Latest John zaffis Podcast Episodes

Confronting the Scream of the Ancient Beast

Hostage to the Devil - November 02, 2023 16:00 - 46 minutes
Send us a Text Message. We had regular visitor Robert Marro back on the show talking about his ambitions to write a new book on his close friend Malachi Martin. Here is what he had to say:  "I was a very close friend of Malachi for the last decade of his life until his untimely death on July 2...

Inside Sharon Rectory Part 4

Hostage to the Devil - September 29, 2023 17:00 - 34 seconds
Send us a Text Message. Having chatted to Emma on a previous episode we decided to take her up on her invitation to the Rectory and we thought we'd bring you along. PODCAST HERE Built in 1775 as a Church of Ireland rectory, Sharon Rectory was the site of a gruesome double-murder in 1797 when...

Inside Sharon Rectory Part 3

Hostage to the Devil - September 22, 2023 17:00 - 34 seconds
Send us a Text Message. Having chatted to Emma on a previous episode we decided to take her up on her invitation to the Rectory and we thought we'd bring you along. PODCAST HERE Built in 1775 as a Church of Ireland rectory, Sharon Rectory was the site of a gruesome double-murder in 1797 when ...

Inside Sharon Rectory Part 2

Hostage to the Devil - September 15, 2023 17:00 - 35 seconds
Send us a Text Message. Having chatted to Emma on a previous episode we decided to take her up on her invitation to the Rectory and we thought we'd bring you along. PODCAST HERE Built in 1775 as a Church of Ireland rectory, Sharon Rectory was the site of a gruesome double-murder in 1797 when ...

Inside Sharon Rectory Part 1

Hostage to the Devil - September 08, 2023 17:00 - 46 seconds
Send us a Text Message. Having chatted to Emma on a previous episode we decided to take her up on her invitation to the Rectory and we thought we'd bring you along. PODCAST HERE Built in 1775 as a Church of Ireland rectory, Sharon Rectory was the site of a gruesome double-murder in 1797 when ...

Devil Take the Hindmost

Hostage to the Devil - February 08, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Author Michael Anthony Gagliardi talks about his survival for 12 plus years with a demonically possessed Mother, who terrorized the family, neighbours and authorities in a small northern town in Ontario Canada from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Useful Links Devil Tak...

MK-Ultra to Demonology

Hostage to the Devil - January 17, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour
Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Marty talks to Duncan O'Finioan about his experience in the highly classified MK-ULTRA programme named PROJECT TALENT. From a thousand others trained as child warriors in 1966, he is now, he believes, only one of a handful left alive to tell the story.  ...

The Haunting of Sharon Rectory

Hostage to the Devil - December 26, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Marty talks to Emma Louise Tully about her book 'The Haunting of Sharon Rectory' which is based on the author’s 22-year diary of her paranormal experiences since moving into the property in the 1990s.  Emma shares intriguing insights into the eerie occurrences and the n...

Windswept House

Hostage to the Devil - December 23, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour
Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Marty talks to Robert Marro about his thoughts on Malachi Martin's controversial Windswept House: A Vatican Novel (1996). Windswept House describes a satanic ritual - the enthronement of Lucifer - taking place at Saint-Paul's Chapel inside Vatican City,...

Series 2 Announcement

Hostage to the Devil - July 31, 2021 17:00 - 1 minute
Send us a Text Message. Series 2 is coming soon and thanks for everybody's patience. In this series, we'll be covering MK ULTRA, Windswept House, the death of Father Kunz, Demonic Possession and Hauntings along with several special guests! Music by Andrew Simon McAllister. Podcast produced by...

Demonic Investigations with Tony and Dan

Hostage to the Devil - December 22, 2020 13:00 - 54 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Marty catches up with Tony Spera and Dan Rivera, lead investigators at the New England Centre for Psychic Research in Connecticut, who talk about their favourite demonic cases and plans for the future. Tony also shares favourite memories of his famous in-laws- Ed and Lor...

The Devil Within

Hostage to the Devil - October 31, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes
Send us a Text Message. During the second lockdown, Marty catches up with Laurene and Jimmy, two contributors to the 'Hostage to the Devil' documentary. They both talk about the impact that the film's release had on their own lives and feelings towards making the second chapter 'The Devil Withi...

Son of Sam

Hostage to the Devil - September 18, 2020 09:00 - 19 minutes
Send us a Text Message. In Episode 4, Marty digs out a 2016 interview with Robert Marro, who discusses an apparent meeting between Malachi Martin and Serial Killer David Berkowitz in the late 1970s. We also hear from Steve Fishman, a contributing editor for New York Magazine about his four-hour...

Death & Conspiracy

Hostage to the Devil - August 13, 2020 18:00 - 39 minutes
Send us a Text Message. In Episode 3, Marty delves more into the death, funeral and burial of Malachi Martin as well as touching on a handful of conspiracy theories surrounding the man. Music by Andrew Simon McAllister. Podcast produced by Causeway Pictures & Scattered Images. Support the Show.

Principal Photography and Netflix

Hostage to the Devil - July 28, 2020 23:00 - 24 minutes
Send us a Text Message. In Episode 2, Marty talks us through the principal photography of the film in the USA, post-production in Ireland, the film festival screening in London and its worldwide Netflix deal. Music by Andrew Simon McAllister. Podcast produced by Causeway Pictures & Scattered Im...

Beginning & Development of a Passion Project

Hostage to the Devil - July 14, 2020 17:00 - 29 minutes
Send us a Text Message. In Episode 1, we are introduced to Marty, the Co-Writer and Director of his 'Hostage to the Devil' documentary about Malachi Martin. He explains the main reasons for starting the podcast and maps out his journey from the start of the filmmaking process through to the tea...