Episodes

In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, we dive into the disturbing case of Steven Zelich — a former police officer whose double life hid dark and deadly secrets. What began as missing persons reports quickly unraveled into a shocking investigation involving deception, manipulation, and a gruesome discovery that stunned an entire community. We explore who Steven Zelich was, how his crimes came to light, the victims whose lives were tragically cut short, and the psychological factors that ma...

In ancient Rome, there was a place where death was not symbolic. Birds fell from the sky mid-flight. Animals collapsed without wounds. And the ground itself exhaled something invisible—and lethal. The Romans did not deny it. They did not explain it away. They named it. The Gates of Pluton. In Season 2, Episode 3 of Whispers from the Dark, host Raven Vale investigates the Ploutonion of Hierapolis, an ancient site believed by Roman historians to be a literal portal to the underworld. Documented by...

In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the horrifying crimes of Efren Saldivar, the California respiratory therapist known as The Angel of Death. By day, Saldivar appeared to be a caring hospital worker. By night, he transformed into a silent executioner, injecting vulnerable patients with lethal drugs under the guise of mercy. Between 1989 and 1997, Saldivar claimed to have killed as many as 200 patients, hiding behind hospital protocol and the assumption of natur...

Beneath the quiet town of Derinkuyu in modern-day Turkey lies one of the most disturbing ancient structures ever discovered—an underground city capable of housing over 20,000 people, sealed behind massive stone doors, engineered for long-term survival far below the surface. In Season 2, Episode 2 of Whispers from the Dark, host Raven Vale descends into the depths of Derinkuyu, exploring why ancient civilizations across Cappadocia carved entire cities underground—and what they may have been hidin...

In this disturbing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale exposes the horrifying crimes of Harvey Carignan, the hammer-wielding sadist who lured his victims with fake job ads and brutally murdered them in cold blood. Known as The Want-Ad Killer, Carignan used deception, manipulation, and charm to bait vulnerable women into his grasp—only to unleash savage violence once they were isolated. Operating from the 1940s through the 1970s, Carignan's crimes spanned multiple states, with victims blu...

She looked like everyone’s grandmother. Soft-spoken. Smiling. Laughing at her own jokes. But behind that laugh was a trail of bodies. In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Myia Vale pulls back the curtain on Nannie Doss, better known as The Giggling Granny—one of America’s most unsettling female serial killers. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, Nannie quietly poisoned her way through husbands, children, relatives, and acquaintances, all while maintaining the image of a harmless, chee...

For over seven hundred years, Houska Castle has stood in the forests of the Czech Republic—isolated, strategically useless, and architecturally backward. Built with no water source, no trade route, no defensive advantage, and walls that face inward instead of outward, Houska Castle was never designed to protect against invading armies. It was designed to seal something away. In Season 2, Episode 1 of Whispers from the Dark, host Raven Vale investigates the chilling historical, architectural, and...

In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale takes you deep into the terrifying case of Wesley Shermantine, one half of California’s infamous Speed Freak Killers. With charm masking sadism and methamphetamine fueling his rage, Shermantine, alongside partner Loren Herzog, hunted the Central Valley for years — murdering, raping, and discarding victims in abandoned wells, orchards, and fields. Even after being sentenced to death in 2001, Shermantine continued to wield control from b...

In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, we confront the brutal reality behind the killing of five-year-old Harmony Montgomery—and the man responsible for her death, her own father, Adam Montgomery. This is not a story of a momentary lapse or tragic mistake. It is a calculated pattern of violence, abuse, and cruelty that ended in murder. From repeated beatings to the chilling concealment of Harmony’s body, Adam Montgomery’s actions reveal a cold-blooded killer hiding behind the title of “fat...

In this harrowing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale dives into the terrifying legacy of Loren Herzog, one half of the “Speed Freak Killers” duo that terrorized California’s Central Valley for nearly two decades. Alongside childhood friend Wesley Shermantine, Herzog participated in a drug-fueled killing spree that left victims buried in dry wells, fields, and forgotten ditches—many of whom remain unidentified to this day. Fueled by methamphetamine and bloodlust, the pair lured men and w...

On a quiet October night in rural Wisconsin, a front door was blown apart by a shotgun—and a thirteen-year-old girl vanished into the darkness. This episode of Among Monsters is a deep, emotionally heavy investigation into the 2018 kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the calculated brutality of Jake Patterson, the man who murdered her parents and held her captive for eighty-eight days. Told in cinematic spoken-word style, this episode examines the psychology of a predator who didn’t stalk for years ...

In this shocking episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale explores the disturbing case of Kendall Francois, the soft-spoken serial killer who murdered nine women in Poughkeepsie, New York — and kept their decomposing bodies hidden inside the home he shared with his family. For nearly two years, Francois lived a double life as a school hall monitor by day and predator by night, luring vulnerable sex workers into his home and strangling them. The smell of death filled the house, yet his parents...

In 2014, a chilling crime emerged from the quiet town of Waukesha, Wisconsin—one that blurred the line between childhood fantasy and real-world horror. Two twelve-year-old girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, lured their best friend into the woods and stabbed her 19 times… all in the name of Slender Man. On this episode of Among Monsters, host Myia Vale takes you deep inside the disturbing case of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, examining how an internet-born myth evolved into a motive for at...

In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the horrific case of William Devin Howell, a drifter-turned-serial killer responsible for the largest homicide case in Connecticut’s history. Between spring and fall of 2003, Howell lured vulnerable women into his battered blue van — a mobile torture chamber he called the "murder mobile" — and murdered them with disturbing ritualistic cruelty. Years later, behind a strip mall in New Britain, Connecticut, police uncovered seven...

In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unearths the horrifying legacy of Juan Vallejo Corona, the Mexican-born labor contractor who orchestrated one of the deadliest killing sprees in American history. In 1971, a farmer’s quiet orchard in Yuba City, California, became a mass grave — with 25 men buried in shallow pits, all stabbed, mutilated, and left to rot in the soil they once worked. Corona, who supplied migrant workers to local farms, kept a detailed ledger of names — l...

In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale explores the dark double life of John Edward Robinson, the charming businessman turned serial killer who used early internet chatrooms and BDSM forums to lure women to their deaths. Known as The Internet’s First Serial Killer, Robinson promised his victims jobs, romance, and adventure—only to manipulate, control, and ultimately murder them. Operating under aliases like “SlaveMaster,” Robinson used phony adoption papers, fake lette...

In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, we examine a case that shattered a quiet Missouri community and revealed how evil can hide in the most familiar places. Cassidy Rainwater, a young woman searching for stability and safety, trusted the wrong people—never realizing she was being watched, manipulated, and ultimately hunted in plain sight. We unravel the disturbing actions of James Phelps, exploring how isolation, secrecy, and calculated cruelty turned an ordinary rural property into the ...

In this harrowing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale delves into the horrifying crimes of Robert Joe Long, the so-called Classified Ad Rapist and Tampa Bay Serial Killer. Responsible for over 50 rapes and at least 10 murders during the 1980s, Long used newspaper ads to find his victims — luring women under the guise of buying items and then turning their trust into terror. With a chilling obsession for control, Long abducted, tortured, and murdered women across Florida, meticulously rec...

In the quiet corners of a seemingly ordinary life, Christopher Ravek hid a darkness that few could imagine. On the outside, he was the picture of calm — polite, dependable, almost forgettable. But beneath that composed surface brewed something far more sinister. What drove him from normalcy into obsession, from curiosity into cruelty, and from control into chaos? This episode unravels the disturbing journey of a man whose descent into violence left a trail of shattered lives and unanswered ques...

In this chilling true-crime episode of Among Monsters, we dive deep into the disturbing story of Christa Pike — one of the youngest women ever sentenced to death in the United States. What led a promising young woman down a path of obsession, jealousy, and unspeakable violence? Through haunting details, psychological analysis, and gripping storytelling, we unravel the influences and choices that turned a teenager into a killer. This episode explores the dark intersection of manipulation, mental ...

Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we delve into The Hum, a pervasive unexplained mystery that has haunted communities worldwide for decades. Discover the chilling reality of this low-frequency noise – a relentless, eerie drone that only a fraction of the population can hear, yet its impact is devastating.From the infamous Bristol Hum and Taos Hum to countless global reports, we explore this baffling auditory phenomenon that defi...

On Among Monsters, Damien Vale dives into the chilling case of Heriberto Seda, the "Zodiac Copycat Killer," a man who terrorized 1990s New York City, choosing victims by their astrological signs. Tonight, unravel the profoundly fractured mind of Heriberto Seda, a Brooklyn recluse who mimicked California's infamous Zodiac Killer, seeking infamy through a twisted cosmic mission. Explore how Seda, fueled by an obsession with astrology and homemade zip guns, targeted and attacked residents of NYC b...

Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we brave the frozen, desolate peaks of the Ural Mountains to unravel the chilling, unsolved mystery of Dyatlov Pass. In February 1959, nine experienced Russian hikers led by Igor Dyatlov embarked on an expedition that ended in one of history's most terrifying and inexplicable tragedies.This historical horror podcast meticulously recounts the bewildering discovery: a tent slashed from the inside,...

On Among Monsters, Damien Vale unearths the terrifying true story of Jack Owen Spillman, "The Werewolf Butcher," a serial killer who enacted horrifying rituals of blood and mutilation in quiet Washington towns. Tonight, descend into the mind of Jack Spillman, a predator obsessed with becoming a "werewolf" through grotesque acts. Explore his disturbing childhood, his meticulous preparation, and the chilling details of his ritualistic murders, including 9-year-old Rachael Carver and the Huffman m...