2026 update: please come back and give us a season 5! I am on my fourth play-through of season 1, I can’t get enough of it. I love the tiny details. I love that he helps us see the context which the SWTs fell into. I am reading many books on the subject and return to this podcast in between each one. Season 2 wasn’t my jam but I listened to it once through. I am excited for this new season on Jack the Ripper! I don’t mind his voice at all. I think there’s a lot of good content here but if his voice is a problem then I dunno what to tell you. Downvoting someone because of their voice seems unnecessary.

I’m completely addicted to this show!

Thoroughly researched, beautifully written and delivered.

Are we sure his voice isn’t first gen AI? It’s a grating cadence that I had to give up on. Plus, a lot of adding and romanizing of details that are simply nonsense.

I have been reading about the Romanov family, Tsar Nicholas, the Tsarina and their children for years. And in fact, have read all of Helen Rappaport’s books on the subjects, and this podcast blew my mind!! There were details I had not heard before and the research was so good! I loved this Series….so well done!

Loved these so much! I wish they did more

Loved season 3!

Unobscured is engaging, informative, and approachable. Aaron Menke is excellent at grabbing your attention and can make any topic fascinating. Each season took a topic I knew little/nothing about and explained it in a way that totally hooked me. Worth multiple listens.

I have been listening to Aaron Mehnke for a very long time and have listened to each title that he has released, from “Cabinet of Curiosities” to “Unobscured,” and everything in between. It is clear when you listen to any of the podcasts that there has been some quality research and time put into to making a great product to release. When “Unobscured” season 1 came out, I bunched the entire thing - it held me captivated and was honestly one of the best explanations that I’ve heard in the stories of the witch trials. I have yet to listen to any of the episodes where I didn’t learn something , even on topics where I have more reading experience. Keep up the fantastic work, Aaron and crew!!

Really wish there were more seasons of Unobscured! It’s one of my favorite podcasts to come out of Grim and Mild

Probably my least favorite pod out of the Grim and Mild productions. I do always enjoy anything Aaron does and the topics were always interesting, it just seemed a bit all over the place. I wasn’t gripping my seat waiting for more knowledge like I normally do. It was becoming mundane to the point I would skip episodes (which I loathe).

Aaron takes us through some historical events that have become both myth and legend as the decades pass. I enjoyed how Aaron’s story telling was interwoven with interviews. Wishing there was a season 5!!

I really appreciate the deep dives and insight!

My son and I visited Salem this week. After visiting some of the local museums, we decided we wanted a little more context and information about the Salem witch trials. So as we continued driving along the Massachusetts coast, we listened to this amazing season. So well researched, the author has collected a lot of resources and takes the time to explain the context of each event. I am so glad we took the time to listen to this. Brilliant work!

As a historian myself I just appreciated the heck out of this work. Loved the narrative and learned so many things I had never heard before. Remember the match girls !!!!

Aaron is an excellent storyteller. These stories are meticulously researched and well written. I learned a lot listening to this podcast. I can’t wait for the new season!

I have always had an interest in the Salem Witch Trials. I stumbled upon Unobscured after listening to other podcasts in the Grim & Mild family. When I realized season 1 was nothing but information on the trials I had to listen immediately. I love the level of detail provided in Unobscured and consider this the best podcast I’ve listened to regarding this topic. It’s an interesting, deep dive and I’ve learned so much from it.

True to form but blossoming in this extended format, AMand G&M deliver fresh perspective. Events you may think you know well; reexamined and fleshed out. The show provides an unexpected history instead of a tired rehash. The storytelling, pacing and narrational are engaging in its unexpectedness, challenging the listeners assumptions. Unobscured delivers past events in a binge worthy format. And to Mr. Mahnke, « Hi »

I am a huge history buff. Aaron mahnke’s storytelling is exceptionally well done and so interesting with so many nuggets of great information on the history of Massachusetts & the formation of new england against the backdrop of very intense religion. All of which gave way to dark days in Massachusetts history & America. I’ve enjoyed all season of Unobsecured but none as much as season 1. it would be beneficial for an even wider audience to listen to season one in particular. Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.

I absolutely LOVE this show! If the author offered a subscription to remove the ads it’d give it a perfect 5 stars!

Came across this podcast via an IG post on the salen witch trials . We weren’t taught this information in public schools - but rather told idiocies. Love the deep dives and now interviews. Hope season 2 holds up to season 1 🙂

Just regurgitating the story like a thousand others have done with his own unobscured liberal opinion. Why can’t anyone tell a historical factual story without going off topic with their opinion?

The writing on the last two seasons is not great. I don’t know if there’s a new writer or what, but there’s quite a bit of awkward phrasing, and it’s also irritating that rather than take a more objective historical tone, there’s this penchant for overdramatizing certain moments in the stories. Some of the interviewees are tough to listen to, as well.

Just finished season 4. I listened to nothing else till it was completed. I love history and have some knowledge about the Romanovs but this travel through that time period in Russia was fantastic. Thank you so much!!

Podcast is great, very informative! But I am STRUGGLING with the narrator’s cadence. He pauses at the weirdest times. He inflects the ends of his sentences that aren’t questions (which is weird to do in America, but I recognize that depends on where you’re at). He’s great, and the podcast is great, just personally something I’m noticing.

I loved all the stories on this podcast. Aaron’s voice is soothing and easy to listen to. So much detail & information was presented but not enough to overwhelm.

I love this podcast. As a direct descendant of the Salem Bishop’s that were accused and jailed for witchcraft, this history helps me understand what occurred thru more realistic researched knowledge. Thanks

This is an amazing podcast. It is well researched and produced and I look forward to the in-depth details of the events and figures that we think we know. The podcast never treats the listener with kid gloves—they expect the listener to know the basics and then takes you right down the the very depths of the story. I love it and am recommending it to all my friends.

If you like lore, but long for more depth this is your show !! The production value of this show is Unrivalled, the music is serene and so relaxing. Curl up by the fire , get a cup of tee and dim the lights for Magical experience !

One of the best Lore like podcasts I’m listening to. If you like Lore, you’ll love Unobscured. He takes the big subjects for the whole season. For example season 3 is all about Jack the Ripper.

I started with season 4, and I devoured it. So well done, and I absolutely loved the full length interviews at the end. Cannot recommend this podcast enough!

Absolutely love this show. Sticks to the history and love the interviews. Love witches and Jack the Ripper the best and hearing the history of women and their struggles...we’ve come so far. Have read all the interviewees books from season one. Stacy Shiff’s was the absolute best. Disappointed it has ended. My fave from Aaron.

Aaron Mahnke does amazing research for the Unobscured series, and my favorite of these is this first season. There was so much more to the Salem Witch Trials than what "we all know" and learning about the politics and socioeconomic realities of that time and place made that clear to me. I highly recommend anyone who is even remotely intrigued by this time or subject matter to settle in and listen to the entire first season. It’s extraordinary.

Trying to listed to this podcast for like the fifth time because it is very interesting and informative but the narrator is not something I can tolerate for more than a couple minutes. It is such a flat narration and sounds like a robot or computer with no emotion or any enthusiasm, This was the same case with the Lore series for me. Very well researched , interesting and would be a fantastic podcast if the delivery was better/different narrator.

With history again! More - I need more!

What refreshing perspective on the Ripper. LOVED the focus on humanizing the marginalized and removing the sense of “other”. We owe the liberties and rights we share today to all the marginalized who stood up, raised their voices and fought for them!

What a gem I’ve found in Unobscured! So refreshing-not only discusses Real Crime but puts it into historical context Loving it & looking forward to catching up with all seasons!

Aaron has done it once again! Nothing but praise for this man and his podcasts. I am never not riveted by his work.

Such a great podcast; I started Season 1-The Salem Witch Trials. The series itself is excellent but the interviews add so much more. Hearing about the same event from different expert points of view is fascinating. Can’t wait to listen to the other seasons!

Wow. Sad it’s over but thanks for the interviews. So much context provided it puts ripper in a new light - society, gender, class, labor, policing, empire … all inform so much. Fascinating!

I came for season 3 based off of the recommendation of Alaina (Morbid Podcast) but I’ve listened to Aaron in other Podcasts. He never eases to amaze.

This narrative in history is one of my personal favorites. It’s so interesting. Great job covering it… great interviews with the historians!

Lore is my favorite all time podcast. These deep dives are the kind you didn’t know you need but you do! Informative, enjoyable and so intriguing. Even a topic I didn’t think I really cared about, the ripper, wow as always I can not stop listening. Thank you!

I just discovered this podcast and loved it! I loved all the research and historians. So sad there will not be more to follow. Thank you for your other awesome shows. I wish you taught classes in history and research.

It’s going to be good. Seriously, I have yet to hear (or watch, on Amazon) anything done by him that isn’t fascinating and informative. And as someone who grew up on puns, those are always appreciated when they’re included! (Although they’re usually saved for “Cabinet of Curiosities.”)

Even if I wasn’t initially interested in the topic of each season, by the end, I am wanting to hear more, which I believe is the main goal of the podcast. The way the stories are told are well-thought out, full of information, and even correcting the myths that get tossed around in popular culture. Although there won’t be more episodes of the future, I’m glad that this has led to more podcasts that can go even deeper into many more topics. Thank you Aaron Mahnke for this podcast and these stories! Keep up the good work!

I love Lore and finished all the episodes so I was looking for another podcast to binge. I am so glad I tried Unobscured. It’s fascinating and very well researched. I love the historian interviews woven in as well. I could listen to Aaron Mahnke all day!

Total snoozefest

Some very powerful stories about the pass that takes you beyond history books

It is nice to actually learn more about these topics, events, in history that had occurred. It is good to know that historians and those with the actual knowledge about this topics/events were interviewed. Get to know more than is taught in history classes in schools. It is good to know and learn about the history all around. People need to know, acknowledge it, learn from it, and try to do better and prevent disastrous events from happening. I love Grim & Mild. Lore to Bridgewater to Unobscured and more. Well done. 👍