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Obscurata | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories

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Step into the shadows with Obscurata, the latest podcast from The Whispering Woods Studio. Here, we unravel the darkest corners of the human experience—exploring unsolved mysteries, true crime, paranormal encounters, and tales of the occult. Obscurata dares you to question the boundaries of what we believe to be true… and what we fear may be lurking in the dark. Each episode delves into mysterious events, blending atmospheric storytelling with a touch of the unexplainable. Whether it’s an intriguing crime, a ghostly legend, or strange phenomenon, we uncover the stories that refuse to be silenced—because some have no ending. Brought to you by the creators of The Whispering Woods https://thewhisperingwoodspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. NOV 16 • PREMIUM EARLY ACCESS

    AFTER DARK | Dyer Lane: California’s Road of Curses, Ghosts, and Real-World Horror

    This episode contains references to adult themes including death and local legends of violence. Listener discretion is advised. Dyer Lane, a remote backroad in Sacramento County, has long been the focus of disturbing tales, from stories of a murdered coven and shadowy cults to the infamous ghost police car and phantom handprints. Combining verified criminal history with decades of first-hand accounts, this is one of California’s darkest stretches of road. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://www.placer.ca.gov/3563/Placer-Vineyards https://www.placer.ca.gov/8760/Watt-Avenue-Over-Dry-Creek-Bridge-Replac https://fox40.com/news/local-news/woman-shares-video-of-terrifying-attack-on-dyer-lane/amp/ https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/199097-morrigans-coven-dyer-lane-the-demon-warrior-speaks/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/q1h4j2/anyone_rememberhave_stories_of_dyer_lane/ Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again tomorrow. Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    21 min

  2. NOV 15 • PREMIUM EARLY ACCESS

    AFTER DARK | The Silent Twins: June & Jennifer Gibbons, Broadmoor & the Pact of Death | Real Psychological Mystery

    This episode contains references to mental illness, self‑harm, substance abuse, and death. Listener discretion is advised. June and Jennifer Gibbons spoke to no one but each other, until one twin calmly declared she would die so the other could live. This is the chilling true story of the Silent Twins, their creepy bond, and the death that stunned even Broadmoor Hospital. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://web.archive.org/web/20200217170204/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13059877.tragic-tale-of-twins-and-their-secret-world https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/12/04/we-two-made-one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67491767 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tczm Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again tomorrow. Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    37 min

  3. 1D AGO

    AFTER DARK | The Haunting of Cielo Drive: Sharon Tate’s Premonition & Ghosts of Benedict Canyon

    Years before her infamous murder in 1969, actress Sharon Tate had a terrifying nightmare in a Benedict Canyon house - a vision many believe predicted the horror to come.  The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://www.cielodrive.com/archive/did-sharon-tate-have-a-premonition/ https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a37926396/jean-harlow-paul-bern-house-haunted/ https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a40834300/10050-cielo-drive-sharon-tate-house/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-03-ca-manson3-story.html Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again next weekend. Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min

  4. 2D AGO

    AFTER DARK | Ötzi the Iceman: Discovery, Death, and the Curse | True Paranormal Stories

    When two hikers stumbled upon a leathery corpse melting from a glacier in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, they didn’t know they had uncovered Europe’s oldest natural mummy or that their find would spark the legend of a deadly curse. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://iceman.it/en/ https://latitude65.ca/iceman-the-life-and-death-of-otzi/ https://livescience.com/otzi-the-iceman-facts https://theguardian.com/science/2005/nov/06/archaeology.uk https://independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/otzi-the-iceman-curse https://ripleys.com/weird-news/curse-of-otzi/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/otzi-the-iceman-archaeology-1963783 Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again tomorrow. Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min

  5. 2D AGO • PREMIUM ONLY

    AFTER DARK | Ötzi the Iceman: Discovery, Death, and the Curse | True Paranormal Stories

    When two hikers stumbled upon a leathery corpse melting from a glacier in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, they didn’t know they had uncovered Europe’s oldest natural mummy or that their find would spark the legend of a deadly curse. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://iceman.it/en/ https://latitude65.ca/iceman-the-life-and-death-of-otzi/ https://livescience.com/otzi-the-iceman-facts https://theguardian.com/science/2005/nov/06/archaeology.uk https://independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/otzi-the-iceman-curse https://ripleys.com/weird-news/curse-of-otzi/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/otzi-the-iceman-archaeology-1963783 Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again tomorrow. Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    28 min

  6. NOV 2

    AFTER DARK | The Devil's Teeth: The Suspicious Death of Jeannette DePalma and a Town Haunted by Rumour

