A crystal skull tied to jungle ruins, whispered curses, and an origin story that refuses to sit still. In this episode of The Enigma Files, we investigate the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull—the legend, the paper trail, and the forensic clues that blur the line between ancient relic and manufactured myth.

In December 1926, Agatha Christie—already one of the world’s most celebrated mystery writers—vanished without a trace. Her abandoned car, a nationwide manhunt, a false identity, and a hotel registration under her husband’s mistress’s name turned Britain upside down for 11 unforgettable days.

When Christie was finally found alive, nothing about her story added up… and she never explained what happened.

Was it amnesia? A staged escape? A psychological break? Or the greatest mystery she ever wrote?

This episode of The Enigma Files unpacks the clues, contradictions, and theories behind one of history’s most baffling disappearances.

Was Edgar Allan Poe trying to name his killer?

In this special Case Reopened mini-episode, The Enigma Files revisits the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe — found delirious, wearing another man’s clothes, and muttering a single name: “Reynolds.”

Historians dismissed it as nonsense. But what if Poe wasn’t hallucinating? What if “Reynolds” was one of the coopers — the election gang members who abducted and drugged men on voting day in 1849 Baltimore?

Join us as we reopen the case and explore the chilling possibility that Poe’s final word was the identity of his murderer.

The turkey pardon is one of America’s most beloved Thanksgiving traditions… but what if the story behind it is completely wrong?

In this episode of The Enigma Files, we uncover the strange and surprising truth behind the Presidential Turkey Pardon — a ritual

In 12th-century England, two mysterious children emerged from the shadows of a wolf pit—skin tinted green, speaking an unknown language, and claiming to come from a land where the sun never shines. Historians call it folklore. Scientists call it misinterpretation. Others whisper of lost civilizations… or something not of this world.
In this episode of The Enigma Files, we unravel the centuries-old mystery of the Green Children of Woolpit—examining the chronicles, the eyewitness accounts, and the theories that still spark debate to this day.

Hidden beneath the hills of Virginia, legend says a fortune in gold and silver lies buried—locked away by a code that’s defied the world’s best minds for over two centuries. Join The Enigma Files as we trace the story of Thomas Jefferson Beale, the mysterious ciphers, and the obsession that’s turned Bedford County into America’s most enduring treasure hunt.

In the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, one of the most vital pieces of evidence quietly vanished — his brain. The Enigma Files reopens one of America’s strangest and most unsettling mysteries. Why was Kennedy’s brain removed, preserved… and then lost? Was it destroyed, hidden, or buried with him in secret?

In October 1849, literary icon Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore—dressed in another man’s clothes and muttering a single, haunting name. Four days later, he was dead. No autopsy. No clear cause. Was it alcohol, illness, political foul play—or something darker? In this episode of The Enigma Files we uncover the final, bewildering days of Poe’s life and the enduring mystery that still shadows his genius.