In this week's episode, we talk about The Monster of Florence. This man or group of people was responsible for 16 murders 1968 - 1985. The case is still listed as unsolved though they believed it was committed by a group of 4 who were imprisoned. I'm sorry for the delay in this week's episode, under the weather this weekend, I should also apologize for the sniffing in the recording, again, I'm not feeling well lol.
In this week's episode, we talk about the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, also known as the Phantom Killer. There are some similarities to the Zodiac Killer though this was many years before. The crimes took place in Texarkana over a 2 month period in 1946 and abruptly stopped. To this day, even though there were several suspects, the case remains unsolved.
Hello and welcome back, today we have a ghost story and a weird story. First I tell the legend of the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge and the true story behind it. Supposedly this is one of the most famous ghost stories in Florida, sadly it's about 4 hours from me so we didn't go on location. I never heard this story before and thought it would be nice to share it. Nate follows up with the strange and weird case of Gef the Talking Mongoose. This is definitely a strange story and pretty damn funny at par...
Nates back! And due to him missing a week we totally lose track of the topic. He does tell us about Champ, the monster of Lake Champlain but, we also go way off topic quite a lot this episode. Hopefully you get a few laughs and enjoy the episode!
Hello! This episode will sound a bit different, Nate is sick and I am recording remotely with a friend back home, Ed, my friend you've heard mentioned quite a bit in the cast and who also did our themes music. So today we discuss the legend of Tawney Bean and ramble on a bit at the end about random things. We were going to end with the snippet of a song about Sawney Bean instead of the outro but if we do that the cast becomes only available on Spotify so I opted to not do that, enjoy the listen,...
Today we go over ley lines, in a remote recording at the center of a minor ley line. We go over the idea of them, the history, and the man who says he discovered them. This is of course a remote recording so expect animal noises and cars, we thought we parked in the woods off an isolated road which turned out to not be so isolated.
Hello everyone, and hello to our new listeners. Today we're doing some folklore and urban legends. we have four stories for you in this episode, The Alp, Black Eyed Children, The Wolpertinger, and the Hodag. I had no idea of what the Alp and Wolptinger were so it was an extra nice episode today being able to hear new stories myself. I hope you all enjoy the episode and are doing well.
Last week Nate told me he would be covering a story that involved some odd photos and I mentioned that I thought I knew the story he was talking about, which I actually didn't, I knew of two other cases involving photos. So today we cover both those stories. Daylenn Pua who disappeared while hiking the Haiku Stairs, one of Hawaii's most dangerous trails. In the last photo he took a figure can be seen possibly watching him. And we discuss the Delphi Murders, there really isn't much info I could g...
In today's episode, we have our first request! The Dybbuk Box. So being a request we put that portion first and thank you to all who listen and sending in a request. So as mentioned we first discuss the Dybbuk Box, what exactly a Dybbuk box is and what a Dybbuk is before we get into the meat of the story and the history of this haunted item. Our second story is about the disappearance of two Dutch students, Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon in 2014 while hiking in Panama, and the strange photos tha...
In today's episode, we discuss a very well-known case from not too long ago. The strange case of Elisa Lam, this has been covered a lot back when it happened in 2013, but now there is an increase in interest again due to the Netflix documentary and we thought it may be a good idea to cover it. We cover a little history of the Cecil Hotel and then discuss what happened to Elisa and talk about several of the theories surrounding the case, some reasonable, some completely outlandish, or wrong....
Hello to our listeners, sorry for the slight delay in uploading, I wasn't feeling very well yesterday after recording. In this week's episode, Nates tells us about Mount Shasta, strange occurrences, strange figures, UFO sightings, and the religious origins of Mount Shasta. I talk about the alien abduction of Betty and Barney Hill, missing time, fragmented memories, abduction, and most of the other things involved. As always we thank you for listening.
The Hinterkaifeck Farm Murders took place on the evening of March 31, 1922. All six members of the Gruber family were killed with a pickaxe. Though over 100 people were questioned and there were a handful of suspects, to this day the case has never been solved.
Today we discuss H.H. Holmes, who is considered to be America's first serial killer. We discuss a bit of his early life and how he arrived in Chicago in time for the World Fair. Then we get into the World Fair Hotel, better known as the H.H. Holmes hotel or the Murder Mansion. If you don't know about H.H. Holmes then sit back and listen and if it intrigues you please take some time to dig deeper as always, there is a lot of little details throughout his life.
In 1959 between February 1st and 2nd, 9 Russian hikers went missing and were subsequently found dead over a period of a couple of months. The circumstances surrounding what happened are still essentially unknown though the Russian Government states it was an avalanche, but there are many theories, and none of them really clearly explain the events that went down. Most likely we will never be known, but please join us on this little journey, and of course, if you are interested in what you hear d...
