Do Not Turn On the Lights

What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? Answer: Wisecrack— a 6-part limited series where true crime and stand up comedy take center stage. Available now from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts. Check out this trailer, and search Wisecrack in your podcast app to follow the show.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Kyle Here, host of Crook County. If you like true
crime or comedy podcasts, then I have a show for you.
It's called Wisecrack, and it's a first of its kind
series that blends stand up comedy with investigative true crime.
Pretty cool. Wisecrack follows comedian Ed Hedges, a bullied kid
who returned to his hometown as a rising comic to
perform a charity gig. But the laughter gave way to

(00:22):
fear when two people were brutally murdered just hours after
his performance. Then the killer showed up at Ed's house.
Ed processed the tragedy through comedy, weaving the scariest night
of his life into a shocking stand up set, and
when a TV crime producer stumbled upon his quirky yet
creepy performance, it did more than get a few laughs.
It sparked a year's long investigation, forcing Ed to deal

(00:44):
with the truth behind the tragedy. Part comedy special, part
true crime documentary. Wisecrack is available now. Check out this trailer,
and while you listen, search Wisecrack in your podcast app
to follow the show.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
Please welcome to the stage, Ed Hedges. My name is Ed.
Everyone said hello, Ed from a very rural background myself.
My dad is a farmer and my mom is a cousin,
so like it's not like not loads going on.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Ed Hedges, a slender, floppy haired up and comer stands
on the stage. He was captivating and quirky and had
the audience eating out of his hand. And then the
whole night took a turn.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
On the twenty second of July twenty fifteen, I woke
up to that noise coming from my front door. That
was the loudest thing I've ever heard in my life.
And at the end of my bed, staring out of
my window there is someone standing cheers, horrified, and she says,

(02:05):
whatever you do, do not turn on the lights.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Quessened the death of a woman and a man.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
The lifeless body slumped on the sofa and covered in
her own congealed. He also repeatedly stabbed and caused a
fatal head injur at.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Least day forty one stab wounds to the head, neck
and torso, plus fourteen blunt force injuries and defensive wounds.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Well twenty second of July twenty fifteen, between eleven and
twelve o'clock at night, twenty three year old man had
killed his family and then he came to my house.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
I was shocked and so was the audience. This can't
be true, but I had to find out more. The
mystery would take me to a small village outside of
London and the murders. They didn't stop there.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
Does anyone know what show they've come to see? Well,
it's a story and it's about the scariest night of
my life.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
From Tenderfoot TV. This is wisecrack available now. Listen for
free on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you
get your podcasts.