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  She Shot Her Children - Then Tenderly Adjusted Their Faces 09.07.2026 21min

  She Shot Her Children - Then Tenderly Adjusted Their FacesThe quiet of a Tampa house was shattered on January 28, 2011, when a patrol officer found two teenagers killed by their mother after a purchase at a gun shop and a three-day waiting period; investigators were haunted most by one small, intimate act performed after the shots. How did a woman described as calm in public, with decades of mental-health treatment and recent plans she labeled "the massacre," move from normal errands to familicide?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events leading up to and immediately after the killings, laying out the diagnoses, the purchases, the timeline, and the detail that lingered with investigators: why she adjusted her daughter's face after killing her. What does the notebook, the gun-shop visit, and the three-day wait reveal about motive and opportunity?Person: Julie SchneckerDate: January 27-28, 2011Location: Tampa, FloridaVictims: Calix Schnecker (born September 12, 1994) and Powers "Bo" Schnecker (born September 28, 1997)Weapon: Smith & Wesson .38 caliber revolver with hollow-point rounds- Julie Schnecker was 49 years old at the time of the killings.- Calix Schnecker was 16 and enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program at King High School.- Powers "Bo" Schnecker was 13 and played goalkeeper on his soccer team.- Julie bought the revolver and ammunition from a gun shop 40 miles from home and was subject to Florida's 3-day waiting period.- Julie had been hospitalized for nine months at the National Institutes of Health in 2001 and had diagnoses including bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  He Killed His Twin Daughters - The Quiet Man Who Walked Outside 09.07.2026 23min

  He Killed His Twin Daughters - The Quiet Man Who Walked OutsideCalm and measured, a father called 911 on a Friday and reported his five‑year‑old twin daughters were dead, then said he planned to kill himself next. The family had no police record, the house no history of violence, and the father was a 45‑year‑old senior vice president; what broke that ordinary life, and why did he tell investigators he heard voices commanding the killings?In this episode, you’ll hear the sequence of events from the morning the twins stayed home sick through the police arrival and confession, and learn about the medical, familial, and work pressures that framed the day. What combination of illness, medication changes, and inner voices led to the deaths of Tesara and Samantha?Person: David CrespiDate: January 20, 2006Location: Charlotte, North CarolinaAge: 45Victims: Tesara and Samantha, age 5- David called 911 on a Friday afternoon and spoke in a calm, unshaken voice.- Both twin daughters were stabbed multiple times and declared dead at the scene.- David was a 45‑year‑old senior vice president, husband of twelve years, and father of five.- Twins Tesara and Samantha were born October 16, 2000, in Sacramento, California.- David had a testicular cancer diagnosis in October 2003 with treatment through the end of that year.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  Locked in the Basement: The Boy 30 Feet Beneath Detroit 09.07.2026 23min

  Locked in the Basement: The Boy 30 Feet Beneath DetroitA chill of controlled dread: a fourteen-year-old vanished from his own Detroit home on June 14, 2014, and was found eleven days later in the house’s basement after cadaver dogs had already searched the property. The family portrait taken while investigators were cataloguing evidence deliberately omitted him - so how could a boy be invisible to those who were supposed to protect him?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the day Charlie Boutel moved in with his father through the days he spent hidden beneath the building, and we lay out the medical and official records that existed before and after June 14. Was Charlie’s disappearance a failure of systems, a deliberate choice by people in the house, or something else entirely?Person: Charlie Boutel VDate: June 14, 2014 (disappearance) and June 25, 2014 (found)Location: Detroit, MichiganAge: 14 years oldCase: Charlie was locked in the basement for 11 days- Charlie attempted suicide in May 2014 by cutting his wrist at age 14.- Within one month of moving in with his father at age 12, Charlie was withdrawn from school and enrolled in home education.- The training regimen included 100 push-ups, 200 sit-ups, 100 jumping jacks, 25 single-arm push-ups with a 25-pound weight, and thousands of elliptical revolutions twice daily.- Monique photographed an elliptical display showing 3,000 revolutions after ordering Charlie to complete 4,000 revolutions the night he was locked in the basement.- A semicircular scar consistent with repeated impact from a PVC pipe was documented by medical personnel; the pipe was recovered from the house.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  Smell on Page Avenue: How Three Women Vanished Near Home 09.07.2026 21min

