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In June 1986, a tanker truck crashed on Spain’s treacherous Somosierra Pass. Inside the wreckage, rescue crews found the bodies of a husband and wife burned by the spilled acid cargo. But their 10-year-old son, Juan Pedro, who had been traveling with them, was gone.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Juan_Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez_G%C3%B3mezhttps://elpais.com/diario/1986/07/04/espana/521241601_850215.htmlhttps://citytowner.com/the-disappearance-of-juan-pedro-martinez-gomezhttps://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19860704-27.htmlhttps://strangeco.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-bizarre-disappearance-of-juan-pedro.htmlThanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Tuesday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1657, young Richard Jones of Shepton Mallet fell victim to bizarre fits after meeting an elderly woman. Accused of witchcraft, Jane Brooks was tried and executed, leaving behind one of Somerset’s most infamous witchcraft cases.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://library.chethams.com/blog/a-full-and-plain-evidence-concerning-witches/https://extours.co.uk/extours-history-blog/f/uncanny-somerset-8-witches-of-shepton-mallethttps://sheptonmallet.nub.news/news/local-news/the-witches-of-shepton-mallet-248028https://www.facebook.com/ExtoursBobbie/posts/a-17th-century-witchcraft-case-from-shepton-mallet-the-levitation-of-richard-jon/612650618278154/https://www.facebook.com/groups/281886105961506/posts/1156493748500733/https://www.instagram.com/p/DGgbnWbttxh/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Tuesday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1768, Owen Parfitt, a paralyzed man in Shepton Mallet, vanished from his chair outside his sister’s cottage without a trace. Was it abduction, escape, or something supernatural? His disappearance remains one of England’s strangest unsolved cases.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://sheptonmallet.nub.news/news/local-news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-owen-parfitt-shepton-mallets-unsolved-enigma-219634https://www.history.co.uk/articles/more-historys-most-famous-unsolved-disappearanceshttps://www.tumblr.com/downsideabbeylibrary/146703119366/the-mystery-of-owen-parfitthttps://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/e1y57f/the_disappearance_of_owen_parfitt/https://esoterx.com/2016/03/07/the-disappearance-of-owen-parfitt-is-it-better-to-burn-out-or-fade-away/https://factrepublic.com/facts/24012/https://www.facebook.com/bobandsheriradio/posts/vanishedin-1768-owen-parfitt-was-a-crippled-old-man-sitting-on-his-front-porch-l/1379921043495377/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In May 1932, police forced open the door to a small apartment in Stockholm’s Atlas district. Inside lay the body of 32-year-old Lilly Lindeström, a sex worker last seen on Walpurgis Night. She had been bludgeoned to death during a sexual encounter, but the scene held something far stranger: her body had been drained of blood, and a gravy ladle smeared with it lay nearby. Newspapers dubbed the unknown killer the “Atlas Vampire,” and though police interviewed every client and acquaintance they could find, no one was ever charged. Nearly a century later, Lilly’s murder remains Sweden’s most bizarre unsolved case.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Vampire https://murderpedia.org/male.V/v/vampire-atlas.htm https://the-line-up.com/the-atlas-vampire https://sweden.postsen.com/local/90790/The-murder-of-Lilly-Lindstrom–called-the-Atlas-Vampire.html https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/atlas-vampire/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, went up in flames. George and Jennie Sodder escaped with four of their children, but five more were trapped inside. By morning, the house was reduced to ash — yet no trace of the missing children was ever found. Were they consumed by fire, or taken under the cover of smoke? From vanished bones to cut phone lines, strange late-night calls, and decades of sightings, this case blurs the line between accident and abduction. The Sodder parents never stopped searching, their grief and determination immortalized on a billboard that stood for over 40 years.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-happened-sodder-children-siblings-who-went-up-in-smoke-west-virginia-house-fire-172429802/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearancehttps://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1370https://www.wvpublic.org/news/2020-12-24/the-75-year-old-mystery-of-the-missing-sodder-childrenhttps://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2020/12/23/sodder-children-west-virginia-christmas-eve-fire-mystery-unsolved/4005563001/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 1930s, reports began to circulate across Europe of a song so mournful it was said to drive listeners to suicide. From Budapest to London, victims were found with sheet music in their hands, gramophones still spinning the tune, or notes quoting its lyrics. The song was Szomorú Vasárnap – “Gloomy Sunday” – written by struggling Hungarian pianist Rezső Seress after a heartbreak.