BREVITY+

Support the channel and listen ad free!

$5.99/mo or $44.99/yr after trial

The Veil - A True Crime Podcast with Ryan Wolf

Brevity Studios
  • 4.1 (8)
  • TRUE CRIME
  • UPDATED WEEKLY

The Veil is a chilling true crime podcast that pulls listeners deep into the world’s darkest and most haunting cases. Hosted by Ryan Wolf, each episode is crafted like an immersive thriller - a story told not just through facts, but through atmosphere, tension, and detail that makes you feel as though you’re standing inside the crime scene itself. These are not urban legends or ghost stories; every case is real, every victim and every clue drawn from documented fact. From unsolved murders to bizarre disappearances, infamous trials to cold cases that still whisper through history, The Veil strips back the layers of time and rumor to confront the unsettling truths hidden beneath. With an eye for detail and a voice that guides you through the shadows, Ryan brings both journalistic rigor and cinematic storytelling to each 30-minute episode. What emerges is an experience that is at once gripping and unnerving, reminding us that the scariest stories are not fiction at all. Pull back The Veil - but beware. Because sometimes, when we lift it, we don’t like what we find. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. E12 | Streets of Blood - Jack The Ripper

    FEB 5

    E12 | Streets of Blood - Jack The Ripper

    In the gas-lit slums of Victorian London, terror stalks the streets. Women are butchered with surgical precision. Bodies are left mutilated, posed, and abandoned in the shadows of Whitechapel. As panic spreads and the press fans the flames, police chase a killer who seems to vanish into the fog itself. This is the story of Jack the Ripper—his victims, his violence, and the city that bled while the world watched. While some dramatic license is taken during the retelling of these stories, but you can be sure that these true crime stories are all based 100% on real events and facts. If you would like to suggest a case, you can message us via our website at www.brevityplus.com Subscribers get ad free listening to The Veil and all of our podcasts. Please consider subscribing to support our work. This podcast is researched, and written by the Brevity Studios team using AI tools, and is narrated in its entirety by - Ryan Wolf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
  2. E11 | Mother - The Ed Gein Story

    11/06/2025

    E11 | Mother - The Ed Gein Story

    Plainfield, Wisconsin was a quiet farming town where everyone knew everyone else. That’s why no one paid much attention to the man who lived alone on the old family property at the edge of town. Ed Gein was polite, soft-spoken, and harmless — or so it seemed. But when Bernice Worden vanished in 1957, the door to Gein’s world was forced open. What investigators found inside wasn’t just evidence of murder — it was the collapse of a mind shaped by isolation, devotion, and grief. This episode pulls back the silence surrounding Plainfield, and the horror it unknowingly lived beside. While some dramatic license is taken during the retelling of these stories, but you can be sure that these true crime stories are all based 100% on real events and facts. If you would like to suggest a case, you can message us via our website at www.brevityplus.com Subscribers get ad free listening to The Veil and all of our podcasts. Please consider subscribing to support our work. This podcast is researched, and written by the Brevity Studios team using AI tools, and is narrated in its entirety by - Ryan Wolf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    45 min
  3. E10 | OJ Simpson & The Murders of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman

    10/30/2025

    E10 | OJ Simpson & The Murders of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman

    In June 1994, the brutal murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman ignited one of the most infamous trials in American history. Former NFL superstar O.J. Simpson stood accused, his white Bronco chase and televised courtroom drama gripping the world. But behind the spectacle lay a deeper story — of violence, celebrity, race, and a justice system pushed to its limits. In this episode of The Veil, we cut through the media frenzy to examine the evidence, the contradictions, and the haunting question that still divides America: what really happened that night on Bundy Drive? While some dramatic license is taken during the retelling of these stories, but you can be sure that these true crime stories are all based 100% on real events and facts. If you would like to suggest a case, you can message us via our website at www.brevityplus.com Subscribers get ad free listening to The Veil and all of our podcasts. Please consider subscribing to support our work. This podcast is researched, and written by the Brevity Studios team using AI tools, and is narrated in its entirety by - Ryan Wolf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min
  4. E09 | The Vengeance Episode

    10/23/2025

    E09 | The Vengeance Episode

    In this haunting episode, The Veil turns its gaze toward the raw and dangerous territory of revenge. From small-town justice to national headlines, these are the stories of people who decided the system had failed — and took matters into their own hands. A father who pulls the trigger in front of rolling cameras. A community that snaps after years of terror. A killer who demands his own execution. Each act, born from grief, anger, or twisted morality, forces us to confront an uncomfortable truth: where does justice end and vengeance begin? Told with restraint and precision, Vengeance peels back the thin line separating righteousness from ruin. Through police records, court transcripts, and the silence left behind, host Ryan Wolf guides listeners into the moments when reason gives way to rage — and the consequences that follow. Behind every act of retribution lies a wound that never healed. This is not a story about heroes or villains. It’s about what happens when the veil between justice and revenge finally tears. While some dramatic license is taken during the retelling of these stories, but you can be sure that these true crime stories are all based 100% on real events and facts. If you would like to suggest a case, you can message us via our website at www.brevityplus.com Subscribers get ad free listening to The Veil and all of our podcasts. Please consider subscribing to support our work. This podcast is researched, and written by the Brevity Studios team using AI tools, and is narrated in its entirety by - Ryan Wolf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min
  5. E08 | Oscar Pistorious & The Murder of Reeva Steenkamp

    10/16/2025

    E08 | Oscar Pistorious & The Murder of Reeva Steenkamp

    On Valentine’s Day 2013, four gunshots shattered the stillness of a Pretoria night. By morning, one of the world’s most celebrated athletes — Oscar Pistorius — stood accused of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. What followed was a courtroom drama broadcast to millions: a story of fame, fear, and a nation forced to question what it believed about its heroes. Told through transcripts, testimony, and the words of those who were there, this five-part series unravels the case that gripped the world — from the night of the shooting, through the investigation and trial, to the final appeal that changed everything. No speculation. No mythology. Just the facts, the evidence, and the human tragedy at the centre of it all. Because behind the veil of fame and justice lies a locked door — and the truth we may never fully know. While some dramatic license is taken during the retelling of these stories, but you can be sure that these true crime stories are all based 100% on real events and facts. If you would like to suggest a case, you can message us via our website at www.brevityplus.com Subscribers get ad free listening to The Veil and all of our podcasts. Please consider subscribing to support our work. This podcast is researched, and written by the Brevity Studios team using AI tools, and is narrated in its entirety by - Ryan Wolf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    51 min
  6. E07 | The Zodiac Killer

    10/09/2025

    E07 | The Zodiac Killer

    He called himself The Zodiac. A man who murdered without mercy, taunted without fear, and wrote his name into the history of American crime with ink, blood, and code. Between 1968 and 1970, he struck across Northern California — couples on quiet roads, a taxi driver in San Francisco, and perhaps others still unknown. Then he disappeared, leaving behind only letters, ciphers, and a symbol that came to define him: a circle and a cross. In this episode of The Veil, we return to those nights — to the still air over Lake Herman Road, the gunfire at Blue Rock Springs, the terror by the water at Lake Berryessa, and the quiet horror in Presidio Heights. Using only verified evidence and original records, we unravel the investigation that followed — the mistakes, the suspects, and the trail of arrogance the killer left behind. From Arthur Leigh Allen to the Case Breakers’ modern claim, from the unsolved ciphers to the endless theories, the story remains the same: a man who wanted to be both invisible and unforgettable. More than half a century later, the Zodiac’s true identity is still hidden — but his voice still echoes. “This is the Zodiac speaking,” he wrote. And maybe that’s the point. The murders ended, but the message never did. Because behind every mystery, there’s a darker one waiting — and the Zodiac still waits behind the veil. While some dramatic license is taken during the retelling of these stories, but you can be sure that these true crime stories are all based 100% on real events and facts. If you would like to suggest a case, you can message us via our website at www.brevityplus.com Subscribers get ad free listening to The Veil and all of our podcasts. Please consider subscribing to support our work. This podcast is researched, and written by the Brevity Studios team using AI tools, and is narrated in its entirety by - Ryan Wolf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min
  7. E06 | Arthur Allen Thomas & The Crewe Murders

    10/06/2025

    E06 | Arthur Allen Thomas & The Crewe Murders

    In June 1970, Harvey and Jeannette Crewe vanished from their quiet farmhouse in Pukekawa, New Zealand. Five days later, their infant daughter was found alive in her cot, weak but still breathing. Weeks later, their bodies surfaced downstream in the Waikato River — bound, weighted, and shot. What followed became one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice in New Zealand’s history. Police arrested neighbour and farmer Arthur Allan Thomas, claiming his rifle had fired the fatal shots. He was convicted twice and spent nine years behind bars before a Royal Commission revealed the truth: key evidence had been fabricated by detectives. Thomas was pardoned, compensated, and freed — but the real killer was never found. Fifty years later, the Crewe murders remain unsolved. Theories persist about family rifts, mysterious visitors, and hidden hands inside the investigation itself. The evidence that remains — blood, bullets, wire, and silence — tells a story of ambition, corruption, and the fragility of truth. In this season of The Veil, investigative journalist Ryan Wolf revisits the case that shattered public trust and forced a nation to look at itself. Because behind every official story, behind every file stamped closed, there are darker truths waiting to be seen. When you pull back the veil, what you find isn’t always evil — sometimes it’s something far more dangerous: ordinary people, making extraordinary mistakes. While some dramatic license is taken during the retelling of these stories, but you can be sure that these true crime stories are all based 100% on real events and facts. If you would like to suggest a case, you can message us via our website at www.brevityplus.com Subscribers get ad free listening to The Veil and all of our podcasts. Please consider subscribing to support our work. This podcast is researched, and written by the Brevity Studios team using AI tools, and is narrated in its entirety by - Ryan Wolf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    55 min
  8. E05 | The Snowtown 'Barrel Bodies' Murders

    09/30/2025

    E05 | The Snowtown 'Barrel Bodies' Murders

    In the late 1990s, the quiet South Australian town of Snowtown became the unlikely epicentre of Australia’s most infamous serial murder case. Behind the doors of an abandoned bank, police uncovered six plastic barrels. Inside were the acid-preserved remains of eight people — men and women who had been strangled, tortured, mocked, and discarded by John Bunting, Robert Wagner, and their small circle of accomplices. Over seven years, twelve lives were taken. Victims included neighbours, friends, even family. Some were killed for their sexuality, some for their disability, some simply for being inconvenient. At trial, jurors were confronted with not only photographs and forensic evidence, but also tapes — audio recordings of victims being humiliated and begging for mercy while their killers laughed. The Veil pulls listeners inside the full story: Bunting’s twisted rise from a childhood of cruelty to self-styled leader; the spider’s web chart that mapped out his hatred; the growing group of followers who became entangled in his violence; and the police operation that finally exposed what lay hidden in the barrels. But Snowtown is more than a catalogue of murders. It is about betrayal, complicity, and the fragility of trust in the most ordinary of places. It is about how prejudice can mask cruelty, and how silence can allow horror to thrive. Behind every closed door is another veil. In Snowtown, when it was torn open, the truth was almost too grotesque to comprehend. While some dramatic license is taken during the retelling of these stories, but you can be sure that these true crime stories are all based 100% on real events and facts. If you would like to suggest a case, you can message us via our website at www.brevityplus.com Subscribers get ad free listening to The Veil and all of our podcasts. Please consider subscribing to support our work. This podcast is researched, and written by the Brevity Studios team using AI tools, and is narrated in its entirety by - Ryan Wolf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr
See All (14)

Trailer

Shows with Subscription Benefits

BREVITY+

Support the channel and listen ad free!

$5.99/mo or $44.99/yr after trial

View Subscription FAQs

Ratings & Reviews

4.1
out of 5
8 Ratings

About

The Veil is a chilling true crime podcast that pulls listeners deep into the world’s darkest and most haunting cases. Hosted by Ryan Wolf, each episode is crafted like an immersive thriller - a story told not just through facts, but through atmosphere, tension, and detail that makes you feel as though you’re standing inside the crime scene itself. These are not urban legends or ghost stories; every case is real, every victim and every clue drawn from documented fact. From unsolved murders to bizarre disappearances, infamous trials to cold cases that still whisper through history, The Veil strips back the layers of time and rumor to confront the unsettling truths hidden beneath. With an eye for detail and a voice that guides you through the shadows, Ryan brings both journalistic rigor and cinematic storytelling to each 30-minute episode. What emerges is an experience that is at once gripping and unnerving, reminding us that the scariest stories are not fiction at all. Pull back The Veil - but beware. Because sometimes, when we lift it, we don’t like what we find. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Information

More From Brevity Studios

You Might Also Like