The Devil Within

EVIO Creative

The Devil Within is a cinematic podcast about the stories that refuse to die — the legends, disappearances, curses, and supernatural encounters that linger long after the world moves on. Each episode blends history, folklore, and investigation to explore what really happened… and why these stories still haunt us. From mythical creatures and haunted places, to strange crimes and unexplained phenomena, The Devil Within starts where the facts end — and the unanswered questions begin. New episodes weekly. Bring a light. You may need it. BINGE THE FIRST FOUR SEASONS NOW! Season 1: The Jersey Devil - The brutal slaying of BETTY ANN SULLIVAN shocked the small town of Jefferson Township, New Jersey. The violence of that evening shocked the nation for the perpetrator... was her own son, a boy of fourteen who would take his own life only hours later. What the investigation revealed left a community in tatters, unwilling to believe the evil that had befallen them. Season 2: The Demons of Yorkshire - In 1974 after experiencing financial hardship, Michael Taylor joined a local church in the rolling hills of Northern England. After falling in love with a young, beautiful preacher, Michael’s personality began to change. The mild-mannered family man became abusive and unhinged. His new church believed he was possessed by no fewer than 48 demons and would require an exorcism to save his soul and protect his family from evil. But the supposed remedy would come at a very steep price...  Season 3: A Season in Hell - In the late 1970's New York City had it all: Hip Hop, Punk Rock... and the Son of Sam. The third season of The Devil Within takes listeners into the belly of the beast and explores the wicked origins, reign of terror and ultimate capture of one of the most feared serial killers in history. With exclusive interviews from journalists, FBI agents, historians and mental health experts this season promises to be the most comprehensive - and most terrifying - account of how one man brought New York City to a standstill. Season 4: Satan's Shadow - In the 1980s, California learned that fear doesn’t always lurk in the dark. Sometimes, it walks right through the door. SATAN’S SHADOW follows the terrifying rise of Richard Ramirez — the Night Stalker — while tracing his crimes alongside Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. As Ramirez descends deeper into violence, we descend with him through Dante’s circles of hell, asking what happens to a city — and a soul — when darkness becomes a spectacle. Across nine episodes, each chapter pairs the facts of the case with a brief lesson from Dante: desire twisted into obsession, cruelty masquerading as power, betrayal, violence, and the chilling fascination that draws us closer instead of pushing us away. Because Ramirez didn’t just kill. He captivated. He made the world watch — and forced us to confront the part of ourselves that can’t look away. Bonus episodes explore the trial, aftermath, and the myths that followed — along with glimpses into Purgatorio and Paradiso, and whether redemption or meaning is possible after horror. SATAN’S SHADOW isn’t only about a murderer. It’s about a culture slowly walking toward darkness… and what it costs to climb back out.

  1. 6 hr ago

    What We Built... And What We Buried: Episode Eleven - The Mind We Tried To Break

    🎧 THE DEVIL WITHIN What We Built… And What We Buried Episode 11: The Mind We Tried to Break What happens when the most private space we have—the human mind—becomes the target of experimentation? In Episode 11, we examine Project MKUltra, a classified U.S. government program designed to explore the limits of human consciousness, behavior, and control. Born out of Cold War paranoia, MKUltra pushed beyond ethical boundaries in pursuit of one question: Can the mind be broken… and rebuilt? Through a network of secret experiments, subjects—many of them unaware—were exposed to LSD, sensory deprivation, psychological stress, and other destabilizing techniques. Records were destroyed. Oversight was limited. And what remains is only a fragment of the full story. This episode explores: • The Cold War fear that sparked MKUltra • The methods used to alter perception and behavior • The role of consent—and the absence of it • The deliberate destruction of records in the 1970s • What we know… and what may never be known Because the true horror of MKUltra isn’t just what was done— It’s that it was justified. 🎧 Listen & Follow Follow The Devil Within wherever you get your podcasts. 📺 Watch & Subscribe Full episodes on YouTube: Evio Creative 📲 Follow Instagram / TikTok / Facebook: @thedevilwithinpod 📩 Contact info@eviocreative.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    26 min
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  3. 2 days ago

    The Devil's Ledger - Week of June 8th.

