Mexico Unexplained
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Episodes
The Ultimate Cinco De Mayo Post
5/5/2024
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?
Duration:00:14:16
Diamond-Shaped UFOs Over Mexico
4/28/2024
For many years diamond-shaped objects have been seen in Mexican skies. What are they?
Duration:00:13:47
Ghosts of Mexicali
4/21/2024
Although new by Mexican standards Mexicali is home to various ghost stories and tales of terror. Here are 4.
Duration:00:12:22
The Mysterious Death of Mexican Singer Chalino Sánchez
4/14/2024
Rising Mexican superstar Chalino Sánchez suffered an untimely death. The case remains unsolved. What really happened?
Duration:00:14:37
Eclipses in Ancient Mexico
4/7/2024
The Zapotecs, Maya and Aztecs could track and predict eclipses, and had interesting legends about them.
Duration:00:16:02
Jacinto Canek: Last King of the Maya
3/31/2024
In the Yucatán in 1761 a Maya leader spearheaded a brief but intense uprising against the Spanish.
Duration:00:14:41
Alien Encounter: The Extraordinary Abduction of Enrique Mercado
3/24/2024
In October of 1972 an unassuming Mexican laborer was taken aboard a flying saucer.
Duration:00:12:54
María Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: Champion of Mexican Independence
3/17/2024
The wife of a colonial magistrate became a key player in Mexico's War of Independence from Spain.
Duration:00:13:51
Legends of the Seri People
3/10/2024
The Seri people of the Mexican state of Sonora have a rich culture full of legends. Here are 3.
Duration:00:14:19
Some Lesser-Known Gods of the Aztecs
3/3/2024
Have you ever heard of the gods Huhueteotl, Centeotl and Nanahuatzin?
Duration:00:17:26
The Mysterious (Faked?) Death of Mexican Superstar Pedro Infante
2/25/2024
The death of one of the greatest Mexican entertainers who ever lived is shrouded in mystery
Duration:00:15:49
Barrios Beyond Time: Comparing Teotihuacan’s Enigmatic Neighborhoods
2/18/2024
What was life like in the neighborhoods of ancient Mexico's largest city?
Duration:00:14:41
Witchcraft and Pacts with the Devil in Late Colonial Mexico
2/11/2024
Thousands of documents tell different stories of the Spanish Inquisition in colonial Mexico.
Duration:00:17:58
Exploring the Mysteries of La Venta
2/4/2024
Important but neglected, the city of La Venta dominated the Olmec world for 500 years.
Duration:00:14:06
Catarina de San Juan and the Trans-Pacific Slave Trade
1/28/2024
An enslaved woman from India found herself living 10,000 miles away from home in 1600s colonial Mexico.
Duration:00:15:10
Porfirio Díaz: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
1/21/2024
Over 100 years after his death historians are still wondering what to make of the reign of Porfirio Díaz.
Duration:00:14:26
More Legends from the State of Chihuahua
1/14/2024
The Mexican state of Chihuahua is home to many legends. Here are 4 (more).
Duration:00:13:42
The Trial of the Chichimec Witch, 19 July 1599
1/7/2024
An obscure witch trial on the frontier of New Spain was more political than religious.
Duration:00:17:47
The Newest Maya Ruin and America’s “Sleeping Prophet”
12/31/2023
Mexico's newest archaeological zone has a strange connection to an early 20th Century American clairvoyant
Duration:00:14:57
Did Jesus Really Appear on a Tortilla in Mexico?
12/24/2023
The story of how a seemingly random occurrence became a pop culture phenomenon.
Duration:00:15:28