The darkest true crime cases are the ones you've never heard of. Obscura investigates murders written off as accidents, disappearances dismissed as runaways, and obscure cases buried in forgotten files. Host Justin Drown delivers unflinching investigations through real archival audio, court records, and graphic forensic detail. No comedy. No sanitized narratives. Only the complete truth. New episodes every Tuesday.
Latest episodes
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42 min
Mia Harris: Peek-a-boo
A highly publicized case where Mia Desiree Harris shot, but did not kill, her 6-month-old granddaughter, Myra Buffington.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp…
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31 min
Double Feature: The Scream Killers - Part 02
SOURCES :COURT RECORDS • State v. Draper, Idaho Supreme Court, September 2011 • State v. Adamcik, Idaho Supreme Court, January 2012 • Adamcik v. State, Idaho Supreme Court, Decembe…
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44 min
Double Feature: The Scream Killers - Part 01
The murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart occurred on September 22, 2006, in Pocatello, Idaho.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my cod…
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29 min
Michael Parks: The Beheading
Michael D. Parks pleaded guilty to the murder and decapitation of his wife, Hope Parks, in Crawfordsville, Indiana.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com*…
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43 min
Black Label: Nothing but Sadness
Extreme Audio Warning: Towards the back half of this episode, it features audio involving children and a mother in extreme audible distress.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: htt…
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29 min
Casanova: Paul John Knowles - Part 02
Paul John Knowles, famously nicknamed "The Casanova Killer," was an American serial killer who terrorized the United States during a brutal, four-month cross-country crime spree in…
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30 min
Casanova: Paul John Knowles - Part 01
American serial killer responsible for at least 18 murders during a violent multi-state killing spree. Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Ch…
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36 min
Black Label: The Price
The Harold Easter case involves the tragic in-custody overdose death of 41-year-old Harold Easter in January 2020 after an arrest by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CM…
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36 min
John Michael Hughes - The House on Stonegate Road
John Michael Hughes is a convicted murderer from Simpsonville, South Carolina, who, along with members of his family, orchestrated the January 2015 ambush and slaying of his estran…
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31 min
Paul Michael Stephani - The Weepy-Voiced Killer
Paul Michael Stephani, known as the "Weepy-Voiced Killer," was an American serial killer who murdered three women and attacked two others in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area between…
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33 min
George "Tommy" Greer - Meth Swordsman
George T. Greer is a Kentucky man who was arrested in February 2024 for a violent samurai sword attack that killed one woman and severely injured two other people while he was unde…
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46 min
Milk Money: The Death of Data Hancock
The tragic 2015 true-crime case of 7-week-old Data Toria Hancock, an Oregon infant who died of severe starvation and maltreatment.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.b…
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32 min
Tyler Derochowski - Blood in the Dirt
Today we explore a tragic 2022 emergency call that shattered a quiet Louisiana neighborhood and left four young children trapped in a real-life nightmare.Outro Song: Yeah RightArti…
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32 min
Baby Moses - Citizen of Albany, Child of God - Part 02
On September 7, 1997, city park workers discovered the remains of a newborn boy near the Moses statue in Albany's Washington Park. Because his identity was initially unknown, the C…
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32 min
Baby Moses - Citizen of Albany, Child of God - Part 01
On September 7, 1997, city park workers discovered the remains of a newborn boy near the Moses statue in Albany's Washington Park. Because his identity was initially unknown, the C…
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40 min
Matthew Hoffman - House of Leaves
Matthew Hoffman, often referred to as the "Leaf Killer", is an Ohio man serving a life sentence for the 2010 murders of three people and the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl. Intro…
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34 min
Edward Martinez - The Third Wheel
Martinez met a married woman on a dating app. He eventually met up with her and her husband, Anthony Brines. After a night of drinking, smoking marijuana, and using a Ouija board,…
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2 min
Obscura is not AI slop. It will never be AI slop.
Obscura is not AI slop. It will never be AI slop.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/OBSCURA for a great deal…
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48 min
Black Label: Junko Furuta - A Canticle for the Vulnerable
Canticle:another name for a songVulnerable: (of a person) in need of support or protectionOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use m…
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39 min
Christopher Scholtes - An Unrepentant Man
On a scorching July afternoon, a routine arrival home turns into a neighborhood nightmare. A father steps inside his air-conditioned house to play video games, leaving his sleeping…