Obscurata | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories

Obscurata | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories

Host: Sarah Powell

Step into the shadows with Obscurata, the latest podcast from The Whispering Woods Studio.Here, we unravel the darkest corners of the human experience—exploring unsolved mysteries, true crime, paranormal encounters, and tales of the occult. Obscurata dares you to question the boundaries of what we believe to be true… and what we fear may be lurking in the dark.Each episode delves into mysterious events, blending atmospheric storytelling with a touch of the unexplainable. Whether it’s an intriguing crime, a ghostly legend, or strange phenomenon, we uncover the stories that refuse to be silenced—because some have no ending.B...

Episodes

Part 2 of 2 A FAMILIES SILENCE : The Burari Deaths | True Scary Stories
01August 20, 2025 6:05pm

Part 2 of 2 A FAMILIES SILENCE : The Burari Deaths | True Scary Stories

When 11 members of a Delhi family are found dead under bizarre circumstances, investigators uncover eerie rituals and a series of cryptic diaries. This Obscurata episode dives into the mysterious 2018 Burari deaths of the Chundawat family –…

Part 1 of 2 A FAMILIES SILENCE : The Burari Deaths | True Scary Stories
02August 18, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 A FAMILIES SILENCE : The Burari Deaths | True Scary Stories

When 11 members of a Delhi family are found dead under bizarre circumstances, investigators uncover eerie rituals and a series of cryptic diaries. This Obscurata episode dives into the mysterious 2018 Burari deaths of the Chundawat family –…

Part 2 of 2 PROPHETIC DREAMS : The Vanishing of Cindy Anderson | True Scary Stories
03August 13, 2025 6:03pm

Part 2 of 2 PROPHETIC DREAMS : The Vanishing of Cindy Anderson | True Scary Stories

In the summer of 1981, 20-year-old Cindy Anderson vanished without a trace from her Toledo law office. No witnesses. No struggle. Just a locked door, a ringing phone, and a deepening mystery.What followed was one of Ohio’s most unsettling c…

Part 1 of 2 PROPHETIC DREAMS : The Vanishing of Cindy Anderson | True Scary Stories
04August 11, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 PROPHETIC DREAMS : The Vanishing of Cindy Anderson | True Scary Stories

In the summer of 1981, 20-year-old Cindy Anderson vanished without a trace from her Toledo law office. No witnesses. No struggle. Just a locked door, a ringing phone, and a deepening mystery.What followed was one of Ohio’s most unsettling c…

Part 2 of 2 | THE GHOSTS OF FOX HOLLOW FARM : Haunting Legacy of Herb Baumeister | True Scary Stories
05August 06, 2025 6:05pm

Part 2 of 2 | THE GHOSTS OF FOX HOLLOW FARM : Haunting Legacy of Herb Baumeister | True Scary Stories

Once the home of Herb Baumeister, Fox Hollow Farm hides a dark past — the site where at least 11 men met brutal deaths. Decades after Baumeister’s suicide, the new owners began witnessing chilling phenomena: disembodied knocks, vanishing fi…

Part 1 of 2 | THE GHOSTS OF FOX HOLLOW FARM : Haunting Legacy of Herb Baumeister | True Scary Stories
06August 04, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 | THE GHOSTS OF FOX HOLLOW FARM : Haunting Legacy of Herb Baumeister | True Scary Stories

Once the home of Herb Baumeister, Fox Hollow Farm hides a dark past — the site where at least 11 men met brutal deaths. Decades after Baumeister’s suicide, the new owners began witnessing chilling phenomena: disembodied knocks, vanishing fi…

Part 2 of 2 BENEATH THE BLUE | Lake Tahoe’s Eerie Legends & Unsolved Mysteries | Paranormal, True Crime, Folklore, Cryptids
07July 30, 2025 6:05pm

Part 2 of 2 BENEATH THE BLUE | Lake Tahoe’s Eerie Legends & Unsolved Mysteries | Paranormal, True Crime, Folklore, Cryptids

