Arcanum Obscura

Hello and welcome back to a normal recording day. Today, as the title suggests, we are talking about the Sierra Nevada Case. Normally we do cold cases or odd bizarre cases amongst other weird things. But due to this being strange and so recent, currently a couple of weeks old and still active, we thought we should talk about this. There's currently not too much information to go on until the toxic...

Hello everyone, this episode is going to be a little different, and the sound quality will be a bit off. We got word of a building that had some unusual activity, orbs, objects being thrown and we were allowed access to record last night, so instead of our usual setup were using a micro recorder so that's why the quality will be lower than usual. We investigated the building with 2 other people, N...

We are back! After a month, though 2 of those weeks we had saved episodes for you, but sadly two silent weeks. We discuss a lot of things before the cases on this episode but when we do get to them we are focusing on two lesser-known unsolved murders. You may not have heard of these but as with all these cases it's always sad and we all hope one day there will be closure though the first case sadl...

In this minisode, Nate tells us the odd and strange story of the Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa. It's very strange how this man thinks and that he still is free to this day even though caught red-handed. Money and influence are big factors.

Hello and welcome to our first mini-episode, we have been recording mini-episodes for days when something arises and we cant record. In the first mini-episode I talk about Roopkund Lake, there is a lake in the mountains of India filled with bones! They estimate there are between 600-800 remains in this lake and as the snow melts the bones become exposed in and around the lake. The strange thing is...

We decided to take a little break from the darker crimes. So for this week's episode, we talk about 4 different stories of stupid criminals. Either just very very awful criminals or dumb crimes. We also get to listen to some strange and creepy voicemails a friend has been receiving over the past few months. And finally, Nate wraps up the more humorous episode with some Florida Man headlines.

In 1988 a 19-year-old Tara Calico went missing in New Mexico. Shortly after strange polaroids began to show up. The first depicting a girl who resembled Tara and another boy bound and gagged in the back of a van. There were little to no leads aside from a van description and a vague description of the driver. Years later all the way up into the 2000's more photos began being mailed into local auth...

On February 25, 1957, in Fox Chase Philadelphia the remains of a boy were found. The boy was found wrapped in a blanket in a bassinet box, and though he was discovered twice initially the two men who found him on consecutive days never went to the police, the second man finally contacted law enforcement a day after his discovery due to hearing of another missing child. To this day this case remain...

In today's episode we talk about the Ourang Medan. A ship that sent out a disturbing distress call via morse code. A ship afloat full of bodies, with the look of terror and screaming upon all their faces. Some say the story is true while others say it isn't, but there's a bit of evidence lending credibility to both sides of the story which make it more intriguing. The fate of the ship and crew was...

The Monster with the 21 Faces, also known as The Glico Morinaga case is a strange and odd case of kidnapping, death and extortion, and also candy that takes place in Japan from 1984-85. I found this case to be really weird and interesting, and of course unsolved, who was the Fox Eyed Man? we hope you enjoy as always. 

This week we finish up the two-part episode of Aleister Crowley. We hope you enjoy the episode as always and sorry but there's not really too much to say here, we all know of Aleister Crowley.

We talk about one of Nate's favorite people in this episode. There's really not much more I can say, everyone knows of Aleister Crowley, but we hope you enjoy a little journey through his life with us.

We are back! In today's episode, we talk about Raman Raghav. In 1965-68 a series of murders occurred on the outskirts of Mumbai. The murders occurred over two instances, 1965-66 and 1968 leaving 41 victims in the wake. The suspect Raman Raghav was enticed to talk and confessed to the murders in a unique way after stating no forms of torture could get him to talk.

Hello, in today's episode we are talking about some conspiracy theories, the episode is number just in case we do more in the future, it's not a multi-part episode. I talk about two rather silly theories and Nate brings an actual plausible one to the table. The first one I discuss is the theory that Lewis Carroll is Jacke the Ripper, following that Nate explains why the Titanic did not in fact sin...

In this week's episode, we talk about The Monster of Florence. This man or group of people was responsible for 16 murders 1968 - 1985. The case is still listed as unsolved though they believed it was committed by a group of 4 who were imprisoned. I'm sorry for the delay in this week's episode, under the weather this weekend, I should also apologize for the sniffing in the recording, again, I'm not...

In this week's episode, we talk about the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, also known as the Phantom Killer. There are some similarities to the Zodiac Killer though this was many years before. The crimes took place in Texarkana over a 2 month period in 1946 and abruptly stopped. To this day, even though there were several suspects, the case remains unsolved.

Hello and welcome back, today we have a ghost story and a weird story. First I tell the legend of the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge and the true story behind it. Supposedly this is one of the most famous ghost stories in Florida, sadly it's about 4 hours from me so we didn't go on location. I never heard this story before and thought it would be nice to share it. Nate follows up with the strange and wei...

Nates back! And due to him missing a week we totally lose track of the topic. He does tell us about Champ, the monster of Lake Champlain but, we also go way off topic quite a lot this episode. Hopefully you get a few laughs and enjoy the episode!

Hello! This episode will sound a bit different, Nate is sick and I am recording remotely with a friend back home, Ed, my friend you've heard mentioned quite a bit in the cast and who also did our themes music. So today we discuss the legend of Tawney Bean and ramble on a bit at the end about random things. We were going to end with the snippet of a song about Sawney Bean instead of the outro but i...

Today we go over ley lines, in a remote recording at the center of a minor ley line. We go over the idea of them, the history, and the man who says he discovered them. This is of course a remote recording so expect animal noises and cars, we thought we parked in the woods off an isolated road which turned out to not be so isolated.

Hello everyone, and hello to our new listeners. Today we're doing some folklore and urban legends. we have four stories for you in this episode, The Alp, Black Eyed Children, The Wolpertinger, and the Hodag. I had no idea of what the Alp and Wolptinger were so it was an extra nice episode today being able to hear new stories myself. I hope you all enjoy the episode and are doing well.

Last week Nate told me he would be covering a story that involved some odd photos and I mentioned that I thought I knew the story he was talking about, which I actually didn't, I knew of two other cases involving photos. So today we cover both those stories. Daylenn Pua who disappeared while hiking the Haiku Stairs, one of Hawaii's most dangerous trails. In the last photo he took a figure can be s...

In today's episode, we have our first request! The Dybbuk Box. So being a request we put that portion first and thank you to all who listen and sending in a request. So as mentioned we first discuss the Dybbuk Box, what exactly a Dybbuk box is and what a Dybbuk is before we get into the meat of the story and the history of this haunted item. Our second story is about the disappearance of two Dutch...

In today's episode, we discuss a very well-known case from not too long ago. The strange case of Elisa Lam, this has been covered a lot back when it happened in 2013, but now there is an increase in interest again due to the Netflix documentary and we thought it may be a good idea to cover it. We cover a little history of the Cecil Hotel and then discuss what happened to Elisa and talk about sever...

Hello to our listeners, sorry for the slight delay in uploading, I wasn't feeling very well yesterday after recording. In this week's episode, Nates tells us about Mount Shasta, strange occurrences, strange figures, UFO sightings, and the religious origins of Mount Shasta. I talk about the alien abduction of Betty and Barney Hill, missing time, fragmented memories, abduction, and most of the other...