True Horror Stories

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  The Silent Key: Who Entered Gelang Baru That Quiet Morning? 09.07.2026 22mnt

  The Silent Key: Who Entered Gelang Baru That Quiet Morning?The silence in a crowded housing block became the only witness: four children dead in a one-room flat, no forced entry, a missing machete and a single drop of blood in the sink. The family had lost their house keys a month earlier and never changed the locks - who used that key, and why did no one hear anything on that January morning?In this episode, we tell the events of January 6, 1979, at Block 58, Gelang Baru, describing the timeline, the scene found by the parents, and the small details that still trouble investigators and neighbors. How does a densely populated building yield no sound, no witness, and a case that remains unsolved?Date: January 6, 1979Location: Block 58, Gelang Baru, SingaporeFamily: Tan Keng Chai and Lee Maying with four childrenChildren ages: 10, 8, 6, and 5Weapon: Family chopper (machete), missing- Parents left the one-room flat at approximately 6:35 a.m. on a Saturday and locked the door behind them.- At 7:10 a.m. Lee Maying called home from the road; no one answered the phone.- The eldest child, Tan Kok Ping, was ten years old; the youngest, Tan Chini (Tani), was five.- When the parents returned after 10:00 a.m., all four children were found dead and arranged in the toilet.- Forensic notes recorded a single drop of blood in the kitchen sink and no signs of forced entry.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Night the Hunter Stalked the City: Hunting Cops, 1995 09.07.2026 23mnt

  The Night the Hunter Stalked the City: Hunting Cops, 1995A cab ride lasted under ten minutes; five months later two officers and a federal agent were dead. The shooter walked away from a January 17, 1995 ambush two blocks from the White House, left a discarded ski mask with hair, and would eventually be linked to a pattern of targeted attacks - so why did Ralph McLean decide to hunt police?In this episode, we tell the chronological story of the attacks in Washington, D.C., the small physical clues that connected scenes across jurisdictions, and the investigative threads that followed from a taxicab to an apartment. What did a few strands of hair and a revolver traded from scene to scene reveal about the method and motive behind the killings?Person: Ralph McLeanDate: January 17, 1995Location: Washington, D.C.Case: Attacks on police officers (1995)Agent: Special Agent Jay Abbott- Officer Eric Hayes was struck by four bullets (chest, legs, abdomen) on January 17, 1995 and survived after surgeons removed all rounds.- Seven days earlier Officer Vance Warren suffered two grazes to the back of his neck from a .32 caliber weapon and also survived.- Investigators recovered six spent casings at a scene where the shooter had dropped a revolver while fleeing.- A black ski mask discarded in an alley less than a quarter mile from the Hayes shooting contained a cluster of short dark hairs used by the FBI hair and fiber unit.- McLean's apartment later contained a second black ski mask, .32 caliber ammunition, and nine-millimeter cartridges matching the rounds that killed Officer John Novabilski.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  He Lived on Their Street: The Ipswich Strangler's Quiet Path to Kill 09.07.2026 21mnt

  He Lived on Their Street: The Ipswich Strangler's Quiet Path to KillThe chill: five women vanished from Ipswich in less than six weeks and their bodies surfaced in fields and waterways while the man suspected of killing them lived on the same street where every victim worked. He drove a blue Ford Mondeo, had a DNA sample in the national database from a 2002 theft conviction, and witnesses later placed some victims getting into a dark-colored car - so how did he stay invisible for so long?In this episode, we follow the timeline of December 2006 and the surrounding months to show who the victims were, where their bodies were found, and how investigators narrowed a case that terrified a city. What links a flat on London Road, CCTV of a dark car, and a DNA hit from a petty crime?Person: Steve WrightLocation: London Road, IpswichDate: December 2006Case: five women disappeared in 43 daysVehicle: blue Ford Mondeo- Approximately 70 women worked on London Road on any given night in autumn 2006.- Gemma Adams, age 25, was found in a shallow stream near Hintlesham after being missing since November 15.- Tanya Nicol, age 19, was captured on supermarket CCTV climbing into a dark-colored car in October.- Annalise Alderton, age 24 and three months pregnant, was found strangled in dry woodland near Nacton with both arms extended outward.- Over 2,000 drivers were interviewed and Commander David Johnson from Scotland Yard was sent after the second body was discovered.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  He Was Shot Inside a Bulletproof Van-No One Heard a Thing 09.07.2026 22mnt

