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Veil of EchoesEpisode 46 - The Survival of Alison Botha: Refusing to Be ErasedSend a textOn December 18, 1994, Alison Botha parked in her driveway like she had done so many times before.She had no idea what was waiting behind her.Kidnapped. Brutally attacked. Left for dead on a deserted road outside Port Elizabeth, South Africa — her throat cut, her body nearly destroyed — Alison did the unthinkable.She survived.In this episode, we examine one of the most extraordinary survival stories ever recorded. From the attack and investigation to the controversial parole of her attackers decades later, we explore not just the crim...
2026-02-2431 minVeil of EchoesEp. 45 - The Alien Abduction of Betty and Barney HillSend a textIn September 1961, a married couple driving home through the White Mountains of New Hampshire reported something that would change UFO history forever.Betty Hill and Barney Hill claimed they encountered a mysterious craft hovering above U.S. Route 3. What followed was two hours of missing time, vivid dreams, hypnosis sessions, and one of the most debated alien abduction accounts in American history.Were the Hills victims of stress and suggestion? Did hypnosis shape false memories? Or did something truly unexplainable happen that night in 1961?In Episode 45, we...
2026-02-2134 minVeil of EchoesEp. 43 – The Casper Mountain Crawler: Watched in the Wyoming WoodsSend a textCasper Mountain sits just minutes outside of Casper, Wyoming — a place known for hiking trails, ski runs, and quiet forest overlooks.But after dark, something changes.For years, hikers and campers have reported the same disturbing pattern:• A tall, pale figure watching from the trees • Footsteps that stop when they stop • A presence that mirrors their movement • And in some cases… a voice calling their nameIn this episode of Veil of Echoes, we explore the legend of the Casper Mountain Crawler — a hum...
2026-02-1631 minVeil of EchoesEp. 44 – The Murder of Betty Gore | The Affair, The Axe, and Forty-One StrikesSend a textOn June 13, 1980, in the quiet town of Wylie, Texas, a friendship ended in violence.Betty Gore — a young mother of two — was found brutally killed in her own utility room. She had been struck forty-one times with an axe.The woman who admitted to the killing wasn’t a stranger.It was her close friend, Candy Montgomery.What began as a secret affair between Candy and Betty’s husband unfolded into one of the most shocking self-defense trials in true crime history. Candy claimed Betty attacked first —...
2026-02-1638 minVeil of EchoesMissing Veil Files | Case File 003: Bryce Laspisa — The 13-Hour Drive to Castaic LakeSend a textIn August 2013, nineteen-year-old Bryce Laspisa began driving home to his parents in Laguna Niguel, California.He never arrived.What followed was a series of events that still leaves investigators and his family searching for answers:• A sudden breakup • A concerning goodbye-style text • Thirteen hours parked near Buttonwillow • Running out of gas • A high-speed crash near Castaic Lake • A rear window kicked out from the insideBryce survived the accident.He exited the vehicle.And then he vanished.More than a...
2026-02-1412 minVeil of EchoesEp. 42 - The Murder of Euronymous (Part Two): When Myth Turned Deadly | Norwegian Black MetalSend a textIn Part Two of our deep dive into the Norwegian black metal scene, we follow the rivalry between Euronymous and Varg Vikernes to its irreversible conclusion.What began as ideology, posturing, and power struggles ended in a quiet Oslo stairwell on August 10, 1993.In this episode, we examine the night of Euronymous’s murder, the disputed claims of self-defense, the role of Snorre Ruch, and the investigation, trial, and sentencing that followed. We also explore how Euronymous was remembered — as a visionary, a provocateur, and a wa...
2026-02-0935 minVeil of EchoesEp. 41 — The Sallie House Haunting | One of America’s Most Violent Paranormal CasesSend a textWhat if the ghost story everyone knows… is the least dangerous part?In this episode of Veil of Echoes, we step inside the Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas — a small, unassuming home with a reputation for extreme and violent paranormal activity.Often described as the haunting of a little girl named “Sallie,” the legend tells of a child who died during surgery at the hands of a desperate doctor. But as the story unfolds, the evidence begins to fracture that narrative.In the early 1990s, Tony and Debra Pickman...
2026-02-0653 minVeil of EchoesEp. 40 - Mayhem | Part One: Euronymous, Dead, and the Birth of the Black Metal MythSend a textIn the late 1980s, a small group of young musicians in Norway set out to make music that rejected comfort, safety, and convention.What they created instead was something far more dangerous.In Part One of this two-part series, we trace the origins of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem — from its early lineup and underground ambitions to the arrival of vocalist Per Yngve Ohlin, known as Dead.We explore how performance slowly turned into belief, how suffering was mistaken for authenticity, an...
