The Devil Within

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 [email protected] 💼 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

🎄 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

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 ⁠[email protected]⁠ 🔁 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

📖 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 [email protected]. • 🎙️ 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

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

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

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

🌙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

🔥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

🕊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

THE DEVIL’S LEDGER Week of December 8th Welcome back to The Devil’s Ledger — and happy holidays! This week we’re unwrapping a lineup that’s equal parts chilling, mysterious, and deeply fascinating. 🕯 The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week: The Frozen Man of Colorado — the urban legend about the man supposedly found frozen solid who later thawed out and woke up. We explore how this story took root, why communities clung to it, and what it says about our enduring fear — and hope — that death isn’t always final. 👁 On The Devil Within: The Mantis Man — a bizarre New Jersey cryptid seen along the Musconetcong River… practically in Branden’s own childhood backyard. Tall, insectoid, translucent, silently watching… this one is almost too close to home. 📜 On The Ides of April: We launch a brand-new two-part historical series, The Death of the New America, examining the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy — his rise, his moral transformation, and how his sudden death altered the political soul of the nation. 🔪 On Criminal Mischief: It’s part two of our collaboration with Portland’s acclaimed true-crime podcast Murder in the Rain. They continue their coverage of serial predator Warren Forrest, featuring an emotionally gripping interview with our own Carolyn Ossorio, who chronicled the story in Stolen Voices of Dole Valley. 💎 On Taboo Treasures: We’re keeping this week’s feature a surprise — but trust us, you don’t want to miss it. 🎄 This Week in Horror Cinema: Silent Night, Deadly Night — December 12, 2025 (Theatrical Release) A savage reimagining of the 1984 slasher cult classic. Childhood trauma, Santa-suited vengeance, and a holiday bloodbath for a new generation of horror fans. 🔥 CLOSING THOUGHT The holidays are a time for comfort and light — but they’re also full of shadows, old stories, and things that won’t stay buried. Whether it’s a frozen man waking up, a cryptid lurking in a river, or the echoes of a fallen leader shaping our politics — this season reminds us: the past is never really gone. 📣 CALLS TO ACTION • Follow @thedevilwithinpod • Follow @eviocreative • Subscribe, rate & review wherever you listen • Share this episode with someone who loves a good seasonal scare 💼 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

🕯️ THE DEVIL WITHIN: The Dover Demon — Part Two: The Thing That Left No Footprints Chapters 4–6 In Part One, the Demon walked. In Part Two, we discover why. From Abby Brabham’s chilling encounter on the bridge to the full investigative breakdown by Loren Coleman, Part Two explores the theories, the folklore, and the eerie geographic pattern the creature traced across Dover. Then — as suddenly as it appeared — the Demon vanished, leaving behind no tracks, no traces, no second act. A cryptid that doesn’t return is often more terrifying than one that does. 📌 CHAPTERS 4. The Girl on the Bridge 5. What Walks Between the Trees 6. The Thing That Left No Footprints 📣 CALLS TO ACTION 🔔 Subscribe & follow ⭐ Review the show 📸 Instagram: @thedevilwithinpod 📧 Email: [email protected] 🎧 Check out other shows on the Evio Creative Network 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: Quince.com/DEVILWITHIN 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: MintMobile.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data & unlock global content. Get 3 months free: ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD Premium THC-free gummies & botanicals delivered discreetly. 20% off: Mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 50% off your first box: Ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH MONEY The only finance app Branden actually uses. Get 60% off your first year: Monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🕯️ THE DEVIL WITHIN: The Dover Demon — Part One: The Line Through the Woods Chapters 1–3 On the night of April 21st, 1977, three teenagers in Dover, Massachusetts witnessed something the town never wanted to explain — a pale, hairless, spindle-limbed creature with glowing eyes that traced a perfect, impossible line through the woods. In this first installment, we reconstruct the Demon’s eerie 25-hour migration using eyewitness accounts, contemporaneous reporting, and the poetic dread of Frost and Dickinson. What emerges is not a prank, not mass hysteria, but a pattern — a corridor the creature walked with unsettling purpose. 