The gold tooth that broke forty years of silence

Eighteen Years of Lies: The Natalie Holloway Case

Eighteen years of lies: The Natalie Holloway case: The disappearance of a teenager in Aruba and the killer who confessed publicly four times without going to prison. On the morning of May 30, 2005, Natalie Holloway, a 17-year-old honor student from Alabama, disappeared after getting into a car in Aruba. Joran van der Sloot, the young man who was with her, would confess multiple contradictory versions over the years on television, hidden cameras, and public interviews. Each confession was different; none led him to prison. Exactly five years later, on May 30, 2010, Joran murdered Stephany Flores in Peru. Only then did justice catch up with him. In this episode, we explore the four false confessions documented between 2007 and 2010, the contradictions between the hotel lobby's account and the security cameras that never recorded her, and how a pattern of criminal homicide took eighteen years to end up in a U. S. court. Natalie’s body was never found, but the truth about what happened that night finally came to light in 2023. Victim: Natalie Holloway Date: May 30, 2005 Location: Aruba (disappearance); Lima, Peru (second crime) Status: Case resolved criminally; body not recovered - Joran van der Sloot publicly confessed to four distinct versions between 2008 and 2010 without being convicted of Natalie’s crime. - The security cameras at the Holiday Inn never recorded Natalie entering the lobby, disproving the main suspect's first version from the start. - Exactly five years after Natalie’s disappearance, Joran murdered Stephany Flores in Peru, a pattern suggesting predatory, non-accidental violence. - In 2023, Joran was sentenced to an additional 20 years in the United States for extorting the Holloway family and homicide, following documented transfers of $25,000. Natalie Holloway, Aruba disappearance, 2005, murder, investigation, criminal minds, forensic, justice, homicide, true crime, 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 [business@obomedia.com].

The Beaumonts: Disappearance in Broad Daylight

The Beaumonts: Disappearance in Broad Daylight: The Mystery of Three Missing Children at Glenelg Beach Three children board a bus to the beach on January 26, 1966, the busiest holiday in Australia. They never get off. Surrounded by witnesses, they vanish without a trace for nearly six decades, leaving a question that Australia still cannot answer: how does an entire family disappear from a crowded beach? In this episode, we explore the conflicting testimonies about an athletic blonde man playing with the children, the unknown origin pound note found at Wenzel's bakery, and the false leads that turned the investigation into a forensic chaos. Dozens of suspects, from Derek Percy to Harry Phipps, have been investigated without certainty, while high-profile excavations have never found answers. Victims: Arna, Jane, and Grant Beaumont Date: January 26, 1966 Location: Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, South Australia Status: Open case, one million dollar reward active - An Australian pound note found in the bakery suggests money from an external source, not the one assigned by Nancy. - Multiple independent witnesses describe the same athletic blonde man, 30-35 years old, but none of the suspects fit the age chronologically. - The diary of Alan Munro's son describes blood in his car and three bodies in the trunk, but no conclusive physical evidence was ever found. - The letters from the "guardian" in 1968 were discredited in 1992 as a teenager's hoax, but they contaminated the investigation for 24 years. Arna Beaumont, Jane Beaumont, Grant Beaumont, Glenelg Beach 1966, beach disappearance, Australian case, forensic investigation, conflicting witnesses, main suspects, unsolved mystery, presumed homicide, 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 permission from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: business@obomedia.com [business@obomedia.com].

