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 from the actual Roman’s Pizzeria in Miami Springs, Florida.

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 convicted murderer.

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, she said, the ghost said drama.

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 years, before failing to disclose the hauntings to a prospective buyer. This established the GhostBusters Ruling case in 1991, and changed the course of real estate disclosure laws in New York state.

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 that may have been primarily or tangentially involved in Sister Cathy’s death.

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 Rev. Wancura’s death.

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 also considers the parasitic relationship of Ed and Lorraine Warren on the Glatzels, and the murder of Alan Bono for which Arne Johnson stood trial in October 1981.