High Strange - Do Not Turn on the Lights

Episode Date: September 16, 2025

What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? Answer: Wisecrack— a 6-part limited series where true crime and stand up comedy take center stage. Available now from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts. Check out this trailer, and search Wisecrack in your podcast app to follow the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey guys, it's Payne. If you like true crime or you like comedy podcasts, then I have the perfect show for you. It's called Wisecrack, a new podcast series from Tinderfoot that's truly a first of its kind. Wisecrack blends stand-up comedy with a very real investigative true crime. Wisecrack follows the comedian Ed Hedges. Ed experienced the scariest and most traumatic night of his entire life. Two people were brutally murdered. and then the killer shows up to Ed's house.

This night was extremely traumatic, and as a way to process it, he turned the entire story into a stand-up comedy set. And when a TV crime producer stumbles upon his quirky yet creepy performance, it did more than just get a few laughs. It sparked a years-long investigation, forcing him to deal with the truth behind the tragedy. Wisecrack is out now,

and I promise you you don't want to miss it. Part comedy special, part true crime documentary. check out this trailer and while you listen search wisecrack on your podcast app to follow the show please welcome to the stage ed hedges my name is ed everyone say hello ed from a very rural background myself my dad is a farmer and my mom is a cousin so like it's not like not loads going on um Ed Hedges, a slender, floppy-haired up-and-comer, stands on the stage.

He was captivating and quirky and had the audience eating out of his hand. And then the whole night took a turn. On the 22nd of July 2015, I woke up to that noise coming from my front door. There was the loudest thing I've ever heard in my life. And at the end of my bed, staring out of my window, there is someone standing. She is terrified. And she says, whatever you do, do not turn on the lights.

Inquest, into the death of a woman and a man. They found the lifeless body slumped on the sofa and covered in her own congealed blood. repeatedly stabbed and caused a fatal head injury. At least 41 stab wounds to the head, neck and torso, plus 14 blunt force injuries and defensive wounds. On the 22nd of July 2015, between 11 and 12 o'clock at night, a 23-year-old man had killed his family.

And then he came to my house. I was shocked And so was the audience This can't be true But I had to find out more The mystery would take me to a small village Outside of London And the murders

They didn't stop there Does anyone know what show they've come to see Well it's a story And it's about the scariest night of my life. From Tenderfoot TV, this is Wisecrack. Available now. Listen for free on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.