Episodes

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 mo...
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 Fa...
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 d...
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 way...
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 t...
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. Aaro...
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. Aaro...
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. Listener...
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 will...
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 missi...
June 12, 2024

114: Salamah Pendleton - Crossfire

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...
June 5, 2024

113: Norberto Pietri - Rampage

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 o...
May 29, 2024

112: Denise Collins - The Ladder

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...
May 22, 2024

111: Richard Henyard - The Empty Man

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...
May 15, 2024

110: Shawna Forde - The Minutemen

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 ...
May 8, 2024

109: Kenneth Edwin Martell - Soulless Eyes

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...