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Hosted by Lex and Jess G. · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 12 episodes
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Welcome to Tender & Twisted: a true crime podcast with a therapeutic lens. We break down curious cases, taboo topics, and infamous stories by exploring the humanness beneath the headlines. As queer mental health professionals ourselves, we’re drawn to intensity and strangeness, and aim to explore it all with curiosity, compassion, and understanding. Join us as we unpack the mental health of cult leaders and individuals convicted of severe offenses through an anti-racist social justice lens.
Lex and Jess G. hosts Tender & Twisted, a true crime show with 12 episodes published.
In this episode, we take a deeper dive into Jodi Hildebrandt — a former licensed therapist who presented herself as a moral and spiritual authority and later became a central figure in a widely reported child abuse case.
In this episode, we take a deeper dive into Jodi Hildebrandt — a former licensed therapist who presented herself as a moral and spiritual authority and later became a central figure in a widely reported child abuse case.
On the morning of June 13, 1980, in the quiet suburb of Wylie, Texas, Candy Montgomery went to her friend Betty Gore’s house to pick up a child’s swimsuit. By the end of that visit, Betty was dead — struck forty-one time
In this episode, we take a thoughtful, grounded journey into the world of psychedelics — not as a trend or a cure-all, but as a powerful lens for understanding consciousness, mental health, and the stories we tell about
In this episode, we dive into the disturbing, complicated, and often misrepresented case of Mary Kay Letourneau — the Washington teacher who groomed and sexually abused her 12-year-old student, Vili Fualaau. Decades late
Dennis Rader seemed like the last person you’d suspect: a church council president, a devoted father, a Boy Scout leader, and the neighborhood rule-enforcer who always waved hello. But behind the clean-cut façade lived o
In 1957, the world met Ed Gein — a quiet farmer from Wisconsin whose crimes would forever change the landscape of horror. Though often mislabeled as a “serial killer,” Gein’s story sits at the eerie crossroads of delusio
In one of the most disturbing cases of parental abuse and spiritual coercion in recent years, 8 Passengers momfluencer Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt—founder of the “life coaching” group Connexions
In 2021, the disappearance of 22-year-old Gabby Petito and the subsequent death of her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, captured national attention. But beyond the headlines and nonstop media coverage lies a deeper story of coerc
Twin flames or toxic flames? In this episode, we dig into Twin Flames Universe — the high-control online group led by Jeff and Shaleia Divine. Marketed as a path to love and spiritual ascension, TFU has instead been accu
Today we’re stepping away from true crime to tackle a taboo subject: medical aid in dying (MAID). We break down what MAID actually is, the process involved, and why it remains such a charged and controversial topic. From
On December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a Manhattan hotel. Within days, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione — valedictorian, Ivy League grad, and outspoken critic of the U.S. healthcar
On November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students — Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin — were brutally murdered in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. The crime stunned the small co
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