📌 CHAPTERS 1. The Mask of Gloom 2. Zero at the Bone 3. The Line Through the Woods 📣 CALLS TO ACTION 🔔 Follow & subscribe to The Devil Within 💬 Rate & review the show 📸 IG: @thedevilwithinpod 📧 Your theories: [email protected] 🎧 Explore the entire Evio Creative network 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: Quince.com/DEVILWITHIN 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: MintMobile.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data & unlock global content. Get 3 months free: ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD Premium THC-free gummies & botanicals delivered discreetly. 20% off: Mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 50% off your first box: Ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH MONEY The only finance app Branden actually uses. Get 60% off your first year: Monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🕯️ THE DEVIL’S LEDGER — WEEK OF DECEMBER 1st Welcome to the first week of December — the season of lights, peppermint fog, and ghosts who breathe colder than the weather. Here’s everything happening this week across the Evio Creative universe. ❄️ THE CREEPIEST THING I HEARD THIS WEEK The Phantom Skier of Donner Pass Donner Pass has earned its reputation — a place where tragedy seeped so deeply into the snowpack that the mountains still feel aware of every passing traveler. Locals whisper about a figure seen only during the worst winter storms: the Phantom Skier, gliding through blizzards with impossible precision. 🔥 THIS WEEK ON THE DEVIL WITHIN A new two-part series begins: The Dover Demon — the true 1977 Massachusetts cryptid encounter that terrified New England. A pale, smooth-skinned creature with an oversized head and glowing eyes crossing a perfect, impossible line through the woods. Part 1 drops Wednesday. Part 2 drops Friday. And the deeper we look… the stranger the trail becomes. 🕵️‍♂️ THIS WEEK ON THE IDES OF APRIL The conclusion of The Scholar and the Madman: The Assassination of President James Garfield. A tragic perfect storm of medical arrogance, ignored symptoms, political negligence, and one of the most preventable presidential deaths in U.S. history. Essential, maddening, unforgettable. 🔎 THIS WEEK ON CRIMINAL MISCHIEF A special collaboration episode with Murder in the Rain. Carolyn Ossorio joins forces with our Portland partners for a look at Stolen Voices of Dole Valley, including new developments in the Warren Forrest case — ahead of next week’s major event in Vancouver, Washington. If you’re in the Pacific Northwest, now’s the time to mark your calendar. 💎 THIS WEEK ON TABOO TREASURES Taking a short break this week — but we’re re-airing one of the most viral episodes ever: “If Barbie Could Talk.” If you missed it the first time, prepare yourself. If you didn’t… you already know why this one broke the internet. 🎥 THIS WEEK IN HORROR Welcome to Derry (HBO) A gorgeously shot, deeply unsettling expansion of Stephen King’s IT mythology. Perfect December viewing — depending on your feelings about clowns hiding behind sewer grates. 🕯️ Whether you're decking halls, avoiding extended family, or quietly acknowledging the ghosts that follow you from November into December — stay safe, stay warm, and stay curious. 📣 • IG: @thedevilwithinpod • @eviocreative • @idesofaprilpod • Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you get your shows • Leave a rating & review — it truly helps • Share this episode with someone who loves true crime, dark history, or the paranormal 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: Quince.com/DEVIL 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: MintMobile.com/DEVIL 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data & unlock global content. Get 3 months free: ExpressVPN.com/DEVIL 🌿 MOOD Premium THC-free gummies & botanicals delivered discreetly. 