The actress, the voluntary killer, and five years of impunity

The actress, the voluntary killer, and five years of impunity: The murder of Daniela Pérez On the night of December 28, 1992, a Brazilian television star adored by 35 million people was intercepted at a gas station after filming her last scene of the year. Minutes later, she received 18 stab wounds on an isolated street in Barra da Tijuca. The impossible: her killer voluntarily turned himself in at the police station that same morning, embraced his family, and cried in front of the cameras. In this episode, we explore how an impeccable forensic investigation—altered license plate, eyewitnesses, injuries incompatible with the official version—became trapped in fatal contradictions regarding the weapon, the roles in the homicide, and the identity of the perpetrator. A trial that took five years and a conviction that allowed early release in 1999 exposed systemic cracks in Brazilian justice. Victim: Daniela Pérez Date: December 28, 1992 Location: Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Status: Released convicts; heinous crimes law enacted - License plate LM-1115 altered with duct tape to OM-1115 hours before the crime: evidence of systematic premeditation. - Forensic report detected 18 double-edged wounds incompatible with open scissors, with no defensive injuries on the hands of the accused. - Guilherme changed his story three times: self-defense, Paula acted alone, he tried to stop her; none coherent with the evidence. - An involuntary witness recorded the license plate before the body was found, directly connecting the vehicle to the crime at a previous scene. Daniela Pérez, Barra da Tijuca murder 1992, investigation, criminal minds, justice, forensic, homicide, suspense, true crime, body and soul, Gloria Pérez, true crime Spanish 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 bloody lace: who really entered

The bloody knitting: who really entered: The double homicide of Derek and Nancy Heam Three women arrived to play cards one April morning in 1985 and found two bodies with over 80 wounds each. The doors were locked, the lights were on, and dinner was untouched on the table. A silhouette standing in bloody knitting marked the path from the corpses to the door. How many killers were there really? In this episode, we explore the two contradictory confessions of Jens Sorin, the DNA that does not match the convicted, and the disappearance of the third person involved. Letters from December 1984 reveal written planning of the murder. The odometer of the rented car implicates the couple. A luminol blood test and an unidentified genetic profile would reopen the case 24 years later: who was the third person, and why were both released without answers? Victims: Derek Heam and Nancy Heam Date: March 30, 1985 Location: Bedford, Virginia, United States Status: Both convicted, released 2019; case technically open - Jens Sorin confessed alone, then accused Elizabeth of being the material author with a deceased drug dealer. - DNA from 42 samples at the scene did not match Jens, tested on September 24, 2009. - An unidentified third person left their DNA at the scene in December 2010; James Farmer was never questioned before he died. - Elizabeth built an alibi in Washington DC with movie tickets, but the car traveled 695 kilometers without justification. Derek Heam, Nancy Heam, Bedford Virginia 1985, murder, investigation, DNA, unsolved mystery, contradictory confessions, forensic, true crime, Spanish true crime 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].

The phone that accuses: the disappearance of Julie Ann González

The phone that accuses: the disappearance of Julie Ann González: The bodyless homicide of Julie Ann González in Austin, Texas On the morning of March 26, 2010, Julie wrote a love letter to her ex-partner. Hours later, her phone was sending messages of escape and abandonment. Her family knew it was impossible. The police did not investigate until national television exposed George de la Cruz's lies in a polygraph. In this episode, we explore the collision between two realities: the handwritten letter that proved Julie's stable mental state against the fraudulent messages that pretended her voluntary escape; the video game console that George left untouched for 20 hours - unusual for someone who played 12-18 hours daily - and the journey of Julie's cell phone that appeared at George's house before moving with his device. How did George manage to keep the secret for years when the digital evidence was on his phone? Victim: Julie Ann González Date: March 26, 2010 Location: Austin, Texas Status: Life sentence (September 22, 2016) - Julie's handwritten letter expressed love and future plans the same morning she disappeared, directly contradicting the escape messages hours later. - George was seen on supermarket cameras using Julie's debit card with his daughter Laila, while Julie did not appear in any frame. - Expert Jim Cock proved that Julie's cell phone was at George's house and traveled with his device to a supermarket where he was captured on video. - Julie's body was never found; George was convicted solely on circumstantial evidence based on forensic tracking and anomalous digital behavior patterns. Julie Ann González, Austin Texas homicide 2010, bodyless murder, digital evidence, forensic investigation, unsolved mystery, criminal minds, true crime, circumstantial justice, 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 permission from OBOMEDIA. For permissions, licenses, and business inquiries, write to: business@obomedia.com [business@obomedia.com].