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Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

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.

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29:29

Michael Parks: The Beheading

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2026/10/06

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* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/OBSCURA for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code OBSCURA20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comSupport this podcast at —

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43:28

Black Label: Nothing but Sadness

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2026/09/29

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: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/OBSCURA for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/obscura-a-true-crime-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries:

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28:49

Casanova: Paul John Knowles - Part 02

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2026/09/22

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 1974.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/obscura for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal:

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30:04

Casanova: Paul John Knowles - Part 01

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2026/09/15

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 Chime and use my code chime.com/obscura for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comSupport this podcast at —

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35:45

Black Label: The Price

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2026/09/08

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 (CMPD) in North Carolina.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/obscura for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal:

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35:41

John Michael Hughes - The House on Stonegate Road

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2026/09/01

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 estranged son-in-law, John Michael Ferrell.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/obscura for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal:

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31:23

Paul Michael Stephani - The Weepy-Voiced Killer

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2026/08/25

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 1980 and 1982.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/OBSCURA for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal:

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33:11

George "Tommy" Greer - Meth Swordsman

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2026/08/18

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 under the influence of drugs.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/OBSCURA for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comSupport this podcast at —

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46:27

Milk Money: The Death of Data Hancock

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2026/08/11

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.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/OBSCURA for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/obscura-a-true-crime-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries:

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32:09

Tyler Derochowski - Blood in the Dirt

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2026/08/04

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 RightArtist: Willa MaeIntro Song: AfflictionArtist: SubRosaOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/OBSCURA for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comSupport this podcast at —

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31:38

Baby Moses - Citizen of Albany, Child of God - Part 02

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2026/07/28

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 City of Albany and local funeral directors held a proper, deeply moving memorial service and burial for the infant.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/OBSCURA for a great deal: https://www.chime.com* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a

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32:18

Baby Moses - Citizen of Albany, Child of God - Part 01

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2026/07/21

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 City of Albany and local funeral directors held a proper, deeply moving memorial service and burial for the infant.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal:

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40:17

Matthew Hoffman - House of Leaves

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2026/07/14

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 Song: AfflictionArtist: SubRosaOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.comSupport this podcast at —

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34:08

Edward Martinez - The Third Wheel

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2026/07/07

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, a violent altercation broke out that would change their lives forever. Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.comSupport this podcast at —

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2:08

Obscura is not AI slop. It will never be AI slop.

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2026/07/06

Obscura is not AI slop. It will never be AI slop.Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/obscura-a-true-crime-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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48:03

Black Label: Junko Furuta - A Canticle for the...

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2026/06/30

Canticle:another name for a songVulnerable: (of a person) in need of support or protectionOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/obscura-a-true-crime-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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39:10

Christopher Scholtes - An Unrepentant Man

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2026/06/23

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 toddler in the car under the assumption that the vehicle's cooling system is running. Hours later, emergency sirens pierce the quiet suburban cul-de-sac.Intro Song: AfflictionArtist: SubRosaOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check out

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28:31

Camille Balla - The Ritual

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2026/06/16

The call went out at roughly one forty in the morning on March sixteenth, 2018, and it pulled the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office toward a scene that the deputies who responded would not be able to put down easily afterward, because some scenes do not let go of the people who walk into them. What waited inside the house is among the worst this show has had occasion to describeOur Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp and use my code betterhelp.com for a great deal: https://www.betterhelp.com* Check

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53:07

Timothy Dean - Empty Inside

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2026/06/09

There is a village in the apple country of western New York called Sodus, up in Wayne County near the south shore of Lake Ontario, about thirty miles east of Rochester. This is fruit-belt land, orchard and muck field running back from the lake, roadside stands selling cider in the fall, the big cold lake holding the frost off the trees in spring. In October the orchards go heavy and the light comes in low and gold across the drumlins, the long humped hills the glaciers left behind. A few thousand

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63:39

Aileen Wuornos: Part 04 - Carnival

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2026/06/02

Aileen had been pawning items from her victims: tools missing from David Spears's truck, a camera that had belonged to Richard Mallory, other items linked to other victims. Florida law required pawnshops to take a thumbprint from anyone hocking goods, and the prints were on file.Aileen, while filling out pawnshop intake forms, had been using the alias Cammie Marsh Greene. A signed pawn slip with a thumbprint, in the name of Cammie Marsh Greene, was sitting in a Daytona Beach pawn shop.Our

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