Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong

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.

Episodes

The Real-Life Tusk: True Crimes Too Disturbing for Film

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. Head over to our Twisted Tales YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios If you’re new h...
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Crime House Best of 2025 - MISSING: The Martin Family from Clues with Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore

January 3, 2026 • 71 mins
Happy New Year! This year across Crime House, we released over 600 episodes. While we are proud of all of them, one episode rose above the rest and was voted on as Crime House’s Best Episode of 2025. It’s the case of the missing Martin Family, from Clues with Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore.  This episode takes us back to December 1958. The Martin Family was as picture-perfect as they come during the holidays: Santa suits, candy c...
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The Japanese Legends That Inspired The Grudge

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. Head over to our Twisted Tales YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Twisted Tales to never miss a case!...
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The Real Haunted Hotels That Inspired Stephen King’s 1408

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. Head over to our Twisted Tales YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios ...
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Final Destination: Premonitions of Real Disasters

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. Head over to our Twisted Tales YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@...
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The True Folklore Behind Midsommar

December 8, 2025 • 27 mins
A Swedish legend of dancing with the devil. A medieval plague that made people dance to death. And a modern town haunted by a phantom attacker. Heidi Wong uncovers how real cases of hysteria, ritual, and belief inspired Midsommar and prove that madness spreads faster than any curse. Head over to our Twisted Tales YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios If you’re new here, don’t forget t...
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The Real Cult That Inspired The Sacrament

December 1, 2025 • 30 mins
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. Head over to our Twisted Tales YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@crimehousestudios If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Twisted Tales to never mi...
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Thanksgiving Bonus: The Witch’s Curse That Led to Murder | From Crimes Of

November 27, 2025 • 52 mins
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 t...
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The Substance: Real Cases of Glamour-Gone-Wrong

November 24, 2025 • 32 mins
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. Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. D...
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The Real Doomed Camping Trip Behind Friday the 13th

November 17, 2025 • 32 mins
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. Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Don’t Miss out o...
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Jordan Peele’s Us: True Deadly Doppelgänger Cases

November 10, 2025 • 31 mins
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 specializ...
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HORROR: The Real Possessions Behind The Exorcist

November 3, 2025 • 30 mins
Step beyond the screen and into the real-life terror behind The Conjuring Universe. Heidi explores the Perron family’s decade-long haunting in a Rhode Island farmhouse and the sinister origins of Annabelle the Doll. From ghostly apparitions to demonic encounters, these true horror stories prove that reality can be far scarier than fiction. Episode Sponsor: Step into the holiday season with layers made to feel good, look polishe...
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HORROR: The Legends Behind The Ring and The Hills Have Eyes

October 27, 2025 • 25 mins
A servant murdered and thrown into a castle well. A ghost story that cursed generations. And a family of cannibals who devoured travelers in the night. Heidi uncovers the folklore of Okiku and Sawney Beane, the true stories that inspired Ringu, The Ring, and Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes. Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Don’t Mis...
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HORROR: The Dark Truths of American Horror Story: Coven

October 20, 2025 • 31 mins
The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. A sadistic aristocrat with a torture chamber. And a crazed killer with an axe. Heidi uncovers the real stories of Marie Laveau, Madame LaLaurie, and the Axeman of New Orleans: the real people that inspired American Horror Story: Coven. Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Don’t Miss out on all things Twis...
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HORROR: The Real Hauntings Behind The Shining and The Amityville Horror

October 13, 2025 • 28 mins
A luxury hotel in the Colorado mountains where ghostly music still echoes. A quiet Long Island home where six family members were murdered in their sleep. Heidi uncovers the chilling true stories of the Stanley Hotel and 112 Ocean Avenue: the real-life terrors that inspired The Shining and The Amityville Horror. Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Listen wherever you get your...
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HORROR: True Events That Inspired The Conjuring

October 6, 2025 • 27 mins
The farmhouse in Rhode Island. The malevolent spirit that tormented a family for years. And Annabelle, a doll possessed by a demon. Heidi uncovers the true stories behind the Conjuring universe that are far darker than Hollywood could ever show. Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Don’t Miss out on all things Twisted Tales YouTube:...
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New Podcast: Twisted Tales!

September 10, 2025 • 1 min
Paranormal obsessive Heidi Wong takes you beyond the movies and into the shadows. Twisted Tales unearths the TRUE stories behind the world’s most terrifying horror films. Stories of haunted dolls, cursed houses, and real-life nightmares too twisted for Hollywood to touch. These aren’t just legends. They happened.Some stories are stranger than fiction. These are darker.New episodes every Monday. Twisted Tales is a Crime House Origin...
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