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OJ Simpson - Part One: The Juice is Loose | #429
Orenthal James Simpson, aka ?OJ?, aka ?The Juice?: the single most famous man in American sporting history. By the early 90s he had not only established himself as the greatest American Football player who?d ever lived ? but he had also transcended sport, turning himself into a charismatic advertising machine and national icon.
However, in June 1994, it all fell apart ? when he killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman in cold blood, leaving a trail of evidence and eventually going on a highly televised (but actually pretty slow) car chase. But somehow, he got away with it. Welcome to the most American thing since apple pie: the life of OJ Simpson, and his unquestionable guilt.
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Laetitia Toureaux: Murder on the Metro | #428
In May 1937, a chic young woman entered an empty Paris Métro carriage. Less than a minute later, she was discovered bleeding to death with a dagger in her neck.
It?s a locked-room whodunnit that has bamboozled the French public for almost a century.
The murder of Laetitia Toureaux unravelled her dizzying double (and triple) lives as a factory worker by day, nightclub siren by night ? and a glamorous undercover spy tangled up in the deadliest politics of 1930s France?
The case still remains officially unsolved: but can we solve it? Step aboard and join us as we try to crack this shadowy Parisian mystery.
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Dalia Dippolito: 5,000% Guilty | #427
Add together a narcissistic gold-digger, a gullible gym bro and a police department with a flair for theatrics, and what do you get? The Dalia Dippolito saga.
She thought she?d hired a hitman to kill her husband. Instead, she ended up starring in a viral sting complete with a staged crime scene, hidden cameras, and the world?s least convincing crocodile tears.
This week, we unpack the wild story of Dalia Dippolito ? the wannabe black widow who fell for her own web of lies.
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Sid & Nancy: Punk Rock Homicide | #426
When Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious woke up in a pool of his girlfriend?s blood, most people thought they knew the score. Sid & Nancy were famous across the world: the ultimate dysfunctional, smack-addicted punk power couple ? and their reckless lifestyle was bound to end in tragedy.
But they were far from the only people in Room 100 of the infamous Chelsea Hotel that night. With a building full of shady characters coming and going; thousands of dollars in cash nowhere to be found; an endless list of dangerous enemies with a lot to gain; and enough drugs to make a blue whale see god: it?s the rock?n?roll mystery that just won?t quit.
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Robert Wone - Forensics, Fetishes and Fluids: Part Two | #425
In our final episode on the murder of Robert Wone, we examine the most shocking autopsy we?ve ever come across. Complete with what they found on and inside Robert?
Which together with the nightmarish sex toys discovered in the DC townhouse, painted a new and even more bizarre picture of what took place just before Robert?s death.
And it?s time to lay out what we really think happened that night.
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Robert Wone - The Dead of Night: Part One | #424
Just 79 minutes after Robert Wone arrived at the fancy Washington DC townhouse of his College pal, 911 received a call that he was dead.
Was it a drug-fuelled gay orgy gone wrong? A horrific rape and murder? An opportunistic burglar? The scene, Robert?s injuries, the surviving residents? stories ? nothing added up?
In part one, we introduce strait-laced lawyer Robert Wone ? and hear from the other men in the apartment that night: a messy throuple, with a romantic dynamic as changeable as their alibis.
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RedHaunted x I Could Murder A Podcast | #423
For our second Halloween special we?ve teamed up with I Could Murder A Podcast for a super-spooky fancy dress edition of RedHaunted recorded in a magician?s house. So, join us by the hearth for tales of faceless ghosts, disappearing babies, and ?wet maps of Africa? on the front of a man?s trousers.
For the full spooktacular experience, head to youtube.com/@redhandedthepod from the 30th of October.
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Exploring Britain?s Most Evil Church (ft. Ghost Huns) | #422
For our first of two Halloween specials we set off on a spooky adventure ghost hunting with Ghost Huns at Clophill, allegedly the one of the most haunted and evil locations in the UK. Today we?re going to tell you the dark history of Britain?s most horrifying church, including satanic rituals, and the local priest driving around with a dead woman?s bones in the back of his car.