20% off: HelloMood.com — Code: DEVIL 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 50% off your first box: MyOllie.com/DEVIL 🔥 MONARCH MONEY The only finance app Branden actually uses. Extended 30-day free trial: MonarchMoney.com/DEVIL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🔥 THE DEVIL WITHIN Highways of the Damned: The Thomas Creech Story - Part Two “The Monster That Wouldn’t Die” (Ch. 4–6) 💀 A Killer Behind Bars. A Legend That Refused to Stay There. In Part Two, we step into the bowels of the Idaho State Penitentiary — where Creech’s mythology mutated, metastasized, and eventually made him one of the most enduring symbols of the Satanic Panic. Inside prison walls, Creech became quieter. More controlled. More dangerous. He drew symbols. Whispered warnings. Let rumors grow like mold. And then — without ritual, without symbols — he committed the murder that finally sent him to death row. In this episode: • 🧿 Chapter Four — The Devil Behind the Walls Creech’s transformation into a mythic figure among inmates. The charcoal drawings. The alleged altar. The whispers. The staging of Satanic mystique inside a cellblock. • ⚔️ Chapter Five — The Demon on Death Row The rumors, the interviews, the press cycles that rebranded him as a supernatural figure — despite every official report showing the opposite. How Creech fed the myth even as his world shrank to concrete and steel. • 🩸 Chapter Six — The Monster That Wouldn’t Die Four decades of appeals. The slow-motion procedural labyrinth that kept Creech alive. The myth that outgrew him. And the unsettling truth of his survival: darkness became his identity… and his leash. Again, all narrative material is drawn directly from the Creech master document: TDW_Creech 🌘 Thomas Creech remains on death row — alive, unchanged, unsettling. Not a demon. Not a disciple. A man who built a myth so successfully that the world chose the story over the truth. 👁️ Next week on The Devil Within: A disappearance that defies explanation… a crime scene that rewrote itself… and a killer who may have stepped out of folklore. A cold one. A strange one. Keep the lights on. 📼 Follow The Devil Within wherever you listen. Rate, review, and share with someone who loves the strange, the terrifying, and the stories that stay with you long after the credits roll. Visit eviocreative.com for network updates. Follow @thedevilwithinpod and @eviocreative on Instagram. 💬 SPONSORS (Same sponsor block — your standard Ledger/Devil Within roll) • QUINCE — luxury essentials at honest prices 👉 quince.com/DEVILWITHIN • MINT MOBILE — premium wireless for $15/mo 👉 mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN • EXPRESSVPN — secure your data everywhere 👉 expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN • MOOD — legal THC & CBD shipped nationwide 👉 mood.com/DEVILWITHIN • MONARCH MONEY — smart financial planning 👉 monarch.com/DEVILWITHIN • OLLIE — human-grade dog food 👉 ollie.com/DEVILWITHIN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🔥 THE DEVIL WITHIN Highways of the Damned: The Thomas Creech Story - Part One (Ch. 1–3) 💀 A Satanic Serial Killer? Or a Drifter Who Learned to Weaponize a Myth? In Part One of our two-episode descent into the life of Thomas Eugene Creech, we begin where all American monsters begin: childhood. A boy shaped by emotional neglect, religious fear, and a hunger for significance that would eventually turn lethal. From there, we follow Creech as he drifts across the American West — a hitchhiker who watched, studied, and eventually hunted. As the body count rises, so does something far more dangerous: the mythology Creech carefully planted around himself. “Brotherhoods.” “Circles.” “Offerings.” He used the language of the occult the way other killers use weapons. In this episode: • 👁️ Chapter One — The Boy Who Walked With Shadows Creech’s cold, eerie childhood; his early obsession with occult paperbacks; disturbing behavioral reports; and the first whispers of the “voice” he claimed guided him. • 🛣️ Chapter Two — The Highway Rituals How Creech became invisible on the road… then predatory. Early murders, the first confirmed kills, and the moment reporters branded him a “Satanic wanderer.” • 🕯️ Chapter Three — The Devil in the Interrogation Room Creech performs for detectives, spinning stories about rituals, desert initiations, and a faceless brotherhood. The moment he transforms — in the public imagination — from drifter to occult monster. Each chapter draws from police memos, confession transcripts, contemporary newspaper reporting, and state-level documentation from the 1970s. Full text sourced from the uploaded Creech series document: TDW_Creech 🌘 A drifter in custody. A confession wrapped in symbols. A community terrified by a story stranger than the evidence could support. And the sense — unmistakable — that Creech was just getting started. 👁️ Next time on The Devil Within: We step inside the Idaho prison system — and into the years when Creech’s myth metastasized. A prison murder. A death-row sentence. And a legend that outlived the Satanic Panic itself. 📼 If these stories pull you in — or if they’re starting to pull at you — follow, rate, and review The Devil Within. Visit eviocreative.com and follow @thedevilwithinpod and @eviocreative on Instagram. Your support keeps the shadows talking. 