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  • The Torso Killer: The Mark That Crumbled the Perfect Life

    The Torso Killer: The Mark That Crumbled the Perfect Life
    Nov 11 2026
    The Torso Killer: The Mark That Crumbled the Perfect Life: The Serial Murders of Richard Cottingham

    Two officers intercepted him in the early morning carrying a suitcase with severed heads and hands. He calmly responded that he was going to eat, and they let him go. A year later, a fingerprint on a pair of handcuffs would reveal the double life of one of New York's most methodical serial killers.

    In this episode, we explore how a respected computer operator, married and father of three, concealed a thirteen-year criminal career with at least eleven confirmed victims. We analyze the impossible contradictions between his impeccable social profile and his increasingly brutal crimes, from Nancy Vogel in 1967 to the mutilations in hotels in northern Jersey in 1980.

    Victim: Valerie Street, Leslie O'Dell, Jean Mary Ann Reyner
    Date: 1967-1980
    Location: New York and New Jersey
    Status: Sentenced to 200 years in prison

    - Two officers saw him pass with a suitcase full of human remains and let him go without inspection.
    - His hidden room in the basement contained clothing, earrings, and personal items of unidentified victims.
    - He confessed to additional murders in 2019 after more than three decades in prison.
    - He claims to have killed up to one hundred women, although only eleven are officially confirmed.

    Richard Cottingham, serial killer, New York New Jersey 1967, murder, forensic, detective, homicide, criminal minds, investigation, true crime Spanish

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    19 min
  • The Tacuba Strangler: Celebrated Serial Killer

    The Tacuba Strangler: Celebrated Serial Killer
    Nov 10 2026
    The Strangler of Tacuba: The serial killer case of Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández

    A handkerchief on the table. Disturbed soil in the garden. In 18 days, a quiet chemistry student buried four bodies in his yard, and then the Mexican Congress honored him. How did a confessed serial killer and necrophile become a national symbol of rehabilitation?

    In this episode, we explore the reconstruction of the first documented serial murder case in modern Mexico: the contradictions between his written diary and his feigned insanity, the unnamed victim who remains unidentified, and the spontaneous correction that revealed a fourth grave before it was discovered. We examine how a man described as kind and serious concealed systematic murders during 34 years in prison, an escape without consequences, and a presidential pardon that went unchallenged.

    Victim: Graciela Arias Ávalos, María de los Ángeles González, Rosa Reyes Quiroz, unidentified victim
    Date: August 15 - September 2, 1942
    Location: Calle Mar del Norte, Mexico City
    Status: Case solved; perpetrator deceased 1999

    - Cárdenas corrected agents saying "there are not three but four" before the fourth grave was unearthed.
    - He kept a written diary confessing conscious crimes while feigning mental imbalance before doctors.
    - The second victim was never identified; Raquel González León, initially accused, appeared alive months later.
    - He was pardoned in 1976 after 34 years with no documented reparations to the families of the murdered.

    Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández, Mexico City 1942, serial killer, forensic investigation, criminal minds, imperfect crimes, Lecumberri prison, Mexico homicide, suspense 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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    23 min
  • The mother who lost her children before searching for them

    The mother who lost her children before searching for them
    Nov 9 2026
    The mother who lost her children before searching for them: The murder of Joshua and Tylee Vallow

    Two children disappeared in September 2019, but no one searched for them until three months later. When the police finally arrived, their relatives located them simultaneously in three states—none of which were correct. A mother who married two weeks after the death of her new husband's wife. Apocalyptic beliefs about "dark beings" that needed to be eliminated.

    In this episode, we explore the contradictions that condemned Lori Vallow: the GPS from her brother's phone in Chad's backyard exactly when the children disappeared, the coded message about burying a "raccoon" where Tylee's remains were later found, and the call asking a friend to lie to the police. Two bodies in shallow graves. Four cascading deaths. Who really executed these crimes?

    Victims: Joshua Vallow, Tylee Ryan Vallow
    Date: September 8-23, 2019
    Location: Rexburg, Idaho and Kauai, Hawaii
    Status: Arrested and charged with first-degree murder

    - The GPS from Alex Cox's phone placed him in Chad Daybell's backyard on two dates that exactly match the last sightings of each child.
    - Chad sent a message saying he had buried a raccoon in the pet cemetery where Tylee's remains were later found.
    - Lori called her friend Melanie Gibb asking her to lie to the police about where the children were; Melanie refused and reported to investigators.
    - Lori married Chad Daybell just 16 days after his previous wife died of "natural causes" in her bed.

