ShortHand: Julian Assange
When Julian Assange created WikiLeaks in 2006, it was the aim of rooting out corruption and improving transparency. And its successes were u...
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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...
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20 of 649 episodesLindsay Clancy - Part 2: The Trial | #467
Did Lindsay Clancy kill her children? Despite what was portrayed online, this was not the question at the heart of a trial which has gripped...
ShortHand: Joan of Arc
Jeanne D’Arc – the teenage girl guided by saintly voices to command actual French armies into actual military victories – is one of history’...
ShortHand: Hikikomori - Japan’s Modern Day Hermits
Societal recluses exist in every culture. But in Japan, the number of permanent shut-ins has risen to incredible levels. There are estimated...
Lindsay Clancy - Part 1: The Killing of the Clancy Children | #466
According to her husband Patrick, Lindsay Clancy was found laying on the ground, semi-conscious, having cut her neck and wrists, and thrown...
ShortHand: The World's Forbidden Places
Ever thought about exploring the places on this mysterious planet where your passport won’t take you? Join for a whistlestop tour of the wor...
Real People. Real Crimes. | Introducing CRIMES OF REDDIT
Reddit is an endless archive of humanity’s most disturbing, bizarre, and deeply human stories. If you love going down internet rabbit holes,...
ShortHand: Akhenaten - The Heretical Forgotten Pharaoh
More people know about the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten today than knew about him just 100 years after his death. But Akhentaten was no averag...
Louisiana: Axe Murders, Outlaws & Legends (ft. National Park After Dark) | #465
This week, RedHanded is joined by Cassie and Danielle from National Park After Dark for an exploration of the myths, outlaws and bloody hist...
ShortHand: E-Pimping – Exploitation & Abuse on OnlyFans
At first, OnlyFans seemed like a shiny new frontier for safer sex work – a platform that promised unprecedented financial autonomy for its c...
ShortHand: Dahvie Vanity – Juggalo Enemy #1
In 2007, child protection officers in Pinella County, Florida, spoke with a 14-year-old girl who’d been sexually assaulted by a musician she...
The Hart Family Murders | #464
In 2018, married couple Jen and Sarah Hart accelerated their SUV over the edge of a 100ft cliff in Mendocino County, California… with their...
ShortHand: The Great Stink
Remember the time London was overcome by a stench so foul that it shut down Parliament, and convinced terrified city-dwellers that the end w...
Introducing “The Poet” from The Binge
Today, catch the first episode of The Poet, a new six-part true crime series from The Binge. Hosted by journalist Rachel Browne, The Poet is...
ShortHand: Gladiators
Watching slaves being ritually hacked to pieces may not seem like many people’s idea of a great day out. But 2,000 years ago, Romans turned...
The Golden State Killer - Part 4: Joseph James DeAngelo | #463
Joseph James DeAngelo is a burglar, a killer, and a rapist. A vile man with a proclivity for terrorising and sexually violating women. But t...
ShortHand: Cannibalism
What could drive a person to eat another human being? Well, as it turns out, humankind has actually been surprisingly open to a little canni...
ShortHand: Cursed Films
For almost as long as we’ve made films, we’ve made horror films – but what happens when the terror isn’t just on screen? Movie-making lore i...
The Golden State Killer - Part 3: The Dark Arts of DNA Databases | #462
To find the most prolific and violent serial rapist and killer the state of California had ever seen, took over fifty years, and some ethica...
ShortHand: Kapustin Yar – Russia's Area 51
For decades, the Soviet Union’s top-secret testing site Kapustin Yar didn’t appear on any maps. It was so top-secret, the government relocat...