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This week, we turn to the fascinating and frustrating topic of false confessions. It’s hard to imagine confessing to a murder you didn’t commit, and incredibly infuriating to follow how corrupt investigators build entire cases based on these shaky statements. Featuring a case that rocked the peaceful island nation of Iceland, an unassuming deckhand who fell under suspicion, and a teen unfairly sus...

This week, dear listeners, we're diving into a topic that is the epitome of pathetic - killers who can't even murder in an original way. That's right, these horrible humans are not only totally evil, they are also completely uncreative and have to steal the murderous MO's of other killers, riding their horrific coattails into infamy. The only redeeming part of these cases is the fact that most of...

This week, we turn to the fascinating and frustrating topic of false confessions. It’s hard to imagine confessing to a murder you didn’t commit, and incredibly infuriating to follow how corrupt investigators build entire cases based on these shaky statements. Featuring a case that rocked the peaceful island nation of Iceland, an unassuming deckhand who fell under suspicion, and a teen unfairly sus...

This week, Twisted Listeners, we take a look at a few infuriating cases of false confessions. Of all the topics we've covered, few have had so many stories to choose from, which was both fun for research, and upsetting to know so many people got to prison for no reason at all, sometimes for their entire lives.  These cases range from vindicating to infuriating, with a little bit of everything in b...

This week, we turn to a group of very shitty people who thought their beliefs were worthy of being immortalized in the form of a manifesto. Featuring a man with a vendetta against the LAPD, a notorious serial killer who left a very dweeby last message, and a killer couple who mistakenly thought they were the real-life Joker and Harley Quinn. Join us as we make fun of the ridiculous thoughts that t...

Sometimes, Twisted Listers, on top of being murderous evil doers, certain killers are also absolutely the biggest dorks on the planet. This week, we celebrate that by covering cases of murderers with horrible, silly, sad, and weird manifestos. Israel Keyes' pathetic poetry will be put on blast, as well as some AI inspiring copy and paste action from the Virginia Tech shooter. Plus, we will discuss...

This week, we’re looking at the topic of shocking confessions - cases that were forever changed by witnesses or perpetrators coming forward with devastating testimonies. Featuring a shocking avian witness, believable eyewitness testimonies getting ignored by investigators, a case that lays bare America’s systemic racism, and a bonus trucker serial killer. We hope that like the witnesses in these c...

This week, we're looking at a strange phenomenon in the true crime world: shocking confessions! We started out with witness testimony, but realized there are a lot of murderers who love to talk about their crimes, even going as far as pulling a "Big Ed" and turning themselves in! These cases cover a many with extra body parts in his pockets, a witness who did the right thing and learned a lesson,...

After a week away, we’re back with an iconic true crime topic: serial killer truckers. It’s no secret that the trucking occupation lends itself to murdering and making a quick escape on the highway, so these itinerant drivers make up a good chunk of the gnarliest serial killers around. Featuring a brutal killer who stalked the Pacific Northwest, a German trucker who likes hair a little too much, a...

We're back this week, dear twisted listeners, with a classic topic we are shocked we've never covered: killer truckers! This profession is a favorite among serial killers, and with good reason - it's hard to track them, they can pray on the vulnerable, and they have plenty of time alone, where nobody can say they weren't working. It's a pretty scary thought, and these cases really show prove that,...

This week, we’ve turned to the haunting and fascinating topic of murder convictions with no body - a circumstance so rare that it used to be legally prohibited in some places. These cases feature twists and turns of rare - good - detective work, as it’s not easy to bring a suspect to justice without a body. Featuring the appearance of a mysterious puppy, a man who disposed of his wife’s body in an...

This week, we're covering cases involving a striking lack of evidence: murders without bodies! These cases all end in what we would call a satisfying conclusion, with the bad guy behind bars, but the interesting part is how these people came to be convicted of a murder that couldn't fully be proven. How can you be sure a murder took place if there's no body? In some of these cases, it's pretty obv...

