Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong
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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April 20, 2026 • 29 mins
An exclusive society hidden in the woods. Brides trapped inside powerful institutions. And a king who killed for an heir. As the next chapter of Ready or Not approaches, Heidi Wong explores the real-world forces that shaped the story: elite rituals, royal dynasties, Henry VIII’s doomed queens, and centuries-old demon lore tied to wealth and power.
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April 13, 2026 • 27 mins
A man who hunted the wealthy and the vulnerable. A serial predator who evaded justice for decades. And a public murder that ignited a feminist movement.
Heidi Wong explores the real history of violence in South Korea: examining the Raincoat Killer, the Hwaseong murders, the Gangnam Station attack, and how these crimes shaped a brutal meditation on revenge: I Saw the Devil.
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April 6, 2026 • 27 mins
A cult that raised children to obey without question. A bloodline marked by mental illness. And a legacy of suicide that refused to end. Heidi Wong uncovers the real stories of generational trauma, spiritual manipulation, and inherited suffering that reveal how “family curses” are built, and how those horrors echo through Ari Aster’s Hereditary.
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April 1, 2026 • 29 mins
Serial killers. Unsolved murders. Investigations that gripped America. If you think you know these cases, think again.
America's Most Infamous Crimes is a Crime House original hosted by Katie Ring. Each week, we go deep on one of the most notorious true-crime cases in American history. Not the quick recap version, but the full story told across multiple episodes every Tuesday through Thursday.
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March 30, 2026 • 31 mins
It started as a story online.
A troubled teenager. A violent transformation. A character that felt just real enough to stick in your head long after you stopped reading.
Ticci Toby became one of the defining figures of early internet horror: part of a wave of creepypastas that spread through forums, YouTube, and late-night scrolling sessions.
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March 23, 2026 • 22 mins
What would happen if someone stayed awake for fifteen days?
In this episode of Twisted Tales, Heidi Wong explores three legendary Creepypastas about science experiments that spiral into nightmare territory.
From the infamous Russian Sleep Experiment to disturbing stories about sensory deprivation and immortality research, these internet horror legends blur the line between fiction and reality.
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March 16, 2026 • 28 mins
A daughter tortured in the name of faith. A school overtaken by mass possession. And an online “game” blamed for real deaths. Heidi Wong explores the real-world events behind Incantation: examining shared psychosis, cultural possession, the Blue Whale panic, and how belief can override logic, medicine, and reality itself.
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March 9, 2026 • 24 mins
Hidden tunnels beneath familiar streets. Stories of powerful men operating in secret. And a myth that refuses to disappear. Heidi Wong reveals the true origins of underground city legends, conspiracy theories, and the fear that civilization is built on something we’re not supposed to see.
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March 2, 2026 • 32 mins
A monster born in the Himalayas. A legend created on an internet forum. And violence sparked by belief alone. Heidi Wong uncovers the true stories behind The Empty Man: from ancient tulpa lore and occult thought-forms to Slender Man, online mythmaking, and the real-world stabbing that proved belief can turn fiction into reality.
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February 23, 2026 • 30 mins
A killer who watched from the windows. A town students were too afraid to walk through. And a franchise born from real terror. Heidi Wong tells the true origin of Scream’s Ghostface: from Danny Rolling’s brutal attacks to the confession that later ignited Kevin Williamson’s iconic screenplay.
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February 16, 2026 • 28 mins
A nuclear blast disguised as a meteor. A room that reads your mind. And three men who saved the world underwater. Heidi Wong dives into the real events and films that shaped Annihilation from the secret of the Kyshtym disaster to the Chernobyl divers who saved the world underwater.
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February 9, 2026 • 29 mins
A town where people vanish without a trace. A pilot stalked by lights no one else could see. And a sky filled with secrets that defy explanation. Heidi Wong uncovers the true stories behind The Fourth Kind: from Nome’s disappearances and the Alaska Triangle to the JAL 1628 UFO encounter, owl lore, HAARP conspiracies, and the legend of Alaska’s Dark Pyramid.
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February 2, 2026 • 29 mins
A gravedigger and chef who stewed a man’s body. A husband who disposed of his wife through culinary skill. And a celebrated caterer who killed for money.Heidi Wong reveals the true crimes that mirror The Menu: the shocking cases of Philippe Schneider, David Viens, Stephen Port, and Nancy Brophy, proving that some chefs take their craft far too far.
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A family built on blood money. A curse born in a colonial basement. And a mansion that swallowed its sins. Heidi Wong uncovers everything from the real family history behind Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” to the Sackler family that inspired Mike Flanagan’s modern retelling.
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January 19, 2026 • 28 mins
A town cursed by murder. A fire that’s been burning for 60 years. And a community swallowed by the earth. Heidi Wong uncovers the true story behind Silent Hill: the Pennsylvania mining town of Centralia, where greed, tragedy, and flame turned reality into a nightmare.
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January 12, 2026 • 29 mins
A filmmaker haunted by his family’s past. A doll that mirrored a tragedy. And a story born from grief, faith, and fear. Heidi Wong explores the real inspirations behind Osgood Perkins’s Longlegs: from Anthony Perkins’s hidden legacy to the JonBenét Ramsey “My Twinn” doll and the dark folklore of sympathetic magic.
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January 5, 2026 • 30 mins
A killer who turned skin into furniture. A journalist murdered for a story. And a podcaster killed by her biggest fan. Heidi Wong uncovers the real stories behind Kevin Smith’s Tusk, from Ed Gein’s skin suits to Kim Wall’s submarine murder and Zohreh Sadeghi’s tragic death, where obsession turned fatal.
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December 29, 2025 • 27 mins
A curse born in blood. A spirit fueled by rage. And three ghosts who never rest. Heidi Wong uncovers the real Japanese ghost stories behind The Grudge and Ju-On — from Okiku’s haunted well to Oiwa’s poisoned face and Otsuyu’s deadly lantern.
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December 22, 2025 • 30 mins
A woman found dead at a seaside resort. A man murdered in a locked hotel room. And two ghosts who never checked out. Heidi Wong uncovers the terrifying true stories behind Stephen King’s 1408: from Kate Morgan’s haunted room at the Hotel del Coronado to the unsolved killing of Artemus Ogletree at the Hotel President.
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December 15, 2025 • 26 mins
A writer who predicted the Titanic disaster. A child who dreamed of her own death. And a president haunted by a vision of his own funeral. Heidi Wong uncovers the chilling true stories from the Titanic premonition to the Aberfan disaster and Abraham Lincoln’s prophetic dream that prove Final Destination might not be fiction after all.
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