It’s nearly 2 a.m. on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. Inside the Sahara Tahoe casino, slot machines still jingle for a few lingering gamblers. But the night nurse, Donna Lass, is gone. Her logbook open mid-sentence, and the only clue is a my…

Part 1 of 2 BENEATH THE BLUE | Lake Tahoe’s Eerie Legends & Unsolved Mysteries | Paranormal, True Crime, Folklore, Cryptids
08July 28, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 BENEATH THE BLUE | Lake Tahoe’s Eerie Legends & Unsolved Mysteries | Paranormal, True Crime, Folklore, Cryptids

It’s nearly 2 a.m. on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. Inside the Sahara Tahoe casino, slot machines still jingle for a few lingering gamblers. But the night nurse, Donna Lass, is gone. Her logbook open mid-sentence, and the only clue is a my…

Part 2 of 2 GHOST IN APARTMENT 14 : The Haunting of Marie Spannhake | True Ghost Stories
09July 23, 2025 6:05pmExplicit

Part 2 of 2 GHOST IN APARTMENT 14 : The Haunting of Marie Spannhake | True Ghost Stories

When Jodi Foster moved into Apartment 14 in Chico, California, she thought it was a fresh start. But from the very first night, something felt wrong. Disturbing dreams, phantom voices, and a child’s doll whispering threats were only the beg…

Part 1 of 2 GHOST IN APARTMENT 14 : The Haunting of Marie Spannhake | True Ghost Stories
10July 21, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 GHOST IN APARTMENT 14 : The Haunting of Marie Spannhake | True Ghost Stories

When Jodi Foster moved into Apartment 14 in Chico, California, she thought it was a fresh start. But from the very first night, something felt wrong. Disturbing dreams, phantom voices, and a child’s doll whispering threats were only the beg…

GHOST IN THE MACHINE: The Dodleston Messages | True Scary Stories
11July 16, 2025 6:05pm

GHOST IN THE MACHINE: The Dodleston Messages | True Scary Stories

In the quiet English village of Dodleston, a borrowed school computer became the epicenter of one of the strangest documented mysteries of the 1980s. Without internet or any external connection, messages began appearing—written in archaic E…

ANGELS OF DEATH: The Poison Pact of Nagyrév | True Scary Stories
12July 14, 2025 6:05pm

ANGELS OF DEATH: The Poison Pact of Nagyrév | True Scary Stories

In 1929, a remote Hungarian village revealed one of the most chilling murder conspiracies in modern history. Dozens of women, led by a pipe-smoking midwife known as “Auntie Suzy,” quietly poisoned their husbands, children, and in-laws over …

THE SWEET SMELL OF FEAR: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon | America’s Phantom Anesthetist
13July 09, 2025 6:05pm

THE SWEET SMELL OF FEAR: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon | America’s Phantom Anesthetist

In the sweltering summer of 1944, residents of a small Illinois town awoke to a strange sweet smell—and paralyzed limbs. As more victims reported choking fumes and prowlers, fear swept through Mattoon. Was it mass hysteria, a chemical attac…

HEX AND POWER: The Witch Queens of Modern Romania | Occult Protest and Digital Spells
14July 07, 2025 6:05pm

HEX AND POWER: The Witch Queens of Modern Romania | Occult Protest and Digital Spells

In post-communist Romania, witchcraft didn’t vanish—it went viral. From riverbank hexes on corrupt politicians to livestreamed love spells for clients in Dubai, Romania’s witches have become spiritual entrepreneurs, political provocateurs, …

THE PACT: The Haunting Call on La Mano Peluda | Mexico’s Demonic Radio Confession | True Scary Stories
15July 02, 2025 6:05pm

THE PACT: The Haunting Call on La Mano Peluda | Mexico’s Demonic Radio Confession | True Scary Stories

In 2002, a trembling caller phoned into La Mano Peluda, Mexico’s legendary late-night paranormal show, and confessed to a pact with the devil. He spoke of ritual murder, demonic torment, and a mysterious ring of power – all broadcast live o…

