Does the devil exist?
This week’s case hinges on the answer to that question. An answer Grayson Hale firmly believes is yes.
After coming to Edinburgh to follow in the footsteps of his recently departed father, Grayson is determined to make his mark as an academic. But even graduate students need money, and when a mysterious stranger offers him a job ghostwriting a book about the Devil, Grayson can’t pass up the chance to earn enough money to stay in the country for his whole degree.
But the deeper Grayson dives into the project, the more convinced he becomes that the devil is not just real, but stalking him. A belief that isn’t new to Grayson, who grew up the son of an evangelical preacher with an unhealthy fear of and fixation on the devil.
And as Grayson’s paranoia grows, so do his suddenly violent outbursts. Until the night Liam Stewert disappears and Grayson is wanted for his murder.
But all Grayson can say in his defense? The devil made me do it.
This week’s episode is based on the book A History of Fear by Luke Dumas.
Reader, I Murdered Him is a true crime podcast for book lovers. Every week we’ll do a deep dive into a murder, cult, serial killer, or other noteworthy crime, but with a twist. The crimes on Reader, I Murdered Him aren’t ripped from the headlines. They’re ripped from the pages of newly released, noteworthy backlist, or timeless classic mystery, thriller, and horror novels.
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