To Die For - Introducing Wisecrack
Episode Date: September 16, 2025What 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 Tenderf...oot 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.
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This is Neil Strauss, host of To Die For.
If you want to hear a different kind of true crime podcast, that I have a show for you.
It's called Wisecrack, and it's a first-of-its-kind series that blends stand-up comedy with investigative true crime.
Wisecrack follows comedian Ed Hedges, a bullied kid who returned to his hometown as a rising comic to perform a charity gig.
But the laughter gave way to fear when two people were brutally murdered just hours after his performance.
Then, the killer showed up at Ed's house.
Ed processed the tragedy through comedy, leaving the scariest night of his life into a shocking stand-up set.
And when a TV crime producer stumbled into this performance, it did more than get a few laughs.
It sparked a years-long investigation, forcing it to deal with the truth behind the tragedy.
Part comedy special, part true crime documentary, Wisecrack is available now.
Check out this clip, and while you listen, search Wisecrack in 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.
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.
It 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
Inquests 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
He also 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.
Well, 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 Podcast.
or wherever you get your podcasts.