Sleepwalkers and other people who have parasomnias, or involuntary behaviors they act out while sleeping, are usually harmless. But, what happens when someone commits a heinous crime while sleepwalking? In this week’s episode Bethan tells us about three cases where sleepwalking led to tragic consequences. www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast www.betterhelp.com/red Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her awesome work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more ab...
Jan 20, 2022•50 min•Season 7Ep. 3
This week, we take a deep dive into the world of the rich and famous as we discuss the biggest burglary in English criminal history. And I say ‘burglary’, but actually it was plural – the gang at the centre of today’s case were responsible for not one, but three burglaries in which they targeted the homes of London’s glitterati. This was an audacious crime spree which saw the thieves walk away with a total of £26 million worth of jewellery and cash in the space of just 13 days. The gang blew som...
Jan 12, 2022•58 min•Season 7Ep. 2
We are BACK for our season 7 premier! After covering some truly harrowing cases towards the end of season 6, we thought we would start season 7, and the new year, on a slightly lighter note, with a case that features limited violence - yes, you heard that right! This week, Bethan tells us about an audacious art heist, during which 13 priceless paintings and art type things(!) were stolen from a magnificent gallery in Boston in 1991. Continuing the theme next week, Mark will be telling us about a...
Jan 05, 2022•50 min•Season 7Ep. 1
This week, in a listener recommended case (thanks Stuart!), we explore modern slavery in the UK as we delve into the distressing case of Michael Gilbert, a 26-year-old man with additional needs, whose vulnerabilities were so cruelly exploited by one sick and twisted family. This is dark and frustrating and depressing. You have been warned. Happy Christmas! www.patreon.com/seeingedpodcast www.beautifuljewellerycompany.co.uk - USE CODE RED10 FOR 10% OFF YOUR ENTIRE BASKET! Theme music arranged and...
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 25
This week, Bethan takes us to Northern Ireland, as she tells us about 81-year-old Maire Rankin, a frail pensioner, who was beaten to death with her own crucifix and sexually assaulted. Support the show: www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Show sponsors: www.beer52.com/red Best Fiends Theme music: Composed and arranged by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 15, 2021•43 min•Season 6Ep. 24
This week, we take a fresh look at what is possibly the most infamous hate crime in UK criminal history. We’re going to be talking about the savage and entirely unprovoked murder of an innocent 18-year-old man who was killed as he waited for a bus, by a gang of cowardly racists, for no other reason than the colour of his skin. This horrific attack not only robbed a family of a young son, but it cast a broad and ugly light on racial divisions within our society, and also raised difficult question...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 23
We are back together and Mark is not on his best behaviour in this episode! Be warned! This week it's Bethan's turn to tell us about a case, and it really is a tragic case - as tragic as it is mysterious... When renowned journalist Kim Wall stepped aboard a submarine belonging to Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen, she could never have foreseen the events that would unfold over the hours that followed... We will never know exactly what happened to Kim, but whatever the method, she suffered a grote...
Dec 01, 2021•49 min•Season 6Ep. 22
This week on Seeing Red, we delve into the life and crimes of Issei Sagawa, the Japanese murderer, cannibal and necrophile... www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Show Sponsors: www.beautifuljewellerycompany.co.uk - use code RED10 for 10% off your entire order www.wearewild.com - code RED2021 for 20% off at checkout www.tails.com/red21 for your month's worth of free tailored dog food Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInPlasticBag...
Nov 25, 2021•33 min•Season 6Ep. 21
This week, Bethan goes solo to tell you a case guest written by Samantha Lewis www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Sponsor: www.wearewild.com Code: red2021 Theme music composed by Holly-Jane Shears - www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 17, 2021•34 min•Season 6Ep. 20
This week, Bethan tells us about a case that changed laws and made history... Finn's Law is named after Finn, a police dog who was stabbed whilst pursuing a suspect with his handler PC David Wardell. Finn sustained serious stab wounds to the chest and head, but only criminal damage charges could be brought against his attacker. Join us as we take a deep dive into the circumstances that brought about this positive change... FYI... We were also both quite sick when we recorded this (particularly B...
