Into The Dark

In this episode, Payton uncovers a small town’s dark secret: a blackmailer urging residents to commit murder to keep their secrets hidden. NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themwmh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 Case Sources Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack – Season 7, Episode 6  48 Hours – Season 36, Episode 47 “The Circleville Letters” The Columbus Dispatch - https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/08/25/circleville-ohio-mystery-menacing-letters-gillispie-freshour-cbs-48-hours/8253758002/ CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/circleville-letters-author-unmask/  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/circleville-letters-ohio-rumors-secrets/  The Scioto Post - https://www.sciotopost.com/updates-about-the-circleville-mystery-writer/  All That’s Interesting - https://allthatsinteresting.com/circleville-letters  Scioto Valley Guardian - https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2024/05/23/has-a-forensic-expert-unmasked-the-anonymous-author-of-the-infamous-circleville-letters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton unravels the chilling case of Ally Kostial, a young woman tragically found by a lake in Mississippi, fatally shot nine times. As investigators delve into her phone records, they uncover startling revelations.   NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themwmh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intothedarkpod/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbh-B5Or9CT8Hutw1wfYqQ Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7 CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/ally-kostial-murder-brandon-theesfeld-university-of-mississippi-evidence/  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ally-kostial-murder-brandon-theesfeld-university-of-mississippi-cautionary-tale-48-hours/  48 Hours - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huBpF0ZM5dI  KSDK 5 - https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/man-pleads-guilty-murder-ole-miss-student-from-st-louis-ally-kostial/63-d15861cf-26b7-4078-a104-caff65feb099  The Oxford Eagle - https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2021/08/27/former-ole-miss-student-pleads-guilty-to-killing-ally-kostial-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/  https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2022/03/03/cbs-news-48-hours-to-cover-ally-kostial-case/  New York Post - https://nypost.com/2021/09/01/suspect-in-ole-miss-student-ally-kostials-death-pleads-guilty-to-murder/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton explores the bizarre case of Betsy Faria. When her husband discovers her body, the investigation takes a shocking turn, suggesting that the wrong person may have been convicted and uncovering something far more sinister at play.  Links: https://linktr.ee/intothedarkpod Rosenblum Schwarts Fry & Johnson - https://rsflawfirm.com/Firm-News/Russell-Faria-Acquitted-Of-Wife-s-Murder/  People - https://people.com/pam-hupp-charge-refiled-betsy-faria-stabbing-death-8384298  CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pamela-hupp-murder-case-refiled-missouri-tv-miniseries-the-thing-about-pam/  NBC5 - https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/investigations/pam-hupp-russ-faria/63-46e7c941-23ea-4b44-8e69-c75faf5f164a  https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/mugshot-pamela-pam-hupp-hearing/63-0e019daa-69f2-4b54-9a0d-7fd8373ffa9b  Oxygen - https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/murder-charges-refiled-against-pam-hupp-in-betsy-faria-case Fox 2 Now - https://fox2now.com/news/fox-files/why-pam-hupps-alleged-victims-are-okay-with-trial-delays/ Dateline - https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/full-episode-the-real-thing-about-pam-138028613927 https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-2-138029125656  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-3-138029637827  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-4-138029125815  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-5-138029125927  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-7-138032197843  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-8-138032709726  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-9-138031685707  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-10-138033733521  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-11-138033221569  https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-real-thing-about-pam-part-12-138033733659  St. Louis Post-Dispatch - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/russell-farias-wife-was-stabbed-55-times-but-was-he-the-killer/article_dd93f262-594e-5b88-b53f-097fc10033c8.html  The National Registry of Exonerations - https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4792  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Payton delves into the tragic case of Scott Callahan, a man who lost his life in a fatal exorcism performed by his own son. Links: https://linktr.ee/intothedarkpod Case Sources: Law & Crime - https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-who-allegedly-drowned-father-to-exorcise-demons-has-been-indicted-for-murder/  NBC Boston - https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/man-who-killed-father-trying-to-exorcise-his-demon-sentenced-to-prison/3358950/?amp=1  Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office - https://plymouthda.com/news/2024-press-releases/man-sentenced-to-state-prison-for-killing-his-father/  WCVB 5 - https://www.wcvb.com/article/duxbury-man-convicted-fathers-death-island-creek-pond/60608520 Boston.com - https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/04/13/trial-begins-for-duxbury-man-who-allegedly-drowned-his-father-as-part-of-exorcism/  WHDH News 2 Boston - https://whdh.com/news/duxbury-man-sentenced-for-drowning-death-of-father-in-2021/  https://whdh.com/news/teen-accused-of-murdering-father-in-duxbury-pond-in-attempt-to-exorcise-his-demons-due-back-in-court/  Duxbury Clipper - https://www.duxburyclipper.com/articles/verdict-awaits-in-callahan-case/ Huff Post - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/massachusetts-father-baptism-drowning-exorcism_n_662beacfe4b0ab66ede48d1a  Town of Duxbury Massachusetts - https://www.town.duxbury.ma.us/about-duxbury New York Post - https://nypost.com/2021/06/29/man-killed-father-in-pond-while-baptizing-him-prosecutors/ Daily Mail - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13323385/Mother-teen-drowned-dad-exorcism-style-killing-called-911-came-home-soaking-wet-clothes-claiming-father-missing.html  WTAP - https://www.wtap.com/2021/07/01/son-19-killed-father-during-exorcism-mass-pond-prosecutors-say/  The Boston Globe - https://www.newspapers.com/image/1064469363/?match=1&terms=%22Scott%20Callahan%22  https://www.newspapers.com/image/745611923/?match=1&terms=%22Scott%20Callahan%22  https://www.newspapers.com/image/745948172/?terms=%22Jack%20Callahan%22  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices