Introducing Wisecrack

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 (00:02):
Hey, this is Matt, host of le manstre If you're
fascinated by bizarre circumstances and true crime, then I have
a show for you. It's called Wisecrack, and it'll take
you down a very odd, terrifying, and strangely hilarious road.
Wisecrack follows comedian Ed Hedges, a bully kid who returned
to his hometown as a rising comic to perform a

(00:24):
charity gig. But the laughter gave way to 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,

(00:46):
it did more than get a few laughs. It sparked
a year's long investigation, forcing Ed to deal with the
truth behind the tragedy. PARK comedy special part true crime documentary.
Wisecrack is available now. Check out This Trainaylor and Why
You Listen. Search Wisecrack in your podcast to have to
follow the show.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Please welcome to the stage, Ed Hedges. My name is
Ed everyone says 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 (01:28):
Ed Hedges, a slender, floppy haired up and comer stands
on the stage. He was captivating and quirky and have
the audience eating out of his hand. And then the
whole night took a turn.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
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. She is terrified, and

(02:13):
she says, whatever you do, do not turn on the lights.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
Quess into the death of a woman and a man.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
The lifeless body slumped on the sofa and covered in
her own congealed. He also repeatedly stabbed and caused a
fatal head injur.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
At least day forty one stab wounds to the head,
neck and torso, plus fourteen blunt force injuries and defensive wounds.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Or 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 (02:57):
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 (03:16):
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 (03:28):
From Tenderfoot TV. This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen for
free on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you
get your podcasts.