The Devil Within

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The Devil Within is a cinematic podcast about the stories that refuse to die — the legends, disappearances, curses, and supernatural encounters that linger long after the world moves on.

Each episode blends history, folklore, and investigation to explore what really happened… and why these stories still haunt us.

From mythical creatures and haunted places, to strange crimes and unexplained phenomena, The Devil Within starts where the facts end — and the unanswered questions begin.

New episodes weekly. Bring a light. You may need it.





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Season 1: The Jersey Devil - The brutal slaying of BETTY ANN SULLIVAN shocked the small town of Jefferson Township, New Jersey. The violence of that evening shocked the nation for the perpetrator... was her own son, a boy of fourteen who would take his own life only hours later. What the investigation revealed left a community in tatters, unwilling to believe the evil that had befallen them.

Season 2: The Demons of Yorkshire - In 1974 after experiencing financial hardship, Michael Taylor joined a local church in the rolling hills of Northern England. After falling in love with a young, beautiful preacher, Michael’s personality began to change. The mild-mannered family man became abusive and unhinged. His new church believed he was possessed by no fewer than 48 demons and would require an exorcism to save his soul and protect his family from evil. But the supposed remedy would come at a very steep price... 

Season 3: A Season in Hell - In the late 1970's New York City had it all: Hip Hop, Punk Rock... and the Son of Sam. The third season of The Devil Within takes listeners into the belly of the beast and explores the wicked origins, reign of terror and ultimate capture of one of the most feared serial killers in history. With exclusive interviews from journalists, FBI agents, historians and mental health experts this season promises to be the most comprehensive - and most terrifying - account of how one man brought New York City to a standstill.

Season 4: Satan's Shadow - In the 1980s, California learned that fear doesn’t always lurk in the dark.

Sometimes, it walks right through the door.

SATAN’S SHADOW follows the terrifying rise of Richard Ramirez — the Night Stalker — while tracing his crimes alongside Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. As Ramirez descends deeper into violence, we descend with him through Dante’s circles of hell, asking what happens to a city — and a soul — when darkness becomes a spectacle.

Across nine episodes, each chapter pairs the facts of the case with a brief lesson from Dante: desire twisted into obsession, cruelty masquerading as power, betrayal, violence, and the chilling fascination that draws us closer instead of pushing us away.

Because Ramirez didn’t just kill.

He captivated.

He made the world watch — and forced us to confront the part of ourselves that can’t look away.

Bonus episodes explore the trial, aftermath, and the myths that followed — along with glimpses into Purgatorio and Paradiso, and whether redemption or meaning is possible after horror.

SATAN’S SHADOW isn’t only about a murderer.

It’s about a culture slowly walking toward darkness…

and what it costs to climb back out.

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296 episodes

The Thing That Watches From the Snowline

The Devil Within Tatzelwurm —The Thing That Watches From the Snowline High above the tree line, where oxygen thins and old superstitions thicken, something has been slithering through European folklore for centuries. This week on The Devil Within, we journey into the jagged spine of the Alps — a place of avalanches, isolation… and sightings of a creature that by all rights should not exist. It has the body of a serpent. The face of a cat. The temper of something ancient and territorial. They call it The Tatzelwurm. 🐍 Episode Overview Long before modern mountaineering turned the Alps into a playground for climbers and skiers, shepherds and hunters told darker stories — of livestock found mutilated, of travelers collapsing after encounters with a “poison-breathing” beast, and of clawed tracks appearing in fresh snow where no animal should be. In this episode, we explore: The earliest documented Tatzelwurm sightings in the 18th and 19th centuries Why so many encounters happen at high elevations near remote caves Theories ranging from misidentified wildlife… to a surviving Ice Age predator The strange pattern of witnesses becoming violently ill after close encounters The unsettling consistency in descriptions across centuries and countries Is the Tatzelwurm just folklore born from altitude sickness and fear? Or is it one more example of something real hiding in the blind spots of modern science? 🏔️ Why This Story Still Matters With global attention turning back to the Alps for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics, millions will soon be watching — and traveling into — these very mountains. But while cameras focus on ski slopes and stadiums, vast stretches of alpine wilderness remain untouched… and largely unexplored. Legends don’t survive for centuries without a reason. And in the Alps, the line between myth and memory has always been dangerously thin. 🧭 Themes in This Episode Mountain isolation and the psychology of fear Cryptids rooted in regional history, not modern invention How folklore can preserve eyewitness accounts long before science catches up The uneasy relationship between wilderness and human certainty 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW If you’re enjoying the show, make sure you’re following the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts — The Devil Within, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, Finding Me with Josh Wolf, and more — so you never miss a new episode. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on YouTube. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content: • @thedevilwithinpod • @idesofaprilpod • @eviocreative • @findingmewithjoshwolf (Instagram, TikTok & Facebook) 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: 👉 ⁠http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF⁠ 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: 👉 ⁠www.mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: 👉 ⁠http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off with code DEVILWITHIN: 👉 ⁠http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: 👉 ⁠http://www.ollie.com/IDES⁠ 💰 MONARCH The only finance app you’ll ever need. 50% off your first year: 👉 ⁠www.monarchmoney.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28m
Feb 04
The Devil's Ledger

🎙️ The Devil’s Ledger — Week of February 2 A weekly dispatch from the shadows of history, mystery, and the unexplained across the Evio Creative Network. Happy Groundhog’s Day 🐾❄️ Here’s hoping that furry little meteorologist gives us the forecast we want — winter loosening its grip and spring on the horizon. Until then, we’ve got plenty of chills to keep you company. 👻 The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week This week’s nightmare comes from the frozen forests near Houska Castle — a place long rumored to be built over a gateway to hell. Last year, we explored the infamous pit beneath the castle chapel. But what we didn’t realize then is that winter brings its own layer of terror. Local legends describe travelers vanishing in snowstorms after following a mysterious woman in white who walks effortlessly through deep snow… leaving no footprints. One 19th-century woodcutter reportedly followed her into the forest, believing she was lost. When he finally saw her face, he described it as frozen and lifeless — like something long dead preserved in ice. He later died from exposure, and villagers insisted he wasn’t lost… he was lured. Snow erases tracks. It swallows sound. And according to local folklore, winter around Houska Castle isn’t peaceful. It’s hunting season. 🏔 On The Devil Within We remain high in the Alps for two eerie legends of creatures said to stalk remote passes and dense forests. These are tales born from isolation, blizzards, and the unsettling feeling of being watched in a place where help is miles away. The Alps are breathtaking. They are also ancient… and not everything up there may be accounted for. 🕯 On The Ides of April We conclude our series on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. with a focus on James Earl Ray. His guilty plea was meant to bring closure, but instead it deepened suspicions and left lingering questions that still echo decades later. A sobering, necessary close to one of the most painful moments in American history. 🪓 On Criminal Mischief We travel back to 1893 in Fall River, where Andrew Borden and Abby Borden were brutally murdered with a hatchet. The arrest of Lizzie Borden shocked the nation and launched one of America’s most infamous trials. More than 130 years later, the case remains officially unsolved. This week, an expert walks us through the investigation and courtroom drama that still fascinates true crime fans today. 🎤 Daily: Finding Me with Josh Wolf Comedian Josh Wolf continues his daily check-ins — honest, funny reflections on growth, family, and becoming the best version of himself. 🎬 This Week in Horror Grizzly Night Based on real events from 1967, the film recounts two grizzly bear attacks that occurred nine miles apart in Glacier National Park — a chilling reminder that sometimes the scariest stories don’t need the supernatural. Whether the groundhog sees his shadow or not, we hope warmer days are coming. Until then, dive into the mysteries, history, and horrors waiting for you across the Evio Creative Network 🎧 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: ⁠www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF⁠ (⁠http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF⁠) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: ⁠http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: ⁠www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ (⁠http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: ⁠http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: ⁠http://www.ollie.com/IDES⁠ 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: ⁠http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11m
Feb 02
The Winter Olympics: The Track That Ate Him!

