One adolescent rite of passage where many of these key memories are formed - both good and bad - is parties. For many of us, parties during our teenage years often marked the many ‘firsts’ in a young persons’ life. The first time we could drive after getting our licence. Our first kiss. The first time we experiment with cigarettes, alcohol or harder drugs. For many teens, it’s their first encounter with sex. Unfortunately for some girls, that encounter isn’t always consensual, but instead traumatic. In those situations, we’d like to think that if we, or someone we knew, was raped or sexually assaulted at a party, the person responsible would be ejected and police contacted. Sadly, we know that in reality that doesn’t happen for a range of reasons. It’s cold comfort, but on those occasions, we hope that police will be contacted in the days following the attack, in an attempt to bring the assailant to justice.  But that can only happen if the survivor makes it home from the party in the first place.  Writer: Gemma Harris  CW: Rape, Extreme Sexual Abuse Involving a Minor Sources: See Website Support our sponsors! NATIVE: For 20% off your first purchase, visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code obscura during checkout! HANDY: Get your first 3-hour cleaning for ONLY $29 when you sign up for a cleaning plan. Go to Handy.com/obscura and enter promo code obscura.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

S2E18: Leigh Leigh - Property of the Clan

In 1973, three brutal murders were carried out along Interstate 57 in Illinois. The man responsible, with three accomplices, was Henry Brisbon. He was just 17-years-old. Henry Brisbon has been called the poster child for capital punishment. He is a man whose violent history has left a trail of destruction behind him. This story is about the lives he destroyed. Writer: Fiona Guy CW: Rape, Details of Extreme Violence  Sources can be found on obscuracrimepodcast.com Support our Sponsors: Save money with Gabi. Take two minutes right now to see how much you can save on your car and homeowners insurance. Go to Gabi.com/OBSCURA.   Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Engage your brain with fun puzzles and collect tons of cute characters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E17: Henry Brisbon - The I-57 Killer

CW: Homophobic Slurs, Rape, Hate Crimes Writer: Gemma Harris Perhaps you already know this story - or think you do. But as you’ll hear, what happened just outside a town in the midwest state of Wyoming on a chilly fall night in the late 1990s, had haunting parallels with coyote hanging. What started as a grisly warning would become the catalyst for a watershed movement nationwide. One that would see the LGBTQ community finally make a breakthrough when it came to breaking down bigotry and prejudice. Listener, if anything in today’s story has raised any issues for you, or if someone you know needs help, you can contact the LGBT National Hotline in the United States and Canada on 1 888 843 4564 for confidential support.  Canada - Trans Lifeline 877 330 6366 UK - Switchboard Helpline 0300 330 0630 Australia - Qlife 1800 184 527  If you’d like to support the valuable ongoing work of the Matthew Shepard Foundation by making a tax deductible donation: www.matthewshepard.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E16: Matthew Shepard - Equal Rights

At 3:40am on February 17, 1970, a phone call was received by the operator in Fayetteville, North Carolina . The person on the other end of the line was requesting assistance at the MacDonald home on Castle Drive. At 3:42am, another call was made from the same address, this time being patched through to military police in Fort Bragg. A stabbing had been reported. See Website for Sources Writer: Gemma Harris CW: Child Death Support Our Sponsor: feals.com/obscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E15: Jeffrey R. MacDonald - The Fort Bragg Murders

Today’s story takes us across the pond and back in time to 1970s Scotland. Christine Eadie and her friend Helen Scott had known each other since childhood. On October 15, 1977, after a night on the town, their last stop for the night was one of the many popular pubs in the area, The World’s End. Christine and Helen were seen by a police officer walking off with the two men down Saint Mary Street. It was the last time they were seen alive. Edit: Unfortunately, Angus has been pronounced as "Agnes". This was not caught during the recording phase and a deadline had to be met. I can only promise to do better in the future. - Justin Writer: Gemma Harris Sources: See Webiste CW: Rape, Murder, Child Death For 20% off your first purchase, visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code obscura during checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E14: Christine Eadie & Helen Scott - At World's End

Researcher: Haley Gray Writer: Stephanie Moore  CW: Intense Graphic Audio Support our sponsor: warbyparker.com/OBSCURA Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Obscura: Black Label - Burn [Full Episode]