  He Was Shot Inside a Bulletproof Van-No One Heard a ThingA silenced rifle, an eight-inch-open door, and a crowded mall where no one noticed a dying driver: John McGosh was shot through the left side of the head inside a fully bulletproof Wells Fargo van while shoppers and security kept moving. How did three former law-enforcement men steal nearly $920,000 and move a wounded courier in under four minutes without a sound or a trace?In this episode, we lay out the timeline from the November 28, 1994 parking lot pickup to the discovery of the idling van in a Sun City church lot, following how investigators pieced together surveillance, witness gaps, and the suspects' law-enforcement backgrounds to answer the central question: who planned a crime designed to leave no scene?Date: November 28, 1994Location: Arrowhead Mall parking lot, Glendale, ArizonaPerson: John McGosh, 61Amount: $920,000 approximate total transferredTime gap: Approximately 4 minutes between partner stepping away and van missing- The Wells Fargo armored van arrived at 1:30 p.m. on the busiest pickup day of the year.- McGosh left the van door cracked about eight inches to smoke, a habit observed by colleagues.- Ring fired one shot from roughly 50 feet with a suppressed small-caliber rifle; no one in the parking lot reported hearing it.- $920,000 in cash and checks were moved from the armored van into Ring’s truck; $132,000 in coin rolls remained.- Parishioners found the van idling with rear doors open at a Sun City church parking lot minutes later.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Aimed Through the Fence: The Night Port Hills Became a Crime Scene 09.07.2026 22mnt

  Aimed Through the Fence: The Night Port Hills Became a Crime SceneA shirtless, shoeless man stumbles onto a dark Port Hills road claiming "an accident" while a car lies more than 100 meters below - but the fence was cut at a perfect right angle, as if the vehicle had been aimed. How did a supposedly parked Honda Prelude end up breaching the fence perpendicularly, and who was responsible for what happened in the ninety minutes before the wreck was found?In this episode, we follow the timeline from the Lamar Track car park through the first on-scene sightings to the forensic work that upended the initial accident theory, asking whether the crash was truly accidental or something else.Person: Shiping YuPerson: Kai GeeLocation: Port Hills, above ChristchurchEvent: Operation LamarVehicle: 1985 Honda Prelude resprayed white- The car was more than 100 meters below the road, crumpled against the hillside.- The fence was breached at a perfect right angle to the road, not a grazing or diagonal exit.- Shiping Yu was a 22-year-old Chinese international student and registered owner of the car.- Kai Gee was a 23-year-old Chinese international student and Shiping's ex-boyfriend who picked her up that night.- Forensic reconstruction found trace evidence of a low-speed rear impact around 30 km/h and a single strand of hair caught in the grille.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  He Lived as a Dead Child: The Man Who Erased Himself 09.07.2026 22mnt

  He Lived as a Dead Child: The Man Who Erased HimselfThe corpse in the apartment matched a prepaid funeral card; every official document named Michael DeBusschere - a man who, according to records, had been a four-year-old killed in 1973. How do you explain a grown man who borrowed the identity of a dead child, scheduled his own burial a week before a natural death, and left instructions to contact no next of kin?In this episode, we follow the discovery that ordinary paperwork masked a twelve-year unraveling: a coworker told, a detective called, a private investigator traced forgeries, and a librarian could find no record of the name on a diploma. Who was the person everyone knew as Mike, and why did he construct a life that could not be traced back to anyone?Person: Michael DeBusschereDate found: April 10, 2002Cause of death: Cardiac event (natural causes)Investigator: Dave Perry, former Toronto homicide detectiveSchool checked: Goderich Collegiate Institute- The body was discovered in advanced decomposition and fingerprints could not be recovered.- A funeral home card with a prepaid arrangement was found in the man's wallet; he had booked his own burial one week before he died.- All documents in the apartment (health card, driver's license, social insurance number) bore the name Michael DeBusschere but were false.- A birth certificate and a death certificate were found showing a four-year-old Michael DeBusschere killed in a traffic accident in Port Hardy in 1973.- Dylan had known "Mike" for two years at a Toronto startup and became the only person contacted because no next of kin was listed.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  She Won the Lottery - He Left Her in a Burning Truck 09.07.2026 23mnt

