PODCAST · true crime
Bent and Twisted
by NuWave Community Media
Weekly tellings of true morbid tales with JR, J & Khadijah over exquisite drinks, fine cannabis products, & sidebars of questionable good taste. That’s right, cold cases, gruesome murders, mysterious disappearances, bizarre anomalies, grim disasters, and nightmarish historical events. If it’s bent and twisted, it’s on the menu. Join JR, J and Khadijah - and an occasional guest - on the other side of the creaking door as they relax by a cozy fire and share true tales of terror and the terrible. And, sometimes, just truly terrible tales. Misery loves company - and this company loves quality spirits and fine smoke. So, join the crew, toke up, share a drink and a smile with us while we ponder the worst things in the world. *Visit us on Twitter @BentPodcast for all the creepy, crimey photos & details for every single episode.* Subscribe & Follow And check out our parent broadcaster: JMarc Media Network www.
Episodes
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34 - See No Evil: The Henry/Ives Murders
Episode 34 In the small hours of August 23, 1987, 16-year-old Don Henry and 17-year-old Kevin Ives set out together for a late night hunting trip with a pocketful of weed and a rifle. Just a few hours later, the two would be seen reclining on a railroad track mere seconds before they were mangled...
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33 - Theodore Coneys: The Sneaky Sneaky Spider Man
On October 17, 1941, 73 year-old Philip Peters was discovered bludgeoned to death in his home on West Moncrieff Place in Denver, Colorado, in what would turn out to be one of the most bizarre locked-door mysteries in the annals of American true crime. Rumors of strange sounds, and ominous…
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32 - Juana Barraza Samperio: The Deadly Dance of La Mataviejitas
In this chilling episode of Bent and Twisted, hosts JR and Khadijah buckle up for a bone-chilling ride as Jay unfolds the haunting tale of Juana Dayanara Barraza Samperio, better known as La Mataviejitas – a notorious Mexican serial killer and former professional wrestler. Known for her brutal…
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31 - Charles Dingle: An Evening At Herbie's Bar and Grill
In April of 1983, Charles Dingle took himself out to Queens to paint the town red. He was a dissatisfied nobody from Brooklyn with a pathological inability to read a room; he had 99 problems, and that was just two of them. A series of criminally idiotic decisions combined with poor social skills…
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30-Leonarda Cianciulli: The Trouble With Bubbles
Venture through the creaking door if you dare. In this episode, JR relates the batsh*t beliefs of a devoted mother who loved her children to a fault. Welcome to northern Italy, 1939. Under the fascist stylings of Mussolini, the nation teeters on the brink of war. Leonarda Cianciulli is a humble...
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29-Mack Edwards: The Good Neighbor
Mack Edwards was a hard working man; a veteran, husband, father, and a solid member of the block. Those who knew him personally considered him a trusted friend and neighbor, a decent family man, and pillar of the community. He was also a cold and sadistic child predator who enjoyed nothing better...
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28-Gram Parsons: Ride Or Die
In this eerie episode of Bent and Twisted, Jay leads us on a journey into the bizarre death and supernatural encounters of music legend Gram Parsons. Discover the mysteries surrounding Gram's demise in Joshua Tree, California, and the spine-chilling afterlife experiences that continue to haunt...
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27-Jimmy Rode: Maniac
MANIAC Adolph James (“Jimmy”) Rode was a walking nightmare - a Florida creeper who prowled through homes as people slept, blissfully unaware that a predator was within striking distance. Preferring familiar territory, this monster began preying upon his own neighbors at a young age. He had a…
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26-Enriqueta Marti: Vampiress of Barcelona
In 1912, in the Catalonian region of Spain, the search for one poor, missing, toddler led to the downfall of a notorious procuress and revealed her shocking and methodical depravity to the world. Enriqueta Marti began life as a simple country girl who migrated to the big city to work as a maid in...
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24-Fred & Rose West: Family Oriented
When Rose Letts met Fred West in a quiet corner of England in 1969, it was as if gasoline met fire. They had more than a little in common, and those fascinations would fuse them - heart and soul; too bad neither of them had either. The almost preternaturally ordinary appearance of this…
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25-Rhonda Wisto: The Puppet Master
In late 2010, a middle aged methamphetamine aficionado in a SoCal trailer park believed herself to be approaching the pinnacle of her career as a self-made cartel queen. In her estimation, she possessed the brains of Walter White, the strategic savvy of Teresa “La Reina del Pacifico” Beltran, and...
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23-Dennis Nilsen: Pompous Predator
Between 1978 and 1983 self-obsessed loner, Dennis Nilsen, lured young men to his North London apartments before throttling or drowning them and indulging in a phantasmagorically tragic sexual ritual. His victims were posthumously subjected to an extended fetishized reverence before being disposed...
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22-Phillip Jablonsky: Pen Pal From Hell
Phillip Carl Jablonski was a heartless, soulless individual who fed off of the women who tried to help him. Never a person of privilege, he still wrangled light sentences for heinous crimes, time off for good behavior while in captivity, and seemingly endless mercy delivered to him via post from...
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21-Dead & Deader
Halloween greetings from Bent & Twisted. We invite you to accompany us on a dark journey into history as we present you with another double-bill - a little treat we call Dead & Deader - an homage of sorts to those pesky expired folks that can't seem to stay in the ground. The brews are frosty…
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20-Marcus Wesson: God, the Father
Marcus Wesson: God, the Father In March of 2004, after a brief standoff with police, Marcus Wesson surrendered and was taken into custody. First responders on the scene were greeted with utter carnage inside the Wesson family home - ground zero for the worst mass murder in Fresno, California. In...
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19-Ghost Ships & Ship of Ghosts, a nautical special
Ahoy! Yes, we've been away - and we've missed y'all. Good news, we're baaaack. And guess what? You are cordially invited aboard for a special nautical-themed double feature. Come on in, the water's fine! "Ghost Ships" may sound like the stuff of legend and lore, eerie stories of distant times…
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18-No-Kill Shelter - The Hart Family Murders
In 2008, Jennifer & Sarah Hart became proud adoptive parents to six beautiful, young children. A decade later, in 2018, they would all die horrifically at the bottom of a cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway. Not all of them were victims, though. The family first came to public attention in 2014...
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17-Miracles & Murder: The Solar Temple
In October of 1994, the body of a three month old infant was recovered in a quiet section of Quebec. Believed to be the Antichrist, the child had been stabbed multiple times with a wooden stake in a ritualistic murder. The young woman who killed him believed she had immaculately conceived and...
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16-The Talking Dead: Teresita Basa
Allan Showery was arrested for mercilessly stabbing a 48 year-old woman to death in her apartment, pouring accelerant over her body and lighting her on fire in a botched attempt at concealing the crime. His accuser was the dead woman herself, speaking through the lips of a possessed woman with no...
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15 - The Wrath of God: Theriault's Ant Hill Kids
In late 1970s Montreal, Canada, self-ordained voice of God, Roch Theriault, convinced about a dozen lost souls that the end of the world was nigh and their only hope of salvation was to follow their new messiah deep into the wilderness where they would live off-grid until the Rapture....
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14 - 44 Days of Hell on Earth- Junko Furuta
In November of 1988 a 17 year-old Japanese high school student and factory worker named Junko Furuta would leave work for home and never make it. Her brief commute would become a nightmare lasting more than a month and would become notorious around the world - not only for the monstrous brutality...
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13 - Beaver Shots & Brutality: Luka Magnotta
In May of 2012, Luka Magnotta filmed himself committing a grisly murder and defiling his victim’s body in the most ghastly ways possible. This wasn’t just for his own viewing pleasure; he wanted to share this demented deed with the world…an unfortunate habit of his. In fact, his previous “short...
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12 - A Ghoul in Shepherd's Clothing, Part 2
We conclude our super twisted tale of self-professed Florida ghoul, Gerard John Schaefer Jr. - a putrescent stain of mediocrity who failed upward into positions of public trust. Cloaked as an honorable civil servant of the common good, Schaefer viciously preyed upon the free spirits of Fort...
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11 - A Ghoul in Shepherd's Clothing - Part 1
Gerard John Schaefer Jr. considered himself a “ghoul” and he wasn’t wrong. Considered by some to be the “first serial killer in Florida” and described by Colin Wilson as having “halitosis of the soul,” he was a vile, manipulative, disgusting monster capable of unimaginable crimes. He was also...