💬 SPONSORS: • QUINCE — luxury essentials at honest prices 👉 quince.com/DEVILWITHIN • MINT MOBILE — premium wireless for $15/mo 👉 mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN • EXPRESSVPN — protect your data 👉 expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN • MOOD — legal THC & CBD shipped nationwide 👉 mood.com/DEVILWITHIN • MONARCH MONEY — smart financial planning 👉 monarch.com/DEVILWITHIN • OLLIE — fresh, human-grade dog food 👉 ollie.com/DEVILWITHIN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PART ONE The Assassination of President James A. Garfield (Part One) The Scholar and the Madman — Chapters 1–3 In Part One of our two-episode event, we enter the final summer of the 19th century and watch the American Republic stand on the edge of transformation. President James Abram Garfield, a reluctant leader with a brilliant mind, rises from obscurity to the highest office in the nation. But as he steps into a presidency full of promise, another man —Charles Julius Guiteau, failed preacher, failed lawyer, failed everything—begins interpreting his own delusions as divine instruction. This episode explores: • Garfield’s improbable rise from canal boat laborer to scholar, general, and president • The vicious fracture inside the Republican Party between the Stalwarts and Half-Breeds • The spoils system that corrupted Washington and set the stage for tragedy • Guiteau’s descent into delusion, religious mania, and political obsession • The 36-ballot convention meltdown that accidentally created a president • Whitman and Longfellow’s poems that echo the spiritual tension of the era • The slow collision of two men whose fates were already entwined Part One ends on the morning of July 2nd, 1881 inside the Baltimore & Potomac Station—where history will soon change direction in an instant. ➡ Part Two continues with the seventy-nine-day national vigil, the medical disaster, and thetrial of the assassin who believed God had chosen him. If this story moved you, please follow, rate, and review The Ides of April. Your support brings the next historical saga into the world. Explore more shows from the Evio Creative Network — The Devil Within, Taboo Treasures, Criminal Mischief, and The Devil’s Ledger — at ⁠eviocreative.com⁠. Follow us on Instagram: @idesofaprilpod, @thedevilwithinpod, @taboo_treasures, and @eviocreative. SPONSORS: OLLIE — Human-grade dog food delivered to your door 👉 ⁠ollie.com/IDES⁠ for 60% off MONARCH MONEY — The modern way to manage your finances 👉 ⁠monarch.com/IDES⁠ for 50% off your first year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🔥 THE DEVIL’S LEDGER — WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24th 🦃 Thanksgiving Edition Welcome back to The Devil’s Ledger. A warm Thanksgiving greeting to everyone cooking, traveling, hiding from family, or listening alone in a dark kitchen somewhere — which, for our listeners, feels about right. Grab a drink. Settle in. Things get weird this week. 👁️ THE CREEPIEST THING I HEARD THIS WEEK 🩸 The Thanksgiving Attic Squatter (2017 — FACT) Straight out of York County, Pennsylvania — a family prepping for Thanksgiving discovers food missing, an unlocked window, and… footsteps. Not outside. Not downstairs. But in the attic. Police found: • A makeshift bed • Food wrappers • A journal logging the family’s day-to-day movements And one line that still chills: “Thanksgiving will be the best time. They’ll all be downstairs.” The intruder vanished. No prints. No tracks. No identity. Sourced from the case file you provided: Ledger Nov. 24th 🛰️ THIS WEEK ACROSS THE EVIO UNIVERSE 💀 THE DEVIL WITHIN Thomas Creech: The Satanic Serial Killer This week, we descend into the life of alleged Satanic killer Thomas Creech — from a loveless, isolated childhood… to a nomadic trail of bodies across the American West… to the fluorescent-lit hell of the Idaho prison system, where he became both a monster and a myth. A full two-part saga of fear, folklore, and the man who learned to weaponize darkness. 📜 THE IDES OF APRIL The Scholar and the Madman: The Assassination of President James Garfield An intellectual President. A delusional wanderer who believed destiny owed him power. A country still healing from the Civil War. This week’s episode explores the collision of two lives — and how it changed American government forever. 🕵️‍♀️ CRIMINAL MISCHIEF Ripped From the Headlines: The Karen Read Lawsuit After two blockbuster trials, Karen Read was found not guilty in the death of Off. John O’Keefe. Now she’s filed a 46-page lawsuit alleging: • A coordinated cover-up • Mishandled evidence • A conspiracy among local officials Carolyn breaks it down line by line — a masterclass in investigative storytelling. 🧪 TABOO TREASURES Visionaries or Inventors? Bruce and Jeff dive into the minds of history’s most chaotic geniuses: • Graham Bell vs. Edison • Leonardo da Vinci’s fever-dream notebooks • Jobs vs. Woz — prophet vs. engineer • Hedy Lamarr — Hollywood icon turned Wi-Fi pioneer • Musk — self-invited to every innovation discussion • And Nikola Tesla — the king of electric madness Plus: the legendary Tesla Death Ray, the government seizure of his private research, and the infamous missing files that conspiracy theorists still insist are sitting in a locked federal warehouse. 