  Smell on Page Avenue: How Three Women Vanished Near HomeThe stench that drew a neighbor to a garage on Page Avenue turned out not to be garbage or an animal but something that would lead police to three wrapped bodies within 24 hours. All three women were found within 180 meters of the garage, each in layers of garbage bags and positioned in a fetal shape-how did warnings and paperwork fail to stop this?In this episode, we follow the timeline from the July 19, 2013 call about the smell to the discovery of three victims and the arrest that followed, tracing the connections between the victims, the rented garage, and the man who ran to his mother’s house when police arrived. What gaps in warnings and local visibility allowed these disappearances to go unanswered?Person: Michael MadisonDate: July 19, 2013Location: Page Avenue, East Cleveland, OhioVictims: Angela Deskins (38), Shetisha Sheeley (28), Shelda Helen Terry (18)Distance: less than 200 meters between first and last body- Neighbor called police after noticing a persistent heavy smell coming from a garage on Page Avenue on July 19, 2013.- Michael Madison was arrested the afternoon police found the first body and ran to his mother Diane "Dayan" Madison's house before surrendering after about one hour.- Angela Deskins was reported missing on June 7, 2013 and was found wrapped in multiple layers of garbage bags.- Shetisha Sheeley had been missing since September 2012 and was battling cancer when she disappeared.- Shelda Helen Terry was last seen leaving a local elementary school on July 10, 2013 and was found positioned in a fetal shape in multiple garbage bags.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  He Drank the Bitter Coffee for Weeks - Wife Behind the Camera? 09.07.2026 22min

  He Drank the Bitter Coffee for Weeks - Wife Behind the Camera?The smell and sight of the coffee were normal, but the taste was like a swimming pool for three weeks while he kept drinking it in silence; surveillance later showed a woman approaching the coffee maker with a small container, and pool test strips turned violet when dipped into his mug. How did ordinary morning routines hide something that would lead to an attempted homicide indictment?In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the first strange sip to the high-definition footage that became central evidence, looking at the moves Roby made to document the problem and the questions investigators still face about what had been happening inside the house before cameras were installed.Person: Roby JohnsonPerson: Melody Feliciano JohnsonDate: July 2023Event: Grand jury indictment in August 2023 on attempted murder and additional countsLocation: United States (family relocated from Germany in 2023)- Roby reported the altered taste in his coffee for approximately three weeks without telling anyone.- Roby served more than 29 active years in the U.S. Air Force and led 220 personnel across five specialties.- Melody was born around 1984 and was the oldest of eight children.- Roby installed three high-definition cameras disguised as smoke detectors, placed in the laundry room, hallway, and above the coffee maker.- A pool test strip dipped into Roby’s morning coffee turned violet, indicating chlorine above baseline levels.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Basement, the Minivan, and the Bucket: Wisconsin's Headless Night 09.07.2026 19min

  The Basement, the Minivan, and the Bucket: Wisconsin's Headless NightFrom a minivan ride at 9:30 p.m. to a towel-covered bucket in a family basement two days later, this case hinges on precise, recorded movements and an unthinkable discovery-so how did a man vanish from the home he knew best and his head end up in a bucket? What exactly happened in that basement between the night and the morning, and when did the choice to turn violent become irreversible?In this episode, we follow the timeline laid out by investigators, the electronic ankle monitor that tracked one woman's every move, and the conflicting interpretations offered by prosecution and defense as they try to explain why the basement was chosen. We present the facts that anchor the case and leave the central question open: when was the point of no return crossed?Person: Shad Rock TyronDate: February 21, 2022Location: family house basement, WisconsinPerson: Taylor CoronadoStatus: ankle monitor recorded her presence at the house and her departure- Shad Tyron, age 24, was last seen getting into a minivan on the night of February 21, 2022.- Two days later Shad’s mother found his head in a bucket in the basement, covered with a towel.- Taylor Coronado was wearing an electronic ankle monitor that placed her at Shad’s house, in the driveway, and later leaving alone.- Taylor was born November 23, 1997, and had been on psychiatric medication since seventh grade.- Investigators documented that earlier that evening the three who picked up Shad consumed illegal substances that included smoking and injecting.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  He Called to Say He'd Killed Her - Then Led Cops Into Ruins 09.07.2026 19min

