The Chameleon: How Ted Bundy Fooled the FBI

Leslie Palacio: the crime recorded and confessed that ended with a fugitive killer

The night Eric disappeared with Leslie: The murder of Leslie Palacio Leslie Palacio's last transmission was a text message to her sister at 3 a.m. on August 29, 2020: "I have something important to tell you." She never did. Hours later, a neighbor's camera recorded Eric Rangel removing a lifeless body from his home while his father José helped him load it into a truck. In this episode, we explore how the surveillance cameras at the Long Casino document Leslie and Eric leaving together at 2 a.m., how a prepaid phone activated in Valley of Fire admits to the murder to a friend, and why an unequivocal neighborhood video has not resulted in any arrests three years later. The bloodstains in Eric's room, the burned body found eleven days later, and the pending toxicology raise an impossible question: how does the alleged killer remain at large while his father serves only eight months in prison? Victim: Leslie Palacio Date: August 29, 2020 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada and Valley of Fire Status: Unsolved homicide; fugitive killer - Neighborhood video shows Eric leaving shirtless and returning with his father José to remove Leslie's lifeless body to the truck. - Eric's prepaid phone activated in Valley of Fire on the same day of disappearance admits to the murder; geolocation matches exactly with the location of the discovery eleven days later. - José Rangel claims that Leslie died from an accidental overdose, but the Rangel family fled to Mexico, attempted to cross the border, and his son Eric remains at large. - Official toxicology still pending on the third anniversary; cause of death classified as "undetermined," preventing a definitive legal classification of the crime. Leslie Palacio, Las Vegas homicide, Valley of Fire 2020, murder, investigation, mystery, forensic, impunity, fugitive, Rangel family, 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 [business@obomedia.com].

The Chameleon: How Ted Bundy Fooled the FBI

Killer Calls Police from Outside the Station to Claim His Crimes: The Zodiac Killer Case of Betty Lou Jensen, David Arthur Faraday, Darlene Ferrin, Michael Mageau, Bryan Hartnell, Cecilia Shepard, and Paul Lee Stine December 20, 1968: two teenagers shot dead on a rural road near Lake Herman, California. Seven months later, the killer calls the police station from a payphone fifty meters away, claiming both murders. He wasn't hiding-he was hunting for attention, sending cryptograms to newspapers and promising to reveal his identity. In this episode, we explore the documented attacks across Northern California, the cryptographic messages the FBI could not break, and the piece of the victim's bloody shirt mailed as proof of authorship. We examine the survivor's testimony that contradicted every assumption about the killer's identity, the boot prints that matched over a million pairs, and the police radio error that allowed the suspect to walk past officers just blocks from his final confirmed victim. Why did someone with this level of planning and ideology vanish completely, leaving behind fifty years of unsolved tips? Victim: Betty Lou Jensen, David Arthur Faraday, Darlene Ferrin, Michael Mageau, Bryan Hartnell, Cecilia Shepard, Paul Lee Stine Date: December 20, 1968 - October 11, 1969 Location: Lake Herman, Blue Rock Springs, Lake Berryessa, San Francisco, California Status: Unsolved - Nine .22 caliber shell casings recovered at Lake Herman, Winchester ammunition manufactured after October 1967, with no distinctive rifling marks to identify the weapon. - Michael Mageau survived the Blue Rock Springs attack and testified that Darlene Ferrin appeared to know her attacker and tried to calm him before he opened fire. - The Zodiac's three-part cryptogram, which promised to reveal his name, was solved in less than twenty hours by a couple with no cryptanalysis training while the FBI and NSA remained stuck. - Officers Donald Fouke and Eric Zelms intercepted a man matching the witnesses' description in Presidio Heights minutes after Paul Stine's murder, but the radio operator had broadcast an incorrect race description, so they let him walk past them. Zodiac Killer, Betty Lou Jensen, David Faraday, Darlene Ferrin, Lake Herman, Blue Rock Springs, Paul Stine, Northern California 1968, unsolved homicide, cryptogram, serial killer, investigation, forensic evidence, true crime English To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, 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 related 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, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com [business@obomedia.com].