The second half of this list is so much worse than the first, mostly because both victims are truly innocent and somehow ended up as part of a weird web of lies and jealousy. In both cases, we have an abusive husband, wife without a way out, and an unsuspecting 'lover' who doesn't even realize they're about to pay the ultimate price simply for looking for love! It's a twisted two tales this time a...

This week we're doing what we do best: taking a fun, cute holiday, and making it all about murder! We're focusing once again on Valentine's Day by discussing cases where cheaters (or sometimes, their unsuspecting lovers) paid the ultimate price for their infidelity. It's a clusterf*ck in the truest sense of the word, and in every case, it ends in tragedy that has us asking over and over, why not j...

This week, we’re getting in the romantic Valentine’s season, but with a dark and sinister twist - murders motivated by unrequited love. While the strange feelings that some of these killers embody can hardly be called “love,” it definitely led them to feel broken-hearted in their own sick, stupid ways. Featuring a deadly love triangle, a family massacre inspired by an unrequited crush, and a shock...

This week, we're getting themey again with murder inspired by the Valentine's Day holiday. In true TL fasion, we couldn't possibly celebrate with happy tales, so instead we turned to murder, as always. These stories are of incel baby men who simply cannot take no for an answer, and as such, do horrible, terrible things to people who absolutely do not deserve it whatsoever. These stories are frustr...

This week we delve into cases from around the world, lest we forget that terrible tales exist outside of the US. These stories are not only horrifying, but so often preventable, and really show the lack of action by those meant to protect us, not only here, but also abroad. Police in many countries fail to do the work necessary to keep their citizens safe, and these cases showcase just what happen...

This week, dear listeners, we are travelling the world over in search of the worst killers from around the globe. Rather than stick mostly to cases from our home country of the US, we are attempting to spread our wings as a reminder to ourselves and you, lovely listeners, that horrific murders happen the world over. We have cases from Russia, South Africa, South Korea, and Brazil, so truly a smatt...

This week, we turn to the angering and controversial topic of killers who were let out of prison, only to kill again! Featuring a man deemed too old to kill, a killer who massacred families, and a terrifying serial killer freed from Texas’s death row. Join us as we scream at these frustrating, preventable murders, and the wild decisions handed down by our justice system. Stay safe out there, twist...

This week, Cindy chose a topic sure to anger many, especially those in favor of the death penalty: murderers who were released, only to murder again! This topic is wild, and highlights a crazy disparity within our justice system, wherein some offender, for one reason or another, keep getting released from prison, even after murdering someone, often in brutal and horrific ways. These offenders then...

This week, Diva’s back and your favorite twisted duo are tackling the topic of 2023’s gnarliest murders! Featuring a poisonous mushroom lunch, two horrific family massacres, and a young woman killed for an angering, ridiculous reason. Join us as we journey through this sinister year in review, and reflect back on some of the most horrifying stories to emerge in the world of true crime. These crime...

Diva is back, everybody, and to celebrate her triumphant return, we are covering the most horrific cases of violence perpetrated in the year 2023. We figure it's not too late to do a horrific version of a 'year in review', and boy are these cases doozies! We have at least two digusting mass murders, a random act of violence so stupid it will make you pull your hair out, and so much more! So tune i...

To finish off her time podcasting solo, Cindy chose a really wild, weird, and honestly sad story of one of the first real cases of Catfishing online. This story involved a whole case of characters, but mainly revolves around two young men who live in Manchester, England, and who strike up an unlikely friendship due to their online interactions. We don't want to spoil anything, so we'll leave it at...

Rayna Rison was a fun, popular teenager living in La Porte, Indiana with her mother, father, and younger sister when she went missing in March of 1993. Her seemingly normal life is torn apart by detectives desperate for answers, and when Rayna's body is found a month after going missing, the mystery surrounding her death only deepens. It takes over 25 years for Rayna's family to find the answers t...

Happy New Year, Twisted Listeners! Let's try a different approach: Mary Yoder wsa a healthy, successful 60 year old woman happily married to the man of her dreams for nearly 40 years, when suddenly, she feel ill and died - all within 48 hours. Suddenly, everyone close to Mary is a suspect, and the perfect life she spent so many years cultivating comes crashing down around her family and friends, a...