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At first, it looked like just another tragic COVID case. A woman in Florida—Gretchen Anthony—texted her loved ones to say she’d tested positive. She was being rushed to the hospital, then transferred to a special CDC facility. She said she was on a ventilator. Her coworkers got the same message: 'I’m quarantined. I won’t be in for a while.' But there was one problem. None of it was true. There was...

On a scorching Monday afternoon in South Florida, a black BMW i8 glided into the car park of a luxury motorsports store. Behind the wheel was one of the most controversial rising stars in rap music. His name was Jahseh Onfroy — but the world knew him as XXXTentacion. He was 20 years old. Rich. Famous. And he had enemies. Jahseh had just withdrawn $50,000 in cash. He was shopping for a new bike. He...

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A man kissed his wife goodbye, climbed into his taxi, and headed off for what should’ve been just another shift. Twenty minutes later, his car was crushed by a 65-pound concrete block — dropped from a bridge by men he didn’t even know. But here’s the thing... he wasn’t the intended target. You can listen to early, ad-free episodes here: https://www.patreon.com/redrumtruecrime Sign up for the free...

When police raided Gavin Plumb’s home, they found a ‘kill kit,’ handcuffs, and a Kill List of over 130 female celebrities. At the top of that list… was Holly Willoughby. If you’re interested in the game I was talking about it’s The Serial Killer Card game, you can get10% off with code REDRUM10 at https://ripperandco.com/discount/REDRUM10 Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things t...

A killer bound his victims mouths, their noses, and their limbs with TAPE — not to silence them, but to suffocate them. Slowly. Deliberately. The press called them “the sticky tape murders,” but what that name doesn’t capture is the horror of how they died. Two bright, young women who came to London to learn and to live — but were brutally murdered. And the person who killed them, was someone they...

One cold January evening in 1998, Trudy went to do her laundry. She got out the car, and even left the door open… but then she vanished. Eighteen years later, police found out she never left the building… Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the latest REDRUM cases. This will only ever come to you once a month... I'm no fan of spam. ⁠h...

When police found the body of Landy Martinez, they thought it was a home invasion gone wrong… until they watched the footage on his own phone. What they saw made seasoned detectives physically sick—and led them straight to a killer who made one fatal mistake: he couldn’t resist filming his revenge. REAL live stream fundraiser: https://www.justgiving.com/page/24hourpodcast Sign up for the free REDR...

Gail opened the door, dropped her handbag onto the passenger seat like she always did, and got into the car. As she started it up, she noticed something strange. The car wasn’t moving- not properly… and she realised pretty much immediately that she must have had a flat tyre. As she got out and started to inspect, she noticed that yes- her front tyre was flat. She paused. Tilted her head. Something...

She was 91, alone in her Paris apartment, folding laundry when the knock came. It was polite—almost gentle. But the man on the other side wasn’t selling anything. Within minutes, he had tied forced his way in and attacked her, leaving her for dead. What no one knew yet… was that he’d do this again. And again. And again Patreon: Early and ad free- https://www.patreon.com/redrumtruecrime Sign up for...

Josephine thought she was lucky to be alive. Weeks earlier, a man in uniform had lured her from a bus station and tried to kill her. But she managed to escape. Then one afternoon, she did something unthinkable: she went back to that same bus stop with an undercover police officer. And as she stood there, heart racing, the man approached her again… smiling, friendly—and wearing her stolen watch. Wh...

In a small Canadian town, a trusted doctor was accused of a horrific crime. But when police tested his DNA… it didn’t match. Case closed—at least, that’s what everyone thought. But something about the story didn’t sit right. Because behind the lab results, behind the clean-cut image, was a secret. And once it started to unravel, the truth would leave an entire community questioning everything they...

In 2002, a journalist received a strange letter from an anonymous sender. Inside was a map, a cryptic message, and a chilling promise: ‘Write a good story, and I’ll show you where the others are.’ What police discovered after following the map would lead them to a house with a clean kitchen, a locked basement… and a stack of videotapes that revealed one of the most disturbing serial killers in Ame...