🎥 THIS WEEK IN HORROR MOVIES Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 More animatronics. More lore. More “I’m never going to a themed pizza place again” energy. Perfect if you need a post-dinner escape from your family. 🌘 OUTRO Wherever this holiday finds you — traveling, eating, hiding — stay safe, stay curious, and keep one eye on the shadows at the edge of the holiday lights. 📼 CALL TO ACTION Follow, rate, and review our shows — The Devil Within, The Ides of April, Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures — and check out eviocreative.com for updates across the entire network. 💬 SPONSOR LINKS • Quince — luxe essentials 👉 quince.com/DEVILWITHIN • Mint Mobile — wireless for $15/month 👉 mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN • ExpressVPN — secure your data everywhere 👉 expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN • MOOD — legal THC & CBD 👉 mood.com/DEVILWITHIN • Monarch Money — smarter finances 👉 monarch.com/IDES • Ollie — human-grade dog food 👉 ollie.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🩸 THE DEVIL WITHIN THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT EPISODE TWO: Where the Woods Keep Their Secrets (Chapters 4–6)In Episode Two, we descend deeper into Glastenbury’s shadow—where folklore tightens into pattern, where disappearances begin to echo one another, and where Paula’s story becomes part of something older than any hiker who has ever stepped onto that mountain. Across three haunting chapters, we explore: CHAPTER 4 — Patterns in the Dark The chilling sequence of vanishings that predate and follow Paula: seasoned woodsman Middie Rivers, veteran James Tedford, eight-year-old Paul Jepson, and hiker Frieda Langer. Five disappearances. Five years. All circling the same mountain. A shape emerges… and with it, the birth of the “Bennington Triangle.” CHAPTER 5 — The Hunger Beneath the Pines Sightings. Lights. Voices in the fog. The hush—total, unnatural silence that swallows the world whole. Shadow figures pacing hikers. A girl in a red coat seen gliding across unbroken snow. The deeper people look, the more the mountain seems to look back. CHAPTER 6 — The Last Light on the Trail The legend grows. A mountain with memory. A trail that shifts like a living organism. A red coat glimpsed between trees at dusk. And the haunting possibility that Paula—like so many before and after her—did not fall victim to accident, but to a presence older, colder, and infinitely patient. CALL TO ACTION (Episode Two) If Paula’s story lingers with you long after this episode ends, share the show, follow, rate, and review The Devil Within. Your support brings the next darkness into focus. Dive deeper into the Evio Creative universe: The Devil Within • Criminal Mischief • Taboo Treasures • The Devil’s Ledger • The Ides of April Visit eviocreative.com and follow: @thedevilwithinpod • @eviocreative • @idesofaprilpod • @taboo_treasures SPONSORS (Episode Two) QUINCE — Luxury essentials without the luxury markup 👉 quince.com/IDES for free shipping & 365-day returnsMINT MOBILE — Premium wireless for just $15/month 👉 mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN EXPRESSVPN — Protect your data everywhere 👉 expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN for up to four months free MOOD — Legal THC & CBD shipped nationwide 👉 mood.com/DEVILWITHIN for 20% off OLLIE — Fresh, human-grade dog food 👉 ollie.com/IDES for 60% off MONARCH MONEY — Take control of your finances 👉 monarch.com/IDES for 50% off your first year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🩸 THE DEVIL WITHIN THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT EPISODE ONE: Into the Silent Woods (Chapters 1–3) In Episode One, we step into the cold, haunted shadow of Glastenbury Mountain—home to the legend of the Bennington Triangle and the mysterious, enduring disappearance of Paula Jean Welden, an 18-year-old Bennington College sophomore who walked onto the Long Trail one November afternoon in 1946… and was never seen again. Across three cinematic chapters, we explore: CHAPTER 1 — The Mountain That Remembers The strange history of Glastenbury Mountain, a place the Abenaki once warned was alive… a place where sound dies, compasses falter, and the forest seems to lean in and listen. Here we meet Paula: quiet, restless, radiant in her bright red parka—stepping onto the trail with no idea she is walking into a legend. CHAPTER 2 — The Search That Found Nothing The frantic multi-day search that drew hundreds into the freezing woods with lanterns, dogs, and fading hope. No footprints. No torn cloth. No