Do Not Turn on the Lights
High Strange
Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's Payne. If you like true crime or you like comedy podcasts, then I have the perfect show for you. |
| 0:08.9 | It's called Wisecrack, a new podcast series from Tinderfoot that's truly a first of its kind. |
| 0:14.4 | Wisecrack blends stand-up comedy with a very real investigative true crime. |
| 0:19.8 | Wisecrack follows the comedian Ed Hedges. |
| 0:22.8 | Ed experienced the scariest and most traumatic night of his entire life. |
| 0:27.8 | Two people were brutally murdered, and then the killer shows up to Ed's house. |
| 0:33.2 | This night was extremely traumatic, and as a way to process it, |
| 0:37.0 | he turned the entire story into a stand-up comedy set, and as a way to process it, he turned the entire story |
| 0:38.2 | into a stand-up comedy set. And when a TV crime producer stumbles upon his quirky yet creepy |
| 0:44.0 | performance, it did more than just get a few laughs. It sparked a years-long investigation, |
| 0:49.4 | forcing him to deal with the truth behind the tragedy. Wisecrack is out now, and I promise you you don't want to miss it. |
| 0:56.5 | Part comedy special, part true crime documentary. |
| 0:59.7 | Check out this trailer, and while you listen, search Wisecrack on your podcast app to follow the show. |
| 1:07.7 | Please welcome to the stage, Ed Hedges. |
| 1:15.4 | Thank you. Please welcome to the stage, Ed Hedges. My name is Ed. Everyone say hello, Ed. |
| 1:18.8 | I'm 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. |
| 1:29.3 | Ed Hedges, a slender, floppy-haired up-and-comer stands on the stage. |
| 1:34.8 | He was captivating and quirky and had the audience eating out of his hand. |
| 1:40.6 | And then the whole night took a turn. |
| 1:51.0 | Music And then the whole night took a turn. On the 22nd of July 2015, |
| 1:54.0 | I woke up to that noise coming from my front door. |
| 1:59.0 | It was the loudest thing I've ever heard in my life. |
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