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The rise of streaming platforms have given exorcisms a whole new dimension. Find out how on today's episode of The Devil Within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A meditation on folk tales and their cultural impact as seen through the lens of the legendary creature that inhabits The Great Swamp of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Built and opened as the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum, the current Trenton Psychiatric Hospital has a long and dark history of cruel and inhumane treatments slowly giving way to a more modern and merciful approach to mental health... but the ghosts remain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rutgers University, a storied institution that predates the American Revolution, holds a vibrant past that is alive in the numerous ghost stories that have fascinated students and faculty alike for generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do the drones sightings above New Jersey have to do with a decades old murder and an industrialist from the 1800's? Maybe nothing... but maybe NOT nbothing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stories of the Abominable Snowman have long held a place in the lexicon of mystical beasts... but how did these stories start and is there any truth to them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New Year's Eve, 1974. The campus of Stanford University is shocked to discover that a ritualistic murder that was committed in the sprawling and beautiful university church had ties to Satanism. In this stunning precursor to the Satanic Panic, the case would go cold for almost forty years... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A listener was kind enough to wrote in and inform me of a tradition from the Pennsylvania Dutch community that I had never heard of before... The Belsnickel. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does a Christmas tree have to do with the birth of christ? Was the Nativity really on December 25th? And what about this guy in a red suit bringing presents to little kids? Didi Christianity steal Christmas from the pagans? You decide... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Headless Horseman has been haunting the village of Sleepy Hollow for centuries... find out the origin of this spectral warrior and why he's so angry... only today on The Devil Within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A desperate act by a student of mysticism led to the creation of a terrible beast... originally meant to protect, it soon became clear that creation is not something to be trifled with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ireland and England have deep and often violent histories... and their superstitions surrounding Christmas are a terrifying reflection of that fact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From an island nation born from fire and ice in the frosty North Atlantic to an ancient land in the British Isles... the old ways that pre-date Christianity are rife with terrifying creatures that dominated the nightmares of good and bad, young and old alike when the calendar turned to late December... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An innocent toy or a symbol of resistance? A carved piece of wood... or a vessel for a diabolical demon? The story of the haunted dreidel will make you think twice this Hannukah... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From remote alpine villages to Hollywood blockbuster movies, Krampus is a creature from folklore that's sure make you want to stay off the naughty list... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From the earliest times of the Colorado's Gold Rush, miners from all over the world would brave the dangers of the job and seek their fortunes beneath the mighty Rocky Mountains... and nearly all of them reported experiencing the power of what became known as the Tommyknockers, spirits that dwelt in the tunnels and whispered to the men who worked them. But were these beings friend or foe...? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As you gather around your holiday table this year take a second to make sure you know everyone... it's a tale as old as Thanksgiving, an imposter has infiltrated a daily gathering and has nefarious intent... but none knows who it is... or, more accurately, everyone thinks that SOMEONE must know this person. I mean, I'm sure you're safe but the history of the legend might make you think twice... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We veer away from the haunted and the possessed for an unflinching look at our nation's troubled history with one of our favorite holidays: Thanksgiving. See you in the comments! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Pfister Hotel, a masterpiece of late 19th Century engineering and design still proudly stands on the shores of Lake Michigan, welcoming the rich and famous for over a hundred years. But it's history is not without mystery and more its share of paranormal activity... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Deep in the fabled Northwoods of Wisconsin there's a legend of a ferocious beast that roams the endless pine forests... but there's a catch. Find out today on The Devil Within! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A beautiful, eerie relic of the past that stubbornly persists in our present... The Stone House at Manassas has seen the horrors of the Civil War and welcomed her wounded within her stone walls. But how much, if any, of that pain and suffering can be absorbed by those walls... and how would those memories manifest? Find out today on The Devil Within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A creature the size of a city bus is rumored to be responsible for some of the worst landslides and avalanches int he history of the Rocky Mountains... have oyu heard of the Slide Rock Bolter? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It may appear as little more than a back country byway, in reality it's among the most haunted stretches of asphalt in the world. Welcome to Riverdale Road... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tales of the earliest European explorers in the upper Midwest have spoken of a small, imposing creature bent on trouble making... hear the story of the demon that haunts Detroit, today on The Devil Within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you enjoy this quick jaunt through the dark history of my favorite holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The night before Halloween has long been associated with varying levels of pranks and mayhem... but where did this strange tradition start? Mischief Night is coming... will you be ready for it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When the Puritans arrived in the New World they sought to leave behind anything that got in the way of them worshipping as they saw fit... that hadn't counted on The Devil himself following them across the sea... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a small Haitian village, a spirit possession during a voodoo ceremony goes farther than anyone thought it could. Learn how a spiritual marriage changed the life of one woman forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alaska: beautiful, untamed... terrifying. The land is harsh and unforgiving and it should come as no surprise that a mythical creature that embodies those same traits calls Alaska its home. Meet the Otter Man... today on The Devil Within Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So you think the Bermuda Triangle is scary...? Wait 'til you hear about the Alaskan Triangle. People, aircraft... even entire villages have been disappearing there for centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
