RedHanded

If the contents of a 546-page book can get one man murdered, two more seriously injured and its author forced into hiding for nine years, you can be confident of its subject: religion. But despite its reputation, ‘The Satanic Verses’ isn’t a page-by-page deconstruction of Islam. It’s a work of fiction; one that prompted the leader of Iran to call for a worldwide manhunt of anyone involved in its p...

When police rushed to respond to a triple murder in one of South Africa’s most exclusive gated communities, it seemed as though Henri van Breda had had a lucky escape. They found him standing on his family lawn, dead-eyed and covered in blood and urine. According to the neighbours, he had been eerily waving to them while he waited for the police. All understandable, when three of your loved ones h...

What if we told you that there was a family out there, who are still free to this day, whose actions are responsible for over half a million American deaths over the past 22 years? We are, of course, talking about infamous scumbags the Sackler family, whose greed unleashed a plague on the people of North America. Sources: redhandedpodcast.com  

What would you do if you put in all the hard work, pushing yourself to the pinnacle of your sport, and you still didn’t get the recognition you deserved? Would you give up?  Would you take matters into your own hands and get a bitch kneecapped as she walked back to her changing room? Or would your ex-husband do it and throw you under the bus? Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7023l3QBw ht...

When pulling up the carpets in your new dream home, you'll probably be hoping to find beautiful shiny hardwood floors. What you won't be hoping to find, however, is the former homeowner's secret stash spot of camera rolls.  Especially when the said former homeowner was a sexual sadist who'd just been acquitted of murdering his girlfriend.  As for what was on those camera rolls... well, you'll just...

What do Will Smith, Sherri Papini, and an antarctic research station have in common?  They all featured in this month's Patreon round-up, where we take some of the best bits from our month on Patreon and give you lot a cheeky taster! Have a listen on the RedHanded feed anywhere you listen to podcasts, and if you like what you hear consider becoming a patron of RedHanded. If you do decide to take t...

On the 13th of February 2017, two young women - believing that they were taking part in a bizarre Japanese game show -  smeared baby oil across the face of a stranger at Kuala Lumpur Airport in Malaysia.   The truth, however, was that there was no Japanese game show; the baby oil wasn't baby oil; and these two women had just unknowingly assassinated the estranged half-brother of North Korea's one...

In the space of 3 weeks in October 2002, Washington D.C was terrorised by a pair of spree killers carrying out a spate of deadly sniper-style attacks. They killed 10 people and injured 3 others. Their choice of victims was shockingly random; they crossed racial, gender, age and socioeconomic lines - ensuring that everyone was absolutely terrified. And when the pair were finally apprehended, author...

What could drag a seemingly normal man, from being a fun-loving Christian surf instructor to killing his own children in fear of their "serpent DNA"?  In part two of our deep-dive into the evolution of the Satanic Panic, we talk bout how anonymous messages left on 4chan became a global cult and started a chain of events that has led to real-world violence including the 2021 Capitol riots, and the...

When Betty Anne Sullivan’s body was found - with her face carved up and eyes missing, lying in a burning house filled with books on the occult - the police of Jefferson Township knew this would be a case that would change everything.  And the unbelievably gruesome discovery made the next day, left the people of America shaken to their Christian cores… Sources: redhandedpodcast.com  

On the 14th of April 1984, the body of a baby boy was found on Cahersiveen Beach, County Kerry in Ireland. The baby had been stabbed 28 times and its neck was broken. The Garda quickly found a suspect; Joanne Hayes. And soon, this police investigation became a medieval witch hunt and a dissection of motherhood itself. May 27th London Live Show Tickets: Tickets through DICE! Become a patron: Patreo...

Are you the try before you buy kind Spooky Bitch? Well great! Because here's a big old taster of everything we did on Patreon last month! We've got a clip from our casual catch up show Under the Duvet, a snippet from our topical crime news show In the News, and a tasty morsel of this month's bonus episode of RedHanded all about hybristophilia. If you like it (which you will...) you can head on ove...

Every parent's worst fear is that their child is taken away from them.  Some imagine that if they relax for a second their child could be snatched from their grasp. But what if you did everything right?  What if you identified the danger? What if you told the police? What if your child was tricked and manipulated right in front of your eyes? That is the living hell experienced by Lorin LaFave and...

From Audioboom Studios, it's a brand new podcast from Helen Anderson. Alongside her hilarious best friend Danni Howard they'll be exploring some of the wildest, most gruesome and totally shocking killers the world has ever seen. You'll hear from psychologists and criminal experts whilst Helen and Danni tell you all the gory details... but somewhere in the dark they'll find the laughs and the light...

The deadliest event in UK sporting history took place on the 15th of April, 1989. In the starting minutes of the  F.A. Cup semi-finals between Liverpool F.C. and Nottingham Forest, a disaster unfolded which to date has claimed the lives of 97 people. and left 766 others injured on the day.  These innocent people were the victims of the complacency, ineptitude, and sheer incompetence of those whose...

In the world of true crime, the media is often accused of inaccuracy, dramatisation, and sensational headline writing, but there's an exception to every rule. Never has a killer fitted their moniker more than Peter Kürten, 'The Vampire of Düsseldorf'... Kürten may well have had a reflection and he may not have hung from the ceiling like a bat, but in one very key aspect, he was every bit Deutschla...

On the 4th of March, 2018, the residents of Salisbury, England, watched on in horror as British soldiers flooded their streets, and people in hazmat suits cordoned off their roads. Earlier that day, a man and a woman had collapsed on the high street; both were convulsing and foaming from the mouth. The people of Salisbury had no idea that their sleepy little town was ground zero for the first chem...

Have you been on the fence about becoming a patron of RedHanded for a while? Hopefully, this round-up of some of our best exclusive patron-only content from January will help you make up your mind. We've got a snippet from our bonus episode on "The Doodler" an artistic pick-up specialist turned murderer in 70's San Fransisco, a case of modern slavery from this month's In the News, and some creepy...

If a man in his mid-forties crashed into your local hospital being violently sick and claiming to have been poisoned by the Russian State, you'd be forgiven for thinking he was just another drunk member of the public. However, what Alexander Litvinenko had ingested was a little bit stronger than anything available at your local pub. Pop on your ushankas and buy a first-class ticket to Moscow, it's...

In early January of 1956, Glasgow police received a phone call about a break-in at the home of the Smart family. The scene they walked in on however was something far more sinister. Peter Smart, his wife, Doris, and their 10-year-old son Michael had all been shot dead at point-blank range in their beds. It was clear to detectives that the Smarts had been dead for almost a week, but if that was tru...

This week Hannah and Suruthi finish their two-part attempt to unravel the mysteries of Scientology (and get themselves fair-gamed) by discussing Scientology's most important questions like: "what is the current structure of The Church of Scientology?", "where does Tom Cruise fit in?" and most importantly "where on Xenu's green earth is dead-eyed Dave's wife Shelly Miscavige?" Become a patron: Patr...

In part 1 of this 2 part series, Hannah and Suruthi peer under the slippery stone of Scientology’s sinister origins. They track the life of founder L. Ron Hubbard, from the birth of Dianetics, to the constantly shifting goalposts of engrams, and of course the conception of the Sea Org. Sources: redhandedpodcast.com  

On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their best friend Payton Leutner into the woods and stabbed her 19 times. They claimed it was in an attempt to become proxies of the fictional character Slender Man. It was a case that gained the attention of the press internationally, bringing children's internet usage and "creepypastas" to the f...

This week, in the concluding part of our Casey Anthony series - Hannah and Suruthi head into a courtroom full to the brim with bulldog lawyers, yet more lies, accusations of incest and forensic fuck-ups. In a case that just gets stranger and stranger, the shocks really do come right at the end... Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNh3RbxU8v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePs5TjFmk4c https:...

To celebrate the end of another amazing year on Patreon and our whopping 16% off Patreon annual membership FLASH SALE (details below), we're bringing you some of our highlights from this years Patreon bonus content! We have clips from our bonus episode on Flat Earth "Theory", an In the News segment about a very lifelike manikin, and of course some EmyptyHanded caller woes from Under the Duvet.  So...