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, 2023 Location: Guaratinga, Bahía, Brazil Victim: Yara Flor Santos Alves, 14 years old Distance: approximately 25 centimeters between muzzle and entry wound Duration 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: business@obomedia.com.

The Phone in the Pond: Mother Missing, Son Confesses Murder Cold 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 Vilches Age: 50 Date reported missing: October 28, 2025 Location where remains were found: scorched earth approximately fifty feet from the back door Status: 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: business@obomedia.com.

The Message That Wasn't Hers: How Ariana Vanished Before Her Baby's Name A 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 Andrade Date: June 14, 2024, 1:40 p.m. Location: Manabí, park and family home Status: Missing; later case produced a conviction of twenty-two years in prison Evidence: 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: business@obomedia.com.

She Knew He Was There: The Night Madison Scanned the Room You 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, 2023 Person: Madison Chemit Age: 17 Person: Spencer Pearson Location: 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: business@obomedia.com.

The Night She Vanished: Concrete, Rope, and a Missing Motive A 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 Arellano Date: April 16, 2016 Age: 28 Occupation: Certified medical assistant Weight 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: business@obomedia.com.

The Night He Drove Her Body: The Kimberly Araya Vanishing A neighbor's security camera caught a car leaving a Heredia home on April 18, 2024 with an anonymous, sheet-covered shape in the back seat and the front passenger seat empty - the driver was her husband. What was inside the sheets, why did the car head toward a tunnel thirty minutes away, and how did investigators piece together the missing hours? In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events from Kimberly Araya's last minutes alive through the surveillance footage, witness accounts, and official timeline discrepancies, asking whether the recorded movements and the husband's statements can be reconciled. Person: Kimberly Araya Date: April 18-19, 2024 Location: Heredia, Costa Rica Person: Dave Oldemar Pérez Mena Device: Uniaje security camera - Kimberly Araya was born on August 29, 1990 and was age 33 at the time of her disappearance. - Kimberly left work at 16:30 on Thursday, April 18, 2024 and was dropped near a shopping center by her supervisor. - A second private driver dropped Kimberly at approximately 22:50 at the home address she had given. - Neighbor camera footage timestamped Dave's car leaving the residence at 22:47, 53 minutes earlier than his claimed 23:40 departure. - The car was registered to Dave's sister and was seen driving toward a tunnel about thirty minutes from the house with a large, sheet-covered shape in the back seat. 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.

He Rode to Help - Found Dead: The Abandoned Factory Secret A fifteen-year-old left on a bicycle with no phone or documents and was later found dead near an abandoned factory with his name written beside the body - who decided his fate before anyone even knew he was missing? The last image of Jeremías alive is a security-camera frame of him pedaling away at 2:30 p.m. on a December afternoon; four days later his remains were discovered in the weeds beside a drainage slab with his name and the date written in white. In this episode, we follow the timeline from the security footage of Jeremías leaving home to the discovery at the factory, laying out what is known about the people he met and the evidence recovered, and we ask how a plan could have been carried out so calmly that a name was written after the killing. Person: Jeremías Monzón Date: December 18 Location: Abandoned factory facing a soccer field in Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Argentina Last seen time: just after 2:30 p.m. Discovery date: December 22 - Jeremías left home wearing a black t-shirt, grey shorts, and blue sneakers. - He had no phone because it had broken two days earlier and carried no documents or backpack. - He went to meet Milagros Belén Altamirano, a sixteen-year-old he had been messaging online. - Two boys, aged fourteen and fifteen, were already inside the factory when Jeremías arrived. - A name "Jeremías" and the last-seen date were written in white on a drainage slab a few meters from the partially cardboard-covered remains. 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.

