In the early hours of the 26th of August 2008, a fire ripped through Osbaston House a 5 bedroom mansion set in 16 acres of beautiful land in Shropshire, England. It was home to the Foster family. The investigation quickly revealed that the fire was indeed arson, and once the police stepped into the remains of the destroyed mansion, one by one the family's dark secrets started to surface... Spooky Bitch merch: RedHandedshop.com To get a 20% discount for Black Friday - use code SPOOKYFRIDAY (valid...
Nov 28, 2019•58 min•Ep. 123
MERCH STORE: RedHandedShop.com In 1988 sisters Ericka and Julie Ingram were at Bible Camp when they were hit with a sudden memory. It was a memory of being sexually abused by their father, Paul Ingram - the Deputy Sheriff of Thurston County in Washington. As time passed their stories became more and more terrifying; they were remembering robed men attacking them, sacrificing babies and drinking blood. Were these memories real? What had really happened? References: http://justicedenied.org/paul.h...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 122
In February 2019 in The District Court of New South Wales a woman named Jeni Haynes entered the witness box - but she wasn't alone. 6 different personalities spoke that day through Jeni's body; in a landmark case that saw a person with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder) testify in her many alters, and secure a conviction. This week the ladies cover this truly inspirational story. Jeni's DID came from the abuse that she had suffered as a ch...
Nov 14, 2019•52 min•Ep. 121
In a filthy clinic in West Philadelphia that had been left uninspected for years, despite a sizeable drugs bust, Dr Kermit Gosnell was exploiting poor, desperate women seeking to terminate their pregnancies after the legal limit of 24 weeks. His absolute callous recklessness makes this one of the more grisly crimes that RedHanded has delved into - given the subject matter, listener discretion is advised. Get your spooky bitch merch (international shipping available): redhandedshop.com References...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 120
In this second instalment of Halloween at RedHanded the girls come to you live from London’s Shoreditch House with tales of a mysterious ghost ship and a killer with a penchant for all things tree. Join Hannah and Suruthi as they ask the important questions like: could it have been aliens? What’s the perfect squirrel ice lolly recipe? And what even was WW1? Get your spooky bitch merch (international shipping available): redhandedshop.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 119
It’s Halloween so that means that it’s time for a troubling story swap. Join Hannah and Suruthi in part one of this Halloween special as they turn their stomachs with the case of a cult-ish Anglican exorcism, and harrowing stories of modern-day Indian child sacrifice... Spooky Bitch merch available now (with international shipping) at: www.redhandedshop.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ...
Oct 29, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 118
In May 1999 a scared 14 year old girl walked into a Hong Kong police station and told the confused officers that she was being terrorised by a ghost. At first the police didn’t take her seriously, but then she elaborated that the reason this ghost was haunting her, was because she had helped to torture a young woman named Fan Man-yee to death. The girl then led police to a flat in the city, and what they found there shocked even a nation going through an already unbelievably violent decade... St...
Oct 24, 2019•45 min•Ep. 117
For weeks 17 year old Hannah Foster had been experiencing an uneasy feeling; she was sure that a strange man was following her. Terrifyingly, she wasn’t just imagining things... And one night, when Hannah was just yards from her front door, she was abducted. 6 days later her body was found. The stellar police investigation that followed quickly identified a suspect, but unbelievably he had already fled the UK and disappeared to India, a nation of over a billion people. Navigating racial tensions...
Oct 17, 2019•57 min•Ep. 116
In 1978, five men piled into a car after a local basketball game, they stopped at a shop to pick up some snacks and then they vanished. The next day their car was found on a mountain road, without a scratch, half a tank of petrol and in perfect running order. Why would the men have left the car and entered the freezing wilderness? It wasn’t until the summer that four of the men were found, well at least their bodies were...but the discoveries only deepened the mystery; one of the men was even fo...
Oct 10, 2019•51 min•Ep. 115
Between 1986 and 1987 in Pennsylvania, self-appointed “Bishop” Gary Heidnik abducted six women and held them prisoner in a pit that he’d dug into the floor of his basement. The brutal torture that these women suffered at Heidnik’s hands is incomprehensible - especially when you consider that the entire time Heidnik was running his own church just meters above where these women were trapped. This month’s $10+ bonus Patreon episode is out Monday 7 October - on The Colt Incest Clan. www.patreon.com...
Oct 03, 2019•53 min•Ep. 114
2 years after Gable Tostee was arrested for the murder of Warriena Wright he stood trial. In this week’s episode the girls delve into the aftermath, the court case, Tostee’s bizarre past behaviour towards women - and vitally all of the information that the jury weren’t told at his trial... Sources: What The Gable Tostee Jury Wasn't Told https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/what-the-gable-tostee-jury-wasnt-told/news-story/3d7799ae491cfb454f05254e067df8c7 Gable Tostee could face fresh charg...