STORMWALKER: The Gray Man of Pawleys Island | Coastal Hauntings | True Paranormal Stories
16June 30, 2025 6:05pm

STORMWALKER: The Gray Man of Pawleys Island | Coastal Hauntings | True Paranormal Stories

On the windswept dunes of South Carolina’s Pawleys Island, a spectral figure has appeared for over a century – a man in gray who walks the shore just before deadly hurricanes strike. Locals swear by his warnings. Homes spared by the storm. …

Part 2 of 2 RITUAL ON MEON HILL | The Witchcraft Murder of Charles Walton (1945) | Unsolved Mystery, True Crime, Paranormal, Folklore
17June 25, 2025 6:04pm

Part 2 of 2 RITUAL ON MEON HILL | The Witchcraft Murder of Charles Walton (1945) | Unsolved Mystery, True Crime, Paranormal, Folklore

On Valentine’s Day, 1945, the peaceful village of Lower Quinton in Warwickshire was shaken by one of Britain’s most brutal and mysterious murders. Charles Walton, a 74-year-old farm labourer, was found gruesomely slain near Meon Hill—his bo…

Part 1 of 2 RITUAL ON MEON HILL | The Witchcraft Murder of Charles Walton (1945) | Unsolved Mystery, True Crime, Paranormal, Folklore
18June 23, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 RITUAL ON MEON HILL | The Witchcraft Murder of Charles Walton (1945) | Unsolved Mystery, True Crime, Paranormal, Folklore

On Valentine’s Day, 1945, the peaceful village of Lower Quinton in Warwickshire was shaken by one of Britain’s most brutal and mysterious murders. Charles Walton, a 74-year-old farm labourer, was found gruesomely slain near Meon Hill—his bo…

Part 2 of 2 The Villisca Axe Murders | Unsolved Family Slaughter & the Haunting of 508 East 2nd Street
19June 18, 2025 6:05pm

Part 2 of 2 The Villisca Axe Murders | Unsolved Family Slaughter & the Haunting of 508 East 2nd Street

In the quiet town of Villisca, Iowa, 1912, eight people—two adults and six children—were bludgeoned to death in their sleep with an axe. Over a century later, the crime remains unsolved. Who murdered the Moore family and the visiting Stilli…

Part 1 of 2 The Villisca Axe Murders | Unsolved Family Slaughter & the Haunting of 508 East 2nd Street
20June 16, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 The Villisca Axe Murders | Unsolved Family Slaughter & the Haunting of 508 East 2nd Street

In the quiet town of Villisca, Iowa, 1912, eight people—two adults and six children—were bludgeoned to death in their sleep with an axe. Over a century later, the crime remains unsolved. Who murdered the Moore family and the visiting Stilli…

THE MADNESS IN THE MIRROR : The Eriksson Twins & the M6 Motorway Incident | Unsolved Dark Mysteries
21June 11, 2025 6:05pm

THE MADNESS IN THE MIRROR : The Eriksson Twins & the M6 Motorway Incident | Unsolved Dark Mysteries

Two sisters, identical in every way, walk into traffic on one of the UK’s busiest motorways. Cameras capture the horror: one is struck by a lorry, the other hit head-on by a car. Moments later, one of them rises — wild-eyed, screaming of st…

THE BOY WHO WALKED INTO THE DARK : The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson | Unsolved Dark Mysteries
22June 09, 2025 6:05pm

THE BOY WHO WALKED INTO THE DARK : The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson | Unsolved Dark Mysteries

He was supposed to be home by sunrise. Instead, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson called his parents from a gravel ditch, stranded miles from his hometown, promising to wave them down at a nearby bar. For 47 minutes they guided him over the phone…

DELIVER US FROM EVIL : The Gottliebin Dittus Exorcism | Dark Folklore & True Accounts
23June 04, 2025 6:05pm

