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Twisted Mysteries

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Twisted Mysteries is your late-night descent into the dark.

From chilling true crime and unsolved disappearances to paranormal encounters and the unexplained, each episode unravels stories that are strange, sinister, and impossible to ignore. Hosted my Justinn, this is immersive storytelling for those drawn to the shadows.

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#27
September 28 · 13 min
Ep. 27 The Green Run
In 1949, the U.S. government secretly released the largest single dose of radioactive iodine in Hanford's history over Washington and Oregon — and classified it for 37 years. This episode traces the Cold War panic that caused it, exactly where it happened along Highway 240, and the decades-long fight for accountability that followed. #Hanford #GreenRun #TrueCrime #PacificNorthwest SOURCED REFERENCES - U.S. Department of Energy, "The Green Run" (Hanford.gov / energy.gov article, updated 2023) - National Park Service, Manhattan Project National Historical Park — "The Green Run" - Eastern Washington University Archives, "The Green Run" exhibit, Hanford Nuclear Historic Park Stories - Wikipedia, "Green Run" (cross-check only — verify against primary sources above before recording) - Hanford Health Information Network / Technical Steering Panel, Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project (NCBI Bookshelf) - Associated Press via KOMO News, "Massive Hanford downwinders case is closing" - Grist.org, coverage of 9th Circuit downwinders appeal - Undark / Cancer Health, book review of "The Hanford Plaintiffs" by Trisha Pritikin - Atomic Heritage Foundation / National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, "Hanford Downwinders' Struggle for Justice" - Washington State Route 240 / Hanford Site geography: Wikipedia, WSDOT route descriptions, AARoads guide
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#26
September 21 · 12 min
Ep. 26 A Town Gone Mad
In August 1951, the town of Pont-Saint-Esprit, France was overtaken by a wave of hallucinations, delirium, and death. This episode walks through the outbreak, the investigation, and the theories that still compete to explain it. Sources listed below. 1. Gabbai, Lisbonne & Pourquier, "Ergot Poisoning at Pont St. Esprit," British Medical Journal, 15 Sept 1951, 2(4732):650-651. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2069953 2. Steven L. Kaplan, Le Pain Maudit: Retour sur la France des années oubliées, 1945-1958 (Fayard, 2008). 3. Hank P. Albarelli Jr., A Terrible Mistake (2009). 4. Mike Thomson, "Pont-Saint-Esprit poisoning: Did the CIA spread LSD?", BBC News, 23 Aug 2010. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-10996838 5. Christophe Josset, "Did the CIA poison a French town with LSD?", France 24, 11 Mar 2010. 6. Mental Floss, "When the French Village of Pont-Saint-Esprit Went Temporarily Mad," 2018. 7. John G. Fuller, The Day of St. Anthony's Fire (1968). 8. Wikipedia, "1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning."
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September 14 · 8 min
Ep. 25 The Legend of Wally
There's a legend in northeastern Oregon that's been told for well over a hundred years: something lives in Wallowa Lake, and it isn't a fish. In this episode, we trace the full story of Wally, the Wallowa Lake Monster — starting with the Nez Perce origin legend of Wahluna and Tlesca, through the first documented sighting in 1885, decades of eyewitness reports into the 1940s, 50s, and 80s, and the scientific theories (sturgeon, surviving plesiosaurs, oversized crustaceans) that still haven't closed the book on what people are seeing in that lake. Sources for this episode: 1. Cryptid Wiki (Fandom) — "Wallowa Lake Monster" — https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wallowa_Lake_Monster 2. Creatures Unknown podcast, Episode 39: "Wallowa Lake Monster" — iHeart — https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-creatures-unknown-178712913/episode/episode-39-wallowa-lake-monster-273910861/ 3. Oregon Genealogy — "Wallowa Lake Monster, Wallowa County, Oregon" (historical account) — https://www.oregongenealogy.com/wallowa/womack/monster.htm 4. Mythical Encyclopedia — "Wallowa Lake Monster" — https://mythicalencyclopedia.com/wallowa-lake-monster/ 5. The Pine Barrens Institute — "Cryptid Profile: Big Wally" — https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/18/quick-cryptid-snippet-big-wally-aka-the-wallowa-lake-monster 6. Memoriam Development Podcast — "138 - The Wallowa Lake Monster" — https://memoriamdevelopment.com/podcast/138-the-wallowa-lake-monster/ 7. Vamzzz Blog — "The Wallowa Lake Monster of Wallowa Lake in Oregon" https://vamzzz.com/blog/wallowa-lake-monster/ 8. Folk Bestiary — "Oregon Cryptids and Folklore" (citing Wallowa County Chieftain reporting) — https://folkbestiary.com/oregon/ #WallowaLakeMonster #Cryptids #OregonFolklore #LakeMonster #Wally #PacificNorthwestLegends
