Podcasts about Devil Within

The Devil Within Frozen Evidence: The Duncan MacPherson Case In August of 1989, Duncan MacPherson — a former first-round NHL draft pick from Canada — stepped onto the Stubai Glacier in the Austrian Alps. He rented a snowboard. He rode the lifts. And then he vanished. His car remained in the resort parking lot. His belongings were untouched. Search teams scoured the glacier and surrounding terrain, assuming the kind of tragedy the mountains know too well — a fall, a crevasse, an accident swallowed by ice. Nothing was found. For fourteen years, the glacier kept its silence. Then, in the summer of 2003, melting ice revealed human remains. The mountain had given Duncan back. But what emerged raised more questions than answers.  This episode of The Devil Within explores the unsettling details surrounding Duncan MacPherson's disappearance and recovery, including:     •    His final known movements at a managed glacier resort — not remote wilderness     •    The condition of his recovered snowboard, which showed crushing damage that some analysts believe could be consistent with heavy machinery     •    Injuries that did not clearly align with a simple fall     •    Questions about nighttime snowcat operations on the glacier     •    And the most troubling possibility: that elements of his rental equipment may have been returned through resort systems long before his body emerged No definitive conclusion has ever been reached. But the case raises a disturbing question: What if Duncan's tragedy began as an accident… and was complicated by human systems that chose silence over scrutiny? Glaciers preserve what they take. But time can erode records, memories, and accountability. Fourteen years later, the ice returned a body. The truth may still be buried.

The Devil in the Painting In the Alps, faith and fear have always lived close together. In this episode of The Devil Within, we travel to a quiet sanctuary in northern Italy — a place where generations have climbed in search of healing, protection, and answers when suffering felt too heavy to carry alone. In 1731, a woman from the surrounding region was brought to the hilltop church at Madonna di Pinè after her behavior began to change in ways her family could not understand. Sudden outbursts. Withdrawal. A voice that no longer sounded like her own. In a world without modern psychological language, her condition was understood the only way people knew how: Something had taken hold of her. What followed was a solemn ritual of exorcism — not spectacle, but prayer, command, and communal fear. Witnesses later described a moment during the rite when something dark and serpentine seemed to leave her body. Whether miracle, misinterpretation, or a psychological turning point shaped by belief, the event left a permanent mark. A small ex-voto painting inside the sanctuary still depicts the moment: a priest at prayer, a woman in distress, and a shadowed form emerging as if suffering itself had been given a shape. But this episode goes beyond the question of what happened. Because possession stories, across cultures and centuries, often reveal something deeper — a human need to separate pain from identity. To believe that darkness is something on us, not something we are. To see suffering as something that can be confronted… and expelled. In the harsh Alpine world — where avalanches, illness, and long winters reminded communities how little they controlled — that kind of narrative wasn't superstition. It was survival. As the Winter Olympics conclude and the crowds leave the mountains behind, this episode explores the older stories that still live there — stories of fear, faith, and the enduring hope that even the most invisible suffering can loosen its grip. Because sometimes the most powerful miracle isn't the disappearance of the unknown. It's the belief that healing is possible.