    Joshua Vallow, Tylee Ryan Vallow, Rexburg Idaho, murder of minors, 2019, apocalyptic beliefs, criminal investigation, unsolved crimes, forensic, theory of dark beings, 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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    21 min
  • The Girl in the Box: Seven Years Under the Bed

    The Girl in the Box: Seven Years Under the Bed
    Nov 8 2026
    The Girl in the Box: Seven Years Under the Bed: The Abduction of Colin Stan by Cameron Hooker

    A young woman disappeared on a highway in 1977 and reappeared seven years later. During all that time, she was locked in a soundproof wooden box under a marital bed, 23 hours a day, while her captor lived a normal life with a wife, children, and jobs. No one suspected anything. The question that resonates is impossible: why didn’t she escape when she had real opportunities, including a visit to her own parents?

    In this episode, we explore how Cameron Hooker built an architecture of psychological control through a fictitious organization called "The Company," how Janis Hooker was both an accomplice and a liberator, and why Colin took three months to report her abduction even after knowing the truth. The case exposes the contradictions of Stockholm syndrome and prolonged abuse.

    Victim: Colin Stan
    Date: May 19, 1977
    Location: Red Bluff, California, USA
    Status: Sentenced to 74 years in prison (2015 sentence)

    - Colin was captured by deception on the highway and locked up that same night in a basement with a portable soundproof box.
    - Cameron presented a contract on January 25, 1978, claiming that Colin had surrendered her body and soul to a fictitious government surveillance agency.
    - In March 1981, Colin visited her parents disguised as her captor's boyfriend and did not attempt to escape, even though she had the opportunity.
    - In May 1984, Colin was working at a motel under a false name, handing over her entire salary to Cameron and attending church, all under psychological control without constant physical confinement.

    Colin Stan, Red Bluff California 1977, abduction, wooden box, Stockholm syndrome, The Company, psychological control, homicide, forensic, criminal minds, 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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    23 min
  • Life sentence: how a killer bought his freedom

    Life sentence: how a killer bought his freedom
    Nov 7 2026
    Life sentence: how a killer bought his freedom: The serial homicide of Richard Choque Flores

    A psychopath sentenced to life imprisonment received a false medical certificate on Christmas Eve 2019. In eighteen months, he accumulated seventy-seven victims buried in the yard of his house. How did the judicial system allow a confessed killer to escape with the complicity of a judge, a doctor, and his own family?

    In this episode, we explore the corruption that freed Richard Choque after only six years of his sentence: documented bribery of three thousand five hundred dollars, ignored psychopathic diagnoses, and a sentence without parole that was violated. We unearth the impossible contradictions between the bodies of Lucy, Iris, and Fidel - the latter buried for eleven years in the yard while the family lived with the grave.

    Victim: Richard Choque Flores
    Date: May 19, 2011 - January 24, 2022
    Location: El Alto, Bolivia - Rafael Pavón Street
    Status: Sentenced to thirty years (second conviction, January 2022)

    - Body of Blanca found in a blue jute bag on November 29, 2013; identifications of seventy-seven women found alongside the corpse.
    - Judge Rafael Halcón granted parole despite an explicit sentence without the right to parole or house arrest from 2015.
    - Fidel Choque disappeared on May 19, 2011; his body was found eleven years later underground in the same yard.
    - Dr. Freddy Time issued a false medical certificate with fabricated diagnoses (hepatomegaly, diabetes, asthma) to justify the release of the confessed psychopathic killer.

    Richard Choque Flores, El Alto Bolivia murder, serial killer, judicial corruption, kidnapping, mystery, investigation, forensic, drug trafficking cartel justice, 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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    20 min
  • The Campana grill: nine hours after the restriction

    The Campana grill: nine hours after the restriction
    Nov 6 2026
    The Campana Grill: nine hours after the restraining order: The murder of María Alejandra Abundanza

    Alejandra goes out to walk her dog at 5:30 PM on Friday, September 16, in Campana, Buenos Aires. The security camera captures her entering a neighbor's house at 6:20 PM. She is never seen leaving. That same afternoon, the killer received a notification of a restraining order for gender-based violence. Nine hours later, her body was found charred on a grill while her neighbors slept.