The Track That Ate Him Vancouver 2010 → Haunted Host Cities → Italy Adjacency In 2010, the Winter Olympics arrived in Vancouver polished to a mirror shine — perfect lighting, perfect branding, perfect spectacle. And then, before the Opening Ceremony even began… the world watched a young man die. Episode Two is where the story becomes modern horror: Vancouver 2010, Whistler Sliding Centre, one luge run at nearly unthinkable speed — and one moment that turned Olympic infrastructure into a permanent ghost. But this episode isn’t only about what happened on camera.It’s about what happens to places after tragedy — how host cities become haunted, how tracks become shrines, how mountains remember what humans try to forget. And finally, we widen the lens toward Italy: the quieter, untelevised side of the Olympic dream — where ambition can still end behind closed doors, long before the world is watching. Because winter doesn’t care about the Olympics. Winter only cares what it can take. In this episode: • Vancouver 2010: the day the Olympics lost its innocence in real time • Why “fixes” made after tragedy carry a darker implication: if it could change after… why not before? • How modern media turns death into replay — and replay into haunting • The hidden psychology of haunted host cities • The unsettling adjacency truth: not all Olympic tragedies happen on television Listener warning: This episode contains discussions of accidental death during Olympic training and death-related themes. Follow Evio Creative + The Devil Within 🎧 Follow The Devil Within on Apple Podcasts + Spotify ⭐ Leave a rating/review — it genuinely helps the show grow 📩 Send stories + theories: info@eviocreative.com 🌐 Explore more: eviocreative.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24m
Jan 30
The Winter Olympics: Games of Ice

The Games of Ice Innsbruck 1964 → Albertville 1992 The Winter Olympics are marketed as triumph — humanity’s most elegant rebellion against cold, gravity, and fear. But long before the medals… before the fireworks… before the world even begins clapping — winter is already collecting its price. In Episode One of this two-part Devil Within series, we descend into the hidden history of Olympic tragedy — starting with Innsbruck, 1964, where two athletes died before the Opening Ceremony even began, and moving forward to Albertville, 1992, where modernity itself became the killer: a collision not with a mountain… but with the machinery designed to tame it. This episode isn’t about gore. It isn’t even about blame. It’s about the human condition — what happens when ambition meets physics, when spectacle meets reality, and when a celebration quietly becomes a grave. Because the devil within isn’t always evil.Sometimes… it’s certainty. In this episode: • Why winter sports are the purest form of “beautiful danger” • Innsbruck 1964: the Games begin in tragedy before they begin in ceremony • How grief gets packaged, polished, and pushed aside so the machine can keep moving • Albertville 1992: the terrifying moment the Olympics becomes a system — and systems fail • The quiet truth Olympic branding never says out loud: winter is not scenery Listener warning: This episode contains discussions of accidental death during Olympic training and preparation. Follow Evio Creative + The Devil Within 🎧 Follow The Devil Within on Apple Podcasts + Spotify ⭐ Leave a rating/review — it genuinely helps the show grow 📩 Send stories + theories: info@eviocreative.com 🌐 Explore more: eviocreative.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26m
Jan 28
The Ides of April Presents: April's Shadow - The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

April's Shadow : “The Balcony in Memphis” In Episode One of this two-part Ides of April event series, we step into Memphis, 1968—not as a footnote in civil rights history, but as a pressure cooker where the fight for equality evolves into something even more threatening to power: economic justice. Martin Luther King Jr. comes to Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike, sparked by the horrific deaths of Echol Cole and Robert Walker, and fueled by a single, uncompromising demand—human dignity—carried through the streets on signs that read: I AM A MAN. As King’s mission expands from civil rights leader into a broader advocate for labor and class justice, the atmosphere darkens and the stakes intensify. Memphis becomes a mirror reflecting America’s deepest fear: that justice may require redistribution—not just of rights, but of power. The episode moves into the prophetic gravity of King’s final night. At Mason Temple, he delivers the iconic “Mountaintop” speech—part sermon, part warning—before returning to the Lorraine Motel. The next day, a moment of ordinary life becomes a national rupture: 6:01 PM on the balcony outside Room 306. And in the hour after his death, America ignites—grief spilling into unrest and reckoning—while the machinery of investigation begins turning, hunting for a suspect as the country struggles to make meaning out of the impossible. In this episode     •    Why Memphis became the inevitable battleground in 1968     •    The sanitation strike, labor, and the radical power of I AM A MAN     •    King’s evolution into a leader focused on class justice     •    The “Mountaintop” speech and the calm before catastrophe     •    The assassination, the aftermath, and the beginning of the manhunt 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW If you’re enjoying the show, make sure you’re following the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts—The Devil Within, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, Finding Me with Josh Wolf and more—so you never miss a new episode. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think, and yes, we read them. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on our YouTube channel. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow us on Instagram for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content:     •    @thedevilwithinpod     •    @idesofaprilpod     •    @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at ⁠eviocreative.com⁠ ✉️ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at ⁠info@eviocreative.com⁠ 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go—share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: ⁠www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF⁠ (⁠http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF⁠) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: ⁠http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: ⁠www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ (⁠http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: ⁠http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: ⁠http://www.ollie.com/IDES⁠ 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: ⁠http://www.monarch.com/IDES⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

33m
Jan 27
Let the Devil In: Now on AMAZON PRIME!!

🔥 ANNOUNCEMENT: The #1 MGM+ documentary series Let the Devil In is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video for a limited time! 🔥 Based on the #1 true-crime podcast The Devil Within, this gripping documentary chronicles the harrowing murder/suicide of Tommy Sullivan in New Jersey during the brutal winter of 1988 — a story that captivated listeners and redefined the true-crime genre. 📻 The Devil Within has 30 million+ downloads to date, with more than 200 episodes diving deep into cold cases, unsolved mysteries, and the psychology of crime. Now, its most chilling chapter has been brought to life in cinematic form. 🎬 Let the Devil In isn’t just another adaptation — it knocked MGM+’s massively popular sci-fi show From out of the #1 spot for more than two weeks after its premiere. The series is executive produced by horror movie legend Eli Roth, bringing his signature intensity and narrative edge to this unforgettable story. 👉 Watch it now on Amazon Prime — streaming for a limited time. https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.857bddbc-4bf9-45a0-8b84-9dff0d0d1682&territory=US&ref_=share_ios_episode&r=web Don’t miss one of the most talked-about documentaries of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4m
Jan 27
The Devil's Ledger - Week of January 26th

THE DEVIL’S LEDGER Week of January 26 — Blizzard Stories, History’s Turning Points, and Hard Truths This week on The Devil’s Ledger, winter takes center stage — both outside our windows and inside the stories we’re telling. We open by acknowledging the massive snowstorm that’s crippled much of the country, especially the Northeast, and how winter has a way of shrinking the world and amplifying the dark. ❄️ The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week comes straight out of a blizzard — a terrifying story that proves when visibility drops and isolation rises, the line between survival and disappearance gets dangerously thin. 🏔️ Over on The Devil Within, in honor of the upcoming Winter Olympics, we launch a two-part series exploring the darker side of the Winter Games — the training deaths, the tragedies tied to host cities, and the sobering truth that winter doesn’t care about spectacle, branding, or medals. 🕊️ On The Ides of April, we begin the long-awaited two-part series covering the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Originally planned for release during the national holiday, the episode was delayed after the flu took out Branden’s voice — but the story arrives with the weight and respect it deserves. This series examines the official narrative and the way one moment in Memphis reshaped a nation. ⚖️ Criminal Mischief brings a major update to Episode 103 — the “Bizarre Love Triangle” Virginia Au Pair case. The trial of Brendan Banfield is underway, and explosive testimony from a former lover is offering a chilling new perspective on the double homicide. 🎙️ On Finding Me with Josh Wolf, Josh takes a deeply personal turn, confronting his five biggest insecurities — one per day, publicly and honestly. It’s still funny (because it’s Josh), but it’s also hitting deeper as he works to become the best version of himself. 🎬 This Week in Horror features a new entry from master filmmaker Sam Raimi. Send Help blends action, suspense, and horror into a tense story about power, reversal, and how extreme situations can expose who we really are — especially in the workplace. Closing Thought Winter reminds us how little control we truly have. Storms erase roads, silence cities, and force us to sit with what’s real. Maybe that’s why these stories land harder this time of year — because when the world goes quiet, we hear everything else more clearly. Follow the Evio Creative Universe ⭐ Leave a rating & review 📲 Follow for weekly stories and updates 📩 Send tips and eerie finds to info@eviocreative.com 🌐 Explore all shows at eviocreative.com See you next week… and stay warm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

13m
Jan 26
The Monster That Wasn't! The Flatwoods Monster, Part Two

The Flatwoods Monster (Part Two): The Monster That Wasn’t When daylight arrives… the legend doesn’t disappear. It gets stranger. Morning light insists on clarity. It wants the world restored to order. It wants last night’s fear to look small, even silly, in the daylight. But in Flatwoods, morning didn’t repair the night. It amplified it. In Part Two, we walk back up that hill — this time with investigators, law enforcement, soldiers, reporters, and skeptics — all determined to quiet the story and restore calm.  Flatwoods Monster And what they find is not a clean debunking… but a more unsettling truth: sometimes the scariest part of the story isn’t a monster in the woods. It’s the human mind trying to survive uncertainty. This episode dives deep into the official investigation, the physical symptoms, the strange odor, the meteor explanation… and the chilling possibility that what the witnesses saw was something both ordinary and terrifying — an illusion forged by fog, fear, adrenaline… and biology. In this episode:     •    The next-day investigation: what authorities did (and didn’t) find     •    Why witnesses reported nausea, dizziness, and burning throats     •    The “meteor” explanation — and why it didn’t erase the fear     •    The barn owl theory: how an animal can become a nightmare under the right conditions     •    The deeper horror: not lying… but misinterpretation that grows teeth Content note: This episode includes discussion of fear psychology, misperception, physical illness symptoms, and investigative theories. Stay connected: 🎧 Follow The Devil Within on Apple Podcasts + Spotify ⭐️ Leave a rating + review — it helps more listeners find the show 📩 Send your theories: info@eviocreative.com 🌐 Explore more: eviocreative.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23m
Jan 23
It Fell From The Sky! The Flatwoods Monster, Part One

The Flatwoods Monster (Part One) A meteor. A hill. A flashlight beam… and something that should not have been there. There are nights when darkness behaves — predictable, familiar, almost gentle. And then there are nights when it feels purposeful. A night that seems aware of the people beneath it… and hungry to test the limits of what they believe is possible. On September 12, 1952, in Braxton County, West Virginia, witnesses reported a blazing light streaking across the sky — red, incandescent, like a wound in the heavens. What followed became one of the most enduring creature legends in American folklore: The Flatwoods Monster.  Flatwoods Monster In Part One, we return to the very beginning — the original eyewitness account, the climb up the hill, the metallic air, the fog, and the moment a group of locals became absolutely certain they were standing in the presence of something not from Earth.  Flatwoods Monster But this isn’t really a story about aliens. It’s a story about people — about what the mind does when the world refuses to explain itself, and how fear can transform shadows into certainty. In this episode:     •    The meteor-like streak that sparked a legend     •    The group who climbed the hill searching for answers     •    The reported metallic odor, strange air, and mounting unease     •    The first description of the “monster”: towering shape, glowing eyes, hissing breath     •    The “Devil Within” theme: how perception becomes destiny Content note: This episode includes descriptions of panic reactions, illness symptoms, and fear responses. Stay connected: 🎧 Follow The Devil Within on Apple Podcasts + Spotify ⭐️ Leave a rating + review — it helps more listeners find the show 📩 Send your theories: info@eviocreative.com 🌐 Explore more: eviocreative.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24m
Jan 21
The Devil's Ledger - Week of January 19th

