Episode 170 - Halloween Special Pt 1: Whiskey Cannibals & Blanket Hags
As is Halloween tradition at RedHanded - we bring you a story swap! This year, Suruthi goes rogue with a story of colonial cannibalism, while Hannah takes us to Germany for a stomach-churning, true house of horrors... Merch: http://www.redhandedshop.com/ Sources: www.redhandedpodcast.com   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
1hr 10m Oct 22, 2020
1hr 10m
Episode 169 - The Toolbox Killers: Lawrence Bittaker & Roy Norris
On Halloween night 1979, 16 year old Lynette Ledford was on her way home from a party when she vanished. The discovery of her body the next day set in motion a disturbing investigation into a pair of brutal serial killers who had raped, tortured and murdered their way across the state for months.  John E Douglas - the FBI profiler who assessed the likes of Manson, BTK, Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, ...
1hr 4m Oct 15, 2020
1hr 4m
Episode 168 - The Kansas City Butcher: Robert Berdella
One April afternoon in 1988 a man named Chris Bryson jumped from the top floor window of 4315 Charlotte St in Kansas City, Missouri. He was battered, bruised and completely naked - except for a dog collar and lead hanging from his neck. He had been held captive for days, tied to a bed and brutally tortured by Bob Berdella (aka The Kansas City Butcher) - and Chris was not his first victim. ...
56m Oct 08, 2020
56m
Episode 167 - Live from The 2020 London Podcast Festival
In this week's episode Hannah and Suruthi story swap the on vaguely train related cases of 'The Brighton Trunk Murders' and the killings of Kieran Kelly - one of the UK's most prolific serial killers... Spooky Bitch MERCH out now! www.redhandedshop.com  Check out the visuals for this episode here! OR follow us on social media: @redhandedthepod on insta, and The RedHanded Podcast Gro...
1hr 30m Oct 01, 2020
1hr 30m
Episode 166 - The Noida Double Murders: Aarushi & Hemraj
London Podcast Festival Live Stream Tickets When 13 year old Aarushi Talwar was found dead with her throat slit in her own bedroom, it sparked the beginning of what would become one of India’s most notorious cases. A story of immeasurable corruption, incompetence, sex, scandals and secrets. References   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
1hr 23m Sep 24, 2020
1hr 23m
Bonus - Tamám Shud: The Mysterious Case of the Somerton Man
On 1 December 1948 a fully clothed man was found dead on Somerton beach, South Australia. The bizarre discoveries that followed - including a couple of genetic abnormalities, a rare book of Persian poetry and a mysterious code - led to this becoming one of the strangest and most obsessed over mysteries in history... This is as weird as it gets.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and op...
59m Sep 18, 2020
59m
Episode 165 - Did Dai Morris Do It?
In June 1999 a fire broke out at 9 Kelvin Road in Clydach, Wales. By the time emergency services arrived the residents: Mandy Power, her 80 year old mother Doris and Mandy’s 2 daughters Katie, 10 and Emily, 8 were all dead. But the cause of death wasn’t the fire; they had all been savagely beaten to death. All of the evidence, including a discovery made inside Mandy, pointed at a possibly grote...
1hr Sep 17, 2020
1hr
Episode 164 - "Command Rape": Vanessa Guillen & LaVena Johnson
The US military has a rape problem; 20% of women who enlist are sexually assaulted or harrassed.  The US military also appears to have a murder problem, because a distrubing number of women who have been victims of 'command rape' are dying in mysterious circumstances. Vanessa Guillen was a 20 year old solider stationed at Fort Hood, Texas and on 22 April 2020 she vanished. 6 weeks later her b...
1hr 1m Sep 10, 2020
1hr 1m
#3 BLM - Darren Cumberbatch
This month in our Black Lives Matter series, we discuss the death of Darren Cumberbatch. Darren was a quick-witted and friendly electrician who was punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed, and tased by British Police while suffering from Acute Behavioral Disturbance in the toilet of a bail hostel in Nuneaton. This is Darren’s story.  The Justice4Daz campaign Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/...
16m Sep 08, 2020
16m
Episode 163 - Show & Tell: The Murder of Rachel O'Reilly
LONDON PODCAST FESTIVAL TICKETS When Rachel O'Reilly was brutally murdered in her own home in County Dublin, her family were told that it was a home invasion gone horribly wrong. Her devastated parents thought they'd never set foot in her house ever again; that was until Rachel's husband Joe invited them over. But to their horror Joe insisted on showing them the grisly blood-stained walls ...
