Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

135: The Perfect Crime - The Murder of Bobby Franks - Part 02 Nov 13, 2024

Listener, I have a special multi-part series in store for you. For this episode we cover the players. Those involved. It’s an older story. With its murder taking place in 1924. At the time it was called The Crime of the Century, with a trial the likes the world had never seen. A full-blown media spectacle. And the victim caught up in a senseless scheme.Join Black Label at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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134: The Perfect Crime - The Murder of Bobby Franks - Part 01 Nov 07, 2024

Listener, I have a special multi-part series in store for you. For this episode, we cover the players. Those involved. It’s an older story with its murder taking place in 1924. At the time, it was called. Century and the Crime of the world had never seen—a full-blown media spectacle. And the victim caught up in a senseless scheme.Join Black Label for premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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134: The Mischief Night Murder - Martha Moxley Oct 30, 2024

In Martha Moxley's Greenwich, Connecticut neighborhood, they called the night before Halloween Mischief Night. It would be that night in 1975 that 15-year-old Martha Moxley would take her final breath and with it would begin a 43-year-long battle to bring her killer to justice.Access exclusive Black Label content here.Visit me online here. Grab our unique coffee mug here.
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133: Death in a Sanctuary of Silence - Part 02 Oct 23, 2024

Ben Varner’s whole world changed the moment he found out that his close friend Eric was murdered. Gallaudet represented a sort of sanctuary from the prejudice he faced growing up. But now the illusion was shattered. All those awful things that existed on the outside existed in Gallaudet as well.Join Black Label for premium episodes at Patreon.com/ObscuraCrimePodcast
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132: Death in a Sanctuary of Silence - Part 01 Oct 16, 2024

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” - Helen Keller“Join Unmasked at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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131: The Trickster and Mr. Foster Oct 09, 2024

Mark wonders if it’s finally happened. If he’s found what he’s searched for so many years. A spiritual awakening. Mark is ushered to a tub filled with water and herbs.Necklaces are held out in front of him, and it takes a moment to realize he’s supposed to pick. He chooses one. The man holding the necklace mumbles, “Eshu. Trickster.”Mark is told to kneel, his head then submerged in water. Baptized. When Mark comes up gasping for air, herbs are being rubbed into his skin. He knows from within he is a new person.Join Black Label on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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130: Barbaric Part 02 - Angela Stoldt Oct 02, 2024

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129: Barbaric Things Part 01 - Israel Trejo Sep 25, 2024

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128: The Las Vegas Shooters - Part 02 Sep 18, 2024

In part one you were introduced to our flea-bitten Romeo and Juliet, Amanda and Jerad Miller. Jerad, unwashed and dressed in flea market chic, told you all about his beliefs about the New World Order.Amanda made a post on Facebook on how she daydreamed about the end of the world. How she wanted to kill the unbelievers with a shotgun when that day came. Today, we bring everything home. Let's explore their violent end.
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127: The Las Vegas Shooters - Part 01 Sep 11, 2024

This episode features real audio from Jerad Miller’s now deleted YouTube channel. The clips will play throughout the episode to give you a glimpse into a disturbed mind. With that said, I want to make it clear that there isn't political message. Today we simply explore the abyss.Join black label on Patreon at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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126: Black Label: The Execution of Sonya Massey Sep 04, 2024

Listener, in today’s episode I’m going to do my best to avoid bias. I am covering the killing of Sonya Massey by a then-Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy named Sean Grayson. I am going to distribute the facts by use of court documents, news articles, and how they appear to my naked eye.Join Black Label on Patreon at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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125: Timothy Nielsen - #1 Fan Aug 28, 2024

Listener, in today’s episode we will refer to the victim of this case simply as M.S. This is for the safety of the victim, as she’s already been through enough. I ask that you leave the victim alone and not go out of your way to track down her name. Now, let’s get on with it.Join the Black Label on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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124: MODERN DE SADE - Peter Sotos (feat. Tapes from the Darkside) Aug 21, 2024

Peter Sotos is potentially the single most controversial figure in True Crime. A godfather of the genre, he pushed the boundaries in ways that made even yours truly uncomfortable.This is a collaborative project put together with fellow True Crime creator T.Z. Borden. He's the host and creator of the excellent Tapes from the Darkside podcast. A podcast that takes you down the darkest roads the genre has on offer. When he asked me to collaborate on this project I couldn’t resist.Borden aptly titled the episode Modern De Sade. What you’re going to hear is an expertly edited episode, crafted by Mr. Borden, which runs for 90 mins. Much of the episode features a conversation between me and TZ.Tapes from the Darkside Website.
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123: The Death of Tamla Horsford Aug 14, 2024

On November 4th, 2018, at 8:59 AM, the Forsyth County 911 Center received a call. Jeanne Meyers, the homeowner, is on the call. She’s reporting her friend, Tamla Horsford, has fallen off a balcony. Jeanna hands her phone to the host of the party and her boyfriend Jose Barrera.Join Black Label at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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122: Morgan Lund - The Dreamer Aug 07, 2024

Officer Miles Bennett was dispatched to a disturbance at a residence on the 500 block of Jefferson Street in the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The call was originally dispatched as "sister freaked out and boyfriend is bleeding. Possibly stabbed in arms." What the officer found was equally horrifying and mysterious.Obscura - A True Crime Podcast | PatreonOur Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!Visit us online at obscuracrimepodcast.com
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121: The Law and Leonard Cure Jul 31, 2024

The following episode has several twists and turns. I ask that you hold on tight and not look into the case. You’ll have a better time if you do so. A lot of thought is put into Obscura in terms of keeping coverage objective. With that said the opening part of this episode is sourced directly from the Innocence project of Florida as well as court records. With several sections read verbatim. Alright… let’s get on with it.Join me on Black Label at https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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120: Nick Brutcher - The Comedian Part 02 Jul 25, 2024

In high school Nicholas Brutcher was known as a bit of a jock and bully. Large for a teen, you didn’t want to get in his way on the football field. Nicholas played shoulder to shoulder with Aaron Hernandez and Alex Ryng. Aaron Hernandez was linked to three murders before committing suicide. Alex Ryng shot and killed both he and his wife in a 2014 murder suicide. The three players were all destined for violence. Each traveling their own dark road.
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119: Nick Brutcher - The Comedian Part 01 Jul 17, 2024

In high school Nicholas Brutcher was known as a bit of a jock and bully. Large for a teen, you didn’t want to get in his way on the football field. Nicholas played shoulder to shoulder with Aaron Hernandez and Alex Ryng. Aaron Hernandez was linked to three murders before committing suicide. Alex Ryng shot and killed both he and his wife in a 2014 murder suicide. The three players were all destined for violence. Each traveling their own dark road.
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118: Black Label: Parkland - Part 02 Jul 10, 2024

(Part 2) The following information has been sourced directly from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, court documents, social media websites, and eyewitness reports. And when I say directly, I mean often read verbatim. Listener discretion is advised.Join Black Label at https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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117: Black Label: Parkland - Part 01 Jul 03, 2024

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116: Walter Lopez - The Hammer Jun 26, 2024

Martha Montoya has been given the worst news of her life. She’s been told by her (soon to be) 13-year-old daughter that all she wants for her birthday tomorrow is for her stepfather to move out. The disturbing reason why will start a domino effect that will tear the family apart.
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115: Janet Garcia - Cruelty Jun 19, 2024

On Mar 28, 2024, in Everett, Washington, at around 7:00 AM, four-year-old Ariel Garcia was declared missing. The boy is Hispanic with brown hair and brown eyes. He is 3 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 37 pounds. Ariel went missing at an apartment on Vesper Drive.Ariel’s mother, Janet Garcia, struggles with drug and alcohol. To the point that it made her leave for days. And frequently without notice. Her grandmother described her daughter as being both violent and unpredictable.Our Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering merch! Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcastVisit us online at obscuracrimepodcast.com
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114: Salamah Pendleton - Crossfire Jun 12, 2024

May 20th, 2020, two police officers arrive at a Grand Forks, North Dakota apartment complex. It’s around 2:00 PM and a sunny day. The officers are there to serve eviction papers to 41-year-old Salamah Pendleton and his mother Lola Moore. Nothing will go to plan.Visit me online at https://www.blacklabelpodcasting.com/show/obscura/
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113: Norberto Pietri - Rampage Jun 05, 2024

On August 18, 1988, Noberto Piertri walked away from the Lantana Community Correctional Work Release Center. At the time, he was restricted to the center's grounds while he awaited transfer to a more secure facility. Or, in other words, he escaped.
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112: Denise Collins - The Ladder May 29, 2024

Heather Claypool is sleeping. It’s early morning hours. A small creak stirs her. Between squinted eyes she scans the side of her bed. It was probably someone downstairs. She lived in an apartment. Heather drifts back to sleep. Another creak. She sits up. There is a man crouched at the end of your bed.Purchase one of our Obscura Mugs here.
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111: Richard Henyard - The Empty Man May 22, 2024

Around 10 p.m. on January 30, 1993, Lynette Tschida went to the Winn Dixie store in Eustis, Florida. It was at the Grove Square Shopping Center in Lake County. She saw a young man and a teenage boy sitting on a bench near the entrance of the store.As she walked in the store, she noticed how intense the older one was. He was tall, muscular. His smooth, but dark skin and handsome features betrayed by a scowl. He watched Lynette enter the store and she felt his eyes on her back as the automatic doors slid shut. Purchase one of our Obscura Mugs here.
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110: Shawna Forde - The Minutemen May 15, 2024

Nine year old Brisenia is sleeping in the living room of her home. She’s not sleeping in her bedroom because she’s so excited that she got a new puppy. At that age these experiences are so magical for us.Her mother told her that her bed was freshly made with clean sheets. If Bresenia wanted to sleep with the puppy, then it needed to be in the living room. It was an easy choice. Raul Flores and Gina Marie Gonzalez, his wife, are sleeping in their bed.It’s 1AM in the morning when someone knocks on their door.Purchase one of our Obscura Mugs here.
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109: Kenneth Edwin Martell - Soulless Eyes May 08, 2024

July 25, 2018 Lakemoor, Illinois Officer Brianna Tedesco starts her shift. It’s 11:00 p.m. She’s scheduled until 7:00 a.m. Tedesco is dressed in her duty uniform of shirt, pants, and outer ballistic vest. She has her Lakemoor Police badge and name plate pinned to the outside of her vest and is wearing a duty belt which includes her standard duty gear.Her body camera is equipped and, along with a squad camera microphone, she has a microphone clipped to her left shoulder. Listener, the body cam and microphones will give us insight into the worst day of Officer Tedesco’s career. And present to us the night that she peered the eyes later described as soulless.Purchase one of our Obscura Mugs here.
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108: Leonard Patrick Gonzalez - The Crew May 01, 2024

July 2009Escambia County, FloridaLeonard “Patrick” Gonzales Jr., age 35, is broke. He’s desperate for cash. So desperate that his mom is paying his bills. Patrick, of course, finds this embarrassing. Against his wife Tabitha’s better judgment, he invested their savings into a Karate School. Savings that the two saved up together working at Long-Wiggins’ antique business.But the Karate business, like 40 percent of businesses in the United States, went belly up. And that little venture has placed Patrick (and by extension Tabitha) in financial jeopardy. Patrick felt like he was letting his family down. Both his wife and his children. But he had an idea. His ticket out of this whole mess was 66-year-old Byrd "Bud" Starling Billings Escambia County, FloridaLeonard “Patrick” Gonzales Jr., age 35, is broke. He’s desperate for cash. So desperate that his mom is paying his bills. Patrick, of course, finds this embarrassing. Against his wife Tabitha’s better judgment, he invested their savings into a Karate School. Savings that the two saved up together working at Long-Wiggins’ antique business.But the Karate business, like 40 percent of businesses in the United States, went belly up. And that little venture has placed Patrick (and by extension Tabitha) in financial jeopardy. Patrick felt like he was letting his family down. Both his wife and his children. But he had an idea. His ticket out of this whole mess was 66-year-old Byrd "Bud" Starling BillingsDon't forget to give Magic Mind a try: They have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code Obscura20 at checkoutYou can claim it at:Magic Mind | Mental Performance Shot
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107: Kevin Allen - Cracker Barrel Massacre Apr 24, 2024

Katherina “Katie” Allen is afraid of her husband. On Easter Sunday, the 42 year old woman packed her things and took the kids with her. The man she married, Kevin Allen, age 51, has a history of violence. A 20 year long rap sheet. Filled with domestic abuse and death threats against the four women he married in his life.Katie was going to play it cool. She’d meet Kevin at Cracker Barrel for their daughter Kerri Allen’s birthday party. There, in a public space, she would tell her husband that she wanted a divorce. And if Kevin became violent there would be witnesses. Things don't go to plan.Obscura - A True Crime Podcast | PatreonOur Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!Visit me online at obscuracrimepodcast.com
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106: Frank Walls - Terror in Okaloosa Apr 17, 2024

Listener, rummaging through these old, discarded newspapers, it paints a picture for me. The image is of a community left in a state of terror. In which a man stretched his arm, and the people of Okaloosa recoiled. And this man, this monster was acting fast. But what he didn’t know is that investigators were on his tail. Closer than he realized.Dr. Edmun Kielman and Chief Investigator Don Vinson were working in tandem. They had prints. They had DNA. Artists sketches. Eye witness reports. Investigator Don Vinson just needed to get there when the body was still hot. No decomposing corpse. Or someone discarded on the beach.Obscura - A True Crime Podcast | PatreonOur Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!Visit me online at obscuracrimepodcast.com
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105: James Winkles - The Missing and the Dead Apr 10, 2024

In an episode that spans decades I take a look at serial killer James Delano Winkles. His victims, the headlines of the day, and the disturbing court documents shine a spotlight on this relatively obscure case. This one gets vile at times.Unfurling this spider's nest reveals a black pitch shadow cast by James Winkles over Pinellas County. Any woman left alone in his stomping ground lived in a quiet sort of danger. A starless and moonless night where the daughters of the working class vanished.
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104: The Murder of Jimmy Ryce Apr 03, 2024

Nine-year-old Samuel James “Jimmy” Ryce is getting dropped off from his school bus at approximately 3:07 p.m. at a bus stop near his home inthe Redlands, a rural area of south Miami-Dade County. Jimmy is walking on the left side of the road. He has a short distance before he gets home.Chavez spots Jimmy. His mind is all flashing images of prepubescent boys playing in water. But this boy is alone. And no one is around. Chavez turns the Ford Pickup around. He stops right in front of Jimmy’s path. The nose of the truck facing the nine-year-old.Obscura - A True Crime Podcast | PatreonOur Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!Visit me online at obscuracrimepodcast.com
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103: Brandy Bain Jennings Mar 27, 2024

November 15th, 1995Naples, Florida, Cracker BarrelEighteen-year-old night maintenance man Jason Wiggins stayed overnight to clean up. assistant manager Dorothy Siddle, 38, arrives around 4:30 a.m., and 27-year-old cook Vicki Smith showed up about 10 minutes later. Soon… chaos would unfold.Our Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!Visit us online.
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The Zodiac Mar 25, 2024

Dive into the chilling world of The Zodiac, the elusive predator who terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s. With five confirmed victims and a claim of thirty-seven, his taunting letters, cryptic ciphers, and menacing calls left an indelible mark of fear.This season on Foul Play: Crime Series, The Zodiac takes you on a dark journey through the killer's mind and the decades-long quest to uncover his identity. From the detectives on his trail to the cryptographers decoding his messages, Foul Play explore every facet of the case that continues to fascinate and horrify.Join Foul Play: Crime Series for a season of deep dives into the abyss of one of America's most haunting mysteries. You can find the show wherever you listen to podcasts.
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102: The Killing of Cayler Ellingson Mar 20, 2024

September 18, 2022North DakotaState Radio receives a 911 call. During the 911 call Shannon Brand tells State Radio that he hit a man with his vehicle and requests an ambulance. The man on the ground will later be identified as Cayler Ellingson.September 18, 2022North DakotaState Radio receives a 911 call. During the 911 call Shannon Brand tells State Radio that he hit a man with his vehicle and requests an ambulance. The man on the ground will later be identified as Cayler Ellingson.Visit me online at http://obscuracrimepodcast.com/
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101: Bill Riley - Graveyard Dead Mar 13, 2024

Donna Jackson, age 57, was sound asleep in her bed. It was the sound of her barking dogs that finely woke her. Upon checking what the ruckus was about… she found a man attempting to break into her patio door. Now, in an understandable panic, she ran for her phone and called 911.Obscura - A True Crime Podcast | PatreonOur Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!-Visit us online at obscuracrimepodcast.com
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100: End of Watch Mar 06, 2024

Officer Jonah Hernandez is responding to a trespassing call on the 300 block of South Valley Drive. The property has a history of vandalism, break ins, arson, erratic behavior, and drug use. Just a little earlier the property owner called 911 requesting a trespass order.Under a blue sky, filled with picturesque white clouds, Officer Hernandez approaches a seated Armando Silva. As Silva stands Hernandez announces, “How’s it going boss?” The tranquility of this scene will not last long.Obscura - A True Crime Podcast | PatreonOur Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!-Visit us online at obscuracrimepodcast.com
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99: Dylon Peterson Feb 28, 2024

January 7th, 2007Vancouver, WashingtonDylan R. Peterson, age 25, has just committed a monstrous act. He calls 911.Obscura - A True Crime Podcast | PatreonOur Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!Visit us online at obscuracrimepodcast.com
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98: The Disappearance of William Blodgett Feb 21, 2024

On January 1st, 2009, Greg Blodgett reported his father, William Blodgett, missing. Greg was concerned that something had happened to his father due to the fact no one in his family had been able to make contact with William since mid-day December 23rd, 2008.Greg lives in Maryland and the only family that lives in town besides William is his Ex-wife Joan Blodgett. She called Greg telling him that a note had been left on her door from Barbra Brown and Mona Nichols stating they had not heard from William since the 24th of December.Visit us online https://www.blacklabelpodcasting.com/show/obscura/Join the Black Label on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast
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97: David Litts Feb 14, 2024

Much of today’s episode will be pulled directly from police and medical sources. The object here is to provide little actual commentary. Instead you will be presented with the facts and opinions on the events will be strictly up to the listener.
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96: Jhenea Pratt - Sippy Cup Jan 31, 2024

Official Report: After seeing that her 17-month-old daughter Charlotte isn't breathing, Jhenea Pratt calls 911. When police arrived, they observed that Charlotte was not breathing and did not have a pulse. Police also see that her nose and mouth are emitting a red liquid.While police perform life-saving measures on Charlotte, they hear Jhenea Pratt say: “This isn’t my fault,” “This can’t be my fault,” and “I can’t get in trouble for this.” Soon she will find herself in an interrogation room.Our Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our new tiers. We now are producing new extended episodes and offering apparel!Visit us online.
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95: Derek Rosa Jan 17, 2024

Just fourteen days earlier 39 years old Irina Garcia gave birth to her daughter and Derek Rosa's half-sister. A picture posted to her Instagram on September 7th features Irina, dressed in pink maternity, and fully pregnant. Her son and the father of her child with their hands on her stomach.She looks happy, and frankly, beautiful. She was celebrating a joyous occasion. Bringing a daughter into the world to light up her life. Give her meaning. Within a few months she would be stabbed 46 times. And allegedly by the loving son in her picture.Visit us online. Join Black Label on Patreon.
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95: Derek Rosa Jan 17, 2024

Just fourteen days earlier 39 years old Irina Garcia gave birth to her daughter and Derek Rosa's half-sister. A picture posted to her Instagram on September 7th features Irina, dressed in pink maternity, and fully pregnant. Her son and the father of her child with their hands on her stomach.
She looks happy, and frankly, beautiful. She was celebrating a joyous occasion. Bringing a daughter into the world to light up her life. Give her meaning. Within a few months she would be stabbed 46 times. And allegedly by the loving son in her picture.
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94: Black Label: Wanderlust Jan 03, 2024

The fastest way up to the top of Mount Toubkal is a two day route. The two day route is a “simple up and down via the same trail from Imlil”. On the first day, you travel to Imlil). Once in Imlil, you take a four hour walk up the mountain to the refuge, and spend the night either in a tent or dorm. On the second day, you walk from the refuge to the summit. After spending time at the summit, you trek back down the mountain, all the way back to Imlil. There are many different routes you can take to get to the top of Mount Toubkal - this is just one example.
December 17, 2018
Imlil, Morocco
It’s early in the morning; two French hikers are on a “small hike” when they come “up on a plateau” about an hour into the hike. The hikers discover the bodies of Louisa and Maren on Mount Toubkal, around six miles from the center of Imlil.
That’s when they saw an open tent, and two “broken” girls outside of the tent.
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94: Black Label: Wanderlust Jan 03, 2024

The fastest way up to the top of Mount Toubkal is a two day route. The two day route is a “simple up and down via the same trail from Imlil”. On the first day, you travel to Imlil). Once in Imlil, you take a four hour walk up the mountain to the refuge, and spend the night either in a tent or dorm. On the second day, you walk from the refuge to the summit. After spending time at the summit, you trek back down the mountain, all the way back to Imlil. There are many different routes you can take to get to the top of Mount Toubkal - this is just one example.
December 17, 2018
Imlil, Morocco
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That’s when they saw an open tent, and two “broken” girls outside of the tent.
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Welcome to Obscura: A True Crime Podcast Jan 02, 2024

Welcome listener.
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Welcome to Obscura: A True Crime Podcast Jan 02, 2024

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93: 2018 Tallahassee Shooting Dec 20, 2023

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93: 2018 Tallahassee Shooting Dec 20, 2023

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92: Black Label: In Living Color Dec 06, 2023

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92: Black Label: In Living Color Dec 06, 2023

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Obscura Presents: Disaster - Alligator and Tiger Doublesode Dec 01, 2023

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Obscura Presents: Disaster - Alligator and Tiger Doublesode Dec 01, 2023

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91: Trey Eric Sesler Nov 22, 2023

In this episode, we delve into the chilling story of Trey Eric Sessler, also known as 'Mr. Anime'. We explore how an entertaining YouTube anime reviewer made a dark turn towards violent fantasies, leading to tragic consequences. Bridging his early life, the damaging isolation, and his final perilous acts, this podcast episode unveils the gradual descent of Trey into a crippling state of mind that resulted in unthinkable actions. The episode uncovers some unprecedented questions about mass shooter prevention and the limits of rehabilitation. Tune in, as we shine light on this grim tale of darkness within a seemingly normal individual.Support Obscura on Patreon and unlock the exclusive Black Label episodes: ⁠Patreon⁠.Visit us online at: ⁠Obscura: A True Crime Podcast⁠Join us on ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, and ⁠Instagram⁠
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91: Trey Eric Sesler Nov 22, 2023

Mr. Anime is planning something...
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90: Family Nov 08, 2023

Fundraiser for April Lyda and her family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/april-lyda-and-her-family April's Daughter is currently being held in a treatment facility. Details on this may be updated on a later date. I've intentionally left them out of this episode. Episode Sponsor:

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Maze of Secrets Oct 24, 2023

...1 eerie corn maze...
...9 haunting figures...
...9 spine-tingling tales...
...Will YOU find your way out? This holiday season, step into a labyrinth of shadows and suspense with Shane Waters as your guide. In this chilling collaboration, you'll encounter the hosts of 9 acclaimed true crime podcasts, each offering a dark tale and a life lesson to send shivers down your spine. This is not just a special episode; it's an immersive journey through a maze of twisted paths and unsolved mysteries. So, lift your lantern high and venture into 'Maze of Secrets'...
...but be warned...
...not everyone makes it to the end… Prepare to get lost in the stories, but find yourself in their lessons. It's an odyssey of crime, mystery, and eerie life lessons that you won't soon forget. This is Shane’s 5th holiday collaboration. If you dare to walk this twisted path with us, you're in for a night you'll never forget. Are you ready? Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance:

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89: Winter Park Wedding Shooting Oct 11, 2023

Presented to you today will be the case of Daniel Knight. You will notice that I provide little commentary. I am here to present the evidence to you as the events unfolded. This case, more than most, has been surrounded by political debate. I leave the opinions up to you.
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88: Black Label: Uber - Part 03 - The Cage Sep 27, 2023

Listener, this is part 3 to the Uber series.

87: Black Label: Uber - Part 02 - Circus Sep 20, 2023

Listener, this is part 2 in the Uber series.

86: Black Label: Uber - Part 01 Sep 13, 2023

As we live our lives, we have a broad belief that those around us are decent, kind, and humane human beings. We take for granted that people we encounter every day are like us. The reality is far bleaker and far crueller. The spectrum in which the human psyche lies is wide and it is vast. As humans we inevitably vary in our positions. We slide up or down that scale to a degree but overall, we don’t stray too far from our central point. Not everybody is like that. That is not the status quo for some.
Listener, this story is about the explosive and devastating collision of two worlds. One brilliant, bubbly and filled with light. The other dark and ominous with a heavy shadow. There was an unfair advantage in this collision, An unbalanced division of power and control. This rendered one party entirely powerless to win the fight.
In March 2019, under the cover of darkness a predator silently hunted the streets of Five Points in Columbia, South Carolina. An animalistic repetitive prowling searching for a victim. When they did pounce, they caged in their prey leaving no means of escape. The innocence of a well-loved ambitious college student with everything to live for was ripped away during that assault. Brutalized in a frenzied, violent, and cold-blooded attack. She fought hard for her life that night, but when his eyes locked onto her as prey, she had no chance of survival.
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85: Black Label: Echoes Aug 30, 2023

A violent crime isn't committed in a vacuum. Through the years you can feel the reverberations. In today's episode we cover two criminals. It's worth meditating on the resonance of their acts.
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84: Black Label: A Shadow Cast Over Yosemite Aug 16, 2023

There are several ways to get to the Yosemite National Park in Northern California, but the most scenic is a long, winding road through the mountains. As you drive north on Wawona Road, the small shrubs give way to the large pine trees that line the two-car road. The aroma of pine trees fill your car as you slowly drive left and right as the road follows the contours of the mountain. And then, when you turn around the final bend, you enter in a dark tunnel. The tunnel was carved directly through the mountain, through solid granite, and it’s the longest tunnel in the California Highway system at 4,233 feet. The darkness envelops you when you first enter the tunnel and at times it seems like it will never end.
But when you reach the end and finally exit the tunnel, light and warmth floods into the windshield and you are exposed to the most beautiful scenery in the Yosemite valley. From this location you can see El Capitan mountain to your left, a waterfall on your right, and in the rear, the famous Half Dome mountain. It is a stunning, picturesque landscape and it immediately becomes obvious why Yosemite National Park has almost four million visitors every year.
Unfortunately for four innocent women, there's another darkness in the Yosemite valley area, and it isn't the tunnel. It’s a person, and though, he’s just a man of flesh and blood, he managed to cast a shadow over the valley. That shadow isn’t straight like the tunnel that leads into the valley. It is more like the winding road that leads up to it, with twists and turns and bends. Disfigured and ugly.
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83: Gary Ridgway: Green River Killer, Part 03 Aug 09, 2023

If this were a Hollywood movie, the story of Gary Ridgway would build to an explosive climax. Considering the path he took, the events the unfolded, and the continued escalation… I wouldn’t blame you for thinking that. The end of a serial killer’s life of violence is often as dull as any other crime. A knock may come at the killer in questions door. They may be interrupted at their workplace. Asked to come downtown. There are exceptions of course. Richard Ramirez and Ted Bundy both had captured fit for the silver screen. Not Gary. No, Gary’s arrest, after a life of violent thrashing, came during a period of relative inactivity.
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82: Gary Ridgway: Green River Killer, Part 02 Aug 02, 2023

Part 02 of a three part series. Now in adulthood, we take a look at the media circus surrounding Gary Ridgway. His pride. The Green River Task Force. Ted Bundy... This episode has it all.
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81: Gary Ridgway: Green River Killer, Part 01 Jul 19, 2023

In today's episode we tackle the early life of a monster. Through piecing together moments of his child we may gain insight into why Gary Ridgway chose his path. This is part one of a two part series. Hold on tight because the episode intentionally jumps around the timeline. Listener, let's jump into the mind of man convicted of killing 49 and confessed and suspected of killing 90+ people. It's going to get dark.

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[Freebie] Fireside Chat: Behind the Curtain Jul 06, 2023

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80: Marc Dutroux: Atrocity Exhibition, Part 03 Jul 05, 2023

The conclusion to the jam-packed three-part series. You wouldn’t expect it possible after last episode. But things somehow get darker. Now… let’s get on with it.
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79: Marc Dutroux: Atrocity Exhibition, Part 02 Jun 21, 2023

In 1995, 8-year-olds Melissa Russo and Julie Lejeune disappeared while playing in their neighbourhood in the south of Belgium. The following month, 17-year-old An Marchal and her 19-year-old friend Eefje Lambrecks disappeared on the north coast of the country while on a holiday with friends. There had been no sign of any of the girls, and their anguished families were without any answers. In mid-1996, 12-year-old Sabine Dardenne and 14-year-old Laetitia Delhez were abducted a month apart. Thanks to observant members of the public, police arrested unemployed electrician Marc Dutroux, his wife Michelle, and their accomplice Michel Lelievre for the abduction of Sabine. Unbeknownst to the Belgian public, Marc had already been convicted of raping 5 young women in the 1980s and had served prison time - but had been released well before the end of his sentence.
Free to wander the street and do as he pleased, Marc took up where he’d left off. But this time, he made sure that at least 4 of his victims wouldn’t live to tell the tale.
In 1996, with Marc, Michelle and Lelievre in custody, it was only then that 40 year old Marc revealed to police that he was also holding Laetitia captive. She and Sabine had both been kept in a dungeon in the cellar of Marc’s home, where they were repeatedly raped, but were thankfully rescued by police soon after. But Melissa, Julie, An, and Eefje were still missing. What investigators were about to uncover was something that pushed Belgians to the verge of revolt against their government.
CW: suicide, sexual assault, child abuse, drug use, family violence
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78: Marc Dutroux: Atrocity Exhibition, Part 01 Jun 07, 2023

In June 1995, 8-year-old friends Melissa Russo & Julie Lejeune went for a walk to a park near their neighbourhood outside the Belgian capital city of Brussels. When they failed to return home, their parents reported their disappearance to police. But nothing came of any subsequent publicity or desperate TV appeals. It was as though the pair had vanished into thin air.
2 months later, 17-year-old An Marchal & 19-year-old Eefje Lambrecks went out for the evening while on a Belgian seaside holiday with a group of friends. When the girls failed to return to their accommodation or make contact, the rest of their group knew something was very wrong. But local police failed to take the disappearance seriously.
In the spring of 1996, 12-year-old Sabine Dardenne was riding her bike to school near the French-Belgian border. When Sabine failed to show up at school that day or return home, posters were distributed in the local area. But no one had seen hide nor hair of her.
It wasn’t until August that same year, when 14-year-old Laetitia Delhez disappeared while walking home from her local swimming pool, that things started to heat up in terms of a police investigation. Local police patrols around the country weren’t aware of girls and young women going missing in other parts of Belgium, but one select police branch did. And a specific suspect was on their radar. Following witness tip offs, officers identified a man and brought him in for questioning. As he spoke to investigators, a horrifying story started to unfold. What the man had to tell police would rock Belgian law enforcement, the judiciary, and the very fabric of Belgian society and its people to the core for years to come.
CW: suicide, sexual assault, child abuse, drug use, family violence
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77: Black Label: Accelerant May 24, 2023

David Joseph is in his home minding his own business when members of his family grab his attention. There’s a fire outside of their window and they want him to investigate. Outside there’s a woman. Her name is Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier and she’s twenty two years old. She’s standing over something and it’s on fire. David rightfully asks what she’s burning outside of his residence. Hyphernkemberly responds that it’s dog feces. Frustrated and likely confused by why this young woman is burning dog shit outside of his window, David grabs some water and puts out the fire. It’s at this moment he hears the baby crying.
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76: The Devil and Black Jesus May 10, 2023

Just because the portrayal has Voodoo hasn’t always been accurate, it doesn’t mean there aren’t those who have used inaccurate portrayals as a muse for their evil deeds.
In today’s episode we explore such crimes. Crimes with an air of mystery due to the obvious voodoo influence connected to them.
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Deadly Devotion: Motherhood and Mayhem, Part 2 May 10, 2023

This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters as they share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrifices of mothers, but today we’ll be exploring the twisted tales that lurk behind the shadows.
It’s an extra special, two parts, more than two-hour, Mother’s Day event.
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Deadly Devotion: Motherhood and Mayhem, Part 1 May 09, 2023

This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters as they share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day is typically a time to honor the love and sacrifices of mothers, but today we’ll be exploring the twisted tales that lurk behind the shadows.
It’s an extra special, two parts, more than two-hour, Mother’s Day event.
Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance:
Part 1:

Part 2:

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75: Victoria Climbié: Expanded and Complete Apr 26, 2023

By the late 1990s and early 2000s, hundreds of children from West Africa were entering Britain and Europe every year under private fostering arrangements. The educational and personal development opportunities available to youngsters outside their home countries meant their families often sacrificed raising their children temporarily, to give them a better life elsewhere. Under this common tradition, a child usually lived with someone who was trusted, such as a family member who was already an EU or British resident or a citizen. In a way, it was the African equivalent to British parents sending their children away to elite boarding schools. And there was a convenient loophole, in Britain at least. Given the informality of these arrangements, any person who became a child’s primary guardian was not required to register as a foster parent. This meant there was therefore less monitoring of a child’s care under such an arrangement.
In a developed country like Britain, African parents were confident their children were in good hands. They were hopeful that their offspring would forge new friendships, thrive in a far more equitable school environment, and enjoy creature comforts they wouldn’t otherwise have been able to experience. And after all, children were always safest with family members, no matter how distant the blood ties. This is what the family of 7 year old Victoria Climbie thought when they sent her to France with her great aunt in 1998. Surely in Europe, Victoria would have a better life.
CW: extreme child abuse, family violence, self harm
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74: Black Label: The Outbuilding Apr 12, 2023

There was no hope for justice in a case like this. That went out the window long before an arrest was ever made. Be that as it may, Richardson had to be held accountable for his crimes. Prior to his guilty verdict, Richardson also needed to be given the benefit of the doubt. Regardless of how heinous a crime, all defendants have the right to a fair trial.
During this trial, jurors, police officers, court officials, and family members alike were brought to tears, often needing to leave the room as the ruins of Teagan Skiba’s unfathomable last days were put on display. Lawyers clinically refer to such ruins as ‘evidence.’ It's a deceptive description of what was being presented to the court. At one point, attorneys argued over whether or not the jury should see photographs of what happens when a four-year-old child experiences something the devil wouldn’t abide in the darkest caverns of hell.
Lucky jurors: someone had their best interests at heart.
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Deceptions & Resurrections, Part 2 Apr 04, 2023

This Easter, join Shane Waters on a whimsical adventure featuring 13 podcasters as they share true stories of con artists and fake deaths. Delve into the magical world of the Enchanted Easterlands, where you’ll encounter peculiar characters and captivating true crime tales. Discover the history and origins of Easter, and experience a journey like no other.
It’s an extra special, two part, more than two-hour, Easter event.
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Deceptions & Resurrections, Part 1 Apr 03, 2023

This Easter, join Shane Waters on a whimsical adventure featuring 13 podcasters as they share true stories of con artists and fake deaths. Delve into the magical world of the Enchanted Easterlands, where you’ll encounter peculiar characters and captivating true crime tales. Discover the history and origins of Easter, and experience a journey like no other.
It’s an extra special, two part, more than two-hour, Easter event.
Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance:
Part 1:

Part 2:

If you enjoyed this holiday collaboration special, check out the other collaboration specials: My Bloody Valentine and A Nightmare before Halloween. Stay tuned for upcoming holiday collaborations for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Until our next adventure, stay safe and stay vigilant.

