Twisted Mysteries

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 [http://ctuir.org] ictnews.org [http://ictnews.org] opb.org [http://opb.org] Wikipedia historylink.org [http://historylink.org] oregonencyclopedia.org [http://oregonencyclopedia.org] reddit.com [http://reddit.com] native-languages.org [http://native-languages.org] Eastoregonian.com [http://Eastoregonian.com] oregonhistoryproject.org [http://oregonhistoryproject.org] scholarsarchive.byu.edu [http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu] Ghostlore in Oregon traveloregon.com [http://traveloregon.com] yalebooks.yale.edu [http://yalebooks.yale.edu] legendsofamerica.com [http://legendsofamerica.com]

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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofTEcAqd2cY&t=357s] Jake Evans Written Confession [https://www.scribd.com/document/122204031/Jake-Evans-Confession]

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 [http://Everything.explained.today] vice.com [http://vice.com] content.time.com [http://content.time.com] horrorbound.net [http://horrorbound.net] The malestrom news.translogistics.net [http://news.translogistics.net] reference.org [http://reference.org] the-express.com [http://the-express.com] greennwhite.org [http://greennwhite.org] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] ovid.com [http://ovid.com] vocabulary.com [http://vocabulary.com] sciencedirect.com [http://sciencedirect.com] journals.lww.com [http://journals.lww.com] and msdmanuals.com [http://msdmanuals.com]

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?

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?