The Shelldrake Files is a weekly podcast uncovering real mysteries, true crime, and unexplained events. We dig into the facts, follow the evidence, and piece together stories that keep you thinking long after the episode ends. If you’re drawn to cases that don’t add up, you’ll feel right at home here.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Shelldrake Files is a weekly podcast uncovering real mysteries, true crime, and unexplained events. We dig into the facts, follow the evidence, and piece together stories that keep you thinking long after the episode ends. If you’re drawn to cases that don’t add up, you’ll feel right at home here.
Recent episodes include "Alaska Disappearances: The Cases Search Teams Cannot Explain" (25 April 2026, 25 minutes), "The Crater Lake Pattern: Unexplained Disappearances in the Cascades" (13 March 2026, 18 minutes), and "She Vanished in 10 Seconds (While He Watched)" (19 February 2026, 12 minutes).
The Shelldrake Files publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 18 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for The Shelldrake Files is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Shelldrake Files requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Shelldrake Files's contact route on record: public web form.
The Shelldrake Files is a society podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #12
<p>Alaska disappearances don't make the news the way they should. The state logs more missing persons per capita than anywhere else in the country — and a significant number share conditions that standard search and...
Episode #11
<p>Crater Lake in Oregon has been linked to missing-person cases that often come up in Missing 411 discussions. The Crater Lake region is steep, remote, and fast-changing, and those conditions shape what happens when...
Episode #10
<p>Two wilderness disappearances, years apart, tied to remote public lands and National Parks. This Missing 411 episode looks at cases discussed by David Paulides, where someone can be there one moment and gone the...
Episode #9
<p>In June 1977, Charles Morgan—also known as Chuck—was found dead in the Arizona desert wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a cryptic $2 bill. The official ruling? Suicide. But strange clues, mafia connections, and...
Episode #8
<p>The only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history: On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself D.B. Cooper pulled off the perfect crime - hijacking a plane, collecting $200,000 ransom, and vanishing into thin air. This...
Episode #7
<p>What is the Michigan Dogman? For over 130 years, this terrifying half-man, half-beast creature has haunted the forests of Michigan. From the first recorded sighting in 1887 near the Manistee River to eerie encounters...
Episode #6
<p>In 1988, journalist and aspiring author Keith Reinhardt arrived in the quiet Colorado town of Silver Plume, searching for inspiration. What he found was a dark mystery—and what happened next shocked everyone. Just...
Episode #5
<p>On October 21, 1978, 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich took off from Moorabbin Airport in a Cessna 182, heading toward King Island across the Bass Strait. He never arrived. Minutes before vanishing, Valentich...
Episode #4
<p>The mysterious death of U.S. Army intelligence officer Ralph Sigler remains one of the Cold War’s most disturbing secrets. In April 1976, he was found dead in a Maryland motel—wired to a lamp, electrocuted, and left...
Episode #3
<p>The Cowden Family was celebrating Labor Day Weekend in 1974 when they vanished from their campsite. Seven months later, they were found — one tied to a tree, the others hidden in a cave.</p><p>Send us Fan Mail</p>
Episode #1
<p>March 1975. Twenty-one-year-old Mark Hanson set out with friends on a spring break hike from Davenport Gap into the Great Smoky Mountains. By afternoon, a sudden storm swept across the ridges — sleet, snow, plunging...
Episode #2
<p>In June 1991, a quiet Ontario rest stop became the scene of a brutal double murder and an unsolved mystery that has haunted Canada for decades. In the dead of night, a stranger with a shotgun shattered the stillness...
The Shelldrake Files
<p>A brand-new season of The Shelldrake Files begins with an inside look at what this show is all about. In this special introduction, Rich shares the origins of the channel, his passion for digging into cases that...
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