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 mothe…
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 …
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 slee…
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 th…
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…
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 Lakemoo…
July 2009 Escambia County, Florida Leonard “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 Tabit…
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 …
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 …
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…
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 in the Redlands, a rural area of south Miami-Dade County. Jimmy is walking on the left…
November 15th, 1995 Naples, Florida, Cracker Barrel Eighteen-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 Vic…
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 menac…
September 18, 2022 North Dakota State 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 identifie…
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 unde…
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 propert…
January 7th, 2007 Vancouver, Washington Dylan R. Peterson, age 25, has just committed a monstrous act. He calls 911. Obscura - A True Crime Podcast | Patreon Our Patreon has been overhauled. Click the link to discover our ne…
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…
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 strictl…
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 th…
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. …
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 u…
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