  He Called to Say He'd Killed Her - Then Led Cops Into RuinsThe calmness of his confession cut deeper than the crime: at 9:30 p.m. a man in Alcalá la Real called emergency services and said, without panic, that he had just killed a girl and would lead police to her body. The girl was fourteen and the caller later refused to point exactly where she lay - what was he trying to do by offering to guide officers into the ruins of La Mota?In this episode, we tell the chronology of the night and the days before: who Jaula was, how she met the man that afternoon, the route they walked to La Mota, and the phone call that changed everything. How did a routine study visit become a lethal encounter that ended at the medieval fortress ruins?Person: Cula al-Bacero (called Jaula)Date: 14 July 2007 (birth)Date: 15 February 2022 (disappearance and death)Location: Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Andalucía, SpainPerson: Nazarín Navarro Núñez- Jaula left home at approximately 5:30 p.m. on 15 February 2022 to help a friend study.- The caller contacted emergency services at 9:30 p.m. and calmly said he had just killed a girl and would show police where.- Jaula was fourteen years old at the time of her death.- Nazarín Navarro Núñez was twenty-three and born in the Dominican Republic.- Cameras near the ruins of La Mota captured Jaula and Nazarín walking toward the ruins together, with a third person turning away before they entered.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Last Eight Minutes: SOS, Silence, and a Campus That Failed Her 09.07.2026 20min

  The Last Eight Minutes: SOS, Silence, and a Campus That Failed HerA routine Thursday morning turned irreversible in eight minutes: a security camera captured Laken Riley at 9:03 AM in a black jacket and white sneakers, and by 9:11 her phone's SOS was active for 60 seconds while operators heard indecipherable sounds-no help was sent. What happened between that one-minute SOS call and the moment her smartwatch stopped at 9:30, and could anyone have stopped it?In this episode, we trace the last hour of Laken Hope Riley’s life using security footage, phone and smartwatch data, and the timeline gathered by investigators to understand how ordinary moments accumulated into tragedy. How did a campus with four decades without a violent crime allow those eight minutes to become fatal?Person: Laken Hope RileyDate: February 22, 2024Location: University of Georgia trails, Athens, GeorgiaAge: 22Event: SOS call lasted 60 seconds at 9:11 AM; smartwatch stopped moving at 9:30 AM- At 9:03 AM a security camera recorded Laken wearing a black jacket, black pants, white sneakers, earbuds, and a smartwatch.- At 9:06 AM Laken’s mother called; the call went unanswered.- At 9:11 AM Laken activated the SOS function on her phone and the call lasted until 9:12 AM.- Between 9:11 AM and ~9:30 AM the smartwatch GPS logged movement about 20 meters off the established trail; movement stopped at 9:30 AM.- At 12:30 PM university police located Laken’s body in the woods, partially undressed; she was 22 years old.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Apartment Smell That Exposed a Cop's Dark Secret 09.07.2026 18min

  The Apartment Smell That Exposed a Cop's Dark SecretThe smell from down the hall - sharp, chemical, and impossible to ignore - led neighbors to an apartment where cameras last recorded a 26-year-old woman stepping inside and never coming back. Who was this woman, why did the building reek for days, and how did police inaction and a stalled investigation leave crucial hours unexamined?In this episode, we follow the timeline from the morning Sheila Mayumi Condor Torres left home to the moment officers finally entered the unit on November 16, 2024, covering the missing person report, the apartment's prior 2023 police report, and the responses that kept the case from moving forward. What gaps in procedure and jurisdiction allowed the man named in those early messages to remain undisturbed?Person: Sheila Mayumi Condor TorresDate: November 13-16, 2024Location: Condominio Torres de la Pradera, Comas, LimaPerson: Darwin Marx Condor y AntesanaStatus: Missing person reported; investigation initially declined by multiple police stations- Sheila was 26 years old, born April 7, 1998, and left home on the morning of November 13, 2024.- Security cameras recorded Sheila arriving with a small white dog and walking into Darwin’s apartment on November 13, 2024; she was never seen on camera again.- Neighbors first noticed a persistent, throat-settling smell between November 13 and November 16, 2024; police detected it in the hallway before knocking on November 16.- A 2023 police report named Darwin and two additional officers in an alleged group assault and described victims being restrained and drugged; the investigation stalled.- Sheila’s family filed the first missing persons report within hours, but the Santa Anita station declined, citing jurisdiction; Santa Luzmila officers refused to file a complaint against a police officer, offering only a general disappearance 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: business@obomedia.com.
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  They Had the Suspect-Why Was Hannia Still Missing for 22 Days? 09.07.2026 22min

