Mexico Unexplained

Mexico Unexplained: It's the X Files with a Latino twist. We explore the magic, the mysteries and the miracles of Mexico every week.

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Update frequency: every day
Average duration: 15 minutes
Episodes: 362
Years Active: 2024 - 2025

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Quetzalcoatl - Man, Myth, God

The story of perhaps the most enigmatic figure in all of Mexican history, the plumed serpent, Quetzalcoatl.

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00:19:46 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Republic of the Rio Grande

For a brief time an independent nation existed between Mexico and Texas.

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00:18:22 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Black Christ of Otatitlán

The Aztec god of commerce was replaced with an unusual black Christ in a small town in colonial Mexico in the 1590s.

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00:15:32 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Lost Mission of Santa Isabel

Did the Jesuits hide millions of dollars of gold, silver, pearls and precious gems in a secret mission located somewhere in Baja California?

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00:15:07 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

5 Brief Legends from Oaxaca

1. The Legend of the Decapitated Princess
2. The Magic Cave at Cerro Gordo
3. The Mysterious Bronze Statue of a French King
4. The Legend of Rooster Island
5. Murder on Callejón Dos de Abril

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00:13:23 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Mysterious Rock Art of Baja

Thousands of rock paintings exist in the central part of Mexico's Baja Peninsula, some dating back 7,500 years. No one knows who made them or why.

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00:15:15 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

Uxmal, Lost City of the Dwarf

In legend, a magical dwarf built a pyramid and became king of this magnificent ancient Maya city.

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00:15:50 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Miraculous Life of Saint Rafael Guízar y Valencia

On several government death lists, this humble priest went on to do great works under very adverse conditions and became Bishop of Veracruz. He was made a saint by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.

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00:14:56 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

Vasco de Quiroga, Bishop of Utopia

A humble octogenarian helped turn the tide of the brutal Spanish conquest of Mexico.

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00:16:11 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Nagual

What is this snarling, feline/doglike upright creature that has plagued Mexico for millennia?

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00:16:34 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Sisimite, the Mexican Jungle-Dwelling Bigfoot

Does Mexico have its own version of Bigfoot? The answer is, "Yes."

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00:13:04 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Alien Artifacts of Ojuelos de Jalisco

Hoax or real? For decades, artifacts have been turning up in a remote desert area of Jalisco, Mexico, featuring aliens, UFOs, space technology and other curious topics.

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00:16:05 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

Isla Bermeja, Mexico's Disappearing Island

The mysterious death of a Mexican senator, the CIA, Big Oil and pirates: The long history of an island in the Gulf of Mexico that may never have even existed.

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00:16:50 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Starchild Skull

In 1930s Chihuahua a teenage girl discovered a strange skull. Is it a human-alien hybrid?

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00:17:47 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

Legends From Sonora

Home to a diverse landscape and 3 million people, the state of Sonora also has many legends.

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00:15:22 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

La Tlanchana & Other Mexican Mermaid Legends

Legends of fresh-water mermaids date back thousands of years in Mexico.

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00:16:37 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

Xoloitzcuintli, Sacred Dog of the Ancient Mexicans

Once nearly extinct, this unusual dog has played an important role in Mexico since ancient times.

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00:15:00 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

Legends of the Tarascan People

Is their truth in legends? Here are five from the Tarascan or Purépecha people of west-central Mexico.

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00:14:27 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Beautiful Imagination of Yolanda Vargas Dulché

Her mind was a fantasy factory. No one person contributed more to art and popular culture in Mexico, and lifted tens of millions of people out of illiteracy as a result.

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00:17:18 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

The Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos

Thousands of miracles, intercessions and favors granted are ascribed to this Mexican version of the Virgin Mary.

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00:14:37 | Wed 13 Aug 2025

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