The Devil Within

Spring and Fall to a Young Child: REDUX We return to one of the most haunting chapters of The Devil Within—this time with new commentary and deeper insights. In this REDUX edition, we explore Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem Spring and Fall to a Young Child, a work whose meditation on loss and innocence casts a chilling light on the story of Tommy Sullivan. Alongside the poem, we examine Tommy’s life a...

The Ides of April: The Assassination of Julius Caesar (Part I) The Ides of April is back—and now it’s a weekly series of new stories from across history, narrated by Branden Morganof The Devil Within. In this two-part debut story, we return to the Roman Republic at its breaking point. Part I covers the first three chapters of Julius Caesar’s dramatic rise and bloody fall:     •    The Rise of Caes...

A Spellbound Palace: REDUX We’re going back inside the ruins of Cross Castle. In this REDUX re-release of The Devil Within, Branden Morgan revisits A Spellbound Palace, a chilling tale of occult rituals, isolation, and the haunted ground that lured Tommy Sullivan to Clinton Road. Originally released in Season One, this episode has been updated with new commentary and insights—exploring how the sto...

Show Notes – A Spellbound Palace: REDUX We’re going back inside the ruins of Cross Castle. In this REDUX re-release of The Devil Within, Branden Morgan revisits A Spellbound Palace, a chilling tale of occult rituals, isolation, and the haunted ground that lured Tommy Sullivan to Clinton Road. Originally released in Season One, this episode has been updated with new commentary and insights—explorin...

Interview with Trey Nelson (Director of Let the Devil In) This week on The Devil Within host Branden Morgan sits down with filmmaker Trey Nelson, director of the new MGM+ documentary series Let the Devil In. The series—based on Season One of The Devil Within—brings the haunting story of Jefferson Township to the screen with gripping visuals, never-before-seen interviews, and an intensity that ling...

The Devil Within: Paradise Lost: REDUX - Part Two In 1988, Jefferson Township, New Jersey, was thrust into the national spotlight. A teenage boy, Tommy Sullivan, murdered his mother before taking his own life in a crime so shocking it became a lightning rod for the Satanic Panic. Suddenly, everything—from heavy metal music to role-playing games to Catholic school curriculums—was scrutinized as pot...

The Devil Within: Paradise Lost (REDUX) In 1988, Jefferson Township, New Jersey, was thrust into the national spotlight. A teenage boy, Tommy Sullivan, murdered his mother before taking his own life in a crime so shocking it became a lightning rod for the Satanic Panic. Suddenly, everything—from heavy metal music to role-playing games to Catholic school curriculums—was scrutinized as potential gat...

Interview with Christopher Brian (Let the Devil In) In this special episode of The Devil Within, host Branden Morgan sits down with Christopher Brian, the actor who portrays Tommy Sullivan in the new MGM+ documentary series Let the Devil In. Together, they explore the art and intensity behind stepping into the shoes of a boy at the center of one of America’s most disturbing true crime stories. Chr...

The Devil Within Season One: In the bleak midwinter of 1988, the quiet town of Jefferson Township, New Jersey, was shaken to its core. A mother was found brutally murdered. Her teenage son vanished into the night. What unfolded in the hours and days that followed would horrify even the most seasoned investigators — and feed directly into the fever dream of the Satanic Panicsweeping across America....

The Devil Within - Season One In the bleak midwinter of 1988, the quiet town of Jefferson Township, New Jersey, was shaken to its core. A mother was found brutally murdered. Her teenage son vanished into the night. What unfolded in the hours and days that followed would horrify even the most seasoned investigators — and feed directly into the fever dream of the Satanic Panicsweeping across America...

Danielle Franco, show runner and director of the MGM+ series Let the Devil In, joins Branden for an in-depth discussion on what it takes to go from a true crime podcast to a four part documentary series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Devil Within – Denver Confidential Part Two The shadows of Denver stretch deeper than anyone dares to admit. In Part Two, we return to the Mile High City’s darkest corners, where history, legend, and the supernatural collide. Chapter Four leads us into the halls of the old Fitzsimons Army Hospital, where soldiers once healed, and spirits still linger in corridors thick with memory. Chapter Fiv...

The Devil Within – Denver Confidential: Part One Denver is a city built on secrets, and some of them refuse to stay buried. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on the Mile High City’s darkest legends, where whispered stories of séances, restless spirits, and long-forgotten curses converge. Chapter One takes us inside the Brown Palace Hotel, where high society once gathered for a séance that...

🎙️ The Ides of April Episode 5: Ghosts of the Potomac As Abraham Lincoln’s body lies in state, the manhunt intensifies. In this episode, we turn to the quiet architect of vengeance: Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. As the capital mourns, Stanton mobilizes the full force of the Union Army to bring Booth to justice—calling in generals, detectives, and even suspending civil liberties. Meanwhile, Booth...

Stolen Voices of Dole Valley is a haunting investigative podcast series from Pie in the Sky Media, KSL Podcasts and Lemonada, hosted by Carolyn Ossorio. With immersive storytelling, archival tape, and survivor interviews, the show revisits one of the darkest, most under-reported serial predator cases in the Pacific Northwest. The series begins in the early 1970s, when 16-year-old Jamie Grissim van...

The Devil Within — The Caracas Seminary Possession: Part Two In the shadow of the Andes, a shuttered seminary holds more than dust and memories. Whispers in the chapel. A vanished priest. A locked door that was never truly locked. In Part Two of The Caracas Seminary Possession, the line between ritual and reckoning blurs. From a midnight Mass that leaves nine witnesses changed forever, to the dist...

The Devil Within — The Caracas Seminary Possession: Part One A crumbling seminary in Caracas. Nine witnesses who swore they saw the impossible. And a Church desperate to bury the truth—along with the bodies. In Part One of The Caracas Seminary Possession, we open the locked doors of San Miguel for the first time in decades. Through survivor testimony, long-sealed diocesan files, and forgotten poli...

EPISODE 4: “...To the Ages”  April 14, 1865. A shot rings out—and a nation holds its breath. The Ides of April chronicles the moments after Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre. From Dr. Charles Leale’s desperate efforts to save the President to Booth’s narrow escape across the Navy Yard Bridge, this is the night history changed forever. 🎧  Step inside the chaos, grief, and fury of that fate...

Let the Devil In — The Devil Within Comes to MGM+ Description: In 1988, Jefferson Township, New Jersey, was shaken to its core by the murder–suicide of Tommy Sullivan and his mother. The Devil Within first told that story in its debut season—peeling back the layers of mystery, fear, and unanswered questions. But now… the story goes deeper. On August 31, the case takes on new life in a four-part do...

🎙️ The Devil Within Johnny Gosch: The Final Hours For decades, the story of Johnny Gosch has hovered somewhere between tragedy and conspiracy theory, between grassroots activism and government cover-up. In this final installment, we leave the suburban sidewalks of Iowa and enter murkier territory—an underworld where power protects the powerful, and the line between truth and delusion is dangerousl...

THE IDES OF APRIL EPISODE 3: “Joy Cometh in the Morning”November 1864. A night at the theater becomes a night of terror. In this episode of The Ides of April, Alec Baldwin tells the story of the fateful performance of Julius Caesar that united the Booth brothers on stage—and foreshadowed the tragedy to come. From a Confederate plot to burn New York City to Booth’s growing obsession with Lincoln’s...

🎧️ The Devil Within Johnny Gosch: The Vanishing Boy On the morning of September 5, 1982, twelve-year-old Johnny Gosch vanished while delivering newspapers in West Des Moines, Iowa. Within hours, his red wagon was found abandoned. Within days, so was any sense of order. This is where it begins: a quiet suburban neighborhood, a missing paperboy, and a mother who refused to stay silent. In the first...

🔪 The Boy in the Walls Before the blood, before the murders, before the courtroom sketches that froze his face in time—there was the knocking. The scratching. The whispers in the walls. In this season premiere, we journey to 1980s suburban Massachusetts, where the Andrews sisters believed they were being haunted. Grieving the recent loss of their mother, the girls turned to a Ouija board for comf...

EPISODE 2: “Tragedy and Comedy” The stage is set. The war is over. But for John Wilkes Booth, the fight has just begun. In Episode Two of The Ides of April, we follow Booth’s transformation from frustrated actor to radical conspirator. From failed kidnapping plots to brazen plans of coordinated assassinations, Booth and his band of loyal followers edge closer to infamy. We trace the roots of his h...

Show Notes: It started as a story whispered at campfires and on playgrounds. But on Staten Island, the name Cropsey became something far more terrifying—a legend that seemed to step out of the shadows and into reality. In the first half of this two-part episode of The Devil Within, we trace the origins of the Cropsey myth, from abandoned asylums to forgotten tunnels. We explore how fear took root...