    The Devil’s Ledger | Week of June 8th, 2026 On this week’s episode of The Devil’s Ledger, we kick things off with an honest—and slightly humbling—moment: a long-overdue shoutout to the New York Knicks. Not quite back on the bandwagon… but definitely watching with a mix of excitement and regret. Then we dive into The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week—a trip to Pine Bush, New York, home of the annual UFO Fair. What feels like a quirky small-town festival quickly reveals something deeper: decades of reported sightings, unexplained aerial phenomena, and a community that didn’t deny the stories… it embraced them. On The Devil Within Season Five—What We Built… And What We Buried—comes to a powerful close with two of the most disturbing government programs ever uncovered: • MK-Ultra • The Tuskegee Syphilis Study Two vastly different operations. One unsettling truth: what happens when institutions designed to protect people begin to use them instead? On Criminal Mischief After last week’s shocking case, Carolyn returns with something a little less graphic—but no less terrifying. Less gore.
More intrigue.
Same relentless tension. On The Culture of Criminal Cool Season One wraps this week—and it hits harder than expected. The story of Adam Diaz has never been just about crime. It’s about identity, power, and the cost of becoming the persona you create. And if you’re worried about what fills that slot next week… don’t be. On The Slippery Fresh off CrimeCon Las Vegas, Scott and Nancy are back with another deep dive into deception. New con.
New victim.
And another unraveling that proves—eventually—the truth always catches up. 🚨 NEW SHOW ALERT: Forever Young 🚨 From Dr. John Layke and Dr. Payman Danielpour of the Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Group comes Forever Young—a deep, behind-the-scenes look at: • Plastic surgery • Skincare • Longevity science With hundreds of episodes already available, this is your go-to resource for everything health, beauty, and aging at the highest level. Now part of the Evio Network. This Week in Horror A new trailer has dropped from horror legend Eli Roth: Ice Cream Man A twisted, throwback slasher concept—with a brutal twist: It’s not one killer. It’s dozens. Kids—turned into something else entirely. Dark. Chaotic. And looks like a wild ride. Listen & Follow Follow The Devil Within and The Devil’s Ledger wherever you get your podcasts.
If you’re enjoying the show, rate and review—it helps more listeners find us. Watch & Subscribe Full episodes and video content available on the Evio Creative YouTube channel.
Subscribe and turn on notifications. Join the Conversation Got a story? A tip? Something we should cover? 📩 info@eviocreative.com
📲 Instagram: @thedevilwithinpod Closing That’s it for this week. Stay safe… And we’ll see you— across the Evio Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    11 min
  4. 5 days ago

    What We Built… And What We Buried: Episode Ten - The Air That Turned Against Us

    🎧 The Devil Within What We Built… And What We Buried Episode 10: The Air That Turned Against Us Some dangers are immediate. Others… Become part of the air. ❄️ The Problem Early refrigeration worked. But it was dangerous: • Toxic chemicals • Explosive leaks • Immediate, visible harm A safer solution was needed. 🧪 The Solution Once again, Thomas Midgley Jr. delivered: 👉 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) They were: • Stable • Non-toxic • Non-flammable In every measurable way: 👉 Perfect 🌫️ The Shift And so they spread. Into: • Homes • Industry • The atmosphere itself Because stability… Doesn’t always mean containment. ☢️ The Discovery High above the Earth: • UV radiation broke down CFCs • Released chlorine atoms • Began destroying ozone Not instantly. But persistently. 🌍 The Consequence The ozone layer—Earth’s shield—began to thin. What once felt invisible… Became measurable. Then undeniable. 🧠 The Response For once, the system corrected itself: 👉 Global cooperation
 👉 The Montreal Protocol
 👉 Gradual phase-out of CFCs And over time… Signs of recovery. 😈 The Devil Within The Devil Within this story isn’t the chemical. It’s delay. Because by the time we understood the damage… 👉 It was already everywhere. 🔜 Next Episode Next, the pattern turns inward. Not machines.
Not atmosphere. 👉 People. 🎧 Listen & Follow 👉 Follow The Devil Within wherever you get your podcasts
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📱 @thedevilwithinpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Because sometimes… The most dangerous ideas aren’t the ones that fail. They’re the ones that work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    26 min
  5. 1 Jun

    The Devil's Ledger - Week of June 1st, 2026

    The Devil’s Ledger — Week of June 1st, 2026 Happy Blue Moon. As a rare second full moon lights up the skies over Los Angeles, we take a moment to reflect—on endings, beginnings, and the strange things that seem to surface when the night feels just a little too still. And to all the graduates out there—congratulations. Wherever you’re headed next, may you do wonderful things… big and small. The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week This week, we explore the unsettling legend of Grace—a Victorian-era doll that has gone from antique curiosity to one of the UK’s most talked-about haunted artifacts. Once an ordinary toy, Grace’s reputation began in 2018 during a paranormal investigation where guests reported physical symptoms, unexplained movement, and chilling electronic voice phenomena. Since then, the doll has followed investigators from location to location, leaving behind a trail of reported disturbances, recorded voices, and growing fascination. Now, in the latest development, investigators claim to have captured a single, chilling word coming from the doll: “Burn.” Is it evidence of something attached to the artifact… or simply the power of suggestion taking hold? Either way, Grace has become something more than a relic of the past—she’s a modern legend. The Devil Within Season Five (What We Built… And What We Buried) continues with “The Man Who Fixed Everything.” This episode examines the chemist who introduced chlorofluorocarbons—CFCs—as a safer alternative to toxic refrigeration gases. At the time, it was a breakthrough. Cleaner. Safer. Stable. A solution. But what followed was something far larger—and far more damaging—than anyone anticipated. A global consequence that reshaped how we understand unintended impact, and the cost of innovation without foresight. Criminal Mischief Carolyn is back after a brief hiatus with another meticulously researched deep dive into the darker corners of human behavior. As always, this isn’t just storytelling—it’s reconstruction. The Culture of Criminal Cool We’re now up to Episode 5, and the response has been incredible. Thank you to everyone who’s been listening, commenting, and sharing. Adam Diaz is proving to be exactly what we thought—a story worth telling. The Slippery Nancy and Scott return with another hard-to-believe story of deception, betrayal, and outright grift. The kind of story that makes you stop mid-episode and ask— How did this actually happen? This show is quickly becoming a must-listen. This Week in Horror Something is shifting. Two films—Obsession and Backrooms—have taken over the box office. Both from creators who came out of YouTube. Not the traditional system. Not the usual pipeline. New voices. New instincts. And audiences are showing up in a big way. Is this a moment… or the beginning of something bigger? Watch them. Then let me know what you think. Listen & Follow Follow The Devil Within and the entire Evio Creative network wherever you get your podcasts. Watch & Subscribe Full episodes on YouTube: Evio Creative Follow Us Instagram / TikTok / Facebook: @thedevilwithinpod Contact info@eviocreative.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    13 min
  6. 29 May

    What We Built… And What We Buried: Episode Eight - The Man Who Drank Poison

    🎧 The Devil Within What We Built… And What We Buried Episode Eight: The Man Who Drank Poison Some stories don’t end. They rupture. 🍷 The Event A meeting. Three men. A drink. Then suddenly— A reaction. A collapse. And a statement that would define everything that followed: “They poisoned me.” ⚠️ The Death Stanley Meyer was dead within hours. The official cause: 👉 Cerebral aneurysm • Sudden • Catastrophic • Medically consistent No poison found.
No evidence of foul play. Case closed. 🧠 The Problem Except… The story didn’t close. Because the death didn’t happen in isolation. It followed a claim that had already disrupted expectation. And when those two things collide— 👉 An unresolved invention
👉 An abrupt death The narrative doesn’t settle. It expands. 🔍 Two Realities From that moment forward, two versions exist: 1 The official explanation ◦ Medical ◦ Verifiable ◦ Complete 2 The alternative narrative ◦ Suggestive ◦ Unproven ◦ Persistent And neither one fully erases the other. 🧩 The Pattern This is how stories like this survive: • The invention is never proven • The death is explained—but not satisfying • The gap between the two becomes the story Because once belief attaches itself… It doesn’t require evidence to continue. 😈 The Devil Within The unsettling truth isn’t what happened in that restaurant. It’s what happened after. 👉 The willingness to fill gaps with meaning
👉 The need for the story to resolve in a way that feels bigger than the facts
👉 The quiet shift from what is known… to what is believed 🔜 Next Episode Next time, we move into a different kind of danger: Not ideas that may not have worked… But ideas that worked too well. 🎧 Listen & Follow 👉 Follow The Devil Within wherever you get your podcasts
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📱 @thedevilwithinpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Because sometimes… The story doesn’t survive because it’s true. It survives because it never fully ends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    21 min
  7. 27 May