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The Baraboo Bonebreaker | #421
The police knew their suspect was a sexual sadist ? one who had trapped a young boy for days and took great pleasure in slowly, methodically, snapping every bone in his legs. What they didn?t expect was that this ghastly resident of Baraboo, Wisconsin was still just 17 years old. And it wasn?t his first time.
H&S spin the sinister tale of a twisted young psychopath, hiding in plain sight in an unassuming Midwestern town.
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FROM THE VAULT: Ian Watkins: Rock Star, Paedophile, Nepiophile
*Update* Ian Watkins has been stabbed to death in Wakefield Prison by two fellow inmates, on Saturday 11th October 2025. He was previously stabbed in 2023, when he was taken hostage for six hours by a group of inmates. Here is our full episode from 2019.
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Ian Watkins was the lead singer of Welsh rock band Lostprophets. He toured all over the world, playing to sold out stadiums of adoring fans - so in 2012 when he was arrested and charged with 13 counts of child sex offences, including against a child as young as 11 months old, the world was shocked.
This is a particularly troubling case because it of course covers the abuse this depraved man doled out to incredibly young victims, but there are also deeply troubling questions raised about why authorities missed chance after chance to catch Watkins.
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Unit 731: Japan?s Secret Human Testing Program | #420
One of WWII?s lesser-known horrors, Japan?s secret biological warfare testing program is so brutal and inhumane that it?s hard to believe it could ever happen. And at its helm was a twisted microbiologist Shiro Ishi.
Victims, known inside as ?logs?, were injected and exposed to countless pathogens including typhoid, cholera, and the plague, then watched like lab rats as they were gripped by the diseases. Even in their last moments, the poor souls stuck inside Unit 731 weren?t safe, as they were cut open and examined, while they were still alive?
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Arne Cheyenne Johnson: The Devil Made Me Do It | #419
In 1981, nineteen-year-old Arne Cheyenne Johnson stabbed his landlord to death ? but claimed he wasn?t guilty. Why? Because he was possessed by the literal Devil.
With a wild alibi starring a possessed tween, budget exorcisms and even a cameo from America?s most notorious spooky grifters Ed and Lorraine Warren, Satan was going on trial...
But would a judge believe that the horned guy himself was roaming small-town Connecticut in the early eighties?
Find out as we explore the case that shocked a nation ? and almost changed US law forever.
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Madeline Soto: Handed to a Monster | #418
Almost immediately after 13-year-old Madeline Soto was reported missing in February 2024, something didn?t seem quite right.
Her mother Jennifer Soto ? and Jennifer?s boyfriend Stephan Sterns ? gave a series of strange interviews in the press. And over the next five days, as investigators picked apart the lives (and sleeping arrangements) of those who lived in the Soto home, bombshells kept on rocking the people of Osceola County, Florida. Until finally, the horrific reality of what Maddy endured was revealed to the world.
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Ed Gein: America?s Real-Life Psycho | #417
We?re finally diving into the case of infamous bodysnatcher, human-skin-furniture-maker, and OG mummy?s boy...Ed Gein.
A shy bachelor who terrorised a tiny Wisconsin town with his nightmarish farmhouse of horrors in the 1950s, Ed Gein inspired some of the creepiest characters in scary-movie history: from Psycho?s Norman Bates to Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs.
And with the third season of Ryan Murphy?s Monsters turning the Netflix spotlight on Gein, what better time for us to explore the twisted true story behind it all? Here?s everything you need to know about the terrifying ?Butcher of Plainfield?.
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FROM THE VAULT - Thabo Bester: Twisted Firestarter
Due to a huge number of requests following a new Netflix doc on Thabo Bester, we're re-releasing our 2023 episode on the shocking, shameless, madder-than-fiction South African saga.
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At 2am, on the 3rd of May 2022 ? 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.
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FROM THE VAULT - Jenelle Potter: Catfish
With cyberbullying and catfishing stories back in the news it felt like the perfect time to revisit this early episode from back in 2019.
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Someone was cyberbullying Jenelle Potter: hurling online abuse and threatening her life with claims that she was "too pretty to live". As things escalated, inexplicably, the CIA seemed to become involved and Jenelle's parents felt the only way to save their vulnerable daughter was to take matters into their own hands.
But once her "bullies" were dead questions quickly surfaced about Jenelle's behaviour...
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Tania Head: 9/11 Trauma Fraud | #416
Being in the World Trade Centre when the second plane hit the South Tower; watching her assistant be decapitated; crawling over the bodies of her dead and injured co-workers; and becoming one of only nineteen people to survive being at or above the point of impact: these are all things Tania Head did not experience.
Yet for six years, Tania (real name Alicia) was the 9/11 survivor. She inspired others, worked tirelessly for their cause, and even became a beacon of hope as the president of the World Trade Center Survivors' Network.
This is how the greatest 9/11 story ever told turned out to be a hoax.
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Charles Bronson: Britain?s Most Dangerous Prisoner | #415
What do you do with a prisoner so unhinged that he?s been kicked out of 120 prisons to date? How have Britain?s most secure facilities dealt with a man who could explode in a frenzy of brutal violence and destruction at any moment? What happens to a man who spends more than 25 years in solitary confinement? And most importantly: now that Britain?s most infamous inmate has rebranded as an artist, poet, and man of peace, will it ever be safe to let him out?
This is the story of the larger-than-life British institution, who once stripped naked, greased himself in butter, and ran at a dozen armed guards ? just for the love of the brawl.
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Peter Tobin: Trail of Evil | #414
In 2006, the body of Polish student Angelika Kluk was found hidden in the most unthinkable place: stuffed beneath the floorboards of a Glasgow church.
The man who put her there ? greyhaired handyman Peter Tobin ? was about to have his own sins laid bare. And what police found would reveal a predator whose impact stretched far beyond the church walls: with vanished girls, broken families, and a raft of missed opportunities to stop a prolific offender from slipping through the cracks of the UK justice system.
Eventually, Tobin was unmasked as one of Britain?s darkest serial killers, with whispers linking him to the infamous ?Bible John? murders. His true victim count? Only God can keep the score.
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Confessions LIVE in NYC | #413
Recorded LIVE in New York?s Town Hall in front of a sold-out crowd, RedHanded?s Confessions Tour show takes in everything from Mormon sex scandals to intergalactic baby-making missions to save the planet. Plus: more than we ever wanted to know about our lovely audience?
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Iqbal Masih: Enslaved, Empowered, Assassinated | #412
Sold into slavery at just four years old, Iqbal Masih?s future was not bright. He was set to be one of the millions of children and adults across Asia trapped in bonded labour.
But Iqbal was no ordinary child: he would escape slavery, campaign tirelessly to free fellow children, be recognised on the global stage ? and then tragically be assassinated by the ?Carpet Mafia? ? all before his thirteenth birthday. Here is his unthinkable story.
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Football?s Abuse Scandal: The FA?s Darkest Secret | #411
In 2016, ex-footballer Andy Woodward revealed on live TV that he and countless other boys were sexually abused by their former youth coach, Barry Bennell, whilst training in Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra?s acclaimed ?football factories? as youngsters in the 1980s and 90s.
In doing so, he blew the whistle on one of the UK?s most prolific child abusers ? and triggered a scandal that went deeper than anyone could?ve imagined?
Because Barry Bennell wasn?t the first ? or the last ? paedophilic predator to muddy the pitch of the beautiful game. The widespread child abuse scandal tore through the heart of British football, revealing a toxic culture more interested in collecting trophies than protecting children.
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Erin Patterson & The Mushroom Murders: Part Two | #410
In our second and final part on Erin Patterson?s deadly beef Wellington dinner, we focus on the jaw-dropping trial.
So: did she purposefully forage for death cap mushrooms, then cook and serve them to her extended family with the express purpose of giving them a slow and painful death? Did she really lie about having cancer? Or was it all just an innocent mistake?
The video version of this episode will be on our YouTube channel from 31st July.
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ShortHand: The Epstein Files
Jeffrey Epstein ? the billionaire financier-turned-serial-sex-trafficker ? is back in the news, in another new guise that no one saw coming: political football.