THE DEVIL’S LEDGER — Week of January 19th, 2026 Winter dread. Strange lights. Real monsters. And the fog rolling back in. Welcome back to The Devil’s Ledger — the weekly dispatch from the edge of the week… where the stories don’t end so much as they linger. And in the heart of winter, when everything goes quiet, the quiet starts to feel like it’s thinking. This week’s episode takes us from haunted Massachusetts stonework to middle America’s strangest alleged UFO encounter — plus a brutal true crime deep dive, a new show format from Josh Wolf, and a return to one of horror’s most iconic nightmares. THE CREEPIEST THING I HEARD THIS WEEK The Hoosac Tunnel “Wailing Wind” Deaths (1850s–1860s) In the Berkshires, the Hoosac Tunnel was supposed to be progress — but winter construction turned it into a nightmare. During a brutal stretch, dozens of workers died underground. Survivors later described hearing screams carried on the wind, and even stranger: lantern lights moving deep within sealed shafts where no one could possibly be. A mass grave with train tracks… still echoing its debt. ON THE DEVIL WITHIN The Flatwoods Monster We’re back in middle America for one of the most infamous alleged UFO encounters in U.S. folklore. In 1952, a fiery streak crosses the sky over Braxton County, West Virginia. A group climbs a hill searching for a crash… and claims to encounter something towering, hissing, metallic, and absolutely not human. But as the story spreads, the real question becomes the Devil Within question: what happens when fear and perception collide in the dark — and certainty becomes legend? ON THE IDES OF APRIL The Ides of April has the week off — but returns next week with a brand-new two-part series. ON CRIMINAL MISCHIEF This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn covers the kidnapping, torture, and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar, carried out at the behest of the Guadalajara Cartel in the mid-1980s. What cartel leaders didn’t expect was a years-long response that became one of the DEA’s largest murder investigations ever — a relentless hunt stretching across borders and decades. Carolyn interviews a retired DEA agent who witnessed the “war on drugs” up close for more than 30 years. ON FINDING ME WITH JOSH WOLF Josh introduces a new format: Theme Weeks. Every Monday a theme is announced — and every episode that week focuses on it. This week’s theme is HEALTH, and Josh kicks it off with the first installment of a terrifying (and often darkly funny) health journey he and his wife endured after battling an almost invisible enemy: mold — in their home and their bodies. The lesson that lands hardest: the mirror is NOT your doctor. THIS WEEK IN HORROR The fog rolls back in with Return to Silent Hill — the third installment in the franchise. James receives a mysterious letter that leads him back to Silent Hill, hoping to find the woman he loves… only to discover the town reshaped by something malevolent, filled with terrifying figures that force him to question reality itself. ✅ FOLLOW / RATE / EXPLORE (CTAs) 🎧 Follow across the network + listen to every show in the Evio Creative Universe ⭐️ Leave ratings + reviews (it genuinely helps) 📲 Share this episode with the friend who “doesn’t get scared” 📩 Send stories, tips, and theories: info@eviocreative.com 🌐 Visit: eviocreative.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14m
Jan 19
The Wrong Road - Part Two: The Trailer

THE DEVIL WITHIN — The Wrong Road (Part Two) Months after the Mercury Montego was discovered abandoned in the snow, searchers find something deeper in the forest: A U.S. Forest Service trailer. Inside is everything that could have saved them—bunks, blankets, matches, propane… and enough food to keep multiple men alive for weeks. And in the back room—wrapped carefully in sheets—are the remains of Ted Weiher. He didn’t die quickly. He likely survived for weeks. The horror of this story isn’t supernatural. It isn’t even mysterious. It’s unbearably human. Part Two examines the theories, the folklore, and why people need this to be a conspiracy—because the truth is harder to accept: that confusion, fear, and rigid obedience to “rules” can trap a person even when salvation is right in front of them. This is not a whodunit. It’s a warning. 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW If you’re enjoying the show, make sure you’re following the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts—The Devil Within, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, Finding Me with Josh Wolf and more—so you never miss a new episode. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think, and yes, we read them. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on our YouTube channel. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow us on Instagram for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content:     •    @thedevilwithinpod     •    @idesofaprilpod     •    @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at eviocreative.com ✉️ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at info@eviocreative.com 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go—share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17m
Jan 16
The Wrong Road... Why Didn't They Turn Around?!

THE DEVIL WITHIN — The Wrong Road (Part One) Five young men leave a college basketball game on February 24, 1978—excited for the Special Olympics tournament waiting the next morning. They should have been home within hours. Instead, they drive into the Sierra Nevada foothills… and the road begins to climb. In Part One, we follow the Yuba County Five—Gary Mathias, Bill Sterling, Ted Weiher, Jack Huett, and Jack Madruga—as the night quietly turns hostile. A familiar drive becomes unfamiliar territory. A dependable car becomes a stranded shelter. And the most unsettling part isn’t what happened to them… …it’s what they did next. The Mercury Montego wasn’t wrecked. It wasn’t empty. It could have kept them alive. But they abandoned it—walking uphill into the darkness, away from help, into a forest that swallowed logic and sound. This isn’t the story of a killer hiding in the trees. It’s a story about panic, cold, and how winter can turn the human mind against itself. Part Two is coming next—deep in the forest, where the real questions begin. 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW If you’re enjoying the show, make sure you’re following the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts—The Devil Within, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, Finding ME with Josh Wolf and more—so you never miss a new episode. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think, and yes, we read them. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on our YouTube channel. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow us on Instagram for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content:     •    @thedevilwithinpod     •    @idesofaprilpod     •    @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at eviocreative.com ✉️ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at info@eviocreative.com 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go—share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20m
Jan 14
The Devil's Ledger - Week of January 12th

The Devil’s Ledger — January 12, 2026 The Dead Time of WinterWelcome back to The Devil’s Ledger — and to the cold dead heart of winter. For the next six weeks, the world slows down, the nights stretch longer, and the quiet gets louder. Stay alert, stay calm… and stay inside. This week, on The Devil Within, we launch a two-part series on one of the most haunting disappearances in American true crime: The Yuba County Five. Five young men leave a basketball game in 1978 and take the wrong road into the mountains. Their car is found abandoned — functional, not wrecked, and capable of sheltering them — but they left it behind and walked uphill into the snow. No killer. No chase. Just winter, fear, and the terrible power of confusion. On The Ides of April, we conclude The Quiet Death of an Empire with Part Two of the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II, and examine the enduring controversy that Anastasia may have survived the bloodbath. This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn delivers an update on the so-called Torso Killer case from New York and New Jersey in the 1970s — including a new jailhouse confession and an exclusive interview with Dr. Peter Vronsky, the author and expert who literally wrote the book on the Golden Age of serial killers. The boys from Taboo Treasures are still on winter break, but they’ll be back soon. In This Week in Horror, we recommend We Bury the Dead — a chilling zombie film where a military mistake sparks catastrophe… and the cover-up doesn’t go as planned. And don’t miss our new daily show on the network: Finding Me with Josh Wolf — honest, hilarious, and quickly becoming a must-listen. See you this week across the Evio universe. 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW If you’re enjoying the show, make sure you’re following the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts—The Devil Within, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, Finding Me with Josh Wolf and more—so you never miss a new episode. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think, and yes, we read them.📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on our YouTube channel. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow us on Instagram for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content: • @thedevilwithinpod • @idesofaprilpod • @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at eviocreative.com ✉ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at info@eviocreative.com 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go—share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰 EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14m
Jan 12
Things That Go BUMP in the Night - Part Two

⭐️ EPISODE 2 SHOW NOTES The Kelly–Hopkinsville Goblins, Part Two: What We Brought Into the Dark Daylight was supposed to explain everything. Instead, the sheriff found shattered glass, bullet-scarred walls, shaken witnesses — and almost no evidence that anything had ever been there. As investigators, skeptics, neighbors, and UFO hunters descended on the Sutton farm, a new explanation crept into the story: meteor trails… unusual bird behavior… and the unsettling truth about how fear spreads through a room like wildfire. In Part Two, we walk the property again — slowly, carefully — and ask the question no one really wants to face: What if the attack came not from the sky… …but from inside the human mind? Because if the monsters weren’t real — then something far more disturbing was. Stay through the closing thought. This one lingers. 📩 Share your story: info@eviocreative.com 🌐 Learn more: eviocreative.com ❤️ Follow, rate, review, and tell a friend — it truly matters. Sometimes the unknown isn’t out there. Sometimes it’s us. 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW If you’re enjoying the show, make sure you’re following The Devil’s Ledger and the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts—The Devil Within, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, and more—so you never miss a new episode. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think, and yes, we read them. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on our YouTube channel. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow us on Instagram for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content:     •    @thedevilwithinpod     •    @idesofaprilpod     •    @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at eviocreative.com ✉️ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at info@eviocreative.com 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go—share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19m
Jan 09
Things That Go BUMP in the Night - Part One

