- 261
- Episodes
- 112
- Transcribed
- 4,018
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 211K
- YouTube views
About Obscura: A True Crime Podcast
The darkest true crime cases are the ones you've never heard of. Obscura investigates murders written off as accidents, disappearances dismissed as runaways, and obscure cases buried in forgotten files. Host Justin Drown delivers unflinching investigations through real archival audio, court records, and graphic forensic detail. No comedy. No sanitized narratives. Only the complete truth. New episodes every Tuesday.
- Publisher
- Justin Drown
- Category
- history · news · society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Nov 2018
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
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112 of 261 episodes have a transcript.
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Casanova: Paul John Knowles - Part 02
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think I documented 18 people that he killed. I think he told his lawyer that he killed 35 people. I don't know, but I would venture to say that he killed more than 35 people. I think he probably killed somebody in every town he stayed in. Traveled from Jacksonville to California to Maine. He killed people in Ohio, back to Georgia. I would say more, but I know he killed seven in Georgia. He killed two in Milledgeville, two in Hawkinsville, two in Macon, one in Huffington County. Killed, I know, four in Florida. two in Alabama, two in Nevada, two in Connecticut that I know of. Based on credit card receipts, we tracked them through 33 states and 54 cities. […]
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- YouTube views
- 211,324
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 2,777 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 1,241 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
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- Quality
- 65
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 98
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