trace. Even the red coat refused to be found. Searchers spoke of “silent pockets,” strange warmth in the air, radios that lagged by a heartbeat, and the creeping sense they were being watched by something old and patient. CHAPTER 3 — The Forest That Eats People Paula’s story is only one thread in a pattern of disappearances stretching across five years: a woodsman, a veteran, a child, a hiker. Five vanished. One mountain. Zero answers. As folklore and fact twist together, Glastenbury begins to look less like wilderness… and more like a presence that chooses who gets to walk back out. CALL TO ACTION (Episode One)If this episode stayed with you, if Paula’s red coat still appears in your imagination like a beacon in the trees, follow, rate, and review The Devil Within. Your support keeps the darkness lit. Explore the Evio Creative slate: The Devil Within • Criminal Mischief • Taboo Treasures • The Devil’s Ledger • The Ides of April Visit eviocreative.com and follow us on Instagram: @thedevilwithinpod • @eviocreative • @idesofaprilpod • @taboo_treasures SPONSORS (Episode One) QUINCE — Luxury essentials without the luxury markup 👉 quince.com/IDES for free shipping & 365-day returns MINT MOBILE — Premium wireless for just $15/month 👉 mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN EXPRESSVPN — Protect your data everywhere 👉 expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN for up to four months free MOOD — Legal THC & CBD shipped nationwide 👉 mood.com/DEVILWITHIN for 20% off OLLIE — Human-grade dog food delivered to your door 👉 ollie.com/IDES for 60% off MONARCH MONEY — The modern way to manage your finances 👉 monarch.com/IDES for 50% off your first year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. 🎙️ THE CREEPIEST THING I HEARD THIS WEEK “The Empty Place Setting” A family in suburban Ohio sets an extra place at the Thanksgiving table every year — not for a late guest, but for a son who vanished thirty years ago. And every Thanksgiving night, when the house has gone still, someone knocks three times on their back door. Always three. Always slow. Always at the exact hour he disappeared. Footprints in the frost. Empty doorsteps. A ritual no one dares to break. This week’s Ledger opens with the tradition the Dawsons have kept alive — and the mystery that refuses to die. 🔥 THIS WEEK ON THE DEVIL WITHIN The Thanksgiving Disappearance of Paula Jean Welden This Thanksgiving, The Devil Within heads into the fog-shrouded woods of the Bennington Triangle—the most notorious missing-persons cluster in New England history. We examine: • Paula Jean Welden’s final walk into the mountains • Conflicting eyewitness accounts • The massive search effort that reshaped Vermont policing • The unsettling pattern of disappearances that followed • Why so many believe Glastenbury Mountain is cursed A holiday mystery that became a legend—and a legend that refuses logical explanation. 🕯️ THIS WEEK ON THE IDES OF APRIL The Dagger & The Crown: The Assassination of Francisco Pizarro — Conclusion The final installment of our two-part historical miniseries arrives this week as we follow Francisco Pizarro into the last days of his life. Inside this cinematic finale. History ends not with thunder, but with footsteps—and these footsteps lead directly to his chamber door. ⚰️ THIS WEEK ON TABOO TREASURES The Most Dangerous Jobs in the World Bruce and Jeff dive into the stories of workers whose jobs were so perilous they bordered on self-destruction. A grim, jaw-dropping look at the human cost of corporate negligence—and the bravery of the people who fought back. 🔎 THIS WEEK ON CRIMINAL MISCHIEF The Vanishing: The Unsolved Murder of Lindsey Baum Carolyn Ossorio revisits one of the most heartbreaking disappearances in the Pacific Northwest: the Lindsey Baum case. Carolyn is hoping renewed attention can help move the case forward. 👉 If you have any information related to this case, email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ 🛒 SPONSOR SHOUT-OUTS Supporting our sponsors helps support all Evio Creative productions: Quince — luxury without the markup 👉 ⁠quince.com/DEVILWITHIN for free shipping & 365-day returns Mint Mobile — premium wireless for $15/month 👉 ⁠mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ ExpressVPN — privacy everywhere 👉 ⁠expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ for up to 4 months free MOOD — legal THC & CBD shipped nationwide 👉 ⁠mood.com/DEVILWITHIN⁠ for 20% off Ollie — fresh, human-grade dog food 👉 ⁠ollie.com/IDES⁠ for 60% off Monarch — the modern personal finance hub 👉 ⁠monarch.com/IDES⁠ for 50% off your first year If you enjoy these worlds of true crime, dark history, paranormal legend, and cinematic storytelling, help us grow: • Follow, rate, and review The Devil’s Ledger • Visit ⁠eviocreative.com⁠ • Follow us on Instagram: @thedevilwithinpod • @eviocreative • @idesofaprilpod • @taboo_treasures Your support keeps the stories alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🎧 THE DEVIL WITHIN: The Matthew Tinling Case — Part Two Chapters 4–6: The Trial of a Horror Fan · The Violence Doesn’t End Here · The Devil in the Mirror 🔥 Description: After his arrest, Matthew Tinling faced the Old Bailey — calm, smiling, and proud. The prosecution called him “a man who mistook fiction for faith.” The jury called him guilty. And yet, inside the walls of HMP Belmarsh, the violence didn’t end. From his obsession with Jigsaw’s “rules” to a string of brutal attacks on fellow inmates, Tinling kept the game alive long after the cameras stopped rolling. But what if he wasn’t just a monster? What if he was a mirror — reflecting our own hunger for punishment disguised as justice? In this concluding episode, we follow Tinling from the courtroom to the cellblock, and finally into the cultural darkness that made him possible. ⚖️ Chapter 4 — The Trial of a Horror Fan 🔪 Chapter 5 — The Violence Doesn’t End Here 🪞 Chapter 6 — The Devil in the Mirror 🎙️ Written & Hosted by: Branden Morgan 🎚️ Produced by: Evio Creative / Bellaire Studios 🎵 Sound Design & Score: The Evio Collective 💬 Call to Action: If you finished this story and felt something staring back — that’s the point. Rate, review, and share The Devil Within to help new listeners find the darkness. 🔗 Explore more at eviocreative.com and follow @thedevilwithinpod. 🩸 Discover Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, The Devil’s Ledger, and The Ides of April. 💰 Sponsored By: 👕 Quince — quince.com/DEVILWITHIN for free shipping + 365-day returns. 📱 Mint Mobile — mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN. 🧠 ExpressVPN — expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN for up to 4 months free. 🎙️ The Devil Within: The Matthew Tinling Case was written and hosted by Branden Morgan, produced by Evio Creative, mixed at Bellaire Studios, with original score and sound design by The Evio Collective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🎧 THE DEVIL WITHIN: The Matthew Tinling Case — Part One Chapters 1–3: The Film in His Head · The Game Begins · Lessons in Fire and Blood 💀 Description: In the spring of 2012, two men shared a small flat in a Maida Vale housing complex meant for people starting over. One of them — Richard Hamilton — was trying to rebuild after years of addiction. The other — Matthew Tinling — was watching Saw VI on repeat. When an argument over £240 in rent spiraled into obsession, Tinling turned the movie’s grotesque morality into real life. He stabbed Hamilton 17 times, tried to sever his spinal cord to recreate a trap from the film, and set the body on fire to “cleanse the scene.” Then he calmly withdrew money with Hamilton’s bank card… and bought crack. In this first episode, follow investigators as they untangle a killing staged like a screenplay — and meet the man who believed he was Jigsaw’s student. 🩸 Chapter 1 — The Film in His Head 🩸 Chapter 2 — The Game Begins 🩸 Chapter 3 — Lessons in Fire and Blood 🎙️ Written & Hosted by: Branden Morgan 🎚️ Produced by: Evio Creative / Bellaire Studios 🎵 Sound Design & Score: The Evio Collective 💬 Call to Action: If this story left you uneasy — good. That means you were listening. Tap ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave a review, and share The Devil Within with someone who loves the dark corners of truth. 🔗 Explore the Evio Slate: Criminal Mischief, Taboo Treasures, The Devil’s Ledger, and The Ides of April. 🌐 Visit eviocreative.com and follow @thedevilwithinpod on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos and archival materials. 💰 Sponsors That Keep the Lights Low: 👕 Quince — Luxury essentials at honest prices. 👉 quince.com/DEVILWITHIN for free shipping + 365-day returns. 📱 Mint Mobile — Premium wireless for $15/month. 👉 mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN. 🧠 ExpressVPN — Protect your data everywhere. 👉 expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN for up to 4 months free. 👁️‍🗨️ The Devil Within is a production of Evio Creative. All events are drawn from verified court transcripts and witness testimony. Some names and sounds have been altered for safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🎙️ The Devil’s Ledger – Week of November 10th 👻 The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week: The Plymouth Ghost Light Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts has always been a blend of myth and memory — pilgrims, parades, and history lessons. But when night falls and fog rolls off Cape Cod Bay, a different tradition stirs. Witnesses report blue lanterns gliding through the mist each Thanksgiving night, moving silently from the harbor toward Burial Hill — the resting place of the earliest settlers. No footsteps. No voices. Just light drifting across stone and sea. First reported in 1983, and traced to 19th-century candlelit memorial walks for those who died the first winter, the phenomenon continues — always midnight to one. And the night Harold Baxter passed away, one of the ghostly lights flickered and vanished mid-procession. History says remembrance. Folklore says pilgrimage. Witnesses say they saw the dead go home. And tonight, they walk with us. 