Unexplained

Real-Life Supernatural Stories for Uncertain Times

By: Richard MacLean Smith

Narrated by: Bruce Mann

In every corner of this earth there are secrets. They are hidden in the dark edge of the woods, nestled in the cold stars, and staring out from a stranger's eyes. And whether they be demonic possession or an unsolved murder, the unknown has always haunted our dreams.

From the hit podcast Unexplained comes a volume perfectly crafted for the curious, the cynical, and the not-easily frightened. Richard MacLean Smith is the expert in the unknown and humbly offers up 10 tales of real-life events that continue to evade explanation. With these chilling stories comes the missing key: a connection to our own beliefs in science, superstition, and perception.

What can a case of demonic possession teach us about free will? What can a cursed box show us about the act of storytelling? What can a supposed instance of reincarnation tell us about developing a concept of the self?

Perhaps some things are just better left unexplained....

©2019 Richard MacLean Smith (P)2020 Tantor

Great book, horrible narrator

Narrator has one set cadence for each and every sentence spoken. If you can endure that, read on. Absolutely terrible to listen to.

Decent

This book opens well and fulfills what you might hope it to be. The author can’t help but attempt to explain the paranormal phenomenon at length. They feature elaborations filled with pop science and post modern philosophy. Rendering the title comically ironic.
In short this author is a legitimate paranormal researcher but they watch too much BBC.
Cheers!

bad voice actor

love the podcast but the voice actor is just horrible. I couldn't finish the book.

Bizarre narrator- go listen to the podcast!

I've loved Richard Maclean Smith's Unexplained podcast from the very beginning, and have listened to all the podcast episodes multiple times through the years. While his writing is great on its own, his voice and cadence are among the most soothing and centering on air these days, and often times when I've had a very stressful week I'll find myself reaching for old seasons to ride through my weekend chores.

This audiobook, however, is not narrated by Smith, and instead features one of the most bizarre and terrible narrators I've yet heard on Audible. He sounds like an early AI voice trying to imitate Vincent Price. I’m not sure if he's trying to make the stories e x t r a s p o o o k y y y or what, but I actually played some of it out loud to some friends because it was just so unbelievable. I had to put the audio at 1.25x speed just to get through half the book. Perhaps thankfully, Smith has since read ALL of these chapters himself in various episodes of the regular podcast. There's absolutely no reason to listen to this audiobook. At least it didn't have commercials, and was free. Hope nobody else spends their credit before realizing what they've walked into.

good stories, horrible narrator

great stories, unfortunately told by the most irritating narrator I've ever had the displeasure of listening to