⛪ The Devil Within — Episode 3: The Battle No One Sees The Winter Olympics celebrate control — bodies trained to precision, minds sharpened to the edge of physics, every movement calculated against gravity and risk. But in the shadow of those same Alpine peaks, another kind of battle has been unfolding for centuries. One without medals. Without spectators. Without a finish line. This week, The Devil Within turns inward. We travel to northern Italy, near the slopes and valleys that have long shaped both faith and folklore, to the Sanctuary of Monte Berico overlooking Vicenza. A place of prayer for generations — and, in recent years, the setting of a reported exorcism that left witnesses shaken and clergy emotionally drained. This episode explores a case that moved quietly through layers of scrutiny before a formal rite was performed. Those close to the woman at the center of the story described personality changes, emotional volatility, and distress that resisted conventional treatment. What followed inside the stone walls of the sanctuary was not spectacle, but hours of prayer, repetition, exhaustion, and uncertainty. We examine:     •    How the modern Catholic Church approaches exorcism with caution and psychological screening     •    Why Alpine communities often interpret suffering through both spiritual and folkloric lenses     •    The emotional strain on those present during prolonged religious rites     •    The thin, uneasy line between spiritual belief and mental health realities     •    What possession stories may reveal about the fragility of identity and the human need for meaning in moments of internal chaos Rather than focusing on dramatic portrayals, this episode sits with the quieter, more unsettling questions. What does it feel like when a person no longer feels at home in their own mind? Why do cultures across time describe that experience as something foreign taking hold? And how do faith, ritual, and psychology all attempt — in their own ways — to bring someone back to themselves? In a region where the mountains constantly remind people that control is never absolute, it may not be surprising that some believe struggle can come from within just as easily as from storm or avalanche. The Alps remain vast. The sanctuary remains still. And somewhere between belief and biology lies a story that resists easy answers.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF The Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping: Deadline Day In this urgent and developing episode of Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio brings listeners the most up-to-date information yet in the unfolding kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. Today is the day. The ransom deadline set by the kidnappers has arrived — and the situation has entered a critical and uncertain phase. Drawing from the latest law enforcement briefings, verified reports, and on-the-ground developments, Carolyn walks listeners through everything known right now, including:     •    Newly released details from official press conferences     •    Audio statements from investigators outlining the current status of negotiations     •    An emotional recorded message from Nancy's family, directed straight to the kidnappers, pleading for her safe return     •    What authorities are saying — and what they're not The episode also reconstructs the minute-by-minute timeline of the night of January 31st, tracing Nancy's final confirmed movements and the sequence of events that led to her disappearance. From the first missed contact to the critical early hours of the investigation, Carolyn separates verified facts from speculation. With the ransom deadline looming and time running out, this episode captures the case at a pivotal moment — where every decision matters, every hour counts, and the outcome remains uncertain. As always, Criminal Mischief focuses on accuracy, compassion, and responsible reporting during an active investigation. If you have information related to the case, contact the appropriate authorities immediately. Follow Criminal Mischief for continuing coverage as this story develops.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF The Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping: Deadline Day In this urgent and developing episode of Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio brings listeners the most up-to-date information yet in the unfolding kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. Today is the day. The ransom deadline set by the kidnappers has arrived — and the situation has entered a critical and uncertain phase. Drawing from the latest law enforcement briefings, verified reports, and on-the-ground developments, Carolyn walks listeners through everything known right now, including:     •    Newly released details from official press conferences     •    Audio statements from investigators outlining the current status of negotiations     •    An emotional recorded message from Nancy's family, directed straight to the kidnappers, pleading for her safe return     •    What authorities are saying — and what they're not The episode also reconstructs the minute-by-minute timeline of the night of January 31st, tracing Nancy's final confirmed movements and the sequence of events that led to her disappearance. From the first missed contact to the critical early hours of the investigation, Carolyn separates verified facts from speculation. With the ransom deadline looming and time running out, this episode captures the case at a pivotal moment — where every decision matters, every hour counts, and the outcome remains uncertain. As always, Criminal Mischief focuses on accuracy, compassion, and responsible reporting during an active investigation. If you have information related to the case, contact the appropriate authorities immediately. Follow Criminal Mischief for continuing coverage as this story develops.

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.