  They Had the Suspect-Why Was Hannia Still Missing for 22 Days?A thirteen-year-old vanished before dawn, her body found submerged three feet underwater thirteen kilometers from home after twenty-two days of searches - and the man investigators later tied to her had already been sitting in a police cell for an unrelated incident. How could the suspect be in custody while the community kept looking and Hannia’s family waited in the dark?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the morning Hannia left to start her aunt’s truck to the secret charges filed against the man investigators suspected. We follow the surveillance, the witnesses, the delayed emergency response, and the decisions that kept a name out of the public for weeks - but what exactly motivated the suspect to choose that park and that morning?Person: Hannia Noelia AguilarDate of disappearance: November 5, 2018Age: 13Location found: swamp, submerged more than three feet underwater, 13 kilometers from mobile home parkSuspect: Michael Ray McClellan- Hannia was born March 21, 2005 and was in seventh grade at the time of her disappearance.- The Amber Alert and a $30,000 reward were issued within hours of the abduction.- Surveillance captured a man in dark pants and a hooded sweatshirt walking near the park before dawn.- Hannia’s cousin witnessed a man with a yellow bandana force her into the truck and the vehicle left the park within seconds.- Investigators filed secret charges against McClellan (second-degree kidnapping, firearm possession, attempted robbery) while he was already in custody for a separate incident.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  She Vanished with a Red Backpack: The Road That Never Returned 09.07.2026 20min

  She Vanished with a Red Backpack: The Road That Never ReturnedCold highway footage shows a woman with a red backpack climb into a truck and vanish; thirteen years later, the driver was arrested but her body remains missing. What did the final hours leave on those wind-scraped roads, and why has one camera frame kept this case alive?In this episode, we tell the sequence of movements, calls, and sightings from July 4-8, 2011 that led María Cash from Buenos Aires onto a Salta highway, and we follow the investigation that ended with a November 26, 2024 arrest while the body has still not been recovered. How do the gaps between those last images reshape a case built around absence?Person: María CashDate: July 8, 2011Location: Salta, ArgentinaAge: 29Status: Body not found; arrest on November 26, 2024- María was last confirmed on camera at 5:27 p.m. on July 8, 2011, outside a gas station near Salta.- She was 29 years old and traveling from Buenos Aires toward San Salvador de Jujuy when she disappeared.- A red backpack was seen on one shoulder in the final confirmed image and was found on the roadside a few hours later.- Witnesses reported she called her mother from a public telephone on July 6, 2011, saying she had no money and sounded frightened.- Truck driver Héctor Romero, age 71, was arrested and charged with qualified homicide on November 26, 2024.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Daughter Who Smiled While Planning Her Father's Murder 09.07.2026 21min

  The Daughter Who Smiled While Planning Her Father's MurderA father who built a $2.6 million property portfolio was found tied to a chair and shot twice in his bedroom while the television played - and nothing was stolen. The suspected killer was his nineteen-year-old daughter, who had been named co-owner of seven properties; how did a family promise and a sudden engagement lead to murder?In this episode, we lay out the timeline from the night Reinaldo Flir visited his partner and left sad, to the discovery of his body three days later, and the facts that point away from robbery and toward a planned killing. What single detail from three days before his death changes everything?Person: Reinaldo FlirDate of death discovery: December 29, 2021Person: Irina Flir, age 19Properties: Seven properties across Córdoba and Río CeballosAssessed value: $2.6 million- Reinaldo was born August 20, 1960, in Córdoba, Argentina.- Reinaldo was found bound with plastic zip ties and shot twice with a .22 caliber weapon.- Nothing was missing: wallet, phones, and laptop were untouched at the scene.- Reinaldo announced on December 25, 2021, that he intended to marry his partner Miriam Sirna.- Reinaldo’s wife Verónica died September 19, 2014; their daughter Irina was born January 28, 2002.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Balcony Nobody Explained: Liam Payne's Doubtful Final Minutes 09.07.2026 23min

