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True Crime Bloodlines

True Crime Bloodlines

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 Some cases are never truly closed. The files go cold, the headlines fade — but the questions remain.

True Crime Bloodlines is a podcast that goes beyond the surface of real crime cases to expose what most investigations miss: the family ties, inherited patterns, and generational secrets that turn ordinary people into killers. This isn't standard criminal investigation content. Every case is examined through the lens of bloodlines — how violence, manipulation, and obsession travel through families across decades.

Jack is a former forensic case researcher with over eight years of experience consulting on cold cases and studying criminal psychology. He has spent years inside police archives, court transcripts, and victim advocacy files that never made the evening news. That background shapes every episode — no speculation without evidence, no drama without facts.

This show is built for listeners who feel like true crime podcasts scratch the surface but never go deep enough. If you want criminal investigation analysis that connects the dots between psychology, family history, and crime, you are in the right place.

New episodes drop every Tuesday, running between 18 and 25 minutes. Each case is fully researched and presented as a standalone investigation, so you can start anywhere.

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Episodes
  • Surgical openings in the reservoir: the case that Brazil concealed

    Surgical openings in the reservoir: the case that Brazil concealed
    Apr 17 2026
    Surgical openings in the reservoir: the case that Brazil concealed: The discovery of a mutilated corpse in 1988.

    A ten-year-old boy disperses vultures at the Billings reservoir and finds a body with perfect circular openings, lacking internal organs and a face. The Brazilian government erases all media coverage for six years. What tool extracts viscera through openings smaller than four centimeters, and why did the authorities systematically hide it?

    In this episode, we explore the anomalous police response that sanitized the scene within hours, the leaked autopsy from 1994 that revealed maximum emergency neurological response during the procedures, and the impossible connection to identical livestock mutilations documented two years earlier in areas of military UFO sightings. Why was the governmental silence broken from within the state apparatus itself?

    Victim: Fisherman identified (identity not publicly confirmed)
    Date: September 29, 1988
    Location: Billings reservoir, São Paulo, Brazil
    Status: No judicial resolution

    - Four circular openings of 2.5 to 3.8 centimeters with clean edges, compatible with precision surgical instruments, no manual violence.
    - Total extraction of viscera by suction confirmed in autopsy, with no secondary internal lacerations from conventional surgery.
    - Extreme vagus nerve activity at death indicates the victim was conscious during the procedures, cardiac arrest due to extreme pain documented.
    - Identical pattern in mutilated livestock prior to the human discovery in areas where military documented UFO sightings in May 1986.

    Fisherman Billings reservoir, surgical mutilation, Brazil 1988, murder, investigation, forensic, mystery, media suppression, intrigue, homicide, Spanish true crime

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    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and associated materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written authorization from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: business@obomedia.com.

    Recommended Listening:
    If you are a fan of deep-dive investigative podcasts and suspenseful storytelling like Crime Junkie, True Crime with Kendall Rae, Dateline NBC, 48 Hours, Morbid, 20/20, Betrayal Season 5, MrBallen Podcast: Strange Dark & Mysterious Stories, My Favorite Murder, Criminal, Murder at the U, Snapped: Women Who Murder, Serialously with Annie Elise, Casefile True Crime, or The Epstein Files, this will be your new favorite podcast.

    Topics Covered:
    True crime podcast, unsolved mysteries, cold cases, serial killers, missing persons, real crime stories, investigative journalism, homicide investigations, forensic science, interrogations, 911 calls, true crime daily, true crime 24 hours podcast, unexplained deaths, true crime stories English.

    This episode includes AI-generated content.
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    23 mins
  • The five demons that never arrived

    The five demons that never arrived
    Apr 16 2026
    The five demons that never arrived: The murder of Josh Bennett in Claremont, Illinois

    A mother stabbed in the kitchen. A 20-year-old soldier about to be deployed to Iraq, killed in the chest by a curse that never existed. Two masked men convinced they were killing a pregnant teenage witch. The impossible contradiction: no one in the coven questioned that their spiritual leader - the "victim" of the curse - gave the orders for the assault.

    In this episode, we explore how a Walmart employee manipulated adults to commit a murder disguised as a sacred ritual. The knife delivered as a "sacred tool," the candles with engraved names, the explicit instruction to "leave nothing in your path." And the truth that destroyed everything: Iria had dated Jackie, Jackie left her for Lindsay, and Iria invented the narrative of witchcraft out of jealousy disguised as witchcraft.

