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41:08

Aileen Wuornos: Part 03 - The Bodies

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast ·

2026/05/26

The wooded lot itself was mixed scrub of the sort that grows in the disturbed soil along an interstate corridor in central Florida. Pine. Palmetto. A few scrub oaks. Spanish moss hanging where the canopy thickened. The understory of vines and dead palm fronds that turns any walk off the shoulder into a careful one.The lot was bordered on one side by the interstate, on another by a service road, and on the other two by more of the same scrub. It had the anonymity of land nobody owns in any way they

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40:02

Aileen Wuornos: Part 02 - The Composite Enemy

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast ·

2026/05/19

This is part two of a four part series. Last episode, we walked her childhood. The fire at age six. The grandfather and the belt. The kitten in the bucket. The cigarette pig nickname at age eleven. The pregnancy at fourteen. The baby boy taken from her in March of 1971. Her grandmother Britta dying that July. Her grandfather throwing her out a few weeks later. The sleeping bag in the woods on the edge of Troy.That is where we left her. Tonight we follow her from there.Our Sponsors:* Check out

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40:02

Aileen Wuornos: Part 01 - The Girl in the Woods

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2026/05/12

She had stopped going to school. She had no money. There was no adult on the planet looking for her. What she had was a sleeping bag in the snow.Her name was Aileen Carol Pittman. The world would come to know her by her grandparents’ last name. Wuornos.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com* Check out Chime: https://chime.com/OBSCURA* Check out Mood and use my code OBSCURA for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/obscura* Check out Time4Learning:

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34:31

Ray Coriell - No Sanctuary

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2026/05/05

In 2011, a quiet neighborhood in Bakersfield, California, was shattered by a crime so severe it left veteran investigators shaken. The case began with the frantic search for a missing eight-year-old girl and ended in a tense, seven-hour SWAT standoff. Ray Coriell, the man at the center of the storm, faced a barrage of charges that exposed a harrowing betrayal of trust and a level of violence that seemed unimaginable.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com* Check out Chime:

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27:34

Double Homicide: The House on Benchor Road - Part 02

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2026/04/28

Double Homicide: The House on Benchor Road - Part 02Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com* Check out Chime: https://chime.com/OBSCURA* Check out Chime: https://www.chime.com* Check out Mood and use my code OBSCURA for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/obscura* Check out Time4Learning: https://www.time4learning.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code OBSCURA20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at —

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29:21

Double Homicide: The House on Benchor Road - Part 01

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2026/04/21

Double Homicide: The House on Benchor Road - Part 01Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/OBSCURA* Check out Chime: https://chime.com/OBSCURA* Check out Chime: https://www.chime.com* Check out Mood and use my code OBSCURA for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/obscura* Check out Time4Learning: https://www.time4learning.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/obscura-a-true-crime-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries:

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30:20

Neglect: The Streamer and the Silent Crib

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2026/04/14

A two-year-old boy was found dead in his crib in Clinton Township, Michigan, starved to death while his mother streamed on Twitch. Featuring real court audio from the sentencing, Obscura examines the 2023 case of Sierra Pearl Zaitona and Jonathon Matthew Cheek, two parents who let their child waste away in silence.The boy had been in foster care before being returned to his biological parents, Sierra Pearl Zaitona and Jonathon Matthew Cheek, both of Clinton Township. According to court records, the

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34:42

COLD CASE: Leslie Preer | Chevy Chase, Maryland 2001

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2026/04/07

Leslie Preer was murdered in her Chevy Chase, Maryland home on May 2, 2001. For 23 years the case sat cold. This episode features court audio from the August 2025 sentencing and the genetic genealogy breakthrough that finally identified her killer.Leslie Ann Jennings Preer, 48, was a wife, mother, and former University of Florida journalism student. Born in North Kingstown, Rhode Island in 1952 and raised across the country in a large military family, she settled in Chevy Chase in 1982 with her

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32:34

Black Label: The Station Nightclub Fire

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2026/03/31

Black Label: The Station Nightclub FireOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/OBSCURA* Check out Chime: https://chime.com/OBSCURA* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Mood and use my code OBSCURA for a great deal: https://mood.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/obscura* Check out Time4Learning: https://www.time4learning.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/obscura-a-true-crime-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising

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32:21

MURDERED: Leah Kline & Vivian James | Jacksonville,...

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2026/03/25

Two women strangled in two days by the same man in Jacksonville, Florida -- one killed at a motel on Christmas night, the other a beloved teacher murdered in her own home the next morning. This episode features real interrogation footage and court audio.Leah Kline's life ended on December 25, 2019. She and Zebulon Perkins had been staying at a Westside Jacksonville motel when an argument turned violent. Perkins strangled Kline and disposed of her body in a dumpster behind the building. She was

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45:40

MURDERED: Abraham Shakespeare | Lakeland, Florida 2009

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2026/03/17

Abraham Shakespeare won thirty million dollars in the Florida Lottery. Three years later, he was dead -- shot twice, buried under concrete in Lakeland, Florida. This episode features real court recordings and interrogation audio.Abraham Shakespeare, 43, was a truck driver's assistant from Lakeland, Florida, who lived simply and was known for his generosity. Friends described him as someone who would help anyone, even when he had little to give. On November 15, 2006, Shakespeare won a $30 million

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54:12

SERIAL KILLER: The Bayou Strangler (Part 2 of 2) |...

