Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast centers this episode on Paul DeRusso, nicknamed the "Jacksonville Strangler," and traces him from Beaumont, Texas, to Jacksonville, Florida.

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast follows the December 2019 killings of Leah Klein and Vivian James in Jacksonville, Florida, and centers on Zebulon Lorenzo Perkins Sr.

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast examines the 2020 killing of Paula Marie Thompson in Des Moines, Iowa, where months of alcohol use, financial dependence, and household conflict built toward violence.

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast traces the 1990 murder of 10-year-old Christine McGowan in Apopka, Florida, and centers on Elmer Leon Carroll, a man with prior child-molestation convictions and documented mental illness.

A Piedmont, Oklahoma officer finds a 14-year-old runaway hiding under a blanket on March 15, 2024, and estimates she weighs about 60 pounds.

This Black Label returns to Ricardo Lopez and Bjork.

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast follows Tina Brown from her 1970 birth in North Chicago to a childhood shaped by teenage parents, drugs, violence, and early caregiving for her younger brother Willie Jr.

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast continues the Joe Winko story with his grave-visiting videos, his own words about leaving flowers, and his claim that he does not make money from YouTube.

The episode investigates the case of Jonathan Cheek and Sierra Zaytona, whose son was found dead in his crib, using body cam footage and neighbor interviews.

The episode begins with a sponsor ad for Time for Learning, then transitions into a narrative about a case where time has left unresolved questions.

Host Justin Drown introduces a disturbing episode about the Station Nightclub Fire, featuring newly released audio from a victim's recorder.

This episode investigates the murder of Abraham Shakespeare, a lottery winner who was exploited and killed by Dee Dee Moore.

This episode concludes the two-part series on Ronald Joseph Dominique, the Bayou Strangler, who raped and murdered at least 23 men across six Louisiana parishes between 1997 and 2006.

Part 1 of 2 in the story of Ronald Dominique, the Bayou Strangler — a gay man from Thibodaux, Louisiana who targeted marginalized young men across six southern Louisiana parishes between 1997 and 2006.

This episode investigates the 2009 LA Fitness shooting by George Sodini, exploring his incel ideology through his online videos and diary entries.

An expanded true crime episode tracing the full arc of former Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy Marvin Morales — from a 2023 on-duty fentanyl overdose (after stealing drugs from a suspect and lying about it), to his firing in February 2024, to the December 2025 murder of his 11-year-old son in Elk Grove, a 25-mile highway pursuit, and his death in a police shooting at the I-5/Highway 12 interchange.

The episode returns to Florida, where crime and law keep colliding.

MURDERED: Heather Strong Part 2 chronicles the brutal murder of a 26-year-old woman by her abuser Joshua Fulgham and his accomplice Amelia Carr, who orchestrated her death while pregnant to 'free' Fulgham from his previous relationship.

Obscura opens Heather Strong’s case in a narrow, shadowed corner of rural Florida, where a love triangle has already gone lethal.

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast centers this episode on Ana Maria Cardona, born in Havana on November 26, 1961, and the childhood abuse that shaped her later life.

Part two opens with a free fireside chat and Patreon notice before returning to Tina Brown's story.

A DNA database failure led directly to multiple murders.

Obscura Episode: Jessica Lunsford (Part 2 of 2).

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast’s “MURDERED: Jessica Lunsford (Part 1 of 2) | Homosassa, FL 2005” opens with a warning that this case is more graphic than a typical Obscura episode and centers on the February 24, 2005 disappearance of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in Homosassa, Florida.

This episode details the 1995 Prairie Village, Kansas house fire that killed siblings Tim and Kelly Farrar, the subsequent investigation that revealed arson and ricin poisoning, and the conviction of their mother Deborah Farrar through an Alford plea.

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast follows Deborah Jones Farrar from her 1951 birth in Havana, Illinois, through her medical training at the University of Illinois and the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

This episode reconstructs the horrific 2013 limousine fire on the San Mateo Bridge through 911 calls, survivor accounts, and official investigation findings.

Host Justin Drown investigates obscure true crime cases using archival audio and court records.

The host introduces a sponsor for cannabis products before beginning a true crime investigation.

The episode begins with a sponsor ad for Time for Learning, then introduces a case involving Jared Miller's deleted YouTube channel, promising an exploration of a disturbed mind.

This episode investigates a mass shooting case intertwined with political beliefs, using real audio from the shooter's deleted YouTube channel.

Host Justin Drown investigates the killing of Sonia Massey by a sheriff's deputy, using court documents and video footage.