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RedHanded

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RedHanded the podcast jumps head first into all manner of macabre madness. We cover everything from big time serial killers (and those you may never have heard of), to hauntings, possessions, disturbing mysteries, bizarre whodunits and basically anything that tickles our creepy fancy. So, join us, plug in, sit back and prepare for scares.

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Episode 81 - Ian Watkins: Rock Star, Paedophile,...

RedHanded ·

2019/02/07

This week the girls delve into the all too common world of the celebrity paedophile and institutions who turn a blind eye. Ian Watkins was the lead singer of Welsh rock band Lostprophets. He toured all over the world, playing to sold out stadiums of adoring fans - so in 2012 when he was arrested and charged with 13 counts of child sex offences, including against a child as young as 11 months old, the world was shocked. This is a particularly troubling case because it of course covers the abuse

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00:52:39

Episode 80 - Ball Gags, BDSM & A Body in the Woods:...

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2019/01/31

This week the girls head to Ireland to cover the "nearly perfect murder" of Elaine O'Hara. So called, because it was only a year after Elaine mysteriously vanished that police made a series of chance discoveries so unbelievable that they would make a CSI script writer squirm... But these discoveries did go on to unmask a devious killer and rip him from his idyllic suburban life to pay for a brutal murder. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at

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00:56:47

Episode 79 - Incest, Murder, Suicide: Steven & Katie...

RedHanded ·

2019/01/24

To the outside world they looked like a normal couple, but they were anything but “normal”. Steven Pladl was not only his wife’s lover, but also her biological father - and needless to say this story doesn't end with a happily ever after. In April 2018, less than a year after they were married Pladl shot and killed his daughter/wife Katie, their 7 month old son and Katie's adoptive father - Tony Fusco. Join the girls this week as they delve into the mysterious world of genetic sexual attraction

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00:44:43

Episode 78 - Ariel Castro & The Horror at 2207...

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2019/01/17

Between 2002 and 2004 Ariel Castro abducted three young women and chained them up in his basement at 2207 Seymour Avenue. Over the course of the next decade he systematically broke them down, tortured them, raped them, brutalised them - until finally, and miraculously they escaped. This week we cover the case of Ariel Castro and the three remarkable women who survived an unbelievable ordeal; Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out

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00:58:30

Episode 77 - Chris Watts: Family Annihilator

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2019/01/10

In August 2018 Shannan Watts’ body was found buried on a remote oil field in rural Weld County. In a oil tank nearby were the bodies of her two young daughters; Bella and Celeste. With only one real suspect who fit the crime, this case left the world asking - what makes a seemingly ordinary man, who appeared to have it all, kill his pregnant wife and children? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy

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00:45:11

Episode 76 - Sandy Charles: The Boy Who Wanted to...

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2019/01/03

At just 14 Sandy Charles started hearing voices. He thought the voices were ghosts, and they were telling him to kill. On July 8 1995 Sandy obliged by luring 7 year old Johnathan Thimpsen out into the woods. What Sandy did to Johnathan, in the hopes of "pleasing Satan", shocked the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:44:24

Episode 75 - William Melchert-Dinkel: "Webcam Suicide...

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2018/12/20

Celia Blay knew that William Melchert-Dinkel was a dangerous predator. He had been lurking in internet forums for years, manipulating vulnerable people into disingenuous suicide pacts . This week Hannah and Suruthi follow the bizarre case of the so called "webcam suicide nurse" and the woman who wouldn't stop until justice was served, even after authorities told her to look the other way. Canada Expert: Cheryl Nash See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy

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Episode 74 - Tracie Andrews: The Road Rage Killer

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2018/12/13

On Dec 1 1996, Tracie Andrews and her fiancé Lee Harvey were driving home from an evening at the pub when they got caught up in a cat and mouse game with a couple of maniacs in another car. The road rage turned into a brutal attack and Lee Harvey died after being stabbed over 40 times; and despite also being attacked Tracie survived. At least this was the story that Tracie told police, the press and anyone who would listen. But it turned out that this hadn't been a random stranger attack at all,

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00:53:28

Episode 73 - Mary Vincent: Survivor

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2018/12/06

Mary was just 15 and desperately looking for a way to get home to her family when she accepted a ride from a kindly old looking man. What transpired that night however is the stuff of nightmares. The man, Lawrence Singleton, abducted, raped and maimed Mary with an axe, leaving her for dead at the bottom of a 30ft ravine. But Mary survived. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at

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01:08:26

Episode 72 - Darlie Routier: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?

