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. 1D AGO

    The Devil's Ledger - Week of May 18th

    🎧 The Devil’s Ledger Week of May 18, 2026 Spring is here—and summer isn’t far behind. Another packed week across the Evio Creative Network, with new stories, new episodes, and a look at both the past… and what may be waiting at the end of it. 👁️ The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week The End of the Green River Killer News broke that Gary Ridgway—one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history—is now receiving end-of-life care. Operating for decades around Seattle, Ridgway targeted vulnerable women, ultimately confessing to 48 murders—though the true number may be higher. What made Ridgway especially disturbing wasn’t just the scale of his crimes… It was his ability to disappear into ordinary life while carrying out systematic, calculated violence. And if there is such a thing as justice beyond this world? Dante may have already decided his fate. 👉 The Seventh Circle of Hell—Violence
👉 Submerged in the river of boiling blood, Phlegethon
👉 Depth determined by the severity of the crimes For Ridgway? You can probably guess how deep that goes. 🔥 On The Devil Within What We Built… And What We Buried This week, we explore the genius—and the unfinished vision—of Nikola Tesla. A man who attempted something radical: 👉 Wireless electricity
👉 Energy delivered through the air
👉 Power, accessible anywhere And this wasn’t just an idea. The Wardenclyffe Tower was actually built in New York. So why did it stop? And what happens when an idea doesn’t fail—but simply… disappears? 💰 On Criminal Mischief With the “Hollywood” series wrapped, Carolyn Ossorio turns the page. A new case is coming. And if history is any indication… It won’t be quiet. 🎙️ On The Culture of Criminal Cool Episode Three continues the rise of Adam Diaz. Because becoming a drug lord isn’t a straight line. It’s messy. It’s dangerous. And somehow… Still just funny enough to keep you hooked. ⚠️ On The Slippery Another scam exposed. Another takedown. 👉 The victims get justice
👉 The scammers get what’s coming Scott and Nancy take you behind the curtain once again. 🧠 On Finding Me with Josh Wolf Josh is closing in on 100 episodes. And things are shifting. He’s getting closer to making the call he’s been circling for months: 👉 Professional help
👉 Real change
👉 The next phase And the truth? He couldn’t have gotten here without this journey. 🎬 This Week in Horror Obsession Directed by Curry Barker, this film follows a hopeless romantic who uses a mystical “One Wish Willow” to make his crush fall in love with him… Only to discover that some wishes come with consequences. Starring Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette, the film premiered at TIFF and is now in U.S. theaters via Focus Features. 🎧 Listen & Follow Stay connected with everything across the Evio Creative Network: • 🎧 Apple Podcasts • 🎧 Spotify • 📺 Evio Creative YouTube Channel • 📱 @thedevilwithinpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Thanks for listening—and for supporting the network. Wishing you a safe and productive week ahead. We’ll see you… across the Evio Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    12 min
  2. 4D AGO

    What We Built... And What We Buried: Episode Four - The Fire That Never Was

    🎧 The Devil Within Episode 4: The Fire That Never Was If Episode 3 asked what if it worked… This episode asks: What if it didn’t? Or worse— What if we can never know? 🧪 The Missing Proof In science, the rule is simple: If it can’t be reproduced, it doesn’t exist. And Starlight never crossed that line. • No formula • No independent testing • No replication What remains isn’t proof. It’s memory. 🎭 The Demonstration Problem A demonstration shows you an outcome. An experiment proves a process. Starlight was never tested—it was shown. • Controlled conditions • Selective variables • A compelling result Enough to convince. Not enough to confirm. 🧠 The Real Question Was it real? Was it illusion? Or something that lived just long enough to convince—but not long enough to prove? Because once something exists between proof and possibility… It doesn’t disappear. 😈 The Devil Within The easy answer is suppression. But the more likely truth? It didn’t need to be buried. In a system built on verification, anything unproven is automatically contained. Not rejected. Just… never real. 🔜 Next Episode From fire… to energy. Nikola Tesla. Wireless power. And the cost of disrupting a system built on control. 🎧 Listen & Follow 👉 Follow The Devil Within wherever you get your podcasts
 📺 Watch on the Evio Creative YouTube Channel
 📱 @thedevilwithinpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Because sometimes… The most unsettling stories aren’t the ones we can prove. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    24 min
  3. 6D AGO

    What We Built... And What We Buried: Episode Three - The Man Who Defied Fire

    🎧 The Devil Within What We Built... And What We Buried: Episode Three - The Man Who Defied Fire What if someone actually solved fire? Not slowed it.
Not resisted it. Solved it. This week, we step into the story of Maurice Ward and his mysterious material: Starlight. 🔥 The Claim In the early 1990s, Ward demonstrated a substance that appeared to do the impossible. A raw egg.
A white coating.
A blowtorch. And when it ended… The egg was still raw. Uncooked. Untouched. Unchanged. 🧠 The Implications If Starlight worked, it wouldn’t just be useful. It would be world-changing: • Fireproof buildings • Safer aircraft • Entire industries reshaped This wasn’t incremental. This was disruptive. 🧪 The Mystery And yet… It never entered the world. No patent.
No formula.
No independent verification. Just demonstrations… and a man who refused to share the secret. 😈 The Devil Within This episode isn’t about proving Starlight. It’s about asking a harder question: If something this powerful existed… could it ever actually be allowed to? 🔜 Next Episode We move past the demonstration… …and into the breakdown. 🎧 Listen & Follow 👉 Follow The Devil Within wherever you get your podcasts
 📺 Watch on the Evio Creative YouTube Channel
 📱 @thedevilwithinpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    25 min
  4. MAY 12

    The Devil's Ledger - Week of May, 11th

    🎧 The Devil’s Ledger Week of May 11, 2026 Spring has a way of resetting everything. Not gently—but inevitably. This week across the Evio Creative Network, we explore what happens when things don’t reset… when they pause, disappear, or get left behind entirely. 👁️ The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week The Girl Who Disappeared Into Sleep This week’s story centers on Nicole Delien and a rare neurological disorder known as Kleine-Levin Syndrome. A condition that doesn’t just disrupt life… It removes you from it. • Episodes of sleeping up to 20 hours a day • Episodes lasting weeks… even months • Severe confusion, memory loss, and disorientation when awake Nicole once slept for 64 consecutive days. And when she woke up… The world had moved on without her. No cure.
No warning.
No way to predict when it will happen again. Because the real horror isn’t the sleep. It’s the missing time. 🔥 On The Devil Within What We Built… And What We Buried This season continues with a story that challenges something fundamental: Fire. A mysterious substance—called Stardust by its inventor—was said to completely neutralize heat. Not resist it.
Not slow it. Eliminate it. There are demonstrations.
There are witnesses. But there’s one critical gap: 👉 It was never tested in a controlled scientific setting So the question becomes: Was it real? Or was it something that lived just long enough to convince… but not long enough to prove? 💰 On Criminal Mischief Carolyn Ossorio wraps up her deep dive into Seattle’s elusive bank robber: Hollywood. A story that spans years… escalates in ambition… and ends the only way stories like this can: In a blaze of glory. 🧠 On Finding Me with Josh Wolf Josh keeps showing up. And it’s starting to show. The impact is real—but not simple. Growth rarely is. What started as a podcast has become something else entirely: 👉 A process
👉 A mirror
👉 A real-time evolution And it’s getting more interesting by the week. ⚠️ On The Slippery Scott and Nancy break down the world of hustlers and scammers—and how it all eventually collapses. Because it always does. 👉 Follow The Slippery wherever you get your podcasts
👉 Learn how the scams work… before they work on you 🎙️ On The Culture of Criminal Cool Episode Two drops this week. Hosted by Ash Adams, this limited series dives into the cocaine trade of 1980s New York. At the center: Adam Diaz
One of the biggest distributors of the era—and the top earner for the Medellín Cartel. Raw.
Unfiltered.
Dangerous. This is one you don’t want to miss. 🎧 Listen & Follow Follow all shows across the Evio Creative Network: • 🎧 Apple Podcasts • 🎧 Spotify • 📺 Evio Creative YouTube Channel • 📱 @thedevilwithinpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook Thanks for listening—and for supporting all the shows across the network. We’ll catch up with you this week… across the Evio Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    9 min
  5. MAY 8

    What We Built... And What We Buried: Episode Two - The Agreement

    🎧 The Devil Within — Episode 2: The Agreement What happens when success… becomes a problem? By the 1920s, the world had been illuminated. Homes were wired, cities glowed after dark, and the lightbulb—once revolutionary—had become ordinary. But beneath that success, something unexpected was happening: The bulbs were lasting too long. Consumers weren’t replacing them. Sales began to flatten. And for an industry built on production, durability—once the ultimate goal—quietly became a threat. In this episode, we step inside the rooms where that problem was solved—not through innovation, but through alignment. The formation of what would become known as the Phoebus cartel didn’t just standardize production or stabilize markets… it redefined lifespan. A lightbulb, it was agreed, should last around 1,000 hours—not because it couldn’t last longer, but because it shouldn’t. And once that standard was set, everything changed. Bulbs that lasted too long were no longer celebrated… they were penalized.
Durability wasn’t improved… it was managed.
Failure wasn’t avoided… it was engineered. This wasn’t a conspiracy.
It was a system. And once that system worked… it didn’t stay contained. Because the real story isn’t just about lightbulbs. It’s about what happens when failure becomes a feature—and how that decision reshaped the way things are made, sold, and expected to break. 🎧 Follow The Devil Within wherever you get your podcasts
 📺 Watch full episodes on the Evio Creative YouTube Channel
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    23 min
  6. MAY 6