📡 Evio Creative Network Spotlight 🜏 The Devil Within A chilling new two-part series on Sean Sellers, the Oklahoma teen who claimed demonic possession led him to murder — and who became the last juvenile executed in modern U.S. history. ⛪ The Ides of April Part one of The Dagger and the Crown — the assassination of Francisco Pizarro. An empire washed in gold. Brothers bound by ambition and betrayal. History doesn’t crash — it bleeds. 💎 Taboo Treasures Bruce & Jeff return with a sharp, no-limits dive into cultural forbidden zones. Topic TBD — but you know what they do with taboo. 🔪 Criminal Mischief Carolyn Ossorio brings another case where truth outpaces fear. A story waiting in the vault — and it’s going to rattle you. 🎬 This Week in Horror 🌲 Keeper A cabin-in-the-woods nightmare — an anniversary trip turns into an ambush of paranoia, isolation, and dread that seeps into the walls. 👹 Predator: Badlands A new entry in the Predator universe. Plot? Irrelevant. Expect blood, fear, and a hunt you won’t walk away from. 🛠️ Sponsor Support Support the partners who fuel the shadows: • Quince — luxury essentials without luxury markups 👉 quince.com/DEVILWITHIN — Free shipping & 365-day returns • Mint Mobile — wireless for $15/month 👉 mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN • ExpressVPN — protect your privacy 👉 expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN — Up to 4 months FREE • MOOD — legal THC & CBD shipped nationwide 👉 mood.com/DEVILWITHIN — 20% off first order • Ollie Dog Food — human-grade meals for dogs 👉 ollie.com/IDES — 60% off your first box • Monarch — transform your financial life 👉 monarch.com/IDES — 50% off your first year 🎧 Listen & Follow Subscribe on: Spotify • Apple Podcasts • YouTube Follow: @eviocreative • @thedevilwithinpod • @idesofaprilpod • @taboo_treasures And remember: History haunts. Folklore whispers. Sometimes the past walks at night. Keep your lantern lit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🜏 THE DEVIL WITHIN The Sean Sellers Story — Part Two Chapters IV–VI: A Killer Reborn? Or a Script Well-Read? A prison cell can become a tomb—or a pulpit. In Part Two, we return to Sellers not as the eyeliner-clad teen who chanted to shadows, but as the soft-voiced inmate who prayed to Christ and mailed cassette-sermons across America. Sean Sellers reinvented himself. He claimed salvation. And in doing so, forced a country to ask whether redemption has limits—or if we only pretend to believe in change until the incarcerated actually change. Advocates saw a conversion story. Critics saw a performance. Psychologists saw untreated trauma. The state saw only the law. We follow his prison years, his religious awakening, the movement to spare his life, and the midnight hour in February 1999 when Oklahoma drew the curtain and pushed the chemicals. The only juvenile killer executed in modern American history — and the case that helped end juvenile death sentences forever. Did Sean Sellers find grace? Escape responsibility? Fool the world? Or did we witness something even harder to accept: A monster made at sixteen, a man made by solitude, and a soul no court could truly sentence? 📜 Chapters • Chapter IV — The Confession Tapes A demon becomes a preacher; redemption meets skepticism. • Chapter V — The Executioner's Prayer A quiet last meal, a scripture-laden farewell, and a death chamber lit in fluorescent truth. • Chapter VI — A Shadow Over Innocence Legacy, law, and the ghost of a boy standing between morality and policy. 🎧 Follow & ReviewSubscribe and leave a review — your voice brings others into the chapel and the courtroom. 🕯 Evio Creative Network • The Devil’s Ledger • The Ides of April • Criminal Mischief • Taboo Treasures Follow: @thedevilwithinpod • @eviocreative 🛠 Sponsor Shout-Outs • Quince → quince.com/DEVILWITHIN • Mint Mobile → mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN • ExpressVPN → expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN • MOOD → mood.com/DEVILWITHIN • Ollie → ollie.com/IDES • Monarch → monarch.com/IDES Support the storytellers that keep the lights low and the truth sharp. 🔮 Next Week on The Devil Within A new case begins — whispered prayers in a borrowed room, obsession disguised as prophecy, and a community that learns fear can bloom anywhere faith does. If God speaks in silence… what else might? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices