The History of Demons, Part Two: From Scripture to the Silver Screen | Halloween Special

How did the spirits of the ancient world become the demons of modern nightmares?

In the conclusion of our From The Void Halloween special, we pick up after our exploration of the Book of Enoch and turn to the New Testament, early Christianity, and the centuries of interpretation that followed.

From “unclean spirits” and the story of Legion to debates about pagan gods, fallen angels, and Lucifer, we examine how different texts and traditions became woven into a familiar supernatural story. We also explore Revelation’s symbolic, apocalyptic imagery—and why reading it in its historical and literary context matters.

Then we follow demons beyond scripture, through demonology, witch trials, literature, and modern horror. How much of what we picture today comes from ancient religious texts, and how much comes from the stories told afterward?

In part two:

• Demons, possession, and exorcism in the New Testament.
• Legion, Beelzebul, and the language of “unclean spirits.”
• Early Christian interpretations of pagan gods and demonic powers.
• How Satan, Lucifer, fallen angels, and demons became connected in later traditions.
• Revelation’s imagery and the importance of understanding apocalyptic literature.
• Demonology and witch trials.
• The influence of Dante, Milton, and the Faust tradition.
• Modern horror—and Pazuzu’s journey from ancient protective figure to cinematic terror.

The beings we call demons have never had one universally agreed-upon history. Their story is also a story about how human beings explain suffering, imagine evil, and give shape to the unknown.

Research resources and historical writings

• Justin Martyr — Second Apology, especially chapter 5. An early Christian account connecting transgressing angels and demons. This is a primary historical source rather than modern academic analysis.
• https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0127.htm
• Augustine — The City of God, Book IX. An influential Christian discussion of demons and their supposed role as intermediaries. This is a primary historical source.
• https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.iv.IX.html
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art — “Pazuzu: Beyond Good and Evil.” Historical context for comparing the ancient Pazuzu with his modern horror counterpart.
• https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/assyria-to-iberia/blog/posts/pazuzu

Biblical texts explored

• Mark 5:1–20: The story of Legion.
• Matthew 12:22–32: Beelzebul and accusations concerning Jesus’ exorcisms.
• Isaiah 14: A passage central to later interpretations of Lucifer.
• Jude: References relevant to Enochic traditions and transgressing angels.
• Revelation 12: The dragon, heavenly conflict, and apocalyptic symbolism.

Literary works discussed

• Dante Alighieri — Inferno.
• John Milton — Paradise Lost.
• The Faust tradition.

These literary works are explored for their influence on popular imagination, distinct from ancient scripture and historical evidence.

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The History of Demons, Part One: Ancient Spirits and the Watchers | Halloween Special

Before there was The Exorcist, there was Pazuzu. Before demons became synonymous with fallen angels, ancient cultures told very different stories about the unseen beings surrounding them.

In part one of our From The Void Halloween special, we trace the history of demons from ancient Mesopotamia through Greek and Persian traditions and into the religious world of ancient Judaism.

Along the way, we encounter protective demons, dangerous spirits, mysterious giants, and angels who cross a forbidden boundary. We also explore the Book of Enoch—a text that helped shape influential ideas about evil spirits, yet was excluded from most Christian biblical canons while remaining scripture in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition.

This isn’t an attempt to settle whether demons exist. It’s an exploration of how people’s understanding of their origins, nature, and purpose has changed across thousands of years.

In part one:

• Mesopotamian spirits and the dangers of applying modern definitions to ancient beliefs.
• Lamashtu, Pazuzu, and the use of frightening beings for protection.
• The Greek daimōn and the changing language of the supernatural.
• Zoroastrian traditions and the complexities of tracing religious influence.
• Genesis 6, the “sons of God,” and the Nephilim.
• The Book of Enoch’s Watchers, giants, and explanation for evil spirits.
• Why Enoch remained scripture in Ethiopian Christianity while most other Christian traditions did not include it in their Bibles.

