Introducing a chilling new podcast: TWISTED TALES WITH HEIDI WONG

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

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. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Listen here: https://link.podtrac.com/listentotwistedtales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.7	Ask yourself what's scarier, a nightmare, or the truth that inspired it.
0:05.5	Hey everyone, it's Alexis.
0:07.5	With spooky season upon us, I'm thrilled to introduce to you a new podcast you're going to love.
0:13.3	Twisted Tales, hosted by artist, poet, creator, and horror queen, Heidi Wong.
0:19.7	Every Monday, Heidi takes you deep into the true stories behind horror's biggest legends,
0:25.1	from haunted dolls to cursed houses.
0:27.9	Each episode of Twisted Tales is perfect for late night scares and daytime frights,
0:33.9	revealing the disturbing, real-life events that inspired the world's most terrifying blockbusters
0:39.3	and the ones too twisted to make it to screen.
0:42.7	Some stories are stranger than fiction.
0:45.1	These are darker.
0:47.0	I'm excited to share a special preview with you now.
0:50.0	If you like what you hear, follow Twisted Tales with Heidi Wong on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen, so you can get even more.
1:00.1	We'll also include a link to the show in the description of this episode.
1:03.6	And remember, reality is the real horror.
1:10.1	This... This is Crimehouse.
1:21.1	An old farmhouse with dark secrets, a doll that attacks you in your sleep.
1:27.2	If you love horror movies, this might sound
1:29.3	familiar, but behind the films, it's all too real. Welcome to Twisted Tales, a crimehouse
1:35.7	original. I'm Heidi Wong. I'm an artist, poet, and creator, and if you've seen my TikTok,
1:41.2	YouTube, or Instagram, you'll know I'm obsessed with horror movies,
1:44.8	watching them, writing about them, talking about them,
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