Twisted and Mysterious

Twisted and Mysterious

por Sarah and Faren Bearowitz

Crímenes Verdaderos

The Steve Goatman Experience: The Goatman’s Bridge

This week on Twisted and Mysterious, Faren takes us deep into the eerie woods of Denton, Texas, to uncover the legend of Goatman’s Bridge — where horns meet horror. 👀 Locals say something dark haunts the Old Alton Bridge, but we met a new legend along the way: Steve Goatman. Let’s just say…he’s got anger issues, boundary problems, and possibly hooves. We dig into the tragic backstory of Oscar Washburn, explore paranormal encounters that’ll make your skin crawl, and debate whether Goatman’s Bridge is haunted, cursed, or just a breeding ground for dumb human decisions. Plus, we try to make sense of the mysterious cloaked figures who apparently roam the area, probably carrying comically large copies of The Bell Jar. Grab your EMF meter (and maybe a salt circle)—it’s time for The Steve Goatman Experience. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

The Perron Family Haunting: When "Fixer Upper" Meets "Get Out"

Before The Conjuring made us all afraid of antique furniture, the Perron family actually lived that horror movie. Their "dream farmhouse" in Harrisville, Rhode Island, came with creaky floors, creepy ghosts, and (allegedly) a witch named Bathsheba who did not come with the deed. This week, we dig into what really went down at the Perron home, from ghostly pranks and paranormal investigators to the kind of supernatural chaos that'll make you rethink your Zillow alerts. Was the house truly haunted...or just in desperate need of a sage smudge and an exorcism-level deep clean? Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

No One Invited Us Ghost Hunting (Again): Trans-Allegheny Edition

Step inside one of America’s most haunted asylums — the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia. Once a monument to compassionate mental health care, it became a nightmare of overcrowding, lobotomies, and lives lost within its echoing halls. This week, Sarah uncovers the asylum’s chilling history, the wild “diagnoses” that could get you locked up (spoiler: having opinions was apparently dangerous), and the horrifying reality of how lobotomies were actually performed. From restless spirits like Little Lily to the infamous Creeper said to crawl through the darkness, Trans-Allegheny is equal parts tragedy and terror. Meanwhile, Sam and Colby are out here playing hopscotch with ghosts—and somehow, no one’s invited us. Join Twisted & Mysterious for a haunted deep dive full of history, horror, and hilariously frustrated ghost-hunting envy. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

Vanished in Aruba: The Natalee Holloway Story

In May 2005, Natalee Holloway vanished during her senior trip to Aruba—a vacation that was supposed to be all beaches, pina coladas, and flip-flops, not one of the most infamous missing persons cases in modern history. What followed was a media circus complete with suspects changing their stories more often than tourists reapply sunscreen, wild theories, and years of unanswered questions. In this episode of Twisted and Mysterious, we dig into the last known hours of Natalee’s life, Joran van der Sloot’s endless lies and confessions-that-weren’t, and the case’s strange place in both true crime history and pop culture. Equal parts tragic and baffling, this is a story that still grips people two decades later. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

Carnival Lies: The Murder of Timothy Wiltsey

This week on Twisted and Mysterious, Faren takes us through the heartbreaking case of Timothy Wiltsey, a 5-year-old boy whose 1991 disappearance and murder devastated his New Jersey community. His mother, Michelle Lodzinski, first claimed he was kidnapped from a carnival, but her shifting stories and suspicious behavior raised more questions than answers. After decades of investigation, Lodzinski was finally convicted of Timothy’s murder—only to later have that conviction overturned. We dive into the tragedy, the tangled web of lies, and the shocking twists in a case that still leaves many wondering what really happened to Timothy. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

Tony Costa: The Cape Cod Vampire

This week on Twisted and Mysterious, we sink our teeth into the case of Tony Costa — the so-called “Cape Cod Vampire.” (Spoiler: he wasn’t actually biting necks.) We question where that nickname even came from, Sarah admits she thought Cape Cod was just a town and not an entire geographical feature, and we unpack the bizarre detail that Tony once babysat two little girls and… didn’t hurt them. Medal of honor? Not so much. And then there’s the jaw-dropping loyalty of a mother who once said: “If our Tony chopped up those girls, he must have had a good reason.” Because nothing says mother’s love quite like justifying serial murder. Creepy, twisted, and full of “wait, what?!” moments. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

The Dyatlov Pass Incident: 9 Hikers, Strange Theories & a Rogue Wolverine?!

