Obscura: A True Crime Podcast

Justin Drown started Obscura in 2018 with a specific mission: covering the cases that most true crime podcasts ignore. Across 349 episodes, the show focuses on murders written off as accidents, disappearances dismissed as runaways, and cases buried in forgotten files. Drown digs into archival audio, court records, and forensic details to reconstruct what happened, and his research is consistently impressive. New episodes release every Tuesday, and the show carries an explicit content rating -- fair warning, some episodes deal with genuinely disturbing material presented without softening. The show holds a 4.6-star rating from over 2,700 reviews on Apple Podcasts. Drown narrates solo, and his presentation is direct and detail-oriented. He does not editorialize much or insert personal reactions. Instead, he lets the evidence and testimony speak for themselves, which gives the show an almost documentary feel. Obscura also operates a Black Label Premium subscription tier for listeners who want additional content and extended episodes. The show sits under the Black Label network alongside other true crime productions. If the major cases have been covered to death and you want a podcast that consistently finds stories you have never heard before, Obscura is one of the best at mining the overlooked corners of criminal history.