Research resources

• ORACC — Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses. Scholarly reference material on Mesopotamian religion and supernatural beings.
• https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art — “Pazuzu: Beyond Good and Evil.” Pazuzu’s protective role and his relationship to Lamashtu.
• https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/assyria-to-iberia/blog/posts/pazuzu
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art — “Amulet with a Lamashtu Demon.” Material evidence of ancient protective practices.
• https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/326961
• Encyclopaedia Iranica — “DĒW.” A scholarly reference on demons in Iranian and Zoroastrian traditions.
• https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dew/
• Israel Antiquities Authority — The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library. A manuscript archive relevant to Second Temple Judaism and Enochic traditions.
• https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/

Primary texts explored

• Genesis 6:1–4: The “sons of God” and the Nephilim.
• 1 Enoch, especially chapters 6–16: The Watchers, the giants, and the spirits that emerge after their destruction.

Ancient religious texts are discussed as evidence of historical beliefs, alongside modern scholarship and archaeological material.

Coming in part two: We follow these traditions into the New Testament and explore how later theology, literature, and horror helped create the demons we recognize today.

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A brutal murder. A Scotland Yard detective. And a story that would grow more unsettling with every retelling.

In the conclusion of our two-part investigation, we return to the killing of Charles Walton beneath England’s Meon Hill. More than eighty years after his death, the murder remains unsolved—but the mystery has become inseparable from tales of witchcraft, rural superstition, and the supernatural.

How did a violent crime become known as the “witchcraft murder”? What do the surviving accounts tell us, and how much of the story took shape in the years that followed?

As we sort through the investigation and the legends surrounding it, we come back to the question at the heart of the case: Who killed Charles Walton?

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Sources & Further Reading

• The Case That Foiled Fabian: Murder and Witchcraft in Rural England — Simon Read, The History Press
• The Meon Hill Murder, 1945: Unsolved Crime in Witch Country — M. J. Trow
• “Murder in Long Compton” — Our Warwickshire; background on local folklore and an earlier witchcraft-related killing
• “Killing of Charles Walton” — case overview and additional references

The witchcraft connection remains part of the case’s folklore and speculation; a ritual motive has not been established.

Content note: This episode discusses murder and disturbing crime-scene details.

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The Witchcraft Murder of Charles Walton — Part One

On Valentine’s Day, 1945, 74-year-old farmworker Charles Walton left his cottage in the English village of Lower Quinton for a day’s work beneath Meon Hill. He never returned home.

His brutal murder would draw Scotland Yard into a mystery that became entangled with whispers of witchcraft, ancient superstitions, and the unsettling folklore of the English countryside.

In part one of this two-part From the Void investigation, we enter the world Charles Walton knew, retrace the circumstances surrounding his death, and explore how an unsolved killing became one of Britain’s most chilling mysteries. Where does the evidence end—and the legend begin?

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Sources & Further Reading

• The Case That Foiled Fabian: Murder and Witchcraft in Rural England — Simon Read, The History Press
• The Meon Hill Murder, 1945: Unsolved Crime in Witch Country — M. J. Trow, Pen & Sword
• “Killing of Charles Walton” — case overview and additional references

The witchcraft connection remains a theory within the case’s enduring folklore, rather than an established motive.

Content note: Discussion of murder and disturbing crime-scene details.

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UFOs Over Wisconsin — Part 2

A police officer’s encounter on a quiet Wisconsin road was only part of the story.

In the conclusion of our two-part series, we return to Officer George Wheeler and the strange reports surrounding Elmwood. From accounts of malfunctioning vehicles and electronics to another reported sighting by Wheeler, we follow a trail of encounters that left witnesses searching for answers—and small communities confronting something they couldn’t explain.

What can these accounts tell us? Where does the evidence end and speculation begin? And why do these stories continue to haunt Wisconsin decades later?

In this episode:

• The continuation of George Wheeler’s story.
• Additional UFO reports from the surrounding region.
• Reported vehicle and electronic malfunctions.
• The unanswered questions surrounding Wisconsin’s UFO encounters.

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Strange skies. Real witnesses. Unanswered questions.

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In the spring of 1975, a quiet corner of Wisconsin became the setting for a UFO encounter that would eventually grow into something much stranger.

In Part One of UFOs Over Wisconsin, we travel to Elmwood, Wisconsin, and meet George Wheeler—a local police officer who reportedly considered himself a skeptic when it came to UFOs.

That changed one April night.

While on patrol, Wheeler encountered an enormous orange object in the sky—something unlike any conventional aircraft he knew. What began as a single unexplained sighting would leave Wheeler watching the skies, camera and binoculars close at hand, wondering if whatever he had witnessed might return.