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2026/03/10

For nearly a decade, a predator stalked the quiet marshlands and sugarcane fields of southeastern Louisiana, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. In this episode, we dive into the chilling case of Ronald Dominique, a man who confessed to the rape and murder of at least 23 men and boys between 1997 and 2006.Despite a victim count that rivals some of history's most notorious killers, Dominique's name is rarely mentioned alongside Bundy or Gacy. We explore the "perfect storm" of

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60:48

SERIAL KILLER: The Bayou Strangler (Part 1 of 2) |...

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2026/03/03

For nearly a decade, a predator stalked the quiet marshlands and sugarcane fields of southeastern Louisiana, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. In this episode, we dive into the chilling case of Ronald Dominique, a man who confessed to the rape and murder of at least 23 men and boys between 1997 and 2006.Despite a victim count that rivals some of history's most notorious killers, Dominique's name is rarely mentioned alongside Bundy or Gacy. We explore the "perfect storm" of

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41:31

KILLER: George Sodini | Bridgeville, PA 2009

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2026/02/24

In Bridgeville, PA, George Sodini executed a chilling attack inside a gym. Featuring real audio.George Alfred Sodini, 48. He was a systems analyst, once invisible and misunderstood, who turned his personal darkness into devastation. On August 4, 2009, in Collier Township, Pennsylvania, Sodini walked into an LA Fitness gym with a duffel bag, setting the stage for chaos. As he turned off the lights in a crowded aerobics class, the room descended into terror as he opened fire. By night's end,

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41:40

MURDERED: Marvin Morales | Sacramento, CA 2010

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2026/02/17

Marvin Morales found brutally murdered in his Sacramento, CA home. Real audio of police investigation.Marvin Aris Untalan Morales, young and full of potential, became a tragic figure in Sacramento. Known for his vibrant personality and love for music, his life was cruelly cut short. On December 2, 2010, Morales's life was taken in the most violent of ways. His body was discovered in his home, evidence of a vicious assault. The scene told a tale of unbridled aggression and tragic

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59:28

Black Label: Stalker

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2026/02/10

This episode is available to everyone as a preview of what Black Label has to offer.Ricardo López believed he knew Björk. He had never met her, never spoken to her, never been in the same room with her. But through obsessive consumption of her music, her interviews, and her public appearances, he constructed an entire relationship in his mind — one that demanded his loyalty, then his anger, and finally his violence.Between 1993 and 1996, López recorded over twenty hours of video diaries from his

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43:14

CONVICTED: Brandon Paul Janssen | Fountain, Florida 2020

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2026/02/03

In the rural reaches of Florida's Panhandle, where longleaf pines line quiet roads and neighbors know each other by the sound of their engines, a sexual battery case in the unincorporated community of Fountain exposed how far the state's legal system will go to punish crimes against children. This episode examines the case and the legal architecture behind it.VICTIM PROFILE: The victim was a minor between the ages of twelve and seventeen living in Bay County, Florida. Her identity is

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45:39

MURDERED: Heather Strong Part 02 | Marion County,...

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2026/01/27

The investigation into Heather Strong's disappearance ends in the most devastating way possible. What began as a missing person case becomes a murder trial that sends ripples through Florida's legal system for years to come.Heather Strong was 26 years old when her life was brutally cut short. A mother of two young children, McKinzie and Zachary, she had spent years navigating a turbulent relationship with her ex-partner Joshua Fulgham while trying to build a better life for her family. Her

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47:35

MURDERED: Heather Strong Part 01 | Marion County,...

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2026/01/20

On a February evening in 2009, a young mother vanished from rural Marion County, Florida, lured to a storage trailer by promises that masked a deadly betrayal. What investigators would uncover weeks later would reveal a calculated murder born from a toxic love triangle and a bitter custody battle.VICTIM PROFILE:Heather Strong was 26 years old, a hardworking mother of two young children, McKinzie and Zachary. She worked the morning shift at the Iron Skillet restaurant in Reddick, Florida, supporting

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43:17

CHILD ABUSE: Tina Ramirez | Piedmont, Oklahoma 2024

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2026/01/13

On March 15, 2024, a Piedmont, Oklahoma police officer responded to a routine runaway report that would uncover one of the most disturbing child abuse cases in recent Oklahoma history.The officer found a 14-year-old girl hiding under a blanket, weighing approximately 60 pounds—the size of a first grader. Her skin hung from her bones, and her eyes carried a fear that went far beyond a typical runaway. She had fled from her foster mother, 43-year-old Tina Marie Ramirez, and she was terrified to go

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