When Ruth Lee left her drunk and angry husband at a gas station in the middle of the night, she thought she was saving herself. What she didn’t know… was that she’d just signed a death warrant — for herself, her brother, and a man who may have only been guilty of being kind to her. What happened over the next six hours would tear a family apart, leave a child soaked in blood… and end in a cold pri...

When Louisa Luetgert went missing, her husband told everyone she’d run off with another man. But then police learned she was last seen entering his sausage factory late at night—alone, with him—just hours before she vanished. And then a worker started complaining about a smell coming from the basement, police opened up a sealed vat… What happened next would involve toxic chemicals, a burned furnac...

A woman’s desperate search for love led her down a dark path—one that ended in a gruesome, unsolved mystery. For years, a man she met online played a dangerous game, hiding behind a mask of lies. What happened to Elaine O’Hara is a story of manipulation, obsession, and a chilling truth that only emerged after she was gone Patreon monthly subscription- www.patreon.com/redrumtruecrime   Sign up for...

A scream echoed through a sleepy suburban neighbourhood in Gulfport, Florida. Some of the neighbours were woken up by this- but they settled back into their beds… unsure what had just happened. Perhaps it was a fox. Or someone having a harmless nightmare- they lived in a safe, quiet, middle-class neighbourhood where bad things didn’t happen.  But really- it didn’t matter how they excused that scre...

Four divers were working inside an oil pipeline when, in an instant, they were sucked into the darkness—trapped in a steel pipe at the bottom of the ocean, with no way out. They were still alive, banging on the walls for help… but their rescue was blocked by the company that they were working for. Patreon monthly subscription- www.patreon.com/redrumtruecrime   Sign up for the free REDRUM newslette...

She opened the front door, expecting the familiar warmth of home—what she found instead was her sister’s lifeless body and a monster waiting in the shadows. Patreon monthly subscription- www.patreon.com/redrumtruecrime   Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the latest REDRUM cases. This will only ever come to you once a month... I'm no...

In the dead of night, a single gunshot echoes through a quiet San Antonio home. A respected defense attorney is found dead, a broken window and strange clues pointing to a violent intruder. But as the investigation unfolds, nothing about this murder adds up. A missing gun, a locked door, and unsettling details lead investigators to suspect someone who might have been hiding secrets of their own. ...

It was Christmas Eve when 35-year-old Kaye Turner set out for a morning jog in the Oregon wilderness. She never came back. Days later, her footprints were found indicating some kind of struggle. What no one knew then was that Kaye’s brutal end was just the beginning. Along this lonely stretch of Highway 20, women were vanishing—one by one Please note, this is the second of a two-part episode. Both...

It was Christmas Eve when 35-year-old Kaye Turner set out for a morning jog in the Oregon wilderness. She never came back. Days later, her footprints were found indicating some kind of struggle. What no one knew then was that Kaye’s brutal end was just the beginning. Along this lonely stretch of Highway 20, women were vanishing—one by one Please note, this is the first of a two-part episode. Both...

When 24-year-old Sydney vanished after a Tinder date, her best friend, Brooklyn, refused to wait for answers. Instead, she created a fake profile, swiping through Tinder until she found Sydney’s date—the last person to see her alive. With a single match and a carefully crafted message, Brooklyn handed police the key to unraveling a gruesome murder. It turned out, Sydney, who thought she was going...

The words “I can kill you without leaving any evidence.” aren’t something you ever want to hear your partner say to you. But especially not when he’s a MET police officer. And especially not when he’s spent 17 years raping and abusing women- and getting away with it.  Patreon monthly subscription- www.patreon.com/redrumtruecrime   Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true cri...

He killed a man in the street with a single, brutal strike—then vanished for nine days. The truth behind his escape involved those closest to him. COOKIES to buy! : https://thiccbakes.myshopify.com/   Patreon monthly subscription- www.patreon.com/redrumtruecrime   Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the latest REDRUM cases. This will...