I'm Heidi Wong, an artist, poet, and creator, and if you've seen my TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram, you'll know I'm obsessed with horror movies.

And every Monday on my new podcast from Crime House, Twisted Tales, I'll take you deep into the real-life events that inspired the world's most terrifying blockbusters and the ones too twisted to make it to screen.

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It's a typical day at the factory, though with not the best conditions.

Well, except for the administration of the

place, they get air-conditioned offices while the rest, around 650 production workers, get to be on the

loud floor. It's hot and poorly ventilated. Now, they make shoes for one of the largest

companies in the area, primarily for export and everything for milling,

sewing, assembly, and packing are done on site. But unfortunately, for the production workers,

things are about to get worse. Because whispers around the factory were speaking of bizarre

behavior in the assembly and sewing departments.

Behavior, they said, that was caused by spirit possession.

Workers would suddenly gain abnormal strength and they would become hysterical, and others would

have to hold them down, and it would spread to the rest.

They would scream, convulse, and loose consciousness in large groups all at once.

But it wouldn't end there.

These events started occurring in other places in Malaysia, in rural schools and hostels with

all similar occurrences.

But all of them involved women, and with some cases happening in recent years.

What was going on?

Today we're going to be exploring one of the most bizarre cases of mass spiritual possession in Malaysia.

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