2026-02-0239 minVeil of EchoesMissing Veil Files | Case File 002: Brandon Swanson — The Call That Went SilentSend a textMissing Veil Files returns with Case File Two.On the night of May 14, 2008, nineteen-year-old college student Brandon Swanson called his parents to say his car was stuck in a ditch in rural Minnesota. He told them he could see lights. He believed he was close to help.For forty-seven minutes, Brandon stayed on the phone as his parents tried to find him.Then the line went silent.Brandon Swanson has never been seen again.In this episode of Missing Veil...
2026-01-3113 minVeil of EchoesEp. 39 - The Myrtles Plantation: A House That Never Let Them GoSend a textThe Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana is often called one of the most haunted homes in America — but the truth behind its reputation is far more complex, and far more unsettling.In this episode of Veil of Echoes, we explore the layered history of the Myrtles, from the land it was built upon to the people who lived, labored, and died there. We examine the legends surrounding Chloe, the enslaved woman whose story has been passed down for generations, and separate folklore from historical reality.We follow the documented mu...
2026-01-3041 minVeil of EchoesEp. 38 - The West Memphis Three — Part Four: Freedom Without TruthSend a textIn the final chapter of our four-part series on the West Memphis Three, we step beyond the verdict—and into what came after.Years after three teenagers were convicted, new DNA testing raised serious questions about the case. Public pressure mounted. The world began watching. And the state of Arkansas was faced with a decision: reopen the trial, or protect the verdict.Instead of exoneration, the men were offered an Alford plea—freedom without truth.In this episode, we examine the evidence that resurfaced, the questions that were neve...
2026-01-2640 minVeil of EchoesEp. 37 - The Crescent Hotel: Where Healing Ended and the Haunting BeganSend a textAt the top of a hill in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, stands a hotel that has never truly gone quiet.The Crescent Hotel began as a luxury resort—built on belief in healing, fresh air, and escape. But in the 1930s, that belief was exploited when the building was transformed into a so-called cancer hospital run by a man with no medical training and a dangerous gift for persuasion.In this episode, we trace the Crescent’s history from its hopeful beginnings to the suffering that followed, and the silence that ling...
2026-01-2446 minVeil of EchoesEp. 36 - The West Memphis Three: Part Three — The Trial, the Verdicts, and the Death SentenceSend a textIn Part Three of our West Memphis Three series, we step inside the courtroom.This is where evidence stopped speaking—and fear took over.We examine the trial itself: the contested forensic testimony, the autopsy findings, and how wounds described as defensive were interpreted for the jury. We break down the prosecution’s reliance on belief over proof, the misuse of expert testimony, the jailhouse informant who claimed a confession, and the deeply flawed narrative built around Jessie Misskelley’s interrogation.We also explore how Damien Echols became the sy...
2026-01-1938 minVeil of EchoesStranger Things: After the Finale — Our Raw ThoughtsSend a textWhen the credits rolled on the Stranger Things finale, we weren’t ready to move on.In this raw, spoiler-heavy episode, we sit down and process the entire series — from the disappearance that started it all in Season One to the emotional weight of the finale. We walk through each season, discuss character arcs, mythology, trauma, nostalgia, and the real-world inspirations behind the story, before finally sharing how the ending made us feel.This isn’t a breakdown or a recap — it’s a conversation. Unfiltered, reflective, and honest.⚠️ Fu...
2026-01-181h 26Veil of EchoesMissing Veil Files | Case File 001: Diana Braungardt — A Disappearance Close to HomeSend a textBefore we look outward, we begin close to home.In this first episode of Missing Veil Files, we examine the disappearance of Diana Braungardt, an 18-year-old high school senior who vanished after finishing her shift at a department store in Crystal City, Missouri, on March 11, 1987.Diana was dependable, routine-driven, and deeply loved. She told coworkers she was heading home to study — but she never arrived. More than three decades later, her case remains open, her family is gone, and the questions surrounding her disappearance remain unanswered.Mi...
2026-01-1713 minVeil of EchoesEp. 35 - Skinwalkers: The Shape-Shifters That Wear Human VoicesSend a textWhat if something could learn your voice… your habits… your fear?In this episode of Veil of Echoes, we explore the chilling legend of Skinwalkers — shape-shifting entities rooted in Indigenous folklore of the American Southwest and feared for their ability to mimic animals, people, and voices we trust.Passed down through generations as warnings rather than stories, Skinwalkers are said to watch from the dark, follow routines, and lure victims through recognition rather than force. Witnesses describe figures that move wrong, voices that sound almost h...