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10 - The Dark Side of Togetherness: Family Annihilators
Home is where the heart is…It’s also where the gun is kept. In 1950s Indiana, newlywed Opal Collins isn’t exactly meshing with her new in-laws... Too bad they all live in the same house. Two decades later, devout Christian, John List, will make the ultimate sacrifice for his family…or rather of…
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9 - A Hunger Never Satisfied
In the late 16th century, a French child ate his parents out of house and home before taking his show on the road with a troupe of performers - his talent was eating everything set in front of him. It wasn’t an act, though. It was an overpowering & mysterious compulsion. Tarrare became a medical...
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8 - Whisky, Sodomy, Arson & Murder: The Story of Carl Panzram
Charles Carl Panzram referred to himself as ‘Reformer of Mankind’ - reforming them from living to dead. He claimed his personal motto was the eloquent refrain: “Rob ‘em all, rape ‘em all, and kill ‘em all.” Only the crustiest of men had nothing to fear from this six-foot tower of testosterone and...
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7 - Danny LaPlante: Nightmare On Elm Street
Two young daughters of a recently widowed man in Townsend, Massachusetts found themselves witness to supernatural energies and bizarre and frightening occurrences. Something seemed to be reaching out to them from the Beyond. The Andrews family had no idea they were about to live through the...
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6 - So Much Evidence, No Suspects in Sight Part 2
We return to the sad story of the Miyazawa murders. This case is still unsolved, despite every kind of clue being found. *Visit us on Twitter @BentPodcast for all the creepy, crimey photos & details.* Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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5 - So Much Evidence, No Suspects in Sight Part 1
Today we will hear the sad story of the Miyazawa murders. This case is still unsolved, despite every kind of clue being found. *Visit us on Twitter @BentPodcast for all the creepy, crimey photos & details.* Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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4 - Phillipa Mdluli's Swaziland Diner
“What’s on the Menu at Phillipa Mdluli’s Diner?” Take a brief look online for Phillipa Mdluli and you’ll see that she was accused of the unthinkable. But did she really...? Get ready to jump down the bunny hole and find yourself in a twisting warren full of bad luck, body parts and the screams of...
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3 - Karl Tanzler & His Corpse Bride
Karl Tanzler’s mad obsession with an image in a dream destroyed his marriage & his relationships with his children. It led him from Europe to S Florida and resulted in his ingratiating himself into the lives of a terminally ill young woman and her family. His fascination did not end with her…
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2 - Vlad: Impaler or Lovable Scamp?
Venture beyond the creaking door and join us by the fire for cocktails & cannabis as J tells us the true story behind the legend of Vlad the Impaler. Judge for yourself whether he was a bloodthirsty psychopath in need of a therapist and some quality meds or just a misunderstood but lovable...
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1 - Spooky Spook Spook Extravaganza
We have three spooky late-for-Halloween stories for you. JR tells us the creepy tale of the missing girl in the bunny costume - Cindy Song. Khadijah vajazzles us with the horrifying story of Samantha Payne and the people she thought were her friends. And J regales us with a lookback on the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Weekly tellings of true morbid tales with JR, J & Khadijah over exquisite drinks, fine cannabis products, & sidebars of questionable good taste.
That’s right, cold cases, gruesome murders, mysterious disappearances, bizarre anomalies, grim disasters, and nightmarish historical events. If it’s bent and twisted, it’s on the menu.
Join JR, J and Khadijah - and an occasional guest - on the other side of the creaking door as they relax by a cozy fire and share true tales of terror and the terrible. And, sometimes, just truly terrible tales. Misery loves company - and this company loves quality spirits and fine smoke.
So, join the crew, toke up, share a drink and a smile with us while we ponder the worst things in the world.
*Visit us on Twitter @BentPodcast for all the creepy, crimey photos & details for every single episode.*
Subscribe & Follow
And check out our parent broadcaster: JMarc Media Network www.
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Weekly tellings of true morbid tales with JR, J & Khadijah over exquisite drinks, fine cannabis products, & sidebars of questionable good taste. That’s right, cold cases, gruesome murders, mysterious disappearances, bizarre anomalies, grim disasters, and nightmarish historical events. If it’s bent...
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