Best Cavalry Audio | Wondery Podcasts (2025)

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The Unholy Crusade: Part Two 22:34

3d ago22:34

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As World War II spiraled toward its violent end, the Nazi obsession with relics, ritual, and redemption reached terrifying new heights. In the final three episodes of our Grail War series, we go deeper into the rituals of Wewelsburg Castle, where SS leaders performed bloodline ceremonies and solstice rites in the shadow of the Black Sun. Beneath th…

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The Unholy Crusade: Part One 28:54

5d ago28:54

28:54

Long before the Allies stormed Berlin, a different kind of war was already underway—waged not with bullets and tanks, but with relics, runes, and ancient symbols of power. This three-part series unearths the chilling true story of the Nazis' obsession with the occult and their state-sponsored quest for the Holy Grail. At the center of it all was SS…

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Beneath the Chapel: The Kidwelly Cult 38:44

10d ago38:44

38:44

🎙 The Devil Within Episode Title: Beneath the Chapel: The Kidwelly Cult Show Notes: In the quiet, coastal town of Kidwelly, Wales, stood an unassuming chapel—and beneath it, a darkness that would horrify the nation. This episode dives deep into one of the most disturbing and little-known cult cases in modern Britain. Led by a former soldier turned …

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The Ghost in the Machine 33:10

12d ago33:10

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He chased ghosts for a living. Then one started following him. In this episode of The Devil Within, we tell the haunting, true story of Gaurav Tiwari — India’s most famous paranormal investigator, found dead in his own bathroom under chilling and unexplained circumstances. Was it suicide? Possession? Or something far more sinister? 🎧 Stream Ghost i…

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The Chicago Rippers 34:56

18d ago34:56

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“The Devil You Know… And the Ones You Don’t” What if John Wayne Gacy wasn’t the end of Chicago’s nightmare — but the beginning? In this week’s episode of The Devil Within, we unearth the twisted, terrifying story of the Chicago Rippers — a cult-like quartet of sadistic killers who prowled the streets of the Windy City in the early 1980s. Their crim…

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The Witches of County Antrim 24:33

20d ago24:33

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In the misty glens of Northern Ireland, County Antrim holds centuries-old secrets — whispers of women who healed, cursed, and vanished. In the late 1800s, fear took hold of a quiet village when livestock died, children fell ill, and fingers pointed toward a coven said to dwell deep in the woods. But were these women truly witches… or victims of som…

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The Mysteries of Houska Castle 35:10

25d ago35:10

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Hidden deep in the forests of the Czech Republic lies a castle unlike any other—one with no clear strategic purpose, no noble residence, and no windows facing the outside world. Instead, Houska Castle was built over a gaping hole in the earth... a pit so deep and terrifying that legends say it leads straight to Hell. In this episode of The Devil Wi…

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The Haunted Castles of Europe 28:20

27d ago28:20

28:20

In this hauntingly atmospheric episode of The Devil Within, we journey through the chilling halls of Europe's most legendary castles. From Bran Castle's eerie crypt in Transylvania to the infamous Bloody Chapel of Leap Castle in Ireland, we explore the rich—and often terrifying—histories behind the continent’s most haunted strongholds. Told in the …

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The Devil's Conman 23:18

1M ago23:18

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In 1985 the villages of Sussex in south London fell victim to a brazen conman who claimed to be a spiritual warrior fighting to rid the community of a cabal of Satanists... all he needed was money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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The Loudun Possessions 26:47

1M ago26:47

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Hysteria or demonic possession? Repressed lust or diabolical witchcraft? 17th century France saw it's share of witch trial, but the Loudun possessions spoke to a greater evil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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The Demon of Whitechapel 27:52

1M ago27:52

27:52

The summer of 1888 in London saw a string of murders that have become legend. This year, the killer was finally identified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Innocence Lost 26:22

1M ago26:22

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The disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, a citizen of Vatican City, led to decades of grief, intrigue and crumbling faith in the Church's power to protect their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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The Vault of Secrets 28:47

2M ago28:47

28:47

For centuries the Catholic Church has kept it's most valuable treasures - and most dangerous secrets - locked away in a sprawling underground series of ancient, mysterious vaults called The Vatican Archives... what are they protecting? More importantly... what are they hiding? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Conclave 26:43

2M ago26:43

26:43

In today's episode we'll briefly cover one of the great mysteries of Catholicism; the election of a new Pope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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A Brief History of Easter 31:04

2M ago31:04

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From the meadows of ancient Europe to the deserts of the Levant, the celebration of Easter has deeper roots than you might imagine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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The Exorcism of Irina Cornici 29:44

2M ago29:44

29:44

A picturesque monastery nestled in a remote Romania village was the site of a national scandal. In 2005 a young nun arrived seeking solace in the mountains but instead found herself in a nightmare that would ultimately claim her life and tear a country apart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Satan's Shadow: Paradise (Bonus) 55:17

2M ago55:17

55:17

The host of DeathXSouthwest, Margot Carmichael, joins Branden to discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Paradise 31:55

2M ago31:55

31:55

Our series ends with Ramirez's arrival on death row and Dante's arrival in Paradise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: The Ascent - Part Two (Bonus) 1:09:40

2M ago1:09:40

1:09:40

Branden and Margot discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: The Ascent - Part Two 34:40

2M ago34:40

34:40

The conclusion of the trial and sentencing of Richard Ramirez, plus a look at the phenomenon known as hybristophilia... and Dante reaches the summit of Purgatory. What lies beyond? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: The Ascent - Part One (Bonus) 1:07:06

2M ago1:07:06

1:07:06

Branden and Margot discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: The Ascent - Part One 33:38

3M ago33:38

33:38

The trial of Richard Ramires begins... and almost ends due to an unexpected tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 9 - TREACHERY (Bonus) 1:01:55

3M ago1:01:55

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Branden discusses the episode with host of Death X Southwest Margot Carmichael. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 9 - TREACHERY 40:15

3M ago40:15

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The reign of the Night Stalker finally comes to an end in spectacular fashion on the streets of Los Angeles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 8 - FRAUD (Bonus) 1:06:49

3M ago1:06:49

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Brande discusses the episode with Margot Carmichael, host of Death X Southwest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 8 - FRAUD 40:32

3M ago40:32

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The Mayor of San Francisco gets inviolved in the Night Stalker investigation... but not in a good way. Still the LA County Sheriff's detectives persevere and the tide begins to turn... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 7 - VIOLENCE (Bonus) 58:19

3M ago58:19

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Brande discusses the episode with Margot Carmichael (host of Death X Southwest). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 7 - VIOLENCE 39:27

3M ago39:27

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Ramirez escalates his killer spree to a level no one in Los Angeles law enforcement had experienced and the press finally give him a name that sticks: The Night Stalker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 6 - HERESY (Bonus) 59:10

3M ago59:10

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Branden discusses the episode in more detail with Margot Carmichael, host of the podcast Death X Southwest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 6 - HERESY 35:35

3M ago35:35

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In this episode Richard Ramirez believes he is confronted by Jesus himself... and is forced to flee. What made Ramirez feel as though Christ intervened in his wicked acts? Plus, Dante and Virgil arrive at the City of Dis and the circle of Hell reserved for the heretics... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 5 - ANGER (Bonus) 55:27

4M ago55:27

55:27

Branden and Margot Carmichael, host of Death X Suthwest, discuss the episode in greater detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 5 - ANGER 42:47

4M ago42:47

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The early life of Dante is juxtaposed against the early life of Richard Ramirez and we gain an understanding about what, and who, influenced them. Plus our travelers in Perdition arrive at the Fifth Circle and The Valley Intruder shows a level of anger in his work that, up to now, was absent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c…

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 4 - GREED (Bonus) 1:06:03

4M ago1:06:03

1:06:03

Branden and Margot discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 4 - GREED 41:39

4M ago41:39

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The 80's are considered to be a decade of excess and indulgence... let's find out why. Also, the fourth circle of Hell is explored and The Valley Intruder defies expectations once again... this week on The Devil Within: Satan's Shadow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 3 - GLUTTONY (Bonus) 52:10

4M ago52:10

52:10

Branden and argot Carmichael, host of Death X Southwest, discuss the episode in greater detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 3 - GLUTTONY 44:34

4M ago44:34

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The ravenous drug addiction of Richard Ramires is explored alongside Dante's third circle, Gluttony. Plus, the brutal murders continue and the police seem powerless to help... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 2 - LUST (Bonus!) 1:05:39

4M ago1:05:39

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Brande and Margot Carmichael, host of Death X Southwest discuss the episode in greater detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 2 - LUST 41:45

4M ago41:45

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Although the crimes, methods, and victim profiles are all over the map... one rookie detective had a hunch that they're connected. New victims and new evidence are finally enough to convince one superior officer that they have a serial killer on their hands but how many more will die before they can catch him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visi…

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 1 - LIMBO (BONUS!) 57:37

5M ago57:37

57:37

Branden has a discussion with the host of Death X Southwest, Margot Carmichael, about episode one of Satan's Shadow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Satan's Shadow: Episode 1 - LIMBO 43:48

5M ago43:48

43:48

The Devil Within Season 4, Satan's Shadow begins with episode one... LIMBO. Join us for a descent into hell as we chronicle the desperate months in Los Angeles when a madman dubbed The Night Stalker held the city in his diabolical grasp... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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A Demon's Game: The Curse of Polybius 22:58

5M ago22:58

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Rumors of a haunted video game have been whispered in the Portland area for more than forty years... was it demonic possession or something even more sinister? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Demonic Possession in the Digital Age 21:39

5M ago21:39

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The rise of streaming platforms have given exorcisms a whole new dimension. Find out how on today's episode of The Devil Within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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The Somerset Swamp Monster 20:25

5M ago20:25

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A meditation on folk tales and their cultural impact as seen through the lens of the legendary creature that inhabits The Great Swamp of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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The Trenton Psychiatric Hospital 26:38

5M ago26:38

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Built and opened as the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum, the current Trenton Psychiatric Hospital has a long and dark history of cruel and inhumane treatments slowly giving way to a more modern and merciful approach to mental health... but the ghosts remain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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Shadows in Scarlet: The Hauntings of Rutgers University 23:59

5M ago23:59

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Rutgers University, a storied institution that predates the American Revolution, holds a vibrant past that is alive in the numerous ghost stories that have fascinated students and faculty alike for generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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The Ley Lines of New Jersey 24:19

5M ago24:19

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What do the drones sightings above New Jersey have to do with a decades old murder and an industrialist from the 1800's? Maybe nothing... but maybe NOT nbothing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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The White Shadow: The Legend of the Yeti 22:05

5M ago22:05

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Stories of the Abominable Snowman have long held a place in the lexicon of mystical beasts... but how did these stories start and is there any truth to them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Holiday Horror Series - The Mysterious Death of Arlis Perry 31:24

6M ago31:24

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New Year's Eve, 1974. The campus of Stanford University is shocked to discover that a ritualistic murder that was committed in the sprawling and beautiful university church had ties to Satanism. In this stunning precursor to the Satanic Panic, the case would go cold for almost forty years... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co…

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Holiday Horror Series - BONUS EPISODE! The Belsnickel... 28:50

6M ago28:50

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A listener was kind enough to wrote in and inform me of a tradition from the Pennsylvania Dutch community that I had never heard of before... The Belsnickel. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Evio

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Holiday Horror Series - Stolen Christmas 26:40

6M ago26:40

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What does a Christmas tree have to do with the birth of christ? Was the Nativity really on December 25th? And what about this guy in a red suit bringing presents to little kids? Didi Christianity steal Christmas from the pagans? You decide... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

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