2026-01-1641 minVeil of EchoesEp. 34 - The West Memphis Three — Part 2: Confessions, Fear, and a Case That Narrowed Too FastSend a textIn Part Two of our West Memphis Three series, the investigation begins to narrow — not because evidence points in one direction, but because pressure demands an answer.As fear spreads through the town, police shift focus away from overlooked leads and toward three teenage boys who didn’t fit in. We examine early persons of interest, the ignored Bojangles lead, and how a deeply flawed interrogation produced a confession filled with contradictions, corrections, and missing details.This episode breaks down the interrogation of Jessie Misskelley, including the use of a fail...
2026-01-1238 minVeil of EchoesEp. 33 - The Ourang Medan: The Ghost Ship Where Every Crew Member Died in TerrorSend a textIn June of 1947, ships traveling through the Strait of Malacca received a disturbing distress call from a Dutch cargo vessel known as the Ourang Medan.The message was brief. Fragmented. Final.When a nearby crew boarded the ship, they discovered something horrifying — every single crew member was dead, scattered throughout the vessel. Their eyes were open. Their mouths frozen wide. No wounds. No signs of a struggle. Only terror.Moments later, smoke began rising from the cargo hold. The rescue crew barely esca...
2026-01-0956 minVeil of EchoesEp. 32 - The West Memphis Three: Robin Hood Hills & the Beginning of Doubt (Part One)Send a textOn May 5, 1993, three eight-year-old boys went missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. The next day, their bodies were discovered in a wooded area known as Robin Hood Hills.This is Part One of our multi-part series on the West Memphis Three.In this episode, we focus on the beginning — the boys themselves, their last known hours, the search that unfolded through the night, and the discovery that would shape everything that followed. Before suspects were named. Before theories hardened. Before the case became one of...
2026-01-0532 minVeil of EchoesEp. 31 - The Appalachian Mountains: Legends, Sightings, and SilenceSend a textThe Appalachian Mountains stretch across thousands of miles and more than a dozen states — ancient, vast, and deeply familiar to those who call them home.But for generations, people have vanished here.In this episode of Veil of Echoes, we explore the unsettling patterns behind disappearances in Appalachia, the unspoken rules locals grow up learning, and the stories passed down as warnings rather than entertainment. From missing hikers and hunters to whispers of screams, lights in the hollows, and figures seen where no one should be standing, the mountains have a...
2026-01-0250 minVeil of EchoesStranger Things: Real-World Influences, Cold War Experiments, and the Fears Beneath the Story | New Year’s Eve Mini-EpisodeSend a textBefore Hawkins… there were real fears.In this New Year’s Eve mini-episode, we explore the historical anxieties and real-world influences that echo beneath Stranger Things — from Cold War–era government experiments to a culture shaped by secrecy, disappearance, and unanswered questions.This episode is not a recap and contains no spoilers. Instead, we reflect on:Documented psychological experiments and ethical boundary-breakingThe cultural fear surrounding missing childrenWhy stories like Stranger Things feel unsettlingly familiarHow fiction gives shape to fears that already existedBecause the most disturbin...
2025-12-3128 minVeil of EchoesEp. 30 - The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey — Part Two: Theories, Suspects & a Fractured InvestigationSend a textIn Part Two of our deep dive into the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, we examine what happened after the discovery—when the investigation began to fracture.We break down the competing theories, the suspects examined inside and outside the family, and the profound investigative missteps that altered the course of the case. From divided investigators and public accusations to autopsy findings, disputed interpretations, and the long shadow of unanswered questions, this episode explores why certainty was never reached.Nearly three decades later, JonBenét Ramsey’s murder remain...
2025-12-2955 minVeil of EchoesEp. 29 - The Stanley Hotel: America's Most Haunted HotelSend a textHigh in the Colorado mountains stands a grand hotel with a dark reputation.In this episode, we explore The Stanley Hotel—a place synonymous with ghostly encounters, unexplained footsteps, and rooms that may still be occupied by their former guests.From early paranormal reports to infamous hot spots like Room 217, we examine the spirits said to linger within its halls, the chilling experiences reported by staff and visitors, and how the hotel’s legacy helped shape modern horror.Is the Stanley Hotel truly haunted… or is some...