The Kelly–Hopkinsville Goblins, Part One: The Things at the Window On a sweltering Kentucky night in 1955, a family on a rural farm claimed they were surrounded by small, shining “beings” that moved through the yard, climbed onto the roof, and pressed their faces against the windows. They fired round after round into the dark. And nothing — and no one — fell. This isn’t really a story about “goblins.” It’s about fear, perception, and the split second when reality stops behaving the way we expect it to. In Part One, we step inside that farmhouse and live the night as they did: the lights in the sky, the barking dogs, the guns, and the single moment that turned unease into terror — the face at the window. Because sometimes, the real monster isn’t outside the house. It’s what the human mind creates when darkness refuses to explain itself. Listen to the end — the cliffhanger will pull you straight into Part Two. And remember: The dark doesn’t have to be empty… for it to be terrifying. 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW If you’re enjoying the show, make sure you’re following The Devil’s Ledger and the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts—The Devil Within, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, and more—so you never miss a new episode. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think, and yes, we read them. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on our YouTube channel. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow us on Instagram for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content:     •    @thedevilwithinpod     •    @idesofaprilpod     •    @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at eviocreative.com ✉️ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at info@eviocreative.com 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go—share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24m
Jan 07
THE IDES OF APRIL PRESENTS: The Quiet Death of an Empire

THE IDES OF APRIL Episode One: The End of the Romanovs — Power, Abdication, and Inevitability In this first episode, we trace how the fall of the Romanov dynasty began long before gunfire echoed in a basement. From battlefield catastrophe to political collapse, this is the story of how abdication ended authority—but not danger. CHAPTERS Chapter One — The Abdication The Russian Empire collapses under the weight of war, famine, and failed leadership. Nicholas II abdicates the throne in 1917, believing surrendering power will save his family and stabilize the nation. Instead, it seals his fate. Chapter Two — Five Children and a Dynasty Behind the crown stood a family: five children, a sickly heir, and a court defined by secrecy and ritual. Fabergé Easter eggs become symbols of continuity, illusion, and imperial fragility as the Romanovs slip from rulers to prisoners. Chapter Three — Why the Bolsheviks Could Not Let Him Live As civil war erupts, the Bolsheviks confront a brutal reality: Nicholas no longer rules—but he still represents. Alive, he remains a rallying point, a bargaining chip, and a threat. The decision is not vengeance—it is preemption. Abdication ends power. It does not end meaning. And revolutions cannot tolerate symbols that still breathe. 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW Follow The Ides of April and the full Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBEWatch full episodes and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications. 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all shows and projects at eviocreative.com ✉ GET IN TOUCH Email tips, stories, or corrections to info@eviocreative.com 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰 EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24m
Jan 06
The Devil's Ledger - Week of January 5th.

The Devil’s Ledger — January 5, 2026 Happy New Year — and welcome back. We’re kicking off 2026 with a chilling slate across the Evio universe. We start with The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week — a winter nightmare from Japan about the Yuki-onna, the mysterious “snow woman” who appears during blizzards… and quietly breathes the warmth out of anyone who helps her. Then, on The Devil Within, we open a two-part investigation into the 1955 Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter — the farmhouse siege that helped shape modern alien mythology. Over on The Ides of April, we begin our deep dive into the fall of Tsar Nicholas II and the brutal end of the Romanov dynasty. History turns fast — and it doesn’t look back. The guys from Taboo Treasures are still shaking off the holidays — they’ll be back next week with something wild. This week on Criminal Mischief, we examine the disappearance of Anna Walshe — a mother of three whose New Year’s Day “work emergency” unraveled into something far darker. A true can’t-miss. And in This Week in Horror, we’re talking PRIMATE — the pet-turned-predator creature feature that feels like CUJO’s unhinged cousin. 🚨 New Show Drop — TODAY Our brand-new series FINDING ME with Josh Wolf officially launches today. Honest, vulnerable, funny, and deeply human — this is one you’ll want in your feed from episode one. Follow, rate, review, and share — and we’ll see you across the Evio universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15m
Jan 06
She Left the House... And Never Came Back: The Disappearance of Patricia Viola

On a quiet winter afternoon in Bogota, New Jersey, Patricia “Patty” Viola stepped out of her home and vanished. No forced entry. No sign of struggle. Nothing left behind but silence — until years later, when the river returned part of her story. This isn’t a case about villains lurking in the shadows. It’s about the invisible weight people carry, the questions that haunt families, and the quiet breaking points we almost never see coming. Sometimes, the devil within isn’t outside the door. It’s inside us. In this episode, we revisit Patricia’s final known moments, the search that stretched on for years, the discovery that reopened old wounds, and the deeper truth hiding beneath the surface — grief, mental health, and the human need for answers that may never fully arrive. This is not sensational. It’s human — and that may be the hardest part. ❗ If you or someone you love is struggling Please reach out. In the U.S., dial or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You’re not alone. LISTEN NEXT If you connected with this episode, you may also appreciate: • The Ley Lines of New Jersey • The Holiday Horror Series • The Legend of the Yeti 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW If you’re enjoying the show, make sure you’re following The Devil Within and the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts—The Devil's Ledger, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, and more—so you never miss a new episode. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think, and yes, we read them. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on our YouTube channel. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow us on Instagram for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content:     •    @thedevilwithinpod     •    @idesofaprilpod     •    @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at eviocreative.com ✉️ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at info@eviocreative.com 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go—share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22m
Jan 02
The Woodchipper and the New Year

The Devil Within The Woodchipper and the New Year: The Murder of Helle Crafts In the final days of 1986, while the world was preparing resolutions and fresh starts, one woman quietly vanished from her Connecticut home — and her disappearance would force American justice to confront an impossible question: Can you prove a murder when there is no body? This episode follows the chilling, meticulously documented case of Helle Crafts — a Danish flight attendant, mother of three, and woman who clearly saw danger coming… and tried to warn the people around her. What investigators would eventually uncover — a missing freezer, strange purchases, the shoreline of a frozen lake, and fragments almost too small to comprehend — changed forensic history, legal precedent, and the way investigators think about “no-body” homicides forever.  HELLE CRAFTS This isn’t a story about spectacle. It’s a story about erasure — and the relentless people who refused to let that erasure hold. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps more than you think, and yes, we read them. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on our YouTube channel. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow us on Instagram for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content:     •    @thedevilwithinpod     •    @idesofaprilpod     •    @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at eviocreative.com ✉️ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at info@eviocreative.com 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go—share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

33m
Dec 31, 2025
The Devil's Ledger - Week of December 29th.