  She Won the Lottery - He Left Her in a Burning TruckA truck set ablaze in a Van Nuys hospital parking lot hid a quieter, more brutal crime: a woman crushed to death before the flames, her lungs free of smoke, and a silhouette with long blond hair seen running away. How did a single earring, a lottery win, and a man who kept using his real name become the only threads linking four women killed across five states?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the night Sandra Gallagher won a $1,200 scratch-off to the discovery of her body the next morning and the unusual trail investigators followed, asking how someone could move through five states and leave so little hidden.Person: Sandra GallagherDate: September 29, 1995Location: Van Nuys, CaliforniaPerson: Glenn RogersAmount: $1,200- Sandra Gallagher won a $1,200 lottery scratch-off at McRad's bar on the night of September 28, 1995.- Her body was found inside her own truck in a hospital parking lot the morning of September 29, 1995.- The medical examiner determined her windpipe had been manually crushed and her lungs had no soot.- A nurse reported seeing a long-blond-haired figure running from the burning truck but did not see a face.- Glenn Rogers was 33 years old in fall 1995 and killed four women across five states in less than seven weeks while checking into motels under his real name.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  He Asked "Are You Nick?" - The Chippendales Hitman Secret 09.07.2026 21mnt

  He Asked "Are You Nick?" - The Chippendales Hitman SecretA quiet midtown office, a single gunshot, and a killer who only asked four words: "Are you Nick?" The man who answered yes was already dead, and that question haunted investigators for six years-so who pointed the killer to his target?In this episode, we follow the timeline from April 7, 1987 through the cold years that followed, tracing Nick DeNoia's split life as an Emmy-winning children's TV producer and the touring force behind Chippendales, and we ask how a business dispute grew into a murder-for-hire that left a tidy scene and a long shadow.Person: Nick DeNoiaDate: April 7, 1987Location: 40 West 40th Street, 15th floor, Midtown ManhattanWeapon: 9mm semi-automatic (one shell casing recovered)Suspected Fixer: Ray Colon- Nick DeNoia was shot once at close range at his desk on April 7, 1987 at approximately 3:30 PM.- The killer asked "Are you Nick?" before killing the person who answered, indicating he had never met his target.- A single 9mm shell casing was recovered on the office floor; the killer used the stairwell to exit.- Ray Colon had carried out at least two arson attempts for Steve Banerjee in 1979 and circa 1984 before the 1987 murder.- The composite sketch circulated by NYPD Detective Michael Gettys after the crime was never identified by anyone in the building.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Night the Ripper Sat Calmly: How Silence Shielded a Killer 09.07.2026 21mnt

  The Night the Ripper Sat Calmly: How Silence Shielded a KillerA routine license plate check on Melbourne Avenue turned into the arrest of a man who had been questioned nine times over five years without charge. The killer, Peter Sutcliffe, was driving with the engine running on January 2, 1981 - calm, compliant, and carrying the secrets of thirteen murders across West Yorkshire. How did ordinary silences and investigative blind spots let a serial killer live a domestic life for half a decade?In this episode, we trace the moments and decisions that allowed Sutcliffe to continue killing between 1975 and 1980 while police and the public overlooked key evidence and assumptions. We follow the crimes from the first attack on October 30, 1975 through the escalation after Jayne MacDonald’s death, and ask how a pattern so precise could be missed until a traffic stop changed everything.Person: Peter SutcliffeDate arrested: January 2, 1981Period of murders: 1975-1980Number of victims attributed: 13First known victim: Wilma McCann, October 30, 1975- The car was stopped for a license plate violation on Melbourne Avenue with the engine running.- Peter Sutcliffe had been interviewed by police nine separate times over five years before the arrest.- Wilma McCann was killed October 30, 1975; she was struck with a hammer and stabbed fifteen times.- Emily Jackson was killed three months later and stabbed fifty-two times with a screwdriver; a size seven Wellington boot print was left on her thigh.- Jayne MacDonald, aged sixteen, was killed in June 1977 while walking home from a fairground, triggering a major shift in public and newspaper response.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  They Called It Liberation - Then Two Officers Were Executed 09.07.2026 20mnt