2025-12-2626 minVeil of EchoesA Veil of Echoes Christmas: A Ghost Story by the Fire — A Christmas Carol (Shortened Retelling)Send a textThis Christmas, we step away from the real-world horrors we usually explore and gather by the fire for a different kind of ghost story.In this special bonus episode, Veil of Echoes presents a shortened, atmospheric retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol — a timeless tale of regret, redemption, and the spirits who guide one man toward change.Told slowly and intentionally, with candlelight, fire, and shadow, this episode is meant to be experienced as a quiet winter ritual.No true crime. No rush...
2025-12-2415 minVeil of EchoesEp. 28 - The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey (Part One): A House Full of SecretsSend a textOn Christmas night in 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey went to sleep in her family’s Boulder, Colorado home. By the next morning, she was gone — and one of the most haunting and controversial cases in modern American history had begun.In Part One of our two-part series, we walk carefully through the night and morning as it unfolded — minute by minute. From the discovery of a lengthy ransom note to the early investigative decisions that would permanently shape the case, this episode focuses on what is known, what was lost, an...
2025-12-2240 minVeil of EchoesEp. 27: The Alaska Triangle — Unexplained Disappearances & Paranormal EncountersSend a textThe Alaska Triangle is a remote region where planes vanish without distress calls, people disappear without a trace, and generations of Indigenous warnings speak of places that should not be entered.In this episode of Veil of Echoes, we explore one of Alaska’s most unsettling mysteries — a vast area stretching between Juneau, Anchorage, and Utqiagvik that has been linked to unexplained aviation disappearances, missing persons cases, and disturbing paranormal encounters.We examine the 1972 disappearance of U.S. Congressman Hale Boggs, reports of aircraft lost...
2025-12-1949 minVeil of EchoesA Dark Christmas Special: Folklore, Fear, and the Night We TrustSend a textChristmas is meant to be a season of comfort, light, and safety — but history tells a darker story.In this Dark Christmas Special, we explore the unsettling folklore, traditions, and true crime cases that reveal what Christmas has always carried beneath the surface: fear, rules, and the quiet belief that the night is watching.We journey through chilling European Christmas folklore — including Krampus, Frau Perchta, Grýla, the Yule Cat, and the Christmas goblins — beings meant to punish, watch, and enforce order during the darkest time of year.Then, w...
2025-12-171h 07Veil of EchoesEp. 26 - The Disappearance of Maura Murray: The Road That Didn’t Answer BackSend a textOn February 9th, 2004, Maura Murray vanished after a single-car crash on a quiet road in New Hampshire.In the minutes between the accident and the arrival of police, Maura disappeared — leaving behind her car, her belongings, and a silence that has now lasted more than two decades.In this episode of Veil of Echoes, we carefully walk through Maura’s final known hours, the narrow window of time on Route 112, the early search efforts, and the evidence that was left behind. We explore the theories that exist — without elevating speculation — and cent...
2025-12-1551 minVeil of EchoesEp. 25 - The Enfield Poltergeist: The Voice That Didn’t BelongSend a textIn August 1977, a quiet council house in Enfield, North London, became the center of one of the most controversial paranormal cases in history.For nearly eighteen months, the Hodgson family reported violent poltergeist activity — furniture moving on its own, beds shaking, objects flying through the air, and a deep, guttural voice speaking through eleven-year-old Janet Hodgson.Investigated extensively by members of the Society for Psychical Research, including Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair, the Enfield Poltergeist became one of the most documented hauntings ever recorded — and one of the most deba...
2025-12-121h 33Veil of EchoesEp. 24 - The Murdaugh Murders: Part Two — When Truth Takes the StandSend a textThe truth doesn’t stay buried forever. In Part 2 of our Murdaugh Murders series, we follow the unraveling of Alex Murdaugh’s alibi, the explosive kennel video, the shifting timelines, and the trial moments that sealed his fate. From the lies he confessed to on the stand, to the theories that still haunt the Lowcountry, this episode dives deeper into the chaos, the contradictions, and the verdict that shattered a century-old dynasty.We examine the autopsies, forensics, missing evidence, the “egg juror” controversy, Alex’s upcoming 2026 appeal, and the heartbreaking fallout left behind...
2025-12-081h 34Veil of EchoesEp. 23 - The Black Monk of Pontefract: The House That Tried to Warn ThemSend a textA quiet home on 30 East Drive in Pontefract was supposed to be a fresh start. For the Pritchard family in 1966, it became something else entirely— the center of England’s most violent, documented poltergeist haunting.From dust clouds rising out of solid floors, to water running upward, to furniture sliding across rooms with impossible force… the activity escalated until one of the children, 12-year-old Diane, became the target of an entity locals would come to call The Black Monk of Pontefract.In this episode, we step inside t...
2025-12-0549 minVeil of EchoesEp. 22 - The Murdaugh Murders: Part I — Echoes of a DynastySend a textThis is Part I of our two-part deep dive into one of the most haunting and explosive cases in modern true crime: the Murdaugh Murders.Tonight, we walk the long shadow of the Lowcountry… through privilege, generational power, unanswered tragedies, and the storm that had been brewing long before June 7th, 2021.In this episode we cover:• The Murdaugh legacy and influence over the Lowcountry • The death of Stephen Smith • The death of Gloria Satterfield • Paul Murdaugh’s escalating behavior • The 2019 boat crash that killed M...
2025-12-011h 06Veil of EchoesEp. 21 - The Black-Eyed Children: Visitors in the DarkSend a textOn a quiet, ordinary night… a knock echoes through the dark.Two children stand at your door. Pale skin. Old-fashioned clothes. Voices too calm for midnight. And eyes— solid, bottomless black.Tonight, we step into the unnerving modern legend of the Black-Eyed Children, a phenomenon whispered in forums, documented in police transcripts, and reported in encounters around the world.From the earliest sightings to real 911 calls… from ancient folklore to terrifying modern encounters… we explore the children who ask for only one thing:An...
2025-11-2847 minVeil of EchoesThe Last Bite: 12 Final Meals on Death Row (Mini-Sode)Send a textA single olive. Two pints of mint chip ice cream. A feast no one touched. And a slice of pecan pie “saved for later”…Tonight, we’re stepping out of the shadows of true crime and into the prison cafeteria for a special Veil of Echoes Mini-Sode: a deep dive into 12 of the strangest, saddest, and most unhinged last meals ever requested on death row.We explore the final plates of:John Wayne GacyAileen WuornosTimothy McVeighTed BundyVictor Feguer (the single olive)Peter...
2025-11-2634 minVeil of EchoesEp. 20 — David Parker Ray: The Toy Box (Part II)Send a textA barefoot woman. A locked metal collar. A broken chain dragging behind her in the dark. This is where David Parker Ray’s empire of terror finally began to unravel.In Part Two of our most chilling case yet, we follow the escape of survivor Cindy Vigil, the frantic 911 call, the police response, and the shocking discovery inside the trailer Ray called his Toy Box. What investigators found would ignite one of the most disturbing true crime cases in American history:Surgical toolsHand-built torture devicesA gyn...
2025-11-2456 minVeil of EchoesEp. 19 - The Banshee: When the Veil WeepsSend a textHer cry was never meant for the living. On the quiet edges of Ireland’s folklore, one voice has haunted bloodlines for generations— the voice of the Banshee.Tonight, we step into the mist, into the keening wail that has echoed across centuries, and into the encounters—ancient and modern— that leave families certain they were visited by something watching from beyond.In this cinematic deep dive, we explore: • The origins of the Banshee (Bean Sidhe — the Woman of the Fairy Mound) • How her form changes...
2025-11-2150 minVeil of EchoesEp. 18 - David Parker Ray: The Toy Box Killer (Part I) - The Devil in the DesertSend a textFor decades, the deserts of New Mexico hid one of America’s most sadistic predators in plain sight. Behind the walls of a small, unmarked trailer… in a quiet lakeside town… David Parker Ray built a room designed for torture, control, and pure domination — a place his victims called the Toy Box.In Part I, we pull back the veil on David Parker Ray’s early life, the environment that shaped him, the disturbing signs everyone missed, and the women whose voices were dismissed again and again. And then… we follo...
2025-11-1754 minVeil of EchoesEp. 17 - The Dyatlov Pass Incident - Part II: Theories from the ColdSend a textNine hikers fled into the frozen night… but the truth didn’t flee with them.In Part II of The Dyatlov Pass Incident, we peel back the ice to examine every unsettling theory buried beneath the snow: avalanches, secret Soviet weaponry, radiation, extraterrestrial sightings, KGB involvement, paradoxical hypothermia, creature encounters, and the whispers that still haunt the Ural Mountains today.What chased them into the dark? What silenced them before they reached safety? And why has this case remained one of the most chilling mysteries of the...