In this episode of Twisted and Mysterious, Sarah steals the story Faren was researching (no shame, no regrets) and dives headfirst into the bizarre Dyatlov Pass Incident. Nine experienced hikers mysteriously died in the frozen Siberian wilderness in 1959 — and we’re unpacking the weirdest theories about what went wrong. Was it an avalanche, UFOs, secret military experiments…or a rogue wolverine attack? Plus, we ask the real question: why would anyone want to hike through the Siberian wilderness in the dead of winter? Sarah also bravely battles Russian pronunciations, and Faren tries not to hold a grudge. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

Ghosts of Kenyon College: Haunted Halls, Tragic Tales, and Campus Legends

Kenyon College may look like your average picturesque liberal arts campus, but behind the ivy-covered walls are ghost stories that’ll make you rethink walking across campus alone at night. In this episode of Twisted and Mysterious, we dig into the legends, tragedies, and hauntings that make Kenyon one of the most famously haunted colleges in America. We cover the Old Kenyon fire of 1949, where tragedy left behind more than just scorch marks, and the chilling story of Stuart Pierson, a student killed by a train during what many believe was a fraternity hazing gone horribly wrong. Then we dive into the mystery of phantom wet footprints in the old pool building—because apparently, even Kenyon’s ghosts like to take a quick swim. And of course, we couldn’t skip Caples Residence Hall, the towering dorm so unsettling, it feels like the ghosts are majoring in “making you nope right out.” And yes… before you ask… we know our fan makes it sound like we recorded this episode in the middle of a windstorm. We promise we weren’t reporting live from a haunted hurricane—we’re just two podcasters battling technology and the heat, one spooky story at a time. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

D.B. Cooper: The Man, The Myth, The Skyjacker

November 24, 1971: A man in a suit, sunglasses, and a clip-on tie (yes, really) boards a plane, orders a bourbon, and politely tells a flight attendant he has a bomb. Fast-forward a few hours: he’s handed $200,000 in ransom money, straps on a parachute, yeets himself out of a Boeing 727… and completely disappears. Welcome to the mystery of D.B. Cooper—the most legendary unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history. In this episode of Twisted & Mysterious, we’re breaking down exactly what happened that night, the FBI’s decades-long investigation, the stash of ransom cash found in the sand, and the main suspects who’ve kept this case alive for over 50 years. Did Cooper pull off the ultimate getaway… or did his big leap end badly? Did he fake his death and retire somewhere sunny? Was he inspired by a French-Belgian comic book hero? We’ve got the facts, the theories, and all the strange little details that make this one of the wildest true crime cases ever.

The Greenbrier Ghost: Justice Served… from Beyond the Grave

In 1897, Zona Heaster Shue of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, died under “mysterious” circumstances—which is old-timey speak for “her husband’s story didn’t make sense, but everyone was too polite to push it.” That is, until Zona came back as a ghost and told her mama the real tea: she’d been murdered. This supernatural testimony led to one of the weirdest murder trials in U.S. history—because when your key witness is dead, you’d think that’s a bit of a problem… unless you’re in West Virginia in the 1890s. Join us as we dig into the ghostly gossip, Appalachian folklore, and the man who thought he could get away with murder—only to be outwitted by his very dead wife. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the show. You can find us on social media @twistedandmysterious and email us at twistedandmysteriouspodcast@gmail.com.

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