  They Called It Liberation - Then Two Officers Were ExecutedA Brinks guard was shot in the throat at 3:40 p.m., a million-six-hundred-thousand dollars was stolen in under two minutes, and within two hours two police officers were executed at a highway roadblock four miles away - but the shooters were political radicals who called the robbery "liberation." What decision at the roadblock turned a near-escape into a lethal ambush?In this episode, we tell the story of October 20, 1981 in Rockland County, New York, following the Brinks armored truck robbery, the fleeing moving truck, and the roadblock that ended in murder. How did a cell drawn from the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army coordinate such a fast, deadly operation, and what choice at the checkpoint changed everything?Person: Peter PaigeDate: October 20, 1981Location: Rockland County, New YorkGroup: The Family (members from Weather Underground and Black Liberation Army)Amount: $1,600,000- The Brinks guard Peter Paige was shot in the throat at 3:40 p.m. on a Tuesday and died before the ambulance arrived.- The attackers loaded $1,600,000 into bags and moved the transfer in under two minutes.- The moving truck left the parking lot and drove toward Interstate 87 with two white passengers in the cab as planned decoys.- Detective Arthur Keenan set up the roadblock at Mountain View Road and Interstate 87 less than four minutes after the moving truck sat in traffic.- Sergeant Edward O'Grady told Officer Lennon to put his shotgun back in the patrol car before the moving truck's rear door exploded outward.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The House That Smelled of Bleach-and Held Two Missing Girls 09.07.2026 21mnt

  The House That Smelled of Bleach-and Held Two Missing GirlsThe moment the nation watched him plead for their safe return, the bodies were already sixteen kilometres away in a ditch. This episode names the house at 5 College Close, the bleach scent that greeted investigators, and the chilling fact that one man who led the search was the last to see Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman alive - so how did every warning go unread?In this episode, we lay out the timeline from the girls leaving a barbecue on 4 August 2002 to the discovery that their bodies had been concealed while the search continued, asking how a caretaker with prior allegations could evade scrutiny and what the forensic trail of fibres, hairs and bleach reveals about that night.Person: Ian HuntleyPerson: Maxine CarrPeople: Holly Wells; Jessica ChapmanDate: 4 August 2002Location: 5 College Close, Soham- Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were ten years old when they disappeared on 4 August 2002.- The girls had been missing for thirteen days before their bodies were found in a ditch sixteen kilometres away.- Investigators recorded 154 fibre transfers and five hairs linking evidence to the house at 5 College Close.- Police noted a strong citrus bleach smell in the house the morning after the girls vanished.- Ian Huntley was 28 years old in the summer of 2002 and had lived at 5 College Close since 2001.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  He Dismembered a Man, Buried the Gun, Then Vanished Without Trace 09.07.2026 22mnt