2025-11-1454 minVeil of EchoesEp. 16 - The Butcher of British Columbia: The Willie Pickton CaseSend a text“It sits at the end of a gravel road outside Port Coquitlam… a stretch of farmland that looked ordinary from the highway — until the truth clawed its way to the surface.”In this haunting deep dive, Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay pull back the curtain on one of Canada’s darkest chapters — the case of Robert “Willie” Pickton, the pig farmer who preyed upon Vancouver’s most vulnerable. From a childhood steeped in cruelty to the horrifying discoveries unearthed on his family farm, this episode explores how silence, neglect, and systemic failure allowed a monster t...
2025-11-101h 26Veil of EchoesEp. 15 -The Dyatlov Pass Incident — The Nine Who Vanished (Part I)Send a textNine friends. One mountain. No return.In February 1959, nine hikers set out across Russia’s Ural Mountains on a winter expedition led by Igor Dyatlov. Weeks later, rescuers uncovered their tent — ripped open from the inside. Footprints led barefoot into the blizzard… and what they found in the snow defied all logic.In Part I — The Nine Who Vanished, Veil of Echoes unravels the haunting early days of the Dyatlov Pass expedition — from the hikers’ preparation and final diary entries to the discovery of their bodies and the mystery that froze the world in...
2025-11-0738 minVeil of EchoesEp. 14 - Maury Travis: The House of Tapes (The Street Walker Strangler of St. Louis)Send a textIn 2002, detectives in Ferguson, Missouri, uncovered a nightmare hidden behind an ordinary smile. Maury Travis—a polite waiter, soft-spoken neighbor, and former college student—was living a double life. Down in his basement on 1001 Ford Drive, he built what investigators later called a house of tapes: a place where fear, control, and performance intertwined.Known to the press as “The Street Walker Strangler,” Travis targeted women along St. Louis’s streets and filmed their final moments. When he mailed a taunting letter to the St. Louis Post-D...
2025-11-0340 minVeil of EchoesEp. 13 - The Amityville Horror: The House That WatchesSend a text🏚️ On November 13, 1974, the peaceful town of Amityville, New York, awoke to the unimaginable—six family members found murdered inside their home on Ocean Avenue. A year later, another family moved in… and claimed they weren’t alone.Was it madness? Possession? Or something far older than both?In this episode, Veil of Echoes descends into The Amityville Horror — a story where true crime bleeds into the paranormal, and the line between faith and fear vanishes. From the DeFeo murders to the haunting of the Lutz family, we unravel what really happened inside the house that wa...
2025-10-3143 minVeil of EchoesHalloween Origins & True Crimes | The Night the Dead RememberSend a textWhen the veil thins and the fire still burns, Halloween becomes more than costumes and candy—it becomes remembrance.In this Veil of Echoes Halloween Special, Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay travel back to the ancient fires of Samhain, uncover the forgotten rituals that shaped All Hallows’ Eve, and share the eerie folklore that still lingers in every carved pumpkin and flickering candlelight.But not all the night’s stories belong to ghosts. From The Candy Man’s poisoned Pixy Stix to the Napa Vall...
2025-10-3151 minVeil of EchoesHalloween Treat Mini-Sode IV – Haunted Forests: Where the Dead Still WhisperSend a textOur final October mini-episode takes you deep into the world’s most haunted forests — places where history, myth, and tragedy intertwine. From Japan’s Aokigahara to Germany’s Black Forest, we explore the legends, disappearances, and echoes that linger long after the footsteps fade.If the trees could speak… what would they tell you?📚 Sources CitedAokigahara – Sea of Trees • Yamada, Haruki. Aokigahara: Jukai no Fushigi. Tokyo Press, 2003. • Paranormal Japan Archives. “Voices of the Forest.” 2019. • BBC Travel. “The Suicide Forest and Japan’s Struggle with Si...
2025-10-2951 minVeil of EchoesEp. 12 - Aileen Wuornos - The Woman Who Became the StormSend a text“They called her a monster. But monsters aren’t born — they’re made.”Aileen Wuornos was one of the most infamous names in American true crime — a woman whose life blurred the line between victim and villain.In this episode, Veil of Echoes takes you beyond the headlines into the storm that created her: a childhood marked by abandonment and abuse, a life on the margins, and the desperate choices that would turn her into one of history’s most complex killers.From the highways of Florida to the courtroom that sealed her fate, we trace...
2025-10-2739 minVeil of EchoesEp. 11 - The Winchester Mystery House: The Widow and the CurseSend a textFor thirty-eight years, the sound of hammering never stopped. Behind the ornate walls of a California mansion, a grieving widow built a labyrinth for the dead — staircases that led to ceilings, doors that opened into air, and rooms that refused to end.Was Sarah Winchester haunted by spirits… or by her own sorrow?In this episode, we step inside the infamous Winchester Mystery House — a home born of guilt, grief, and obsession. From the tragic losses that drove Sarah into isolation to the whispered séances that gui...