But Wheeler wasn't the only one seeing strange things over Wisconsin.

In this first installment, we explore the setting surrounding the Elmwood encounters, the reports beginning to emerge from the region, and the first chapter of a case that would eventually become one of Wisconsin's strangest UFO stories.

And George Wheeler's most extraordinary encounter was still to come.

In Part Two: More sightings. Strange effects on vehicles and electronics. A second encounter involving Wheeler. And the events that would transform a local UFO report into an enduring Wisconsin mystery.

From the Void explores the strange, unexplained, and unknown—from UFOs and unsolved mysteries to paranormal encounters and the stories that exist somewhere between fact, folklore, and the void.

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The Bermuda Triangle may be the world's most famous region of unexplained disappearances—but few people realize North America has its own.

Stretching across the waters of Lake Michigan lies an area where ships have vanished without a trace, aircraft have disappeared from the sky, strange lights have been reported for generations, and even experienced captains have simply… disappeared.

In this episode of From the Void, we journey into the chilling legend of the Michigan Triangle. We'll explore the mysterious disappearance of Northwest Airlines Flight 2501, the baffling story of Captain George Donner, ships that sailed into history and never returned, and the growing collection of unexplained sightings that continue to fuel speculation today.

Is there something unusual about this stretch of water? Are these tragedies simply the result of Lake Michigan's notoriously unpredictable weather? Or could there be another explanation waiting beneath the surface?

Join us as we separate documented history from folklore and investigate one of America's most overlooked mysteries.

In This Episode

• The history and geography of the Michigan Triangle
• The disappearance of Northwest Airlines Flight 2501
• The mystery of Captain George Donner
• Ships lost without explanation
• Strange lights and unexplained sightings
• Scientific explanations versus paranormal theories
• Why the legend continues to grow decades later

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Until next time...

Keep asking questions.

Keep looking into the darkness.

Because sometimes...

...the truth is waiting there.

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Season 10 of From the Void is almost here.

This season, we'll continue doing what we love most—taking deep dives into some of the strangest mysteries, unexplained events, historical oddities, and paranormal encounters you've ever heard. Along the way, we'll be joined by leading researchers, experts, historians, and firsthand experiencers as we separate fact from fiction... or at least try to.

But while you wait for the new season to begin, we've launched something completely new.

From the Void Presents: Beyond the Veil

Our brand-new subscriber-exclusive series delivers at least four brand-new spooky stories every month.

Some of these tales are inspired by real events, forgotten legends, and unexplained cases. Others are entirely fictional. We won't tell you which is which.

Instead, we invite you to listen closely, examine the clues, and decide for yourself where reality ends and imagination begins.

Whether it's an abandoned highway, a lonely lighthouse, a forgotten town, or a voice on the other end of the line... every story is designed to leave you wondering long after it's over.

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The darkness never sleeps...

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The Springfield Three | The House on Delmar Street

On June 7th, 1992, three women vanished from a quiet home in Springfield without a trace.

Their cars remained in the driveway.

Their purses sat untouched inside the house.

The television was still on.

A small dog wandered nervously through the home.

And somewhere in the middle of it all… there was reportedly a strange message left on the answering machine.

A message that was accidentally erased before investigators ever heard it.

More than thirty years later, the disappearance of Sherrill Levitt, Suzie Streeter, and Stacy McCall remains one of the most haunting unsolved mysteries in the Midwest.

Tonight, we explore the timeline, the theories, the strange details, and why this case continues to linger in the American imagination decades later.

In This Episode

• The final known movements of the three women
• The eerie discovery at the Delmar Street home
• The infamous erased voicemail message
• Conflicting witness accounts and timeline gaps
• Crime scene contamination concerns
• Theories surrounding the disappearance
• Why cases involving “absence” affect us differently psychologically
• The lasting legacy of one of America’s most unsettling unsolved mysteries

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Sources & Further Reading

• Contemporary newspaper archives from Springfield-area publications
• FBI case summaries and public statements
• Interviews with family members and investigators
• Historical reporting surrounding the disappearance
• Regional reporting on unsolved Midwest disappearances

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👁️ Episode Overview

What happens when a Pulitzer Prize-winning psychiatrist from Harvard University risks everything to study one of the most controversial phenomena of our time?

In this episode, we explore the life and work of John E. Mack—a respected academic who turned his attention to individuals claiming to have experienced alien abductions.

Were these encounters psychological? Symbolic? Something else entirely?

Or did Dr. Mack uncover something that challenged the boundaries of reality itself?

🛸 The Abduction Research

Dr. Mack began interviewing individuals who reported:

• Missing time

• Encounters with non-human entities

• Medical examinations aboard unidentified craft

• Recurring, lifelong experiences

Unlike many skeptics, Mack approached these cases without immediately dismissing them as delusion.

His key findings:

• Most experiencers showed no signs of psychosis

• Many accounts were remarkably consistent across individuals

• Experiences often carried deep emotional and transformative impact

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🔗 Sources & Further Reading

• Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens – John E. Mack

• Passport to the Cosmos – John E. Mack

• Harvard Crimson archives on the Mack investigation

• Interviews with experiencers and researchers in the field

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For five days, Travis Walton was missing.

No body.

No evidence.

No explanation.

Then—he came back.

In Part 2, we pick up where the story turns from a disappearance into one of the most controversial and debated UFO encounters in modern history.

What Travis described wasn’t just an abduction story—it was something stranger… more fragmented… and far less like the narratives that would come later.

This episode explores:

• Travis Walton’s firsthand account of what he experienced

• The now-famous polygraph tests administered to the crew

• The media firestorm that followed

• Skeptics, investigators, and the enduring debate: hoax, trauma, or something unexplained?

Nearly 50 years later, the Walton case remains one of the most studied—and divisive—UFO encounters ever recorded.

🧩 What We Cover

👁️ Travis’s Account

• Regaining consciousness in a strange environment

• Descriptions of the beings he encountered

• The interior of the craft (and why it differs from typical “alien” reports)

• The moment he returns—and what condition he’s in

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🧭 Episode Summary

On November 5, 1975, a group of loggers in the forests of northeastern Arizona witnessed something that would become one of the most famous—and controversial—alien abduction cases in history.

A glowing object.

A beam of light.

And a man—gone.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we step into the dense woods near Snowflake, Arizona, where Travis Walton vanished in front of six eyewitnesses. What followed wasn’t just a missing person case—it became a national media frenzy, a criminal investigation, and a story that still divides skeptics and believers nearly 50 years later.

Was this a hoax?

A shared delusion?

Or one of the most credible UFO encounters ever recorded?

🪵 What We Cover in This Episode

• The logging crew: who they were and why they were in the woods that day
• The moment everything changed: the sighting of the unidentified object
• Travis Walton’s approach—and the blast of light
• The immediate aftermath: panic, fear, and a desperate decision
• Reporting the disappearance to authorities
• The growing suspicion: were the crew members hiding something?
• Early media coverage and public reaction
• The beginning of one of the most scrutinized investigations in UFO history

👁️ Key Figures

• Travis Walton – Forestry worker who vanished for five days
• Mike Rogers – Crew leader who reported the incident
• The six eyewitnesses – whose testimonies would be questioned, tested, and analyzed

🧪 The Investigation Begins

• Law enforcement response and search efforts
• Rising tensions between investigators and the logging crew
• The role of polygraph tests—and why they mattered
• Early skepticism from both authorities and the public

🧠 Themes & Questions Explored

• What makes a witness “credible”?
• How do group sightings challenge traditional explanations?
• Why do some UFO cases gain traction while others fade away?
• What role does fear play in shaping memory and testimony?

🎬 Cultural Impact

This case would later inspire the 1993 film Fire in the Sky, bringing Travis Walton’s story to a global audience—and cementing it as one of the most well-known alien abduction narratives ever told.

But how much of that film reflects what actually happened?

🔍 Sources & Further Reading

• The Walton Experience – Travis Walton
• Interviews with the original logging crew (various archives)
• Contemporary newspaper coverage (1975–1976)
• APRO (Aerial Phenomena Research Organization) case files
• Skeptical analyses and counterarguments from investigators and journalists

🎧 Coming Next in Part 2…

Travis Walton returns.

But where was he?

In Part 2, we dive into:

• Travis’s account of what happened during those missing five days
• The alleged encounter aboard a craft
• Medical examinations and psychological analysis
• Contradictions, criticisms, and competing explanations
• Why this case remains one of the most debated UFO encounters of all time

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What do you think happened to Travis Walton?

Was this:

• A genuine extraterrestrial encounter?
• A misidentified natural phenomenon?
• Or something else entirely?

Let us know your thoughts—and theories.

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Whitley Strieber, Communion, and the Question That Won’t Go Away

In this episode of From the Void, we examine one of the most famous — and most controversial — alien abduction accounts ever recorded: the experiences of Whitley Strieber.

Strieber wasn’t a fringe figure chasing attention. He was a successful horror novelist living in upstate New York when, in the mid-1980s, he began reporting a series of disturbing encounters that would ultimately lead to the publication of Communion — a book that changed the public conversation around alien abduction claims forever.

What makes Strieber’s story so enduring isn’t just what he claimed happened — it’s how seriously it was taken by many researchers, therapists, and readers, and how deeply it continues to unsettle even decades later.

In this episode, we explore:

• Who Whitley Strieber was before the abduction claims
• The events that led to the writing of Communion
• What Strieber reported experiencing — and how those memories emerged
• Whether there were corroborating sightings or reports in the area
• Why the emotional consistency of those involved complicates easy dismissal
• And how Strieber’s case sits at the crossroads of psychology, trauma, folklore, and the unknown

Rather than arguing for a single explanation, this episode asks a more difficult question:

What do we do with experiences that feel real to the people who lived them — even when they defy explanation?

Who Is Whitley Strieber?

Before Communion, Whitley Strieber was best known as a bestselling author of supernatural and horror fiction. His credibility, literary success, and reluctance to frame his experience as entertainment made his story uniquely disruptive.

Strieber never claimed certainty about what happened to him. Over time, his explanations evolved — ranging from extraterrestrial encounters to consciousness-based phenomena — but the emotional core of his account remained strikingly consistent.

Why This Case Still Matters

Strieber’s story sits at the center of a much larger pattern:

• Thousands of reported abduction experiences worldwide
• Common themes across unrelated witnesses
• The role of memory, sleep paralysis, hypnosis, and trauma
• And the uneasy overlap between subjective experience and objective reality

Whether Communion represents contact, psychological phenomena, or something else entirely, it remains one of the most important primary texts in modern UFO and abduction lore.

Featured Works & References

Whitley Strieber

• Communion
• https://www.harpercollins.com/products/communion-whitley-strieber
• Transformation
• https://www.harpercollins.com/products/transformation-whitley-strieber
• Breakthrough
• https://www.harpercollins.com/products/breakthrough-whitley-strieber

Related Researchers & Context

• Budd Hopkins — abduction researcher and author of Intruders
• Dr. John E. Mack — Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize winner who studied abduction experiences
• The broader wave of abduction reports in the U.S. during the 1980s–1990s

(Future episodes will explore Mack’s work and how researchers attempted — and struggled — to study these experiences scientifically.)

A Note on Approach

From the Void approaches stories like this with care.

We distinguish between:

• Verifiable facts
• Personal testimony
• Psychological explanations
• Cultural and historical context

We don’t rush to conclusions — because the most honest answer is sometimes uncertainty.

Listen & Continue the Conversation

If this episode left you unsettled, curious, or conflicted — that’s the point.

Because some stories don’t ask us to believe.

They ask us to listen.

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Episode: The Kahamar-Daban Incident – A Mystery in the Siberian Mountains

In August 1993, a group of hikers entered the remote Kahamar-Daban mountain range in southern Siberia. Only one would return alive.

What followed was a story that defies easy explanation: sudden illness, violent physical reactions, internal bleeding, and deaths that occurred rapidly—without clear warning and without a confirmed cause. For decades, the incident has existed in the shadows of another infamous Soviet-era mystery, the Dyatlov Pass incident. But the Kahamar-Daban case may be even more disturbing—because we know exactly who survived, and her testimony raises as many questions as it answers.

In this episode of From the Void, we walk carefully through what is known, what has been medically documented, and what remains unresolved.

In this episode, we explore:

• Who the hikers were and why they were in the Kahamar-Daban mountains
• The sudden onset of symptoms experienced by multiple group members
• Eyewitness testimony from the sole survivor
• Autopsy findings and confirmed medical details
• Why the deaths occurred so quickly—and so violently
• Competing explanations, including medical, environmental, and toxicological theories
• What makes this case different from (and in some ways more unsettling than) Dyatlov Pass
• Why no single explanation fully accounts for all known facts

Throughout the episode, we separate verifiable evidence from speculation and clearly distinguish between confirmed medical findings and later theories. No paranormal conclusions are drawn—but the mystery remains deeply unsettling.

Content Warning

This episode includes discussion of sudden illness, physical distress, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

Why this case matters

The Kahamar-Daban Incident challenges our assumptions about wilderness safety, medical certainty, and how easily tragedies can vanish into obscurity—especially when they occur far from population centers, media attention, or political interest.

Whatever happened on that mountainside was localized, fast-moving, and devastating. And more than thirty years later, it remains officially unexplained.

🎙 From the Void is a long-form storytelling podcast exploring strange, unexplained, and unsettling true stories—always grounded in research, historical context, and respect for the facts.

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In the late 1960s, a small law office in the quiet Bavarian town of Rosenheim became the center of one of the most well-documented—and most controversial—poltergeist cases in modern history.

Lights exploded. Phones rang without being connected. Heavy filing cabinets moved on their own. Electrical meters spun wildly, recording surges no one could explain. And unlike many alleged hauntings, this one didn’t stay confined to whispers and rumors—it drew the attention of engineers, physicists, psychologists, police, and courts of law.

In this episode of From the Void, we examine what became known as The Rosenheim Haunting: a case investigated by professionals, witnessed by skeptics, and still debated decades later.

In this episode, we explore:

• What first began happening inside the Rosenheim law office
• The bizarre electrical disturbances recorded by utility companies
• Phone malfunctions documented by technicians
• Objects moving without visible cause in front of witnesses
• Why police and engineers ruled out fraud and faulty wiring
• The involvement of parapsychologist Hans Bender
• The theory of recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis (RSPK)
• The young employee at the center of the phenomenon—and why that mattered
• Skeptical explanations, unresolved contradictions, and lingering questions

Throughout the episode, we separate documented events from interpretation, clearly distinguishing what was observed, what was measured, and where speculation begins.

Content Note

This episode discusses psychological stress, unexplained disturbances, and alleged paranormal activity. No graphic content is included.

Why the Rosenheim case is different

Many haunting stories rely on personal testimony alone. Rosenheim stands apart because:

• Events were observed by multiple independent witnesses
• Electrical anomalies were physically recorded
• Authorities and technical experts were involved
• The disturbances ceased when a specific individual left the environment

Whether interpreted as a genuine paranormal event, a rare psychological phenomenon, or something still not fully understood, the Rosenheim Haunting remains one of the most compelling cases ever placed under professional scrutiny.

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A Conversation with Psychic Medium Jenson Smith — 

Part 2

What happens when you realize the world is more porous than you were ever taught to believe?

In Part Two of this two-part conversation, we sit down with psychic medium Jenson Smith for an open, thoughtful discussion about how she first discovered her abilities — and what it was like to recognize that her experiences weren’t shared by everyone around her.

Part Two explores what it’s like communicating with deceased loved ones, what Jenson believes the other side is like, and how these experiences have shaped her understanding of life, death, and continuity.

🔮 About Jenson Smith

Jenson Smith is a psychic medium whose work centers on intuitive development, spirit communication, and helping others better understand their own intuitive capacities.

Her approach emphasizes grounding, discernment, and ethical responsibility — focusing not on fear or theatrics, but on connection, healing, and meaning. Jenson speaks openly about the challenges of discovering her abilities and the discipline required to work with them thoughtfully and safely.

LINKS:

https://www.jensonsmith.com/psychic-medium

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jensonperson/

🌌 Coming Up Next

➡️ Part Two of this conversation goes deeper into spirit communication, encounters with deceased loved ones, and reflections on what may exist beyond this life.

If you enjoy From The Void, please consider subscribing, sharing the episode, or leaving a review — it genuinely helps more curious minds find the show.

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A Conversation with Psychic Medium Jenson Smith — 

Part 1

What happens when you realize the world is more porous than you were ever taught to believe?

In Part One of this two-part conversation, we sit down with psychic medium Jenson Smith for an open, thoughtful discussion about how she first discovered her abilities — and what it was like to recognize that her experiences weren’t shared by everyone around her.

Jenson shares her personal journey of awakening, including the early moments that made her question what she was sensing, the challenges of trusting those perceptions, and the long process of learning how to sharpen, understand, and responsibly live with her gift.

Rather than leaning into spectacle or sensational claims, this conversation focuses on lived experience: what it feels like to navigate a world where intuition runs deeper, how discernment is developed over time, and what it means to carry a gift that can be both illuminating and isolating.

This is a quiet, reflective entry point into a much larger conversation — one rooted in curiosity, humility, and a willingness to sit with mystery rather than explain it away.

Part Two will explore what it’s like communicating with deceased loved ones, what Jenson believes the other side is like, and how these experiences have shaped her understanding of life, death, and continuity.

🔮 About Jenson Smith

Jenson Smith is a psychic medium whose work centers on intuitive development, spirit communication, and helping others better understand their own intuitive capacities.

Her approach emphasizes grounding, discernment, and ethical responsibility — focusing not on fear or theatrics, but on connection, healing, and meaning. Jenson speaks openly about the challenges of discovering her abilities and the discipline required to work with them thoughtfully and safely.

LINKS:

https://www.jensonsmith.com/psychic-medium

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jensonperson/

🌌 Coming Up Next

➡️ Part Two of this conversation goes deeper into spirit communication, encounters with deceased loved ones, and reflections on what may exist beyond this life.

If you enjoy From The Void, please consider subscribing, sharing the episode, or leaving a review — it genuinely helps more curious minds find the show.

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/from-the-void-podcast1430/exclusive-content

Episode Summary

On a warm June night in 1960, four teenagers zipped themselves into a tent on the shores of a quiet lake just outside Helsinki, Finland. By morning, three of them were dead. The fourth — battered, bloodied, and barely alive — would survive… only to be accused of the murders more than forty years later.

In this episode of From The Void, we travel back to Lake Bodom, one of the most haunting and infamous unsolved murder cases in European history. What begins as a simple camping trip spirals into a decades-long mystery involving a slashed tent, missing evidence, suspicious locals, Cold War intrigue, and a trial that turned the sole survivor into the prime suspect.

This isn’t just a true crime story.

It’s a meditation on silence, memory, and the kind of violence that arrives without warning — and leaves without answers.

What We Cover in This Episode

🔥 A Summer Night That Went Horribly Wrong

• The four teenagers: Seppo Boisman, Anja Mäki, Maila “Irmeli” Björklund, and Nils Gustafsson
• Why Lake Bodom was considered safe — and why no one saw danger coming
• The eerie calm of a Finnish summer night

🔪 The Attack Inside the Tent

• Why investigators believe the killer attacked from outside the tent
• The slashed canvas, blunt force trauma, and stabbing injuries
• Why one victim suffered significantly more violence than the others
• How Nils Gustafsson survived injuries that should have killed him

🚨 A Botched Crime Scene

• The delayed discovery of the bodies
• Why the campsite was never properly secured
• How soldiers, locals, and onlookers contaminated crucial evidence
• The early mistakes that may have doomed the case forever

👀 The Man Who Walked Away

• Birdwatchers who reported seeing a blond man leaving the scene at dawn
• Why this single sighting became one of the most debated clues in the case
• The mystery of who — if anyone — that man really was

🕵️‍♂️ The Suspects

• Pentti Soininen, the teenage criminal who later confessed
• Karl Valdemar Gyllström, the violent “Kiosk Man” locals feared
• Hans Assmann, the German man who arrived at a hospital with bloody clothes
• The eerie “funeral photo” and the unidentified man in the background
• The possibility of an unknown outsider — or multiple attackers

⚖️ The Survivor on Trial

• Why the case was reopened in the early 2000s
• The forensic focus on Nils’ missing shoes
• The prosecution’s theory of jealousy, rage, and scene staging
• The defense’s argument that his injuries made the crime impossible
• The 2005 acquittal — and why it solved nothing

🌫️ Legacy, Folklore, and the Ghost of Lake Bodom

• How the murders reshaped the identity of the lake itself
• Why Lake Bodom became a national boogeyman in Finland
• The tent preserved at the Finnish Police Museum
• How the case inspired books, films, and horror lore

Why This Case Still Haunts Us

The Lake Bodom murders endure because they sit at the intersection of fear and failure:

• A crime that feels random, intimate, and deeply personal
• An investigation compromised from the very beginning
• A killer — or killers — who vanished without a trace
• A survivor forced to carry suspicion for the rest of his life

It’s a reminder that sometimes the most unsettling mysteries aren’t supernatural at all — they’re human.