So let's take a look at what we know (and, more pertinently, what we will never know) about the so-called ?Epstein files?.
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FROM THE VAULT - Jeffrey Epstein: Parts 1&2
NOTE: Our update on the Epstein files will be released TOMORROW (Tuesday July 29th) to everyone. In the meantime, for all the context, here?s our two-parter in full!
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The story of Jeffrey Epstein ? the billionaire financier with an industrial-scale web of child abuse implicating some of the most powerful people in the world ? sounds like some half-baked conspiracy theory. But it?s all true.
We tell the story from the very beginning ? from Epstein?s grifting origins to sex-trafficking minors over to his private island. And how Epstein kept on getting away with it, despite there being hundreds of people that knew what he really was: a dangerous, influential and insatiable child rapist with a sophisticated network of fixers.
And finally, we take a look at what kind of justice ? if any ? was served. Plus: what really happened in that jail cell in 2019?
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Erin Patterson & The Mushroom Murders: Part One | #409
At lunchtime, a family in southeast Australia sat down for beef wellington with a mushroom duxelles, creamy mash and buttery green beans. The next morning, most of the guests would be violently ill. A week later, three of them would be dead. Only one diner was totally unaffected: the host, Erin Patterson? who later would stand trial for murder by poison mushroom.
In part one of our post-trial evaluation of this case, we take a look back at that fateful lunch, and Erin?s increasingly evasive and bizarre behaviour in the weeks after it ? all while her family members fought for their lives.
The video version of this episode will be on our YouTube channel from 24th July.
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Diddy: The Trial | #408
On Wednesday 2 July 2025, a jury found Sean Combs NOT GUILTY of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy ? his two most serious charges, which carried a potential sentence of life in prison. He was found guilty on lesser charges of transportation to engage in prostitution.
So, despite all the clear evidence of guilt, how did the jury come to this decision in just two days of deliberation? We take a closer look at how the trial went down, what part Cassie Ventura played, and where the defence went so very wrong?
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UPDATE - Constance Marten & Mark Gordon
This week, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found GUILTY of gross negligence manslaughter. So, on top of our rereleased episode from last year, here is everything you need to know from the bizarre retrial: unbelievable revelations about Mark Gordon's past crimes, an answer on Constance's mysterious 'fall' from a balcony, and more delays and fired barristers than we ever thought possible.
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When the body of a weeks-old baby was found in a plastic bag in a shed, covered in soil and rubbish, it marked the end of one of the UK?s strangest and most tragic criminal manhunts. The baby?s parents were Constance Marten and Mark Gordon ? an aristocratic heiress and an American convicted rapist.
As a jury wrestled for months over the couple?s guilt, more and more shocking details came out. Details of nights spent in a cheap tent out on the freezing moors. Of Gordon?s brutal criminal history. And the heartbreaking image that stuck in the nation?s mind more than anything else: the accusation that the baby had spent its short life carried around, in the depths of winter, in nothing but a plastic shopping bag.
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JFK Part Two: Deniably Plausible | #407
The report into Kennedy's assassination brought in a new era of mistrust in the government... and that was just the beginning. Because if you look for even a second ? the official version just doesn't add up.
In this second part, we take a closer look at Lee Harvey Oswald's shaky history, meet JFK's other worst enemy (the Mafia), and, finally decide: what do we think really happened that day?
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UPDATE: Bryan Kohberger & The Idaho Student Murders
This week in a shocking twist Bryan Kohberger accepted a plea deal for the brutal murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.
In this update ? taken from this week's Under the Duvet on our Patreon ? we discuss what evidence the prosecution had, why he accepted this deal that will see him die behind bars, and if justice was really served.
This episode also includes a re-release of our 2023 episode.
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JFK Part One: America on the Edge | #406
Who shot JFK is irrelevant, how many people shot him is the real question. Once you have decided there was more than one shooter, the fate of the world is sealed forever.
This is the original conspiracy theory, the dawn of the tin foil hat era. The assassination of the President in broad daylight, in front of hundreds, it had everyone asking questions.