  He Dismembered a Man, Buried the Gun, Then Vanished Without TraceA fisherman found a sealed plastic bag in Burns Cut River containing a human leg; within hours the river yielded two arms, a torso wrapped in a bedsheet, a head and clothing-each piece separately bagged. Who would methodically dismember a forty-year-old man in his own bathtub, remove every trace from the house, bury a modified rifle and a shot dog behind a trailer, and then disappear?In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries from the river to a quiet South Stockton house, the forensic clues in the bathtub drain and on the floors, and how a burglary report two years earlier pointed investigators to the Horning brothers. Could the hunting habits and a buried twenty-two caliber rifle tie the missing brothers to the dismemberment and murder of Sam Lee McCullough?Person: Sam Lee McCulloughAge: 40Location: 5200 East Mariposa Road, South StocktonDate: September 20, 1990Possible weapon: Modified .22 caliber Western Field rifle- A fisherman pulled a black plastic bag from Burns Cut River on the morning of September 20, 1990 containing a human leg.- Investigators recovered nine separately sealed bags from the river including two arms with wrists bound by adhesive tape, a torso in a white bedsheet, a head, and clothing.- Forensic tests found bone collagen, blood, tissue, and hair from Sam McCullough in the bathtub drain at his home.- Missing from McCullough's house were a white Jeep Cherokee, two shotguns, a revolver, and a nine-millimeter pistol.- Behind the Horning brothers' trailer, police found a severed .22 caliber Western Field rifle and a buried dog with a bullet in its skull matching fragments from McCullough's body.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  She Smelled Bleach Before Seeing the Hand: Cargle Street Murder 09.07.2026 16mnt

  She Smelled Bleach Before Seeing the Hand: Cargle Street MurderA woman stepped into a suburban Papakura house and smelled bleach before she saw a body: thick chemical bleach, a hand grey and still, and a boot inside the toilet bowl. Who cleaned, who carried the bleach in, and why did one person’s footprints circle the house instead of fleeing?In this episode, we follow the factual timeline from a missed school pickup to the moment Lisa found Leanne Kingston in her bathroom, laying out the physical evidence, movements logged by receipts and witnesses, and the unresolved pattern investigators grappled with: did the killer stay and stage the scene, or was something else at work?Person: Leanne KingstonAge: 33Location: Cargle Street, Papakura, AucklandSuspect: Carrie ThurgoodEvidence: receipt for Janola bleach purchased at 11:10 the morning of the murder- Leanne Kingston was a 33-year-old mother of four and one of a set of triplets.- A neighbour saw a man identified later as Carrie Thurgood carrying a black rubbish bag toward the house between 1:00 and 1:45 pm.- Thurgood bought a bottle of Janola bleach at 11:10 am at a supermarket opposite his workplace, a purchase logged on a receipt.- Investigators found seven dents punched through three layers of paint in the bathroom wall and a boot inside the toilet bowl.- Luminol revealed blood footprints showing a single person repeatedly moving through the kitchen, adjacent bathroom, hallway, and front room curtains.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Trusted Friend Who Turned a Child into Luggage 09.07.2026 22mnt

  The Trusted Friend Who Turned a Child into LuggageA child's body was found wrapped in sacking in left-luggage depot parcel 1274 after eight days, and the man who checked it in sat with her parents that same evening as they filed the missing-persons report. This episode recounts how a neighbor they trusted, who had a hidden violent past and a previous theft, vanished Marta Airbuilding and turned a family's openness into a weapon-how did he keep the façade long enough to be present at every moment of the search?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from Marta's disappearance to the discovery of parcel 1274 and the police response, following who was present, what was reported, and the evidence that tied a trusted friend to the body-what unanswered detail finally exposed him?Date: January 31, 1907Location: ParisPerson: Marta Airbuilding, age 11Person: Albert Solon, age 26Item: Left-luggage tag number 1274- Marta was last seen at 2:30 p.m. when neighbor Madame Lech watched Solon let a girl into 133 Rue de Sharon and close the door.- At 5:10 p.m. the same day, a man using the name "Paris" checked a bundle weighing 31.5 kilos at the left-luggage counter, tag 1274.- The bundle had been unclaimed in the left-luggage depot for eight days before a railway worker opened it on the morning of February 8, 1907.- The body found inside was an eleven-year-old girl wrapped in sacking with her head covered by a coat; she had been missing exactly eight days.- Solon appeared that night at the Airbuilding home, wept with the family, and accompanied Nicolás and Mary to the Saint-Antoine commissariat to file the missing-persons report.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Joke That Hid Twelve Bodies: Cromwell Street's Secret 09.07.2026 23mnt

