RedHanded

RedHanded the podcast jumps head first into all manner of macabre madness. We cover everything from big time serial killers (and those you may never have heard of), to hauntings, possessions, disturbing mysteries, bizarre whodunits and basically anything that tickles our creepy fancy. So, join us, plug in, sit back and prepare for scares.

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Aug 17, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 311 - Bhagwan Rajneesh: The Rolls-Royce Driving Sex Guru
In July 1981, the 40 residents of Antelope, Oregon watched on in bemusement as their rural village was descended upon by an Indian guru and thousands of his followers. Little did they know at the time, that these maroon-robed chanting hippies and their money-loving spiritual leader would go on to overthrow the local government, attempt wide-scale voter fraud, plot to fill a plane with explosives and eventually, carry out the most significant act of bioterrorism in US history. This is the real story of Bhagwan Rajneesh, and how he managed to amass a global following of devotees who were ready to do anything for him…
Aug 10, 2023 · 57 min
Episode 310 - Brenda Spencer: ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’
School shootings are now tragically commonplace in the US. But in 1979, when Brenda Spencer opened fire on Cleveland Elementary School, it took everyone by surprise. Killing two adults and injuring nine children – allegedly just because she didn’t like Mondays – Brenda has lived on in infamy as one of America’s first school shooters, immortalised by Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Visit our website: Website Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com
Aug 3, 2023 · 49 min
Episode 309 - Thabo Bester: Twisted Firestarter
At 2am, on the 3rd of May last year – inmates at Mangaung prison in Bloemfontein, South Africa, were woken up by an explosion. Word spread that Thabo Bester, the infamous “Facebook Rapist”, had set himself and his cell on fire. And all that remained after the dramatic blaze were a lighter, and a body, burnt beyond recognition. But that’s far from the end of the story. With daily revelations from the trial still hitting headlines, expect a farcical morgue-robbing scheme, a massive-scale web of fraud conducted from inside a prison cell, and a glamorous celebrity doctor who’s not quite what she seems.
Jul 27, 2023 · 41 min
Episode 308 - Christine 'Chris Chan' Chandler: Lifelong Lolcow
Graphic Sonic fanfiction, a botched DIY sex change, incest and relentless psychosexual trolling are just some of the hallmarks of Christine Weston Chandler's story. As one of the most documented people in history – with 2,500 Wiki articles covering everything from school reports to her parents’ friends – her almost biblical tale leaves little to the imagination. Yet most people have never heard of her. Despite decades of online abuse, manipulation, and even extortion, the majority of those who do know about the infamous ‘Chis Chan’ see her as little more than an internet joke. Yet her real life is one of the most saddening and downright bizarre we are ever likely to cover. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Visit our website: Website Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com
Jul 20, 2023 · 46 min
Episode 307 - Warren Jeffs: Bleeding the Beast - Part 2
Last week, we looked at the formation of the ultra-obedient, bigamist Mormon cult, the FLDS – in which plural marriage to pregnant preteen girls is just the tip of the fundamentalist iceberg. In this second part, we look at how its new prophet, Warren Jeffs, took his so-called religion to ever stricter and more terrifying depths. With followers so beaten down that they were banned from even laughing; the prophet on the lam, living it up at Disneyland; and a team of ex-faithfuls and dogged investigators closing in – something had to give. But not before the full extent of his evil was laid bare in front of a stunned courtroom.
Jul 13, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 306 - Warren Jeffs: God’s Chosen People - Part 1
According to Warren Jeffs’ thousands of followers, he was the leader of a secretive but devoted religion – their prophet, and the representative of God on Earth. But according to US law, he was a dangerous, totalitarian, child-molesting horror with over 80 wives – some married off as young as 12. Still, according to the church, Earthly laws are no match for the voice of God. In this episode, we explore the story behind the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: how the visions of a charismatic, seventeen-year-old farmhand grew to become a major world religion; how plural marriage caused a major rift in the church; and how its teachings were warped into a systematic cult of child abuse, underage sex, and absolute power.
Jul 6, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
Natalia Grace: The Orphan | #305
In 2009, the horror movie Orphan told the story of a couple who take in a creepy child from a Russian orphanage who – spoiler alert – turns out to be a psychopathic adult woman. And just a year after the film’s release, real life seemed to echo fiction when the Barnetts, a wealthy American family, adopted a 6-year-old girl named Natalia Grace from Ukraine…Only to abandon her and flee to Canada within just 3 years. Why? Because according to the Barnetts, Natalia – who had a rare form of dwarfism – wasn’t a little girl at all. She was actually a 22-year-old woman dead-set on killing their whole family. In this hotly-disputed case, we explore the allegations, the evidence, and how one girl found herself at the centre of one of the weirdest true-crime mysteries in recent memory. Let’s just say that in this story, nothing is quite as it seems… -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram
Jun 29, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
The Richardson Family Murders: Groomed to Kill | #304
Violently stabbed to death in their own home, the bodies of Debra and Marc Richardson showed signs of a desperate struggle. Upstairs lay the body of their 8-year-old son, Tyler. Their 12-year-old daughter, Jasmine, was nowhere to be found. Believing they were investigating a brutal home invasion, police launched a race against time to find the missing girl… What they uncovered instead was a deeply disturbing case involving manipulation, fantasy, and a relationship that should never have existed – between a vulnerable tween goth and her allegedly centuries-old werewolf ‘boyfriend’. Tried alongside 23-year-old predator Jeremy Steinke, Jasmine Richardson became the youngest person ever convicted of multiple murder in Canada, in a case the country would never forget. -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram
Jun 22, 2023 · 49 min
Antony Gignac: Prince of Fraud | #303
How did a Colombian-born orphan become one of the most audacious con artists the United States has ever seen? Starting his shapeshifting career in Michigan at the age of just 12, Anthony Gignac transformed himself into a Saudi prince and spent three decades conning society’s elite out of millions… Until one day in 2017, when he ordered the wrong entrée at a restaurant – and a schoolboy error brought down one of history’s most notorious swindlers. -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram
Jun 15, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
The Grenfell Tower Fire: Failed By The State | #302
On 14th June 2017, a catastrophic fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, a high-rise residential building in West London. 72 people died, including 18 children. The tragedy became one of the darkest days in recent British history. But worst of all? A damning public inquiry found that the disaster – and the loss of life – was completely avoidable. This is the story of how decades of government corruption and corporate greed led to the deaths of 72 innocent people: with an outraged community demanding justice. To support those still affected by the Grenfell tragedy, we’ve donated a portion of our ad revenue from this episode to the Grenfell Foundation. To find out more, please follow this link: https://www.grenfellfoundation.org.uk/fundraising -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram
Jun 8, 2023 · 51 min
Tupac & Biggie Part 2: Rivalry, Revenge and Gangster Rap Murder | #301
In our second instalment exploring one of music’s biggest true-crime mysteries, we turn the spotlight on Christopher Latore Wallace – better known as Biggie Smalls, or the Notorious B.I.G. Lyrically gifted, privately educated and no stranger to a little crack dealing, Biggie became the face of the prestigious East Coast rap scene at the height of its deadliest era. So what really happened to Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls? As H&S find out, sometimes the simplest explanation is the most likely… -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram
Jun 5, 2023 · 54 min
FROM THE VAULT - Kathleen Folbigg & Patricia Stallings: Mothers Not Killers | #257
With the news that Kathleen Folbigg has finally been pardoned, we wanted to help you revisit this case, and Kathleen's incredibly tragic story by re-uploading our episode from August 2022. The theory “1 sudden infant death is a tragedy, 2 is suspicious and 3 is murder” has pervaded criminal investigations for decades – so when Kathleen Folbigg’s daughter, Laura, became her fourth to die mysteriously, Kathleen found herself labeled “Australia’s Worst Female Serial Killer”. Today the girls delve into two unbelievable miscarrriages of justice – mothers wrongfully convicted of killing their children – which highlight the immense challenges of the intersection between science and justice in the courtroom. And discover how a series of bizarre circumstances and medical anomalies could have led to the deaths of 5 babies and the imprisonment of two women. -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram
Jun 1, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
Tupac & Biggie Part 1: Hip-Hop's Deadliest Feud | #300
In the 1990s, hip-hop’s most legendary beef turned deadly. As the East Coast-West Coast rap feud spiralled out of control, Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. became targets in a war driven by clashing egos, heated rivalry and gang violence. Within six months of each other, both were killed in drive-by shootings. No one has ever been convicted for their murders. In the first of our two-part series, we’re lifting the lid on Tupac Shakur: poet, provocateur, and poster boy of the West Coast hip-hop scene, who met his end in a blaze of bullets in Las Vegas. -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram
May 25, 2023 · 43 min
Episode 299 - La Maison de L'Horreur: The Dupont de Ligonnès Family Murder
When five members of the cheery, churchgoing Dupont de Ligonnès family were found dead at their home in Nantes – buried in the garden with small Catholic relics – a million questions erupted from neighbours, family and friends. But for the police, only one question mattered: where was the sixth? Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès was nowhere to be found. And as they dug into his past, they uncovered a story that’s obsessed the nation of France for years: one of an ancient aristocratic dynasty, of international espionage, and a crime scene that, decades later, still refuses to add up…
May 22, 2023 · 1 hr 32 min
TRIAL UPDATE & REUPLOAD: Episode 180 - Lori Vallow: Doomsday
To make sure that none of you miss out we've updated our episode on Lori Vallow to include an update on her trial! Listen to this episode and this week's episode of ShortHand for the full scoop. 47-year-old mum of 3, Lori Vallow was convinced of two things; she was a god and the world was ending. Her job was to prepare her people for the second coming of Christ, in July 2020... But even as her behaviour became increasingly erratic, and even as those around her started to die in mysterious ways, and even when 2 of her kids - J.J. and Tylee - vanished, it took a shockingly long time for the alarm to be raised. By which point, it would be far too late for the missing children... Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Visit our website: Website Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com
May 18, 2023 · 53 min
Episode 298 - Papa Doc: Haiti’s Vodou Dictator
What kind of leader would say of his own people that they are “meant to suffer”? Well, maybe a savage despot who claimed to be the master of the dead – a powerful sorcerer who could use vodou to raise murderous zombies at will, read minds, and even assassinate a US president… Francois Duvalier, known as ‘Papa Doc’, is one of the most ruthless dictators of the 20th Century, responsible for the deaths of an estimated 60,000 people, and a reign of terror that tragically reverberates through Haiti to this day. This week Hannah and Suruthi find out how the first nation to be founded by slaves gave way to brutal Black nationalism, black magic, and decades of public savagery. Note for Wondery+ or Amazon Music subscribers downloading our early-release episode: our ShortHand on Haitian Vodou is out on 16 May!
May 11, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 297 - Martha Moxley: Death & Dynasty
On Halloween morning, 1975, in one of the most exclusive gated communities in the USA, the bludgeoned body of 15-year-old Martha Moxley was discovered on her own front lawn. The shattered pieces of the murder weapon, a six-iron golf club, were found nearby. The police had the body, they had the weapon, and they had a strong indication of who took her life. But this was going to be anything but an open and shut-case. Why? Because this story implicated some of the wealthiest and most powerful families in American history. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Visit our website: Website Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com
May 4, 2023 · 48 min
Episode 296 - Evil Genius: The ‘Pizza Bomber’
When delivery driver Brian Wells wound up with a bomb strapped to his neck after trying to fulfill a seemingly normal order of 2 pepperoni pizzas, local police thought their strange day had come to a dramatic end. In reality, it was the start… By the end of their investigation they’d have to solve a scavenger hunt, track down a woman known as “crazy Marge”, and defrost the body of a mystery man tossed inside a freezer. This week Suruthi and Hannah deliver one of the most bizarre cases in American history, and try to unbox the truth behind the ‘Pizza Bomber’. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Visit our website: Website Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com
Apr 27, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 295 - The Christchurch Massacre
On the 15th of March, 2019, a 28-year-old man walked into a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, holding a shotgun and semi-automatic rifle – and opened fire. And what set this story apart was not just its brutality, but also the way it was staged – from the internet, for the internet. The gunman had strapped a GoPro to his helmet, and was streaming every second of the Christchurch shooting over Facebook Live. And just before he entered Al-Noor mosque, he said to his online audience: “Remember lads, subscribe to PewDiePie.” We look at online radicalisation, the deep internet meta-humour that was littered through the manifesto – and the role of platforms like 8chan and YouTube in the rise of far-right terrorism. -- If you would like to take up the offer of the 6 month free trial to Wondery+ just click HERE or visit redhandedpodcast.com/wonderytrial And don’t forget - you’ll be automatically charged $4.99 a month after the end of the 6 months, so if you don’t want to keep W+ be sure to cancel! If you have Amazon Prime - but still can’t access ShortHand via amazon music - unfortunately you are in a region that doesn’t have access. So please also make use of the Wondery+ trial! Terms and conditions are available at wondery.com/terms-of-service -- Listen to this week's ShortHand – 'The Human Zoo & Mbye Ota Benga' – on Amazon Music or Wondery+.
Apr 21, 2023 · 5 min
Filthy Ritual: A Brand New Podcast by Suruthi & Hannah
Welcome to Filthy Ritual - our brand new 6-part series on the Hoax Healer of Hampstead 💸🐒 There's voodoo, shamanism, black magic, a tree of life in the Surinamese jungle, and so much more... Episode 1 is out now wherever you get your podcasts, but if you can't wait all episodes are available for free on Global Player today!