In the Bleak Midwinter: REDUX - Part Two

The Devil Within

EVIO Creative

True Crime

3.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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. This was the case that introduced listeners to The Devil Within. It wasn’t just a true crime story — it was the beginning of a descent into fear, paranoia, and the darker corners of human belief. Now, we’re re-releasing The Jersey Devil with a twist. Host and writer Branden Morgan returns to the story with new commentary, reflecting on what it meant to tell this tale the first time, what he’s uncovered since, and why the Sullivan case still lingers in the American imagination. This re-release also marks a milestone: the launch of the new MGM+ documentary series Let the Devil In, based on season one of The Devil Within. The four-part series — premiering August 31st — expands on the original story with exclusive interviews, never-before-seen evidence, and firsthand accounts from detectives, first responders, and those who lived through the nightmare. In This Episode • The brutal 1988 murder that shocked Jefferson Township. • How the case became entwined with the national hysteria of the Satanic Panic. • New behind-the-scenes reflections from Branden Morgan. • How this story connects to the upcoming MGM+ series Let the Devil In. Why Revisit This Story Now? Because some stories never truly leave us. They echo, they evolve, and sometimes, they return in ways we never expect. The Jersey Devil is not only a cornerstone of this podcast — it’s the origin of a much larger journey that’s about to play out on screen. Follow & Connect • Instagram: @eviocreative (https://instagram.com/eviocreative?utm_source=chatgpt.com) • Email: [email protected] • Watch Let the Devil In on MGM+ – Premiering August 31st 🔥 Re-release. New commentary. The story that started it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:21.2	EEO.
1:27.1	Welcome back to The Devil Within.
1:28.7	This is in the bleak midwinter part two.
1:31.9	As we revisit season one of The Devil Within in support of the MGM Plus show,
1:37.3	Let The Devil In, available now on MGM Plus.
1:46.7	When we left off last week, Stuart Kennedy had just arrived at the party and decided he was
1:51.5	going to help Mr. Sullivan look for his wife and put the fire out in his house.
1:57.4	We pick up the story from there.
2:14.2	Thank you. we pick up the story from there and then steward kennedy that was that was the big one of the big stories going around town in the immediate aftermath of that night, of the tragedy of that night, was that Bart McConley needed backup, didn't want to go in the house by himself, and asked Stewart, you know, the unarmed civilian to go in with them.
2:31.5	And Stewart was tough enough and and loyal enough to his friends
2:39.7	that he wouldn't let him go in alone so he went you know and and that's that's was it was a big
2:47.9	source of pride for the for the kids from J-Town.
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