Episodes

March 25, 2025

152: Gregory Howe - Silence

In this episode of Obscura, we examine the tense chain of events that began with a routine traffic stop and ended with a fatal confrontation. On May 12, 2020, 37-year-old Gregory M. Howe, already on law enforcement’s radar fo...
March 18, 2025

151: Marvin Morales - The Sacramento Fool

Listener, I want to warn you that this episode gets really, really disgusting at certain points. But not quite dark enough to be Black Label. When I research for an episode, I like to follow information to its natural conclus...
March 11, 2025

150: The Brutal Murder of Baylee Wylie - Part 03

On December 17, 2015, around 4:00 am, firefighters responded to a house fire on Sumac Street in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Once there, they found the body of a man in the house and contacted police. These charred remains...
March 4, 2025

149: The Brutal Murder of Baylee Wylie - Part 02

On December 17, 2015, around 4:00 am, firefighters responded to a house fire on Sumac Street in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Once there, they found the body of a man in the house and contacted police. These charred remains...
Feb. 26, 2025

148: The Brutal Murder of Baylee Wylie Part 01

On December 17, 2015, around 4:00 am, firefighters responded to a house fire on Sumac Street in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Once there, they found the body of a man in the house and contacted police. These charred remains...
Feb. 19, 2025

147: Alysha Duran - Patterns

Sacred Geometry, Core Love, and ascension chambers. It might sound like word salad. But it all applies to the subject of today’s case. And how a vulnerable person can find themselves in a desperate situation. Our Sponsors: * ...
Feb. 12, 2025

146: Donald Passmore - A Wounded Man

October 16, 2023 Barbie Poplin and her boyfriend, Donald Passmore, are at the home on North Airline Road and everything is going well between them. As the evening carries on, Donald drank at least two half pints of Captain Mo...
Feb. 7, 2025

145: Terror on the Interstate - Part 02

The poster child for capital punishment. A man whose violent history has left a trail of destruction behind him. Our Sponsors: * Check out Chime: https://chime.com/OBSCURA * Check out Mood and use my code OBSCURA for a great ...
Jan. 29, 2025

144: Terror on the Interstate - Part 01

In 1973, three brutal murders were carried out along Interstate 57 in Illinois. The person responsible was only 17 years old. Subscribe to Patreon to get early access to part 02. https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast Ou...
Jan. 23, 2025

Black Label: No Exit

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Jan. 16, 2025

Black Label: Z and the Escalator

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Jan. 8, 2025

143: The Deadlights Killer - Brian Cohee Jr. - Part 03

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Jan. 1, 2025

142: The Deadlights Killer - Brian Cohee Jr. - Part 02

Brian Cohee Jr. tells his family doctor that he’s experiencing headaches. He doesn’t tell the doctor about the lights that dance around his bedroom, just from the corner of his eyes. Or that sometimes, when his back is turned...
Dec. 26, 2024

141: The Deadlights Killer - Part 01

In today’s episode we’re going to cover the inner workings of a troubled mind. This episode is a prelude to an episode that will be full to the brim with source audio that includes 911 calls, body cam footage, and interrogati...
Dec. 19, 2024

140: The Bakky Tapes Addendum

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Dec. 11, 2024

139: Michael King - In Broad Daylight - Part 02

Robert Salvador and Michael King head to target practice at a local firing range. Upon arriving at the range, King removes a nine-millimeter handgun from under the passenger seat of his Camaro. Salvador and King stay at the r...
Dec. 4, 2024

138: Michael King - In Broad Daylight - Part 01

Robert Salvador and Michael King head to target practice at a local firing range. Upon arriving at the range, King removes a nine-millimeter handgun from under the passenger seat of his Camaro. Salvador and King stay at the r...
Nov. 27, 2024

137: The Perfect Crime - The Murder of Bobby Franks - Part 04

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 Centu...
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 Centu...
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 Centu...
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 Crim...
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 those...
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 n...