1hr 4m Sep 03, 2020
1hr 4m
Episode 162: The Many Faces of Franklin Delano Floyd
In March 1995 a Kansas mechanic bought an old truck at auction; as he started to fix it up he discovered a manila envelope taped to the gas tank. To his horror, inside were 97 photos - most of them were of children being sexually abused. There was also a series of photos of a badly beaten, naked young woman.  He called the police, and this harrowing discovery unbelievably solved multiple, deca...
1hr 2m Aug 27, 2020
1hr 2m
Bonus - Holly and Jessica: The Soham Murders
On 4 August 2002, 10 year old best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman vanished from a family barbeque in Soham, Cambridgeshire. This sparked one of the biggest police hunts in UK history and when a series of grim discoveries were made, it changed the country forever. References   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
45m Aug 25, 2020
45m
Episode 161 - Naomi Oni & The Acid Attack Epidemic
It was after midnight on the 29th of December 2012 when 20 year old Naomi Oni was walking home in East London. Suddenly out of the darkness she saw a figure appear and a splash of liquid hit her face. The excruiating burning pain was immediate, and the horrors that followed would only be topped when she discovered just who had carried out this brutal revenge acid attack. Sources: www.redha...
49m Aug 20, 2020
49m
Episode 160 - The Most Hated Woman in America
Madalyn Murray O’Hair, was a woman very not of her time. In buttoned-up 50s America she called herself a militant feminist, a thinker and a drinker and - perhaps most heinous of all: an atheist.  Her provocative ways quickly gained her the illustrious title of "the most hated woman in America". She was so hated in fact that in 1995 when she, her son and her granddaughter went missing no one re...
1hr 2m Aug 13, 2020
1hr 2m
Episode 159 - The Nepalese Royal Massacre
On 1 June 2001 a bloody massacre unfolded within the palace walls of the Nepalese royal family in Kathmandu. It left 10 members of the royal family dead - including the king, the queen and all 3 of their children. These killings sparked dangerous conspiracy theories across the globe, started a civil war and set in motion a series of events that led directly to the fall of the entire royal dyna...
56m Aug 06, 2020
56m
#2 BLM - Breonna Taylor
In this month's Black Lives Matter episode we discuss the murder of Breonna Taylor. #sayhername Where to help: Petition: https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor  #birthdayforbreonna action items (incl email and addresses to contact the Kentucky Attorney General): https://msha.ke/30flirtyfilm/  GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylo...
21m Jul 31, 2020
21m
Episode 158 - Poisonous Privilege: The Murder of Emily Longley
In 2011, 17 year old Emily Longley was found dead in her boyfriend - Elliot Turner's parents' house. But it soon became clear that the story the entire Turner family were telling about how Emily died didn't quite add up... References   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
59m Jul 30, 2020
59m
RedHaunted #4 - Just Get Into The Recovery Position and Close Your Eyes
You Spooky Bitches have done it again! We've got another boatload of freaky tales (and quite a few laughs) to get us through the hellscape that is 2020.  We need more spooky tales! Send yours in at - redhandedpatreon@gmail.com   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
36m Jul 27, 2020
36m
Episode 157 - The Disappearance of Peter Falconio
In 2001 on a remote stretch of highway in Australia’s Northern Territory, British backpacker Peter Falconio vanished. His girlfriend, Joanne Lees, told police that they had been attacked by a strange man. The subsequent investigation saw local drug runner Bradley Murdoch jailed for life - but questions still linger, especially around the truthfulness of the story that Joanne told... Re...
1hr 28m Jul 23, 2020
1hr 28m
Episode 156: Stephanie Lazarus: The Detective Who Almost Got Away with Murder
In Feb 1986 the body of newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was found in the home she shared with her husband, John. It was quickly ruled a break-in gone wrong, and the case fell into the icy depths of unsolved cold cases. But over 2 decades later the truth finally began to emerge; and for the LAPD it struck closer to home than they could have ever imagined.  Poll: https://poll.ly/#/PwXbm7o3  R...
