Episodes

Uncover the ancient and chilling belief in family curses and generational demons with Raven Vale on Whispers from the Dark. Explore centuries of folklore, from Greek myths to modern alleged family misfortunes like the Kennedy curse, where misfortune seems to haunt a bloodline. Delve into the terrifying concept of inherited evil, where patterns of tragedy, mental illness, addiction, or ruin repeat across generations. We bridge the gap between historical spiritual beliefs and modern science, exami...

Uncover the chilling true story that inspired Wes Craven's iconic horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Join Raven Vale on Whispers from the Dark as we delve into the terrifying phenomenon of healthy individuals dying mysteriously in their sleep after experiencing horrific nightmares, particularly among Southeast Asian refugees in the early 1980s. Explore the medical enigma of SUNDS (Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome) and the cultural beliefs in malevolent "nightmare spirits" (dab tso...

Dare to delve into one of the most pervasive and terrifying paranormal phenomena: The Hat Man. Join Raven Vale on Whispers from the Dark as we explore the chilling encounters with this tall, dark, hat-wearing silhouette, a figure reported by millions during sleep paralysis and even while fully awake. We'll explore the consistent descriptions of overwhelming dread and profound malevolence emanating from this silent observer. Is he a shared psychological archetype, a universal hallucination, or a ...

Dive into the terrifying world of the Zodiac Killer, America's most elusive serial killer, in this chilling episode of Whispers from the Dark. Host Raven Vale dissects the infamous crime spree that terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s, a case defined by its perplexing "letters from hell" and unsolved ciphers. Explore the brutal murders on Lake Herman Road, Blue Rock Springs, Lake Berryessa, and Presidio Heights. We unravel the Zodiac's chilling communication—from his initial demands ...

In this gripping episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unravels the chilling tale of Helen Patricia Moore—a woman whose quiet demeanor and gentle touch masked something truly sinister. Working as a nurse’s aide, Moore was entrusted with the care of vulnerable elderly patients. To the outside world, she appeared nurturing and compassionate. But behind closed doors, a disturbing pattern began to emerge—patients dying mysteriously, with little explanation. As whispers turned to investigation...

In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale delves into the terrifying life of Bryan Jones—a sadistic predator who wore a mask of charm while preying on the innocent. Born in rural Arkansas and raised in an environment steeped in neglect and emotional abandonment, Jones developed a disturbing obsession with control, fear, and suffering. Beginning in the late 1980s, women started to disappear under mysterious and violent circumstances. Some were discovered in scenes of brutal mu...

In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the disturbing life of Charles Terry—a manipulative drifter whose friendly smile masked a chilling, violent soul. Born in 1930s Maine, Terry’s early years were marked by instability and abuse, setting the stage for a lifetime of cruelty and calculated murder. By the 1960s, he wandered the Pacific Northwest, charming unsuspecting women before unleashing unspeakable violence. With strangulation as his gruesome signature, Terry ...

In this harrowing 26-minute episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale explores the disturbing case of Takahiro Shiraishi, a Japanese serial killer who exploited social media to lure vulnerable individuals to their deaths. Between August and October 2017, Shiraishi used Twitter to contact people expressing suicidal thoughts, inviting them to his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, under the guise of assisting in their suicides. Instead, he murdered and dismembered nine victims, storing thei...

In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the chilling case of Velma Barfield — a Southern church-going woman whose soft voice and gentle smile concealed a trail of poison, lies, and murder. Known as the first woman in the United States to be executed after the 1976 death penalty reinstatement, Barfield’s crimes stunned the nation. By lacing food and drinks with arsenic, she quietly killed those closest to her — not for passion, but to cover up embezzlement and avoid ...

On this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale peels back the layers of a murderer who defied all expectations. Dana Sue Gray wasn’t your typical serial killer — she was a nurse, a caregiver, and a seemingly compassionate woman living in Southern California. But beneath her calm demeanor lurked a deadly obsession with wealth, beauty, and revenge. Between February and March of 1994, Gray targeted elderly women in a twisted scheme of murder and luxury shopping. What drives a woman to...

In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale dissects the life and legacy of Andrei Chikatilo, the infamous Butcher of Rostov, who murdered, mutilated, and cannibalized over 50 victims in the shadows of the crumbling Soviet Union. Against the backdrop of post-Stalin famine, Cold War paranoia, and a regime that denied the very existence of serial killers, Chikatilo hunted with terrifying efficiency—luring women and children from train stations and forests into his orbit of de...

In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the deeply unsettling case of Donald Harvey — a trusted hospital orderly who used his access to patients not to heal, but to kill. Known as The Angel of Death, Harvey claimed the lives of between 70 and 100 victims across Kentucky and Ohio hospitals from 1970 to 1987. By poisoning IV bags, suffocating patients, and tampering with feeding tubes, he turned places of healing into silent morgues. Set against the backdrop of post-V...

In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale takes you back to 19th-century New England to unravel the twisted legacy of Jane Toppan—better known as Jolly Jane. Behind her cheerful smile and nurse’s uniform was a mind consumed by obsession, sadism, and a fatal thirst for control. Toppan, born Honora Kelley, was orphaned, renamed, and molded into a seemingly devoted caregiver. But under the surface, she was experimenting with death—mixing morphine and atropine to toy with patients...

In this harrowing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the disturbing tale of Ahmad Suradji, the infamous Indonesian shaman who murdered 42 women in a twisted quest for supernatural power. Operating for over a decade in North Sumatra, Suradji presented himself as a spiritual healer — a “dukun” who could cure illness, mend broken relationships, and bring prosperity. But behind the ceremonial cloth and incense rituals was a man driven by a nightmarish vision: a dream in which his d...

In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale exposes the twisted legacy of Moses Sithole — the infamous “ABC Killer” who terrorized South Africa between 1994 and 1995. With a disarming smile and a calm, trustworthy demeanor, Sithole lured desperate women under the guise of employment opportunities before leading them to remote locations where he raped and strangled them. Operating across Atteridgeville, Boksburg, and Cleveland, his crimes shook a nation in transition and lef...

In this historically charged episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale takes you on a terrifying journey through the life and legacy of William Bonin — The Freeway Killer. Born into the post-World War II baby boom and forged in the trauma of an abusive childhood, Bonin's descent into one of California’s most vicious killing sprees unfolds against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia, Vietnam's psychological scars, and a justice system buckling under the weight of its own failures. Between 1979 and ...

In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale peels back the lace curtains of 1426 F Street in Sacramento, California—home to Dorothea Puente, the sweet, elderly landlady with a deadly secret. From the outside, she was charitable, Christian, and grandmotherly. But inside her Victorian boarding house, she was forging checks, drugging the elderly, and burying her victims in the backyard. Operating during the 1980s, Puente preyed on society’s most vulnerable—disabled tenants, me...

In this eerie and mysterious episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale explores the chilling true story of Béla Kiss — the charming Hungarian bachelor who lured women through lonely hearts ads in the early 1900s… and preserved their corpses in metal drums. When World War I called him to the front, Kiss left behind a house of horrors: 24 bodies, pickled in alcohol, carefully stored like a collection. Investigators uncovered his sinister seduction schemes, occult interests, and anatomical obsess...

In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unveils the terrifying true story of Robert Hansen — the mild-mannered Anchorage baker who secretly became one of the most sadistic serial killers in American history. Between 1971 and 1983, Hansen lured women into his trap, flew them deep into the Alaskan wilderness, set them loose… and hunted them like animals. With 17 confirmed murders and over 30 rapes, Hansen’s crimes went undetected for over a decade behind a mask of suburba...

In one of the darkest episodes of Among Monsters to date, host Damien Vale explores the harrowing life and crimes of Tsutomu Miyazaki — the "Otaku Murderer" who shocked Japan with a series of horrific child abductions and killings between 1988 and 1989. Born with physical deformities and consumed by isolation, Miyazaki descended into a twisted world of horror media, obsession, and violent fantasy. But his fantasies turned real when he began abducting young girls, murdering them, and preserving g...

In this explosive episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unravels the chilling and contradictory life of Pedro Rodrigues Filho — better known as Pedrinho Matador, Brazil’s most notorious vigilante serial killer. Born into violence and shaped by vengeance, Pedro claimed to kill only criminals: rapists, murderers, drug dealers — even his own father. With over 100 murders to his name, 47 of them committed behind prison walls, Pedro blurred the line between justice and pure bloodlust. From his ...

In this disturbing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale delves into the horrific crimes of Joachim Kroll — the unassuming toilet cleaner who became one of Germany’s most grotesque serial killers. Dubbed The Ruhr Cannibal, Kroll brutally murdered at least 14 victims between 1955 and 1976, including children, young women, and the elderly. But he didn’t just kill—he consumed. With a slow, methodical approach, Kroll stalked his victims, committed necrophilic acts, and carved pieces of flesh f...

In this disturbing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unearths the horrifying story of Robert Pickton, the Canadian pig farmer who turned his Port Coquitlam property into a slaughterhouse for the forgotten. From the 1980s to early 2000s, women—many Indigenous, poor, and sex workers from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—vanished without a trace. Behind the façade of “Piggy’s Palace,” Pickton lured victims with drugs, money, and parties, then butchered them in the same barns where he raised ...

In this unnerving episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale reveals the chilling true story of Charles Edmund Cullen, a trusted nurse who used his position to silently murder dozens—possibly hundreds—of patients across nine hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Between 1988 and 2003, Cullen administered fatal doses of medications to unsuspecting patients while hiding behind a calm demeanor and a crisp uniform. He worked the night shift, memorized drug codes, manipulated medical charts, and...