The Shelf Against the Door: How Mia's Safety Failed Her A heavy bookshelf was pressed against a bedroom door from the inside, a detail the first officer noted before calling the disappearance voluntary - and the cameras never recorded her leaving. This episode follows how an electronic key scan at 2:15 p.m., a fabricated maintenance request at 7:00 p.m., and a master keyholder with prior violent conduct converged into a vanishing that would spur a law named for a nineteen-year-old - but why did the system fail her at every step? In this episode, we lay out the timeline, the recorded entries, the physical scene inside the apartment, and the personnel whose actions or inaction shaped the case, closing on the question that drives the story: how did visible security and documented warnings still allow her to disappear? Person: Iman Marcano (Mia) Date of birth: April 26, 2002 Date of disappearance: September 24, 2021 Employee with master key: Armando Manuel Caballero, 27 years old Officer on scene: Samir Paulino - Armando's electronic key scanned Mia's apartment door at 2:15 p.m. on September 24, 2021. - Security cameras captured Mia arriving at approximately 5:00 p.m. and did not record her leaving. - At 7:00 p.m. Armando entered a false maintenance request for Mia's apartment in the building system. - Officer Samir Paulino arrived at the apartment at approximately 10:00 p.m. the same night. - Inside the bedroom the bookshelf was pressed against the door from the inside, the window locks installed by Mia's father were removed, a reddish mark was on a pillow, and a packed suitcase remained untouched. 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.

She Had a Restraining Order - He Came Back With a Key A judge signed a restraining order to keep him away, and four days later a man with a duplicate key walked through her unlocked door at 2:09 a.m.; the last photo of Jimena shows her laughing on horseback just six days before she was found unresponsive. How did a legal boundary, a broken door and phone-tower footage fail to stop what came next? In this episode, we tell the timeline from the moment Jimena Colman obtained her protection order to the night someone used a key to enter her house, following phone tower data, camera footage and witness accounts to ask why the law’s paper barrier wasn’t enough. What gaps in response and evidence let him approach again despite the order? Person: Jimena Yasmín Colman Jiménez Person: Víctor Manuel Cabrera Valiente Person: Celso Fabián López Rojas Date: December 10, 2025 (restraining order granted) Date: December 15, 2025 (entry at approximately 2:09 a.m.) - Jimena was 23 years old and held the local title reina jinete (queen rider). - Víctor was 46 years old, 23 years older than Jimena. - The restraining order had been in effect for five days when Víctor returned. - Víctor kicked a door in on December 14 and threatened Jimena and Celso before leaving. - Security camera footage and phone-tower data place Víctor outside the bar from around midnight into the early hours before the December 15 entry. 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.

The Night a Child's Smile Turned Silent: Inside Derek Rosa A thirteen-year-old honor student sent methodical online searches for how to kill with a bladed weapon, photographed a murder scene, and then called 911 calmly - what broke the silence no one can explain? How did the boy in a spring family photo become the reason his mother never held her newborn daughter? In this episode, we lay out the chronology, the recordings, and the physical evidence inside the southern Miami apartment to show what is known and what remains unanswered about the night of October 12, 2023. We follow the recordings from the baby monitor, the front-door camera footage, forensic findings and Derek’s own words to ask whether any single fact explains why this happened. Person: Derek Rosa Person: Irina García Date: October 12, 2023 Location: southern Miami Event: infant’s death captured on baby monitor - The baby was approximately 14 days old on the night Irina García died. - Derek was 13 years old when he left his bedroom just before midnight on October 12, 2023. - Frank Ramos kept two legally registered firearms in the apartment that were left unsecured. - Investigators found online searches by Derek for how to kill a person using a bladed weapon in the weeks before the crime. - After the attack, Derek sent images of the crime scene and his hands to an online gaming contact before calling 911. 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.

She Came Back Calm, Warm Food in Hand - Where Was She? Warm food in her hands, pajamas on her body, serene on a central Mexican street at 4 p.m. after five days missing - and her nine-month pregnancy was gone. Who gave her that meal, and why did her phone records show movement into another jurisdiction without public detail? In this episode, we follow the timeline of Lidia Valdivia Juárez’s disappearance and return, the family’s search and public defense of her pregnancy, and the investigative steps that produced more questions than answers about where she had been and what she lost. Person: Lidia Valdivia Juárez Age: 25 years old Family status: Mother of two, wife, reported nine months pregnant Disappearance start: January 17, 2026 (left parents' house late that night) Return found: walking in central Mexico at 4:00 p.m. after five days missing Last known vehicle: black Chevrolet Malibu - Lidia left her parents' house on the night of Saturday, January 17, 2026. - At 2:30 a.m. on January 18, her husband Luis received texts and a voice note saying men on motorcycles were following her. - Luis filed a formal missing persons report the morning of January 18 and named a black Chevrolet Malibu as the last known vehicle. - Authorities confirmed on January 19 that her phone signal had moved and crossed into a different jurisdiction, without disclosing locations. - On January 21 social media posts claimed she was not pregnant, prompting the family to publish photographs and medical studies showing a visible pregnancy. 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.

She Walked Out at 2 AM - The House That Kept Her Silent She stumbled to a friend's door at around 2:00 a.m., barefoot and bleeding from a head wound that later required four surgical staples, after having been missing for 680 days; what she described inside the house fits nothing neat and leaves one central question: how can a person live unseen for nearly two years in a home with neighbors, visitors, and regular errands? What happened behind that patio wall that kept her invisible? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the night she returned to the court-confirmed injuries and the conflicting pieces of evidence presented by those who lived at the property, and we ask whether the official record can hold the full truth. Person: Salma Date of birth: 29 October 1987 Date of reporting missing: 1 April 2024 Arrest date: 10 February 2026 Location: Murcia, Spain - Salma was missing for 680 days before arriving at a friend's door. - Police arrested Alberto, age 50, on 10 February 2026 at a single-story house outside a town of about 5,000 people. - Medical exam required four surgical staples to close the head wound Salma had when she arrived at Juan's house. - Salma told investigators she left the house only once in 22 months for a clinic visit accompanied by María. - Videos provided by Alberto's legal team show Salma at a family celebration on 1 November 2025 and at her 38th birthday on 29 October 2025. 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.

I Would Never Hurt You: The Hotel Room That Lied A luxury hotel room in Orlando held a gun with only one person's DNA on the trigger, a towel on the floor, and a text that read "I would never hurt you physically" sent days earlier - so why did the woman who called 911 say she stepped out for a moment and found her girlfriend shot? What really happened in those minutes inside the room? In this episode, we follow the timeline from the December 8, 2023 10:44 PM 911 call through the initial police and forensic findings, laying out the messages, evidence, and statements that frame the central question: did this end in suicide or something else? Person: Alana Micolis Person: Mega Saluja Date: December 8, 2023 Location: Orlando, Florida Event: 10:44 PM 911 call reporting a shooting - Alana was 27 years old and a marine biologist born December 21, 1996. - Mega's DNA was the only DNA found on the gun's grip and trigger. - Mega texted Alana days before the trip: "I would never hurt you physically." - Paramedics arrived within seconds and transported Alana with a gunshot wound to her left temple. - Alana, right-handed, texted her father that she would be home earlier than planned on the night of December 8. 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.

The Last Ordinary Footage: Where Did Vera Kratzova Vanish? The last confirmed footage of Vera Kratzova shows a 26-year-old from Minsk calmly walking through a Bangkok airport on September 20, 2025 - alone, unhurried, and boarding a flight to Myanmar. Fourteen days later her phone went silent after a voice message mentioning a two-day journey, river crossings and armed clashes; what happened in those two weeks could upend every assumption about her disappearance. In this episode, we follow the timeline from Vera's return to Minsk to say goodbye, through the job offer that covered her flight, to the last messages she sent from Southeast Asia. How did a routine-looking recruitment and an ordinary airport scene become the final confirmed traces of her life? Person: Vera Kratzova Date of birth: December 31, 1998 Last confirmed footage: September 20, 2025, Bangkok airport Last voice message: September 25, 2025 - mentions two-day journey, river crossing, armed clashes Silence began: October 4, 2025 - Vera had been based in China since 2018 and worked across Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam. - The job offer promised a salary between $5,000 and $8,000 per month and covered the flight. - Vera landed in Bangkok on September 15, 2025, and contacted her family sounding calm. - On September 20, 2025 she was recorded by security cameras boarding a flight to Myanmar alone and calm. - Fourteen days after her September 25 voice message she stopped responding to calls and texts, with silence starting October 4, 2025. 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.

Her Location Stopped: The Taxi That Never Reached Samay A shared location frozen in mid-route turned a routine taxi ride into a last trace of a life: at 1:30 p.m. on February 17, 2016, Samay texted her mother that the driver was rude and circling, then her live location stopped moving and her phone went dark. How did a public GPS ping become the final breadcrumb before a body was found and a conviction was secured? In this episode, we follow the timeline from a midday errand to the moment the location signal vanished and beyond, tracing the people, decisions, and evidence that led to a conviction - and the cold detail that still doesn’t feel closed. What did the frozen location reveal that nothing else could? Person: Samaya Alejandra Márquez Salgado Date: February 17, 2016 Location: Puebla Age: 25 Status: Deceased - Samay sent a text to her mother at approximately 1:30 p.m. saying the taxi driver was rude and taking wrong turns. - Her family received the last message between 1:25 and 2:00 p.m., after which her shared location stopped moving. - Three days later a body was found in an empty lot on the southern edge of Puebla and identified by tattoos. - The medical report listed a gunshot wound as cause of death and multiple blows to the face. - A man was convicted and sentenced to forty years in connection with the case. 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.

He Lived Her Life: The Woman Found Tied to a Desert Signpost A child stopped to use the bathroom and discovered a small body bound with zip ties and a taped plastic bag over the head in the Nevada desert - unidentified for weeks while someone used her phone and answered her messages. How could Jamie Ray Feden, who required constant medical care and stood around four feet two inches tall, end up tied to a signpost and then have her life continued online after she was dead? In this episode, we follow the known timeline from September 15, 2019, when Jamie left Pennsylvania with John Matthew Chapman, through their arrival in Las Vegas on September 23, to the desert trip on September 25, and the subsequent discovery and confusion over postmortem phone activity. What do the travel records, online activity, and Chapman's account reveal about the last days of Jamie Ray Feden? Person: Jamie Ray Feden Date of disappearance/death: September 25, 2019 Person: John Matthew Chapman Location: Nevada desert / Las Vegas Medical condition: Bartter syndrome - Jamie was born April 13, 1986, and was 33 years old when she left Pennsylvania on September 15, 2019. - Jamie was approximately 4 feet 2 inches tall and weighed around 75 pounds. - Travel records place Jamie and Chapman arriving in Las Vegas on September 23, 2019, after an eight-day drive. - Jamie was photographed alive and smiling in Las Vegas on September 23 or 24, 2019; two days later she was found dead. - The boy who discovered the body was eight years old and had walked a short distance from his father's stopped truck. 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.

Six Blocks from Home: The Night Malena Never Returned Six blocks should have meant safety, but on the night of February 22, 2026, Malena Maidana was found bleeding on the pavement with multiple stab wounds and a deep cut across her throat. How did a routine walk six blocks from her front door end with a 26-year-old mother dead and a 22-year-old man seen washing his hands in a ditch less than fifteen minutes later? In this episode, we follow the sequence of events captured by low-resolution neighborhood cameras, the timeline between Malena’s last recorded frame and the suspect’s frantic actions, and the evidence investigators found at a nearby home - asking how ordinary streets became the scene of extraordinary violence. Person: Malena Maidana Age: 26 Date: February 22, 2026 Location: Esisa, south of Buenos Aires Suspect: Nahuel Lao de Os, 22 - Malena left at 8:45 PM carrying a small purse, a bottle of water, and her phone. - Emergency services arrived before midnight to a recording of a woman screaming near a golf course. - Less than 15 minutes passed between Malena’s last appearance on camera and the man washing his hands in a drainage ditch. - Investigators found damp clothes hanging inside the suspect’s house matching camera footage and shoe placement near the door. - A collection of blades was found in the house, at least one consistent with the wound that killed Malena. 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.