1hr 6m Jul 16, 2020
1hr 6m
Episode 155 - 'Repent or Die': Panama's Jungle Death Cult
Following reports of strange riutals and bizarre religious ceremonies, in January 2020 Panamanian police headed into the country's remote jungle. What they found in a makeshift church, in the isolated indigenous village of Alto Terrón was something straight out of a 70s exploitation horror movie... Sources: The Missionary podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-missionary...
1hr 5m Jul 09, 2020
1hr 5m
Episode 154 - Helen Bailey: Close to Home
In April 2016 millionaire author, Helen Bailey vanished. After months of searching, she was found much closer to home than anyone could have imagined...VOTE: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voteIan Stewart full 999 call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsS8X4Zspr4&t=510sIan Stewart arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQnHMHXjx00https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/what-the-kil...
1hr 4m Jul 02, 2020
1hr 4m
Episode 153 - Hillbilly Sex Ring: The Goler Clan
On Nova Scotia’s South Mountain, just a few miles away from the apple blossom fairs and prosperous farms of the Annapolis Valley, a despicable evil had gone unnoticed for generations. In 1984 Sandra Goler, a 14 year old girl, finally broke the silence when she revealed the true horror of her family’s predilection for incest, horrific abuse and torture. Sources: redhandedpodcast.com  
1hr 11m Jun 25, 2020
1hr 11m
RedHaunted #3: Hop on in Then! Bring the Ghosts Closer to Me
A little boy in a trenchcoat, a terrifying doorbell of death and biting tarot cards....this month, in their continued effort to scare us into forgetting about the world’s problems, Hannah and Suruthi tell their scariest tales yet, courtesy of you Spooky Bitches.  VOTE: www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
28m Jun 24, 2020
28m
Episode 152 - Daniel Bartlam: The Boy with the Hammer
In 2011 a fire tore through the Bartlam home in Nottingham, England. 14 year old Daniel, his little brother Dominic and the family dog all made it safely outside, but Jacqui, their mum didn't. She had been beaten to death with a hammer and left inside the burning building. Daniel told investigators a masked intruder had killed his mum, but discoveries they made on the boy's computer soon put hi...
1hr 8m Jun 18, 2020
1hr 8m
Episode 151 - Jodi Arias: The Sexed-Up Mormon Murder Trial
On 4 June 2008, 30 year old Mormon businessman Travis Alexander was found dead in his shower. He’d been shot in the head, stabbed 27 times and his throat had been slit from ear to ear. The only person any of his friends could think that would want to hurt him was his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias. She maintained her innocence, but the murder trial that followed was filled with scandals, secrets and ...
1hr 13m Jun 11, 2020
1hr 13m
Episode 150 - Cyntoia Brown Long: Road to Redemption
One night Cyntoia Brown was picked up by a man named Johnny Allen, he offered her $150 for sex, she agreed and they went back to his house. By the end of the night Cyntoia had shot and killed Johnny Allen. She was just 16 years old. This is the story of Cyntoia's journey through the American justice system. Merch Here: https://redhandedshop.com/ Vote Here: www.britishpodcastawards.com...
1hr 16m Jun 04, 2020
1hr 16m
#1 BLM - George Floyd
This episode focuses on the murder of George Floyd. Places to donate and petitions to sign: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#petitions Black Voters Matter: https://movement.vote/funds/black-voter-fund/ The George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd   Act Blue:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd NAACP Defense Fund: https://www.naacpldf.o...
31m Jun 03, 2020
31m
Episode 149 - Nazi Rage: The Murder of MP Jo Cox
In June 2016 the chaos of Brexit reached fever pitch in the UK. One week before the referendum vote was set to take place, politician Jo Cox was savagely shot and stabbed to death outside a public library in the middle of the day. According to eyewitnesses, the assailant screamed “Britain first” as he attacked the defenceless MP. The man was soon revealed to be Thomas Mair, a dedicated neo-Nazi...
1hr 10m May 28, 2020
1hr 10m
Episode 148 - Captivity: The Turpin 13
On 13 January 2018, a 17 year old girl made a break for freedom from the house of horrors in which she’d been held captive. She called 911 and soon police stormed the disgusting house in Perris, California. They discovered several children chained to filthy beds in a nightmarish room where the floors were lined with faeces.  The children were the escapees’ siblings, and those responsible for t...
1hr 20m May 21, 2020
1hr 20m
Bonus: RedHaunted #2 - You're Not Here for Culture, You’re Here for Ghosts
Let’s leave lockdown behind and find something else to be scared of for a bit... In this bonus paranormal episode Hannah and Suruthi bring you ghostly tales from some fellow Spooky Bitches! Merch: www.redhandedshop.com   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
30m May 19, 2020
30m
Episode 147 - Limos, Lies & Lithuanian Lovers: The Murder of Nisha Patel-Nasri
29 year old Nisha Patel-Nasri had it all; she was happily married, she ran 2 businesses and she even found time to volunteer as a Special Constable for the London Metropolitan Police. So the entire nation was horrified when one night in 2006 Nisha was stabbed to death in her own home...  MERCH: www.redhandedshop.com  References:  Footage of Fadi Nasri making appeal: https://www.dailymail...
1hr 3m May 14, 2020
1hr 3m
Episode 146 - The Butcher of Brooklyn: Levi Aron
On 11 July 2011, 8 year old Leiby Kletzy was walking home from school when he vanished. After an extensive police hunt for CCTV, Leiby’s tight-knit Hasidic community were shocked to see that the man who had taken the little boy was wearing a yarmulke; he was one of their own... Merch! www.redhandedshop.com Sources: https://nymag.com/news/features/levi-aron-2011-12/ https://murderped...
54m May 07, 2020
54m
Episode 145 - Sex, Lies & “Gender Fraud”: Gayle Newland
In 2015, 27 year old Gayle Newland was convicted of sexual assault after using a dildo on a female friend who believed that she was a half-Filipino, half-Latino man named Kye... Merch! Link for store: www.redhandedshop.com  Sources: Real Stories documentary on Gemma Barker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wng99iH8aE https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trans-pe...
1hr 5m Apr 30, 2020
1hr 5m
Episode 144 - Candace Newmaker: When "Therapy" Kills
New Merch Release: www.redhandedshop.com10 year old Candace‘s adopt mum, Jeane Newmaker, wanted nothing more than to help her little girl overcome her attachment disorder. But all the medication in the world wasn’t doing much to ease Candace’s difficult behaviour. Then, a desperate June found a “therapist” who promised quick results. But horrifically the 70 minute rebirthing ritual that followe...
50m Apr 23, 2020
50m
Bonus: RedHaunted #1
Tales of the paranormal and unexplained sent in by listeners, dramatically retold by Suruthi and Hannah.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
27m Apr 21, 2020
27m
Episode 143 - Charlene Downes: Without a Trace
In 2003, 14 year old Charlene Downes disappeared. Rumours quickly spread that she had been murdered, dismembered and her remains had been sold as kebab meat in local takeaway shops. Her story brought to light a dark secret that had lay hidden for years under the illuminations and arcade noises of the English seaside town of Blackpool. Support the show and get access to weekly bonus content...
1hr 5m Apr 16, 2020
1hr 5m
Bonus: Let’s Get Quizzical!
We’re all on lockdown, so just for a bit of fun (and because you all really deserve it right now for staying home/being an amazing key worker) we thought we’d bring you a little bit of extra content, and hopefully a smile! In this very special bonus episode see how much Hannah and Suruthi know about true crime, their own podcast and each other... Plus, meet the latest Spooky Bitch to ...
41m Apr 14, 2020
41m
Episode 142 - Johann “Jack” Unterweger: The Poet of Death
In Austria in 1974, Johann Unterweger was sentenced to life for the murder of a young woman. From behind bars he was soon writing beautiful poetry and painting a heartbreaking image of a man who had endured a hard childhood, made some mistakes - but who was now the poster boy for rehabilitation.  Johann went in to prison an illiterate murderer, and with the help of his many elite supporters, h...
1hr 2m Apr 09, 2020
1hr 2m
Episode 141 - Zach & Addie: Katrina "Cannibal"
In October 2005 police walked into a flat, above a voodoo temple, in New Orleans. What they discovered was straight out of the grisliest of horror films. In this episode Hannah and Suruthi delve into the case of the so-called “Katrina Cannibal” for a story of murder, suicide, Iraqi torture prisons, voodoo temples, marinaded human remains and potential necrophilia… Support the show and acce...
59m Apr 02, 2020
59m
Episode 140 - "Rough Sex" - The Murder of Grace Millane
In December 2018, 21 year old Grace Millane was backpacking around New Zealand. One evening she agreed to a date with a man, tragically by the following morning Grace would be dead. The man claimed it was all just an accident, a result of consensual “rough sex” - but the evidence suggested otherwise... We Can't Consent To This: https://wecantconsenttothis.uk/ Sources:https://www.businessinsider...
