Episodes 16
Avg. Duration 1h
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.6 (930)
Since Dec 2024
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Monthly
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Episodic
Consistency
37%
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About This Podcast

They say the Devil’s in the details, but when conspiracies captivate our imaginations, we often overlook the real devils walking among us. From the creators of the hit podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill comes a new show, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, which takes you back to the Satanic Panic that gripped America in the 1980s and 90s. This limited series explores how hysteria gripped parents and teens through cautionary tales like Go Ask Alice, influenced notorious criminal cases like the West Memphis Three, and catapulted the political agenda of the Moral Majority. Join as we seek to understand how this wave of panic devastated innocent lives and diverted the church’s attention from the evil lurking in its own pews.

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BONUS: Amanda Knox on the Satanic Panic and Wrongful Convictions

Dec 11, 2025 1h 2m Bonus

In our final bonus episode, Mike Cosper and Rebekah Sebastian talk with exoneree, producer, author, podcaster, and advocate Amanda Knox. Amanda was a 20-year-old American student in Perugia in 2007…

BONUS: Survivors & Abuse Continued - Rachel Denhollander on Faith and Accountability

Nov 13, 2025 59m Bonus

In this bonus episode, Mike Cosper sits down with attorney and advocate Rachel Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. Together, they discuss what it really…

BONUS: Chris Lane and Matt Martens on the WM3 & Criminal Justice System

Aug 27, 2025 1h 6m Bonus

Mike Cosper and Rebekah Sebastian sit down with Chris Lane, District Attorney of Floyd County, Indiana, and Matt Martens, a Washington, D.C. defense attorney and author of Reforming Criminal Justice:…

BONUS: Adam Kinzinger on January 6 & Conspiracy Thinking

Jul 29, 2025 45m Bonus

In this bonus episode of The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Mike Cosper sits down with former Congressman Adam Kinzinger for an intimate and wide-ranging conversation about January 6th, conspiracy…

BONUS: What Does It Mean to Believe Survivors? In Conversation with Mary DeMuth and Colleen Ramser

Jul 14, 2025 42m Bonus

In this bonus episode of Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, we explore one of the most difficult and essential topics raised in season 1: abuse. Joined by guests Colleen Ramser and Mary DeMuth, we discuss…

S1 BONUS: Livestream Q&A with Mike Cosper, Matthew D. Taylor, and Robert Downen

Jun 09, 2025 54m Bonus

Season One may be wrapped—but the story isn’t over. In this bonus episode of The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, we bring you a dynamic conversation between two returning guests—Matthew D. Taylor and…

Forgetting What Happened

May 21, 2025 1h 54m

Stay tuned to the end for news from Mike Cosper and Rebekah Sebastian on upcoming Bonus episodes! In the finale of Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, we try to do the impossible: tie the threads together.…

The Spell Breaks

May 05, 2025 58m

As we approach the end of the series, we learn that the Satanic Panic didn’t end with a bang. It was more of a slow fade-out. The Religious Right had secured major political and cultural victories.…

Joke's On Us

Apr 22, 2025 43m

Remember Mike Warnke, the world’s #1 Christian comedian from Episode 3? We’ll revisit his story with a little fact-checking, but first, we introduce you to another infamous figure of the Satanic…

S1 BONUS: Deep Dive with Mike Cosper: Q&A + Best of DDBS Live Streams

Apr 15, 2025 1h 17m Bonus

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea team is on spring break, so we’re taking this opportunity to bring you something a little different. In this interview with show creator and host Mike Cosper, we…

Hell's Bells

Mar 25, 2025 1h 24m

Do you hear what I hear? Backmasking. From the Beatles to Led Zeppelin, rumors of hidden, subversive messages in popular music sent Christians into a frenzy. Backmasking wasn’t just a recording…

S1E4 Remembering What Never Happened

Mar 11, 2025 49m

In today’s episode, we’re exploring how fear and false memories motivated us to believe stories that were horrific yet too compelling to check. It started with Jay’s Journal, where Beatrice Sparks…

S1E3 The Witchmobile

Feb 26, 2025 1h 2m

August 8, 1974—Richard Nixon resigns. The country watches as the law-and-order president falls under the weight of his own corruption, leaving behind a legacy of paranoia, scandal, and a crisis of…

S1E2 Runaway Girls, Runaway Fears

Feb 10, 2025 1h 13m

The 1960s promised a revolution—civil rights, moon landings, peace, love, and rock and roll. But it also brought riots, rising drug use, and missing kids. By decade’s end, American parents weren’t…

S1E1 The Devil Went Down To Arkansas

Jan 28, 2025 1h

On the face of it, TLC’s show about the Duggar family and Damien Echols, one of the infamous West Memphis Three, seem to have little in common. But what if we told you that both stories, which begin…

S1 Trailer - Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Dec 13, 2024 2m

They say the Devil’s in the details, but when conspiracies captivate our imaginations, we often overlook the real devils walking among us.From the creators of the hit podcast The Rise and Fall of…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Devil and the Deep Blue Sea have?

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea has published 16 episodes since December 2024, covering topics in Christianity, Documentary.

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Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h.

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