Questions that went totally unanswered by the Warren Commission, tasked with proving that a lone nutcase shot JFK and that the CIA had nothing to do with it? they failed in their mission.
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The Paedophile Diaries: Dr Joël Le Scouarnec | #405
?I am a paedophile? and I?m very happy about it.? The thousands of handwritten entries in the so-called ?black notebooks? of France?s worst ever child sex offender revealed more than 30 years of horrendous abuse. In devastating detail, they described acts carried out on young patients in his work as a surgeon, in hospitals across western France. He is likely to have abused more than 400 children.
The notebooks also showed just how many blind eyes were turned in that time, and how, at home, he descended further and further into depravity: living in filth, surrounded by more than 70 child-sized dolls. Just weeks after the sentencing in May 2025, we open the paedophile diaries of Dr Joël Le Scouarnec.
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Tiffany Cole: Buried Alive | #404
Party girl Tiffany Cole had always relied on the kindness of strangers ? including her former neighbours, Reggie and Carol Sumner. This frail older couple helped Tiffany out as if she were their own daughter?
And she repaid their kindness by digging their grave. Literally.
Tiffany claimed it was all her boyfriend?s idea, and she never meant for the Sumners to get hurt. But how did a boneheaded robbery plot by a bunch of party rats go so terribly wrong? And crucially: how much did Tiffany really know? We unearth the dark truth in this week?s episode.
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FROM THE VAULT - Scientology: Parts 1&2
With Scientology?s biggest poster boy back on the big screen, the church is ramping up the recruitment drive. And to make sure you STAY AWAY from this sinister, star-studded sci-fi cult posing as a world religion, we?re rereleasing our two-parter as a bumper bonus episode...
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Hannah and Suruthi peer under the slippery stone of Scientology?s sinister origins. They track the life of founder L. Ron Hubbard, from the birth of Dianetics, to the constantly shifting goalposts of engrams, and of course the conception of the Sea Org.
Then, they unravel the mysteries of Scientology (and get themselves fair-gamed) by discussing Scientology's most important questions like: "what is the current structure of The Church of Scientology?", "where does Tom Cruise fit in?" and most importantly "where on Xenu's green earth is dead-eyed Dave's wife Shelly Miscavige?"
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Melanie McGuire: The Suitcase Killer | #403
Melanie McGuire was a beautiful young nurse who wouldn?t hurt a fly. So when her husband?s chopped-up remains were found in three separate suitcases in the Chesapeake Bay, she suddenly had a lot to answer for?
Was this petite New Jersey mum capable of killing her husband and disposing of his body in such a gruesome way? Or was this ? as she claimed ? a huge Sopranos-style stitch-up?
Sex, drugs and luggage: this week?s case is one you won?t wanna miss.
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The Zodiac Killer: Part Three | #402
Who was The Zodiac? Did he kill Cheri Jo Bates? And how did three hobbyist cryptographers crack his ?impossible? code 50 years after it was written? These are just a few of the questions we answer in our final episode on The Zodiac Killer.
Join us as we try to conclude the inconcludable, cold case that has haunted California for half a century.
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The Zodiac Killer: Part Two | #401
Last week we left you with the absolutely massive cliffhanger of a 408-character cipher, which in theory contained valuable information on the Bay Area?s most infamous killer ?The Zodiac?. But first it needed to be solved. And amazingly it wasn?t cracked by the police, or the FBI: it was solved by a 41-year-old history teacher and his wife, and we?re going to tell you exactly how they did it.
In this week?s episode, the Zodiac?s killing spree continues ? claiming the lives of young lovers Bryan Hartnell & Cecelia Sheppard, along with San Francisco Taxi driver Paul Stine ? while the police work furiously to beat the cyphers, and uncover his identity once and for all.
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The Zodiac Killer: Part One | #400
Violent attacks, sadistic taunting, and uncrackable puzzles; in some ways ?The Zodiac? laid the foundations for every murderous TV psychopath and movie villain of the next half-century. For our 400th episode we decided to dedicate three whole episodes to the potentially the most famous serial killer in history: how he operated, how his puzzles were solved, and who he might have been.
