"Unexplained" (1980)

Mysteries of Mind, Space & Time

Orbis partwork

13 Volume Set from Orbis

Since first listing this series, we have discovered there were at least 5 releases. The earliest release was housed in binders with a gold edging and a title The Unexplained (just that) on the front cover in letters about 1cm high. The later release was a complete re-vamp, with articles re-sequenced and lots more colour photos. The binders for this release have the title in much larger letters across the full width of the binder, and the sub-title 'Mysteries of Mind, Space and Time' underneath. Collectors of the first release were encouraged to remove the magazine covers - a common practice with Orbis publications - so that the page numbers would flow in sequence within the binders. Individual parts were then filed using flat metal strips passed through the staples.

No covers on magazines

Updated April 2011

 

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1: (p1-20) - The UFO Paradox

2: (p21-40) - The power of suggestion

3: (p41-60) - Inside a black hole

4: (p61-80) - Virgins with a pagan past

5: (p81-100) - Building a black hole

6: (p101-120) - The disembodied self

7: (p121-140) - From sea serpent to super otter

8: (p141-160) - Searching for St Germain

9: (p161-180) - Secrets of a country priest

10: (p181-200) - The needle not the knife

11: (p201-220) - Who are the humanoids?

12: (p221-240) - Reach for the stars

Binder for Unexplained (12)

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13: (p241-260) - A very strange fish?

14: (p261-280) - Behind the humanoid mask

15: (p281-300) - Into thin air

16: (p301-320) - The human salamander

17: (p321-340) - Soldiers of the night

18: (p341-360) - Mystery of the lost planet

19: (p361-380) - Fabled, fire-breathing dragon

20: (p381-400) - The Cottingley fairies

21: (p401-421) - The eclipse of vulcan

22: (p421-440) - The sacred serpents of America

23: (p441-460) - The medium and the message

24: (p461-480) - The legend of lost Atlantis

Volume 2 Unexplained, complete

25: (p481-500) - Where was Atlantis?

26: (p501-520) - Satan in the snow

27: (p521-540) - Atlantis, the legend

28: (p541-560) - Worlds within worlds

29: (p561-580) - As above, so below

30: (p581-600) - How to cast a horoscope

31: (p601-620) - In search of apparitions

32: (p621-640) - World of Uri Geller

33: (p641-660) - UFOs and the digital computer

34: (p661-680) - Aliens on our moon?

35: (p681-700) - What happens after death?

36: (p701-720) - A catalogue of curious finds

Volume 3 complete

37: (p721-740) - Mysterious flying machines

38: (p741-760) - Creatures of the Irish lakes

39: (p761-780) - Call of the wild

40: (p781-800) - Curse of the boy king

41: (p801-820) - Outrageous and unthinkable

42: (p821-840) - Blood and tears

43: (p841-860) - Puzzle of the pyramids

44: (p861-880) - Cradle of all our science

45: (p881-900) - Stroll in the past

46: (p901-920) - Bizarre history of hypnosis

47: (p921-940) - the philosopher's stone

48: (p941-960) - Why did mammoths disappear?

Volume 4 complete

49: (p961-980) - The boy with no past

50: (p981-1000) - Flash of inspiration

51: (p1001-1020) - Fear of the Undead

52: (p1021-1040) - A romantic fiction

53: (p1041-1060) - UFOs, case for a cover up

54: (p1060-1061) - Africa's secret files

55: (p1081-1100) - Under the greenwood tree

56: (p1101-1120) - Indian rope trick

57: (p1121-1140) - strange world of twins

58: (p1141-1160) - Creatures of habit

59: (p1161-1162) - Where did Darwin go wrong?

60: (p1181-1200) - In the comet's tale

Volume 5 complete

61: (p1201-1220) - Pictures in the stars

62: (p1221-1240) - Gods from the stars?

63: (p1241-1260) - Riddle of the green children

64: (p1261-1280) - Tales from Bermuda Triangle

65: (p1281-1300) - Legend of King Arthur

66: (p1301-1320) - Sum of human knowledge

67: (p1320-1340) - Saucers of Satan

68: (p1341-1360) - Old soldiers never die

69: (p1361-1380) - Prisoner without a face

70: (p1381-1400) - Script full of secrets

71: (p1401-1420) - Woman in white

72: (p1421-1440) - Out of thin air

Volume 6 complete

73: (p1441-1460) - Mystery of standing stones

74: (p1461-1480) - Eye of the beholder

75: (p1481-1500) - Encounters of the fourth kind

76: (p1500-1520) - What killed the dinosaurs?

