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Pretty Evil is an independently produced podcast built around careful research, thoughtful storytelling, and a genuine curiosity about human behavior. Each episode takes hours of reading, source review, writing, recording, and editing to produce. The goal isn’t to sensationalize the people or events we cover, but to look more closely at the psychological, social, and cultural forces shaping them. Your support helps make the time, research, production, and bonus content behind the show possible.
“The research notes are where the story really lives. We collect everything — court transcripts, historical psychology reports, and clinical evaluations. Our patrons get the missing link.”
How Pretty Evil Is Made
Independent by Design
Pretty Evil is built around the story first. Any sponsorships or partnerships we accept have to fit the show without compromising its tone, pacing, or editorial independence.
Research Before Interpretation
Jess spends up to 10 hours researching each episode, working through reporting, historical sources, court records, and other relevant material before drawing connections to human behavior. Pretty Evil explores psychological ideas and behavioral patterns, but does not diagnose the people it covers.
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Listener support helps fund the time, tools, production, and research efforts behind the podcast, along with bonus content like Pretty Evil After Dark and other supporter-only material.
Patron Exclusives & Benefits
Pretty Evil After Dark
Our exclusive companion show. Jess and Matt unpack the cases in an unscripted, raw format directly following core episodes, focusing on personal theories, cultural side-notes, and additional content and insight that didn't make it into the episode.
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The Case-File Archive
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You could have kept walking. Instead, you stopped to see what was going on.
Bystanders get access to the part of Pretty Evil that happens after the scripted episode ends.
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