Obscurata | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories
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...
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THE HAUNTING OF GREYTHORNE HALL : The Caroline Spencer Case | Demonic Possession & Folklore
In the autumn of 1978, a private nurse named Caroline Spencer arrived at Greythorne Hall, a secluded country manor in southern England, to care for a young woman named Emily Harper. What began as a routine convalescence soon descended into …
THE LOST WOMEN OF CRATERS OF THE MOON : The Disappearance of Jo Elliott-Blakeslee & Amy Linkert | National Park Mysteries
In September 2013, two friends, Dr. Jo Elliott-Blakeslee and Amy Linkert, set out for a short hike in Idaho’s Craters of the Moon National Monument and never returned. Their truck was found locked at the trailhead, their dogs alive inside, …
VANISHED AFTER THE CRASH : The Mystery of ARNOLD ARCHAMBEAU & RUBY BRUGUIER | Unsolved Deaths & True Crime
December 1992, Lake Andes, South Dakota. A Chevy Monte Carlo skids on black ice and flips into a frozen ditch. Inside, 17-year-old Tracy Dion is trapped upside down, while Ruby Bruguier scrambles out into the darkness. Arnold Archambeau, th…
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JUAN PEDRO MARTÍNEZ GÓMEZ | Unsolved Mysteries & True Crime
In June 1986, a tanker truck crashed on Spain’s treacherous Somosierra Pass. Inside the wreckage, rescue crews found the bodies of a husband and wife burned by the spilled acid cargo. But their 10-year-old son, Juan Pedro, who had been trav…
THE WITCH’S FLIGHT : The Affliction of Richard Jones & the Trial of Jane Brooks | Witchcraft & Folklore
In 1657, young Richard Jones of Shepton Mallet fell victim to bizarre fits after meeting an elderly woman. Accused of witchcraft, Jane Brooks was tried and executed, leaving behind one of Somerset’s most infamous witchcraft cases.SURVEYObsc…
THE VANISHING OF OWEN PARFITT : Somerset’s Unsolved Disappearance | True Crime & Paranormal Mysteries
In 1768, Owen Parfitt, a paralyzed man in Shepton Mallet, vanished from his chair outside his sister’s cottage without a trace. Was it abduction, escape, or something supernatural? His disappearance remains one of England’s strangest unsolv…
THE ATLAS VAMPIRE : Stockholm’s Bloodletting Mystery | True Crime Mysteries
In May 1932, police forced open the door to a small apartment in Stockholm’s Atlas district. Inside lay the body of 32-year-old Lilly Lindeström, a sex worker last seen on Walpurgis Night. She had been bludgeoned to death during a sexual en…
VANISHED IN SMOKE : The Sodder Children Mystery | True Crime Stories
On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, went up in flames. George and Jennie Sodder escaped with four of their children, but five more were trapped inside. By morning, the house was reduced to ash — yet…
THE HUNGARIAN SUICIDE SONG : Gloomy Sunday | Urban Legends, Cursed Music, True Crime Folklore
In the 1930s, reports began to circulate across Europe of a song so mournful it was said to drive listeners to suicide. From Budapest to London, victims were found with sheet music in their hands, gramophones still spinning the tune, or not…
MONSTER OF THE DRUMS : The Vampire of Cinkota | True Crime, Serial Killers, Hungary
In 1916, on the outskirts of Budapest, authorities uncovered a suburban nightmare. Dozens of metal barrels buried around a quiet home contained the pickled corpses of women – victims of Béla Kiss, a tinsmith who charmed, defrauded, and murd…
Part 2 of 2 BLOOD IN THE OLIVE GROVES : The Monster of Florence | True Scary Conspiracy Stories
A lover’s lane under a moonless Tuscan sky. Two bodies, a ritual signature, and a .22 that ties eight double homicides across nearly two decades. This episode unravels the crimes, the botched manhunts, and the spiraling occult theories that…
Part 1 of 2 BLOOD IN THE OLIVE GROVES : The Monster of Florence | True Scary Conspiracy Stories
A lover’s lane under a moonless Tuscan sky. Two bodies, a ritual signature, and a .22 that ties eight double homicides across nearly two decades. This episode unravels the crimes, the botched manhunts, and the spiraling occult theories that…
VOICES BENEATH THE ICE : The Well to Hell Legend | Paranormal, Urban Legends, Coast to Coast AM
On a late-night broadcast of Coast to Coast AM, Art Bell introduced a chilling tape. What spilled from the speakers was a nightmarish roar of countless human screams – the infamous “Sounds from Hell.” The recording, Bell explained, was said…
MEL'S PIT : The Bottomless Mystery | Paranormal, Urban Legends, Coast to Coast AM
In February 1997, a man named Mel Waters phoned into Coast to Coast AM with a story so strange it would become one of the program’s most infamous legends. On his rural property near Ellensburg, Washington, Mel claimed there was a mysterious…
Part 2 of 2 | Ghosts in the Attic: The Hinterkaifeck Murders – Germany’s Most Chilling Unsolved Crime | True Crime
In 1922, a remote Bavarian farmstead became the scene of one of Germany’s most gruesome and enduring mysteries. The Hinterkaifeck murders claimed the lives of six family members and a maid, slaughtered with a mattock by an unknown assailant…
Part 1 of 2 | Ghosts in the Attic: The Hinterkaifeck Murders – Germany’s Most Chilling Unsolved Crime | True Crime
In 1922, a remote Bavarian farmstead became the scene of one of Germany’s most gruesome and enduring mysteries. The Hinterkaifeck murders claimed the lives of six family members and a maid, slaughtered with a mattock by an unknown assailant…
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …