Horror Nightmare Stories

The Shot at Twenty-Five Centimeters: Who Silenced Yara?A mid‑day gunshot in a small Bahía town, a bullet fired from just 25 centimeters beneath the chin, and a car fleeing at full speed - yet investigators closed the case months later saying it was accidental. Why did three adults vanish down secondary roads for more than 500 kilometers, and how did a weapon bought on the illegal market end up at a scene with several loaded magazines and a nine‑year‑old present?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the morning of July 6, 2023 through the provisional case closure in November 2023, laying out who was in the house, what police found, and why the victim’s family pushed the story into public view. Can the official accident hypothesis survive the physical details and the choices made after the shot?Date: July 6, 2023Location: Guaratinga, Bahía, BrazilVictim: Yara Flor Santos Alves, 14 years oldDistance: approximately 25 centimeters between muzzle and entry woundDuration to provisional closure: four months (case closed November 2023)- Yara was 14 years old and had been married for less than two months at the time of the shot.- The bullet entered beneath her chin and lodged in her vertebrae; she arrived at the hospital in critical condition and died shortly after.- Present in the house were Yara, her husband (14), his father, another adult relative, and the husband’s nine‑year‑old brother.- The three adults fled via secondary roads and were located more than 500 kilometers away; the husband was found in Espírito Santo after 20 days.- Investigators found an unregistered pistol and several loaded magazines in the house; the firearm had been acquired through an illegal market months earlier.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].

The Phone in the Pond: Mother Missing, Son Confesses MurderCold evidence sits where you least expect it: a phone that never left the property, a scalded patch of earth fifty feet from the back door, and two conflicting stories that tried to explain a disappearance. What really happened inside that house before Silvia Vilches was found, and why was her phone placed in the pond?In this episode, we follow the timeline from the missing-persons report to the scene investigators uncovered, laying out the physical traces and the inconsistencies in the accounts that kept the case alive. Which detail - the phone, the stains, the drag marks, or the statements from the husband and son - finally cracked the story open?Person: Silvia VilchesAge: 50Date reported missing: October 28, 2025Location where remains were found: scorched earth approximately fifty feet from the back doorStatus: body recovered- Silvia’s phone registered no movement toward any airport, border, or international travel corridor after the disappearance.- Police entered the home on October 30, 2025, and found carpet, walls, and furniture with dark stains consistent with movement of biological material.- A shop vacuum recovered from the property contained biological material despite attempts to clean the house.- Drag marks led from the house toward the tree line and ended at a scorched patch of ground about fifty meters from the tree line where Silvia’s remains were found.- On October 28, 2025, both husband David Garden and son Gabriel gave police accounts saying Silvia had left voluntarily-accounts that conflicted with each other and with the phone’s location data.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].

The Message That Wasn't Hers: How Ariana Vanished Before Her Baby's NameA short, wrong-sounding text arrived at 1:40 p.m. on June 14, 2024 - a plea for forgiveness from a daughter who never wrote it. Ariana Valentina Jiménez Andrade, 24, five months pregnant and named her son Ezequiel, left home that morning and never returned; who sent that message, and why did the rhythm of her words feel so wrong?In this episode, we follow the timeline from a university errand and a meeting in an isolated park to a missing thesis consultation, contradictory witness accounts, and a message that suggested a planned goodbye. How did phone records, fifty pieces of evidence, and more than twenty witnesses shape a case that ended with a conviction but left unanswered questions about the true charge?Person: Ariana Valentina Jiménez AndradeDate: June 14, 2024, 1:40 p.m.Location: Manabí, park and family homeStatus: Missing; later case produced a conviction of twenty-two years in prisonEvidence: fifty pieces of evidence and more than twenty witnesses- Ariana was twenty-four years old and five months pregnant on June 14, 2024.- The message arrived at 1:40 p.m. and said she was leaving and asked for forgiveness.- Ariana had chosen the name Ezequiel for her unborn son.- Investigators presented fifty pieces of evidence and more than twenty witnesses at trial.- The convicted man received a twenty-two-year prison sentence and is appealing.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].

She Knew He Was There: The Night Madison Scanned the RoomYou can feel the moment before violence in the ordinary details: a teenage girl scanning faces at a restaurant, a mother who follows her car, and a restraining order still in progress-what happens in that gap? This episode follows the specific timeline and unanswered failures that led to a public, brutal attack in daylight and asks why protection arrived too late.In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events from early April through June 3, 2023, tracing the relationship, the warning signs, the interrupted restraining order, and the choices made the afternoon Madison and her family left the restaurant. What did authorities and people around them miss that might have changed the outcome?Date: June 3, 2023Person: Madison ChemitAge: 17Person: Spencer PearsonLocation: parking lot outside a restaurant in Florida- Madison was born around 2005 and had played softball since age 4.- Spencer entered the restaurant at 15:47 and sat alone without ordering.- Madison and a friend arrived at the restaurant at 14:53; Jackie followed in a separate car.- Spencer had been admitted to a psychiatric facility in April after an apparent self-harm incident and stopped taking prescribed antidepressants.- Jackie began filing for a restraining order after Spencer posted a threatening message; the police did not complete protection before June 3.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].

The Night She Vanished: Concrete, Rope, and a Missing MotiveA woman parked outside her mother's house at 3:00 a.m., called a friend to say she was home, and walked toward a door fewer than ten steps away-then vanished. Divers recovered Elizabeth Pul Arellano on April 16, 2016, weighed down by a 54-kilogram concrete block and a rope traced back to a specific backyard; who knew exactly what weight would hold her down?In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from her last night, the discovery at the lake, and the pieces of evidence that linked the concrete and rope to a family home, asking how a disappearance that began in a few ordinary steps could be planned with such precision.Person: Elizabeth Pul ArellanoDate: April 16, 2016Age: 28Occupation: Certified medical assistantWeight of concrete block: 54 kilograms- Elizabeth called a friend from her car around 3:00 a.m. to say she had arrived and hung up before exiting the vehicle.- The distance from her parked car to her mother's front door was fewer than ten steps.- Her car was found with keys in the ignition, wallet on the seat, and phone on the floor the next morning.- Divers recovered her body from a Texas lake on April 16, 2016, still wearing a dark red medical uniform.- The rope and concrete block tied to her body were identified as coming from the storage area in the backyard of the marital home.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].