Listener Note

From The Void approaches true crime with care, respect, and curiosity.

This episode avoids sensationalism and centers the humanity of the victims while acknowledging the limits of what we can truly know.

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Episode Overview

In this episode, we travel back to London’s Whitehall district—a place infamous for political intrigue, shadowy alleyways, and, in the autumn of 1888, a mystery so disturbing it was almost forgotten beneath the thunder of the Jack the Ripper murders happening at the same time.

This is the story of The Whitehall Women—a case involving multiple unidentified female remains discovered in and around Whitehall. Long before modern forensic science, police were left piecing together bodies found in separate locations, months apart, with no clear suspect, no confirmed victim identity, and a timeline that overlaps with another unsolved murder series just streets away.

Overshadowed by the Ripper mythology, this case has become one of Victorian London’s darkest cold cases. And in many ways, it’s even stranger.

In This Episode, We Explore:

• The grisly discovery of a woman’s torso during construction of the new Metropolitan Police headquarters
• The earlier and later discoveries of additional body parts in the Thames and in vaults beneath Whitehall
• Why investigators believed the remains belonged to a single unidentified woman
• How this murder fits into the broader pattern of the so-called “Thames Torso Murders”
• Comparisons between the Torso Murderer and the Ripper — and why many historians believe they were not the same person
• The forensic limitations of 1888 and how they shaped the investigation
• The haunting question that lingers:
• Who were the Whitehall Women, and why did nobody report them missing?

Why This Case Matters

Unlike the Ripper victims, the Whitehall Women had no names, no occupations, no known family — at least, none that history recorded. Their anonymity is part of what makes this case so chilling.

The killer showed anatomical precision, access to private spaces, and enough confidence to deposit remains in highly trafficked areas — including right under the noses of the authorities building Scotland Yard.

This case forces us to consider the women Victorian society ignored, the victims whose stories weren’t sensational enough for newspapers, and the mysteries still sitting in archival corners waiting to be fully understood.

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Episode Overview

On April 1st, 2006, Ohio State medical student Brian Shaffer went out for drinks with friends at the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus, Ohio. Surveillance cameras captured him entering the bar… and then, somehow, not leaving.

Despite being surrounded by cameras, witnesses, and the heartbeat of a busy college nightlife district, Brian Shaffer simply vanished.

Tonight, we walk through the full timeline of Brian’s final known hours, break down the surveillance footage frame-by-frame, explore the strange architectural quirks of the bar and surrounding construction that may hold clues, and sift through the theories that have kept this case alive for nearly two decades.

It remains one of the most haunting unsolved disappearances in modern American history — a true locked-room mystery without the room.

In This Episode, We Explore:

👉 Brian’s final night out — the bar crawl, the conversations, and the last confirmed sighting

👉 Surveillance footage and why investigators are so puzzled by its gaps

👉 Who Brian was: his personality, relationships, grief, and aspirations

👉 The Ugly Tuna’s layout and how construction zones fueled hidden-exit theories

👉 Why many investigators believe Brian never left the building alive

👉 The 2020 phone “ping” rumor and why experts remain skeptical

👉 Theories including:

  • Accident or misadventure

  • Voluntary disappearance

  • Foul play

  • Misidentification on the footage

👉 Why the lack of evidence may be the most telling clue of all

Why This Case Still Haunts Us

Brian’s disappearance sits at the crossroads of tragedy and impossibility.

A crowded bar, multiple cameras, friends yards away, and a young man who loved music, medicine, and the people in his life — gone without a single confirmed trace.

The case remains open.

And Brian’s family continues to live in hope of answers.

If You Have Information — Tip Lines

Any piece of information, no matter how small, may help solve this case.

If you know anything related to the disappearance of Brian Shaffer, please contact:

Columbus Division of Police (Tip / Non-Emergency Line)

📞 (614) 645-4545

(Ask for the detective assigned to the Brian Shaffer case.)

FBI ViCAP Missing Persons Tip Line

📞 1-800-634-4097

Central Ohio Crime Stoppers (Anonymous Tips)

📞 (614) 461-8477 (TIPS)

You may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward.

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