Episodes

Nov. 20, 2024

136: The Perfect Crime - The Murder of Bobby Franks - Part 03

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 Cent…
Nov. 13, 2024

135: The Perfect Crime - The Murder of Bobby Franks - Part 02

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 Cent…
Nov. 7, 2024

134: The Perfect Crime - The Murder of Bobby Franks - Part 01

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 Cri…
Oct. 30, 2024

134: The Mischief Night Murder - Martha Moxley

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…
Oct. 23, 2024

133: Death in a Sanctuary of Silence - Part 02

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 thos…
Oct. 16, 2024

132: Death in a Sanctuary of Silence - Part 01

"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 …
Oct. 9, 2024

131: The Trickster and Mr. Foster

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 m…
Oct. 2, 2024

130: Barbaric Part 02 - Angela Stoldt

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Sept. 25, 2024

129: Barbaric Things Part 01 - Israel Trejo

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Sept. 18, 2024

128: The Las Vegas Shooters - Part 02

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 F…
Sept. 11, 2024

127: The Las Vegas Shooters - Part 01

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…
Sept. 4, 2024

126: Black Label: The Execution of Sonya Massey

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 …
Aug. 28, 2024

125: Timothy Nielsen - #1 Fan

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 wa…
Aug. 21, 2024

124: MODERN DE SADE - Peter Sotos (feat. Tapes from the Darkside)

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…
Aug. 14, 2024

123: The Death of Tamla Horsford

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 …
Aug. 7, 2024

122: Morgan Lund - The Dreamer

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…
July 31, 2024

121: The Law and Leonard Cure

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…
July 25, 2024

120: Nick Brutcher - The Comedian Part 02

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. Aar…
July 17, 2024

119: Nick Brutcher - The Comedian Part 01

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. Aar…
July 10, 2024

118: Black Label: Parkland - Part 02

(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…
July 3, 2024

117: Black Label: Parkland - Part 01

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. Listene…
June 26, 2024

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June 26, 2024

116: Walter Lopez - The Hammer

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 wil…
June 19, 2024

115: Janet Garcia - Cruelty

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 miss…