Episodes

We review key details along the timeline of 38-year-old Danielle Lopez, a missing NJ woman, on a camping trip to Brendan T. Byrne State Forest Campground in the Pine Barrens. We discuss the last-known Lopez sighting by a couple and their GoPro camera as she walked along Lost Lane, a dirt road in Pe…

We discuss the nine-part Netflix series, Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024), or Ryan Murphy’s spin on the oft-dramatized retelling of the 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home. We talk about this homoerotic iteration of the Menendez brothers, as the series…

We sift through the white powdery substance at the bottom of Lisa Bishop’s Coca-Cola can to find that her husband, 71-year-old, Alfred Ruf, in alleged connection with his stepdaughter from his wife’s previous marriage, and her female friend, were conspiring to incapacitate and/or kill Bishop for gr…

We discuss the three-part Netflix docuseries, American Nightmare (2024), about a 2015 home invasion and kidnapping. We parse the facts about the targeted couple, Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins, as their story seems stranger than fiction and perhaps might be another cliched version of Gone Girl.

We undress the facts of a homicide involving two elderly nudists in San Bernardino, California, whose remains were unearthed beneath their neighbor’s home in the Redlands. From bare ass to bare bones, we strip down all the details from raunch to ranch.

We discuss the newly released documentary, Wise Guy: David Chase & The Sopranos (2024), as it outlines Chase’s inspiration for the show and behind-the-scenes footage of Jersey’s most iconic and enduring mafiosos.

We discuss the pitfalls with your choice of toppings of impersonating a pizza delivery man and his attempt to defraud hungry customers and tourists in South Florida. We follow the trail of yeast, water, and flour to 55-year-old, Jose Marti-Alvarez, and his specious attempts to deliver raw pizza fro…

We watch and comparatively discuss American Murder: Laci Peterson, a 3-episode Netflix docuseries that revisits the infamous Scott and Laci Peterson case, since her murder in 2002, and the follow-up 3-episode Peacock docuseries, Face to Face with Scott Peterson, features new interviews with the con…

We discuss the firing of Brian Dansereau, a former employee at The Conjuring House, in Burrillville, RI. Owner Jacqueline Nunez claims the ghost of John Arnold, deceased since the 1800s, told her that Dansereau stole $3,000 from a cashbox. We cover death to dollars in this non-cents-ical he said, s…

We watch the seven-episode, Emmy-nominated, dramatic miniseries, Baby Reindeer (2024) and comment on stalking, shame, and the awkwardness of being human.

We reflect on our inaugural season of the podcast. In true Severed fashion, Harry digitally remasters our most classic f*ck ups.

We watch and discuss Ghost Nation’s “Evil in the Attic” episode filmed at Burn Brae Mansion. A secret room is revealed after the GN team reinvestigates the bed and breakfast five years later. We share our impressions of the investigation and alleged findings.

We investigate the mountainous beauty of the Catskills and the rural hamlet of Glen Spey, New York. We discuss the history of the land, and Burn Brae Mansion, which is home to creepy dolls, footsteps, voices, and purported paranormal activity lurking in the attic.

We journey back to Boxer Donuts in Nyack, New York, to pick up some sweet t-shirt merch. We then detour to Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow to chat with The Headless Horseman. Ride along with us!

We take a Sunday drive to The Ackley House in Nyack, New York, and further debrief about last week’s major episode that outlined the major claims of poltergeist activity. We stop at Boxer Donut & Espresso Bar for an iced coffee, fresh donuts, and to eavesdrop on Brooklyn bicyclists.

We briefly discuss pre- and post-Revolutionary War history in Nyack, New York, the location of the first legally haunted house in the United States. We dissect and discuss the Ackley family’s allegations of three poltergeists that coexisted with them in their Rockland County home, for over twenty y…

We discuss how The Keepers (2017) documentary frames the major figures involved in the case. We discuss updates on the case–exhumations to the collection of DNA evidence, and recent rape allegations against Father Gerry Koob.

Drew Hudson solo hosts and comparatively timelines and details Sister Cathy’s and Joyce Malecki’s deaths. Drew interpretively analyzes the late nun’s poem and letter to Father Gerry Koob which reveals a more intimate relationship between them. The episode ends with Drew naming two main suspects tha…

We discuss the sexual abuse allegations and lawsuit, brought by Lew H. Crispin III, three years after Rev. Canon Paul Wancura’s death, detailed in Episode 9.

In this #TBT episode, Prof. Caterine talks with us about American Catholicism, Catholic rituals, and exorcism and possession. We explore these connections to pop culture and the Netflix documentary, The Devil on Trial (2023)

We discuss the mysterious, unsolved case on Shelter Island, New York, involving a deceased priest, Rev. Canon Paul Wancura. Drew finds a prior case involving sexual abuse and murder, incorporates the psychology of island living or island mentality, and explores the purported home invasion crime to …

Harry Chambers solo hosts and gives an overview of the Satanic Panic era of the 70s and 80s. He highlights important moments and the role that heavy metal music played. Not to miss this talk about pop culture, movies, TV, daytime talk shows, and more.

Drew Hudson solo hosts on the Arne Johnson case (or The Devil on Trial documentary streaming on Netflix). Drew explores possession and what necessitates an exorcism, in general, and as it applied to 11-year-old David Glatzel, and his family, who firmly believed he was possessed. The conversation al…

In this episode, Harry Chambers and Drew Hudson discuss their thoughts and reactions to Butch DeFeo's prison interviews from 1994 and 2014.