The Mario Biondo case: the death that was closed as a suicide and reopened as a possible homicide

The night Mario didn't come back: mystery in Madrid: The homicide of Mario Biondo May 30, 2013, apartment on Magdalena Street, Madrid. A domestic worker opens the door and finds the Sicilian cameraman hanging from a shelf with a scarf around his neck. The police close the case within hours: suicide. But ten years later, an Italian judge will say something very different. In this episode, we explore the three contradictory autopsies that reveal an impossible detail: a clot in the skull suggesting dragging after death, two unknown phones connected to the wifi that night, and data erased from the laptop after Mario was already dead. Raquel Sánchez Silva, his wife, admits to drug use in 2013 but denies it in 2014. How does an engineer cousin disappear from the attendance record at the anatomical institute? Victim: Mario Biondo Date: May 30, 2013 Location: Madrid, Spain Status: Closed case with no charges; homicide confirmed by Italian judge 2022 - Loose knot under the larynx, incompatible with voluntary self-placement according to Italian experts - Feet resting on the ground in partial suspension, biomechanical contradiction with accidental erotic play - Skull and stomach omitted in the first autopsy, serious breach of forensic protocol - Laptop password changed at 02:41 on May 31, six hours after the estimated time of death Mario Biondo, Madrid 2013, murder, investigation, forensic, mystery, hitman, justice, homicide, autopsies, corruption, Spanish true crime If you want to listen to this podcast without ads 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 [business@obomedia.com].

The Killer Who Smiled During His Confession

Girl Found Burning in Bathtub While Three Adults Walk Free: The Death of Victoria Martens A ten-year-old girl arrives home from school on August 23rd, 2016, and never leaves the apartment alive. Hours later, firefighters discover her body submerged and burning in a bathtub in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Three adults lived in that apartment. None were convicted of killing her. In this episode, we reconstruct the fractured timeline of Victoria Martens' final hours through conflicting confessions, forensic contradictions, and a DNA sample that belongs to someone no one can identify. The medical examiner's autopsy reveals manual strangulation and stabbing-yet the confession describes an overdose. Geolocation data places two suspects outside the apartment during the exact window of death. A third admits to severe intoxication. And a neighbor witnesses someone descending the stairs with a body wrapped in a sheet before any emergency call was made. Victim: Victoria Martens, age 10 Date: August 23-24, 2016 Location: Arroyo Villas apartment complex, Albuquerque, New Mexico Status: Three convicted; killer unconfirmed - Autopsy found no drugs or alcohol in Victoria's body, contradicting the mother's confession that she died from an overdose. - Geolocation data places the two adult suspects outside the apartment during the exact 30-minute window when the medical examiner determined death occurred. - An unidentified male DNA sample was found on Victoria's back that does not match any of the three convicted individuals or emergency responders present at the scene. - A neighbor witnessed Jessica Kelly descending the apartment stairs carrying a girl wrapped in a sheet before emergency services received any call for help. Victoria Martens, Albuquerque New Mexico, 2016, homicide, unsolved mysteries, forensic science, manual strangulation, child death, criminal minds, investigation, true crime English To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, 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 related 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, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com [business@obomedia.com].

Kevin Bacon: the date that ended in a basement and a crime that could have been avoided

The open door of the Michigan killer: The murder of Kevin Bacon On the night of December 23, 2019, Kevin Bacon went on a Grindr date and disappeared. When the police arrived at the suspect's home, he opened the door without resistance, knowing that Kevin's body was hanging from the basement ceiling. How did a man with a history of prior complaints manage to stay free long enough to commit a documented murder? In this episode, we explore how multiple failures of the police and judicial system allowed Mark Lonski to operate without consequences. We analyze the manipulative conversation on Grindr where Kevin asked, "Are you going to keep me safe?", the purchase of the knife hours before the meeting, and the deliberate plan of body dehydration. The central question remains: institutional negligence or a systematic predator that the state itself did not see coming? Victim: Kevin Bacon Date: December 23, 2019 Location: Michigan, United States Status: Life sentence without parole - Kevin asked in a message, "Are you going to keep me safe?" before descending into the basement where he was tied up and stabbed. - Lonski bought the knife at Walmart hours before the meeting and confessed to the crime via text photo to a friend in the early morning of December 24. - Multiple victims escaped from Lonski's basement years earlier; the complaints did not progress because the victims admitted to voluntary entry. - Lonski was declared mentally incompetent in 2014 for a kidnapping case, then released and never properly monitored. Kevin Bacon, Michigan 2019, murder, true crime, investigation, criminal minds, predator, justice system, forensic, real crime, 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 permission from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: business@obomedia.com [business@obomedia.com].