The Devil’s Ledger — Year’s End Episode Standing at the doorway between what was… and whatever comes next. We close out the year with a New Year’s wish, a reflection on winter, and a few stories that feel colder the longer you sit with them. 🧊 The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week The Michigan Dogman — Winter Screams In the deep Michigan winter, the snow stays, the forests go silent — and sometimes, the stories return. A family’s holiday trip turns unsettling when something steps into the edge of the porch light and reminds them that winter may not belong to us after all.  👿 The Devil Within Two cases tied to the season — separated by a decade — and forever changed by loss. • Helle Crafts — the case so shocking that prosecutors argued murder without a body, reshaping how courts understand circumstantial evidence. • Patricia Viola — a disappearance that left only silence, lingering questions, and a mystery that never quite settled.  One story defined by devastating certainty. The other — by what we still don’t know. 🗡 The Ides of April A quick visit into myth, murder, and the artifacts we insist on believing. We explore the legend of the Rasputin dagger — whether it ever existed… and why some objects take on more power in our imaginations than they ever had in reality. Full episodes return next week.  🏺 Taboo Treasures Still on hiatus. The vault remains locked — for now.  🤠 Criminal Mischief Part of our Best of 2025 — Carolyn revisits Billy the Kid: the real person behind the myth, and why we still romanticize the chaos he left behind.  🐍 This Week in Horror Take a breather from the terrifying, and lean into something gloriously absurd: ANACONDA — a monster movie, a giant snake, Paul Rudd, Jack Black… and the cinematic equivalent of popcorn you didn’t need, but absolutely ate anyway.  As we close the book on the year — stay safe, stay warm, and remember: whatever is standing outside your door is not invited in. 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW Make sure you’re following The Devil’s Ledger and the full Evio Creative lineup so you never miss an episode: The Devil Within • The Ides of April • Criminal Mischief • Taboo Treasures, and more.  ⭐ RATE & REVIEW If you can, drop a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it genuinely helps independent shows grow (and yes, we read them).  📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE Watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications.  📲 FOLLOW US Instagram:     •    @thedevilwithinpod     •    @idesofaprilpod     •    @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT Explore everything at eviocreative.com  ✉ GET IN TOUCH Story tip? Correction? Something we should hear? Email: info@eviocreative.com  🔁 SHARE If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go — share the show. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at honest prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF)  📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN  🛰 EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN)  🌿 MOOD CBD & THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN  🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for dogs. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES  🔥 MONARCH The only finance app you’ll ever need. 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16m
Dec 29, 2025
The Devil Within: Christmas Special - Part Two

THE DEVIL WITHIN — CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Episode Two: Merry Christmas, You’re Barely Holding It Together Christmas movies aren’t comforting because they’re gentle. They’re comforting because they tell the truth—quietly, sideways, and usually with jokes. 🎄 CHAPTERS & THEMES Chapter One — National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Clark Griswold isn’t chasing joy—he’s chasing proof. This chapter explores financial insecurity, masculine identity, estranged family dynamics, and why a Christmas comedy casually escalates into corporate kidnapping, a SWAT raid, and what amounts to accidental domestic terrorism. Beneath the slapstick is a portrait of the American father under siege, holding everything together until he can’t. Chapter Two — Home Alone A childhood fantasy built on abandonment. We look at how Home Alone feeds into fears children rarely get to articulate: being forgotten, being bullied, being left to survive on their own. Beneath the laughs are violent home invasions, unreliable adults, and the terrifying premise that busy working parents can forget one of their children—and not realize it until it’s almost too late. Chapter Three — Die Hard Yes. It’s a Christmas movie. Case closed. This chapter puts the debate to rest and examines Die Hard as a story about estrangement, marriage, career versus identity, corporate espionage, terrorism, and reunion under existential threat. We also confront uncomfortable moments the movie doesn’t hide—including the use of deportation threats as leverage—and why Christmas is the only frame that makes reconciliation possible. Bonus Chapter — Love Actually A holiday classic made of red flags. A rapid-fire breakdown of why Love Actually sends several terrible messages at once: workplace affairs, emotional coercion, infidelity, shame for choosing family over romance, power imbalances, fat jokes, and the normalization of harmful behavior—all wrapped in music, mistletoe, and sentimentality. 🎧 THE USUAL EVIO CREATIVE CTAs LISTEN & FOLLOW Follow The Devil Within and the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode. RATE & REVIEW If you’re enjoying the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It helps more than you think—and we read every one. WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE Watch full episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications. VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all shows and upcoming projects at eviocreative.com GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, or something you think we should cover? Email info@eviocreative.com 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31m
Dec 26, 2025
The Devil Within: Christmas Special!

🎄 THE DEVIL WITHIN — CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EPISODE 1 — “THE CHRISTMAS NIGHTMARES” Chapters 1–3 This holiday season, we unwrap something darker than tinsel — the films from our childhood that should never have been shown to children. These weren’t cozy specials. They were cinematic trauma disguised in red bows and VHS plastic. In Part One of our Christmas special, we descend into the uncanny valley of 1980s holiday movies and their psychologically disturbing plotlines, the ones that slipped into our living rooms and shaped our nightmares. 🎬 CHAPTERS Chapter 1 — “When Christmas Movies Wanted to Hurt Us” We revisit the VHS aisles of the 80s — where “family movies” secretly harbored dead Santas, abandoned kids, demonic puppets, and trauma disguised as jolly cheer. A cultural excavation of how innocence collided with horror in the most festive decade. Chapter 2 — “The Gremlins Monologue” Perhaps the most disturbing speech ever delivered in a PG Christmas film: Phoebe Cates’ haunted reveal of her father’s death in the chimney while playing Santa. The silence it produced in theaters — and why it still hits us like grief disguised as comedy. Chapter 3 — “Silent Nights and Slasher Clauses” From Silent Night, Deadly Night to Christmas Evil, we unpack Santa-suited killers, vigilante elves, and the thin line between folklore reverence and full-tilt cinematic violence. ⭐ CALLS TO ACTION • Follow us on Instagram: @thedevilwithinpod • Visit eviocreative.com• Rate, review & share • Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen • Tell a friend who loves dark holidays & childhood trauma disguised in wrapping paper 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰 EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD CBD & THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH The only finance app you’ll ever need. 50% off your first year: www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31m
Dec 24, 2025
The Ides of April: A Christmas Assassination