    In this episode, we explore the impossible sequence of a crime documented by cameras: the legal restraining order delivered to the mother of the accused, the dismembered remains found during the raid, and the scattering of evidence throughout the neighborhood during the early morning. Forensic contradictions, a factory-reset cell phone, and the central unanswered question: what did the killer's parents really know?

    Victim: María Alejandra Abundanza
    Date: September 16-17, 2022
    Location: Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Status: Open case; accused detained, refuses to testify

    - A security camera captured Alejandra entering but never leaving the accused's home.
    - The restraining order was notified the same afternoon, nine hours before the body was discovered.
    - Chiminelli's cell phone was factory reset; Alejandra's remains locked and is under forensic analysis.
    - Approximately 100 envelopes with evidence were collected inside; the exact cause of death could not be established due to charring.

    María Alejandra Abundanza, Campana Buenos Aires crime 2022, murder, forensic investigation, homicide, criminal minds, killer, 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 dogs that uncovered the Quimilí cult

    The dogs that uncovered the Quimilí cult
    Nov 5 2026
    The dogs that uncovered the Quimilí cult: The homicide of Mario Agustín Salto

    An abandoned bicycle next to La Represa. An 11-year-old boy disappears on May 31, 2016, in Quimilí, and eighteen months later, local justice still has no arrests. But the mother senses the worst: "Who was it that killed my son?" she screams without evidence. That gap between institutional silence and maternal certainty is where the true mystery begins.

    In this episode, we explore how two trained bloodhounds, Duque and Halcón, tracked down hidden satanic manuscripts in three houses, found a wallet with notes about Marito, and unleashed a scandal of police corruption. The documents found reveal rituals, diagrams of 666, and state complicity to keep quiet. But one question remains: the DNA found on Marito's body did not match any of the nine accused nor the 3,500 men analyzed.

    Victim: Mario Agustín Salto (11 years old)
    Date: May 31, 2016
    Location: Quimilí, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
    Status: Nine accused convicted; direct killer not identified

    - Jiménez, organizer sentenced to life, participated in marches demanding justice and offered his vault to Marito's family.
    - The autopsy of a dismembered and ritual crime occupies a single page; the manuscripts mention direct police complicity.
    - Unidentified genetic material on the body remains unresolved after massive analysis of 3,500 men.
    - Halcón, one of the bloodhounds that unearthed the truth, later died without any official explanation recorded.

    Mario Agustín Salto, Quimilí ritual murder, 2016, satanic cult, hidden manuscripts, police corruption, bloodhounds investigation, forensic, unresolved mystery, 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.

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    21 min
  • The letter M: Magdalena in Marsa Alam

    The letter M: Magdalena in Marsa Alam
    Nov 4 2026
    The letter M: Magdalena in Marsa Alam - The mystery of Magdalena Sook's death

    A young Polish athlete and entrepreneur arrives alone in Egypt on April 26, 2017, to celebrate her boyfriend's birthday. Seventy-two hours later, she is dead, having jumped from a hospital window. Between her arrival and her fall: erratic behavior, unexplained drugs, and a video call where she points to a mysterious letter M.

    In this episode, we explore the forensic contradictions that disprove a spontaneous suicide: the lateral fall incompatible with a voluntary jump, the explicit request not to leave marks, and the surveillance videos that Egypt refuses to disclose. We investigate who Mahmud is, the only one present during the entire crisis, why he disappeared after closing his agency, and what the toxicology report reveals six years later.

    Victim: Magdalena Sook
    Date: April 26-29, 2017
    Location: Marsa Alam, Egypt / Red Sea Hospital
    Status: Open case - investigation on hold

    - Oscillating behavior on the first night with no prior psychiatric history suggests sudden chemical alteration administered without consent.
    - Mahmud controlled all family communication using Magdalena's phone while she requested to be removed from the hotel.
    - Lateral impact pattern in the fall biomechanically incompatible with a voluntary jump from the second floor.
    - Egypt's autopsy report never published or delivered to the family; hospital surveillance videos denied in official request.

    Magdalena Sook, Marsa Alam suspicious death, 2017, murder, investigation, intrigue, forensic, mystery, disappearance, corruption, Spanish true crime

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