The Devil's Ledger - Week of December 29th.

The Devil Within

EVIO Creative

True Crime

3.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The Devil’s Ledger — Year’s End Episode Standing at the doorway between what was… and whatever comes next. We close out the year with a New Year’s wish, a reflection on winter, and a few stories that feel colder the longer you sit with them. 🧊 The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week The Michigan Dogman — Winter Screams In the deep Michigan winter, the snow stays, the forests go silent — and sometimes, the stories return. A family’s holiday trip turns unsettling when something steps into the edge of the porch light and reminds them that winter may not belong to us after all. 👿 The Devil Within Two cases tied to the season — separated by a decade — and forever changed by loss. • Helle Crafts — the case so shocking that prosecutors argued murder without a body, reshaping how courts understand circumstantial evidence. • Patricia Viola — a disappearance that left only silence, lingering questions, and a mystery that never quite settled. One story defined by devastating certainty. The other — by what we still don’t know. 🗡 The Ides of April A quick visit into myth, murder, and the artifacts we insist on believing. We explore the legend of the Rasputin dagger — whether it ever existed… and why some objects take on more power in our imaginations than they ever had in reality. Full episodes return next week. 🏺 Taboo Treasures Still on hiatus. The vault remains locked — for now. 🤠 Criminal Mischief Part of our Best of 2025 — Carolyn revisits Billy the Kid: the real person behind the myth, and why we still romanticize the chaos he left behind. 🐍 This Week in Horror Take a breather from the terrifying, and lean into something gloriously absurd: ANACONDA — a monster movie, a giant snake, Paul Rudd, Jack Black… and the cinematic equivalent of popcorn you didn’t need, but absolutely ate anyway. As we close the book on the year — stay safe, stay warm, and remember: whatever is standing outside your door is not invited in. 🎧 LISTEN & FOLLOW Make sure you’re following The Devil’s Ledger and the full Evio Creative lineup so you never miss an episode: The Devil Within • The Ides of April • Criminal Mischief • Taboo Treasures, and more. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW If you can, drop a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it genuinely helps independent shows grow (and yes, we read them). 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE Watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications. 📲 FOLLOW US Instagram: • @thedevilwithinpod • @idesofaprilpod • @eviocreative 🌐 VISIT Explore everything at eviocreative.com ✉ GET IN TOUCH Story tip? Correction? Something we should hear? Email: [email protected] 🔁 SHARE If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go — share the show. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at honest prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: www.QUINCE.com/MISCHIEF (http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF) 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Free shipping: http://www.mintmobil.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰 EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Up to 4 months free: www.ExpressVPN.com/DEVILWITHIN (http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN) 🌿 MOOD CBD & THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off: http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for dogs. 60% off your first box: http://www.ollie.com/IDES 🔥 MONARCH The only finance app you’ll ever need. 50% off your first year: http://www.monarch.com/IDES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	EEO.
0:02.5	Hello and welcome back to the final devil's ledger episode of 2025.
0:15.6	So there's something about the final week of the year that kind of feels like standing in a doorway,
0:26.9	one foot in what was, the lights, the music, the long dinners, the family arguments, the nostalgia,
0:33.0	the exhaustion, and the other foot tentatively stepping in to whatever comes next.
0:39.2	So before we get started, wherever you're listening from, I hope the new year brings you peace,
0:45.9	good health, and at least a few moments of unexpected joy. And if you're anything like me,
0:52.5	I hope the quiet of winter gives you a second to breathe. Because winter has a way of just stripping things down. The days are short, the nights are long, shapes in the dark seem a little sharper,
0:59.9	and stories, especially the darker ones.
1:03.4	They echo differently in the cold.
1:06.3	All right, so let's get into it.
1:08.5	As always, we start with the creepiest thing that I heard this week.
1:12.6	This week, hey, I'm an animal lover. This is the winter screams of the Michigan Dogman.
1:18.1	So there's a stretch of winter in the upper Midwest where the cold stops feeling seasonal and it starts to feel territorial.
1:26.1	Michigan knows that kind of weather.
1:28.0	Snow doesn't fall so much as arrive and stay.
1:31.4	The wind doesn't whistle.
1:32.8	It climbs into the seams of the house
1:34.9	and presses its face against the glass.
1:37.9	The forests go silent.
1:39.5	Even the deer move differently,
1:41.4	cautious, as if they know the rules change
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