Nov 10, 2021•44 min•Season 6Ep. 19
This week, we cover the abduction and murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard. It's a case that shocked the nation and prompted debate and change. www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Show Sponsors: www.beer52.com/red www.betterhelp.com/red Theme Music: Composed and arranged by Holly-Jane Shears - www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 18
This week Bethan takes us to Wales as we explore two tragic accidents, both related to mines... Theme Music: Arranged by Holly-Jane Shears. Check out her work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 26, 2021•49 min•Season 6Ep. 17
This seek on Seeing Red, we have not one, but two cases for you... First up, Paul Ballard... You may know him by his stage name 'Des'. He committed two very different crimes in 2020 - but what turned this former child star into a depraved monster? Next up, Hans Kristian and Eva Rausing. A life of opulence and excess resulted in tragic circumstances in 2012, when the couple's addiction to drugs peaked... www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Show Sponsors: www.issuu.com/podcast - use code RED Best Fie...
Oct 19, 2021•37 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Bethan is BACK! We had so much fun recording together again! Be warned, we do go off on a few tangents in this one - it was our first time recording together in five months so I suppose it was inevitable! This week, Bethan explores an intriguing case from Australia which has a number of twists and turns! www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Theme music composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her amazing work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
Oct 12, 2021•51 min•Season 6Ep. 15
I am BACK! And so too is Bethan next week! This week, I take a deep dive into the 1986 disappearance of 25-year-old British estate agent Suzy Lamplugh. Suzy had the world at her feet when she vanished into thin air after she met a 'client' in the summer of 1986 - the infamous 'Mr Kipper'. Just what happened to Suzy and who was responsible? Join me as I look to answer those questions. www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Theme Music arranged by Holly-Jane Shears - www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag...
Oct 05, 2021•42 min•Season 6Ep. 14
With the backdrop of New Orleans attempting to recover from Hurricane Katrina we head to 2006 and the sad story of Zack & Addie. Thank you Haze Selby-Dee for this brilliant episode! Patreon: www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Sponsors: Best Fiends Betterhelp.com/red for 10% off Theme Music: Composed by Holly-Jane Shears - www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 15, 2021•29 min•Season 6Ep. 13
In 2016, 340 children were adopted in Wales. Ten month old Shayla O’Brien was one of those 340 children. Like most children put up for adoption, Shayla had entered this world under difficult circumstances. Born to a drug-addicted mother, she was added to the child protection register at birth, in November 2014. She left hospital when she was five days old and she was quickly taken into care by the Vale of Glamorgan council, before being placed with a foster family, where she remained until she w...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 12
This week, in an episode researched and written by one of our listeners, Samantha Lewis, I take a deep dive into the divisive subject of illegal immigration. It's a truly tragic tale that features the deaths of 39 innocent people – 29 men, 8 women and two children, two boys who were aged just 15. They were all desperate for a new life in a country where the streets are perceived to be paved with gold. But for them, it wasn’t to be. This is the story of the Essex lorry deaths. www.vinedme.co.uk -...
Aug 31, 2021•38 min•Season 6Ep. 11
I wanted to let you know about a fascinating documentary that's coming to Sky Documentaries and NOW on 21 August - 'The Wimbledon Kidnapping'. *I haven't been paid in any way to promote this. I just wanted to let you know about it! **Don't forget, I'm on a mid-season break on 25 August, so there won't be an episode then. See yo on 1 September! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 19, 2021•4 min
This week, I'm joined by my sister, Laura, who is a child protection expert, to discuss the torture and murder of eight-year-old Victoria Climbié. This is the story of an impoverished girl who was plucked from the volatile planes of the Ivory Coast with the promise of a new life in Europe. A life filled with luxury and opportunity. What followed, however, was a living nightmare. Just fifteen months after being rescued from her homeland, Victoria would lie dead in her bed in the intensive care un...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Bethan is back! Well, sort of... This week's episode sees Bethan fly solo as she delves into two separate murders. She also provides an update on how she's getting on, when she's coming back and what's coming up in the next month! Support us at: www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Show Sponsors: Best Fiends www.beer52.com/RED Theme Music: Composed and arranged by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her amazing work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Next Week: Next week's episode features the murder...