In part one we?re going to tell you everything you need to know about the Zodiac?s first four victims: David Farady, Betty Lou Jensen, Darlene Ferrin, and Michael Mageau. Two pairs of ?young lovers?, all killed at night by a lone gunman, seemingly without a motive?
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Sarbjit Kaur Athwal: Life Without Honour | #399
When her sister-in-law never returned from a trip to India, Sarbjit Kaur Athwal knew exactly what had happened: her mother-in-law had made no secret of her plan to ?get rid of? Surjit ? the outspoken thorn in the family?s side.
But Sarbjit also knew what she was up against: a strict code of honour; the threat of shame and total rejection by her community ? and the certainty that if she stepped out of line, it would be her turn next.
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FROM THE VAULT - Fred & Rose West: Parts 1&2
With the release of a new Netflix documentary on the Wests, we dove into the archive (way way back to episodes 27 and 28) to get you up to date with our in-depth two-parter on one of the UK's most infamous cases.
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Incest, rape, murder and torture dungeons; the girls take on one of Britain's most notorious serial killer couples - Fred and Rose West.
Over a span of 25 years this pair of sexual sadists carried out unspeakable evil in their cellar at the now infamous 25 Cromwell St, and when the truth was finally revealed it shocked the world.
The girls head into the infamous torture cellar to uncover the horrifying truth about the Wests? years of depravity. As body after body was found, a haunted Fred confessed to it all ? but Rose stayed silent. We hear the incredible survivor testimony that broke a nation?s heart and finally labelled Rosemary West as one of the most evil female serial killers in history.
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FROM THE VAULT - ShortHand: Conclave
ShortHand is released weekly for Wondery+ and Amazon Music subscribers. Listen exclusively and ad-free every Tuesday on Wondery+ through Apple Podcasts and Spotify. And depending on where you are in the world, ShortHand is included with your Prime Membership on Amazon Music.
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What happens when humanity?s mouthpiece of God, the holiest man on earth, The Pope, passes away? First and foremost a man bonks him on the head with a centuries-old little hammer to make sure he?s really gone.
From there things only get weirder as all the cardinals are locked inside the Vatican with no access to the outside world, before taking part in an incredibly protracted, ritual-filled voting process, until eventually the world is introduced to the new Holy Father.
This is the Sacred ShortHand.
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Diddy Part 2: Daddy?s House | #398
In our second part of the Pre-Diddy saga, we take a closer look at the accusations you need to know about ? and the 99 problems it could cause for some of his closest associates...
With all the sensational stories swirling around this case, we separate fact from fiction, and find out that the truth is always wilder than the headlines: from ?MVP bags? containing ?power banger sex machines?, to the involvement of some of music?s biggest names. So what do Justin Bieber, Usher, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Gloria Estefan, LeBron James and Nikki Minaj have to do with it? Join us to find out.
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Diddy Part 1: Deal With the Devil | #397
As the trial we?ve all been waiting for finally approaches, we bring you the full rundown on the self-proclaimed ?bad boy for life? ? and the hundreds of accusations, from victims as young as nine years old, that threaten to jail the music mogul for the rest of his days.
Before we find out which ?well-known figures? are likely to be accused alongside Sean Combs (aka P Diddy aka ?Love?) here is everything you need to know: from his explosive beginnings on the hip hop scene with Bad Boy Records; through his despicable history of violence and sexual exploitation going back decades; all the way to Cassie?s hotel video, the infamous ?Diddy parties?, the police raids? and 1,000 bottles of baby oil.
All accompanied by the deafening silence of famous friends, from Usher to Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
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Episode 396 - Lord Lucan: the Vanishing Earl
When the Countess of Lucan burst into a West London pub drenched head-to-toe in blood, it instantly sparked a national obsession. Lord Lucan ? the suave, speedboat-racing, professional-gambling aristocrat ? was wanted for the murder of their housekeeper, Sandra Rivett. And he had disappeared without a trace.
