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  • The Happy Face That Confessed While Others Paid

    The Happy Face That Confessed While Others Paid
    Sep 24 2026
    The Happy Face That Confessed While Others Paid: The Serial Murder of Kit Jasperson

    A letter signed with a smiling face arrived at newspapers in 1990, confessing to a crime with details that only the killer knew. Meanwhile, two innocent people were serving time for that same homicide. The question that no one could answer: how did the system ignore every confession for four years?

    In this episode, we explore the cascade of institutional failures that allowed a serial killer to remain free while his letters from criminal minds reached police offices. We analyze why the detailed confessions of Kit Jasperson were dismissed, how the forensic evidence in the cases of Tanja Venet, Julie Winningham, and Angela Surprise connects through transcontinental truck routes, and the price paid by dozens of missing women across multiple states.

    Victims: Tanja Venet, Julie Winningham, Angela Surprise, and others
    Date: 1990-1995
    Location: Portland, Oregon; Washington; California; Florida; Nevada; Wyoming
    Status: Convicted, life sentence; two innocents exonerated after 4+ years

    - A confession letter signed with a smiling face contained information about the murder of Tanja Venet that only the perpetrator could know, yet authorities convicted another person.
    - Kit Jasperson confessed to eight homicides in handwritten letters that reached newspapers and police between 1990 and 1995, with verifiable details that were systematically ignored.
    - Two innocents, Lavern Pavlinac and John Sosnovski, served over four years of a life sentence before Kit's written confessions finally exonerated them.
    - Genetic genealogy identified in 2022 and 2023 victims cataloged as overdoses (Patricia Skipper, Susan Kellenberg), revealing a pattern of unconnected cases in California, Florida, and other states.

    Kit Jasperson, Portland Oregon serial murder 1990-1995, police investigation, homicide, criminal minds, forensic, suspense, intrigue, institutional corruption, serial killer, true crime Spanish

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    Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.

    We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

    From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

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    21 min
  • The hands that never killed: the master of coercion

    The hands that never killed: the master of coercion
    Sep 23 2026
    The hands that never killed: the master of coercion: The case of Futoshi Matsunaga

    Neighbors in Kitakyushu heard chainsaws every morning. The smell of cooked liver was so commonplace that no one reported it. An entire family disappeared piece by piece, but the architect of horror never touched a weapon with his own hands.

    In this episode, we explore how a psychological manipulator turned his own victims into executioners. Contradictions between accomplices' confessions, a total absence of forensic remains, and a body disposal protocol taken from a crime fiction book support a case that defies all forensic investigation logic.

    Victim: Ogata family, Kumio Toroya, Kiyomi Toroya
    Date: 1996-1998
    Location: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
    Status: Sentenced to death (2005, confirmed 2007)

    - Seven people dead executed by other victims under coercion between 1996 and 1998, with the perpetrator never wielding a weapon.
    - No human remains recovered: bodies cooked, liquefied, crushed, and discarded according to a crime fiction book protocol.
    - Apartment sealed with eight locks, windows nailed shut, floor covered in feces; neighbors tolerated nighttime noises and odors without reporting.
    - Electrocution system installed on the soundproof third floor operated by victims, never by Futoshi, leaving a void of direct responsibility without forensic evidence.

    Futoshi Matsunaga, Kitakyushu, serial murder, 1998, psychological manipulation, coercion, disposal method, serial murder, criminal minds, forensic investigation, justice, Spanish true crime

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    Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.

    We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

    From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

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    22 min
  • 26 Days Under the Net: Emerey's Calvary

    26 Days Under the Net: Emerey's Calvary
    Sep 22 2026
    26 Days Under the Net: The Calvary of Emerey Gerbasi

    A 14-year-old girl disappears barefoot in 5 seconds under rain and 5 degrees. Her electronic ankle monitor is found cut a block away. The police believed she ran away. What followed was a calvary of kidnapping, trafficking, and abuse documented in 12 arrests, a yacht in the harbor, and a criminal network that her father should have uncovered in 26 days while institutions looked the other way.

    In this episode, we explore the sequence of forced transfers from an abandoned house to a container, a trailer, and finally a 17-meter yacht where Emerey was held behind a net. We unravel the roles of 12 defendants, the substances used for control, and the central unanswered question: who alerted the captors just before the police arrived? The defense will attempt to blame a 14-year-old victim for voluntary participation.

