Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena opens with 2 nonspeaking autistic girls who are presented as communicating telepathically with their mothers and describing a realm called “The Hill.” That claim sets the scope for a 6-part documentary series about experiences ranging from alleged psychic abilities to encounters with the dead.
Hosted by Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University’s chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought, the series premiered October 1 on SundanceTV, AMC+ and All Reality. Its 6 weekly, hour-long episodes run through November 5. After the premiere, the subjects are alien abduction, dark visions, speaking with the dead, near-death experiences, and “Aliens & Demons.”
Kripal oversees Rice’s Center for the Impossible, and the series was filmed around Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center. It features 12 people recounting their experiences across the 6 episodes. Kripal describes his approach as a “third path” between skepticism and belief.
Christie Boschman, who posts as That Documentary Girl, recommended the series in an October 2 reel, focusing on the children’s accounts of The Hill. That idea also appeared in Ky Dickens’s 2024 podcast The Telepathy Tapes, which presented it as a shared, nonmaterial meeting place.
Parapsychologist Dean Radin said he saw no credible evidence of telepathy in Dickens’s test videos. Psychiatrist Diane Hennacy Powell said Dickens misrepresented tests, while psychologist Jeff Tarrant said the QEEG data produced no meaningful findings.
Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena is now streaming on AMC+.
