Twisted Listers

This week, dear listeners, we are choosing some of our favorite cases from 2022 - either new true crime stories, or older cases with exciting new updates. These cases are the ones that caught out eye more than any others this year, and include developing stories, stories we've been waiting for a conclusion to (and are still waiting for) and the release of a man Cindy has been yelling is innocent f...

Hey Hey, Twisted Listeners! This week, we’re going with the thematic holiday topic of Mall Murders! Be careful when doing your Christmas shopping, because as these cases demonstrate, malls (and especially their parking lots) are treacherous. Featuring a truly monstrous, arcade-prowling killer couple, a mall parking lot attacker with a possible link to Israel Keyes, and a Christmas shopping trip th...

Hey there TL friends! This week we are getting into the holiday spirit by discussing murders that took place at everyone's favorite spot for holiday shopping: the mall! We have a killer couple who hunted in mall arcades, straight up murders in the mall, and so much more! They say consumerism kills, and in this case, the saying is quite literally true! So please have a great time shopping for your...

This week, we travel to the middle of the country, and cover murders of the Midwest! The Midwest may conjure up visions of wholesome families with white picket fences, but these cases are seriously shocking and horrific. Featuring a harrowing tale of survival in Wisconsin, an unsolved Iowa murder case with possible links to the Delphi murders, a very strange series of murders between hunters in Mi...

Happy December, Twisted Listers! We're kicking off this holiday month with a topic that has pretty much nothing to do with the holidays, but still somehow feels right: Midwest Murders! These murders are all over the map thematically, but in a very particular place cartographically. We have a classic story of a killer couple, a Delphi adjacent case, and even a story of survival, because we're all a...

This week, we’re turning to a familial topic to mark Thanksgiving and start of the holiday season - people who murdered their parents! Family dynamics can be dysfunctional and stressful, but several of these cases feature people who killed their parents for extremely stupid reasons. Featuring a kid who just REALLY likes Halo 3, some very intensely overbearing parents, and an unholy post-Thanksgivi...

Hello, Twisted Listeners! This week we're ringing in the holiday season with a topic we have circled many times, but never directly covered (which blows our minds, to be honest): kids who kill their parents! This is a wild topic, full of interesting, if not entirely horrific, cases, and we are jumping in with both feet! We have stories of spoiled kids being the absolute worst, a web of lies that s...

This week, to honor Native American Heritage Month, we are turning to the difficult and heavy - but important - topic of MMIW, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2 Spirits. These cases are super hard to talk about, but we want to continue to shine a light on these way-too-prevalent atrocities. Featuring a beautiful two-spirit person’s resilience in the face of bullying, a woman who...

Happy November, Twisted Listeners! In honor of this month's biggest holiday, we're covering a very important, serious, and horrible topic: missing and murdered Indigenous women. These stories are myriad - there are entire podcasts dedicated to them, and with good reason! Indigenous women are 10 times more likely to be murdered than any other group, and murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for...

Apologies for the late episode (and late post), but Diva is traveling this week! This week’s topic is especially brutal - we’re looking at people who were burned alive. Featuring a mysterious and mis-handled case that’s left people divided and confused, a victim who could testify at her own murder trial, and the mind-numbingly horrific murder of a promising young poker player. Buckle up, because t...

Hello there Twisted Listeners! This week is really, really brutal, because we are covering the topic of people who were burned to death. Diva chose this terrible topic and boy is it a rough one! Perhaps the worst reality of this topic is how many of the victims are women, and specifically, young women. In fact, every case we cover this week involved a young woman, and it's definitely thought provo...

Hey there Twisted Listers! As we conclude this year’s official spooky season, we continue with some of your regularly scheduled - and still horrifying - content. This week, we’re looking at the murders of witnesses and informants - victims who knew too much. Featuring an informant-involved drug sting gone terribly wrong, the death of a senator’s son, and the horrific murder of a young woman who au...

Happy Halloween, Twisted Listeners! Although this episode will be released on Halloween, we've said goodbye to our holiday themed lists and gone a little different direction this week. This week we decided to tackle the insanely frustrating topic of witnesses who were killed before they could or because they did testify. These cases will have you pulling your hair out, wondering why the police did...

