Mexico Unexplained

Activists uncovered a camp in 2025 where a drug cartel trained unsuspecting youths to be loyal narco footsoldiers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Separated by time and distance ancient Egypt and ancient Mexico share many things in common.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Prohibition created a tantalizing world of vice right across the border.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Over 4,000 years ago a culture emerged on Mexico's Pacific coast that would serve as the foundation for later civilizations. Who were the Matanchén people?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

A German-Mexican man combined European occultism with indigenous practices to creat a new philosophical movement.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Ruling Mexico for a little over a week, the Mexican Triumvirate had a lasting effect on the country's political landscape.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

The mysterious Toltec city of Tula evokes much speculation and fringe theories bordering on the fantastical.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

This 11-time president of Mexico has more of his share of strange stories and legends surrounding him.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Discovered and lost 2 more times, this ancient Maya city has yet to reveal a fraction of its secrets.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

The Cora people of western Mexico have long been ignored by both the Mexican government and history itself.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Most scholars believe that the ancient city of Teotihuacan didn't have a writing system. New evidence may indicate otherwise.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

The border town of Nuevo Laredo is home to interesting legends. Here are four.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In modern-day Mexico, the Virgin of Guadalupe is said to be appearing in the most interesting places.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

An 1841 expedition by Texans to claim parts of northern Mexico ended in disaster.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Five cases of encounters with disc-shaped objects in the skies over Mexico.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

This little-known site in the state of Tlaxcala has some of the most beautiful artwork ever produced in ancient Mexico.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

"Toltec Spirituality" seems to have come out of nowhere. Does it have any basis in truth?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

The 1848 treaty that ended the Mexican War still has repercussions over 175 years later.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

This little-known site in Michoacán played an important role in ancient Mexico.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In Mexico, volcanic glass has long had many uses across thousands of years.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

The border town of Ciudad Juárez has more than its share of ghost stories. Here are six.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In the 1930s a wealthy Mexican businessman hid away 16 tons of gold in the desert. It has never been found.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In 1976, Mexican student pilot Rafael Pacheco Pérez vanished from radar minutes after takeoff, only to reappear an hour later 400 kilometers away in Acapulco with a nearly full fuel tank and no memory of a bizarre radio transmission warning of extraterrestrial watchers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

The last Aztec Emperor resisted Spanish domination with intensity and is a symbol of indigenous resistence in modern times.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

A little-talked-about war in 1925 had a profound impact on an indigenous group in northwestern Mexico.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In the 1930s an American adventurer stumbled upon a lost city of giants in a remote Mexican cavern.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

This popular Aztec shaman tried to keep indigenous culture alive well past the Spanish Conquest of Mexico.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Mysterious fireballs have been appearing in the skies over Mexico for decades. What are they?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In 1537, indigenous people and African slaves rose up to topple the Spanish government in Mexico City.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

This ancient rock art gallery hidden in the Sonoran Desert is home to over 6,000 petroglyphs. Who made them? Why?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

What washed ashore at a sleepy Mexican coastal town in 1969?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In 1963 a woman became a cult leader and led an entire town into weeks of horror.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

This strange lake in a remote part of the Mexican state of Puebla is full of mystery.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Do 8 islands off the coast of California really belong to Mexico?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Since the late 1990s triangle-shaped UFOs have been spotted in the skies over Mexico. What are they?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

This indigenous leader continues to inspire people in the Mexican state of Colima 5 centuries later.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Lost to assimilation and European-introduced diseases, the Opata civilization flourished in the northern deserts of Mexico for centuries.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In 1999 workers digging a ditch found strange skeletons & unusual artifacts. Were they extraterrestrial?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald spent 5 days in Mexico just weeks before the assassination.  Why?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

The story of the Mexican healer who cured thousands across 7 decades.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

The pastry shop of a portly French chef was ransacked outside of Mexico City.  France responded by invading Mexico.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Deep in the jungles of Mexico is a curious stone carving. Does this work of art represent evidence of ancient alien contact, or something else?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Called the Niños Héroes, these 6 teenage cadets gave their lives rather than surrender to Americans during the invasion of Mexico City in 1847.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Sometime around 1450 a massive city in the northern deserts of Mexico was abandoned.  Why?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

A small town in the Mexican state of Veracruz is home to an annual witch festival and has a long tradition of magical and occult practices.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

In a corner of the Mexican state of Sonora, a group established the first wholly sovereign indigenous-controlled political entity since the Spanish Conquest.  This is the story of the ill-fated Yaqui Republic and its dynamic leader, Cajemé.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

For centuries, silver Mexican coins were used as currency in many countries throughout the world, including the US.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Unknown to many Americans, a hot/cold state of war existed between the US and Mexico in the early part of the 20th Century.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

Did a Viking arrive on the shores of Mayan Mexico 1,000 years ago?  Who was the mythical Votan?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.

According to the Aztecs, mankind became warlike after doing battle with 400 flying snakes on command of the Sun.  What were some of the justifications for war in the Aztec Empire?  Why was war waged?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mexico-unexplained--6696126/support.