    CONTAINS MATURE THEMES - LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED In 1972, 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma vanished from Springfield, New Jersey. Six weeks later, her decomposed body was found atop a rocky cliff known locally as “The Devil’s Teeth.” Talk of occult rituals and Satanic cults spread quickly, fuelled by media speculation and strange reports from the scene. But decades later, a very different picture emerged. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://www.nj.com/union/2019/10/after-decades-of-suspicion-and-fear-heres-what-the-newly-released-files-in-the-jeannette-depalma-case-actually-reveal.html https://weirdnj.com/stories/jeannette-depalma/ https://www.nj.com/union/2021/08/50-years-after-nj-teens-body-was-found-on-devils-teeth-her-death-is-still-a-mystery.html https://deathonthedevilsteeth.com/ https://www.nj.com/news/2023/08/community-honors-teen-girl-whose-mysterious-death-still-haunts-nj-town-51-years-later.html https://morbidology.com/the-suspicious-death-of-jeannette-depalma/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/jeannette-depalma https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/torso-killer-richard-cottingham-confession-cold-case-murder-1220441/ https://www.nj.com/news/2022/09/jeannette-depalma-a-potential-clue-in-unsolved-death-of-nj-teen-led-to-infamous-serial-killer.html Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again tomorrow. Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min

  7. NOV 2 • PREMIUM ONLY

    AFTER DARK | The Devil's Teeth: The Suspicious Death of Jeannette DePalma and a Town Haunted by Rumour

    CONTAINS MATURE THEMES - LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED In 1972, 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma vanished from Springfield, New Jersey. Six weeks later, her decomposed body was found atop a rocky cliff known locally as “The Devil’s Teeth.” Talk of occult rituals and Satanic cults spread quickly, fuelled by media speculation and strange reports from the scene. But decades later, a very different picture emerged. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://www.nj.com/union/2019/10/after-decades-of-suspicion-and-fear-heres-what-the-newly-released-files-in-the-jeannette-depalma-case-actually-reveal.html https://weirdnj.com/stories/jeannette-depalma/ https://www.nj.com/union/2021/08/50-years-after-nj-teens-body-was-found-on-devils-teeth-her-death-is-still-a-mystery.html https://deathonthedevilsteeth.com/ https://www.nj.com/news/2023/08/community-honors-teen-girl-whose-mysterious-death-still-haunts-nj-town-51-years-later.html https://morbidology.com/the-suspicious-death-of-jeannette-depalma/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/jeannette-depalma https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/torso-killer-richard-cottingham-confession-cold-case-murder-1220441/ https://www.nj.com/news/2022/09/jeannette-depalma-a-potential-clue-in-unsolved-death-of-nj-teen-led-to-infamous-serial-killer.html Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again tomorrow. Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    41 min

  8. NOV 1

    AFTER DARK | The Legend of Pope Lick : Louisville’s Goatman & the Trestle Deaths | Urban Myth & Real Tragedy

    Something new stirs in the dark... This weekend, The Whispering Woods unveils After Dark, our most haunting tales yet. New Episodes every Saturday and Sunday. High above the woods of eastern Louisville stands the Pope Lick Trestle, an active railway bridge with a terrifying reputation. For decades, locals have whispered about the Pope Lick Monster - a half-man, half-goat creature said to hypnotize trespassers and lure them to their deaths. The site has claimed numerous lives, each one tangled in the legend’s long shadow. In this episode, we explore the chilling folklore, its origins, and the tragic fatalities that gave an urban myth a body count. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Lick_Monster https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/legend-and-loss-at-the-pope-lick-trestle/article_76a6c0be-9373-11ed-b06b-cb4c71fe25b9.html https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/07/03/pope-lick-trestle-legend-has-claimed-lives-in-louisville/1626600001 https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kentucky/pope-lick-goatman-ky https://www.wave3.com/story/31505416/why-are-people-still-climbing-pope-lick-trestle https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pope-lick-monster-legend-kentucky Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again tomorrow. Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min
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Step into the shadows with Obscurata, the latest podcast from The Whispering Woods Studio. Here, we unravel the darkest corners of the human experience—exploring unsolved mysteries, true crime, paranormal encounters, and tales of the occult. Obscurata dares you to question the boundaries of what we believe to be true… and what we fear may be lurking in the dark. Each episode delves into mysterious events, blending atmospheric storytelling with a touch of the unexplainable. Whether it’s an intriguing crime, a ghostly legend, or strange phenomenon, we uncover the stories that refuse to be silenced—because some have no ending. Brought to you by the creators of The Whispering Woods https://thewhisperingwoodspodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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