  The Balcony Nobody Explained: Liam Payne's Doubtful Final MinutesA celebrated voice fell from a third-floor balcony into a private courtyard with no arms raised and no instinctive brace-forensic experts concluded he was semi or fully unconscious at impact. Toxicology showed alcohol, sertraline, and narcotics in his system; why did a man warned not to mix sertraline with alcohol end up alone, locked inside his hotel room minutes before the fall?In this episode, we trace the sequence of events in Buenos Aires from the night Liam Payne ordered multiple bottles of whisky to the scene the morning he died, laying out the known facts and the unanswered question that keeps this case labeled "muerte dudosa": how did he fall without protective reflexes?Person: Liam James PayneDate: October 16, 2024Location: Casa Sur Palermo, Costa Rica 6032, Palermo, Buenos AiresStatus: Official cause of death listed as polytrauma and internal and external hemorrhaging; classification "muerte dudosa"Toxicology: Alcohol, sertraline, and narcotics detected within 72 hours before death- Payne ordered four bottles of whisky from the hotel at 22:00 the previous night and five more at 06:36 the morning he died.- Security cameras recorded hotel staff dragging a semiconscious man down a carpeted hallway, pushing him through his door, and someone turning the lock from outside.- Payne was 31 years old and had landed in Buenos Aires on September 30, 2024, after previous stays at two other accommodations.- A psychiatrist had explicitly warned Payne and those around him that sertraline must never be combined with alcohol or drugs.- Three people have been formally charged and none has publicly explained what they saw inside the hotel room before Payne fell.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  She Walked Across the Border-Then Her Father Was Found Dead 09.07.2026 21min

  She Walked Across the Border-Then Her Father Was Found DeadA young woman vanished after calmly crossing an international border with her luggage at 12:13 p.m., and twelve days later her father was found dead near the airport where she was last seen - what happened in the four days between matters most. This episode follows the last confirmed movements, a string of payments and messages, and one unresolved question: who did Hannah Kobayashi meet, and why did she suddenly disappear?In this episode, we lay out the timeline from November 8-12, 2024, tracing Hannah's overnight delay at Los Angeles International Airport, her days in downtown Los Angeles, the digital payments she made, and the final recorded crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border to ask whether the clues in those four days point to a choice, a stranger, or something else.Person: Hannah KobayashiDate: November 8-12, 2024Location: Los Angeles International Airport; downtown Los Angeles; U.S.-Mexico borderEvent: Crossed border at 12:13 p.m. on November 12, 2024Status: Missing; father found dead twelve days later- Hannah was 30 years old and living on Maui before boarding a flight on the night of November 8, 2024.- At 9:53 p.m. on November 8, she landed at LAX wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and missed her connection to New York.- On November 9 she charged her phone in a bookstore downtown and sent a photo to her aunt saying she was sightseeing.- On November 9 at 6:25 p.m. she paid Verónica Almendares, and at 7:19 p.m. she paid Jonathan Taylor with the note "reading."- On November 11 surveillance captured Hannah in a Los Angeles metro station with an unidentified man; on November 12 at 12:13 p.m. customs cameras recorded her walking alone across the border into Mexico.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  He Called It a "Mistake": The Professor Who Dismembered Her 09.07.2026 23min

  He Called It a "Mistake": The Professor Who Dismembered HerA polished academic, a secret relationship and dismembered remains left across a city-this is a case where planning and public respect masked a brutality that neighbors first detected as a smell. How did a university director and government advisor end up cleaning his bathroom ceiling but leaving blood embedded above the shower, and why did he call it a "mistake"?In this episode, we tell the events surrounding the murder of Marta Raquel Orue, the discovery of her remains on April 27, 2002, the arrest and confession of Hugo Tomás Ramírez Sosa, and the details that complicated investigation and sentence-what threads link Marta’s secrecy, Hugo’s career, and the evidence found at the scene?Person: Victim - Marta Raquel Orue, born 1977Person: Accused - Hugo Tomás Ramírez SosaDate: Remains discovered April 27, 2002Sentence: December 10, 2002 - 21 years; served 14 yearsEvent: Release and law enacted April 27, 2016- Neighbors found a black garbage bag with a torso and other bags with dismembered remains across the city on the morning of April 27, 2002.- Forensic DNA confirmed the remains were Marta Raquel Orue, age 24.- Luminol revealed blood particles embedded in tiles above Hugo’s shower despite his cleaning of floor, walls, and drain.- Hugo confessed the day after his arrest, described planning in detail, cited jealousy as motive, then later claimed amnesia which the court rejected.- Investigators found bloodstains, hair strands, a hidden cell phone, and a ring recognized by Marta’s family in the trunk of his nephew’s car.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  She Wrote Him Cards - He Burned Her: The Chelsy Betrayal 09.07.2026 23min

  She Wrote Him Cards - He Burned Her: The Chelsy BetrayalA twelve-year-old who made handmade Father's Day cards was placed in the trunk of a red sedan and driven fifty kilometers to be burned - forensic evidence showed she was still alive when the fire reached her. Who could have used a child's trust to hide the hour-by-hour decisions that led to murder?In this episode, we follow the timeline from a routine February morning in Guatemala City to the trial that ended with a guilty verdict for femicide on April 29, 2024, asking how ordinary family routines and unanswered questions about past violence created the conditions for a child’s death.Person: Chelsy Paola Hernández EscalantePerson: Edgar Leonel Marroquín BarreraDate: February 4, 2020Location: Guatemala City; burned body found ~50 kilometers from homeEvent: Verdict of guilty for femicide on April 29, 2024- Chelsy was born in 2008 and was twelve years old on the morning she disappeared.- Security camera captured Edgar arriving on a motorcycle at 7:10 a.m. and leaving in a red sedan by 8:20 a.m.- A burned body was found on February 5, 2020, approximately fifty kilometers from the family’s home.- Forensic odontology took nearly a week to match dental records and confirm the body as Chelsy’s.- Medical examiners recorded a carboxyhemoglobin level above 30% in Chelsy’s blood, indicating she was still breathing when the fire reached her.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  The Day a Father Walked In to Prove His Innocence - And Never Left 09.07.2026 16min

  The Day a Father Walked In to Prove His Innocence - And Never LeftA working father walked into a Córdoba police station in March 2020 asking to be investigated - and four hours later he left as a suspect and never returned home. A recording that could resolve whether the accusation was escalated inside a flawed interview process disappeared before reaching a judge; who changed a child’s single vague memory into allegations of repeated penetration?In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events from the family’s arrival at the Polo de la Mujer to the formal imputación that barred Julio Carro from his home, and the gaps in procedure that followed; could a missing recording and an informal interview room explain why the official account diverged from what was first reported?Person: Julio CarroPerson: Ana Yasmine CarroDate: March 2020Location: Córdoba, ArgentinaStatus: Serving fifteen years in prison- Julio walked into the Polo de la Mujer voluntarily and left four hours later already being processed as a suspect.- Ana was fourteen at the time of the accusation and initially told her mother of a single event when she was about six.- The initial evaluation occurred in an informal room described as a kitchen with a barred door, not a Cámara Gesell.- The official document introduced the terms "continuado" and "acceso carnal," which did not appear in Ana’s account to her mother.- A recording that could answer the key question about what was said in evaluation sessions disappeared before it reached a judge.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  Buried in Plain Sight: The Father, the Promise, the Bones 09.07.2026 23min

  Buried in Plain Sight: The Father, the Promise, the BonesThey found a girl's bones in the yard where she grew up - buried on the property of the man who adopted her after a prior conviction for trying to lure a woman into the woods. How did a child who reported abuse to classmates and witnesses end up missing at fourteen and lying in the family yard for more than thirty years?In this episode, we tell the story of Andrea Michelle Bowman, born Alexis Miranda Bader, from her birth and adoption through her disappearance and the decades it took to uncover the truth. We follow the chain of missed warnings, official inaction, and one mother's long hope that finally forced the property to answer.Person: Andrea Michelle Bowman (born Alexis Miranda Bader)Date of birth: June 23, 1974Date of disappearance: March 11, 1989Adoptive father: Denis Bowman (convicted 1980 of attempting to lure a woman into the woods)Time remains undiscovered on property: more than 30 years- Andrea was nine months old when her biological mother, Katy Tercan, signed away custody.- Denis Bowman had a 1980 conviction and a five-year sentence for trying to lure a young woman into the woods.- Andrea disappeared on March 11, 1989, at age 14 after telling people she would not leave until her younger sister was safe.- Multiple witnesses by 1987 reported abuse: classmate Jennifer Jones, witness Michelle Timer, and an unnamed family friend.- Andrea's remains were found buried on the Bowman property more than thirty years after her disappearance.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  Married to Two Lives: The Wedding License and a Murdered Fiancée 09.07.2026 20min

  Married to Two Lives: The Wedding License and a Murdered FiancéeA rural road, a folded marriage license dated two days earlier, and a thirty-five-year-old woman found dead with her engagement ring still on: how did a wedding license precede a killing in Monroe County, Missouri? This episode follows the strange timeline between signing paperwork and being discovered on the shoulder of Route 151, and asks what Molly Watson knew - and when she knew it.In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the Friday evening discovery to the two-day gap after Molly signed a marriage license, outlining her relationships, the claims made by the man she intended to marry, and the inconsistencies that emerge when family and public records are compared. What changed on the morning she searched for Melanie Addy online, and how did that search fit into the hours before she was found?Person: Molly Nicole WatsonDate: April 27, 2018Location: Route 151, Monroe County, MissouriAge: 35Other person: James Addy- A passerby, Glenn Max Sparren, found Molly Watson lying on the ground beside her car on April 27, 2018 and called 9-1-1.- Molly’s folded marriage license dated two days earlier was found in her car and she was still wearing her engagement ring.- Molly met James Addy in 2011 while both worked at the Moberly correctional facility; he was 15 years older.- James told Molly he was divorcing Melanie Addy, but public records show Melanie was still married to James the morning Molly signed the license and the evening Molly was found.- On the morning of April 27, 2018, Molly searched the internet for an obituary for Melanie Addy and found nothing.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: business@obomedia.com.
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  Four Days, Fifty Stabs, One Missing Knife: Puebla's Dark Reunion 09.07.2026 18min

  Four Days, Fifty Stabs, One Missing Knife: Puebla's Dark ReunionThe air in a rented apartment smelled of new paint and a stranger’s suitcase - and four days later a man lay dead with more than fifty stab wounds and the weapon nowhere to be found. What happened between a Los Angeles arrival on September 28, 2017 and the emergency call on October 2 that left a family name in the headlines and one crucial question unanswered: where is the knife?In this episode, we trace the timeline from arrival to death, describe the people involved and the fractured setting after the October 2017 earthquake, and follow how witnesses, family members, and the court tried to explain the missing weapon and the rapid collapse of a months-long online relationship. Could the answers be hiding in the apartment, the casino night, or the hours the neighbors say they heard only his voice?Date: October 1-2, 2017Location: Puebla, MexicoPerson: Vicente Vargas RamírezPerson: María Elizabeth Thanus Quiró (Marieli)Event: Arrival from Los Angeles and death in apartment- Vicente arrived at the Puebla airport on September 28, 2017 carrying a suitcase after months of online contact.- The couple attended a casino together the night of October 1 and returned to the apartment in the early hours of October 2.- Neighbors first heard raised voices around 3:00 a.m., then sounds of objects breaking, and Vicente shouting that he was dying.- Emergency services received the call at approximately 6:00 a.m., with help arriving between 8:00 and 8:20 a.m.- The victim was found with more than fifty stab wounds and the knife that caused them was never recovered.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: business@obomedia.com.