77: (p1521-1540) - On the right lines?

78: (p1541-1560) - Beware - PK at work

79: (p1561-1580) - Farmer of the cosmonauts

80: (p1580-1600) - Lake monsters of the New World

81: (p1601-1620) - Windows on another world?

82: (p1621-1640) - An unfathomable mystery

83: (p1641-1660) - A topsy-turvy world

84: (p1661-1680) - Every man a superman

Volume 7 complete

85: (p1681-1700) - Sceptical enquirers

86: (p1701-1720) - Saviours from the stars

87: (p1721-1740) - A wild talent

88: (p1741-1760) - One planet missing?

89: (p1761-1780) - Nothing but trouble

90: (p1781-1800) - Survival - the solid evidence?

91: (p1801-1820) - Mystery of the lost week

92: (p1820-1840) - Royal house of Jesus

93: (p1841-1860) - Borley: a haunting tale

94: (p1861-1880) - For it is written...

95: (p1881-2000) - Unexpected developments

96: (p1901-1920) - Pattern of the future

Volume 8 complete

97: (1921-1940) - Mongoose that talked

98: (p1941-1960) - Memories are made of this?

99: (p1961-1980) - The Glastonbury legend

100: (p1981-2000) - A frosty forecast

101: (p20001-2020) - A psychic search party

102: (p2021-2040) - The impossible machine

103: (p2041-2060) - The Bell Witch strikes

104: (p2061-2080) - Blavatsky

105: (p2081-2100) - Wickedest mand in the world

106: (p2101-2120) - Impact, and after

107: (2121-2140) - Blind terror in Texas

108: (p2141-2160) - Secrets of the zodiac

109: (p2161-2180) - Masters of disguise

110: (p2181-2200) - Stalked by a nightmare

111: (p22012220) - Rites and wrongs

112: (p2221-2240) - Natural or supernatural?

113: (p2241-2260) - The phenomenal Palladino

114: (p2261-2280) - View from the bridge

115: (p2281-2300) - The doom boom

116: (p23012320) - Faults, flaws, flare-ups

117: (p2321-2340) - Hanging Rock

118: (p2341-2360) - Return of the comets

119: (p2361-2380) - None so blind...

120: (p2381-2400) - Their master's voice

121: (p2401-2420) - Enfield: trouble begins

122: (p2421-2440) - An underground movement

123: (p2441-2460) - Crisis upon crisis

124: (p2461-2480) - Did Christ die in Kashmir?

125: (p2481-2500) - A catalogue of curiosities

126: (p2501-2520) - Master of the sacred dance

127: (p2521-2540) - Caught in the act

128: (p2541-2560) - Who really discovered America?

129: (p2561-2580) - Laying down the lore

130: (p2581-2600) - Where is everybody?

131: (p2601-2620) - Plumbing the depths

132: (p2621-2640) - Cooper's catastrophes

133: (p2641-2660) - Sex, sin and sacrament

134: (p2661-2680) - Ummo: a perfect case?

135: (p2681-2700) - A pinch and a punch

136: (p2701-2720) - A night to remember

137: (p2721-2740) - Daughter of God?

138: (p2741-2760) - To hell and back

139: (p2761-2780) - Skeletons in the cupboard

140: (p2781-2800) - First catch your saucer

141: (p2801-2820) - Life in the balance

142: (p2821-2840) - Father of witchcraft

143: (p2841-2860) - UFOs are bunk

144: (p2861-2880) - A fine pair

145: (p2881-2900) - Last exit for the lost

146: (p2901-2920) - More equal than others?

147: (p2921-2940) - Born to be psychic?

148: (p2941-2960) - Beyond the rainbow

149: (p2961-2980) - Who killed the king?

150: (p2981-3000) - Murder most foul

151: (p3001-3020) - A question of guilt

152: (p3021-3040) - A sense of proportion

153: (p3041-3060) - Celestial harmonies

154: (p3061-3080) - Birth of the gods

155: (p3081-3100) - The case for God

156: (p3101-3120) - Once upon a time

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