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/gloomy-sunday-hungarian-suicide-songhttps://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/depression/facts/gloomy-sunday-suicide-song.htmhttps://blog.youraccompanist.com/gloomy-sunday-the-worlds-most-depressing-song/https://hungarianconservative.com/articles/history/gloomy_sunday_song_rezso_seress/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloomy_SundayThanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1916, on the outskirts of Budapest, authorities uncovered a suburban nightmare. Dozens of metal barrels buried around a quiet home contained the pickled corpses of women – victims of Béla Kiss, a tinsmith who charmed, defrauded, and murdered through newspaper ads. Dubbed the “Monster of Cinkota,” Kiss vanished into the chaos of World War I and was never caught. His trail of blood stretched across Europe and, some say, even to New York. Over a century later, his fate remains a chilling mystery.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/bela-kiss-hungary-serial-killerhttps://books.google.comhttps://oddlyhistorical.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/bela-kiss-hungarys-serial-killer/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Kisshttps://lost-in-history.com/2021/08/18/bela-kiss-hungarys-serial-killer/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lover’s lane under a moonless Tuscan sky. Two bodies, a ritual signature, and a .22 that ties eight double homicides across nearly two decades. This episode unravels the crimes, the botched manhunts, and the spiraling occult theories that turned a serial killer into modern folklore.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_of_Florencehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/09/rorycarroll.theobserverhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/monster-of-florence-amanda-knox-prosecutors-satanic-theories-rejected-by-judge/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/07/the-monster-of-florence/304981/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lover’s lane under a moonless Tuscan sky. Two bodies, a ritual signature, and a .22 that ties eight double homicides across nearly two decades. This episode unravels the crimes, the botched manhunts, and the spiraling occult theories that turned a serial killer into modern folklore.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_of_Florencehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/09/rorycarroll.theobserverhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/monster-of-florence-amanda-knox-prosecutors-satanic-theories-rejected-by-judge/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/07/the-monster-of-florence/304981/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a late-night broadcast of Coast to Coast AM, Art Bell introduced a chilling tape. What spilled from the speakers was a nightmarish roar of countless human screams – the infamous “Sounds from Hell.” The recording, Bell explained, was said to come from a Soviet drilling project in Siberia during the 1980s, where geologists allegedly bored nine miles into the earth. According to legend, their instruments registered impossible heat, and when a microphone was lowered into the shaft, it captured the agonized cries of tortured souls. SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_to_Hellhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-well-to-hell/https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4159https://medium.puzzlingmysteries.com/echoes-from-the-abyss-the-hellish-sounds-below-05e87b7b7b91https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2003-05-02-showhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/well-to-hellhttps://eosty.medium.com/real-story-of-well-to-hell-unknown-truth-af694a951393https://web.archive.org/web/20120729090228/http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/hellsounds.htmThanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Tuesday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February 1997, a man named Mel Waters phoned into Coast to Coast AM with a story so strange it would become one of the program’s most infamous legends. On his rural property near Ellensburg, Washington, Mel claimed there was a mysterious pit – a hole with no bottom. He said he had lowered fishing line more than 80,000 feet without hitting the end, that objects tossed into the hole never made a sound, and that bizarre events surrounded it: animals feared it, a neighbour's dead dog was supposedly thrown into it only to be seen alive again, and a bucket of ice lowered into the depths came back transformed. SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%27s_Holehttps://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/the-legend-of-mel-s-holehttps://skeptoid.com/episodes/4081https://washingtonstateghostsociety.org/mels-holehttps://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mel%27s_Holehttps://spookylittleearth.com/mels-hole-bottomless-mysteryhttps://www.historicmysteries.com/mels-holehttps://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Mel%27s_HoleThanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1922, a remote Bavarian farmstead became the scene of one of Germany’s most gruesome and enduring mysteries. The Hinterkaifeck murders claimed the lives of six family members and a maid, slaughtered with a mattock by an unknown assailant who may have been hiding in their attic for days—or even weeks—before striking.