Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Justin Drown

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69Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
267
Episodes
135
Transcribed
4,033
Ratings
Weekly
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
3 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

135 of 267 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Kevin Davis - Defiler

  2. 27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Mia Harris: Peek-a-boo

  3. 20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Double Feature: The Scream Killers - Part 02

Inside a recent episode

Kevin Davis - Defiler

Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] She had two children. The elder was her daughter, Desiree Danielle Hill. The younger was her son, Kevin Jezarelle Davis, born at the end of 1995, when Kimberly was 32. By 2014, the three of them lived together at the Windrush. Kimberly had the master bedroom, down the hall, with its own bathroom. […]

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YouTube views
211,324
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.6 / 5
2,779 ratings
Spotify
4.4 / 5
1,254 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100

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Quality
65
Social presence
0
YouTube
86
Engagement
98

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