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#24
September 7 · 6 min
Ep. 24 Sylvia Heitstuman
In September 1982, Sylvia Heitstuman — a mother of six from La Grande, Oregon — vanished while walking her dog along Morgan Lake Road. Five days later, a massive search effort found her body in a nearby stream. She had been shot, but harsh weather conditions destroyed nearly all the forensic evidence at the scene. More than 40 years later, no one has ever been arrested. In this episode, we trace the disappearance, the search, the investigation's frustrating dead ends, and the ongoing effort by La Grande Police's cold case unit — including a recently age-enhanced composite sketch — to finally bring answers to Sylvia's family. 📌 If you have information related to this case, contact the La Grande Police cold case team: 541-963-1017 / jclever@union-county.org #TrueCrime #ColdCase #Oregon #UnsolvedMystery
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#23
August 31 · 14 min
Ep. 23 When The Mountain Takes the Clock
What happens when the wilderness takes hours instead of a life? This episode traces documented “lost time” accounts — the Missing 411 archive, over a century of consistent reports from Ben MacDhui in Scotland, and a 2008 Hocking Hills account where daylight collapsed into near-darkness in minutes. We weigh the science (hypothermia, altitude, infrasound) against folklore that’s been telling this same story for centuries. Sources below. Missing 411 • Skeptical Inquirer, “An Investigation of the Missing411 Conspiracy” — https://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/07/an-investigation-of-the-missing411-conspiracy/ • Skeptical Inquirer, “Assessing the Missing 411 Conspiracy Theory: A Conversation with Data Skeptic Kyle Polich” — https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/assessing-the-missing-411-conspiracy-theory-a-conversation-with-data-skeptic-kyle-polich/ • Unexplained Sightings, “Missing 411: Paulides’ National Park Cases” — https://unexplainedsightings.com/missing-411-paulides/ The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui • Spooky Isles, “What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?” — https://www.spookyisles.com/big-grey-man-ben-macdhui/ • Icy Sedgwick, “Who is the Grey Man of Ben Macdui?” — https://www.icysedgwick.com/grey-man-of-ben-macdui/ • Spooky Scotland, “Grey Man of Ben Macdhui” — https://spookyscotland.net/grey-man-of-ben-macdhui/ • ShukerNature, “The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui” — https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-big-grey-man-of-ben-macdhui.html • Connect Paranormal Blog, “The Enigmatic Big Grey Man of Scotland” — https://connectparanormal.net/2026/02/10/the-enigmatic-big-grey-man-of-scotland/ Hocking Hills time slip account • “Curious TIME SLIP Experience Reported in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio” (account originally shared via Expanded Perspectives) — https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/23895575-curious-time-slip-experience-reported-in-hocking-hills-state-park-ohio The Spooky Isles, Icy Sedgwick, and Spooky Scotland pages tell overlapping versions of the same Ben MacDhui accounts Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 6DDRFQVEPKU3TZNT, QJDDXYXX2NEOESOZ, DSGB6WJFNUNDTJQV, 9PPDCC4N7B6FFGFU
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#22
August 24 · 11 min
Ep. 22 The Forgotten Serial Killer Part 2, Fifty Years Later
Warren Forrest was convicted of murder in 1978 — and for decades, that was treated as the end of his story. It wasn't. This episode covers the 2015 identification of a second victim, Martha Morrison, and the 2023 DNA breakthrough that finally connected Forrest to her murder nearly 50 years after she disappeared. We also cover the cases that remain unsolved and actively under investigation by Clark County's cold case unit: Carol Valenzuela, Jamie Grissim, and Barbara Derry. This is Part 2 of a two-part series. If you haven't seen Part 1, start there for the full story of Forrest's early crimes and 1974 arrest. If you have information related to any of these cases, contact the Clark County Sheriff's Office cold case tip line — 564-397-2036 SOURCES - The Columbian — "Survivor recalls night of terror" (2014) - The Columbian — "Clark County jury finds Warren Forrest guilty in 1974 murder" (Feb 2023) - KATU — "Cold case team says Warren Forrest may be tied to seven deaths in Clark County" (Feb 2026) - Wikipedia: Warren Forrest - Grokipedia: Warren Forrest (cross-referenced for court record details) - KSL Podcasts — "Stolen Voices of Dole Valley" (episode descriptions, for factual cross-referencing only — not a source of quoted material) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: A4ECIORXCYORXTJI, AG1VH30VDEV5LPXV, MOMJOTOJHRT3CHGH