1hr 13m Mar 26, 2020
1hr 13m
Episode 139 - Ecclesiastes 12: The Strange Death of Charles “Chuck“ Morgan
When Chuck Morgan was found dead in the desert - shot in the head, wearing a bulletproof vest and with a $2 note hidden on his body covered in mysterious bible code - it was unbelievably ruled a suicide. And it was just the beginning of a series of bizarre and unexplained deaths that seem to go all the way to the top... Tin foil hats on everyone. Sources: https://unsolvedmysteries.fando...
1hr 5m Mar 19, 2020
1hr 5m
Episode 138 - Witch-Hunt: The San Antonio Satanic Panic
In Texas from 1997 to 1998 four lesbian Latina women were accused and convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in unbelievable devil worship rituals. Homophobia, and the rampant "satanic panic" at the time, sealed the fates of these young women and with no evidence - except the testimony of their young accusers - they were each imprisoned and labelled child rapists. This is the story of t...
1hr 8m Mar 12, 2020
1hr 8m
Episode 137 - "Nirbhaya": Jyoti Singh & The Delhi Rape Case
Nirbhaya means "the fearless one", and it was the name given by the Indian media to a 23 year old woman - Jyoti Singh - after she was brutally gang raped on a bus by 6 men.  Jyoti’s rape and murder was a watershed moment in India, it made grisly headlines across the world, and brought tens of thousands of protesters onto the streets of Delhi to demand a change in how the nation deals with viol...
59m Mar 05, 2020
59m
In Conversation with Former DCI Colin Sutton
In this exciting bonus episode Hannah and Suruthi sit down with former DCI Colin Sutton - the Senior Investigating Officer who caught serial killer Levi Bellfield.They dig into the behind the scenes work that went into such and important investigation - but also find out a bit more.The Kray Twins even make a surprise appearance.You can buy Colin's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07LGHWY...
59m Feb 28, 2020
59m
Episode 136 - Levi Bellfield: The Hammer Man
In 2002 13 year old Milly Dowler vanished from a bus stop on her way home from school; this sparked one of the nation’s biggest investigations, but sadly her remains were found 6 months later.Over the next few years, one by one more women started being attacked across South London. The MO was often different, the vehicle was always different, but the police were convinced that they had a serial...
1hr 24m Feb 27, 2020
1hr 24m
Introducing 'Under the Duvet': A RedHanded Patreon Production
Under the Duvet is RedHanded's brand new weekly post-show, mini-show! It's developed exclusively for $5+ patrons - but this week we are giving everyone a little sneak peek of what usually goes down after we stop recording! So enjoy last week’s Valentine’s Day + despot themed episode. If you like it and fancy getting your hands, and ears, on more RedHanded, head on over to patreon.com/redhanded...
14m Feb 24, 2020
14m
Episode 135 - The Vampire King: Marcus Wesson
On 12 March 2004, police walked into an office building in Fresno, California and found the bodies of 9 women and children; they had each been shot once in the eye. It was discovered that all of the victims shared the same biological father, a man named Marcus Wesson - but this man was also all of their “husbands”.This shocking find unravelled a twisted tale of incest, abuse, rape and vampires....
1hr 2m Feb 20, 2020
1hr 2m
Episode 134 - Lindsay Souvannarath & The Valentine's Massacre Plot
In 2015, self-proclaimed Nazi - Lindsay Souvannarath and her murderous bae, James Gamble plotted to commit a Valentine's Day mass shooting at a mall in Nova Scotia. Thankfully their plan failed.But to understand what led these two "lovebirds" on a sadistic path of rage and murder, we need to explore the dark world of online radicalisation, white supremacy, esoteric Hilterism and teen Tumblr rom...
1hr 8m Feb 13, 2020
1hr 8m
Episode 133 - The UK's Most Prolific Rapist: Reynhard Sinaga
When 18 year old, Peter, woke up in a mystery flat after a night out he was scared. It was then with horror that he realised he couldn't move his arms, and a strange man was sexually assaulting him... That man was Reynhard Sinaga; and thanks to Peter, in January 2020, Sinaga was finally convicted of 159 sexual offences, including 136 counts of rape.  For years he'd been preying on the men of ...
1hr 3m Feb 06, 2020
1hr 3m