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REDRUM true crime
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REDRUM is a podcast focusing on the true victims of crime. Each episode focuses on a new story. Real life, real victims, real crime. This is REDRUM. Written and presented by Grace Cordell.
Episodes
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The unhinged case of Gretchen and Butch Parker
On July 22nd, 2013, a customer pulled up to a mechanic’s home in Jonesville, South Carolina, and found the door standing open... Inside, Charles “Butch” Parker and his wife, Gretchen, had been shot and stabbed. A number of dogs stood guard over their bodies, there were no witnesses, and the…
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The murder of Hollie Gazzard
On Tuesday the 18th of February 2014, 20 year old hairdresser Hollie Gazzard went to work at a salon in the centre of Gloucester with one instruction for her colleagues: if her ex-boyfriend, Asher Maslin, turned up, call the police straight away. 3 days earlier, Hollie had rung 999 herself…
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The Cyanide Killer | The case of Anitha Mulya
It's morning at the bus stand in Hassan, in south India. A 22 year old woman is standing at a bus stop… next to the man she thinks she's about to marry. He hands her a small pill. He tells her it's a contraceptive... she should go into the ladies' toilet and take it there, with a bit of water…
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The Sorority Murder | The tragic case of Samantha Josephson
CCTV footage shows the last moments before Samantha Josephson got into a car she believed was her uber. The black car that pulls up beside her isn’t her uber. And inside is a stranger. A stranger that will go on to kill her. Join Grace Cordell as we look at the details of the case as it unfolded,...
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Sammy "The Bull" Gravano Case: Betraying the Gambino Crime Family
The Man Who Killed 19 People… and Got Away With It. This is a re-mastered release of an episode from back in 2025. Sammy "the Bull" Gravano was the right-hand man to John Gotti, the so-called Teflon Don, and a made man who admitted to taking part in 19 murders. Then, in 1991, he did the...
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The tragic case of Alana Odysseos
It's just before midnight in Walthamstow, East London, and a group of neighbours are standing at a front door. They've heard arguing. They've seen it spill out onto the communal green. So they ring the doorbell, and they ask again and again, “Are you okay? Do you need help?” The woman thanks…
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The Food Network Star Who Was Murdered By Her Neighbour | Cristie and JT Codd Case
In 2015, Food Network Star contestant Cristie Schoen Codd and her husband JT Codd vanished from their North Carolina farmhouse - and the truth behind their disappearance turned out to be so unhinged and incomprehensible, it was difficult for the families and wider community to wrap their heads...
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The tragic cases of Leanne Mckie, Nicholas Billingham, Gretchen Anthony and Megan Newborough
Today we’re taking a look back at some of the most tragic cases of people who have been killed by someone they trusted. Our first case takes us to Northamptonshire where for months, primary school teacher Fiona Beal told everyone her partner of 17 years had run off with another woman … but that…
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The tragic case of Raquel, Samantha, Denton and Dolet (The Bermondsey Murders)
A Sunday bbq. A loving family settling in for the night. By morning, 4 people are dead... 3 generations of one household wiped out in a matter of hours. This week on REDRUM, we dig into the Bermondsey Murders: the case of Joshua Jacques, a man who told police he was making a "sacrifice," and the...
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The Lindsay Clancy Case: The Evidence, Timeline & Trial
It's the 24th of January, 2023. It's just snowed in Duxbury, Massachusetts, a seaside suburb on the around 35 miles outside of Boston. A mother builds a snowman with her two oldest kids in the back garden. She takes pictures. She sends them to her husband. She sends them to her mother. In every...
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The murder of Riley Crossman
On the 8th of May 2019, 15 year old Riley Crossman was reported missing from her home in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. What followed was a desperate community-wide search involving hundreds of volunteers, law enforcement and the FBI, as Riley’s family waited for any sign that she might still…
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The murders of Emily, Lindsey and Joy Champion: The story didn't add up
Ryan Champion was the sole survivor of a massacre that took the lives of his mother, father and only sibling Emily. He had introduced the killer to the family. A man he barely knew, who quickly became obsessed with his sister Emily. When detectives looked into this man, the killer and his...
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Ron Orsini & Alice McArthur: Arkansas' Most Shocking Double Murder
In March 1981, North Little Rock police were called to a quiet home where Ron Orsini had been shot dead in his sleep. The only people in the house were his wife, Mary Lee Orsini, and daughter. Mary's story didn't add up. A year later, a car bomb ripped through a driveway on Inverness Circle,...
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The True Story of the Van Oosten Bunker Kidnapping
For years, Chad Schipper was a trusted, familiar face in his small Illinois church — a man Larry and Connie Van Oosten had known since he was a boy in their Sunday school class. But behind closed doors, Schipper was drowning in secret debt and had been quietly stealing from the people who trusted...
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The abduction and murder of Kelsey Smith
18 year old Kelsey Smith hopped into her car and made the short journey to Target to buy a last minute gift for her boyfriend. CCTV tracked her walking round the store, casually speaking on her phone and browsing, before paying for her items, leaving, and getting into her car. But when Kelsey...
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Ruth Ellis - executed for murdering her lover; pardoned in 2026
With an update in July of this year, 2026, I'm revisiting one of the most fascinating and tragic cases of the last woman hanged in Britain. Come Closer: https://raereview.com/comecloserlinks Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the...
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"I Can Kill You Without Leaving Any Evidence" – The Crimes of David Carrick (remastered with video)
I'm taking this week off for holiday so releasing 2 of REDRUM's most disturbing episodes. This episode was originally released as audio only and has since been remastered to include video. The words “I can kill you without leaving any evidence.” aren’t something you ever want to hear your partner...