Sep 26, 2019•51 min•Ep. 113
On August 8, 2014 28 year old Gable Tostee and 26 year old Warriena Wright met for a first date in Surfer’s Paradise on The Gold Coast. The pair had matched on Tinder - and the date was only ever meant to be a casual hook up, so they went straight to Tostee’s 14th floor flat. In the early hours of the following morning Warriena plunged to her death from Tostee’s balcony. This case truly is a mystery, and normally it would be impossible for anyone to deduce what had happened behind closed doors t...
Sep 19, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 112
On the 16th of April 1996 James Patterson Smith walked into Gorton police station and told officers that his 17 year old girlfriend had drowned in the bath. This was of course a lie; Kelly Anne had sustained weeks of torture at the hands of Smith - and her story left even seasoned detectives and pathologists lost for words. So brutal was the crime that it was the first time in Manchester Crown Court that jurors were offered counselling, every single one accepted. This week’s episode is not for t...
Sep 12, 2019•47 min•Ep. 111
In 1977 an intruder entered the beautiful Glensheen mansion on the shores of Lake Superior. In the night of terror that followed, in a macabre game of Cluedo come to life, the wealthy heiress and her nurse were savagely murdered. There were suspects aplenty but the police knew from the start that the answers lay close to home... Sources: 'Glensheen's Daughter: The Marjorie Congdon Story' by Sharon Darby Hendry 'Will to Murder: The True Story Behind the Crimes & Trials Surrounding the Glenshe...
Sep 05, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 110
In 2001 Andrea Yates did the unthinkable when one-by-one she killed all 5 of her children; what had possessed this seemingly ordinary, loving mother? Well, according to Andrea it was Satan himself. Join the girls this week as they ask did the devil really make Andrea do it? Recommended viewing: Andrea Yates: A Mother’s Madness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsYS-guaNHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2pNZPJPdoc See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at h...
Aug 29, 2019•56 min•Ep. 109
It’s “Lolita” on the English Rivera this week as the girls follow the story of a 30 year old Maths teacher, Jeremy Forrest, and his obsession with a 15 year old student - Gemma Grant*. Their relationship escalated from casual conversations to constant messaging, to kissing to a full blow sexual affair; and soon the whole world knew. In 2012, taking a final stab at being together, the pair ran off to France sparking an international manhunt which left both of their lives in tatters. *Name changed...
Aug 22, 2019•51 min•Ep. 108
Qandeel Baloch was a social media sensation, women’s rights activist - and a queen of controversy. In 2016 Qandeel released a series of photos and videos that she had captured with one of Pakistan’s most influential and powerful clerics. She also accused him of sexually harassing her - 25 days later Qandeel was murdered; rocking Pakistan as much in death as she had done in life. If you want to skip Suruthi's travel tales, please skip to 7:40 Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/09...
Aug 15, 2019•54 min•Ep. 107
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". When Vera got pregnant, Cheri's determination to meet her grandchild created a horrifyingly dangerous situation for the young mother. S...
Aug 08, 2019•41 min•Ep. 106
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 fight...
Aug 01, 2019•59 min•Ep. 105
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 Canniba...
Jul 25, 2019•53 min•Ep. 104
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. Join Hannah and Suruthi as they work to separate fact from fiction, and discover that the truth is just as scary as the lies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out in...
Jul 18, 2019•49 min•Ep. 103
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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at http...
Jul 11, 2019•54 min•Ep. 102
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? BUY TO...
Jul 04, 2019•56 min•Ep. 101
In 2012 Kathleen Valle started to become suspicious of her New York City police officer husband Gilberto. He was spending all of his time on the computer, and Kathleen, who had just had their baby was afraid he was being unfaithful. When she finally broke and checked his online activity - what she found was far more horrifying than anything she had imagined. Gilberto Valle had been on cannibal fetish forums talking to strangers about how he wanted to abduct, rape, torture, kill and eat women - i...
Jun 27, 2019•42 min•Ep. 100
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. 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 ....
Jun 20, 2019•55 min•Ep. 99
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 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...
Jun 18, 2019•54 min•Ep. 3
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 ...
Jun 13, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 98
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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://...
Jun 06, 2019•49 min•Ep. 97
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. 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. 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 Ch...
May 30, 2019•56 min•Ep. 96
In 2006 all of Abraham Shakespeares' dreams came true. He won 30 million dollars on the lottery, it looked like all his troubles were over. But within 3 years all of his money disappeared and soon after, Abraham disappeared too. 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 ....
May 22, 2019•44 min•Ep. 95