She Asked Her Mother to Bury Him - Then They Hid Him in a Barrel A sixty-two-year-old nurse dismembered her son and hid his body in a metal barrel in her garage while a six-month-old baby slept in the house; within hours both women confessed. How does a warm, generous neighbor and a trained psychologist plan a murder that unfolds over six months and ends with a funeral and handcuffs? In this episode, we lay out the timeline and the evidence recovered at the scene, from the sedative-laced lemonade to insulin theft to the metal barrel and quicklime, and explore the unanswered questions investigators kept returning to: what turned months of conversation into a lethal plan? Person: Lorena Venier Person: Milyn Castro Monsalvo Person: Alesandro Venier Date: July 31, 2025 Location: northern Italy - The body had been in the garage for six days, divided into three parts and sealed inside a metal barrel. - Lorena, age 62, purchased quicklime and covered the remains; dismemberment was post-mortem. - Forensic team confirmed cause of death as asphyxiation; quicklime slowed but did not destroy evidence. - On the night of July 25, Alesandro was given a lemonade made with a full blister pack of sedative tablets. - Lorena admitted stealing insulin from her hospital job and two injections were administered while Alesandro was unconscious. 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.

The Girl They Buried Whole: Three DNAs, One Unanswered Night A sealed zinc coffin kept a body so intact examiners could still read injuries sixteen years after the murder, and three different men's DNA was later found on Nicole Vananderhk - only one man ever convicted and only one still alive to explain what happened. What happened the morning Nicole rode away and never arrived, and why did it take a confession on social media to reopen the case? In this episode, we tell the chronological story from Nicole's last breakfast with her grandmother on October 6, 1995, through the discovery of her bicycle in a river that afternoon, to the finding of her body forty-seven days later and the later DNA revelations - can those threads finally answer who did this? Person: Nicole Vananderhk Date: October 6, 1995 Discovery: November 22, 1995 Age: 15 years Cause: Violent assault with head and finger injuries, fractured jaw, and chest puncture wound - Nicole rode to work on a bicycle the morning of October 6, 1995 and never arrived. - Her bicycle was found that same afternoon at the bottom of a river halfway between her grandmother's house and the grocery store. - Her body was discovered by a hiker on November 22, 1995, roughly ten kilometers from her grandmother's house. - Forensic examiners determined Nicole died on October 6, 1995, the same morning she disappeared. - Three separate men's DNA was later found on Nicole's remains; only one man was ever convicted and only one remains alive to answer questions. 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.

She Posted Justice at 8AM - Killed an Hour Later on Tlaxcala Street Her Saturday morning post quoted a Uruguayan legal scholar and wished followers a good morning - sixty minutes later she was dead on Tlaxcala Street. A motorcycle trailed her at a measured distance, a nine-millimeter pistol fired six times, and the man who ordered the killing was the father of her four-year-old son. Who watched her routines long enough to turn a morning ritual into an execution? In this episode, we tell the story of Cecilia Monzón Pérez, the lawyer and activist who drove down Tlaxcala Street in Puebla on May 21, 2022, after spending the previous day demanding why her family violence complaint had not been processed. We detail the timeline from her social media post at 8:00 a.m. to the surveillance footage and the actors connected to her murder, and we ask how routine accountability failures became a fatal vulnerability. Person: Cecilia Monzón Pérez Date: May 21, 2022 Location: Tlaxcala Street, Puebla, Mexico Person: Javier López Zavala Weapon: 9-millimeter pistol - At 8:00 a.m. Cecilia posted a quote and a good morning message before getting into her gray pickup truck. - At approximately 9:00 a.m. six shots were fired; Cecilia died at the scene on Tlaxcala Street. - Javier López Zavala is the father of Cecilia's four-year-old son and the man who ordered the killing. - Surveillance cameras recorded a motorcycle following Cecilia’s pickup at a measured distance before the shooting. - Two men on the motorcycle were identified as driver Jair Mauricio Domínguez and shooter Silvestre Vargas Ramírez. 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.