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Obscurata | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories

Obscurata | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories

By: True Crime Mysteries Paranormal Unexplained True Scary Stories
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Step into the shadows with Obscurata, the latest podcast from The Whispering Woods Studio.


Here, we unravel the darkest corners of the human experience—exploring unsolved mysteries, true crime, paranormal encounters, and tales of the occult. Obscurata dares you to question the boundaries of what we believe to be true… and what we fear may be lurking in the dark.


Each episode delves into mysterious events, blending atmospheric storytelling with a touch of the unexplainable. Whether it’s an intriguing crime, a ghostly legend, or strange phenomenon, we uncover the stories that refuse to be silenced—because some have no ending.


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Episodes
  • THE MADNESS IN THE MIRROR : The Eriksson Twins & the M6 Motorway Incident | Unsolved Dark Mysteries
    Jun 11 2025

    Two sisters, identical in every way, walk into traffic on one of the UK’s busiest motorways. Cameras capture the horror: one is struck by a lorry, the other hit head-on by a car. Moments later, one of them rises — wild-eyed, screaming of stolen organs and secret threats. And that was only the beginning. This is the story of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, whose bizarre and violent descent unfolded on the M6 and culminated in a senseless killing. Was it madness, shared psychosis, or something far stranger? From Sweden to Stoke-on-Trent, the Eriksson twins left behind a trail of mystery, tragedy, and one of the most unsettling true events ever captured on film.


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    Source Information:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-11078165

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/3byvgn/the-eriksson-twins

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/03/motorway-murderer-mental-illness

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6139941/Woman-who-stabbed-Glen-Hollinshead-had-rare-mental-condition.html

    https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/ursula-eriksson-sabina-twins-sisters-21464513

    https://www.ranker.com/list/sabina-and-ursula-eriksson-facts/jacob-shelton

    https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/mystery-twin-who-survived-horror-21487096

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/ursula-sabina-eriksson

    https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/folie-deux-shared-psychotic-disorder

    https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/the-eriksson-twins


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    24 mins
  • THE BOY WHO WALKED INTO THE DARK : The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson | Unsolved Dark Mysteries
    Jun 9 2025

    He was supposed to be home by sunrise. Instead, 19-year-old Brandon Swanson called his parents from a gravel ditch, stranded miles from his hometown, promising to wave them down at a nearby bar. For 47 minutes they guided him over the phone through pitch-black fields—until, suddenly, Brandon screamed, “Oh, s**t,” and the line went dead. When his car was discovered the next morning, paramedics found it intact but empty, his phone gone, and no sign of Brandon. A massive search ensued across Minnesota’s backroads and riverbanks, fuelled by cell-tower pings and hounded by river currents and tall prairie grass. Weeks turned into years with no clue—no footprints, no body, no answers. Was it a tragic slip into the icy water of the Yellow Medicine River? Or something far darker? This episode unravels the full story of Brandon Swanson’s disappearance: the final phone call, the frantic search, the theories—both plausible and paranormal—and the family’s unending hope that the boy who walked into the night might one day be found.


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    Source Information:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brandon_Swanson

    https://www.startribune.com/longtime-search-for-brandon-swanson/511570982/

    https://bringbrandonhome.org/

    https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/7900dmn.html

    https://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/15/missing.student/

    https://www.kare11.com/video/news/local/landmark-search-for-brandon-swanson-part-1/89-540545156

    https://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4921020&page=1

    https://www.startribune.com/search-for-brandon-swanson-continues/14127539/

    https://secure.dps.state.mn.us/CDT/Search.aspx?idx=65174

    https://www.postbulletin.com/news/state/search-continues-for-minnesota-student/article_8b3b70b4-b05f-5720-820b-2b47b0793f3c.html


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    22 mins
  • DELIVER US FROM EVIL : The Gottliebin Dittus Exorcism | Dark Folklore & True Accounts
    Jun 4 2025

    In a quiet German village in the mid-1800s, a young woman named Gottliebin Dittus began to experience something unholy. It started with whispering in the walls and footsteps in the night—but soon escalated into violent seizures, terrifying visions, and claims of demonic visitations. Witnesses said she spoke in languages she had never learned. Her pastor, Johann Christoph Blumhardt, claimed to confront evil itself in a grueling two-year spiritual battle that would change his life—and hers—forever. Was Gottliebin truly possessed… or caught in a storm of psychological torment, religious hysteria, and deeply rooted fear? This is the true story behind one of the most disturbing exorcisms in European history.?


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    Source Information:

    https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/inside-history/johann-christoph-blumhardt.html

    https://www.modernghana.com/news/1093640/gottliebin-dittus-and-the-power-of-prayer.html

    https://www.thetreeofawakening.com/blog/johann-christoph-blumhardt/

    https://occult-world.com/gottliebin-dittus/

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2111342.The_Awakening

    https://www.stirlingthedeep.com/blumhardt-and-the-kingdom-of-god

    https://www.reformation21.org/articles/the-blumhardts-exorcists-and-evangelists.php

    https://www.logos.com/product/176655/the-awakening-a-classic-account-of-one-of-the-most-exhaustive-cases-of-demonic-possession-ever-recorded


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    35 mins
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