RedHanded

Episode 106 - Train Tracks: The Murder of Vera Jo Reigle

<p>Vera hadn't had it easy; she was a vulnerable woman who had coped with ADHD, serious learning difficulties and sexual abuse all her life. At the age of 22 she began dating a 16 year old boy named Zachary Brooks. And while this may sound predatory, it wasn't Vera who was the dangerous one. It was the matriarch of the Brooks family - Cheri Brooks aka "Sugar Babe". </p><p>When Vera got pregnant, Cheri's determination to meet her grandchild created a horrifyingly dangerous situation for the young mother. </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 105 - Julie Ward: Murder on the Massai Mara

<p>In 1988 Julie Ward headed off on the trip of a lifetime to Kenya, but just a week before she was set to return home she took one last trip into the Massai Mara game reserve - and vanished. Julies Father John flew to Kenya immediately to help with the search, but in a cruel twist just a week later it was he who found his daughters dismembered remains in a remote spot on the park. This set in motion a story that would be riddled with mystery, rumours and lies - and leave Julie's family still fighting for justice some 30 years later. </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 104 - Stephen Griffiths: The Crossbow Cannibal of Bradford

<p>On the 26th of May 2010 Peter Gee, caretaker of a block of flats in Bradford was checking the CCTV when something going on outside flat 33 caught his eye. The man who lived there often had sex workers over so when Peter saw a woman going into the flat he wasn't surprised, but he was not prepared for what happened next. A few minutes later he saw the woman running out of the flat, the man was chasing her. Then, he took out a crossbow and shot her. The man was the self-proclaimed "Crossbow Cannibal". </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 103 - Daniel LaPlante: Fact vs Fiction

<p>This week the girls do some much needed myth-busting surrounding the notorious Daniel LaPlante. With a story that features seances, multiple murders, creepy suitors and an alleged invader dressed in a wedding dress hiding in a family's cupboard. It's not hard to see why this case has grown to horror movie-esque proportions. </p><p>Join Hannah and Suruthi as they work to separate fact from fiction, and discover that the truth is just as scary as the lies. </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 102 - Yahweh ben Yahweh: The Prophet, The Cult &amp; The Temple of Love

<p>Ruthless cult - The Nation of Yahweh - hit its peak in the late 80s as the self-proclaimed leader, and son of God, Yahweh ben Yahweh promised the people of Miami salvation through messages of black power, total devotion and obedience. His message spread, but so did the fear and control as reports of beatings, extortion, arson, and grisly murders - at the hands of his notorious "Death Angels" - shocked a nation.</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 101 - Joanna Dennehy: Spree Killer

<p>In this week's episode the girls are off to the ditches of Peterborough to cover the case of spree killer Joanna Dennehy, only the third woman in Britain to ever receive a whole of life sentence. Joanna was just 30 years old when she went on a 14 day killing spree that left 3 men dead, dumped in the ditches in rural Cambridgeshire. They were found covered in stab wounds consistent with a frenzied attack, and placed in humiliating poses - what led such a young woman to kill with such rage?</p><p><br></p><p>BUY TOUR TICKETS HERE: <a href="https://www.gigsandtours.com/tour/redhanded">https://www.gigsandtours.com/tour/redhanded</a></p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 100 - Gilberto Valle: Cannibal Cop

<p>In 2012 Kathleen Valle started to become suspicious of her New York City police officer husband Gilberto. </p><p>He was spending all of his time on the computer, and Kathleen, who had just had their baby was afraid he was being unfaithful. </p><p>When she finally broke and checked his online activity - what she found was far more horrifying than anything she had imagined.</p><p>Gilberto Valle had been on cannibal fetish forums talking to strangers about how he wanted to abduct, rape, torture, kill and eat women - including Kathleen.</p><p>In the trial, and the media frenzy, that followed - the question became; when does a thought become a crime?</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Tour tickets: <a href="http://gigst.rs/Redhanded">http://gigst.rs/Redhanded</a> - on sale from 10am on Friday the 28th of June 2019.</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 99 - Black Magic, Murder &amp; Malaysian Pop: Mona Fandey

<p>This week the girls are off to Malaysia to cover a case of money, murder, black magic and Malaysian pop music. Mona Fandey was a one hit wonder in the 80s - but when she realised that her singing career was going nowhere, she and her husband turned to black magic...which of course, ended in murder. </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Bonus - The Deal with the Devil: Karla Homolka &amp; Paul Bernardo

<p>In this very special 'thank you' episode the girls cover the brutal case of the Ken and Barbie killers, a Canadian couple who abducted, viciously raped and murdered multiple women, including Karla's own teenage sister Tammy. After the pair were caught Karla was quick to put the blame solely on Paul but the evidence casts considerable doubt on her claims of helplessness</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 98 - Sally Challen: A Case of Coercive Control

<p>One Saturday morning in November 2010 Sally Challen walked into the kitchen and hit her husband Richard in the head with a hammer. She hit him over 20 times. In the trial that followed Sally was painted as a possessive, jealous woman who murdered her husband in cold-blood. This year, in 2019, Sally won a land mark appeal to have her conviction overturned as a fresh defence was shaped around her mental state owing to the years of emotional and psychological abuse she had suffered at the hands of her husband. </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/she-killed-her-husband-but-sally-challen-might-be-the-real-victim">https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/she-killed-her-husband-but-sally-challen-might-be-the-real-victim</a></p><p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/29/devoted-wife-who-killed-husband-with-hammer-sally-challen">https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/29/devoted-wife-who-killed-husband-with-hammer-sally-challen</a></p><p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sally-challen-appeal-husband-killed-david-court-a8799681.html%3famp">https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sally-challen-appeal-husband-killed-david-court-a8799681.html%3famp</a></p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 97 - Bruce McArthur: The Gay Village Murders

<p>In the late 2000s a spate of South Asian and Middle Eastern Men in Toronto's Gay Village vanished. The local community noticed almost immediately by the police seemed unable or unwilling to investigate the disappearances. By the time they realised that they had a serial killer on their hands the situation had escalated into horror movie proportions.  </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 96 - The Tuam 796

<p>In 1975, two little boys, Frannie and Barry were playing on the site of an old Mother and Baby home in Tuam, County Galway, when they discovered a pit full of bones.</p><p><br></p><p>Later that same year, Mary Moriarty fell into a tunnel in the same spot, where she saw piles little bundles laid on top of each other like steps.</p><p><br></p><p>It would take the tireless research of Catherine Coreless to uncover the grim reality of what they actually saw. Catherine's discovery would shake Ireland and shed light on the Catholic Church's not so secret past.</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 95 - Abraham Shakespeare: Lucky Numbers

<p>In 2006 all of Abraham Shakespeares' dreams came true. </p><p>He won 30 million dollars on the lottery, it looked like all his troubles were over. </p><p>But within 3 years all of his money disappeared and soon after, Abraham disappeared too. </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Break-ins, Booby Traps, and the Eccentric Gynaecologist

<p>Courtesy of our friends at ADT.</p><p><br></p><p>Please hop over to <a href="http://www.adt.com/podcast">www.adt.com/podcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>In 1947 the NYPD had to break down the door of the infamous Collyer Mansion in Harlem after the smell of death was reported by a neighbour. A rabbit warren of tunnels made from junk, lined with booby traps waited for them on the other side. </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 94 - The Murder of Alesha McPhail

<p>In 2018 on the tiny Scottish island of the Isle of Bute, 6 year old Alesha MacPhail vanished from her bed in the middle of the night. The community was left reeling when just a few hours later her body was found. The question that tore though the small town now was who could have done this? And when the truth was revealed it was more shocking than anyone could have imagined. </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 93 - David Parker Ray: Part 2

<p>This week, in the concluding part of the David Parker Ray series, the girls head into the infamous torture trailer - “The Toy Box”.</p><p>This episode is not for the faint-hearted as Suruthi and Hannah discuss the terrifying torture tactics Parker Ray used on his victims...</p><p><br></p><p>Vote for us in the Podcast Awards here: <a href="https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote">https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote</a> PLEASE</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 92 - David Parker Ray: Scrap Metal Sex Toys

This week, the girls head to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, to cover arguably the most terrifying offender they have encountered: David Parker Ray aka The Toy-Box Killer. <br><br>In 1999 a 911 call alerted police to a naked woman, covered in blood, running down the dusty desert streets - she had a dog collar around her neck and a 6 foot metal chain trailing behind her. Upon investigation, this small-town police team uncovered the truly unbelievable horrors that had been unfolding right under their noses in an innocuous looking trailer behind 513 Bass Road...  <br><br><strong>Sources:</strong> <a href="https://audioboom.com/posts/redhandedpodcast.com">redhandedpodcast.com</a>

Director Joe Berlinger on Ted Bundy: Live

<p>Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is the new Ted Bundy film; in this very special episode of RedHanded Joe Berlinger, the director, joins the girls for an exclusive Q&amp;A to delve into the psychology of Ted Bundy. On the panel is also Mary Fenwick, agony aunt for Psychologies magazine, who has her own take on what drives men like Bundy and the people who love them.</p><p>Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is a Sky Cinema Original and is in cinemas and on Sky Cinema May 3.</p><p><br></p><p>We hope you enjoy this bonus episode to get you ready for the film’s release!</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 91 - Raymond Buys: &quot;Not Man Enough&quot;

<p>On April 20th 2011, 15 year old Raymond Buys was pronounced dead. Some of the doctors who treated him were so traumatised by the injuries sustained by the emaciated young boy that they needed counselling to cope. But what really happened to Raymond at the Echo Wild Game Rangers Camp that promised to "make men out of boys"</p><p><br></p><p>South Africa Expert &amp; Accent Coach - Gita Du Toit</p><p><br></p><p>Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards here:</p><p><a href="https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote">https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote</a></p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 90 - Strangers at the Door: The Murder of Kanika Powell

<p><br></p><p>In 2008 28 year old Kanika Powell, an army veteran, experienced a series of odd encounters on her doorstep. Mysterious men in different guises were turning up at her home asking for her by name. Kanika, knowing that something about their behaviour was very wrong, never opened the door. Scared by the strangers she started to take precautions to stay safe, but one day when Kanika returned home she found a man waiting for her.</p><p>He killed Kanika and to this day no one has any idea who he was, or why he killed her.</p><p>Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards Listeners' Choice here: <a href="https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote">https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote</a> </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 89 - Shafilea Ahmed: The Price of &quot;Honour&quot;

<p>In 2003 16 year old Shafilea Ahmed disappeared from her family home in Warrington, she was presumed missing but the truth was much more horrific. She’d been killed by her own parents because the “dishonour” she was bringing to her family was just too high a price to pay for her to live. Join the girls this week as the delve into the infuriating and heartbreaking world of “honour” based violence and murder.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/shafilea-ahmed?page=2">https://www.theguardian.com/uk/shafilea-ahmed?page=2</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/x2qbE17zDZc">https://youtu.be/x2qbE17zDZc</a></p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 88 - The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

<p>In March 2013 college student Elisa Lam checked into The Cecil Hotel on LA’s infamous skid row. Soon she started displaying some odd behaviour; some of which was caught on CCTV - this footage then went viral on the internet after Elisa’s body was found 3 weeks later in a water tank on the roof of the hotel. Forums still buzz with theories about what really happened to Elisa. </p><p>Was it murder? Suicide? An accident? The paranormal? Or a hit? </p><p><br></p><p>Check us out on HarmonTown here:<a href="https://starburns.audio/podcasts/harmontown/">https://starburns.audio/podcasts/harmontown/</a></p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 87 - Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman to be Hanged in Britain

<p>"Six revolver shots shattered the Easter Sunday calm of Hampstead, and a beautiful platinum blonde stood with her back to the wall. In her hand was a revolver." These were the headlines that the hit the nation after Ruth Ellis, a young, welsh-born hostess shot and killed her lover - David Blakely - in broad daylight. The pair had had a violent and tumultuous affair, and there was no doubt that it had been Ruth who had pulled the trigger, but had another one of her lovers primed her to kill? Join the girls this week as they delve into the story of the last woman to be executed in the UK, and understand why her story captured the public imagination like nothing before.</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 86 - The Community of Christ: Kirtland Cult

<p>The Kirtland Cult were an offshoot of an offshoot that broke away from the Reorganised Church of Latter Day Saints in 1987. Like most cults they were led by a single-minded, self-appointed, narcissistic leader - Jeff Lundgren - who demanded absolute control of his followers; exploiting them psychologically, sexually and financially. Soon after the group moved onto a remote compound in Kirtland, Ohio the stockpiling and the paranoia began - and it would end in the brutal murder of a family of 5. </p><p><br></p><p>HarmonTown Tickets - <a href="https://www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar/harmontownmar25">https://www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar/harmontownmar25</a></p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 85 - The Central Park 5

<p>In 1989 5 young black and Latino boys from Harlem were accused and convicted of the rape and assault of Trisha Meili, a young white woman. They spent between 5 and 13 years in prison until finally in 2003 their sentences were vacated. As we approach the 30th anniversary of this notorious case join the girls, and their special guest - Tracy Clayton - for an in depth look into a brutal crime, and racially charged social, political and media response that still resonates today.</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 84 - Otto Warmbier: What Really Happened in North Korea?

<p>This case starts with a pretty mundane crime; an accusation of poster theft. But it ends in the mysterious and tragic death of a 22 year old man - Otto Warmbier. </p><p>Otto died after he was arrested while on holiday in the secretive and mysterious nation of North Korea. But what really happened to Otto? The evidence is anything but clear cut...</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/us/otto-warmbier-north-korea-dies.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/us/otto-warmbier-north-korea-dies.html</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mTZjWePlxI&amp;t=30s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mTZjWePlxI&amp;t=30s</a></p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 83 - Omaima Nelson: &quot;Cannibal&quot; Kitchen

<p>At just 23 Omaima Nelson killed her 56 year old husband, Bill. 3 days after the murder police entered the Nelson home and found a nightmare scene; not only had Omaima killed and dismembered Bill, she'd also been cooking his remains...</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 82 - Jenelle Potter: Catfish

<p>Someone was cyberbullying Jenelle Potter; they hurling online abuse and threatening her life with claims that she was "too pretty to live". As things escalated, inexplicably, the CIA seemed to become involved and Jenelle's parents felt the only way to save their vulnerable daughter was to take matters into their own hands. </p><p>But once her "bullies" were dead questions quickly surfaced about Jenelle's behaviour...  </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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

<p>This week the girls delve into the all too common world of the celebrity paedophile and institutions who turn a blind eye.</p><p>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.</p><p>This is a particularly troubling case because it of course covers the abuse this depraved man doled out to incredibly young victims, but there are also deeply troubling questions raised about why authorities missed chance after chance to catch Watkins.</p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Episode 80 - Ball Gags, BDSM &amp; A Body in the Woods: The Murder of Elaine O'Hara

<p>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... </p><p>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. </p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>