Throwback Files: Dyatlov Pass Incident

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Believing the Bizarre | Paranormal Podcast

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4.7 • 948 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Throwback Files: Dyatlov Pass Incident | Paranormal Podcast It's time for another throwback Thursday! On this month's Throwback Files, we revisit the very mysterious Dyatlov Pass Incident. About the Dyatlov Pass Incident In February 1959, nine experienced Soviet hikers died under mysterious circumstances in the Ural Mountains after cutting their way out of their tent and fleeing into extreme cold. Six died from hypothermia while three suffered severe traumatic injuries including skull damage and chest fractures, with some bodies found months later showing unusual soft tissue damage. The original Soviet investigation concluded a "compelling natural force" caused the deaths, leading to decades of speculation about causes ranging from avalanches to military tests to paranormal phenomena. Russian authorities reopened the case in 2019 and concluded in 2020 that a slab avalanche likely forced the group to evacuate their tent in panic, leading to their deaths from hypothermia and injuries sustained during their desperate attempt to survive. Recent scientific studies have supported the avalanche theory, though the incident remains one of the most enduring mysteries in mountaineering history. 🛸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Support Believing the Bizarre and get tons of extra content by joining our Patreon. 🛸 ⁠⁠Have a paranormal encounter or story you'd like told on the podcast? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Submit it here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🛸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For updates, news, and extra content, follow Believing the Bizarre on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🛸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: You can rep Believing the Bizarre and buy some unique merch 🛸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Want to send BTB something? Ship it here: 3570 Executive Drive, Suite 218, Uniontown, Ohio 44685 Episode Keywords: Dyatlov Pass incident, Ural Mountains mystery, unexplained deaths 1959, Soviet hiking tragedy, hypothermia deaths, avalanche theory, Kholat Syakhl mountain, Russian mountaineering disaster, forensic mystery, paranormal theories, cold case investigation, extreme weather survival, traumatic injuries mystery, Igor Dyatlov, unsolved Soviet incident Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the throwback files, where we revisit episodes from the past.
0:04.8	Dosvodanya, comrade. Come, drinks vodka with me.
0:08.2	Welcome to the episode, the Dietloth Pass.
0:11.4	As we march up the mountain, yes, good times.
0:15.7	So yeah, y'all vote in.
0:17.1	There's no official vote, but you got a lot of people requested this specific episode. Yeah. Be our next throwback file. So as a reminder, at the end of this episode, where we say, what do you want us to do next time? Just know that when you tell us, it matters. We listen. I'm a good listener. I'm a good communicator. Asked my wife. Doesn't mean that we're going to do it or choose it, but it still matters.
0:37.7	I'm still a good listener. We're not just shooting blindly at random episodes, although this is not
0:43.3	the one I would have picked otherwise. No, no, that's a good one to revisit. Dude, I did not
0:49.2	remember that. I will get into it, I guess, at the end. Yeah, so reminder, you were going to listen to the old episode in its entirety,
0:58.1	but at the end of it, we are going to give new commentary, new thoughts,
1:01.8	and decide whether or not our believability scale ranking will be the same.
1:07.3	So enjoy the episode.
1:08.5	Stick around from that, and we'll see you on the back end.
1:15.1	Why would such experienced hikers unnecessarily risked their lives in sub-zero elements?
1:22.7	And if they lost their lives due to extreme weather, why were some of their injuries so unnatural?
1:29.3	Could this entire experience be a government cover-up?
1:33.1	Today, we test the belie the unknown and the unusual.
2:05.1	And tell you whether or not we find it believable.
2:07.3	That is right.
2:08.7	It is Tuesday.
2:09.9	I hope you enjoyed every second of that Baker-Mayfield episode.
2:13.6	I know I did.
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