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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.

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.

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... References   S...

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   References: ...

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-61230211/   htt...

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/vote Ian Stewart full 999 call:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsS8X4Zspr4&t=510s Ian Stewart arrest:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQnHMHXjx00 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/what...

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  

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.

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 him a...

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 sor...

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/vote Sources...

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.org/about...

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 wh...

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 the t...

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.

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.co.uk/vi...

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://murderpedia.org/male. A/...

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-people-could-face-rape-ch...

New Merch Release: www.redhandedshop.com 10 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 followed,...

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.

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 at patr...

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 join the Re...

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, he ca...

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 access bonus...

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.businessinside...