The Devil Within

Our narrator returns to his hometown for a meditation on the crime, the aftermath and the future of the place he once called home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now we revisit the night in question, minute-by-minute, just like in episode one... only now we see things in a completely new light, and from a new perspective. Not from the point of view of law enforcement or his mother or his friend... but from Tommy’s point of view. We’ll understand what really happened, why it happened, and, most importantly, how it happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tommy discovers a book once owned by the occultist Richard Cross and decides to re-enact an ancient ritual from the book on the grounds of the long abandoned Cross estate. Innocent to what he had wrought... the evil had been summoned just the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tommy and his new friend decide to see for themselves what lurks in the darkness on the edge of town... they’ve heard rumors about a coven of Satanists that worship in the deep woods of Clinton Road. And once that rumor is proven true, Tommy becomes obsessed. He wants more and his curiosity leads him to the shadowy figure of Richard Cross, the original Occultist in the area from the turn of 20th Century, and Tommy’s obsession grows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We begin to recreate the timeline that lead up to Tommy’s horrific acts and search for the catalyst that set him on his path to oblivion. He meets a new friend and is influenced by a new teacher. Suddenly a new and devious world is opened up and Tommy is powerless to resist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an attempt to find the truth, a truth that doesn’t involve the supernatural, we investigate other possible reasons Tommy may have snapped. In this episode we learn that Tommy was dedicated and successful athlete in a sport almost as mysterious as the occult: wrestling. Was the pressure of school, athletics and his religious demands enough to drive him over the edge? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To understand the murders we need to understand where Tommy was spending his time, and that requires a deep dive into the mythology surrounding CLINTON ROAD, dubbed The Most Haunted Road in America by ghost hunters and paranormal enthusiasts the world over. This episode will also introduce a mysterious millionaire named RICHARD CROSS who, although dead for decades at the time of the incident, his influence on devil worshippers was hugely felt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We will hear from the current Mayor of Jefferson Township who was a rookie cop on the night in question. He will give some important perspective on how the community was affected by the violence and, more importantly, he will reveal what the police were told... and what the community wasn’t told. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The series opens with a minute-by-minute account of what happened on a snowy night in January of 1988. We’ll hear from the first civilians on the scene; what they experienced and how it affected them. We’ll also learn a little about Jefferson Township, the small New Jersey community that was shattered by a night of horrific violence... only made worse as the investigation unfolded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A true crime podcast that recalls the brutal slaying of BETTY ANN SULLIVAN on a snowy night in January of 1988, a night that, more than 30 years later, the small town of Jefferson Township, New Jersey has yet to fully recover from. The violence of that evening shocked the nation for the perpetrator... was her own son, a boy of fourteen who would take his own life only hours later. What the investigation revealed left a community in tatters, unwilling to believe the evil that had befallen them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices