X-UMED

About X-UMED

X-UMED digs into dark history, folklore, cryptids, and the strange stories that refuse to stay buried. Sisters Lisa Hyndman and Samantha Harrison get straight to the story, exploring documented history alongside the legends that grew around it—with curiosity, research, and humor that happens naturally. New full episodes every Sunday during each season. Watch the full video episodes and subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@X-UMEDPodcast (https://www.youtube.com/@X-UMEDPodcast) Explore our Dark Archive and share your own stories at https://x-umed.com (https://x-umed.com).

Publisher

Lisa Hyndman & Samantha Harrison

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 Aug 2025

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026

   The Great Molasses Flood

   On January 15, 1919, one of the strangest disasters in American history hit Boston’s North End. A massive steel storage tank holding more than two million gallons of molasses suddenly burst apart, sending a towering wave of molasses through the neighborhood at an estimated 35 miles per hour. Buildings were destroyed. People and horses were swept away. Rescuers became trapped themselves. And when the molasses began to cool and thicken, escaping became even harder. But the disaster didn’t come without warning. For years, the tank leaked. Residents heard strange groans, bangs, and popping sounds coming from its walls. Rivets failed. Complaints were made. And instead of addressing the growing danger, the company kept filling the tank. This week on X-UMED, Lisa and Sam dig into the Great Molasses Flood of 1919—what caused the tank to fail, what witnesses experienced when millions of gallons of molasses tore through Boston, the brutal rescue and cleanup efforts, the company’s attempt to blame sabotage, and the massive legal battle that followed. It sounds almost ridiculous until you realize just how deadly it was. Twenty-one people lost their lives, around 150 were injured, and Boston would never look at industrial safety quite the same way again. Sources SOURCES & FURTHER READING • Boston Public Library — “Boston’s Great Molasses Flood” • Smithsonian Magazine — “Without Warning, Molasses Surged Over Boston 100 Years Ago” • Smithsonian Magazine — “The Sticky Science Behind the Deadly Boston Molasses Disaster” • Stephen Puleo — Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (Beacon Press) • Boston Daily Globe / Boston Globe archival reporting on the January 1919 disaster • Contemporary Boston newspaper accounts and photographs preserved in the Boston Public Library collections

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   El Dorado- The City of Gold

   For centuries, explorers crossed jungles, climbed mountains, starved, fought, killed, and died searching for El Dorado — the legendary lost city of gold. There was just one problem. El Dorado wasn't originally a city. The legend began with the Muisca people of present-day Colombia and stories of a remarkable ceremony involving a ruler covered in gold dust, a raft, sacred offerings, and Lake Guatavita. Then the Europeans heard about it. A golden man became a golden king. A golden king became a golden kingdom. And eventually, El Dorado became an entire city overflowing with unimaginable wealth. What followed was one of history's greatest treasure hunts. In this episode of X-UMED, Sam takes Lisa through the strange history behind El Dorado — from the Muisca ceremony that helped inspire the legend to brutal Spanish expeditions, attempts to drain Lake Guatavita, Lope de Aguirre's disastrous journey, Sir Walter Raleigh's obsession with finding the legendary kingdom, and the remarkable golden raft discovered centuries later. Was El Dorado ever really out there? Or did hundreds of years of greed and exaggeration turn one very real ceremony into one of the greatest legends in history? SOURCES Sir Walter Raleigh — The Discovery of Guiana (1596) — Excellent primary source for how the El Dorado story evolved into the supposed golden city of Manoa and Raleigh’s 1595 expedition. The full historical text is available free through Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2272?utm_source=chatgpt.com) and the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/47042477/?utm_source=chatgpt.com). Library of Congress — The Discovery of Guiana, and the Journal of the Second Voyage Thereto — Useful because it includes Raleigh’s El Dorado account and his journal from the disastrous 1617–1618 return expedition. Library of Congress digital copy (https://www.loc.gov/item/47042477/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Adolph F. A. Bandelier — The Gilded Man (El Dorado) (1893) — Older scholarship, but useful for tracing the original “gilded man” tradition, the Muisca, Lake Guatavita, and how the story changed as Europeans repeated it. It is available through Project Gutenberg's El Dorado collection (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/877?utm_source=chatgpt.com). 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica — “El Dorado” — Handy historical overview of the progression from a gilded ruler → Manoa → an entire fabulous golden country, along with the major expeditions by Ordaz, Orellana, von Hutten, Quesada and Raleigh. Read the historical Britannica entry (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/El_Dorado?utm_source=chatgpt.com). University of Pennsylvania — Online Books Page: Walter Raleigh — Good gateway to additional digitized editions of Raleigh's original 1596 Discoverie, including the early printed text and academic-hosted copies. UPenn Online Books Page (https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Raleigh,+Walter,+Sir,+1552?-1618&utm_source=chatgpt.com)

3. 

   27 Sept 2026

   The Dudleytown Curse

   Deep within Connecticut's Dark Entry Forest lies the abandoned settlement of Dudley Town—a place surrounded by tales of curses, madness, and paranormal encounters. In this episode, Lisa and Samantha investigate the history behind the legend, following the story from colonial Connecticut all the way back to Tudor England. Together they examine the famous Dudley family, mysterious tragedies, the town's decline, and how folklore eventually transformed Dudley Town into one of America's best-known haunted locations. History, folklore, and the paranormal collide in one of New England's most enduring mysteries Sources • Cornwall Historical Society – History of Dudleytown https://www.cornwallhistoricalsociety.org/ (https://www.cornwallhistoricalsociety.org/) • Connecticut State Library – Colonial Connecticut History https://ctstatelibrary.org/ (https://ctstatelibrary.org/) • National Park Service – Colonial New England History https://www.nps.gov/ (https://www.nps.gov/) • Encyclopaedia Britannica - Dudley Family - Edmund Dudley - John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland - Lady Jane Grey - Queen Mary I - Queen Elizabeth I https://www.britannica.com/ (https://www.britannica.com/) • Historic UK – The Tudors https://www.historic-uk.com/ (https://www.historic-uk.com/) • History Hit – Tudor England https://www.historyhit.com/ (https://www.historyhit.com/) • Dan Aykroyd Playboy interview (1993), widely cited in later Dudley Town articles discussing his statement about the location. • Various historical newspapers, folklore collections, and Connecticut ghost story archives covering Dudley Town and its legends.

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9 ratings

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