  The Joke That Hid Twelve Bodies: Cromwell Street's SecretA family's throwaway joke-"Two down, three to the left in the patio"-turned out to be literal directions to bodies buried beneath a suburban garden. Police digging at 25 Cromwell Street in February 1994 expected one missing person and found twelve, including an eight-year-old; how could a repeated joke hide such a secret for decades?In this episode, we tell what was discovered at 25 Cromwell Street, how the West household functioned, and the chain of events that finally led police to excavate the garden and house. How did ordinary domestic life conceal murders from 1967 through the 1990s, and what triggered the investigation that ended it?Person: Fred WestLocation: 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, EnglandDate: February 1994 (garden excavation)Case: Twelve bodies recoveredVictim ages: youngest eight years old, some remains dating back to 1967- Police began digging at the garden of 25 Cromwell Street in February 1994.- Twelve bodies were found, nine buried beneath the house itself.- The youngest identified victim was eight years old.- The oldest remains recovered dated back to 1967.- The excavation followed a 1992 report in which a child mentioned Heather being buried under the patio.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Body in the Alley: Derringer, Fire, and a Million-Dollar Betrayal 09.07.2026 21mnt

  The Body in the Alley: Derringer, Fire, and a Million-Dollar BetrayalA charred body wrapped in melting plastic was set ablaze at 3:00 a.m. on June 24, 1990 - but powder burns on the skull and three small-caliber slugs in the brain showed the victim was shot point-blank before the fire. The run involved a hidden compartment carrying roughly thirty kilos of cocaine worth over one million dollars; who decided the cargo was worth a man’s life?In this episode, I tell the events from the discovery of the burned body to the threads that tied a regional supplier, an enforcer, and a tiny derringer together, and ask how evidence that sat in an evidence locker still failed to stop the cover-up.Person: Duon WalkerAge: 26Date: June 24, 1990Location: Saint Paul alleyWeapon: .22-caliber derringer with one-inch barrel- The body was discovered burning just before 3:00 a.m. on June 24, 1990.- Medical examiner found three small-caliber slugs in the brain and powder burns on the skull.- The pickup truck run carried approximately thirty kilos of cocaine with street value exceeding one million dollars.- The derringer was recovered from Jeffrey Barnes's shoe at the airport the day after the fire.- The derringer’s one-inch barrel produced inconclusive ballistics when tested, so it could not be confirmed as the murder weapon.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Fifty Yards from Home: The Van, the Photo, and Milly's Disappearance 09.07.2026 20mnt

  Fifty Yards from Home: The Van, the Photo, and Milly's DisappearanceA thirteen-year-old girl stepped off a train and vanished fifty yards from a front door on the street where she lived; the man behind that door denied being there, but a hidden photograph and a pattern of attacks would later prove otherwise. How did a photograph kept by an ex-partner and a repeated use of a white van connect a single disappearance to a wider killing spree?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events surrounding Milly Dowler's disappearance and how investigators linked her case to other violent attacks through location, vehicles, and a photograph that contradicted a suspect's denials. What changed for the investigation when Bellfield's proximity, the white Toyota Previa, and Jo Collins's photo came into focus?Person: Milly DowlerDate: March 21, 2002Person: Levi BellfieldLocation: Station Avenue, Walton-on-ThamesVehicle: White Toyota Previa- Milly Dowler was thirteen years old, five foot three, when she disappeared on March 21, 2002.- The last confirmed sighting placed her fifty yards from Levi Bellfield’s front door on Station Avenue.- Levi Bellfield was born on May 17, 1968, in Isleworth, West London, and had his first arrest at age thirteen.- Jo Collins kept a photograph showing Bellfield and herself at Yateley Heath Wood, where Milly’s remains were found six months after the disappearance.- Kate Sheedy was struck and run over by a white Toyota Previa that later matched a vehicle linked to Bellfield in a May 2004 kidnapping record.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  The Boy in the Cassette: Harlem's Ransom That Destroyed a Family 09.07.2026 22mnt