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2018/11/29

In 1997 Darlie Routier was convicted of murdering her 5 year old son, Damon, and sentenced to death. But for 21 years she has sat on death row protesting her innocence, claiming that the real killer was a stranger who broke into the house and attacked her and her sons. Is she a lying cold-blooded killer, or a tragic victim of brutal injustice? The evidence seems to point in every direction. Join the girls this week as they tackle one of their most frustratingly convoluted cases yet. See

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Episode 71 - Satanic Panic: The Fall River Cult Murders

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2018/11/22

In the 1970s the US was in the throes of a unique cultural phenomenon - the ‘satanic panic’. The devil and devil worshipping cults were everywhere and they were coming to get you. This week Hannah and Suruthi follow the case of the Fall River cult murders, a brutal killing spree carried out by a group of self-proclaimed devil worshippers that saw 2 young women bound, raped and tortured to death, and a third missing with only skull fragments and a harrowing story left behind. See

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00:59:30

Episode 70 - Dylann Roof & The Charleston Church...

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2018/11/15

On June 17 2015, 13 people sat down for bible study at the historically black Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston. But one of them was a stranger - and by the end of the night, in a brutal attack, 9 of the congregants would be viciously murdered. When the killer, Dylann Roof, was captured it became clear that he was driven by a racist ideology of white supremacy and the dream of sparking a violent race war. Join the girls this week as they navigate the terrifying world of online hate groups and a

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00:49:57

Episode 69 - The Vampire of Bucharest

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2018/11/08

In 1970 a serial killer stalked the streets of Romania's capital, assaulting over twenty young women and brutally murdering at least four. He was quickly dubbed "the vampire of Bucharest" after his victims were found with chunks of their flesh missing and holes poked in their necks, as if someone had been feeding on them. When the killer was eventually captured further twists surfaced as authorities began to wonder if vampirism and serial killing ran in this man's family... See

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00:41:36

Episode 68 - Halloween Special Part 2: There's...

RedHanded ·

2018/10/31

Halloween continues at RedHanded this week as Hannah and Suruthi bring you two more disturbing cases to keep you up all night. So, if you're not up for hearing about a murderous man secretly living in a family's attic, or about a stomach churning incestuous relationship between a mother and her adult son; I'd give this one a miss... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at

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Episode 67 - Halloween Special Part 1: Scary...

RedHanded ·

2018/10/25

It's Halloween, so in RedHanded tradition, the girls switch up the format and pull together the most disturbing and little known cases they can find to freak everyone the F out. This week's episode features a rather grim serial killer with some serious Ed Gein vibes, and a woman who will go to any grisly lengths to get what she wants. So curl up, hit play and prepare for scares. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and

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01:04:48

Episode 66 - Little Boy Pot Pie: The Depraved Mind of...

RedHanded ·

2018/10/18

Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was a terrifyingly single-minded man; his only focus in life was to hunt, rape, torture and kill children. His depravity became clear in early childhood, and due in part to a lack of consequences for his dangerous behaviour, things only escalated. Eventually Bar-Jonah was arrested and what police officers found in his house led to one of the most stomach churning investigations in US history. It appeared that Bar-Jonah had not only been eating his victims but also feeding them to

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Episode 65 - Witchcraft, “Muti” & Murder: The Case of...

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2018/10/11

The murder of Victoria Climbié was the first case to drag the horrors of witchcraft ritual abuse in Britain into the public consciousness. In this week's episode the girls follow the story of 8 year old Victoria's journey to London from the Ivory Coast and how she met her end at the hands of an abusive man who claimed that she was possessed by the devil. In this disturbing episode Suruthi and Hannah also explore other notorious cases of ‘Muti murder’ right here in the UK - like that of the little

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01:08:29

Episode 64 - A Modern Maori Exorcism: The Death of...

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2018/10/04

On the 12th of October 2007, 22 year old mother of two, Janet Moses drowned...in the middle of her family's living room. Janet's family had become troubled by her increasingly odd behaviour in the days preceding her death. After consulting with a Maori priest they believed that she had been possessed by a demon; water, chanting and eye gouging became their only weapons in their desperate fight against the "Makutu" devouring Janet's soul. Join the girls this week as they ask; when a young woman is

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00:51:47

Episode 63 - An Imperfect Witness: The Story of Kevin...

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2018/09/27

Kevin Green called 911 claiming that he had come home to find his pregnant wife, Dianna, had been brutally attacked. The beating was so vicious that Dianna lost her unborn baby, she lost her ability to speak and she completely lost her memory surrounding the attack. That was until a few weeks later when she pointed the finger at her seemingly grieving husband. But with a serial killer also on the loose at the time, who was the real attacker? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out

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Episode 62 - The Sims Family Murders

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2018/09/20

In 1966 Robert, Helen and Joy Sims were murdered in a grim “Strangers” style slaying in their home in Tallahassee, Florida. Nothing was taken from the house, nothing was left behind, there was no sign of forced entry and no one reported seeing anyone suspicious in the area - police were stumped. But massive overkill on 12 year old Joy Sims suggests that not only was she the intended target, but that this was personal. Join the girls this week as the delve into the coldest of cold cases with a

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