Unsolved Histories by KSL Podcasts

Jan 14 2025 14 ep. 44 mins 149
Unsolved Histories by KSL Podcasts artwork

A plane carrying 101 people disappears with no distress call (Season 1 | Flight 293). A ship runs aground in the darkness spawning myths and legends. Descendants of five men convicted in a dubious trial search for their graves 170 years later. Unsolved Histories by KSL explores forgotten mysteries and other little-known stories.

  History  True Crime  Society & Culture
RSS feed Share
Copy RSS


Subscribe on Podcast Addict


Forgotten Airship SHENANDOAH

Jan 14 2025 38 mins  
A giant airship sets out on a cross-country tour, testing the viability of lighter-than-air travel for the U.S. Navy. In the skies above Ohio, something goes wrong and the SHENANDOAH breaks apart. A century later, a few artifacts and dedicated historians help keep the story alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Deadly Voyages of Captain Thorn

Dec 31 2024 40 mins  
The richest man in America sends a team by sailing ship to the Oregon Country for a share of the fur trade. Before they can land, they must cross the hazardous waters at the mouth of the Columbia River. Then, their tyrannical sea captain sails north, setting the stage for deadly disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forgotten 707 Crash in Boeing’s Backyard

Dec 17 2024 41 mins  
A survivor recounts the final minutes aboard a Boeing 707 before it becomes the only jetliner ever to crash in Boeing’s home state of Washington. The next day, a man visits the crash scene with a camera, only to pack away his rare photos for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Search For The Cayuse Five

Dec 03 2024 42 mins  
In 1850, five Indigenous men are charged in the death of missionary Marcus Whitman in the old Oregon Country. The men are convicted and hanged in Oregon City, 250 miles from the Cayuse homeland. What happens to the bodies of The Cayuse Five after the execution remains a mystery 170 years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have You Seen The Phantom Ship?

Nov 19 2024 42 mins  
When the captain of a passenger steamer misses a critical right turn on a dark January night, it sets in motion a tragedy that still haunts the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flight 293 | Ep 8: Closure, or as Close as Our Language Can Come

Nov 12 2024 55 mins  
After Flight 293 disappeared and the US military turned its back on the families of the lost, a community of tragedy forms by those left behind. Decades later, led by Greg Barrowman, they find a way to gather, mourn and ultimately celebrate their loved ones and formally, permanently commemorate their loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flight 293 | Ep 7: Leave No One Behind

Nov 05 2024 58 mins  
Since the Revolutionary War, the US military has promised active duty members that, wounded or dead, they’ll never be left behind. Having a body to mourn and bury can bring comfort to loved ones. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year to search for and bring home the missing and to take care of the families of the fallen. But why not for Flight 293? Learn more about

Flight 293 | Ep 6: The Crew

Oct 29 2024 41 mins  
Pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, gate agents and other airline employees form tight networks many of them describe as a “family.” When a plane goes down, news quickly spreads within this family. Sometimes the information shared is accurate. Other times, it leaves the door open to conspiracies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flight 293 | Ep 5: The Ditching

Oct 22 2024 54 mins  
Less than a year before Flight 293 vanished, an identical airliner on the exact same route – with, incredibly, the exact same flight number – loses an engine midway through the trip and goes down in the waters off the coast of Alaska. This time, everyone survives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flight 293 | Ep 4: Scuttlebutt

Oct 15 2024 50 mins  
Captain Albert Olsen has thousands of hours as a commercial and military pilot. He’s exactly the kind of skilled, experienced aviator you’d want in the cockpit if a problem came up miles from any airport and thousands of feet in the sky. Somewhere over the Gulf of Alaska, that’s exactly what happens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices