The Devil's Ledger - Week of September 28th, 2026

THE DEVIL'S LEDGER

Week of September 28, 2026

Fall has officially arrived, playoff baseball is back, and apparently Mother Nature decided the Northeast needed to celebrate with a violent nor'easter.

This week on The Devil's Ledger, Branden sends some love to everyone currently getting battered by wind, rain and coastal flooding—and finally answers a question some of us have somehow avoided asking our entire lives: What the hell actually is a nor'easter?

Then we head into considerably darker territory.

THE CREEPIEST THING I HEARD THIS WEEK: THE MOSQUITO

Brazilian authorities say they've captured Jorlan Lopes da Silva, a suspected serial killer nicknamed “Mosquito” because of his thin, frail build.

Police accuse da Silva of involvement in sixteen murders around Mulungu in northeastern Brazil. Investigators say he evaded capture by disappearing into dense vegetation and living in makeshift camps hidden in the wilderness. But it's the bizarre circumstances of his arrest that elevate this one into Creepiest Thing territory: when police finally cornered him after a two-day pursuit, da Silva was reportedly wearing a dress, wig and painted fingernails—and carrying an unrelated baby in his arms.

THIS WEEK ON THE DEVIL WITHIN: GUSTAVE

The New Monsters has come to an end, which means we're returning to something considerably more familiar:

Serial killers.

Sort of.