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Wings of Prophecy — Part Two: The Final Witnesses

At 5:04 PM on December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River.

In less than a minute, forty-six lives were lost.

But in the days leading up to the disaster, the people of Point Pleasant believed they had been watching something — or something had been watching them.

In Part Two of Wings of Prophecy, we follow the Mothman legend to its devastating conclusion, tracing the final sightings, the growing sense of unease across the town, and the tragedy that forever linked folklore with one of America’s deadliest infrastructure failures. 

Mothman 2

As winter closed in, witnesses reported that the sightings were changing. The creature that once appeared suddenly and vanished just as quickly now lingered in plain sight — perched, watching, almost as if standing vigil.

One of the final reported encounters came just days before the collapse.

By then, Point Pleasant had transformed. National attention brought curiosity seekers, investigators, and skeptics. Businesses leaned into the legend. Others resented the spectacle. Beneath it all, anxiety spread — strange dreams, unusual animal behavior, and a growing sense that something was wrong.

Then came the engineering reality.

Unseen inside the bridge’s structure, a microscopic crack in a critical steel component had been growing for months — invisible to inspections at the time. Each passing vehicle added stress. Each day brought the structure closer to failure.

On a December evening filled with Christmas shoppers, commuters, and families heading home, that hidden flaw reached its breaking point.

The collapse was sudden. Catastrophic. Irreversible.

In this episode:

    •    The final reported Mothman sightings before the disaster

    •    How Point Pleasant changed during thirteen months of national attention

    •    The structural failure that caused the Silver Bridge collapse

    •    Eyewitness accounts from the moments before and after the tragedy

    •    How folklore and trauma became permanently intertwined in the community

In the aftermath, the sightings stopped.

The creature was never reported again.

But the legend remained — not just as a monster story, but as a way for a grieving community to make sense of sudden, senseless loss.

Because sometimes the mystery isn’t whether something supernatural happened.

Sometimes the mystery is how people survive what did.

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The Devil Within

Wings of Prophecy — Part One: The Watchers in the Dark

Something was watching Point Pleasant.

Before the headlines.

Before the legend.

Before the bridge fell.

In Part One of Wings of Prophecy, we begin a two-part investigation into one of the most chilling and enduring mysteries in American folklore — the wave of strange sightings that gripped a small West Virginia town in the thirteen months before tragedy struck.

The story begins on a quiet November night in 1967, when four young people driving near an abandoned TNT plant encountered something impossible: a towering, winged figure with glowing red eyes that appeared to follow their car at highway speeds.

What they reported would become the first of dozens of sightings.

And the beginning of something far bigger than a local ghost story.

As word spread, more witnesses came forward. A respected barber described strange lights — and the disappearance of his dog. Residents reported massive shapes flying over roads, perching on rooftops, and watching from the darkness beyond town.

Law enforcement took statements.

A journalist arrived.

The story spread.

And slowly, the community began to divide — believers and skeptics, fear and ridicule, curiosity and dread.

But beneath the growing legend was something deeper:

A town beginning to feel watched.

Studied.

Waited for.

In this episode:

    •    The first terrifying encounter near the TNT area

    •    Deputy Halstead’s investigation and the growing number of eyewitness reports

    •    The arrival of reporter Mary Hyre and the national attention that followed

    •    Strange animal behavior, unexplained lights, and escalating fear

    •    How the legend of the Mothman took hold inside a community under pressure

Because sometimes the most powerful monsters aren’t just what people see.

They’re what fear does to a town.

And while residents debated whether the creature was real… something else was happening in Point Pleasant.

Something no one could see.

A microscopic flaw inside the Silver Bridge — slowly growing, quietly weakening the structure that held the town together.

Thirteen months later, that bridge would collapse into the Ohio River in less than sixty seconds, killing 46 people.

And the question that still haunts the town remains:

Was the Mothman a warning…

Or was it simply waiting?

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they’re the ones that unfold quietly, right in front of us.

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The Ides of April — Son of the Blade
The world didn’t change slowly.
It changed in a theater… during a celebration… with a single blade.
In Episode One of The Ides of April, we begin the story of Alexander the Great at the moment everything became possible — and everything became dangerous.
When Philip II of Macedon, the most powerful ruler in Greece, is assassinated in front of a crowd, the future of the Greek world hangs in the balance. His heir is just twenty years old.
Young. Unproven. Surrounded by rivals.
What happens next is not hesitation.
It’s speed.
It’s violence.
And it’s the beginning of one of the most extraordinary rises in history.
In this episode, we follow Alexander as he secures his throne, eliminates threats inside his own family, crushes rebellion in Greece, and sends a message that will echo across the ancient world: the son is more dangerous than the father.

From the destruction of Thebes to the crossing into Asia, the campaign moves with breathtaking momentum. Along the way, Alexander begins shaping something as important as his army — his legend.
Because from the very beginning, this was never just a war.
It was a performance of destiny.
By his mid-twenties, Alexander will defeat the Persian Empire, march into Egypt, and push his army toward India. His soldiers will begin to call him favored by the gods.
And he will begin to believe it.
But as the poet Pindar warned:
Creatures of a day. What is a man?
Glory burns bright.
And it never burns forever.
In this episode:
    •    The assassination that changed the ancient world
    •    The brutal consolidation of power inside Macedon
    •    The destruction of Thebes — and the warning it sent to Greece
    •    Alexander’s first victories against Persia
    •    The moment a young king begins to step into myth
Why this story matters
Alexander’s rise wasn’t inevitable. It was built on speed, ruthlessness, and a dangerous pattern:
Risk.
Danger.
Victory.
Every gamble worked.
And when the world starts rewarding every risk…
The most dangerous thing a leader can believe is that he cannot fail.

Coming next
Victory begins to change Alexander — his court, his army, and his sense of who he really is.
He will adopt the customs of kings treated like gods.
He will demand loyalty that feels like worship.
And before long, the distance between Alexander and the men who once called him companion will grow so wide…
That one of them will die by his hand.

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The Devil’s Ledger

Week of February 22

The flame is out. The mountains fall quiet.

This week on The Devil’s Ledger, we say farewell to the Winter Olympics — and to the Italian Alps, whose beauty, history, and lingering shadows reminded us that even the most breathtaking places tend to keep a few secrets.

But while the games end, the stories across the network are just getting started.

The Creepiest Thing I Heard This Week

Nature delivered the reminder.

In March of 1888, a storm known as The White Hurricane buried the Northeast under up to 50 inches of snow, with drifts rising to the height of buildings. Communication collapsed. Cities were cut off. More than 400 people died — many only steps from safety.

The storm didn’t just paralyze the region.

It changed it.

In response, New York began moving critical infrastructure underground — a decision that eventually led to the creation of the subway system.

Sometimes the scariest stories aren’t about monsters.

They’re about how quickly control disappears.

On The Devil Within

By listener request, we begin a two-part series on one of America’s most enduring and unsettling legends:

The Mothman

West Virginia. The 1960s.

Glowing red eyes. Massive wings. Dozens of witnesses.

And a chilling pattern — sightings that seem to appear before tragedy.

Folklore? Mass hysteria? Something unknown?

Or a warning.

On The Ides of April

A new historical arc begins:

Alexander the Great

A young king who conquered the known world before the age of thirty — and may have outrun the limits of power itself.

Empire. Ambition. Destiny.

And the question history always asks:

What happens when there’s nothing left to conquer?

On Taboo Treasures

The guys return with a sharp and satirical look at one of humanity’s stranger traditions:

The most dangerous jobs we’ve ever created.

From ancient hazards to modern risks, it’s a darkly funny exploration of the ways people have risked their lives… for a paycheck.

On Criminal Mischief

Carolyn Ossorio brings updates on several major cases currently dominating the news, including developments involving Nancy Guthrie, Brendan Banfield, and other ongoing investigations.

Because in true crime, the story rarely ends when the headlines move on.

On Finding Me with Josh Wolf

Josh continues his daily journey into the uncomfortable territory most of us try to avoid:

Accountability.

Honesty.

And the work of figuring out what actually needs attention.

Personal. Raw. Necessary.

This Week in Horror

For Gen X horror fans, this one feels personal.

The seventh installment of the Scream franchise arrives in theaters.

When a new Ghostface targets Sidney’s daughter, she’s forced to confront her past — and end the cycle of violence once and for all.

Some franchises fade.

Others grow up with us.

And somehow… Ghostface is still calling.

Closing Thought

As this episode releases, a major winter storm is moving toward the Northeast.

A reminder — like the storms of the past — that control is often temporary.

If you’re in its path:

Slow down.

Stay warm.

Check on each other.

We’re thinking of you.

Until next week…

Stay curious. Stay careful. And stay safe out there.

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The Devil Within

Frozen Evidence: The Duncan MacPherson Case

In August of 1989, Duncan MacPherson — a former first-round NHL draft pick from Canada — stepped onto the Stubai Glacier in the Austrian Alps.

He rented a snowboard.

He rode the lifts.

And then he vanished.

His car remained in the resort parking lot. His belongings were untouched. Search teams scoured the glacier and surrounding terrain, assuming the kind of tragedy the mountains know too well — a fall, a crevasse, an accident swallowed by ice.

Nothing was found.

For fourteen years, the glacier kept its silence.

Then, in the summer of 2003, melting ice revealed human remains.

The mountain had given Duncan back.

But what emerged raised more questions than answers. 

This episode of The Devil Within explores the unsettling details surrounding Duncan MacPherson’s disappearance and recovery, including:

    •    His final known movements at a managed glacier resort — not remote wilderness

    •    The condition of his recovered snowboard, which showed crushing damage that some analysts believe could be consistent with heavy machinery

    •    Injuries that did not clearly align with a simple fall

    •    Questions about nighttime snowcat operations on the glacier

    •    And the most troubling possibility: that elements of his rental equipment may have been returned through resort systems long before his body emerged

No definitive conclusion has ever been reached.

But the case raises a disturbing question:

What if Duncan’s tragedy began as an accident… and was complicated by human systems that chose silence over scrutiny?

Glaciers preserve what they take.

But time can erode records, memories, and accountability.

Fourteen years later, the ice returned a body.

The truth may still be buried.

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