2025-10-2449 minVeil of EchoesHalloween Treat Mini-Sode III – 6 Urban Legends That Still Haunt UsSend a textSome stories begin as warnings… whispered at sleepovers, told around dying campfires, or passed along by a friend of a friend. But what if the legends we grew up hearing weren’t just stories — what if they were echoes of something that really happened?In this third Halloween Treat mini-sode, the Veil of Echoes team dives deep into six of the most chilling urban legends ever told: the hook-handed killer waiting on Lover’s Lane, the babysitter who realizes the calls are coming from inside the house, the girl who summoned s...
2025-10-2250 minVeil of EchoesEp. 10 - The Black Dahlia: The Murder of Elizabeth ShortSend a textShe came to Hollywood chasing the light—but found only darkness beneath the spotlight. Dive into the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short—known to history as The Black Dahlia—and the chilling secrets, corruption, and ghosts that still linger in Los Angeles.Los Angeles, 1947. A dreamer named Elizabeth Short stepped into the city of angels with a suitcase, a smile, and a hope for something brighter. Within days, she would vanish—and the world would remember her not for her dreams, but for the horror she endured.In th...
2025-10-201h 01Veil of EchoesEp. 9 - The Haunting of the Cecil Hotel: Evil That Lives WithinSend a textIt was meant to be a symbol of glamour and hope — but behind its ornate doors, the Cecil Hotel became a monument to misery. From the unsolved murder of “Pigeon Goldie” Osgood and the twisted stays of Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger, to the mysterious death of Elisa Lam, the Cecil’s history reads like a catalog of tragedy.Some say it’s cursed. Others say it’s haunted — by grief, by evil, or by the weight of everything that’s happened within its walls.In this episode, we descend through...
2025-10-171h 03Veil of EchoesHalloween Mini Treat 2 - Midnight Rituals - Paranormal Games from the Other SideSend a textSome games are made for fun — others were never meant to be played at all. In this Halloween Treat mini-sode, the Veil of Echoes team explores the chilling world of paranormal games — rituals whispered about online and dared between friends after midnight. From elevators that open to other worlds, to mirrors that reflect something not quite human, to spirits that follow you out of the bath… these are the “games” that test the line between courage and foolishness.Join Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay as they uncover the dark origins beh...
2025-10-1548 minVeil of EchoesEp. 8 - The BTK Killer: Dennis Rader - Bind. Torture. Kill.Send a text🎙️ Episode VIII — The BTK KillerFor three decades, Wichita, Kansas lived in quiet fear. A husband. A father. A church leader. Behind every smile, every Sunday service, he hid a secret that would haunt an entire city. He called himself BTK — Bind. Torture. Kill. In this episode, we step inside the mind of Dennis Rader — the man who built his life around rules, control, and deception. From the Otero family murders to his chilling letters to the police, BTK orchestrated a reign of terror that blurred the line between ordina...
2025-10-1356 minVeil of EchoesEp. 7: The 1949 St. Louis Exorcism - The True Story That Inspired The ExorcistSend a textBefore The Exorcist terrified the world, a quiet thirteen-year-old boy in St. Louis endured something no prayer could stop. In 1949, priests recorded weeks of violent phenomena—scratches carved into flesh, voices that mocked the sacred, a hospital wing sealed in fear. Was it possession… or the unraveling of grief and faith colliding?Join Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay as Veil of Echoes steps inside the case that inspired one of horror’s greatest legends. From the Maryland home where it began to the Jesuit diaries that tried to contain it, this is the...
2025-10-1053 minVeil of EchoesHalloween Treat Mini-Sode I: Haunted Objects — Dolls, Paintings & Cursed ThingsSend a textStep inside the cabinet of horrors…Behind the glass and shadows are objects that look ordinary — but each has left a trail of fear, fire, and death. From dolls that move when no one’s watching to paintings that refuse to burn, this Halloween Treat mini-sode opens the case files on some of the world’s most infamous haunted objects.Join Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay as they uncover the chilling histories behind Annabelle, Robert the Doll, the Dybbuk Box, The Crying Boy Painting, and...