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

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

Criminal Mischief The Brendan Banfield Trial: Power, Deception, and an Alleged Double Life This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn takes listeners inside the courtroom as the trial unfolds for Brendan Banfield, a Virginia federal law enforcement officer accused in what prosecutors describe as a brutal and calculated murder plottargeting his wife. According to court filings and testimony presented so far, investigators allege Banfield was involved in a scheme that centered around a secret relationship with the couple's live-in nanny — a woman who, prosecutors claim, became an alleged accomplice in the crime. The case has drawn national attention not only because of the shocking nature of the allegations, but because it involves a man sworn to uphold the law. Carolyn breaks down the prosecution's theory of the case, the defense's early arguments, and the disturbing portrait emerging from witness testimony. As the trial continues, jurors are being asked to weigh questions of motive, manipulation, and whether a hidden double life can turn deadly. With explosive courtroom revelations and emotional testimony from people close to the case, this episode examines how power, secrecy, and betrayal can collide in the most devastating ways — and why cases like this captivate and horrify the public in equal measure. In this episode:     •    Who Brendan Banfield is and the role he held in federal law enforcement     •    The allegations surrounding the death of his wife     •    The alleged involvement of the family's live-in nanny     •    Key testimony and evidence presented in court so far     •    What happens next as the trial moves forward Content Warning This episode discusses allegations of homicide and domestic violence.

Criminal Mischief — Episode Title TBD The Brendan Banfield Trial: Power, Deception, and an Alleged Double Life This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn takes listeners inside the courtroom as the trial unfolds for Brendan Banfield, a Virginia federal law enforcement officer accused in what prosecutors describe as a brutal and calculated murder plottargeting his wife. According to court filings and testimony presented so far, investigators allege Banfield was involved in a scheme that centered around a secret relationship with the couple's live-in nanny — a woman who, prosecutors claim, became an alleged accomplice in the crime. The case has drawn national attention not only because of the shocking nature of the allegations, but because it involves a man sworn to uphold the law. Carolyn breaks down the prosecution's theory of the case, the defense's early arguments, and the disturbing portrait emerging from witness testimony. As the trial continues, jurors are being asked to weigh questions of motive, manipulation, and whether a hidden double life can turn deadly. With explosive courtroom revelations and emotional testimony from people close to the case, this episode examines how power, secrecy, and betrayal can collide in the most devastating ways — and why cases like this captivate and horrify the public in equal measure. In this episode:     •    Who Brendan Banfield is and the role he held in federal law enforcement     •    The allegations surrounding the death of his wife     •    The alleged involvement of the family's live-in nanny     •    Key testimony and evidence presented in court so far     •    What happens next as the trial moves forward Content Warning This episode discusses allegations of homicide and domestic violence.

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.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF The Murder of Agent Camarena: The Cartel That Woke the Giant This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn takes listeners inside one of the most brutal and consequential crimes of the modern drug war — the kidnapping, torture, and murder of dedicated DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar, carried out at the behest of the Guadalajara Cartel in the mid-1980s. Camarena wasn't just another name on a case file. He was a husband, a father, and an agent who believed that justice mattered — even when the forces he was up against had infinite money, political influence, and a willingness to destroy anyone who stood in their way. But what cartel leaders didn't anticipate… was what would happen next. Because Camarena's murder didn't end with silence. It triggered something rare: a full-force response from the United States government — an investigation so vast and relentless it became one of the DEA's largest murder hunts in history, stretching across borders and years. What followed was not just law enforcement — it was pursuit. A slow, grinding campaign of pressure, intelligence, and endurance designed to make sure the people responsible could never fully disappear into the world they'd built. For this episode, Carolyn interviews a retired DEA agent who had a front row seat for more than 30 years of the so-called “war on drugs” — offering firsthand insight into how cartel power really functions, what justice looks like when it takes decades, and what it costs the men and women who spend their lives trying to hold the line. This one is heavy. It's infuriating. And it's essential listening. Content Warning This episode includes discussion of kidnapping, torture, and murder.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF The Murder of Agent Camarena: The Cartel That Woke the Giant This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn takes listeners inside one of the most brutal and consequential crimes of the modern drug war — the kidnapping, torture, and murder of dedicated DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar, carried out at the behest of the Guadalajara Cartel in the mid-1980s. Camarena wasn't just another name on a case file. He was a husband, a father, and an agent who believed that justice mattered — even when the forces he was up against had infinite money, political influence, and a willingness to destroy anyone who stood in their way. But what cartel leaders didn't anticipate… was what would happen next. Because Camarena's murder didn't end with silence. It triggered something rare: a full-force response from the United States government — an investigation so vast and relentless it became one of the DEA's largest murder hunts in history, stretching across borders and years. What followed was not just law enforcement — it was pursuit. A slow, grinding campaign of pressure, intelligence, and endurance designed to make sure the people responsible could never fully disappear into the world they'd built. For this episode, Carolyn interviews a retired DEA agent who had a front row seat for more than 30 years of the so-called “war on drugs” — offering firsthand insight into how cartel power really functions, what justice looks like when it takes decades, and what it costs the men and women who spend their lives trying to hold the line. This one is heavy. It's infuriating. And it's essential listening. Content Warning This episode includes discussion of kidnapping, torture, and murder.

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)

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.

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.

Criminal Mischief - The Torso Killer Talks! In this episode of Criminal Mischief, Carolyn returns to one of the most disturbing and long-running cases in modern American criminal history: The Torso Killer, Richard Cottingham. After decades of suspicion, denials, and unanswered questions, Cottingham has now admitted to an additional murder—a development that reignites public scrutiny and raises fresh questions about how many victims may still remain unaccounted for. Carolyn breaks down what this new admission means, why it matters, and what investigators and advocates have been pushing for all along: accountability, documentation, and the truth—no matter how late it comes. To deepen the conversation, Carolyn sits down with serial killer historian and author Peter Vronsky (author of The Golden Age of Serial Killers), one of the voices who has helped keep pressure on law enforcement and institutions to continue revisiting Cottingham's case. Together, they explore the cultural, institutional, and investigative forces that allowed serial predators like Cottingham to operate—and why these cases so often remain unresolved for decades. This is an episode about belated truth, persistent advocacy, and the chilling reality that, in some cases, the full story may still be unfolding. In This Episode     •    Carolyn's latest update on Richard Cottingham, “The Torso Killer”     •    Cottingham's recent admission to an additional murder     •    What this means for the broader list of suspected victims     •    Interview with historian and author Richard Vronsky (The Golden Age of Serial Killers)     •    Why ongoing pressure matters—even decades later Listen / Follow Follow Criminal Mischief to stay current on ongoing investigations, case updates, and deep-dive interviews.

Criminal Mischief - The Torso Killer Talks! In this episode of Criminal Mischief, Carolyn returns to one of the most disturbing and long-running cases in modern American criminal history: The Torso Killer, Richard Cottingham. After decades of suspicion, denials, and unanswered questions, Cottingham has now admitted to an additional murder—a development that reignites public scrutiny and raises fresh questions about how many victims may still remain unaccounted for. Carolyn breaks down what this new admission means, why it matters, and what investigators and advocates have been pushing for all along: accountability, documentation, and the truth—no matter how late it comes. To deepen the conversation, Carolyn sits down with serial killer historian and author Peter Vronsky (author of The Golden Age of Serial Killers), one of the voices who has helped keep pressure on law enforcement and institutions to continue revisiting Cottingham's case. Together, they explore the cultural, institutional, and investigative forces that allowed serial predators like Cottingham to operate—and why these cases so often remain unresolved for decades. This is an episode about belated truth, persistent advocacy, and the chilling reality that, in some cases, the full story may still be unfolding. In This Episode     •    Carolyn's latest update on Richard Cottingham, “The Torso Killer”     •    Cottingham's recent admission to an additional murder     •    What this means for the broader list of suspected victims     •    Interview with historian and author Richard Vronsky (The Golden Age of Serial Killers)     •    Why ongoing pressure matters—even decades later Listen / Follow Follow Criminal Mischief to stay current on ongoing investigations, case updates, and deep-dive interviews.

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.

⭐️ 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.

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.

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.

Criminal Mischief The Disappearance — and Murder — of Anna Walshe On New Year's Day, 2023, 39-year-old mother of three Anna Walshe vanished from her Massachusetts home. Her husband said she'd been called away for a sudden work emergency. He said she left early. He said he didn't know anything more. But as detectives began pulling at loose threads, the story didn't just unravel — it split wide open. In this episode, we walk through the investigation step by step, guided by the people closest to the case: • police interviews as timelines shift • recorded calls and statements that raise new questions • trial testimony excerpts that reveal what investigators believe happened inside that house We examine the searches, the digital trail, the purchases, and the heartbreaking reality behind the public headlines — while asking the same question investigators asked from the beginning: Where is Anna? And what really happened to her? This episode is unsettling, emotional, and difficult — because it's about a woman who deserved better, three children left behind, and the ways truth has a way of surfacing… slowly, painfully, and piece by piece. Some content may be disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.

Criminal Mischief The Disappearance — and Murder — of Anna Walshe On New Year's Day, 2023, 39-year-old mother of three Anna Walshe vanished from her Massachusetts home. Her husband said she'd been called away for a sudden work emergency. He said she left early. He said he didn't know anything more. But as detectives began pulling at loose threads, the story didn't just unravel — it split wide open. In this episode, we walk through the investigation step by step, guided by the people closest to the case: • police interviews as timelines shift • recorded calls and statements that raise new questions • trial testimony excerpts that reveal what investigators believe happened inside that house We examine the searches, the digital trail, the purchases, and the heartbreaking reality behind the public headlines — while asking the same question investigators asked from the beginning: Where is Anna? And what really happened to her? This episode is unsettling, emotional, and difficult — because it's about a woman who deserved better, three children left behind, and the ways truth has a way of surfacing… slowly, painfully, and piece by piece. Some content may be disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.

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

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.

THE DEVIL'S LEDGER — Week of November 17th Featuring: The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week — “The Empty Place Setting” Welcome back to The Devil's Ledger, your weekly tour through everything happening across the Evio Creative Network. With Thanksgiving around the corner, we begin—as always—with The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week. This time, we're telling a story pulled straight from Midwestern legend: The Empty Place Setting — a Thanksgiving tradition kept alive by a family haunted by loss, ritual, and three slow knocks that return every year without fail. From there, we travel across the Evio network for a packed week of new episodes, deep dives, historical reckonings, and true-crime investigations.

⛪ Blood and Papal Gold – Part One Presented by the Evio Creative Podcast Network Before the Vatican was marble and gold… before the Church had armies and crowns… there was Rome — a ruin with a heartbeat. In this first half of The Keys of Blood: The Assassination of Pope John VIII, we enter the smoke and silence of the ninth century — a time when popes ruled by letter instead of sword, when faith was a fragile currency, and when the empire that once conquered the world had been reduced to a city clinging to its own memory. ⚜️ Episode I: The Broken Empire Europe is in fragments. Charlemagne's heirs bicker over borders while Viking and Saracen raiders carve the continent apart. Into this chaos steps Pope John VIII, a scholar forced into kingship. His Rome is a relic surrounded by wolves, and his only weapon is diplomacy — or what's left of it. But when he dares to pay tribute to Saracen pirates to spare the city, his mercy is mistaken for weakness, and whispers of betrayal begin to echo through the marble halls of the Lateran. ⚓ Episode II: The Pope and the Pirates As the raiders tighten their grip, John is forced to choose between faith and survival. His decision to ransom Rome with gold saves lives but shatters his reputation. The Frankish kings mock him; the clergy call him coward; the nobles begin to conspire. When he crowns Charles the Bald as Holy Roman Emperor, hoping for salvation, the emperor dies within months — leaving the papacy more isolated than ever. Rome's enemies circle closer, and John's greatest fear becomes clear: the Church will not fall to pagans, but to its own believers.