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Dyer Lane, a remote backroad in Sacramento County, has long been the focus of disturbing tales, from stories of a murdered coven and shadowy cults to the infamous ghost police car and phantom handprints. Combining verified criminal history with decades of first-hand accounts, this is one of California’s darkest stretches of road.

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https://www.placer.ca.gov/3563/Placer-Vineyards

https://www.placer.ca.gov/8760/Watt-Avenue-Over-Dry-Creek-Bridge-Replac

https://fox40.com/news/local-news/woman-shares-video-of-terrifying-attack-on-dyer-lane/amp/

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/199097-morrigans-coven-dyer-lane-the-demon-warrior-speaks/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/q1h4j2/anyone_rememberhave_stories_of_dyer_lane/

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This episode contains references to mental illness, self‑harm, substance abuse, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

June and Jennifer Gibbons spoke to no one but each other, until one twin calmly declared she would die so the other could live. This is the chilling true story of the Silent Twins, their creepy bond, and the death that stunned even Broadmoor Hospital.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20200217170204/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13059877.tragic-tale-of-twins-and-their-secret-world

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/12/04/we-two-made-one

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

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67491767

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tczm

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Years before her infamous murder in 1969, actress Sharon Tate had a terrifying nightmare in a Benedict Canyon house - a vision many believe predicted the horror to come. 

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https://www.cielodrive.com/archive/did-sharon-tate-have-a-premonition/

https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a37926396/jean-harlow-paul-bern-house-haunted/

https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a40834300/10050-cielo-drive-sharon-tate-house/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-03-ca-manson3-story.html

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When two hikers stumbled upon a leathery corpse melting from a glacier in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, they didn’t know they had uncovered Europe’s oldest natural mummy or that their find would spark the legend of a deadly curse.

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https://iceman.it/en/

https://latitude65.ca/iceman-the-life-and-death-of-otzi/

https://livescience.com/otzi-the-iceman-facts

https://theguardian.com/science/2005/nov/06/archaeology.uk

https://independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/otzi-the-iceman-curse

https://ripleys.com/weird-news/curse-of-otzi/

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/otzi-the-iceman-archaeology-1963783

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In 1972, 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma vanished from Springfield, New Jersey. Six weeks later, her decomposed body was found atop a rocky cliff known locally as “The Devil’s Teeth.” Talk of occult rituals and Satanic cults spread quickly, fuelled by media speculation and strange reports from the scene. But decades later, a very different picture emerged.

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https://www.nj.com/union/2019/10/after-decades-of-suspicion-and-fear-heres-what-the-newly-released-files-in-the-jeannette-depalma-case-actually-reveal.html

https://weirdnj.com/stories/jeannette-depalma/

https://www.nj.com/union/2021/08/50-years-after-nj-teens-body-was-found-on-devils-teeth-her-death-is-still-a-mystery.html

https://deathonthedevilsteeth.com/

https://www.nj.com/news/2023/08/community-honors-teen-girl-whose-mysterious-death-still-haunts-nj-town-51-years-later.html

https://morbidology.com/the-suspicious-death-of-jeannette-depalma/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jeannette-depalma

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/torso-killer-richard-cottingham-confession-cold-case-murder-1220441/

https://www.nj.com/news/2022/09/jeannette-depalma-a-potential-clue-in-unsolved-death-of-nj-teen-led-to-infamous-serial-killer.html

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Something new stirs in the dark... This weekend, The Whispering Woods unveils After Dark, our most haunting tales yet. New Episodes every Saturday and Sunday.

High above the woods of eastern Louisville stands the Pope Lick Trestle, an active railway bridge with a terrifying reputation. For decades, locals have whispered about the Pope Lick Monster - a half-man, half-goat creature said to hypnotize trespassers and lure them to their deaths. The site has claimed numerous lives, each one tangled in the legend’s long shadow. In this episode, we explore the chilling folklore, its origins, and the tragic fatalities that gave an urban myth a body count.

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https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/legend-and-loss-at-the-pope-lick-trestle/article_76a6c0be-9373-11ed-b06b-cb4c71fe25b9.html

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/07/03/pope-lick-trestle-legend-has-claimed-lives-in-louisville/1626600001

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kentucky/pope-lick-goatman-ky

https://www.wave3.com/story/31505416/why-are-people-still-climbing-pope-lick-trestle

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pope-lick-monster-legend-kentucky

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THE WHISPERING WOODS PODCAST

Obscurata is evolving! Beginning November 2025, all new Obscurata episodes will now be released under The Whispering Woods: After Dark — our new late-night series.

You’ll still hear the same in-depth mysteries, unsolved cases, and disturbing true stories you love, but now presented in The Whispering Woods’ signature style.

For the time being, we’ll continue releasing episodes here on the Obscurata feed while everyone gets used to the change, but don’t worry, we’ll let you know exactly when to make the switch.

Nothing else is changing except the name, the feed, and the music. The stories remain just as dark, detailed, and disturbing as ever.

Make sure to follow The Whispering Woods to keep getting your weekly dose of folklore, true mystery, and supernatural tales.

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The following episode explores real events involving sexual violence, ritualistic murder, and graphic descriptions of death linked to the Fall River cult killings of 1979–1980. It also includes references to the Satanic Panic era and the exploitation of vulnerable young women. Some listeners may find the details deeply distressing. Please listen with care.

In the industrial city of Fall River, Massachusetts, the bodies of three young women, Doreen Levesque, Barbara Raposa, and Karen Marsden, were found between 1979 and 1980. What began as routine murder investigations soon spiralled into tales of Satanic rituals, occult sacrifices, and cult leaders ruling the city’s underworld.

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

https://southcoastmurdersmysteries.weebly.com/the-fall-river-cult-murders.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/1984/391-mass-22-2.html

https://turnto10.com/news/local/fall-river-cult-murder-robin-murphy-denied-parole-2017

https://upi.com/Archives/1981/03/13/Carl-Drew-convicted-of-murder-in-Fall-River-cult-case/5331353301200/

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The following episode explores real events involving suicide, murder, and the hysteria of the 1980s Satanic Panic. Some listeners may find the details distressing. Please listen with care.

In the summer of 1988, 17-year-old Tate Rowland was found hanging from a tree outside Childress, Texas. What police first called a suicide soon spawned rumours of dark rituals and a hidden cult. Three years later, his sister Terrie Trosper was found dead under equally mysterious circumstances.

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https://haunting-and-true-crime-in-texas.beehiiv.com/p/the-childress-texas-satanic-panic

https://spellcasterghosttours.com/the-rowland-trosper-case-childress-texas/

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920621&slug=1497027

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In the autumn of 1978, a private nurse named Caroline Spencer arrived at Greythorne Hall, a secluded country manor in southern England, to care for a young woman named Emily Harper. What began as a routine convalescence soon descended into terror.

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https://www.podpage.com/network/myths-and-malice/show/frightful/61-nurse-vs-devil-the-terrifying-caroline-spencer-case/

https://podcastaddict.com/beyond-the-edge-of-darkness-podcast/episode/201979335

https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/61-nurse-vs-devil-the-terrifying-caroline-spencer-case/id1553196158

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