73: Phillip Vasyli: Paradise Lost Mar 29, 2023

The tropical archipelago of The Bahamas is surrounded by crystal clear waters, spectacular reefs and boasts some of The Caribbean’s most pristine beaches. The picture perfect setting is home to a relaxed pace of life, friendly locals, and around 340 days of sunlight per year. In March 2015, wealthy Australian celebrity podiatrist Phillip Vasyli and his family were living the dream in the exclusive gated community of Old Fort Bay. Phillip and his wife Donna had just finished putting the finishing touches to building their palatial dream home. It was the culmination of years of hard work on a business which was continuing to go gangbusters internationally.
But life in paradise isn’t always footloose and fancy free. Beneath the veneer of Phillip’s flashy product launches and extravagant parties, there was discontent in his personal life. His marriage to Donna was strained and the couple were known to argue frequently. But Phillip was highly successful and a real innovator in the podiatry industry. He owed much of this to Donna’s unwavering support and commitment to the business that had provided them with a lavish lifestyle few of us could hope to have. The future was bright for Phillip and his family. Until it suddenly went dark.
CW: drug use, family violence
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72: Deafening Silence - Crime in Science Fiction, Part 02 Mar 15, 2023

In part one of this series, I spoke directly with a victim of child abuse within the Science Fiction community. Moira, the victim in question, her parents put her through direct physical, mental, and sexual abuse. Marion Zimmer Bradley, Moira’s mother, now deceased, was a member of the SFWA. That’s important to note. A member of the SFWA.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, founded in 1965, has not taken steps to condemn the actions of past members. Actions awful enough to make up at a minimum of three. This second part is going to have tunnel vision on an active member of the SFWA. But the next episode will take a scorched earth approach.
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71: Theresa Knorr - Bad Mother Mar 01, 2023

The story of a mother, the abuse she inflicted on her family, a body found burning, and another found decaying in a box.
TW: Child abuse, extreme physical violence, sexual violence
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70: Black Label: Heartbreaker - Cartel, Part 01 Feb 15, 2023

Written and produced by yours truly. A Valentine's Day Gift to you.
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My Bloody Valentine, Part 2 Feb 15, 2023

…12 dates …
…15 love gone wrong stories…
…Will YOU be my Valentine?
This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 15 crime podcast hosts, including Justin from Obscura. Each host brings a new, love gone wrong true story to mix. It’s an extra special, two part, more than two-hour, Valentine event.
Part 2 of 2.
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2. The Trail Went Cold
3. Method and Madness
4. True Crime Cases with Lanie
5. Crimelines
6. Love Murder
7. Obscura
8. Foul Play: Crime Series
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1. Murder She Told
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3. Hillbilly Horror Stories
4. Tapes from the Darkside
5. Coffee and Cases
6. Gone Cold – Texas True Crime
7. Live, Laugh, Larceny

My Bloody Valentine, Part 1 Feb 13, 2023

…12 dates …
…15 love gone wrong stories…
…Will YOU be my Valentine?
This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 15 crime podcast hosts, including Justin from Obscura. Each host brings a new, love gone wrong true story to mix. It’s an extra special, two part, more than two-hour, Valentine event.
Part 1 of 2.
Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance:
In this Part 1 Episode:
1. Murder She Told
2. True Crime Island
3. Hillbilly Horror Stories
4. Tapes from the Darkside
5. Coffee and Cases
6. Gone Cold – Texas True Crime
7. Live, Laugh, Larceny
In the next Part 2 Episode:
1. Sirens
2. The Trail Went Cold
3. Method and Madness
4. True Crime Cases with Lanie
5. Crimelines
6. Love Murder
7. Obscura
8. Foul Play: Crime Series

69: Avalon Lost - Crime in Science Fiction, Part 01 Feb 01, 2023

Listener, this is part one of a two-part series on the many crimes of science fiction authors. Let’s not sugar coat it. The sexual abuse of children committed by science fiction authors. We’re going to talk about the Science Fiction Writers of America. How I feel that they’re hypocrites. How the image the SFWA has cultivated doesn’t gel with the facts. Monstrous people that have been given the prestigious title of Grand Master and never denounced for their evil.
Special thanks to Moira Greyland.
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68: The CIA - Secrets, Lies, and Torture [Part 02] Jan 18, 2023

Dr. Ewan Cameron’s embodied the title of a mad scientist in ways few ever could. When learning of his practices, Ewan Cameron exhibits an unmistakable sadism that seems to eclipse even that of Sidney Gottlieb. Throughout his experiments, Cameron delivered massive quantities of drugs to unwitting patients under the guise that he was curing them of ailments such as postpartum depression or anxiety. These patients would come to Dr. Cameron for help, entrusting him to deliver the best care possible, and instead, they were subjected to nothing short of torture.
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67: The CIA - Secrets, Lies, and Torture [Part 01] Jan 04, 2023

In 1953, a heinous crime was committed. At that time, it was new, potentially relevant information, when Harold Blauer’s doctor gave him a massive drug injection, killing him by way of an overdose. The news, however, didn’t report it until more than twenty years later. In this case news outlets reported on a story twenty years after the fact because the CIA had been covering it up.
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66: Ana Kriégel - A Different Tune, Part 02 Dec 21, 2022

In the digital age, monitoring the online content that our children are accessing and consuming adds a further layer of complexity. Most parents do their best to educate their kids and maintain open communication about the pitfalls of the online world and how to deal with it. But kids are tech savvy, naturally curious, and often defiant. Prior to the advent of social media, some degree of comfort and protection existed for kids who were being bullied, by being able to walk outside the school gate or step off the bus at the end of the day. For those children and teens who had a stable and loving home life, this could offer some respite from the jeers, cruel practical jokes and public humiliation dished out by their peers.
Nowadays, the rise of numerous social media platforms means there is no escape and no reprieve from bullying. It’s now as easy as the click of a button for bullies to launch and maintain relentless hate campaigns that make their targets feel unsafe in every aspect of their lives. Thankfully, many schools today have ‘zero tolerance’ anti-bullying policies. Encouraging regular conversations with our kids about inclusivity, respect and kindness also helps them to speak up early on when they recognize bullying behavior. But sometimes, even the best of intentions can’t prevent the unthinkable from happening.
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65: Ana Kriégel - A Different Tune, Part 01 Dec 07, 2022

In the digital age, monitoring the online content that our children are accessing and consuming adds a further layer of complexity. Most parents do their best to educate their kids and maintain open communication about the pitfalls of the online world and how to deal with it. But kids are tech savvy, naturally curious, and often defiant. Prior to the advent of social media, some degree of comfort and protection existed for kids who were being bullied, by being able to walk outside the school gate or step off the bus at the end of the day.
For those children and teens who had a stable and loving home life, this could offer some respite from the jeers, cruel practical jokes and public humiliation dished out by their peers. Nowadays, the rise of numerous social media platforms means there is no escape and no reprieve from bullying. It’s now as easy as the click of a button for bullies to launch and maintain relentless hate campaigns that make their targets feel unsafe in every aspect of their lives.
Thankfully, many schools today have ‘zero tolerance’ anti-bullying policies. Encouraging regular conversations with our kids about inclusivity, respect and kindness also helps them to speak up early on when they recognize bullying behavior. But sometimes, even the best of intentions can’t prevent the unthinkable from happening.
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64: The Murder of Jennifer Webb Nov 23, 2022

Emotions lie deep within each of us. Hidden from outside view yet powerful and busy activations that twist and turn inside ourselves. They drive our behaviors and our choices.
We aren’t always honest about what we truly feel because we are unsure and unwilling to evoke unknown reactions from those around us. An internal pressure cooker can result. Boiling with more ferocity as time uncontrollably creeps forward. Either that dangerous steam is released healthily or it explodes pushing decisions that are devastatingly final and entirely irreversible.
Listener, the story you are about to hear is tragic and horrifying. Not everything is as it seems. The kind of individual who could carry out this crime is not one you want walking the streets. A person who is willing to do the unthinkable to protect their reputation. A complete lack of responsibility and unwillingness to face consequences leads to a shocking and brutal decision. It was a dark and devilish plan that failed miserably.

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63: The Actress, Samantha Wohlford Nov 09, 2022

Confidence and self-belief can be beautiful powerful emotions enabling a positive life and a balanced way of living. They can be and should be used for good. But when accompanied by selfishness and egotistical arrogance, hand-in-hand in an unhealthy chain, they create a cesspit of danger. Darkness can find a way in, burrowing into its core.
In Texas, in 2015 a chance meeting and a single conversation turned into frightful violence in less than twelve hours. Like a pack of wolves in silent premonition, individuals intertwined and crept through the night with no forewarning to their unsuspecting target. It was their calculated decision to pick up a life and forcibly remove it taking away their future and their children’s chance of knowing them. It was a cold and heartless act that devastated lives.
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62: Chandler Halderson, Part 02 Oct 26, 2022

The most dangerous person of all is one with a twisted inner mind who blends into society without being noticed. Quietly watching and planning. Considering their options while participating in normal family life as if all was well. These are the people who pose the most threat. They are the ones who rear up, violent and sudden with no warning and no precursor.
Defense against these attacks is almost always futile. What is left behind is a façade of innocence banking on previous good character and unimposing life to protect them and cover their hideous actions. Lives are taken and they are destroyed, and the perpetrator walks on. Unaffected, uncaring, and entirely self-serving. These are the people whom we should fear the most.
Two lives were snatched away in July 2021 and two people who had never hurt a soul had their dignity stripped from them. The details of this case are harrowing and deeply disturbing. At the centre is a young man who has devastated lives with his senseless actions. A young man who possesses a character that is loathsome and dangerous. Listener, the tragic case of the Halderson’s is one you will never be able to forget.
Warning: Violence, Dismemberment
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A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 2 Oct 25, 2022