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#21
August 17 · 9 min
Ep. 21 The Forgotten Serial Killer Part 1, The Man in the Blue Van
Today on Twisted Mysteries... Warren Forrest worked for the Clark County, Washington Parks Department. He was married, had two daughters, and by most accounts was unremarkable — which is exactly how he was able to move through his community for years while young women went missing. This is Part 1 of a two-part series covering the case of Warren Forrest: his early life, the suspected early victims, the 1974 murders of Krista Blake and Martha Morrison, and the survivor whose escape from Lacamas Lake led to his arrest. Part 2 is available Monday, 8/24, covering the 1978 trial, the decades of unresolved suspicion, and the 2023 DNA breakthrough that finally connected Forrest to a second murder. Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: JNKJXCIJOXJPPA4G, ZZFU96MVVGQKI4S3, DEJJQTIYCS2785DG Sources for this episode: - The Columbian — "Survivor recalls night of terror" (2014) - The Columbian — "Clark County jury finds Warren Forrest guilty in 1974 murder" (Feb 2023) - KATU — "Cold case team says Warren Forrest may be tied to seven deaths in Clark County" (Feb 2026) - Wikipedia: Warren Forrest - Grokipedia: Warren Forrest (cross-referenced for court record details) - KSL Podcasts — "Stolen Voices of Dole Valley" (episode descriptions, for factual cross-referencing only — not a source of quoted material)
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#20
August 3 · 7 min
Ep. 20 The Giant of Kandahar
In 2002, deep in the mountains of Kandahar Province, a U.S. patrol vanished without a trace. When a Special Forces team was sent to find them, they discovered a cave littered with bones, scattered gear — and something waiting inside that shouldn't have existed. Thirteen feet tall. Red hair. Six fingers on each hand. What happened next has been told and retold in veteran circles and cryptid communities for over two decades, surfacing publicly only in 2016 through a documentary built on a single anonymous source. The Pentagon says there's no record of it. Believers say that's exactly the point. In this episode, we trace the Giant of Kandahar from cave mouth to conspiracy — and ask what it means that stories like this keep surfacing from every war fought in unfamiliar terrain. Sources for today include: 1. Snopes, “Did U.S. Special Forces Kill a Giant in Kandahar?” (2016) — the fact-check; confirms no DoD record of the incident. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/u-s-special-forces-killed-a-giant-in-kandahar/ 2. L.A. Marzulli, Watchers 10 (2016, IMDb page) — the documentary that introduced “Mr. K” and made the story mainstream. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7546462/ 3. Nick Orton, Tales from the Grid Square: Volume One — anonymous-submission collection of military paranormal stories https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61470267-tales-from-the-grid-square 4. Havok Journal, “Enemy Unknown: High Strangeness in the Shadow of the Afghan War” — https://havokjournal.com/culture/military/enemy-unknown-high-strangeness-in-the-shadow-of-the-afghan-war/ 5. Military Times, “Here be giants — outlandish tales of the military & the Afghan colossi” (2022) https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2022/11/01/here-be-giants-outlandish-tales-of-the-military-the-afghan-colossi/ 6. Weird Darkness, “The Giant of Kandahar” writeup — notes the story was first broadcast on Coast to Coast AM in 2005, later covered by Military Times for a 2023 Halloween episode, and separately came up when former Navy SEAL MrBallen mentioned an interpreter telling him about it during his own Afghanistan deployment. https://weirddarkness.com/giant-of-kandahar/ Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: FAEIVTOLIFIE6QWG, 27WJVGXIQ9XDKNXI
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#19
July 27 · 20 min
Ep. 19 PNW Ghost Stories, pt. 1
Three real people. Three first-hand ghost stories from the Pacific Northwest wilderness — a vanishing hiker near Zigzag Mountain, marching footsteps on the Tahoma Glacier, and a trail of torn leather leading up a silent hillside at Wallowa Lake. Sources in the show notes. Sources… The Zigzag Mountain Ghost Originally shared on the Oregon Hikers Forum, thread “Gather ’round the campfire for (real) ghost stories..!!” https://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17955 Northwesthiker.com AllTrails.com The Tahoma Glacier Ghost First-hand account by Les Profitt, “Tahoma Glacier Ghost Story,” Tall Tales From Capt Rogue (blog), December 14, 2019 https://talltalesfromcaptrogue.com/2019/12/14/tahoma-glacier-ghost-story/ Historical background on the 1946 Marine Corps plane crash: Daryl C. McClary, “A Curtis Commando C-46 transport plane crashes into Mount Rainier, killing 32 U.S. Marines, on December 10, 1946,” HistoryLink.org, Essay 7820, posted July 29, 2006 https://www.historylink.org/File/7820 Wikipedia.com Army.mil Coppercreekinn.com The Wallowa Lake Boulders Listener account submitted by “Michaela,” featured in Heart Starts Pounding podcast, episode “Ghost of The Appalachian Trail, Creature Encounters In The Backwoods, and more Listener Stories,” June 17, 2025 https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/appalachiantrail Wallowalakeresort.com Josephoregon.com Thervatlas.com A quick note worth mentioning is that these are all first-hand accounts as told by the original posters, shared on forums and podcasts that don’t independently verify claims. Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: GBFW1XMCRDAJVF9Q, M2FA9FRKGKA8KGUK, EWWKGHJ7SVLWIEHH, 6GTJYYYGW3OGPZXB
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#18
July 13 · 25 min
Ep. 18 Portland Serial Murders
Between February and May 2023, six women went missing or were found dead across the Portland metro area. For months, investigators denied any connection between the cases. They were wrong. In this episode, we tell the story of Kristin Smith, Charity Perry, Joanna Speaks, Bridget Webster, and Ashley Real — five women whose deaths are now tied to one man, Jesse Lee Calhoun, currently awaiting trial on five counts of second-degree murder. We trace how a wildfire-clemency program put him back on the street, how one victim’s assault report vanished into a jurisdictional gap months before she was killed, and how five families found each other across years of waiting for answers. This is not a story about the accused. It’s about the women he’s charged with killing, and the families still fighting for them. Content warning: this episode discusses violence against women and may be difficult for some listeners. Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: ZR85PI3TPU3C7OGE, FUNHIPZUMLWKROG4, B8LXCAKXTZF9LZNF, ZFRPA4UMCQHKCPCT, DRCJMFRDTRGOWEPX, 2KPVTXQLIAEKN3NW, G1BVHUCDOTBMAGZC
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#17
July 6 · 23 min
Ep. 17 Mystery in Oregon-The Keith Parkins Story
A two-year-old vanishes from a remote Oregon ranch in broad daylight. Hundreds search. No one finds him. Then, after a freezing night alone in the wilderness, he’s discovered miles away… alive. Tonight on Twisted Mysteries, we investigate the incredible survival story of Keith Parkins—a case that has inspired legends, sparked Missing 411 comparisons, and left investigators asking one haunting question: How did a toddler survive the impossible? Case Sources: Reddit.com Squatchable.com Abcnews.com insideedition.com locationsunknown.org episode 22 Missing 411, by David Paulides newspapers.com TripAdvisor.com Music Licensed through Sound Strip: Code: HDJIDCDPMMWKKCUH, Code: EAMJFWHGFNNPFCLX
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#16
June 29 · 15 min
Ep. 16 The Cayuse Five- "Spirit Riders"
Five Cayuse men rode away from the Blue Mountains in 1850 and never came home. Their execution ended a war, but their bodies vanished into unmarked graves. Nearly two centuries later, local legends tell of five silent horsemen still riding the mountain trails, searching for home. In this premium episode of Twisted Mysteries, we investigate the true history of the Cayuse Five, the haunting lore of the Spirit Riders, and the ongoing search to finally bring them home. Music Licensed through Soundstripe Code:VOHIJ2ZC7VC0BQBA Code:UCUA8I5JYTGJ6VBZ Sources for today’s story include: ctuir.org ictnews.org opb.org Wikipedia historylink.org oregonencyclopedia.org reddit.com native-languages.org Eastoregonian.com oregonhistoryproject.org scholarsarchive.byu.edu Ghostlore in Oregon traveloregon.com yalebooks.yale.edu legendsofamerica.com
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#15
June 22 · 17 min
Ep. 15 Jake Evans-The Boy Who Wanted to Know What Murder Felt Like
How does a seemingly ordinary teenager decide to kill the people closest to him? In 2012, Jake Evans murdered his mother and younger sister before calling 911 to confess. His explanations would leave investigators, psychologists, and the public searching for answers that may never come. This episode explores the crime itself, the handwritten confession, the infamous 911 call, and the difficult questions surrounding violence, fantasy, and the human mind. Jake Evans 911 call Jake Evans Written Confession