    What We Built… And What We Buried: Episode Seven - The Car That Ran on Water

    🎧 The Devil Within What We Built… And What We Buried Episode 7: The Car That Ran on Water What if the system we depend on… was never necessary? This week, The Devil Within explores one of the most persistent—and controversial—claims of the modern era: A car powered not by gasoline… But by water. 💧 The Claim Inventor Stanley Meyer introduced a device he called a water fuel cell—a system that appeared to power a vehicle using one of the most abundant substances on Earth. Water goes in.
The engine turns.
The car moves. No visible fuel. 🎥 The Demonstrations Observers saw it. A modified vehicle—simple, exposed, almost unimpressive—running in a way that defied expectation. • No gasoline input • No obvious trick • A functioning engine And that’s all it took. Because once something appears to work… Belief follows quickly. 🧠 The Shift The story stopped being about engineering. And became about possibility. 👉 Freedom from fuel
👉 Independence from cost
👉 A system no longer controlled Because the idea didn’t just solve a problem. It erased it. ⚠️ The Fault Line But demonstrations aren’t proof. And when the questions came… They didn’t go away: • Where does the energy come from? • Does the system produce more energy than it consumes? • Can it be replicated? Because there’s a rule that doesn’t bend: 👉 Energy cannot be created from nothing 😈 The Devil Within This episode isn’t about whether the car worked. It’s about why people needed it to. Because belief doesn’t require completion. It requires just enough evidence… to begin. 🔜 Next Episode What happened next didn’t end the story. It expanded it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    24 min

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The Devil Within is a cinematic podcast about the stories that refuse to die — the legends, disappearances, curses, and supernatural encounters that linger long after the world moves on. Each episode blends history, folklore, and investigation to explore what really happened… and why these stories still haunt us. From mythical creatures and haunted places, to strange crimes and unexplained phenomena, The Devil Within starts where the facts end — and the unanswered questions begin. New episodes weekly. Bring a light. You may need it. BINGE THE FIRST FOUR SEASONS NOW! Season 1: The Jersey Devil - The brutal slaying of BETTY ANN SULLIVAN shocked the small town of Jefferson Township, New Jersey. The violence of that evening shocked the nation for the perpetrator... was her own son, a boy of fourteen who would take his own life only hours later. What the investigation revealed left a community in tatters, unwilling to believe the evil that had befallen them. Season 2: The Demons of Yorkshire - In 1974 after experiencing financial hardship, Michael Taylor joined a local church in the rolling hills of Northern England. After falling in love with a young, beautiful preacher, Michael’s personality began to change. The mild-mannered family man became abusive and unhinged. His new church believed he was possessed by no fewer than 48 demons and would require an exorcism to save his soul and protect his family from evil. But the supposed remedy would come at a very steep price...  Season 3: A Season in Hell - In the late 1970's New York City had it all: Hip Hop, Punk Rock... and the Son of Sam. The third season of The Devil Within takes listeners into the belly of the beast and explores the wicked origins, reign of terror and ultimate capture of one of the most feared serial killers in history. With exclusive interviews from journalists, FBI agents, historians and mental health experts this season promises to be the most comprehensive - and most terrifying - account of how one man brought New York City to a standstill. Season 4: Satan's Shadow - In the 1980s, California learned that fear doesn’t always lurk in the dark. Sometimes, it walks right through the door. SATAN’S SHADOW follows the terrifying rise of Richard Ramirez — the Night Stalker — while tracing his crimes alongside Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. As Ramirez descends deeper into violence, we descend with him through Dante’s circles of hell, asking what happens to a city — and a soul — when darkness becomes a spectacle. Across nine episodes, each chapter pairs the facts of the case with a brief lesson from Dante: desire twisted into obsession, cruelty masquerading as power, betrayal, violence, and the chilling fascination that draws us closer instead of pushing us away. Because Ramirez didn’t just kill. He captivated. He made the world watch — and forced us to confront the part of ourselves that can’t look away. Bonus episodes explore the trial, aftermath, and the myths that followed — along with glimpses into Purgatorio and Paradiso, and whether redemption or meaning is possible after horror. SATAN’S SHADOW isn’t only about a murderer. It’s about a culture slowly walking toward darkness… and what it costs to climb back out.

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