    Victim: Emerey Gerbasi
    Date: December 9, 2024 - January 8, 2025
    Location: Suffolk County, New York; Port Islip
    Status: 12 arrested; Harold faces first-degree kidnapping

    - Electronic ankle monitor cut a block from home; disappearance documented on nighttime street camera.
    - Emerey captured on motel cameras knocking on room doors; establishes route of forced transfers between locations.
    - Phoenix yacht, 17 meters, Port Islip: Emerey found behind net after 26 days; criminals fled minutes before police arrival.
    - Komeski, active accomplice who called the father, admitted to transporting Emerey the night before the rescue; crack transaction documented.

    Emerey Gerbasi, Suffolk County kidnapping, Long Island, 2024, minor trafficking, investigation, criminal minds, first-degree kidnapping, yacht, harbor, intrigue, Spanish true crime

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    Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.

    We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

    From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

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    21 min
  • Inside the Walls: The Massacre of Danny LaPlante

    Inside the Walls: The Massacre of Danny LaPlante
    Sep 21 2026
    Inside the walls: The massacre of Danny LaPlante: The triple homicide of a Massachusetts family

    A sixteen-year-old teenager appears in the home of a family wearing the dead mother's wedding dress, with an axe in hand. He had lived in the hidden space between the walls for two months, simulating paranormal phenomena. Three months later, while out on bail, he commits one of the most disturbing homicides in Massachusetts: the rape and murder of a pregnant woman and the drowning of two children.

    In this episode, we explore the contradictions that allowed a declared dangerous young man to regain his freedom, the incomplete confiscation of weapons by his stepfather, and how a mother ignored for weeks the cries for help from her own daughters about an intruder in the house. We examine the trial where he was sentenced as an adult to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, and the lingering question: why did the system allow someone so unpredictable to remain free?

    Victim: Priscilla Gustafson, William Gustafson, Abigail Gustafson
    Date: December 1, 1987
    Location: Townsend, Massachusetts
    Status: Convicted; eligible for parole review in 2032

    - A teenager lives for two months inside the walls of a house undetected, feeding off the family pantry
    - The father discovers the intruder disguised as a bride with an axe during a one-on-one confrontation
    - Ten thousand dollars bail allows the young man to steal weapons and commit a triple homicide three months later
    - The stepfather confiscates a .22 caliber pistol but is unaware of the existence of a second one, used in the massacre

    Danny LaPlante, Townsend Massachusetts, 1987, homicide, murder, forensic, intruder, mystery, investigation, disturbing crimes, justice, true crime Spanish

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    Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.

    We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

    From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

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    23 min
  • The Black Wig: Four Years of Impersonation

    The Black Wig: Four Years of Impersonation
    Sep 20 2026
    The Black Wig: Four Years of Impersonation: The Murder of Ana Páez Capitán

    February 20, 2008, Barcelona. A woman without clothes appears in a tourist apartment, a plastic bag sealed with duct tape over her head. No signs of violence. The scene is too orderly, too clean. But the woman who picked up the keys was not the victim: she was her double.

    In this episode, we explore how a former HR manager spent four years impersonating her friend at six different banks, taking out life insurance policies for 840,000 euros, and coordinating DNA from unknowns to simulate a crime that looked like something else. We unravel the impossible contradictions: a wig with hair, a phone that triangulates the perpetrator 300 meters from the crime scene, and a wallet that reappears twelve years after a previous death.

    Victim: Ana Páez Capitán
    Date: February 20, 2008
    Location: Barcelona, Spain
    Status: Case solved - Ángeles Molina sentenced to 18 years

    - A woman with a black wig withdrew 600 euros using the victim's card while her phone placed her 300 meters from the crime scene.
    - Ángeles Molina had impersonated Ana at six banks and taken out life insurance policies for 840,000 euros over four years without anyone noticing.
    - The wallet of Molina's ex-husband, found twelve years after his death in Gran Canaria, reappears in her apartment as evidence of premeditation in two murders.
    - A sealed jar of chloroform and searches on the computer for "death certificates" reveal a four-year plan coordinated with criminal precision.

    Ana Páez Capitán, Barcelona 2008, murder, identity theft, bank fraud, forensic investigation, planned killer, unsolved mystery for years, Spanish true crime

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    Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.

    We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

    From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

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    22 min
  • The Drum Killer Strikes Again: Ámbar Cornejo

    The Drum Killer Strikes Again: Ámbar Cornejo
    Sep 19 2026
    The Drummer Killer Strikes Again: Ámbar Cornejo: The homicide of Ámbar Cornejo

    Seven blocks. A young woman disappears in broad daylight on her way to collect money. The coldest killer in Chile - sentenced to 27 years for strangling his partner and stepson, released in just 11 - lived at the destination house. Before the week was over, the body would be found in fifteen pieces beneath the ground. Her own mother knew.