DELIVER US FROM EVIL : The Gottliebin Dittus Exorcism | Dark Folklore & True Accounts

In a quiet German village in the mid-1800s, a young woman named Gottliebin Dittus began to experience something unholy. It started with whispering in the walls and footsteps in the night—but soon escalated into violent seizures, terrifying …

POSSESSED BY FAITH : The Michael Taylor Exorcism Murder | Real-Life Horror
24June 02, 2025 6:05pmExplicit

POSSESSED BY FAITH : The Michael Taylor Exorcism Murder | Real-Life Horror

Content WarningThis episode contains discussion of graphic violence, mental illness, religious rituals including exorcism, and the murder of a family member. Listener discretion is strongly advised, especially for those sensitive to themes …

THE PROPHECY OF BLACK FRIDAY : The Aberfan Disaster | Chilling True Events
25May 28, 2025 6:05pm

THE PROPHECY OF BLACK FRIDAY : The Aberfan Disaster | Chilling True Events

On October 21, 1966, a coal waste tip collapsed onto the Welsh village of Aberfan, burying a school and killing 144 people — most of them children. But in the days and weeks before the tragedy, strange warnings surfaced: a little girl’s dre…

THE CREATURE OF THE BLACKOUT : Delhi’s Monkey Man Panic | True Scary Stories
26May 26, 2025 6:05pm

THE CREATURE OF THE BLACKOUT : Delhi’s Monkey Man Panic | True Scary Stories

In May 2001, the city of New Delhi was seized by fear. Hundreds of residents reported attacks by a mysterious, simian-like creature with glowing red eyes and metallic claws. It leapt across rooftops, vanished in the darkness, and left scrat…

Part 2 of 2 | THE SATANIST KILLER : The Sean Sellers Case | True Crime Scary Stories
27May 21, 2025 6:05pm

Part 2 of 2 | THE SATANIST KILLER : The Sean Sellers Case | True Crime Scary Stories

In 1986, 16-year-old Sean Sellers shocked the nation when he murdered his parents as they slept—just six months after killing a convenience store clerk in what he claimed was a Satanic ritual. Sellers insisted he was possessed by a demon na…

Part 1 of 2 | THE SATANIST KILLER : The Sean Sellers Case | True Crime Scary Stories
28May 19, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 | THE SATANIST KILLER : The Sean Sellers Case | True Crime Scary Stories

In 1986, 16-year-old Sean Sellers shocked the nation when he murdered his parents as they slept—just six months after killing a convenience store clerk in what he claimed was a Satanic ritual. Sellers insisted he was possessed by a demon na…

Part 2 of 2 | THE STRANGER ON THE LINE : The Gary Sudbrink UFO Calls | True Scary Stories
29May 14, 2025 6:05pm

Part 2 of 2 | THE STRANGER ON THE LINE : The Gary Sudbrink UFO Calls | True Scary Stories

In February 1993, Air Force officer Gary Sudbrink received a series of eerie phone calls at his parents’ home in New York. The voice on the line—mechanical, distorted—seemed to know intimate details about Gary’s life and warned him of hidde…

Part 1 of 2 | THE STRANGER ON THE LINE : The Gary Sudbrink UFO Calls | True Scary Stories
30May 12, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 | THE STRANGER ON THE LINE : The Gary Sudbrink UFO Calls | True Scary Stories

In February 1993, Air Force officer Gary Sudbrink received a series of eerie phone calls at his parents’ home in New York. The voice on the line—mechanical, distorted—seemed to know intimate details about Gary’s life and warned him of hidde…

Part 2 of 2 | THE BLACK COAST VANISHINGS : Piha’s Haunting Mystery | True Scary Stories
31May 07, 2025 6:00pm

Part 2 of 2 | THE BLACK COAST VANISHINGS : Piha’s Haunting Mystery | True Scary Stories

In the shadow of Lion Rock, the seaside village of Piha has become the setting for one of New Zealand’s most unsettling mysteries. Since 1992, six people have vanished without a trace along its black-sand beaches and windswept cliffs — incl…

Part 1 of 2 | THE BLACK COAST VANISHINGS : Piha’s Haunting Mystery | True Scary Stories
32May 05, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 | THE BLACK COAST VANISHINGS : Piha’s Haunting Mystery | True Scary Stories

In the shadow of Lion Rock, the seaside village of Piha has become the setting for one of New Zealand’s most unsettling mysteries. Since 1992, six people have vanished without a trace along its black-sand beaches and windswept cliffs — incl…

A TOWN UNDER WATCH : The Circleville Letters Mystery | True Scary Stories
33April 30, 2025 6:05pm

A TOWN UNDER WATCH : The Circleville Letters Mystery | True Scary Stories

In 1976, the small town of Circleville, Ohio began receiving anonymous letters - threatening, accusing, and frightening in their knowledge of the private lives of the community. Over the next two decades, the mysterious writer exposed secre…

Part 2 of 2 | A CURSE IN PENNSYLVANIA : The Hex Hollow Witch Murder | True Scary Stories
34April 28, 2025 6:05pm

Part 2 of 2 | A CURSE IN PENNSYLVANIA : The Hex Hollow Witch Murder | True Scary Stories

In November 1928, a quiet Pennsylvania farming community was shaken to its core when a respected local man was brutally murdered in his own home—stabbed, beaten, and set on fire. His killers claimed he was a witch, casting spells that had c…

Part 1 of 2 | A CURSE IN PENNSYLVANIA : The Hex Hollow Witch Murder | True Scary Stories
35April 23, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 | A CURSE IN PENNSYLVANIA : The Hex Hollow Witch Murder | True Scary Stories

In November 1928, a quiet Pennsylvania farming community was shaken to its core when a respected local man was brutally murdered in his own home—stabbed, beaten, and set on fire. His killers claimed he was a witch, casting spells that had c…

Part 2 of 2 | A ROAD TO MADNESS : The Tromp Family Disappearance | True Scary Stories
36April 21, 2025 6:05pm

Part 2 of 2 | A ROAD TO MADNESS : The Tromp Family Disappearance | True Scary Stories

In August 2016, an ordinary Australian family of five vanished without warning, abandoning their phones, passports, and sense of reality. What began as a quiet road trip spiralled into a bizarre journey of fear, paranoia, and confusion — a …

Part 1 of 2 | A ROAD TO MADNESS : The Tromp Family Disappearance | True Scary Stories
37April 16, 2025 6:05pm

Part 1 of 2 | A ROAD TO MADNESS : The Tromp Family Disappearance | True Scary Stories

In August 2016, an ordinary Australian family of five vanished without warning, abandoning their phones, passports, and sense of reality. What began as a quiet road trip spiralled into a bizarre journey of fear, paranoia, and confusion — a …

Part 3 | THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT : Mystery in the Mountains
38April 14, 2025 6:05pm

Part 3 | THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT : Mystery in the Mountains

Part 3. In 1959, the icy slopes of Russia’s Ural Mountains became the stage for one of the most chilling cold-case mysteries in modern history when nine experienced hikers vanished in the dead of winter. What rescuers found weeks later—bodi…

Part 2 | THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT : Mystery in the Mountains
39April 09, 2025 6:05pmExplicit

Part 2 | THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT : Mystery in the Mountains

Part 2. In 1959, the icy slopes of Russia’s Ural Mountains became the stage for one of the most chilling cold-case mysteries in modern history when nine experienced hikers vanished in the dead of winter. What rescuers found weeks later—bodi…

Part 1 | THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT : Mystery in the Mountains
40April 07, 2025 6:05pmExplicit

Part 1 | THE DYATLOV PASS INCIDENT : Mystery in the Mountains

In 1959, the icy slopes of Russia’s Ural Mountains became the stage for one of the most chilling cold-case mysteries in modern history when nine experienced hikers vanished in the dead of winter. What rescuers found weeks later—bodies scatt…