This week, we sift through the theories on Britain?s most famous fugitive (from the bonkers to the actually quite credible) to try to get to the bottom of the nation?s favourite murder mystery once and for all.
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Episode 395 - Wallace Souza: Killing for Ratings
They say Brazil is not for amateurs. And that?s certainly true in the crime-stricken city of Manaus, where Wallace Souza ? a charismatic TV host and congressman with a flair for the dramatic ? built up an army of fans with his hard-hitting news coverage in the early 2000s.
But was his bonkers daytime TV show, Canal Livre, just a smokescreen for his own shady criminal empire? And how far would Wallace go to increase his show?s already killer ratings?
Grab your bug spray and join us for another exciting filmed full episode, as we strap in for wild ride into the Amazonian urban jungle ? and a story packed with samba, gangsters and conspiracy theories galore...
Video version will be available Thursday 17th April on our YouTube channel!
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Episode 394 - The Asunta Case: Adopted and Betrayed
The adopted princess of a wealthy Spanish family, 12-year-old Asunta Basterra Porto seemed destined to thrive under the devoted care of her parents Rosario and Alfonso. But beneath the surface, sinister secrets were taking root ? including clandestine druggings, creepy family photos and one seriously twisted marriage.
Had these callous parents cast aside the daughter they chose? An investigation dogged by accusations of bias would only muddy the waters further...
Join us this week as we explore one of Spain?s murkiest and most divisive true-crime stories: The Asunta Case.
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The Eunuch Maker | #393
In one of our most horrifying episodes yet, we look at a man who clamped and amputated the genitals of potentially hundreds of men, and carried out unimaginable sexual torture ? all from his basement flat in North London.
But what makes this story truly unbelievable is that every one of those victims wanted for it to happen. They belonged to a secretive community of 'nullos' ? people who fantasise about the removal of sexual organs. And each procedure was filmed and streamed for a waiting online community of tens of thousands of members. There, disembodied penises and testicles were auctioned off? and even eaten. It?s time to discover the savage online empire of the Eunuch Maker.
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Episode 392 - The Menendez Brothers Part 2: The Sweater Defence
Continuing our filmed mega Menendez marathon, in this episode we dive into the sensational details of Lyle and Erik?s trial ? where these Beverly Hills bad boys would need to convince the jury, and the world, of their story.
We break down the explosive courtroom battles, shocking legal twists, and the media circus that turned the case into a spectacle ? plus new bombshell revelations that could change everything for the brothers?
With 2024?s controversial Monsters TV show thrusting the case firmly back into the spotlight ? and sparking a surge of renewed Menendez mania online ? look no further to make sure you're fully caught up before Erik and Lyle?s long-awaited resentencing hearing this year.
Video version will be available Thursday 27th March on our YouTube channel
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Episode 391 - The Menendez Brothers Part 1: Silver Spoon Killers
In this long-awaited episode, we dive into one of the most infamous true-crime cases in American history: the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez. The brutal 1989 slayings of their wealthy parents, José and Kitty Menendez, divided a nation: but where do we stand?
In Part 1, we take you through the chilling night of the crime, the early investigations, and the lavish spending spree that raised eyebrows everywhere. We unravel the media frenzy, the shocking confessions, and the family secrets that would go on to define this sensational story? Were the brothers cold-blooded killers driven by greed? Or victims of unimaginable abuse who saw no other way out?
Ahead of their resentencing hearing later this year, this is your first and final stop for everything you need to know about the Menendez Brothers case.
Video version will be available Thursday 20th March on our YouTube channel
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Episode 390 - Delia Balmer: Surviving a Serial Killer
Delia Balmer?s ex-boyfriend wasn?t just a scruffy stoner with a pet tarantula and a sketchbook full of gruesome drawings: he was a murderer. The infamous ?Canal Killer? John Sweeney told Delia he had killed before ? but after the police ignored her repeated warnings, she ended up barely escaping with her life. This is the harrowing true story behind hit ITV drama ?Until I Kill You?: one of horror, survival, and a broken justice system that let a monster slip through the cracks.
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https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462261/until-i-kill-you-by-balmer-delia/9781529920321
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