THE IDES OF APRIL A Christmas Assassination: The Death of Rasputin Christmas 1916. Russia is starving. The First World War is grinding the empire into dust. Faith, monarchy, and legitimacy are collapsing in real time. And inside a candlelit palace, a small group of aristocrats convinces itself that killing one man might still save the nation. In this stand-alone holiday episode of The Ides of April, we examine the assassination of Grigori Rasputin—a murder born of fear, myth, and desperation, carried out just days before Christmas, and destined to change nothing. 🎄 IN THIS EPISODE Cold Open — “They Killed Him Once” A story that refuses to end quietly. Poison. Bullets. Ice. And the unsettling question of why Rasputin’s death had to be so absolute. Chapter One — Russia in December: War, Winter, and the Need for a Devil World War I has hollowed out the Russian Empire. Soldiers freeze at the front. Cities starve. The Tsar is absent. And Rasputin—mystic, peasant, outsider—becomes the human symbol of everything the ruling class can no longer control. Christmas approaches as faith collides with collapse. Chapter Two — The Night at the Moika Palace Inside a palace dressed for the holidays, a plan unravels. Poison fails. Gunshots follow. Panic replaces precision. Rasputin’s murder becomes legend not because it was supernatural—but because it was chaotic, amateur, and fueled by fear rather than certainty. Chapter Three — The Assassination That Saved NothingRasputin’s death does not stabilize Russia. It accelerates its collapse. This chapter examines why political assassinations so often fail to deliver the futures they promise—and how killing a symbol can reveal the moment an empire stops believing in itself. ❄ CLOSING THOUGHT The murder of Rasputin was not an act of strength. It was an admission of panic. Violence did not save imperial Russia. It only revealed how desperate its guardians had become. 🎁 HOLIDAY GREETING As the year closes and the season asks us to reflect on endings and beginnings, we wish you peace, safety, and perspective. History rarely offers clean endings. Be gentle with yourselves—and with each other. 🔮 NEXT WEEK ON THE IDES OF APRIL Another assassination. Another belief that history could be redirected by a single act of violence. It couldn’t. 🎧 THE USUAL EVIO CREATIVE CTAs LISTEN & FOLLOW Follow The Ides of April and the entire Evio Creative lineup wherever you get your podcasts. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW If this episode stayed with you, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It helps independent shows survive—and we read every one.📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE Watch full episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications. 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all shows and upcoming projects at ⁠eviocreative.com⁠ ✉ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, or correction? Email ⁠info@eviocreative.com⁠ 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If this episode felt worth sitting with, share it. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. QUINCELuxury essentials at affordable prices.Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF 📱 MINTMOBILEPremium wireless for just $15/month.Switch and get free shipping: www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰 EXPRESSVPNProtect your data anywhere.Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOODReal, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH The only finance app you’ll ever need.For 50% off your first year: www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29m
Dec 23, 2025
The Devil's Ledger: Week of December 22nd

📖 The Devil’s Ledger — Week of December 22 Christmas Shadows, Haunted Lodges, and the Things We Can’t Leave Behind This week on The Devil’s Ledger, the books close out the year the only way they know how — by leaning into the darker side of the holidays. We begin with The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week: a chilling account of the Whistler Ski Lodge Poltergeist, where staff and guests alike report unexplained footsteps, moving objects, and the unsettling feeling that the lodge is never truly empty. Set against the long winters and deep history of Whistler, it’s a reminder that beautiful places can still hold something restless. From there, we move across the Evio Creative slate for a holiday-themed tour of fear, reflection, and reckoning. 🎄 This Week on The Devil Within It’s the Christmas Special, where we step away from cults and crime scenes to explore the Christmas movies that scared us, unsettled us, or left us with an existential dread about what the holidays really mean. From ghostly visitations to stories of isolation, regret, and time running out, we unpack why so many holiday films feel more like reckonings than celebrations. 📖 This Week on Criminal Mischief Carolyn Ossorio takes a rare break from murder and mystery to read The Velveteen Rabbit, the classic Christmas story about love, loss, and becoming real. There are no suspects this week — just a quiet, moving reminder that being loved often means being changed forever. 🩸 This Week on The Ides of April Christmas turns deadly as The Ides of April revisits one of history’s most infamous holiday murders: the assassination of Grigori Rasputin. Poisoned, shot, beaten, and drowned, Rasputin’s death reads like myth — but its consequences were very real, accelerating the collapse of an empire already on borrowed time. 🗝️ This Week on Taboo Treasures The boys are taking the week off to enjoy the holidays, but they’ll be back in the New Year with more strange objects, dangerous histories, and cursed curiosities. 🎬 What’s New in Horror 28 Years Later, directed by Danny Boyle, returns to a world long past the initial panic of apocalypse. Rather than chaos, the film explores endurance — and asks whether survival without hope is really survival at all. Bleak, mature, and occasionally haunting, it’s less about thrills and more about what remains when the world simply refuses to end. 🎧 Listener CTAs     •    ⭐ Follow, rate, and review The Devil’s Ledger on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.     •    📤 Share this episode with someone who likes their Christmas stories a little haunted.     •    📩 Send your thoughts — or the creepiest thing you heard this week — to info@eviocreative.com.     •    🎙️ Explore the full Evio Creative lineup at eviocreative.com, including The Devil Within, Criminal Mischief, The Ides of April, and Taboo Treasures. 🎄 Happy Holidays from all of us at Evio Creative. Thank you for listening this year — we’ll see you in the New Year, with the ledger open once again. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15m
Dec 23, 2025
Blood on the Blue Grass - Part Two

Blood on the Bluegrass, Part Two (Chapters 4–6) Episode Title: Blood on the Bluegrass — Part Two In the conclusion of this two-part series, fantasy collapses into murder, the manhunt and trial reshape the lives of everyone involved, and the lingering aftermath reveals the true cost of a story believed too deeply. CHAPTERS Chapter Four — “The Double Murder Inside the Wendorf Home” Rod steps into a quiet Florida home and commits an act of violence that shatters two families and destroys the world his followers thought they understood. Chapter Five — “The Vampire on Trial” The justice system confronts Rod’s mythmaking as prosecutors dismantle the Vesago persona and seek the harshest penalty allowed. Chapter Six — “The Appeal of the Damned” From death row to life without parole, Rod’s myth erodes under the weight of time as the surviving clan members search for lives beyond the story that defined their youth.💼 SPONSORS Don’t forget to check the show notes for amazing deals from the great companies that still support long form storytelling: 🧥 QUINCE – Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF 📱 MINT MOBILE – Premium wireless for just $15/month. Free shipping: www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰 EXPRESSVPN – Protect your data & unlock global content. 3 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD – Premium THC-free gummies & botanicals. 20% off: www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD – Fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 50% off: www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH MONEY – The finance app Branden actually uses. 60% off your first year: www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

30m
Dec 19, 2025
Blood on the Bluegrass - Part One

Blood on the Bluegrass Part One (Chapters 1–3) Episode Title: Blood on the Bluegrass — Part One We begin the story of Rod Ferrell and the so-called Vampire Clan by exploring the myth he built, the vulnerable teenagers he pulled into it, and the road trip that carried them from fantasy into imminent tragedy. CHAPTERS Chapter One — “The Vampire of Murray, Kentucky” A lonely teenager crafts an identity powerful enough to mask his wounds and attract followers who see him as something larger than life. Chapter Two — “The Lost and the Searching” Rod gathers a circle of fragile, impressionable teens who mistake his certainty for purpose and mistake his mythology for truth. Chapter Three — “Crossing the Threshold” The clan leaves Kentucky for Florida on what they believe is a rescue mission, unaware that they are driving toward irrevocable violence. 💼 SPONSORS Don’t forget to check the show notes for amazing deals from the great companies that still support long form storytelling: 🧥 QUINCE – Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF 📱 MINT MOBILE – Premium wireless for just $15/month. Free shipping: www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN🛰 EXPRESSVPN – Protect your data & unlock global content. 3 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD – Premium THC-free gummies & botanicals. 20% off: www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD – Fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 50% off: www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH MONEY – The finance app Branden actually uses. Extended 30-day free trial: www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31m
Dec 17, 2025
The Devil's Ledger - Week of Dec. 15th.

