Cropsey - Part One

The Devil Within

EVIO Creative

True Crime

3.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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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 in a community, and how a monster of folklore became linked to real-life tragedy. 🎧 Press play to uncover the line where urban legend meets true horror. 📩 Got a lead or story to share? Email us at [email protected] ✅ Follow us on Instagram: @thedevilwithinpod ✅ Don’t forget to rate and review The Devil Within wherever you listen. #TheDevilWithinPodcast #Cropsey #UrbanLegend #StatenIsland #TrueCrimePodcast #ParanormalPodcast #DarkHistory #HauntedPlaces #TrueCrimeMeetsMyth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.2	This series contains adult language and depictions of graphic violence.
0:40.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:46.3	They said he had a hook for a hand.
0:49.4	That he dragged children into the tunnels beneath Staten Island.
0:53.0	That he prowled the ruins of an old asylum
0:55.1	after midnight, waiting for the unwatched, the lonely, the ones whose parents were just a little
1:01.1	too late. His name was whispered in the dark, passed along at campfires, school cafeterias,
1:07.3	and over trembling flashlights at sleepovers.
1:12.5	Cropsey.
1:18.8	To those who grew up on Staten Island in the 70s and 80s, he was more than a myth.
1:24.9	He was a specter who stood just behind the tree line, just around the bend, just out of view.
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