Aug 10, 2021•28 min•Season 6Ep. 9
The village of Maids Moreton dates back to the 13th century and gets its name from two maiden wenches who are said to have financed the building of the parish church, St Edmund. Maids Moreton is a typical English village – small, tranquil, green – a real community built around the church where generations of the same families have lived for centuries. It’s not the kind of place you would expect to find murder and deceit. But that’s exactly what was found lurking in Maids Moreton in 2017 when not...
Aug 03, 2021•41 min•Season 6Ep. 8
This week’s episode sees us delve into the distressing world of terrorism. Few will ever forget the truly horrifying events of 2013. The day a brutal act of terrorism was committed in broad daylight on a busy London street. 25-year-old Lee Rigby, a British army soldier, was slaughtered with a meat cleaver and a large hunting knife by two British-born Islamic jihadists, in a murder that shocked the nation to its very core. Theme Music composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her amazing work at ...
Jul 27, 2021•39 min•Season 6Ep. 7
This week, in an episode written by Bethan, we head to Glasgow as we go back in time to May 2008. When detectives discovered two murder victims, just hours apart, on the outskirts of Glasgow, they knew they must have been linked... But were they? Could it really be possible that two women could be murdered in one week, just a couple of miles apart and this not be the work of a serial killer in the making...? Join us as we take a deep dive into murder and mayhem in Glasgow. Support us on Patreon:...
Jul 22, 2021•38 min•Season 6Ep. 6
This week's episode sees us head to Malaysia as we take a deep dive into the life and sadistic crimes of 33-year-old Englishman Richard Huckle... Please be warned, this is one of our most graphic episodes. There are (absolutely minimal) descriptions of child sex abuse and extremely graphic descriptions of adult violence. I will be glad to see the back of this case. Please help me to support my need for wine by heading to www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Show Sponsors: Best Fiends www.betterhelp....
Jul 13, 2021•40 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Bethan is back! Don't get too excited, it's only a brief return - she'll be back properly soon! This week, we explore the life and crimes of Derek Bentley - a small time crook who paid a heavy price for his part in a burglary gone wrong... Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Theme Music provided by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her amazing work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 06, 2021•42 min•Season 6Ep. 4
This week's episodes is as frustrating as it is heart-breaking. We explore the consequences of a long running feud between two violent rival street gangs. A feud that culminated in the tragic death of an 11-year-old child. Support the show on Patreon - www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast Show Sponsor - www.drink-trip.com - use code RED for 15% off Theme Music - provided by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her amazing work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Jun 29, 2021•36 min•Season 6Ep. 3
We are heading back to America this week as we take a deep dive into the unsolved murders of renowned rappers and infamous rivals Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G, Biggie Smalls… This is a complex tale which takes us to the very heart of the east coast/ west coast rivalry that dominated rap culture in 1990’s America. Set against a backdrop of gang warfare, where violence and power were the only currencies worth having, this case sees us attempt to answer a question that has plagued the true ...
Jun 22, 2021•43 min•Season 6Ep. 2
When Michael and Kristine Barnett adopted six-year-old Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace in 2010, they got more than they bargained for... In a plot straight out of Hollywood, little Natalia was actually a 22-year-old woman masquerading as a helpless child... Or was she? This is a tale so full of twists and turns that it gonna have you reaching for the migraine pills! Huge thanks to SuZe at Darkside Podcast for writing this fascinating episode! Patreon: Check us out on Patreon at www.patreon.com/se...
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 1
This week, Bethan (yes, Bethan! She is back - sort of - for one week only!) tells us about the murder of 16-year-old Becky Watts. Becky was reported missing on 20 February 2015. Her dismembered body was found ten days later, disturbingly close to home... Join us as we uncover exactly what happened to Becky in her final moments. Show Sponsor: www.beer52.com/RED Theme Music provided by Holly-Jane Shears - check out her amazing work at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag Wanna throw a few quid our...
Jun 01, 2021•51 min•Season 5Ep. 25