…1 campfire…
…1 dark forest…
…31 bone-chilling stories…
…Will YOU survive the night?
This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Justin from Obscura. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to the circle. It’s an extra special, two part, five-hour, Halloween event, but before hitting play you might want to ask yourself…can you really handle this much murder and mayhem?
So, pull up to the fire and brace yourself for ‘A Nightmare Before Halloween’
…but be warned…
…bad things happen in these woods….
Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance:
In this Part 2 Episode:
- True Crime Island [https://tinyurl.com/y6kk2npj]
- Based on a True Story [https://tinyurl.com/37axzn5z]
- The Asian Madness Podcast [https://tinyurl.com/yckkxbjn]
- Sistas Who Kill [https://linktr.ee/Sistas.Who.Kill.Podcast]
- Hometown History [https://link.chtbl.com/hometownhistory]
- Coffee and Cases [https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases]
- Military Murder [https://tinyurl.com/yc5fxjyh]
- Dystopian Simulation Radio [https://tinyurl.com/khpw786w]
- Cults, Crimes & Cabernet [https://linktr.ee/cultscrimesandcabernet]
- Morbidology [https://tinyurl.com/mshyvxyt]
- Dark Pountine [https://tinyurl.com/ycydanm9]
- Hillbilly Horror Stories [https://tinyurl.com/567vxrkz]
- True Consequences [https://tinyurl.com/39fpfv3h]
- Gone Cold [https://tinyurl.com/ytzxudt8]
- Crime Stories with Nancy Grace & Crime Online [https://tinyurl.com/3dxp47wf]
- True Crime IRL & True Crime Sleep Stories [https://tinyurl.com/ykzwmnxr]
In the last Part 1 Episode:
- Foul Play: Crime Series [https://link.chtbl.com/foulplay]
- Murder She Told [https://tinyurl.com/55473exk]
- Crime Salad [https://tinyurl.com/4pbtdtpc]
- Crimelines [https://linktr.ee/crimelines]
- Frightful [https://link.chtbl.com/frightful]
- Reverie True Crime [https://linktr.ee/paigeelmore]
- Rotten to the Core [https://link.chtbl.com/Rotten]
- The Trail Went Cold [https://tinyurl.com/2zydj3y]
- Once Upon A Crime [https://www.truecrimepodcast.com]
- Criminology [https://tinyurl.com/yvuu9u8d]
- The Peripheral & Generation Why [https://link.chtbl.com/ThePeripheral]
- Live, Laugh, Larceny [https://linktr.ee/Live.Laugh.Larceny.Podcast]
- The Hidden Staircase [https://link.chtbl.com/TheHiddenStaircase]
- True Crime Cases with Lanie & It's Haunted...What Now? [https://linktr.ee/LanieHobbs]
- Obscura: A True Crime Podcast & Disaster [https://link.chtbl.com/obscura]

A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 1 Oct 24, 2022

…1 campfire…
…1 dark forest…
…31 bone-chilling stories…
…Will YOU survive the night?
This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Justin from Obscura. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to the circle. It’s an extra special, two part, five-hour, Halloween event, but before hitting play you might want to ask yourself…can you really handle this much murder and mayhem?
So, pull up to the fire and brace yourself for ‘A Nightmare Before Halloween’
…but be warned…
…bad things happen in these woods….
Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance:
In this Part 1 Episode:
- Foul Play: Crime Series [https://link.chtbl.com/foulplay]
- Murder She Told [https://tinyurl.com/55473exk]
- Crime Salad [https://tinyurl.com/4pbtdtpc]
- Crimelines [https://linktr.ee/crimelines]
- Frightful [https://link.chtbl.com/frightful]
- Reverie True Crime [https://linktr.ee/paigeelmore]
- Rotten to the Core [https://link.chtbl.com/Rotten]
- The Trail Went Cold [https://tinyurl.com/2zydj3y]
- Once Upon A Crime [https://www.truecrimepodcast.com]
- Criminology [https://tinyurl.com/yvuu9u8d]
- The Peripheral & Generation Why [https://link.chtbl.com/ThePeripheral]
- Live, Laugh, Larceny [https://linktr.ee/Live.Laugh.Larceny.Podcast]
- The Hidden Staircase [https://link.chtbl.com/TheHiddenStaircase]
- True Crime Cases with Lanie & It's Haunted...What Now? [https://linktr.ee/LanieHobbs]
- Obscura: A True Crime Podcast & Disaster [https://link.chtbl.com/obscura]
In the next Part 2 Episode:
- True Crime Island [https://tinyurl.com/y6kk2npj]
- Based on a True Story [https://tinyurl.com/37axzn5z]
- The Asian Madness Podcast [https://tinyurl.com/yckkxbjn]
- Sistas Who Kill [https://linktr.ee/Sistas.Who.Kill.Podcast]
- Hometown History [https://link.chtbl.com/hometownhistory]
- Coffee and Cases [https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases]
- Military Murder [https://tinyurl.com/yc5fxjyh]
- Dystopian Simulation Radio [https://tinyurl.com/khpw786w]
- Cults, Crimes & Cabernet [https://linktr.ee/cultscrimesandcabernet]
- Morbidology [https://tinyurl.com/mshyvxyt]
- Dark Pountine [https://tinyurl.com/ycydanm9]
- Hillbilly Horror Stories [https://tinyurl.com/567vxrkz]
- True Consequences [https://tinyurl.com/39fpfv3h]
- Gone Cold [https://tinyurl.com/ytzxudt8]
- Crime Stories with Nancy Grace & Crime Online [https://tinyurl.com/3dxp47wf]
- True Crime IRL & True Crime Sleep Stories [https://tinyurl.com/ykzwmnxr]

61: Chandler Halderson, Part 01 Oct 12, 2022

The lies people tell can lead to devastating consequences. When they become too big, they get cumbersome, heavy, and hard to maintain. More lies are needed on top. Layer after layer. A complex spider’s web emerges that requires detail to be remembered. It needs the connections, and the paths of each thread traced and tracked in some way. It’s a web woven to deceive through the creation of a false reality.
In 2021 the world was starting to right itself after a turbulent year due to Covid-19. For one family the events that were to follow are unthinkable, encasing the true meaning of brutality, disrespect, and betrayal. When evil this dark rises it does so from nowhere. It comes unexpected and unprecedented leaving lifelong irreparable damage in its wake.
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60: [Black Label] 9-1-1 Emergency + Sydney Loofe, Part 02 Sep 28, 2022

When 24-year-old Sydney Loofe met her online date "Audrey" in November 2017, she thought she had met the woman of her dreams. In actuality, this encounter was really just a way of ensnaring Sydney in a trap set by a depraved man and his accomplice.
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[Black Label] Nick Stoutzenberger Sep 15, 2022

When I created Black Label, it was a response to the backlash I received after covering Nick Stoutzenberger. Or Nick Bate as he’s known online. Angry blog posts and emails were written. Twitter was pissed. I realized that I needed a buffer for the darker content. And Black Label has served that purpose well. Going back to the original episode and hear it after all of these years has been a trip. Though I’m not happy with the quality of the production.
Today we return to the case that laid the groundwork. The beginning before the beginning. The prequel. We return and we cement the case into the dark halls of Black Label. Now. I’m not going to waste your time any longer. Listener, I hope you enjoy this production of Black Label Episode 0. Nick Stoutzenberger: Into the Mouth of Madness.
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59: Sydney Loofe (Part 1) Aug 31, 2022

When 24-year-old Sydney Loofe met her online date "Audrey" in November 2017, she thought she had met the woman of her dreams. In actuality, this encounter was really just a way of ensnaring Sydney in a trap set by a depraved man and his accomplice.
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58: Collin Reeves - Ex-Solider Neighbours Murder [UK] Aug 18, 2022

On the afternoon of Sunday, November 21, 2021, the beautiful town of Taunton in Somerset, northwest England held its annual Christmas lights switch on. Families arrived in the town center with their young children to watch as the bright festive lights came to life lighting up the buildings around them. It’s a tradition many families enjoy together each year.
But that day marked the end of family life for two families in 2021. In a small village called Norton Fitzwarren just outside Taunton, a haze of extreme explosive violence would result in two people losing their lives, young children left orphaned and one man facing a criminal trial for double murder.
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[Black Label] Andrew Brown Aug 03, 2022

Listener, enjoy this Black Label episode.
17 year old Andrew Brown, had a previous dating relationship with 16 years old Tiffany. Tiffany ended that relationship. In an expression of teenage rage Andrew Brown would go on to do the unforgivable.
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57: The Corn Rake Murder, Part 02 Jul 20, 2022

Nothing will set anger alight more intensely than betrayal. Once this fire starts to burn, for certain people, there’s only one way to dampen it down and extinguish the flames. Love is an emotion that is presumed to last forever. An invisible bond between two people that is cherished, nurtured, and protected. It is the fairy-tale dream. The concept of it being transferable, changeable, and decidedly unflinching in doing so is never considered until it becomes confrontational and impossible to ignore.
In 2018 a quiet rural farm in Earlville, Iowa became a scene of horror in a matter of seconds. That frosty November morning was the accumulation of months of discontent, hidden fears, and quiet planning in a marriage that was deeply scarred.
Love, betrayal, revenge, and self-preservation are the undercurrents of this case. Building in intensity they weaved together like hissing snakes seeking their final destination and most anticipated meal. Cold-blooded and determined they were the driver of one man’s actions that can never be reversed, and nothing would stand in their way.
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56: The Corn Rake Murder, Part 01 Jul 06, 2022

Nothing will set anger alight more intensely than betrayal. Once this fire starts to burn, for certain people, there’s only one way to dampen it down and extinguish the flames. Love is an emotion that is presumed to last forever. An invisible bond between two people that is cherished, nurtured, and protected. It is the fairy-tale dream. The concept of it being transferable, changeable, and decidedly unflinching in doing so is never considered until it becomes confrontational and impossible to ignore.
In 2018 a quiet rural farm in Earlville, Iowa became a scene of horror in a matter of seconds. That frosty November morning was the accumulation of months of discontent, hidden fears, and quiet planning in a marriage that was deeply scarred.
Love, betrayal, revenge, and self-preservation are the undercurrents of this case. Building in intensity they weaved together like hissing snakes seeking their final destination and most anticipated meal. Cold-blooded and determined they were the driver of one man’s actions that can never be reversed, and nothing would stand in their way.
Writer: Fiona Guy
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55: Neil Entwistle: A Family Murdered, Part 02 Jun 08, 2022

British man Neil Entwistle was once an intelligent university graduate with IT qualifications that could have taken him far in life. At 27-years old, he was a husband and a father on the first joyous steps to a new family life. Now he had little stimulation and little to look at day after day in the tiny space he could barely call his own. It was a world away from his expensive family rental in the suburbs of Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
The grey concrete floor was in stark contrast to the chipped, rusting, and blue painted metal gate that boxed in his grim cell. He was an inmate at Middlesex County Jail in Cambridge, an ugly grey high-rise building regular inmates called ‘the slammer in the sky’. On the right, there was a metal bed firmly attached to the wall with a thin mattress thrown on top. On the left less than 2 feet away was a toilet and small washbasin also both screwed into the concrete wall.
Entwistle had been charged with the brutal murder of his 27-year-old wife Rachel and his 9-month-old baby Lillian. Both had died from gunshot wounds. Both shots were fired at close range. Their killer stood over them, arm outstretched, finger on the trigger, and took their lives in a matter of seconds. The bleak concrete cell had been his home since his arrest weeks after the murders in January 2006. Now it was 2008 and his trial for the cold-blooded murder of his family was about to begin.
CW: child murder
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54: Neil Entwistle: A Family Murdered, Par 01 May 25, 2022

We all have secrets. Internal thoughts we keep to ourselves. Actions and behaviours we carry out in private that no one else knows about. Part of those internal personal thoughts are fantasies, dreams, and desires that we don’t always share. But when those work together, when they have a dark undercurrent and come tumbling out of the mind and into real-life, the outcome is never a good one.
In January 2006, the town of Hopkinton in Massachusetts became the scene of a heart-breaking and shocking tragedy that sparked attention in both America and the UK. In a small quiet family orientated cul-de-sac just under five miles from the town center, a young family had just begun their new lives in Massachusetts with their 9-month-old baby Lily. Within weeks, two family members would be dead and the other nowhere to be found. Secrets and lies, even those kept within the depths of darkness and firmly behind the mask of normality have a way of spilling out in the end. And when they do, it changes everything.
CW: child death
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53: Teenage Twilight Killers - Kim Edwards & Lucas Markham May 11, 2022