In today's episode, we discuss the Heavens Gate Cult. We talk about the leaders and where they came from and move into the beliefs, rules, some strange things, and the eventual outcome. We hope you join us and enjoy the listen.
The story of Netta Fornario, and occultist in search of the fairy realm. Given the outcome perhaps it would have been wiser to leave well enough alone.
So today I kind of surprised Nate with this little bonus episode to see what he would say, I don't want to explain what it is in the description and give too much away so please enjoy :)
Hello and welcome back! To you and to us, we're glad to be back and recording for everyone and we greatly appreciate all of you who listen and as always hope you enjoy the story. Today Nate tells us the legend of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse and the missing keepers, I've heard this story before and I think its a good and crazy unsolved mystery and hope you enjoy it as well.
Hello, today we are doing a Christmas themed episode with two stories. The first is the tradition of Mari Lwyd (Mary Lloyd), it's a strange but fun Christmastime tradition practiced in South Wales, and I suggest we practice this all over the world. The second story is a bit darker, think Krampus with a darker side, this is the legend of Perchta (perkh-tah), shes a Christmastime diety and likes to make sure the little kiddos are behaving, if your good you get a goody, if you bad... well... you'll...
Hello, we're back! All is well with me and my daughter so Nate was able to come over and record. In today's episode, Nate tells us a bit about skinwalker ranch, I know little bits and pieces so it was nice to hear some new things, and how the ranch came about as well as the changing of hands. As always we hope you enjoy the episode and feel free to contact us. We look forward to bring you a new episode next week.
Hello, as the title says, me and my daughter are on quarantine due to coming into contact with someone who tested positive so we are on lockdown. Thankfully my daughter's test results came back negative last night and mine came back negative just a few mins ago. But due to being unsure we were unable to record today and we will most likely be back up and running next week. Thank you to everyone who listens and please be safe and take care of yourselves and loved ones because even taking precauti...
Hello and welcome back to Arcanum Obscura. In today's episode, we talk about some folklore from around America. First up is The Dogboy of Arkansas, followed by The Montauk Project from my home state of New York. There some mild derailment that happens as always, and Nate trying to interrupt and bring up topics that I will be getting to beforehand. you know, the usual. We hope you enjoy this episode and keep coming back for more. To all our current listeners, thank you for tuning in weekly, we gr...
We have come to the conclusion of the Smurl family's traumatic haunting. As we mention in the cast we do hope they found peace and could live the rest of their lives untormented. If you liked this multi-part story you can find the whole story in the book The Haunted: One Family's Nightmare, we both highly recommend it. So this concludes this story, and we are honestly a bit happy lol, we didn't expect it to be so long when we started, but we hope you enjoy it and stayed along for the ride with u...
Hello, and welcome back, we are almost done with this multi-part series, next week is the last of the Smurl family haunting. You'll hear us talk about this but wow, this has been a big multi-parter and we think we burned ourselves out a bit on this subject even though it's a crazy story, so next week is the last episode and finishes off the story. Hopefully you've been able to stick it out with us and we will soon be back to our regularly scheduled programming. We also now have a new logo and so...
Hello hello hello, today we are on part 4 of the Haunting of the Smurl family, just a little more to go. Today we talk about the second exorcism and the outcome of it, as well as some more attacks on the family. We know this has been a pretty long story thus far but we do hope you are staying with us and find the story interesting because we both found it to be a very good incident of how a haunting transpires as well as a very valid account.
Hello hello hello and welcome back. This is our 2020 Halloween special, today we go over some Urban Legends and their origins. Nate also brings some trivia to the cast today. Halloween is our favorite holiday and we hope you enjoy this episode, and please enjoy your Halloween and be safe.
Welcome back, we are still on the journey through the haunting of the Smurl family. We were aiming for 5 episodes but it seems there may be more, possibly just six. In this episode we come to the exorcism and what whether or not it helped at all. as well as some new tricks the entity conjures up for the family. So far after everything that has happened to them they have not given up or given in to the entity and that says way more than I ever could about their faith and strength as a family....
Hello, and welcome back. This is part 2 into the case of the Smurl family and the nightmare they lived through, we're guessing this will be around 5 parts in total. Also sorry for the delay, we didn't finish recording both podcasts until after midnight.
In this multi-part episode we discuss the true story of the Smurl family and the horrors they had to endure when they moved into a new house only to eventually find out it was haunted. This is going to be several parts, we are unsure as to how many, we'll just keep going to get the whole story out. We hope you stay with us until the end, and we are both telling this story as our new episode images show.
Today Nate tells of the story of Morris Osborn who lived his life wanting to create magic and make people happy only to pass just as his dream was realized, but perhaps he kept on living that dream afterward
