A leader worshiped as a god. A paradise built on lies. And a thousand followers led to their deaths. Heidi Wong reveals how Jim Jones’s Jonestown became one of history’s deadliest cults — and how its horrors were mirrored in Ti West’s The Sacrament.
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Thanksgiving Bonus: The Witch’s Curse That Led to Murder | From Crimes Of
Happy Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for each and everyone of you who has been listening to and supporting Twisted Tales. As a Thanksgiving treat, we have an extra drop from another Crime House show you’ll love called Crimes Of.
In this episode, Crimes Of hosts, Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien take us back to 1928, when three men killed a Pennsylvania farmer they thought was a witch. What followed was one of the most bizarre trials in American history. They uncover the true story of The Hex Hollow Murder: a real-life horror fueled by fear, folklore, and witchcraft.
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The Substance: Real Cases of Glamour-Gone-Wrong
A bodybuilder who murdered for love. A beauty influencer killed for her fame. And a countess who bathed in blood to stay young. Heidi Wong uncovers the terrifying true stories of obsession, vanity, and violence that mirror the nightmare of The Substance: where the pursuit of perfection turns deadly.
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The Real Doomed Camping Trip Behind Friday the 13th
A lakeside camping trip ends in blood. A quiet cabin becomes a house of horrors. And the killers were never caught. Heidi Wong tells the real stories that inspired Friday the 13th and The Strangers: the true tales of isolation, fear, and murder that haunt horror’s most famous cabins.
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Jordan Peele’s Us: True Deadly Doppelgänger Cases
A vanished child returns as a stranger. A beauty blogger’s twin becomes her killer. A man’s life is stolen by his lookalike. Heidi Wong exposes the real doppelgänger cases that turned myth into murder, and inspired Jordan Peele’s Us, where the scariest enemy is your own reflection.Episode Sponsor:Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/TWISTED #rulapod #sponsored
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Reality is the real horror.
Every Monday, poet and paranormal obsessive Heidi Wong unearths the chilling true stories behind the world’s most terrifying legends. From haunted dolls to cursed houses, each episode of Twisted Tales reveals the disturbing real-life events that inspired horror’s biggest blockbusters and the ones too twisted to make it to screen.
Some stories are stranger than fiction. These are darker. New episodes every Monday. Twisted Tales is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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