Even the Podcast is Afraid

The Haunting of Borley Rectory

In this episode, we discuss the Borley Rectory. A dark, Victorian mansion in the sleepy Essex parish of Borley. Built in 1862 by Reverend Henry Bull, the estate was beset by reports of the supernatural until its demise in 1944. Borley Rectory’s…

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Side Crime: Bushmeat

In this episode of Side Crime, the hosts of Even the Podcast is Afraid discuss several true crime & weird stories that have recently been in the news, including: Jealous wife stabs husband after steeing her younger self in old photos, Texas officials…

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Carny Cult Part II: You ‘Ault’ Not Mess With Us

In the conclusion of this series, the Carnies “developed a sort of close-knit culture and code of conduct all of their own. Indeed, they even developed their own language for speaking to each other. Called “Carny” or also spelled “Carnie” and…

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Carny Cult Part I: Subculture of a Subculture

In this series, we bring you the story of the Carny Cult & subculture of a carny. In 1991 a carnival worker named William Ault was excited to discover that several other carnies were involved in some fringe pseudo Satanic cult. Ault wanted badly to be…

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Bela Kiss: The Perfect Kiss of Death

In this episode, we bring you the story of the serial killer, Bela Kiss, one of the scariest people you have never heard of and one of the scariest people never caught… Long before Jeffrey Dahmer was storing remains of his victims in large chemical…

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Side Crime: Horny No Belt

In this episode of Side Crime, the hosts of Even the Podcast is Afraid discuss several true crime & weird stories that have recently been in the news, including: The Capital Riots protestor in Viking Headdress “Horny No Belt”, NFL Broadcasted on…

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Exorcism of Roland Doe Part II: Fantastical Demonology

In part two, the conclusion, before diving deeper into the details of Roland’s exorcism, we move into the basics of exorcisms in general, and then we do a few laps in basic demonology and then we attempt a double backwards somersault from the high…

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Exorcism of Roland Doe Part I: Disturbing Imagery

In part one, we discuss perhaps one of the most terrifying and iconic horror films of all time, “The Exorcist,” that stands the test of time in its ability to fill the audience with a sense of sweat-soaked terror and dread. It is a strange and…

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Side Crime: Iron Crotch Masters

In this episode of Side Crime, the hosts of Even the Podcast is Afraid discuss several true crime & weird stories that have recently been in the news, including: China’s Iron Crotch Masters fight to preserve painful–looking tradition, Florida man…

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Origins of Krampus: Birch Twigs for Bad Kids

Most belief systems – even those that do not directly come from Eastern traditions – seem to fall into the Yin and Yang concept of balance. For every hero, there is a villian, or at least an anti-hero. God has his nemesis, the Devil, and so too does…

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