the Meowing Nuns and other strange outbreaks that baffled entire communities. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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177: The Van Meter Visitor
13 min 16 July 2026In 1903, the tiny town of Van Meter, Iowa, was terrified by reports of a strange winged creature unlike anything anyone had ever seen. Witnesses claimed it had glowing eyes, enormous wings, and even a bright light shining from a horn on its forehead. Was it a giant bird, an unknown animal, or something even stranger? Join Tess as we explore one of America's oldest cryptid mysteries: The Van Meter Visitor. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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176: The Mystery of the Buried Video Games
12 min 25 June 2026What if millions of video games were buried in the desert? For decades, people thought it was just a strange rumor. Then, in 2014, archaeologists dug into a New Mexico landfill and uncovered a real-life gaming mystery. Discover the story of Atari, the infamous E.T. video game, the Video Game Crash of 1983, and the treasure hunt that proved one of gaming's wildest legends was true. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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175: 1988 Yellowstone Fire
16 min 19 June 2026In 1988, one of the most famous places in America seemed doomed. Massive fires swept through Yellowstone National Park, turning forests black, filling the sky with smoke, and terrifying visitors and rangers alike. People thought the park might never recover. But the truth behind the Yellowstone fires is more surprising than most people know. In this episode, we explore the real stories of firefighters, trapped tourists, exploding trees, wildlife survival, and how one of the worst fire seasons in history actually changed science forever. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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174: Rosie the Shark: The Shark Left Behind
12 min 28 May 2026A giant shark nicknamed Rosie sat abandoned inside an old wildlife park aquarium for years. People explored the creepy building, took photos beside her huge body, and shared stories online. But who was Rosie? Why was she left there? And how did an old shark become one of the internet’s strangest abandoned mysteries? Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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173: 1913 China Flood
9 min 14 May 2026In 1913, relentless rains caused the Yangtze River to overflow, flooding entire villages and leaving families stranded for weeks. With no warning systems and limited resources, people relied on courage, quick thinking, and each other to survive. This episode shares real moments from one of history’s lesser-known floods—and the strength it took to rebuild afterward.
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172: The Boiling River of the Amazon
11 min 30 April 2026A real river in the Amazon is hot enough to boil… with no volcano nearby. The Shanay-Timpishka has stunned scientists, but local communities have respected it for generations. Is it geothermal energy or something we still don’t fully understand? Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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171: The Man Who Lived in an Airport
11 min 16 April 2026This week on The Mystery Kids Podcast , we explore the unbelievable true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the man who lived inside Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years after losing his travel documents. His bizarre life later inspired the movie The Terminal—but the real story is even stranger than Hollywood. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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170: Mt. St. Helens Eruption
8 min 10 April 2026A peaceful mountain. A warning no one expected. And an explosion that changed everything. On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted sideways, flattening forests, darkening skies, and reshaping the land forever. It wasn’t just a disaster, it was a reminder that nature is powerful, unpredictable, and always alive. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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169: Lost Beneath the Waves- Famous Shipwrecks
17 min 2 April 2026Some shipwrecks are fully understood—torpedoes, storms, and icebergs explain exactly what happened. ⚓ Titanic struck an iceberg 🌪️ Edmund Fitzgerald was lost in a storm 🚢 USS Indianapolis was hit by torpedoes But other ships leave behind questions… 👻 A crew that vanished without a trace 📡 A distress call followed by silence 🌊 Entire ships that disappeared into the ocean First, the known stories… then the mysteries that still don’t have answers. 🌍 Because the ocean doesn’t just tell stories we understand, it hides ones we’re still trying to solve. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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168: The Almas – The Wild People of the Mountains
9 min 26 March 2026Deep in the mountains of Mongolia and Russia, people have reported sightings of something strange for centuries… The Almas. Not quite human. Not quite animal. Witnesses say they walk upright, watch from a distance, and disappear in seconds. Some believe they could be a lost branch of ancient humans—still living in the wild today. Others think it’s just a legend. But one thing is certain… The stories won’t stop. 👣 Would you follow the footprints… or run? Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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167: The Red Waterfall of Antarctica
12 min 23 March 2026A waterfall that looks like blood flowing from the ice. Deep in Antarctica’s frozen Dry Valleys, bright red water pours out of a glacier in a place called Blood Falls. For more than 100 years explorers wondered what caused the eerie color. The answer turned out to be rusty iron-rich water flowing from a hidden salty lake beneath the glacier. Even more surprising? Tiny microbes live in that dark, freezing water—showing scientists how life can survive in some of the harshest places on Earth. One of the strangest waterfalls on the planet… hidden in Antarctica. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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166: Cities Hidden By Jungles
15 min 13 March 2026Deep beneath some of the thickest jungles on Earth lie the ruins of entire ancient cities. From the mountaintop wonder of Machu Picchu to the giant temples of the Maya and the massive lost city of Angkor, these places were swallowed by nature for centuries. Today, new technology like LiDAR is helping scientists uncover thousands of hidden structures still buried under the trees. History isn’t just in museums… sometimes it’s hiding in the jungle. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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165: The Lost World on Top of the Clouds: Mount Roraima
11 min 5 March 2026High above the jungles of South America rises Mount Roraima — a two-billion-year-old flat-topped mountain that inspired The Lost World and still feels like another planet. In this episode, Tess explores the real history, Indigenous legends, first expeditions, rare species, and scientific mysteries of one of Earth’s strangest places. A true “lost world” that still exists above the clouds. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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162: Presidents Head Graveyard
9 min 19 February 2026What if you stumbled into a quiet field… and found yourself face-to-face with 20-foot-tall presidents? In Virginia, giant stone heads of America’s leaders sit cracked and forgotten in what many call the Presidents’ Heads Graveyard. Why were they built? Why were they abandoned? And what secrets do they hold? Let’s uncover the mystery together! Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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164: The Great Smog of London (1952)
10 min 26 February 2026In December 1952, a deadly fog swallowed London — but this wasn’t ordinary mist. In this episode, we uncover the true story of the Great Smog, how it trapped poison in the air, why thousands died, and how it changed environmental laws forever. A real historical mystery about weather, science, and the power of clean air. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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Area 51
11 min 19 February 2026Is Area 51 hiding aliens… or something even more unbelievable? Journey into the Nevada desert as we uncover secret spy planes, Cold War mysteries, UFO sightings, and the real story behind one of the most talked-about places on Earth. Get ready for secrets, science, and a mystery that’s out of this world! Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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161: Ball Lightning
13 min 5 February 2026A glowing ball that floats through storms, slips through windows, and vanishes without a trace? Ball lightning is one of nature’s strangest mysteries and scientists are still chasing answers. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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160: The Greenland Shark
10 min 31 January 2026Today’s mystery is all about the Greenland shark. This is one of the longest-living animals on Earth, one of the largest sharks in the ocean, and one of the strangest creatures scientists have ever studied. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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159: The Great Snow Train Stranding of Nevada
17 min 1 January 2026In 1910, a powerful winter storm trapped a passenger train deep in Nevada’s snowy mountains for days. Kids, families, and train workers had to work together, stay brave, and get creative to survive one of the snowiest disasters in American history. Grab your coat—this is a true story where teamwork beat the blizzard! Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
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