The Thing That Screams From The Trees

The Devil Within

EVIO Creative

True Crime

3.3 • 176 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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🐐 The Devil Within — The Legend of the Baladisc High in the mountains, where the air thins and the world feels older than memory, some legends refuse to die. This week on The Devil Within, we descend into one of the strangest and most unsettling alpine folktales you’ve probably never heard of: the Baladisc. Described in scattered regional accounts as something not quite human and not quite animal, the Baladisc is said to haunt remote mountain passes and dense, shadowed forests. Witnesses across generations have claimed to see a dark, horned figure moving between the trees at dusk — too tall, too still, and far too aware of the people who stumble into its territory. Some say it watches from ridgelines during snowstorms. Others claim it follows lone travelers just out of sight, its presence marked only by the feeling of being hunted… and the sudden silence of the forest around them. In this episode, we explore: • The earliest known references to the Baladisc in mountain folklore • Reports from shepherds and woodcutters who believed they encountered it • Why isolated alpine communities often describe similar horned or hybrid beings • The psychological effects of high-altitude isolation and winter darkness • Whether the Baladisc is a supernatural entity… or something born from fear, landscape, and survival As always, the line between legend and lived experience is razor-thin. These stories come from people who knew the mountains well — people who understood storms, predators, and the dangers of the wild. And yet, what they described didn’t behave like any known animal. The Baladisc may be folklore. It may be metaphor. Or it may be something older than either — a reminder that the wilderness has never belonged entirely to us. Turn down the lights, listen closely, and decide for yourself what’s really moving between the trees. 🎧 New episodes of The Devil Within drop weekly. Follow, rate, and share with the friend who always volunteers to take the night hike. ⭐ RATE & REVIEW Ratings and reviews genuinely help independent shows grow. If you have a moment, leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify — it helps more than you think, and yes… we read them. 📺 WATCH & SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE You can now watch full video episodes, clips, and exclusives from all Evio Creative shows on YouTube. 👉 Subscribe to Evio Creative on YouTube and turn on notifications so you don’t miss new drops across the network. 📲 FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Follow for updates, visuals, and behind-the-scenes content: • @thedevilwithinpod • @idesofaprilpod • @eviocreative • @findingmewithjoshwolf (Instagram, TikTok & Facebook) 🌐 VISIT THE NETWORK Explore all of our shows, projects, and upcoming releases at eviocreative.com ✉️ GET IN TOUCH Have a story, tip, correction, or something you think we should cover? Email us at info@eviocreative.com 🔁 SHARE THE SHOW If you know someone who loves true crime, history, horror, or stories that refuse to let go — share the episode. Word of mouth keeps this network alive. 💼 SPONSORS 🧥 QUINCE Luxury essentials at affordable prices. Free shipping + 365-day returns: 👉 http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF 📱 MINT MOBILE Premium wireless for just $15/month. Switch and get free shipping: 👉 www.mintmobile.com/DEVILWITHIN 🛰️ EXPRESSVPN Protect your data anywhere. Get up to 4 months free: 👉 http://www.expressvpn.com/DEVILWITHIN 🌿 MOOD CBD and THC gummies shipped nationwide. 20% off with code DEVILWITHIN: 👉 http://www.mood.com/DEVILWITHIN 🐶 OLLIE DOG FOOD Real, fresh, human-grade meals for your dog. 60% off your first box: 👉 http://www.ollie.com/IDES 💰 MONARCH The only finance app you’ll ever need. 50% off your first year: 👉 www.monarchmoney.com/IDE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	EEO
0:02.0	The mountains above the valleys are silent, but the forests below them are not.
0:17.0	When these Winter Olympics come to the Alps,, cameras sweep across white peaks and frozen ridges.
0:24.4	The world sees openness, air, light, vastness. But just below those slopes, beneath the clean
0:32.5	lines of ski runs and the open sky, the land changes. Trees close in, light thins, sound travels strangely.
0:42.0	Snow doesn't lie flat in the forest. It clings to branches. It hangs heavy. It muffles footsteps
0:48.0	while amplifying echoes. A snap twig can sound like a footstep. Wind through pine needles can mimic a distant cry.
0:56.6	And when dusk falls, it doesn't fade gradually.
1:00.7	It drops.
1:02.6	In alpine valleys, winter forests have always been places of unease.
1:07.8	Not because of what you see, but because of what you hear.
1:12.5	For centuries, villagers and parts of northern Italy told of something that lived at the edges of the woods,
1:19.1	something small, fast, and wrong, a presence that followed travelers who stayed too late,
1:26.7	a voice that called from the trees in tones
1:28.9	that didn't belong to wind, animal, or human throat. They called it the balladisk. In a few minutes from
1:37.7	now, we're going to reach the moment when a man ran out of the forest swearing something had screamed
1:42.7	his name, but from a place that no human
1:46.1	being could have been standing.
1:53.1	Welcome back to the devil within. Last time we stood above the tree line in the open silence of
1:58.2	snow and stone. Tonight we descend into the valleys, where winter
2:02.8	closes in and fear has walls made of bark and snow. And if you're drawn to stories that
2:09.4	explore not just events, but the emotional and psychological terrain beneath them, following this
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