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murdershttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502044/chilling-story-hinterkaifeck-killings-germanys-most-famous-unsolved-crimehttps://vocal.media/horror/the-farm-at-the-end-of-the-woods-the-hinterkaifeck-murdershttps://www.hinterkaifeck.nethttps://web.archive.org/web/20120512083417/http://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/schrobenhausen/Hinterkaifeck;art603,2538485https://www.thetruecrimedatabase.com/case_file/hinterkaifeck-murders/https://strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/hinterkaifeck-farmhttps://fathersonholygore.com/2018/10/19/lore-season-2-episode-3-hinterkaifeck-ghosts-in-the-attic/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1922, a remote Bavarian farmstead became the scene of one of Germany’s most gruesome and enduring mysteries. The Hinterkaifeck murders claimed the lives of six family members and a maid, slaughtered with a mattock by an unknown assailant who may have been hiding in their attic for days—or even weeks—before striking.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murdershttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502044/chilling-story-hinterkaifeck-killings-germanys-most-famous-unsolved-crimehttps://vocal.media/horror/the-farm-at-the-end-of-the-woods-the-hinterkaifeck-murdershttps://www.hinterkaifeck.nethttps://web.archive.org/web/20120512083417/http://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/schrobenhausen/Hinterkaifeck;art603,2538485https://www.thetruecrimedatabase.com/case_file/hinterkaifeck-murders/https://strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/hinterkaifeck-farmhttps://fathersonholygore.com/2018/10/19/lore-season-2-episode-3-hinterkaifeck-ghosts-in-the-attic/Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When 11 members of a Delhi family are found dead under bizarre circumstances, investigators uncover eerie rituals and a series of cryptic diaries. This Obscurata episode dives into the mysterious 2018 Burari deaths of the Chundawat family – exploring the chilling discovery of their bodies, the family’s seemingly ordinary life in Burari, and the haunting clues that blurred the line between a shared psychosis and the supernatural.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44711972https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/burari-deaths-family-members-killed-themselves-in-delhis-burari-police-say-1778806https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/burari-deaths-cctv-footage-shows-final-moments-of-the-11-family-members-1276445-2018-07-03https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/11-in-family-found-dead-in-delhis-burari/article24316571.ecehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/evke7k/india-burari-mass-suicide-docuseries-netflix-house-of-secretshttps://www.firstpost.com/india/burari-deaths-one-year-on-family-suicide-delhi-7012451.htmlThanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When 11 members of a Delhi family are found dead under bizarre circumstances, investigators uncover eerie rituals and a series of cryptic diaries. This Obscurata episode dives into the mysterious 2018 Burari deaths of the Chundawat family – exploring the chilling discovery of their bodies, the family’s seemingly ordinary life in Burari, and the haunting clues that blurred the line between a shared psychosis and the supernatural.SURVEYObscurata Discussed FACEBOOK GROUPThe BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44711972https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/burari-deaths-family-members-killed-themselves-in-delhis-burari-police-say-1778806https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/burari-deaths-cctv-footage-shows-final-moments-of-the-11-family-members-1276445-2018-07-03https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/11-in-family-found-dead-in-delhis-burari/article24316571.ecehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/evke7k/india-burari-mass-suicide-docuseries-netflix-house-of-secretshttps://www.firstpost.com/india/burari-deaths-one-year-on-family-suicide-delhi-7012451.htmlThanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.Sarah xxSURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.