    In this episode, we explore the contradictions that dismantle Denis Yañes' version as a terrified witness: purchase receipts post-crime for an axe and rope, affectionate messages to Bustamante saying "she misses him," surveillance footage showing her without signs of coercion buying hats and glasses, and a washing machine filmed being discarded that was never actually discarded. How does a mother facilitate the crime of her own daughter?

    Victim: Ámbar Cornejo
    Date: July 29, 2020
    Location: Villa Alemana, Chile
    Status: Convicted (Hugo Bustamante, Denis Yañes)

    - Security camera shows Ámbar entering Covadonga Street 641 but never leaving.
    - Bustamante spontaneously mentioned "a buried body" to neighbors when no one had mentioned a corpse.
    - Denis bought floor wax, an axe, and rope on July 30; the seller identified her in court.
    - The body was buried 2 meters deep in three containers, explaining why tracking dogs failed.

    Ámbar Cornejo, Villa Alemana 2020, murder, complicit mother, serial killer, femicide, investigation, forensic, Chilean justice, true crime, Spanish true crime

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    Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.

    We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

    From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

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    21 min
  • The confession that was retracted three times: who killed Fernando?

    The confession that was retracted three times: who killed Fernando?
    Sep 18 2026
    The confession that was retracted three times: who killed Fernando?: The homicide of Fernando Pastorizo in Gualeguaychú, Argentina

    One night in late 2017, two 9mm shots ended the life of Fernando Pastorizo in less than three minutes. The initial suspect: his 19-year-old girlfriend, Nahir Galarza, who in three different versions - the jealous girlfriend, the victim of aggression, her father's pawn - transformed a forensic investigation case into a mystery of family loyalties and contradictory confessions.

    In this episode, we explore how 104,000 WhatsApp messages document a toxic relationship, why a negative dermal test contradicts a recorded confession, and how the late accusation against her father - dismissed by local justice - left a young woman serving a life sentence while the truth remains under review by the Supreme Court. Three versions, a single bullet, and a question that Argentina cannot stop asking.

    Victim: Fernando Pastorizo
    Date: December 28-29, 2017
    Location: Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina
    Status: Confirmed conviction; review in Supreme Court

    - Nahir confessed to the crime, retracted, and then accused her father, each version invalidating the previous one and generating systemic distrust about who really fired the shot.
    - The negative dermal test contradicts her confession of authorship: the prosecution argues compulsive washing and technical characteristics of the 9mm pistol; the defense uses it to question her entire statement.
    - Roberto Correa, the taxi driver who found Fernando dying, stated he saw a second person crouched next to the body who disappeared seconds later.
    - Nahir's GPS was deactivated from 7:15 PM on December 28 - hours before the crime - a detail interpreted as premeditation by the prosecution and as a technical failure by the defense, with no definitive resolution.

    Fernando Pastorizo, Gualeguaychú homicide 2017, murder, investigation, mystery, forensic, true crime, young life sentence, retraction, true crime Spanish

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    OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.

    Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.

    We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

    From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

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    21 min
  • Twenty thousand coins, a saw, and a return to the game

    Twenty thousand coins, a saw, and a return to the game
    Sep 17 2026
    Twenty thousand coins, a saw, and a return to the game: The murder of Gabriel Kuhn

    On July 23, 2007, a 16-year-old teenager entered the house of his 12-year-old neighbor to collect a virtual debt. Three hours later, Gabriel Kuhn was dead, dismembered in the hallway, with a symbol from the video game Tibia drawn on his chest. His murderer returned to his own home to continue playing.

    In this episode, we explore the hidden premeditation behind a gaming debt: the phone call that revealed planning, the console cable used for strangulation, and the autopsy that confirmed Gabriel was alive when the dismemberment began. We will uncover why Danielle Pétriz denied a crime that forensic evidence refuted with DNA, and how a sentence of only three years in Brazil left the murderer free in 2010 without anyone knowing where he is today.

    Victim: Gabriel Kuhn
    Date: July 23, 2007
    Location: Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
    Status: Homicide solved; perpetrator free since 2010

    - Gabriel was strangled with a console cable, but he was alive when they began amputating his limbs.
    - Pétriz called her mother before the crime to check what time she would return from work.
    - The open Tibia chat on Gabriel's computer showed "Daniel Petri" as his last contact minutes before he died.
    - Pétriz denied having sexually abused Gabriel, but forensic DNA evidence contradicted her unambiguously.

    Gabriel Kuhn, Blumenau Santa Catarina 2007, video game murder, dismemberment, criminal minds, forensic, premeditation, cartel Brazil, true crime, homicide investigation, true crime Spanish

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    We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.

    From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.

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    18 min