2025-10-0837 minVeil of EchoesEp. 6: John Wayne Gacy - The Killer ClownSend a textThe laughter of children. The shimmer of balloons. The painted grin of a clown. But behind that bright smile was something far darker.John Wayne Gacy was the neighbor everyone trusted — a contractor, volunteer, and self-proclaimed community man. Yet beneath his home at 8213 Summerdale Avenue lay a nightmare that would shake Chicago to its core. Thirty-three young men and boys, buried beneath the floorboards of a suburban house of horrors.In this episode of Veil of Echoes, we peel back the mask of the man who became known as T...
2025-10-0600 minVeil of EchoesEp. 5: The Bell Witch of Tennessee – America’s Most Haunted LegendSend a textIn the quiet hills of Adams, Tennessee, a family once found themselves tormented by something they could not see — but could hear, feel, and fear. From ghostly voices whispering in the dark, to violent attacks that left the Bell family shaken, the legend of the Bell Witch has become one of America’s most famous hauntings.For over 200 years, her story has been whispered around campfires, etched into folklore, and even tied to the death of John Bell himself. But who — or what — was the Bell Witch? A restless spirit, a curse, or somet...
2025-10-0337 minVeil of EchoesEp. 4 - Ed Gein: The Butcher of PlainfieldSend a textSnow drifts across the quiet fields of Plainfield, Wisconsin. Behind the sagging curtains of a lonely farmhouse, deputies would uncover one of the most disturbing crime scenes in American history. From bowls carved out of skulls to masks made of human skin, Ed Gein’s story blurred the line between reality and nightmare — and inspired some of the most iconic horror films of all time.This week, we explore the twisted life of Ed Gein: his isolated childhood under the grip of his domineering mother, the grave robbing that turned his farmhouse into...
2025-10-0351 minVeil of EchoesEp. 4 - Ed Gein: The Butcher of PlainfieldSnow drifts across the quiet fields of Plainfield, Wisconsin. Behind the sagging curtains of a lonely farmhouse, deputies would uncover one of the most disturbing crime scenes in American history. From bowls carved out of skulls to masks made of human skin, Ed Gein’s story blurred the line between reality and nightmare — and inspired some of the most iconic horror films of all time.This week, we explore the twisted life of Ed Gein: his isolated childhood under the grip of his domineering mother, the grave robbing that turned his farmhouse into a house of horrors, and...
2025-09-2951 minVeil of EchoesEp. 3 - Ed Kemper: The Co-Ed Killer - Echoes of TerrorSend a textStep through the veil with us as we explore the disturbing story of Edmund Emil Kemper III — the Co-Ed Killer. Standing at 6’9”, Kemper was an imposing figure whose terrifying crimes shocked California in the 1970s.From his early murders at just 15 years old, to the brutal slayings of young college women, to the chilling aftermath with his own mother, Kemper’s case remains one of the most unsettling in true crime history. What made him confess so openly? How did he manage to evade suspicion for so long? And why do his i...
2025-09-2659 minVeil of EchoesEp. 2 – The Wendigo: Where Hunger Becomes HorrorSend a textFrom the Algonquian peoples of North America comes a legend of a creature born from famine and greed — the Wendigo. Described as gaunt, skeletal, with glowing eyes and an insatiable craving for human flesh, the Wendigo has haunted the collective imagination for centuries.In this episode of Veil of Echoes, Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay explore:🌲 Origins in Indigenous Folklore – stories passed down by Algonquian-speaking peoples of the Great Lakes and Canadian woodlands.🥶 Historical Accounts – reports of “Wendigo psychosis” documented by Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s and by settlers...
2025-09-2439 minVeil of EchoesEp. 1: Albert Fish - The Gray ManSend a text✨ Step through the veil with us as we begin our very first episode of Veil of Echoes, where true crime meets the paranormal.In this episode, we explore one of America’s most infamous figures: Albert Fish, also known as The Gray Man. From his disturbing early life to the horrifying crimes that shocked a nation, we separate fact from myth and ask where the line between monster and man truly lies.⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains graphic discussion of violence against children and disturbi...
2025-09-2248 minVeil of EchoesTrailer: Welcome to Veil of Echoes - A True Crime & Paranormal PodcastSend a textStep through the veil with us. Veil of Echoes is where true crime meets the supernatural—unraveling chilling cases, haunted histories, and the mysteries that linger between worlds.Hosted by Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay, each episode dives into the darkest corners of crime and the eerie whispers of the paranormal. Join us as we explore what lies beyond the ordinary… and ask, what echoes remain?✨ Official launch: September 22, 2025—the first day of fall. 🍂🍁Follow now so you don’t miss when the veil opens. 🕯️✨ Step through the...
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