Every Monday, poet and paranormal obsessive Heidi Wong unearths the chilling true stories behind the world's most terrifying legends. From the real stories behind horror movies to the creepiest corners of the internet, be ready to experience terror like never before. New episodes every Monday.Twisted Tales is a Crime House Original, powered by PAVE Studios. Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
What this show covers
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What listeners will find here
The real-life terror that helped shape Ghostface
This episode traces the true-crime roots behind Scream’s Ghostface, linking Danny Rolling’s brutal attacks to the confession that later sparked Kevin Williamson’s screenplay. It blends serial killer history with horror-movie origin story in a darker Halloween listen.
Celebrities tell their own paranormal encounters in first-person
Celebrity Ghost Stories centers on real-life paranormal encounters shared by celebrities in their own first-person narratives. The episode introduces an A&E original podcast featuring actors, musicians, and athletes describing ghosts, haunted homes, spells, and other unexplained experiences.
A Halloween detour into a double shooting with no clear motive
Two brothers are gunned down after checking on their night cleaning crew, leaving detectives racing to understand why before the killers strike again. This episode brings The First 48’s pressure-cooker investigation style into a haunting seasonal takeover.
How real serial killers shaped a horror icon and modern profiling
This episode looks at Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, Gary Heidnik, and Jerry Brudos, whose crimes altered public understanding of serial killers. It also connects their cases to one of horror’s most chilling characters and to changes in how law enforcement tracks violent offenders.
How one eerie yellow room became the internet’s sprawling Backrooms myth
The Backrooms episode traces how a single 2018 image on 4chan grew into a massive online horror universe. It follows the jump from anonymous post to collaborative mythology, global fandom, and even a feature film deal tied to a teenage filmmaker.
