DEVIL'S TEETH

Beginning in Summer 1972, several young New Jersey women vanish while hitchhiking. All are later found dead in the woods miles away from home - and some of their bodies are allegedly found surrounded by strange and occult objects.

Some locals fear a serial killer is on the loose. Others say a Satanic cult is to blame. Whispers of a police cover-up permeate the air.

What really happened?

Join author and Weird NJ correspondent Jesse P. Pollack as he chronicles a strange series of cold cases that still haunt the Garden State to this very day.

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Episodes

Episode 12 - Conclusions

A meeting with a killer draws the series to a close.

Sep 19, 2022•31 min

Episode 11 - Revelations

Jeannette's unsolved murder seems doomed to obscurity until an independent magazine begins receiving anonymous letters about her thirty years later.

Apr 01, 2022•51 min

Episode 10 - The People vs. Otto Neil Nilson

Finally, after nearly a year, Otto Neil Nilson stands trial for the murder of Joan Kramer in July 1975. Could these proceedings provide answers regarding the death of Jeannette DePalma? Read more in "Death on the Devil's Teeth" by Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran. Follow us @devilsteethpod on Twitter.

Oct 20, 2020•34 min

Episode 9 - The Diary

Shortly after Jeannette DePalma's body was discovered, her parents brought a mysterious diary to her best friend's home, looking for answers. Now, 47 years later, the DEVIL'S TEETH podcast has discovered the book's origin. Read more in "Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey". Follow us on Twitter @devilsteethpod

Aug 28, 2019•8 min

Episode 8 - The Reports

Thanks to her family, Jeannette DePalma's autopsy report and an FBI crime lab report have been made available to the DEVIL'S TEETH podcast. In this episode, we examine the results in these reports. Read more in "Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey". Follow us on Twitter @devilsteethpod

Aug 24, 2019•15 min

Episode 7 - His Name Was Gregg Sanders

Just as the shock of Jeannette DePalma's death finally begins to fade from her community's collective consciousness, one of her old neighbors creeps up behind his parents with an axe and achieves infamy. Read more in "Death on the Devil's Teeth" by Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran. Follow us @devilsteethpod on Twitter.

Jan 08, 2019•23 min

Episode 6 - The Accountant

Local gossip reveals the person who killed Jeannette DePalma and Joan Kramer may have started killing as early as 1966 - and all signs point to one man. Read more in "Death on the Devil's Teeth" by Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran. Follow us @devilsteethpod on Twitter.

May 16, 2018•19 min

Episode 5 - Joan

Suburban New Jersey begins to panic when another young woman disappears only one week after Jeannette DePalma vanished. While most investigators are ignorant of the obvious connections between the two victims, a few begin to connect the dots. Read more in "Death on the Devil's Teeth" by Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran. Follow us @devilsteethpod on Twitter.

Nov 19, 2017•14 min

Episode 4 - August 7, 1972

Jeannette DePalma's final day on Earth is examined and the first suspect in her murder is revealed.

May 27, 2017•29 min

Episode 3 - The Girl on the Mountain

Jeannette DePalma's friends and family can't seem to agree on who she really was - especially when the higher-ups at her Evangelical Christian church begin to interject.

Oct 29, 2016•19 min

Episode 2 - Strange Days

Jeannette DePalma's autopsy yields no answers and a wave of Satanic Panic hits suburban New Jersey when newspapers begin blaming the teenager's death on murderous cult members. Read more in "Death on the Devil's Teeth" by Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran.

Jan 16, 2016•18 min

Episode 1 - September 1972

A dog roaming the woods brings home a decomposed human arm, leading investigators to discover the body of a missing teenage girl. This episode profiles two police officers and a doctor who became forever linked to one of America's most bizarre cold cases one morning in September 1972.

Dec 21, 2015•12 min

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