  The Boy in the Cassette: Harlem's Ransom That Destroyed a FamilyThe city gave a twelve-year-old boy thirty minutes to be the proof his family needed - and a family decision that could not save him turned that proof into a sentence. A coffee can hidden behind a restaurant trash can contained two gold rings and a cassette tape of Donell Porter pleading for help; the ransom demand was $500,000 and the caller ordered: tell no one. How did a single choice between silence and police become the hinge that destroyed a family?In this episode, we follow the timeline from Donell Porter walking out of his Harlem apartment on December 5, 1989 to the ransom call that night, the discovery in the restaurant bathroom, and the impossible position his brother Richard faced because of his role in the neighborhood. Could any route available to the family have changed what happened to Donell?Person: Donell PorterDate: December 5, 1989Location: Harlem, One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Street and BroadwayDemand: $500,000Related person: Richard Porter- Donell Porter was twelve years old when he left his apartment and did not arrive at school on December 5, 1989.- The family received a ransom call at nine o'clock that night instructing them to gather $500,000 and tell no one.- A coffee can was found behind a trash can in the bathroom of a restaurant on One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Street and Broadway that same night.- Inside the coffee can were two gold rings, a cassette tape, and another item that confirmed the family's worst fear.- The two gold rings had been a gift from Richard Porter to his brother Donell.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  He Pointed to the Sealed Door: The Warehouse That Shouldn't Know 09.07.2026 19mnt

  He Pointed to the Sealed Door: The Warehouse That Shouldn't KnowA retired British detective-turned-medium walked into a Buffalo warehouse and described a burned shoe and a sealed back door he had no way of knowing about; the police later confirmed both details. How did a man with thirty years of police training name the exact signs of a crime scene that scent dogs and prior searches missed?In this episode, we follow the case of a missing man from 1998 and the retired detective who came from England to Buffalo, New York, to help. Hear what was said inside the warehouse, what detectives later verified, and why one sealed entrance changes everything.Person: Thomas MixonDate: 1998Location: Buffalo, New YorkPerson: Keith CharlesPerson: Detective Jim Giardina- The missing man, Thomas "T.J." Mixon, disappeared in 1998 at age 26.- Keith Charles spent 30 years as a detective constable in England before becoming a professional medium.- Keith performed up to 40 dates a year and once filled a venue earning more than £2,500 at the door.- Scent dogs had been sent through the warehouse twice and found nothing before Keith’s involvement.- Detectives recovered a partial athletic shoe from a fire pit six months after Keith’s first visit, matching what he had described.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].
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  Fingerprint in Blood, Missing Tape: Who Moved Paula Pulton's Body? 09.07.2026 19mnt

  Fingerprint in Blood, Missing Tape: Who Moved Paula Pulton's Body?A partial fingerprint in blood was found on a Tesco carrier bag under Paula Pulton's body - and it did not match the man convicted of her murder. Samples from that bag are stored in a freezer whose current location is unknown, and adhesive tape lifted from Paula's body that could have held DNA was destroyed without analysis; who handled that evidence, and why was it never tested?In this episode, we lay out the sequence of facts recorded by police, pathologists and forensic analysts: Paula's disappearance, the condition and position of her wounds, the blood patterns in her car, the missing items, and the untested and missing evidence that the trial acknowledged but did not resolve. Can the physical evidence that contradicts the prosecution's story tell us what really happened on the seventeenth of October?Person: Paula PultonAge: 40Date: Friday the seventeenth of OctoberLocation: black Peugeot 206 on Duncan RoadConvicted person: Roger Kernney- Paula's body was found inside the boot of her black Peugeot 206 eleven days after she disappeared.- She had seven stab wounds to the torso; the fatal wound pierced her left lung and severed the pulmonary artery.- Forensic analysis concluded the wounds were consistent with Paula standing outside the vehicle when attacked.- A partial fingerprint in blood was found on a Tesco carrier bag under her body and did not belong to Roger Kernney.- Adhesive tape samples lifted from behind her knees and beneath her coat were destroyed without being analyzed for DNA.To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].