Twist Of Fate Radio

The Boy Who Played a Broom

Before the sold-out concerts, screaming crowds, and international fame, he was a poor boy in Seattle pretending that a broom was a guitar.

A five-dollar instrument, an unexpected second chance, and one life-changing encounter would eventually place him on the path to becoming one of the most influential musicians in history. But his rise was almost as brief as it was extraordinary.

In this episode of Twis...

In 1943, actress Agnes Moorehead entered a CBS studio and delivered a performance that would become one of the most celebrated moments in radio history.

With little more than a microphone, a telephone and the power of her voice, she held listeners captive as a woman slowly discovered that the murder she had overheard being planned was her own.

Before she became known as Endora on Bewitched, Moorehead had already worked alongside Or...

In 1776, an American captain facing capture threw his ship’s records into the Atlantic—but chose to save three papers. One of them was a rare early printing of the Declaration of Independence.

Captured by the British, mislabeled as “another paper,” and forgotten in naval archives for nearly 250 years, the document resurfaced just before America’s 250th anniversary.

This is the remarkable true story of ...

Inside a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, a young American officer found an unexpected way to fight despair.

With no proper tools, no quality wood, and almost nothing to work with, he began building a violin from scraps gathered inside the camp. Bed slats, table legs, broken glass, and salvaged glue slowly became an instrument that would bring music back to men surrounded by barbed wire.

Decades later, that handmade...

A college student walked out of the Florida State University library with a few borrowed books in his backpack, never imagining they were about to become the reason he survived.

In this episode of Twist of Fate Radio, we tell the true story of Jason Derfuss, a student who escaped the 2014 FSU library shooting without realizing a bullet had struck the backpack he was carrying. It was only later that he discovered the impossible deta...

Before the Booth name became forever tied to one of the darkest moments in American history, another Booth made a very different choice.

Years before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, famous actor Edwin Booth stood on a crowded train platform when he saw a young man fall into danger beside a moving train. Acting quickly, Booth grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back to safety.

Only later did he learn who he had saved: Robert ...

Before children could line up in shopping malls to meet Santa Claus, Santa mostly lived in stories, drawings, and Christmas Eve imagination.

Then, in 1890, a store owner in Brockton, Massachusetts named James Edgar put on a Santa suit — and accidentally helped create one of America’s most beloved Christmas traditions.

Known as “Colonel Jim,” Edgar was playful, generous, and loved making children smile. What ...

In 1938, a young British stockbroker planned to go skiing.

Instead, one message from a friend sent him to Prague, where frightened families were searching for any way to get their children out before war closed in.

He had no official power. No army. No organization behind him.

But he had determination, a pen, a stack of forms, and th...

Before he became one of the most iconic names in baseball, Joe DiMaggio was a fisherman’s son in San Francisco, expected to follow his father onto the water.

But there was one problem.

He hated fishing.

The boats made him sick. The smell of fish turned his stomach. And in a hardworking immigrant family, that refusal looked like...

In 1859, a ruined businessman walked into a newspaper office and declared himself Emperor of the United States.

Most people would have been laughed into obscurity.

Instead… an entire city embraced him.

Restaurants fed him for free. Police officers saluted him in the streets. Newspapers printed his royal decrees. And for more than twenty years, San Francisco treated Joshua Norton as its beloved emperor.

But beneath the strang...

She wasn’t an activist. She wasn’t planning to change the world.

She was just driving through California… until something made her stop.

What she saw that day would lead to one of the longest and most unforgettable protests in history—high above the ground, in a place most people would never dare to go.

What started as a short-term stand became a 738-day fight against time, isolation, and relentless pressur...

A stolen bike. A frustrated twelve-year-old. And a moment that could have gone in a very different direction.

In 1954, a young boy in Louisville, Kentucky, walked out of a local event to find his brand-new bicycle missing. What happened next didn’t just change his day—it changed the course of his life.

In this episode of Twist of Fate Radio, discover how one small moment of loss led to a decision that would shape one of...

What are the odds of winning the lottery?

Now… what are the odds of winning it twice?

In this episode of Twist of Fate Radio, we tell the true story of a woman whose ordinary routine led to something extraordinary—not once, but two separate times. With odds stacked impossibly high, her story isn’t about strategy or luck systems… but about a simple habit that never stopped.

Two drawings. Two jackpots. One l...

A teenage girl disappears without a trace while walking home in broad daylight. No witnesses. No evidence. Just a growing search effort and a family desperate for answers.

As days pass, hope begins to fade.

But miles away, hidden beneath the ground in a place no one would think to look, she’s still alive—waiting for a chance.

That chance comes in the form of a single moment… and a phone.

What happens next will tu...

Sometimes, the biggest voice in music… is the one you’ve never heard.

Before he ever stepped into the spotlight, Ernest was already shaping the sound of modern country music—writing hit songs for some of the biggest names in the industry.

From collaborations with Morgan Wallen to songs recorded by Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, and Florida Georgia Line, his words have been streamed billions of times worldwide.

But his j...

During a national energy crisis in Brazil, millions of families were left in the dark—literally.

For those living in small homes with little natural light, losing power didn’t just mean inconvenience. It meant entire days spent in darkness.

But one man saw something different.

When sunlight hit a simple plastic bottle filled with water, it didn’t just pass through—it transformed the room. That moment of obse...

At 16, she signed a record deal that launched her career. By 29, she discovered the songs that made her a global superstar… no longer belonged to her.

When her master recordings were sold without her, the industry told her to move on. Fans would never abandon the originals. Re-recording her own music? A risk not worth taking.

But she took it anyway.

In this episode of Twist of Fate Radio, discover how one artist turned a dev...

What happens when the life’s work you’ve dedicated decades to… suddenly becomes personal?

In this episode of Twist of Fate Radio, a physician turned pharmaceutical researcher helps develop the first treatment for a rare and deadly heart disease—only to discover her own father has it.

A story of timing, awareness, and a breakthrough that came just when it was needed most.

Sometimes, the work we do for the wo...