    What We Built...And What We Buried: Episode One - The Immortal Bulb

    🎧 The Devil Within — Episode 1: The Immortal Bulb What if the limits we accept… were never really limits at all? In a small fire station in Livermore, California, a lightbulb has been burning—almost continuously—since 1901. It hasn’t been replaced. It hasn’t failed. It has simply… remained. At first, it feels like a curiosity. A relic from a different time. But the longer you sit with it, the more uncomfortable the question becomes: If something built over a century ago can still work today…
why don’t we expect things to last anymore? In this episode, we step into the early days of electric light—when durability wasn’t a bonus, it was the goal. When engineers built for endurance, not replacement. And when the idea of something lasting decades wasn’t unusual… it was expected. But somewhere along the way, that expectation changed. Not suddenly. Not obviously. But deliberately. Because when a product lasts too long… it stops being a product—and starts becoming a problem. This is where the story shifts—from invention to intention. From progress… to something else entirely. 🎯 Follow & Listen 🎧 Follow The Devil Within wherever you get your podcasts
 📺 Watch full episodes on the Evio Creative YouTube Channel Because once you start questioning how things are made…
you start seeing it everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    33 min
  7. MAY 4

    The Devil's Ledger: May the Fourth... Be With You

    🎧 The Devil’s Ledger — Week of May 4 A new week across the Evio Creative Network—and this one comes with a shift. From a chilling story out of Japan that blurs the line between routine and horror… to the launch of an entirely new direction for The Devil Within… to a brand new show diving deep into the myth and reality of criminal power—this week is about one thing: What we choose to see… and what we quietly bury. 👁️ The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week A disturbing story out of Asahiyama Zoo raises a question that lingers long after the headlines fade. Not because of the violence. But because of how seamlessly it fit into the world around it. A place designed for wonder. For control. For observation. And a reminder that sometimes the most unsettling thing… isn’t what happened. It’s how easily it could be hidden. 🔥 On The Devil Within — Season 5 Begins We’re entering new territory. Season Five, What We Built… And What We Buried, steps away from blood and possession… and into something quieter—and arguably more dangerous: Our resistance to change. This season explores the moments where innovation collided with power… and lost. Episode One drops Monday: The Immortal Bulb — a technological miracle… until you realize it may have been deliberately suppressed. ⏸️ On The Ides of April We’re hitting pause for a few weeks while The Devil Within gets fully dialed in. But don’t worry—the story continues soon. 💰 On Criminal Mischief Carolyn Ossorio continues her deep dive into Seattle bank robber Hollywood. The first heist is done. The money is real. And now… the pressure begins. 🧠 On Finding Me with Josh Wolf Josh keeps showing up—honest, unfiltered, and very much in progress. There’s something powerful about watching someone check in with themselves… in real time. ⚠️ On The Slippery Scott and Nancy break down the biggest scams you almost fell for. Follow The Slippery—because the only thing worse than hearing about a con… Is becoming the mark. 🎙️ New Show — The Culture of Criminal Cool Hosted by Ash Adams, this new series tracks 1980s Brooklyn drug kingpin Adam Diaz. But this isn’t a retelling. Ash goes to the Dominican Republic… finds him… and sits down for a multi-day interview. What comes out of it? Unprecedented access to the inner workings of the 80s drug trade. This one’s going to hit. 👉 Follow now wherever you get your podcasts
📺 And subscribe to the Evio Creative YouTube channel 📺 This Week in Horror If you’re not watching From on MGM+, start now. • Season 4 premiered April 19, 2026 • New episodes drop every Sunday • 10-episode run • Final season already confirmed for 2027 🔔 Follow & Stay Connected Follow your favorite shows across the Evio Creative Network so you never miss a drop: • 🎧 Apple Podcasts • 🎧 Spotify • 📱 Instagram, TikTok, Facebook: @thedevilwithinpod • 📺 YouTube: Evio Creative Thanks for listening. Have a great week ahead… …and we’ll see you across the Evio Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    12 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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