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ShortHand: The Bizarre History of Birth Control
Episode 181
Valentine's Day is the perfect time to dive into the surprising, and at times horrifying, history of contraception through the ages; from crocodile-d…
8 months ago
Brendan Banfield: The Au Pair Affair Murders | #436
Episode 436
When Brendan Banfield frantically called 911 in February 2023 to report a double murder at his million-dollar suburban home in Virginia, it seemed l…
8 months ago
ShortHand: White Slaves & the Pirates of the Barbary Coast
Episode 180
For all the centuries of slavery throughout human history, you might think one group came through mostly unscathed: white Europeans. But for more th…
8 months, 1 week ago
ShortHand: Lucy Letby - What Netflix Left Out
Episode 179
The ever-changing story of neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, and the Countess of Chester baby deaths, has been given the Netflix treatment – and We. Have. …
8 months, 1 week ago
FROM THE VAULT: Is Lucy Letby Innocent?
Episode 10050
In light of the new Netflix documentary about Lucy Letby, we're dipping into the RedHanded archives to revisit our own coverage of this controversia…
8 months, 1 week ago
Jessica Wongso: Iced Coffee Killer | #435
Episode 435
In January 2016, a coffee date between three glamorous Indonesian gal pals turned deadly – when Mirna Salihin, a wealthy and beautiful newlywed, too…
8 months, 1 week ago
ShortHand: Nellie Bly – The Woman Who Changed Journalism
Episode 178
From faking insanity to go undercover in an asylum, racing around the world in 72 days, and reporting from the front lines of deadly war zones, this…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Oakland County Child Killer | #434
Episode 434
Behind the façade of the white-picket-fence dream and adventurous childhoods of suburban, late-70s Michigan, lay a web of depravity that law enforcem…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
ShortHand: Sesame Street
Episode 177
Not many of us need convincing that Sesame Street is good; the Muppets have been chaotic TV icons for more than 50 years. But what not many people kn…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
FROM THE VAULT: Iran's Morality Police & Mahsa Amini | #354
Episode 10049
With 2026 bringing widespread anti-government protests to Iran, and the government’s brutal crackdowns leading to thousands of people killed and arre…
8 months, 3 weeks ago