Quietly Unsettled Podcast
Quietly Unsettled is where the strange and forgotten come back to life. Each episode drifts through the darker corners of history — from haunted folklore and witch trials to curious mysteries, vanished people, and unsettling truths buried in the archives. Join host J. Lynn as she unravels tales that linger — part history, part legend, all true enough to keep you up at night. Because sometimes the most chilling stories… are the ones that really happened.
Episodes
When European royals got sick, they had access to the best physicians money, status, and power could buy. The problem? For much of history, those physicians were working with flawed theories, brutal treatments, and a truly alarming amount of confidence. In this episode, we look at the documented medical cases of Charles II, Louis XIV, Catherine the Great, George III, Mary II, Henry VIII, and Ivan IV from bloodletting and blistering...
In this episode of Quietly Unsettled, we dig into the unnerving science of why we see faces in shadows, hear whispers in static, and feel certain a room just… changed, even when nothing supernatural is happening. We’ll walk through pareidolia, “phantom” sounds, and the fear amplifiers that turn ordinary creaks into core memories, plus a few simple reality-checks you can use in the moment without killing the mystery.
In this episode of Quietly Unsettled, we examine the life of Dorothy Eady the British-born woman who said she remembered ancient Egypt. We separate what’s documented from what’s disputed, break down her most famous claims, and explore what modern memory science can, and can’t explain. This is a careful look at belief, evidence, and the uneasy space where history and identity overlap.
In this return episode of Quietly Unsettled, J. Lynn takes us into one of Europe’s most haunting royal mysteries: the life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the “Swan King.”
The story opens on the stormy night of June 13, 1886, when Ludwig and his physician, Dr. Bernhard von Gudden, vanished along the shore of Lake Starnberg—only to be found dead hours later under deeply suspicious circumstances. Official reports called it dr...
On a sweltering August morning in 1892, two bodies were found in a quiet Fall River home—and a single woman stood accused. In this episode, Quietly Unsettled unpacks the house, the evidence, the trial, and the mystery that still refuses to die. Was Lizzie Borden a cold-blooded killer… or the perfect scapegoat?
Step inside one of New Orleans’ most infamous legends — the story of Madame Delphine LaLaurie and the house that turned horror into history. In this episode of Quietly Unsettled, J. Lynn unravels the truth behind the folklore: what really happened inside the Royal Street mansion, how rumor replaced record, and why the city chose silence over justice. A chilling exploration of power, cruelty, and memory — told where history and haun...
Long before Salem, Connecticut was already burning witches.
In 1647, Alse Young was hanged — marking the first known witch execution in the colonies. Over the next two decades, fear would spread through Hartford’s streets and pulpits alike.
In this episode, we uncover the forgotten origins of America’s first witch panic — drawing from trial records, Puritan law, and the echoes left behind in New England’s earliest settlements.
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