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.

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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.

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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 trials in American history. They uncover the true story of The Hex Hollow Murder: a real-life horror fueled by fear, folklore, and witchcraft.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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