    Victim: Josh Bennett
    Date: August 23, 2005
    Location: Claremont, Illinois
    Status: Case solved, sentences executed

    - The candle ritual took place at midnight on August 22; the assault began three hours later with ski masks and pepper spray.
    - David, recruited as a "powerful wizard," was a criminal from St. Louis with a prior history of murder; Iria knew him.
    - Rick attempted to stab the father of the house with pepper spray and accidentally inflicted a wound on his leg while trying to attack; he then fled to the cornfield.
    - The declared target, Lindsay, escaped unharmed to the basement; Josh Bennett died accidentally in an operation built entirely on jealousy.

    Josh Bennett, Claremont murder 2005, coven, cult manipulation, false curse, investigation, false serial killer, Iria Cotner, spiritual corruption, true crime Spanish

    If you want to listen to this podcast ad-free and have access to premium episodes, we invite you to try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and associated materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written authorization from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: business@obomedia.com.

    Recommended Listening:
    If you are a fan of deep-dive investigative podcasts and suspenseful storytelling like Crime Junkie, True Crime with Kendall Rae, Dateline NBC, 48 Hours, Morbid, 20/20, Betrayal Season 5, MrBallen Podcast: Strange Dark & Mysterious Stories, My Favorite Murder, Criminal, Murder at the U, Snapped: Women Who Murder, Serialously with Annie Elise, Casefile True Crime, or The Epstein Files, this will be your new favorite podcast.

    Topics Covered:
    True crime podcast, unsolved mysteries, cold cases, serial killers, missing persons, real crime stories, investigative journalism, homicide investigations, forensic science, interrogations, 911 calls, true crime daily, true crime 24 hours podcast, unexplained deaths, true crime stories English.

    This episode includes AI-generated content.
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    18 mins
  • The fist that sealed her death in the Arctic

    The fist that sealed her death in the Arctic
    Apr 15 2026
    The fist that sealed his death in the Arctic: The survival tragedy of Carl McCann

    A pilot saw Carl McCann raise his fist in a sign of triumph from the Arctic ice of Alaska. The plane turned and left. Months later, Carl died in his tent with a diary in his hands. The pilot made no mistake; Carl did, but he didn’t realize it until it was too late.

    In this episode, we explore how a misinterpreted hand signal, an unread hunting license, and an unconfirmed verbal agreement created the perfect storm of negligence and isolation. Carl was a wildlife photographer, experienced enough to survive five months alone in the Arctic Circle, but he was unaware of a rescue code as simple as it was lethal: a closed fist means "I’m okay"; two open arms mean "I need help." How does an expert die trapped by what he never learned?

    Victim: Carl McCann
    Date: August 7 - November 26, 1981
    Location: Arctic Circle, northern Alaska
    Status: Suicide after involuntary abandonment

    - Carl found his hunting license in October, months after making the incorrect signal to the state pilot.
    - The pickup agreement with his friend Rory was never confirmed; it happened with alcohol involved the night before.
    - Carl discarded five of six boxes of ammunition before hearing wolves, limiting his hunting capacity during the winter.
    - His last diary entry, from November 26, 1981, says: "They say it doesn’t hurt."

    Carl McCann, Alaska 1981, Arctic, wildlife photography, failed rescue, suicide, aviation protocol, involuntary abandonment, investigation, survival, personal diary, Arctic mystery, true crime Spanish

    If you want to listen to this podcast ad-free and gain access to premium episodes, we invite you to try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.

    © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
    This episode and its content (audio, text, and associated materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written authorization from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: business@obomedia.com.

    Recommended Listening:
    If you are a fan of deep-dive investigative podcasts and suspenseful storytelling like Crime Junkie, True Crime with Kendall Rae, Dateline NBC, 48 Hours, Morbid, 20/20, Betrayal Season 5, MrBallen Podcast: Strange Dark & Mysterious Stories, My Favorite Murder, Criminal, Murder at the U, Snapped: Women Who Murder, Serialously with Annie Elise, Casefile True Crime, or The Epstein Files, this will be your new favorite podcast.

    Topics Covered:
    True crime podcast, unsolved mysteries, cold cases, serial killers, missing persons, real crime stories, investigative journalism, homicide investigations, forensic science, interrogations, 911 calls, true crime daily, true crime 24 hours podcast, unexplained deaths, true crime stories English.

    This episode includes AI-generated content.
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    22 mins
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