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#14
June 15 · 17 min
Ep. 14 The Madness of Two
Two sisters. One shared terror. A motorway filled with speeding cars. A warning that “they’re going to steal your organs.” And a stranger whose simple act of kindness would cost him his life. The story of Sabina and Ursula Eriksson isn’t just one of true crime—it’s one of the most disturbing psychological mysteries ever recorded. Was this a rare case of shared madness, an unexplained psychotic break, or something investigators still don’t understand? This week on Twisted Mysteries, we follow the Eriksson twins from their quiet lives in Sweden to the terrifying events of May 2008, uncovering a case where reality itself seemed to fracture. Because sometimes the scariest mysteries aren’t the ones hiding in the dark… they’re the ones hiding inside the human mind. Case Sources include: Wikipedia Mental Health General Everything.explained.today vice.com content.time.com horrorbound.net The malestrom news.translogistics.net reference.org the-express.com greennwhite.org ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ovid.com vocabulary.com sciencedirect.com journals.lww.com and msdmanuals.com
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#13
June 8 · 33 min
Ep. 13 Bigfoot Legends Unveiled
In this episode, Twisted Mysteries dives into the legend of Bigfoot, retelling three of the most compelling Bigfoot encounters in history. A 1924 cabin siege at Ape Canyon. A former Marine stalked through the Cascade Mountains. And chilling audio captured in the Sierra Nevada. Across a century of sightings, one question remains: what is really out there?
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#12
June 1 · 14 min
Ep. 12 The Cowden Family Murders
A young family heads into the Oregon wilderness for a Labor Day camping trip—and never comes home. When searchers arrive at their campsite, everything appears untouched: clothes neatly folded, a wallet left behind… and a carton of milk still sitting on the picnic table. Richard and Belinda Cowden, their five-year-old son David, and five-month-old baby Melissa have vanished. Seven months later, the horrifying truth is discovered deep in the Siskiyou Mountains. In this episode, we investigate one of the Pacific Northwest’s most haunting unsolved mysteries: the Cowden Family Murders. What happened in those woods? And who got away with killing an entire family?
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#11
May 25 · 18 min
Ep. 11 "I Did It For You, Anna"- The Marianne & Anna Bachmeier Story
On March 6th, 1981, inside a courtroom in Lübeck, a grieving mother pulled a gun and fired eight shots at the man accused of murdering her daughter. The world remembers the gunshots. But few know the story of Anna. In this episode, we uncover the life of a seven-year-old girl whose murder devastated Germany—and the mother whose grief became one of the most controversial acts of revenge in modern history. This is not just a true crime story. It’s a story about love, loss, rage… and what grief can make a person do. Case Sources include: Murderpedia.org wikipedia.org historyback.com grunge.com thescreenlight.com allchronology.com utterlyinteresting.com x.com historianet.nl syri.net in-online.de
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#10
May 18 · 13 min
Ep. 10 The Murder of Jama Harms
Police raided the apartment. The suspects were arrested. The case should have been over. But sometime after officers left… someone came back. Hours later, 19-year-old Jama Harms was dead. This is the story of the murder that transformed a small-town burglary investigation into one of Oregon’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.
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#9
May 11 · 19 min
Ep. 9 The Montauk Project
Before there was Hawkins… there was Montauk. In this episode, we dive into one of the most unsettling conspiracy legends to ever surface — the Montauk Project. A story of secret experiments, psychic children, and a machine that may have blurred the line between thought and reality. Is it just conspiracy theory fiction… or a reflection of something much darker?
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#8
May 4 · 13 min
Ep. 8 Homicide in Hollywood
Two bodies. One quiet neighborhood. And a story that doesn’t make sense. After a brutal killing in Los Angeles, witnesses described a man who seemed completely normal… just minutes before everything turned violent. But when police identified him, the case took a shocking turn. In this episode, we uncover the final hours of Johnny Lewis, the death of Catherine Davis, and the mystery that still surrounds what really happened.
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