In the Spring of 2016, the small town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, England found itself in the spotlight of media attention. For all the wrong reasons. Lives had been brutally snatched away in the dead of night within the setting that we all should have the right to feel safe in, our home.
Asleep and peaceful, two innocent lives did not know the danger around them. They had no way of knowing what was coming for them that night. The minds behind these vile crimes were hidden behind childish faces and unassuming ages. They showed twisted depravity embedded in their psyches where selfish desire and an undercurrent of misplaced resentment fuelled two brutal cold-blooded murders. And they were the last two people anyone would suspect.
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52: Obscura Origins: Oba Chandler, Part 02 Apr 27, 2022

In Florida there is a man, a predator lying in wait. He’s got a long criminal record and a boat that’s not quite 30 feet. He owns a dark blue jeep Cherokee and uncontrollable violent urges. In this man, this predator’s past, are the image of his father, hanging by his neck, swaying in the basement. When he closes his eyes at night he recounts the memory of jumping in his father’s grave. Slamming his hands on the coffin.
Writer: Justin Drown
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51: Obscura Origins: Oba Chandler, Part 01 Apr 13, 2022

Here it is in all it's reimagined glory. The earliest roots of Black Label. The Oba Chandler series. Listener, I busted my butt to get this to you guys in a reasonable time.
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50: The Joseph Wesbecker Murders - Prozac in the Printing Plant Mar 30, 2022

If you’ve ever been in a printing plant, you know how loud they tend be. The rhythmic banging and clicking of the presses combined with the purr of constant, high decibel white noise is surprisingly soothing once you get used to it.
But on the morning of September 14, 1989, something about this familiar cacophony was suddenly off in a large facility in Louisville, Kentucky. It was too loud, and too erratic. Too sharp for the steady hum of the machines. And then…screaming. Because it wasn’t the machines – it was gunfire. And by the time silence descended on the Standard Gravure printing plant a half hour later, at roughly 9:00 AM, 12 people were wounded and 8 were dead.
The identity of the killer was never in question – he put an SIG Sauer, a 9mm pistol, under his chin and died at the scene.
The focus of the investigation was rather on a potential accomplice of this mass murderer, which you are likely already familiar with. You may know it by its street names, like “happy pills” or “bottled sunshine”; or you may know it more formally, as the popular anti-depressant Prozac.
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49: The New York City Subway Shootings, Part 02 Mar 02, 2022

New York City in the 1980s was not the place we know it to be today, especially when it comes to violent crime. Almost no neighborhood was without risks, and no one was off limits. With millions of people living and working in such a confined space, commuting to and around Manhattan via the dirty, dangerous and heavily graffitied subway system was the only choice available to 3.3 million residents who relied on the subway every day. These days on the subway, transit officers have a reassuring presence. They ensure things are running smoothly and that any disturbances are dealt with swiftly. But in the 1980s, the city couldn’t afford to employ such security. Many citizens resented feeling scared, but there was little else they could do. The NYPD already had their work cut out for them in terms of responding to an overwhelming amount of daily emergency calls about violent assaults and murders. But it wouldn’t be long before widespread discontent about the amount of violent street crime in the Big Apple was about to be exposed in the most brutal and racially charged of circumstances. In 1984, four young African American men - and their white assailant, Bernhard Goetz - were unwittingly about to be the public faces of the wild west that many New Yorkers felt their city had become.
CW: racial profiling, drug use, sexual assault
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48: The New York City Subway Shootings, Part 01 Feb 16, 2022

New York City in the 1980s was not the place we know it to be today, especially when it comes to violent crime. Almost no neighbourhood was without risks, and no one was off limits. With millions of people living and working in such a confined space, commuting to and around Manhattan via the dirty, dangerous and heavily graffitied subway system was the only choice available to 3.3 million residents who relied on the subway every day. These days on the subway, transit officers have a reassuring presence. They ensure things are running smoothly and that any disturbances are dealt with swiftly. But in the 1980s, the city couldn’t afford to employ such security. Many citizens resented feeling scared, but there was little else they could do. The NYPD already had their work cut out for them in terms of responding to an overwhelming amount of daily emergency calls about violent assaults and murders. But it wouldn’t be long before widespread discontent about the amount of violent street crime in the Big Apple was about to be exposed in the most brutal and racially charged of circumstances. In 1984, four young African American men - and their white assailant, Bernhard Goetz - were unwittingly about to be the public faces of the wild west that many New Yorkers felt their city had become.
CW: racial profiling, drug use, sexual assault
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47: The Warwick Slasher: Out for Blood Jan 05, 2022

In the case of Craig Price, otherwise known as the Warwick Slasher, there was every indication he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His inherent charisma effectively deceived those closest to him. Little did they know he would go down in history as being Rhode Island’s most notorious serial killer. At the same time, his case would serve as a major catalyst for widespread reform.
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46 : Lauren Barry & Nichole Collins: Into The Dark, Part 02 Dec 22, 2021

On the October long weekend of 1997, 14-year-old Lauren Barry and 16-year-old Nichole Collins were enjoying a camping trip with some friends at a popular bush spot just outside Tathra, on the far south south coast of NSW. At the campsite there was relatively constant adult supervision, with parents checking in at regular intervals to ensure everyone was safe and well. As the Sunday night wore on, Nichole became contemplative about her recent relationship breakup. She knew her ex was at a party at a house a few kilometres away, and wanted to walk over to talk to him about getting back together. But by this time it was dark, and not necessarily safe to go walking through the bush alone given the risk of misadventure. If Nichole fell and injured herself, there’d be no way of calling for help, and these were the days before every teenager had a mobile phone. Nichole and Lauren decided to walk to the party together, and at 9pm they set off. It wasn’t unusual for teens in the area to walk to where they wanted to get to. It was a relatively safe community, and after all, Lauren and Nichole were extremely familiar with their surroundings. Learning the necessary precautions and steps to take should they ever find themselves in trouble was an important part of growing up in the country. But sometimes, the perils of the outdoors don’t manifest themselves in the unpredictability of mother nature. Sometimes, it’s something much more sinister and infinitely more horrifying...
CW: child sexual assault, family violence, drug use
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45 : Lauren Barry & Nichole Collins: Into The Dark, Part 01 Dec 09, 2021

On the October long weekend of 1997, 14-year-old Lauren Barry and 16-year-old Nichole Collins were enjoying a camping trip with some friends at a popular bush spot just outside Tathra, on the far south south coast of NSW. At the campsite there was relatively constant adult supervision, with parents checking in at regular intervals to ensure everyone was safe and well. As the Sunday night wore on, Nichole became contemplative about her recent relationship breakup. She knew her ex was at a party at a house a few kilometres away, and wanted to walk over to talk to him about getting back together. But by this time it was dark, and not necessarily safe to go walking through the bush alone given the risk of misadventure. If Nichole fell and injured herself, there’d be no way of calling for help, and these were the days before every teenager had a mobile phone. Nichole and Lauren decided to walk to the party together, and at 9pm they set off. It wasn’t unusual for teens in the area to walk to where they wanted to get to. It was a relatively safe community, and after all, Lauren and Nichole were extremely familiar with their surroundings. Learning the necessary precautions and steps to take should they ever find themselves in trouble was an important part of growing up in the country. But sometimes, the perils of the outdoors don’t manifest themselves in the unpredictability of mother nature. Sometimes, it’s something much more sinister and infinitely more horrifying...
CW: child sexual assault, family violence, drug use
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44 : The Ipswich Serial Murders, Part 02 Nov 27, 2021

On 1 November 2006, Kerry Nicol was worried. She hadn’t heard from her 19-year-old daughter Tania since she’d left their house just 2 nights earlier. The family lived on the outskirts of Ipswich, the biggest town in the county of Suffolk, in the East Anglia region of southeast England. The fact Tania hadn’t been in contact gave Kerry further cause to be concerned. She’d known for some time that Tania was an injecting drug user, and at one stage had even found syringes in her bedroom. Tania had sought help for her drug dependency, but the pull of addiction was strong. Tania soon found that sex work paid the money she needed to fund her habit, and she joined the group of around 30 to 40 street sex workers who worked the red-light district of Ipswich.
Sometimes Tania stayed out with friends and didn’t come home until the next day. Which was why Kerry was so troubled when Tania didn’t return home or call like she usually did. Kerry reported her missing daughter to the police. There were conflicting reports that Tania was last seen around 12.30am on 31 October in Burlington Road, and also outside a petrol station. Either way, she’d last been spotted in the red-light district, but hadn’t been seen again. Sadly, in the coming months, Kerry wouldn’t be the only mother in the area to never see her daughter again. A man named Steve Wright saw to that.
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43 : The Ipswich Serial Murders, Part 01 Nov 12, 2021

(Part 1) On 1 November 2006, Kerry Nicol was worried. She hadn’t heard from her 19-year-old daughter Tania since she’d left their house just 2 nights earlier. The family lived on the outskirts of Ipswich, the biggest town in the county of Suffolk, in the East Anglia region of southeast England. The fact Tania hadn’t been in contact gave Kerry further cause to be concerned. She’d known for some time that Tania was an injecting drug user, and at one stage had even found syringes in her bedroom. Tania had sought help for her drug dependency, but the pull of addiction was strong. Tania soon found that sex work paid the money she needed to fund her habit, and she joined the group of around 30 to 40 street sex workers who worked the red-light district of Ipswich.
Sometimes Tania stayed out with friends and didn’t come home until the next day. Which was why Kerry was so troubled when Tania didn’t return home or call like she usually did. Kerry reported her missing daughter to the police. There were conflicting reports that Tania was last seen around 12.30am on 31 October in Burlington Road, and also outside a petrol station. Either way, she’d last been spotted in the red-light district, but hadn’t been seen again. Sadly, in the coming months, Kerry wouldn’t be the only mother in the area to never see her daughter again. A man named Steve Wright saw to that.
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42 : The Van Breda Murders, Part 02 Oct 27, 2021

(Part 2) In January 2015, Martin and Teresa Van Breda were enjoying having their oldest son, 22 year old Rudi home from university in Australia. The family’s other two children, 20 year old Henri and 16 year old Marli, also lived with their parents in the town of Stellenbosch in the south west of South Africa. Marli was nearing the end of her high school education. Like Rudi, Henri had also been studying in Australia, but dropped out of university and moved back home in 2014, to take a ‘gap year’ to reconsider his plans.
Like many upper middle class South Africans, the family lived in a secure, gated, luxury housing estate. For all its beauty and cultural diversity, the risks associated with both visiting and living in South Africa are oftentimes confronting. The country is known for its high rates of violent crime, including murder, rape, carjacking, robbery and home invasions. Violent crimes such as home invasions occur not just at night, but at all hours of the day. Many intruders prefer to break into homes when occupants are home, so they can readily hand over concealed valuables while any alarms are deactivated. For many privileged families, opting to live in a gated community with 24 hour security provides reassurance that the risk of home invasions is minimal. Most of the time, that is.
CW: family violence, drug use
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41 : The Van Breda Murders, Part 01 Oct 13, 2021

In January 2015, Martin and Teresa Van Breda were enjoying having their oldest son, 22 year old Rudi home from university in Australia. The family’s other two children, 20 year old Henri and 16 year old Marli, also lived with their parents in the town of Stellenbosch in the south west of South Africa. Marli was nearing the end of her high school education. Like Rudi, Henri had also been studying in Australia, but dropped out of university and moved back home in 2014, to take a ‘gap year’ to reconsider his plans.
Like many upper middle class South Africans, the family lived in a secure, gated, luxury housing estate. For all its beauty and cultural diversity, the risks associated with both visiting and living in South Africa are oftentimes confronting. The country is known for its high rates of violent crime, including murder, rape, carjacking, robbery and home invasions. Violent crimes such as home invasions occur not just at night, but at all hours of the day. Many intruders prefer to break into homes when occupants are home, so they can readily hand over concealed valuables while any alarms are deactivated. For many privileged families, opting to live in a gated community with 24 hour security provides reassurance that the risk of home invasions is minimal. Most of the time, that is.
CW: family violence, drug use
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40: The Bourke Street Massacre, Part 03 Sep 29, 2021

In late 2018, James Gargasoulas was found guilty of six counts of murder, for running down pedestrians almost 2 years earlier in Melbourne’s Bourke Street mall during the busy lunch hour. Questions had been raised as to whether James would be fit to stand trial based on a subsequent mental health diagnosis and his long history of frequent drug use. Thankfully for the victims’ families, justice had been done. Partly, anyway. But they had no way of knowing how James’ mental health and other mitigating factors would affect his sentence. At the same time, the victims’ families had another fight on their hands. Victoria Police were now firmly in the glare of the media spotlight over their questionable judgement and decision making in the 12 hours leading up to the massacre - key decisions which failed to result in James being arrested for earlier stabbing his brother. But it was uncertain whether senior police would be held accountable by the coroner for how their critical incident management protocols did - or didn’t - protect the public when it mattered.
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39: The Bourke Street Massacre, Part 02 Sep 15, 2021

On 20 January 2017, during the typically busy lunch hour in the Melbourne CBD, 27 year old James Gargasoulas drove along the footpath of multiple blocks of Bourke Street, killing six unsuspecting people and injuring many more. The aftermath of his rampage left the people of Melbourne stunned and grieving. As details of the lead up to the carnage emerged, the public and victims’ families were outraged.
Police had been tailing James for 12 hours before the massacre, as he taunted them and led law enforcement on a wild goose chase around the suburbs after stabbing his brother. The big question was, why hadn’t he been arrested sooner when numerous opportunities were available? Media reports soon revealed that James was a repeat violent offender who was out on bail when he ploughed through the city crowds, and answers were demanded as to why.
How could the bail system be so fallible as to allow someone so dangerous back onto the streets? But that wasn’t the only concern. As court proceedings commenced, victims and survivors were anxious at the prospect that the man who had destroyed their lives may not even be found fit to stand trial at all.
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38: The Bourke Street Massacre, Part 01 Sep 01, 2021

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(Part 1) On 20 January 2017, office workers and tourists were among the throngs of people making their way through Bourke Street Mall amidst the lunch hour hustle and bustle of the Melbourne CBD. But the sunny summer’s day was rudely disrupted by the sound of tires skidding and police sirens blaring. In less than a minute, 27 year old James Gargasoulas had driven along the footpath multiple blocks of Bourke Street, wreaking havoc and creating a terror amongst Melbourne citizens, the fallout of which lingers today. During his rampage, James killed six people, including a three month old baby, and injured many more. But this wasn’t the most shocking aspect of what occurred. James was a repeat violent offender, and was on bail when he ploughed through the city crowds. The cascade of events culminating in what can only be described as utter carnage, led to painful questions. How safe was the Melbourne public in the course of going about their business? And how could they trust that those tasked with keeping them safe - the police - could protect them and their city when it mattered?
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[Black Label] Marcella Lightner-Thrash - Semper Fi Jul 22, 2021

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[Black Label] The Devil Made Me Do It Jun 15, 2021

Black Label episodes are released monthly to Patreon Supporters. Take a listen to one, this is S2E10 on Black Label. (link below)Listener, if anything in today’s episode has raised any issues for you, or if you or someone you know is at risk, please call the 24 hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255 in the United States, or your relevant emergency number.For further information about managing postpartum mental health, please contact your treating doctor. You can also visit www.womenshealth.gov/mental-health.gov or www.panda.org.auVisit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.comCheckout our other podcasts at itsArcLightMedia.comSupport the Obscura podcast and access the exclusive Black Label episodes by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast(Sources can be found on our website)

[Black Label] Machete May 14, 2021

Black Label episodes are typically exclusive to Patreon supporters, to listen to our other episodes find us on Patreon at the link below. Extreme content warning. In two parts, one longer, this episode explores an increasingly desensitized internet and the dark corners of the web that's ripe for radicalization. Part 01 explores a horrific crime that's met callous jokes by users that don't bother to hide their identity. Part 02 is a deep dive into internet radicalization and its effects after nearly two decades.Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.comCheckout our other podcasts at itsArcLightMedia.comSupport the Obscura podcast and access the exclusive Black Label episodes by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast(Sources can be found on our website)

37: Quick Cuts May 01, 2021

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[Black Label] Mathew Borges Apr 23, 2021

Black Label monthly episodes are typically exclusive to Patreon Supporters, but throwing this one out to ya! This is S2E4 on Black Label.Mathew Borges was a teenager entirely different from Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino. While Lee was happy, positive, and able to impart encouraging wisdom to his friends on life and meaning, Mathew was a darker soul. CW: Detailed Descriptions of Extreme Violence.Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.comCheckout our other podcasts at itsArcLightMedia.comSupport the Obscura podcast and access the exclusive Black Label episodes by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast(Sources can be found on our website)

36 - Richard Russell - The Q400 Incident Apr 01, 2021

Today’s story is something a little different. Our protagonist didn’t set out to hurt somebody else. He didn’t harm innocent people. He didn’t snap in the heat of the moment and do something shocking that can’t be undone. There was no violent crime of passion or cold blooded premeditation.In the United States, over 900,000 people work in the aviation industry, so that’s a considerable amount of people in whom we place a great amount of trust to help keep us safe in the air. What you’ll hear about today baffled and disturbed both the public and the loved ones of the person concerned in equal measure.
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35 - Justin Rey - The Dismemberment Mar 22, 2021

On October 24, 2017, police received a call from the manager of a U-Haul storage facility located near Kansas City, Missouri The Manager reported that a man had been illegally squatting inside the unit with his two children. The alarm inside the facility had gone off the night before, indicating that someone was present in the unit overnight. That man was Justin Todd Rey.
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[Black Label] Mother Mar 04, 2021

Content Warning: Graphic Audio, Maternal Filicide Black Label episodes are typically exclusive to Patreon supporters, but here you go! This is Season 2 Episode 2 on Black Label. The maternal instinct of a mother is an all-encompassing level of emotion. To love, nurture, and protect their child is biologically embedded, a bond that can never be broken. That is how it should be. But life is a complex matrix of relationships, emotions, and decision-making, and the human psyche is a powerful fighting force. Maternal filicide, the murder of a child by their mother, is a murky understudied arena where those natural instincts are replaced with an entirely different kind of drive. A drive that takes away the very life they previously gave so lovingly. Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.comCheckout our other podcasts at itsArcLightMedia.comSupport the Obscura podcast and access the exclusive Black Label episodes by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast(Sources can be found on our website)

34: Rebecca Zahau - Butterfly Feb 18, 2021

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33: Lisa Nowak - The Diaper Astronaut + Q&A Fireside Chat Feb 01, 2021

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32: Morgan Huxley - Here By The Sea Jan 22, 2021

Neutral Bay’s commercial centre is Military Road. One of the busiest arterial roads on the lower north shore, it’s the main gateway to Sydney’s picturesque and world renowned northern beaches. The most popular and historic commercial establishment in Neutral Bay is The Oaks Hotel which opened in 1885. As the social hub of the suburb, The Oaks is an institution where lower north shore residents relax, celebrate, or enjoy a quiet drink. It’s certainly not a place locals go, expecting to not make it home.
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31: The Truro Serial Murders Dec 31, 2020

In Adelaide and around the southern coastline, residents and tourists alike flock to the pristine beaches that offer some respite from the sweltering heat. But if you drive north of the city, the landscape is a different story. Leaving the outskirts of the city, the historic bluestone buildings give way to suburban and industrial sprawl. Aside from the wheat fields, the terrain further inland quickly becomes desolate and harsh. The grass - where there is any - is brown, not green.As you travel along the straight, flat road, the distance between towns becomes greater, and in between there is no sign of human life as far as the eye can see. If you’re unfamiliar with the area, the remoteness of this part of the state seems like the middle of nowhere, and it’s easy to feel completely cut off from civilisation. And while red dirt and flat plains stretch for miles all the way to the horizon, whether in the pitch black of night or the blazing heat of a mid-summers day, there is nowhere to run if you need to make a hasty escape from something. Or someone. In the dead of night, the only light to show the way is the moon overhead. With no one around for miles, the silence is deafening.Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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[Black Label] House of Horrors Dec 16, 2020

Typically Black Label monthly episodes are restricted to Patreon supporters, decided to make an exception. This is Season 2 Episode 9 on Black Label! Listener, the case you are about to hear is the darkest I’ve covered this season. The acts carried out behind closed doors in this case are among the most heinous that can be imaged. In 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee, a loving family had their world ripped apart. Evil entered their lives in the days after Thanksgiving in that year. They could never have known it was coming. There were no warning signs. There’s a saying that’s often banded around. That it’s the quiet ones we have to watch and look out for. This case is an example of why sometimes that statement is absolutely true.Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.comCheckout our other podcasts at itsArcLightMedia.comSupport the Obscura podcast and access the exclusive Black Label episodes by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast(Sources can be found on our website)

30: Renae Marsden - With Friends Like These, Part 01 & Part 02 Nov 13, 2020

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Lost Episodes: Halloween Specials '18 and '19 Oct 29, 2020

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[Black Label] Lauren Giddings Oct 23, 2020

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Where are the missing episodes? How do I access Black Label? Answers here. Sep 23, 2020

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29: Shanda Sharer - Follow The Leader Sep 09, 2020

The chilly midwinter morning of 11 January 1992 in southern Indiana was shaping up to be ideal for quail hunting. At around 10:45am on the outskirts of Jefferson Proving Ground just outside the town of Madison, two brothers caught sight of something off the side of Lemon Road as they drove along. The men jumped out of their pickup and walked through an isolated open field toward what looked like a department store mannequin laying on the ground. It was a strange location to stumble upon something so out of place. But as the men moved closer, their confusion turned to horror...Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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28: Heather Heyer - Pay Attention, Part 02 Jul 31, 2020

In April 2017, following some months of debate, Charlottesville voted to remove the statue of Robert E Lee. But this stalled in early May, when a temporary injunction issued by the court prohibited the removal of the statue for another 6 months. By this time, the city’s former Lee Park had become the preferred venue for various neo-Confederate and far right wing political groups to hold public events in Charlottesville. This included demonstrations protesting the removal of the statues. These protests were met with peaceful resistance from anti-racism counter-protestors, but tensions between the two groups usually escalated. Attempts to keep them separated weren’t always successful, and intervention by law enforcement only served to further incite backlash from both sides. It’s against this socio-political backdrop that today’s story unfolded.Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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27: Heather Heyer - Pay Attention, Part 01 Jul 22, 2020

In April 2017, following some months of debate, Charlottesville voted to remove the statue of Robert E Lee. But this stalled in early May, when a temporary injunction issued by the court prohibited the removal of the statue for another 6 months. By this time, the city’s former Lee Park had become the preferred venue for various neo-Confederate and far right wing political groups to hold public events in Charlottesville. This included demonstrations protesting the removal of the statues. These protests were met with peaceful resistance from anti-racism counter-protestors, but tensions between the two groups usually escalated. Attempts to keep them separated weren’t always successful, and intervention by law enforcement only served to further incite backlash from both sides. It’s against this socio-political backdrop that today’s story unfolded.
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26: James Byrd Jr - On The Map Jun 10, 2020