As we near the culmination of spooky season, we turn to the blood-curdling subject of real-life vampires (the sequel)! Featuring a blood-drinking AND horned killer who may love Twilight, blood-infused protein shakes, and a notorious blood facial-loving countess. Grab some red wine or a bowl of tomato soup, and join us for these blood-soaked tales of horror. Stay off our lists, and steer clear of a...

Hey hey Twisted Listeners! We're back with more spooky/scary tales this week with our second round of Vampires! These people took their love of Anne Rice novels to the max, going as far as drinking their victim's blood, eating their brains, and other really questionable acts. From a horn adorned satan lover, to a 16th century Blood Countess with a penchant for blood facials, we've got a lot of wil...

This week we are covering a topic as Halloween-y as it gets - murders that happened ON Halloween (and one en route to a Halloween party). Featuring a possible wrongful conviction, a mind-blowingly angering stand-your-ground case, and a post-Halloween party family massacre. This Halloween, be careful on the way to your costume party, look suspiciously at your fellow costumed revelers - or maybe jus...

Hey Twisted Listeners! We're back with yet another spooky list, and this time we went all in with murders that happened (mostly) ON Halloween! This week, we look at people who really wanted to ruin the best holiday of their year with their ill timed murders, and boy are these stories horrible! We've got a blended family murder, a sort of mistaken identity murder, lots of party related killings, an...

Hey Twisted Listers! This week, join us as we keep soaking up the vibes of this spooky season with a tour of four of the most terrifying and notorious murder houses in the country! Featuring the site of a family’s gruesome murder turned into a tourist attraction, a hauntingly hoarded house of vintage housewares left behind after a murder, and a murder-filled mansion in the Hollywood Hills. This Ha...

We're back this week, and we're a mess! But we're here, and we're continuing with the Halloween love with a tour of some of the scariest murder houses around! Cindy keeps it local (LA forever, baby) while Diva goes not only beyond LA, but also back in time, to discuss some super scary unsolved mysteries! We have multiple cursed mansions, potentially murder suicides, family massacres, and more! So...

Diva may be traveling abroad on a business trip this week, but that’s not stopping us from bringing you even more spooktacular content. This week, we cover cases where killers donned Halloween costumes and/or masks to commit their crimes! Featuring a family annihilator with a terrifying mask, a wild love triangle, and a knock on the door from a killer clown. This spooky season, beware skull mask a...

Hello there Twisted Listeners! We're back with another Halloween themed list, and now that it's officially October, we're getting into the heavier stuff! This week we're looking at murderers who used costumes to disguise their devilish deeds (though none actually dressed up as devils, ironically). We have a killer clown potentially still on the loose (or at least not in prison for this murder), a...

This week we’re traveling to some spooky locales - the most cursed, and most murder-y hotels we could find! These hotels are not merely haunted, but also jam-packed with tales of gruesome murder and mysterious deaths. Featuring a legendary residence for LA’s most notorious serial killers, a cursed obsidian pyramid in the desert, and a less than sanitary hotel in New York City marred by a murderous...

Hello Twisted Listeners, and welcome to yet another spooky, scary list in honor of Halloween, but also in honor of Diva's imminent stay in an old, spooky hotel in Europe! This list is a bit of a departure for us, as we typically do deeper dives on cases, where this week we do more of a survey of all the crazy things that went down over the years at our spooky hotels of choice. Cindy keeps it Calif...

Happy Halloween Season, Twisted Listeners! The spooky times continue as we turn to the extra-scary topic of murders that inspired horror movies! Featuring a serial killer who just loves to confess to stuff, a terrifying killer of college students, disturbing finds in barrels, and a notorious murder of black metal. Join us as we talk about these gruesome murders, the horror movies that took them as...

This week, dear listeners, we're delving into a, dare we say, 'fun' topic? If not fun, then definitely on theme for a spooky Halloween tale - murders that inspired movies! Most of the movies inspired by these tales are horror movies, because of course they are, but some, like Snowtown, are horrifying in a much darker way. And that's not surprising, considering how horrific most of these murders ar...