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Reel Twisty: Setting Stories Straight
Investigating the real tales that "based on true stories" are about.
Episodes
11 episodes
The Black Dahlia Part 4: The Reel Twisty Investigation Into the Murder of Elizabeth Short
Join us for part 4 – the final part of this series – as we explore the 79-year-long investigation into the 1947 death of 22-year-old Elisabeth Short. Learn about the LAPD’s search for the killer, the 1949 Grand Jury and its final suspect list, ...
The Black Dahlia Part 3: Elizabeth Short’s Demise and the Reel Twisty Birth of The Black Dahlia in 1947 Los Angeles
Today finds us at the crime scene. Learn how the police came upon the death of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, and more of the lore that made her into The Black Dahlia – including how the 2006 neo-noir film, The Black Dahlia, represented ...
The Black Dahlia Part 2: Elizabeth Short’s Final Days in 1940’s Reel Twisty Los Angeles
We’re digging back into Elizabeth Short’s stay in California before her horrible death. Track her last days with us as we unravel the identities of Elizabeth Short and The Black Dahlia and compare both to their representation in the 2006 neo-no...
The Black Dahlia Part 1: Elizabeth Short’s Arrival in 1940’s Reel Twisty Los Angeles
It may be California’s most notorious unsolved murder, but remarkably, there are only a handful of Hollywood depictions of the 1947 death of Elizabeth Short. Why? Because the filmmakers got her story so right? Hardly. Elizabe...
The Social Network Part 2: The Reel Twisty Story of thefacebook.com, Accidental Billionaires, and Butt-Hurt Frat Bros. Allegedly.
On Feb. 4, 2004, Mark Zuckerberg and friends released thefacebook.com to their Harvard classmates. In a week, they had nearly 5k members. By early April, they’d launched at ten more universities, and those students were just as addicted as Harv...
The Social Network: The Reel Twisty Story of thefacebook.com, Accidental Billionaires, and Butt-Hurt Frat Bros. Allegedly.
On Oct. 21, 2010, The Social Network opened in 2,771 theaters across the U.S. It was clear that everyone wanted to know the juicy goss surrounding the meteoric rise of the...
Finding Our Voice
Still ready to dive into the Reel Twisty story of thefacebook.com and Mr. Mark? So are we! But it seems the universe would rather voices be found and work calling us elsewhere. No worries... we have found the voice, but not in time for...
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A Break From the Social Network
Ready to dive into the Reel Twisty story of thefacebook.com and the Zuck? So are we! But it seems the universe would rather we take a break from the social network this week. Catch up with Matt and Tasha and then catch up on our
A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Reel Twisty Story of the Southeast Asian and Dab Tsog
A Nightmare on Elm Street premiered in 1984, but for the Hmong people, the real-life terror had begun years before with the entrance of America into the Vietnam War and the CIA’s recruitment of Hmong soldiers into their “secret war.” <...
Verónica Part 2: The Reel Twisty Story of Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro and the Vallecas Case
In 2018, Netflix premiered Verónica, a film that quickly gained notoriety across social media for being the scariest film on the platform. But was the movie so uniquely frightening? Or did the scares hit a little harder because ...
Verónica Part 1: The Reel Twisty Story of Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro and the Vallecas Case
In 2018, Netflix premiered Verónica, a film that quickly gained notoriety across social media for being the scariest film on the platform. But was the movie so uniquely frightening? Or did the scares hit a little harder because ...