What you’re about to hear didn’t happen all that long ago. Unfortunately for the victim in today’s story, more extensive legislative protection came too late for what transpired one unusually hot June in east Texas. But it proved to be the catalyst for much-needed reform when it comes to prosecuting hate crimes, and for taking a small step towards attempting to address pervasive and entrenched racism. And as we know, we still have a long, long way to go. Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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25: Lee Rigby - The Drummer Boy Apr 08, 2020

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24: Leigh Leigh - Property of the Clan Mar 11, 2020

One adolescent rite of passage where many of these key memories are formed - both good and bad - is parties. For many of us, parties during our teenage years often marked the many ‘firsts’ in a young persons’ life. The first time we could drive after getting our licence. Our first kiss. The first time we experiment with cigarettes, alcohol or harder drugs. For many teens, it’s their first encounter with sex. Unfortunately for some girls, that encounter isn’t always consensual, but instead traumatic. In those situations, we’d like to think that if we, or someone we knew, was raped or sexually assaulted at a party, the person responsible would be ejected and police contacted. Sadly, we know that in reality that doesn’t happen for a range of reasons. It’s cold comfort, but on those occasions, we hope that police will be contacted in the days following the attack, in an attempt to bring the assailant to justice. But that can only happen if the survivor makes it home from the party in the first place.
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23: Henry Brisbon - The I-57 Killer Feb 26, 2020

In 1973, three brutal murders were carried out along Interstate 57 in Illinois. The man responsible, with three accomplices, was Henry Brisbon. He was just 17-years-old. Henry Brisbon has been called the poster child for capital punishment. He is a man whose violent history has left a trail of destruction behind him. This story is about the lives he destroyed.Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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22: Matthew Shepard - Equal Rights Feb 05, 2020

CW: Homophobic Slurs, Rape, Hate CrimesWriter: Gemma HarrisPerhaps you already know this story - or think you do. But as you’ll hear, what happened just outside a town in the midwest state of Wyoming on a chilly fall night in the late 1990s, had haunting parallels with coyote hanging. What started as a grisly warning would become the catalyst for a watershed movement nationwide. One that would see the LGBTQ community finally make a breakthrough when it came to breaking down bigotry and prejudice.Listener, if anything in today’s story has raised any issues for you, or if someone you know needs help, you can contact the LGBT National Hotline in the United States and Canada on 1 888 843 4564 for confidential support. Canada - Trans Lifeline 877 330 6366UK - Switchboard Helpline 0300 330 0630Australia - Qlife 1800 184 527 If you’d like to support the valuable ongoing work of the Matthew Shepard Foundation by making a tax deductible donation: www.matthewshepard.org
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21: Jeffrey R. MacDonald - The Fort Bragg Murders Jan 22, 2020

At 3:40am on February 17, 1970, a phone call was received by the operator in Fayetteville, North Carolina . The person on the other end of the line was requesting assistance at the MacDonald home on Castle Drive. At 3:42am, another call was made from the same address, this time being patched through to military police in Fort Bragg. A stabbing had been reported.
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20: Christine Eadie & Helen Scott - At World's End Jan 11, 2020

Today’s story takes us across the pond and back in time to 1970s Scotland. Christine Eadie and her friend Helen Scott had known each other since childhood. On October 15, 1977, after a night on the town, their last stop for the night was one of the many popular pubs in the area, The World’s End. Christine and Helen were seen by a police officer walking off with the two men down Saint Mary Street. It was the last time they were seen alive.Edit: Unfortunately, Angus has been pronounced as "Agnes". This was not caught during the recording phase and a deadline had to be met. I can only promise to do better in the future. - JustinVisit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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19: Debora Green - The Farrar Family Dec 11, 2019

Listener, what happens when your home is destroyed in a natural disaster or accident and you lose the very people you need around you? You have no home to go to, and are cast adrift without the people you love who you rely on to make difficult times easier to bear. You feel abandoned and alone.And listener, what happens if that ‘accident’ that destroyed your home and killed your loved ones wasn’t actually determined to be an accident at all, but something far more sinister, caused by the last person on earth you’d suspect? This is what we contemplate in today’s story.
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18: Baby Doe - The Murder of Bella Bond Nov 27, 2019

In 2015 the discovery of a child’s body on a secluded area of beach sparked a quest to find the child’s real identity and who was responsible for her death. The death of a young child is a tragic event. The death of a young child due to murder is an event that lights a fire under all involved, to seek the truth and achieve justice for that child and life they have lost. Justice is not a straight-forward concept in this case as you will hear. I will leave it up to you listener to decide for yourself, if justice, in this case, was truly achieved.Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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17: Edward Baldock & Tracey Wigginton - Satanic Panic Nov 13, 2019

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16: Ronald Dominique - Swamp Thing, Part 02 Oct 15, 2019

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15: Ronald Dominique - Swamp Thing, Part 01 Oct 03, 2019

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14: Robert Hansen - The Hunter, Part 02 Sep 12, 2019

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13: Robert Hansen - The Hunter, Part 01 Sep 04, 2019

Most of us are familiar with reality tv shows where people are isolated in remote locations around the world to test and demonstrate their skills, stamina and endurance required to overcome the obstacles presented by mother nature. Extreme temperatures, exposure, hunger, dehydration, and exhaustion - not to mention threats from native wildlife, all pose additional complications.Listener... what happens when you’re stranded and don’t have that experience and those survival skills? No idea how far away you are from the closest town? No way of knowing when - or if - you’ll be rescued? And listener - what if, stranded in the middle of nowhere, the movement of the person you could suddenly hear as they made their way through the trees towards you, belonged to someone who wasn’t coming to help you - but to hunt you.
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12: The Hart Family Crash, Part 02 Aug 12, 2019

On March 26, 2018 in the late afternoon, the California Highway Patrol was called out to a crash site on US highway 101 in the affluent Mendocino County, town of Westport, California. A hundred feet down a jagged cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sat a 2003 GMC Yukon SUV registered to Jennifer Jean Hart, or Jen as she was called. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered the SUV held an entire family, but not just any family. This was a family affectionately known as “the Hart Tribe” by their friends and by their community. Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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11: The Hart Family Crash, Part 01 Aug 06, 2019

On March 26, 2018 in the late afternoon, the California Highway Patrol was called out to a crash site on US highway 101 in the affluent Mendocino County, town of Westport, California. A hundred feet down a jagged cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sat a 2003 GMC Yukon SUV registered to Jennifer Jean Hart, or Jen as she was called. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered the SUV held an entire family, but not just any family. This was a family affectionately known as “the Hart Tribe” by their friends and by their community. Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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10: The Murder of Michael McMorrow - Strawberry Fields Forever Jul 24, 2019

Listener, as you’ll hear, the facts of today’s story and the events that unfolded just prior to Memorial Day Weekend in 1997, show what happens when the paths of strangers collide in such a way that not everyone necessarily emerges from a fateful chance encounter alive... Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.com
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9: The Murders of Joann and Alex Katrinak, Part 02 Jul 10, 2019

The conclusion of our two part series on the murders of Joann and Alex Katrinak. We hope you behaved and stayed off Wikipedia. Visit us online at ObscuraCrimePodcast.comCheckout our other podcasts at itsArcLightMedia.comSupport the Obscura podcast and access the exclusive Black Label episodes by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast

8: The Murders of Joann and Alex Katrinak, Part 01 Jun 26, 2019

In December 1994, Andrew Katrinak arrives home to an empty house. At 10:40 p.m. he calls 911 to report his family missing. So begins a case that features a missing wife, a missing baby, and the husband who gave news interviews repeatedly asking for the return of his wife and son.
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7: The Murder of Honora Parker - Heavenly Creatures Jun 12, 2019

Today’s story is not that of a romance per se, but about another special kind of relationship. The type of relationship some of us are lucky enough to have in our lives at least once - it’s the story of best friends. It’s also a story about testing the bounds of friendship. How far would you go for a friend? At what price? What would you do when the world is conspiring against your unique and inexplicable bond? Pauline Parker, Juliet Hulme, and he murder of Honora Parker.
Black Label Episodes AND Ad-Free episodes are now available on our Black Label Podcasting channel on Apple Podcasts Premium. You can also support Obscura and access the additional Black Label Episodes that are released exclusively to Black Label Supporters on Patreon here.
Obscura is a true crime podcast that explores your morbid curiosity. Listener discretion is advised.

6: Missing Mona Biddy May 02, 2019

For the one year anniversary of Obscura we're returning to our first episode and doing the case justice this time. As an added bonus we're including Black Label 06 - Crush for free. For the sake of not getting kicked off iTunes, this is the censored version of Black Label 06... but it still has teeth. If you'd like to access the full version you can get access on Patreon.
Black Label Episodes AND Ad-Free episodes are now available on our Black Label Podcasting channel on Apple Podcasts Premium. You can also support Obscura and access the additional Black Label Episodes that are released exclusively to Black Label Supporters on Patreon here.
Obscura is a true crime podcast that explores your morbid curiosity. Listener discretion is advised.

5: Jonathan Richardson - The Outbuilding Feb 13, 2019

Black Label Episodes AND Ad-Free episodes are now available on our Black Label Podcasting channel on Apple Podcasts Premium. You can also support Obscura and access the additional Black Label Episodes that are released exclusively to Black Label Supporters on Patreon here.
Obscura is a true crime podcast that explores your morbid curiosity. Listener discretion is advised.

4: Corey Feldman's Fight Against Pedophilia Feb 06, 2019

Black Label Episodes AND Ad-Free episodes are now available on our Black Label Podcasting channel on Apple Podcasts Premium. You can also support Obscura and access the additional Black Label Episodes that are released exclusively to Black Label Supporters on Patreon here.
Obscura is a true crime podcast that explores your morbid curiosity. Listener discretion is advised.

3: Zack and Addie Dec 18, 2018

For today’s show we cover a lot of ground. I figure I can only tell the story of Zach and Addie once…so…I better do the story justice. To finish out the year on the main feed, I’ve chosen to go out with a bang. Get comfortable. Because you’re about to hear about one of what I consider to be one of the most interesting true crime stories. A long with the intertwining history surrounding the tragedy that created a tangled web of misery and devastation. Now, let’s get on with it.
Black Label Episodes AND Ad-Free episodes are now available on our Black Label Podcasting channel on Apple Podcasts Premium. You can also support Obscura and access the additional Black Label Episodes that are released exclusively to Black Label Supporters on Patreon here.
Obscura is a true crime podcast that explores your morbid curiosity. Listener discretion is advised.

2: The Murder of Brandon Teena Dec 13, 2018

The murder of Brandon Teena thrust the trans community into the forefront of public discussion. Before the early 1990s, transgender people were a silent minority within society. When the case we'll be discussing had originally received national coverage, the disregard of preferred pronouns and dead naming were not considered offensive and some of the audio clips, legal transcripts, and direct quotes used in creating this episode may reflect that.
This episode will also include unedited audio of a police interview with a rape victim, which may be too distressing for some of our listeners. You've been warned.
Black Label Episodes AND Ad-Free episodes are now available on our Black Label Podcasting channel on Apple Podcasts Premium. You can also support Obscura and access the additional Black Label Episodes that are released exclusively to Black Label Supporters on Patreon here.
Obscura is a true crime podcast that explores your morbid curiosity. Listener discretion is advised.

1: Nick Stoutzenberger - The Mouth of Madness Nov 29, 2018

Today we discuss person so revolting he triggered my gag response. This is a first for the show. The episode skated on the edge of becoming a black label. This is a slow incline into the mouth of madness.
Black Label Episodes AND Ad-Free episodes are now available on our Black Label Podcasting channel on Apple Podcasts Premium. You can also support Obscura and access the additional Black Label Episodes that are released exclusively to Black Label Supporters on Patreon here.
Obscura is a true crime podcast that explores your morbid curiosity. Listener discretion is advised.

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