Listener, what happens when your home is destroyed in a natural disaster or accident and you lose the very people you need around you? You have no home to go to, and are cast adrift without the people you love who you rely on to make difficult times easier to bear. You feel abandoned and alone. And listener, what happens if that ‘accident’ that destroyed your home and killed your loved ones wasn’t actually determined to be an accident at all, but something far more sinister, caused by the last person on earth you’d suspect? This is what we contemplate in today’s story. Writer: Gemma Harris CW: Child death, Animal Death See Website for Source List For 20% off your first purchase, visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code OBSCURA during checkout! Order the FREE Home Try-On program or request a trial of Scout contact lenses for just $5! Visit warbyparker.com/OBSCURA to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E13: Debora Green - The Farrar Family

Writer: Fiona Guy In 2015 the discovery of a child’s body on a secluded area of beach sparked a quest to find the child’s real identity and who was responsible for her death. The death of a young child is a tragic event. The death of a young child due to murder is an event that lights a fire under all involved, to seek the truth and achieve justice for that child and life they have lost. Justice is not a straight-forward concept in this case as you will hear. I will leave it up to you listener to decide for yourself, if justice, in this case, was truly achieved. CW: Child Death, Drug Abuse Sources: See Website Want to contribute even more to End the Backlog? Use promo code GIVEBACK for any of the shows below to get the first month to their Premium channel, FREE! All proceeds made will be donated.  Out of the Shadows: https://www.himalaya.com/Out  The Box of Oddities: https://www.himalaya.com/BOO Crime Salad: https://www.himalaya.com/crimesalad Invisible Choir: https://www.himalaya.com/choir True Crime Historian: https://www.himalaya.com/TrueCrime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E12: Baby Doe - The Murder of Bella Bond

Writer: Gemma Harris  CW: Sexual Abuse, Graphic Descriptions of Murder Support Our Sponsors: Visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code OBSCURA during checkout for 20% off! Head to warbyparker.com/OBSCURA to order your free Home Try-On. Take the quiz to find a pair that is perfect for you today! Get hours of bonus episodes on Himalaya: https://buff.ly/35JLYtq Visit obscuracrimepodcast.com to see our sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E11: Edward Baldock & Tracey Wigginton - Satanic Panic

Writer: Gemma Harris  CW: Rape, Murder, Graphic Descriptions REFERENCES : SEE WEBSITE Support our Sponsor: warbyparker.com/OBSCURA to  Get access to bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E10: Ronald Dominique - Swamp Thing - Part 02

Writer: Gemma Harris CW: Rape, Murder, Graphic Descriptions REFERENCES: See Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E09: Ronald Dominique - Swamp Thing - Part 01

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Obscura: Fireside Chat 01 (Q&A)

CW: Rape, Sexual Abuse Writer: Gemma Harris   See Website for References Support us: https://www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E08: Robert Hansen - The Hunter - Part 02

CW: Rape, Sexual Abuse Writer: Gemma Harris Most of us are familiar with reality tv shows where people are isolated in remote locations around the world to test and demonstrate their skills, stamina and endurance required to overcome the obstacles presented by mother nature. Extreme temperatures, exposure, hunger, dehydration, and exhaustion - not to mention threats from native wildlife, all pose additional complications. Listener... what happens when you’re stranded and don’t have that experience and those survival skills? No idea how far away you are from the closest town? No way of knowing when - or if - you’ll be rescued? And listener - what if, stranded in the middle of nowhere, the movement of the person you could suddenly hear as they made their way through the trees towards you, belonged to someone who wasn’t coming to help you - but to hunt you? REFERENCES: SEE WEBSITE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E07: Robert Hansen - The Hunter - Part 01

On March 26, 2018 in the late afternoon, the California Highway Patrol was called out to a crash site on US highway 101 in the affluent Mendocino County, town of Westport, California. A hundred feet down a jagged cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sat a 2003 GMC Yukon SUV registered to Jennifer Jean Hart, or Jen as she was called. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered the SUV held an entire family, but not just any family. This was a family affectionately known as “the Hart Tribe” by their friends and by their community.  Writer: Stephanie Moore  CW: Suicide, Child Abuse, Racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S2E06: The Hart Family Crash - Part 02

Obscura: A True Crime Podcast is a podcast about shining a spotlight on the darker things in life. It's a podcast that takes a narrative approach to covering true stories. We cover murders, mysteries, missing persons, and more. We cover terrible acts in unflinching detail. Listener discretion is advised.

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