The Shelldrake Files
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.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2025
This Pilot Vanished Mid-Sentence...
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 …
He Went to Write a Book...and Disappeared Forever
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…
Ralph Sigler: The Army Officer Who Fooled the KGB
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 …
They Had the Worst Camping Trip Imaginable...
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…
Blind River: Murder on Highway 17
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 s…
200 Yards from Safety: The Mark Hanson Story
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 …
Introducing: The Shelldrake Files
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 f…