The Devil’s Ledger — Week of December 15 Welcome back—and happy holidays. It’s that special time of year filled with forced cheer, soft lighting, and quietly wondering whether leftovers have crossed from festive into forensic. Whether you’re decking halls, dodging relatives, or just surviving December, we’re glad you’re here. This week’s Ledger is packed with folklore, fanaticism, lost idealism, and a reminder that some remakes exist solely to make us feel ancient. 🔥 The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week In Icelandic folklore, a ritual known as nábrók—or necropants—promised endless wealth at an unimaginable cost. Crafted from the skin of a dead man and worn directly against the flesh, the necropants blurred the boundary between survival and damnation. It’s a story where greed literally wears the dead, and prosperity requires intimacy with decay. Fair warning: once you hear it, you won’t forget it. 🩸 This Week on The Devil Within We begin a brand-new two-part series, Blood on the Blue Grass, examining the disturbing case of Rod Ferrell, the so-called Kentucky Vampire. This is not a gothic fantasy—it’s a chilling exploration of teenage alienation, unchecked belief, and how confidence and charisma can become lethal forces when pointed in the wrong direction. 🕯️ On The Ides of April We conclude our series on the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy with Part Two of The Death of the New America. From the Ambassador Hotel pantry to the gunshots that silenced a movement, this episode explores not just how Bobby Kennedy died—but what died with him. A nation’s momentum. A generation’s hope. A future that never arrived. 🧠 Criminal Mischief Life mirrors fiction on this week's CM...we delve into the horrifying details of a real life Fatal Attraction and the deveststingly cruel consequences of obsession, jealousy and rage... 🗝️ Taboo Treasures Content TBD. Even the devil needs a week to sharpen his pitchfork. 🎬 This Week in Horror It’s officially “I’m super old” week with a remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle—a psychological thriller I remember being filmed right here in Los Angeles what feels like a century ago. A nanny who never should’ve been let into the house, and proof that the scariest monsters often arrive smiling. As we close out the episode, warm Hanukkah wishes to those celebrating, and holiday greetings to everyone navigating this strange, sparkly, emotionally complicated season. Lock your doors. Trust cautiously. If something feels off—you’re probably right. Sleep well. Or don’t. We’ll see you next week. 🎄🕯️👁️ 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

10m
Dec 15, 2025
The Mantis Man - Part Two

🌙EPISODE 2 🕸 “The Mantis Man of the Musconetcong — Part Two: The River Keeps Its Secrets” In Part Two, we zoom out from my childhood river to the global phenomenon hiding behind the Mantis Man legend. Ancient mantis gods. Insectoid aliens. Evolutionary fears wired straight into our DNA. Biological impossibilities. Folklore that refuses to die. Then we return home — to the Musconetcong, to Jefferson, to the quiet bridge where something tall and translucent allegedly stepped out of the water and vanished into the trees. 📚 Chapters 4. 🪳 The Insect Gods 5. 🧠 Why Bugs Terrify Us 6. 🌫 The River Keeps Its Secrets A final reflection on childhood landscapes, memory, fear, and why certain places cling to the monsters we project onto them. 📣 CALL TO ACTION • 📸 Follow us on Instagram: @thedevilwithinpod • @eviocreative • @idesofaprilpod • ⭐ Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen • 📝 Leave a rating & review — it really helps • 👁 Share this episode with someone who loves folklore anthropology or hometown hauntings 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25m
Dec 12, 2025
The Mantis Man - Part One

🔥EPISODE 1 🕷 “The Mantis Man of the Musconetcong — Part One: The Thing in the River” This week, we head back to Jefferson Township — back to the lake, the spillway, and the narrow stretch of river where I spent my entire childhood swimming, boating, fishing… and apparently missing a seven-foot translucent praying mantis humanoid lurking just downstream. While I was buried in Tommy Sullivan and chasing the Jersey Devil through the Pines, a monster was hiding in plain sight — right where I grew up. In Part One, we break down the origin story of Mantis Man, the eerie local legend born from a handful of eyewitnesses who swear they saw something tall, thin, silent, and very unhuman standing in the Musconetcong River. 📚 Chapters 1. 🌊 Where the Water Comes From 2. 🎣 The Fisherman Who Didn’t Expect Company 3. 🚗 The Driver on the Bridge A hometown haunting. A river full of secrets. And a cryptid I cannot believe I never heard about until adulthood. 📣 CALL TO ACTIONS • 📸 Follow us on Instagram: @thedevilwithinpod • @eviocreative • @idesofaprilpod • ⭐ Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen • 📝 Leave a rating & review — it truly helps• 👻 Share this episode with someone who loves dark folklore & cryptids 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH  The only finance app you’ll ever need. For 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28m
Dec 10, 2025
The Ides of April Presents: The Death of the New America - The Assassination of Robert Kennedy

🕊The Death of the New America - Part One “THE RISE OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY” In the first installment of this two-part series, The Ides of April traces the origins of the Kennedy dynasty—its ruthless ambition, its early tragedies, and the extraordinary forces that shaped Robert F. Kennedy into the most unlikely moral voice of the 1960s. We begin with the unvarnished story of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and the empire he built through Hollywood maneuvering, shrewd investments, insider access, and political calculation. From there, we follow the family’s early ascent into American power—and their first devastating fall with the death of Joseph Kennedy Jr. in WWII. We then explore the partnership between Jack and Bobby, forged in crisis and defined by the Cuban Missile standoff, internal political strife, and the enormous emotional cost of holding up a crumbling world order. RFK’s transformation—from loyal strategist to grieving brother to emerging moral leader—sets the stage for his unprecedented rise in 1968. 📚 CHAPTERS 1. The House of Kennedy: Power, Fortune, and Tragedy 2. The Brothers and the Burden: From Cuba to Dallas 3. Bobby for President: A Nation Fractured, A Hope Rising ✨ WHAT TO EXPECT • A cinematic retelling of the Kennedy dynasty • RFK’s deep involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis • The emotional aftermath of JFK’s assassination • The explosive political climate of 1968 • RFK’s evolution into the frontrunning voice of a divided nation Quince — Luxury essentials at affordable prices 👉 https://www.quince.com/DEVILWITHINMint Mobile — Premium wireless for $15/month 👉 https://www.mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN ExpressVPN — Protect your data & access global content 👉 https://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN Mood — THC-free gummies & botanicals 👉 https://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN (use code DEVIL) Ollie Dog Food — Fresh, personalized dog meals 👉 https://www.ollie.com/IDES Monarch— The all-in-one personal finance app 👉 https://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

32m
Dec 09, 2025