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The murder of Nicole VanderHeyden
The murder of Nicole VanderHeyden was a case that saw her boyfriend, father of her child Doug arrested and charged with the brutal crime. However, when DNA from the crime scene came back showing it wasn't a match to Doug, investigators had to turn elsewhere. Sign up for the free REDRUM…
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The murders of Chip Northup and Caludia Maupin: The teenage killer
A brutal double murder rocked a peaceful suburban neighbourhood ... the killer, was someone no one expected. Chip Northup and Claudia Maupin were asleep in their home, when they were brutally attacked. The killer stood over their beds and watched them before beginning the savage and merciless...
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The Murder of Lanell Barsock: A Deadly Obsession
On June 16th, 2010, a young nurse called Lanell Barsock was found shot to death in the garage of her Palmdale, California home... a black plastic bag pulled over her head and head trauma that looked as though she'd been beaten. The person who found Lanell, was her best friend, La'Rene. Her story...
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The Stellenbosch Axe Murders: Henri Van Breda
On the morning of January 27th, 2015, inside one of South Africa's most secure gated estates, a family was slaughtered in their beds. Martin, Theresa, and Rudi Van Breda were found dead - axed to death in a scene investigators called one of the most brutal they'd ever encountered. 16 year old…
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He lured them into a trap: The murders of Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes
A routine call to Greater Manchester Police set off a chain of events that would shock Britain and change policing forever. 2 officers, PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes, were sent to investigate what looked like an ordinary vandalism report in the quiet suburb of Hattersley. It wasn't ordinary....
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The Tour Guide, The Cover-Up, and The Death of Lauren Bajorak
He was the man every study-abroad student wanted on their trip - charismatic, always around, always at the party. Manuel Blanco Vela ran a wildly popular tour company for American college students exploring Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. Parents thought their kids were in safe hands. They weren't....
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42 Years Later: The Anthony Littler Murder Case
On the 1st of May, 1984, 45 year old Anthony Littler stepped off the train at East Finchley Underground station after a night out with friends who shared his love of real ale. It should have been an ordinary walk home. Instead, minutes later, he lay dying on a dark footpath just meters from the...
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Anthony Russell: The Man Who Killed Ian Huntley | True Crime UK
Ian Huntley - the killer of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, one of Britain's most notorious child murderers, was fatally attacked in prison on February 26th, 2026. In this true crime episode, we investigate the man responsible: 44 year old Anthony Russell, a triple murderer now serving a rare...
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She Filmed Him Dying... Then Asked, "Are You Having Fun?": Judy Church and Leroy Fowler
In November 2022, 55 year old Leroy Fowler was rushed to hospital after suddenly becoming violently ill inside the home he shared with his girlfriend, Judy Church. Doctors quickly discovered something deeply unusual: Leroy's kidneys were shutting down, his blood had become dangerously acidic, and...
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Who Killed Tara Louise Baker? Cold Case Solved After 23 Years
For over 2 decades, the murder of 23 year old law student Tara Louise Baker haunted investigators, devastated her family, and left the community of Athens, Georgia searching for answers. On the morning of 19 January 2001, firefighters responding to a house fire made a horrifying discovery inside...
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The tragic accident that was actually a murder: Claire and Natasha Peernock
In July 1987, what appeared to be a horrific car crash on a quiet road in Sun Valley quickly became one of California's most shocking murder cases. Claire Peernock was found dead behind the wheel of her ex husbands wrecked Cadillac, while her 18 year old daughter, Natasha Peernock, survived with...
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The murder of Pava LaPere, with chilling CCTV footage of her final moments.
Chilling CCTV footage shows the final moments of tech CEO Pava LaPere. She was stalked by a man she didn't know. He followed her to her apartment building, and then tricked her into letting him inside. This is the story of Pava, her final moments, and the legacy she leaves behind. Sign up for the...
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"I've killed him": The Search for Oakley Barnett
In November 2024, social workers, police, and the family court system were all focused on one vulnerable 14 month old boy: Oakley Barnett. His mother, Emma Barnett, had already lost care of her previous children, and a final court decision was about to determine whether Oakley would also be…
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Joyce Pelzer: The Secret That Unraveled Two Murders
In September 2011, 35 year old Shawndell McLeod vanished without a trace after ending a turbulent relationship with her ex-girlfriend, Joyce Pelzer. Friends and family knew something was wrong almost immediately. Shawndell was devoted to her children, close with her loved ones, and had been…
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“Because I Killed Him” | The Anne-Marie Burrowes Case
In October 2023, a woman repeatedly called 999 with a chilling confession: she said she had killed someone. But there was a problem. She wouldn’t say who the victim was. She wouldn’t reveal exactly where the murder had happened. And despite calling emergency services multiple times over a period…
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"The Gay Slayer" - Colin Ireland wanted to be a serial killer
In the spring and summer of 1993, fear quietly moved through London’s gay community - although, at first, hardly anyone realised a serial killer was already hunting in plain sight. He wasn’t lurking in alleyways. He wasn’t breaking into homes. Instead, he walked into pubs, struck up…
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The Disturbing Murder of Crystal McDowell
In August 2017, just hours before Hurricane Harvey unleashed devastation across Texas, 37 year old mother of 2 Crystal McDowell vanished without a trace. Crystal had everything to live for. A thriving real estate career, 2 children she adored, and a new relationship that friends said had brought...
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The murder of Christine Chappel: The Body in Chains
In February 2000, Christine Chappel disappeared from their home in the quiet Essex village of Roxwell. At first, no one realised anything was wrong. But that all changed when a dog walker on a beach made a discovery that would leave investigators stunned. A body had washed ashore near…
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The Murder of Rachel Nickell | The Colin Stagg Honeytrap Scandal
In July 1992, 23 year old Rachel Nickell headed out for a morning walk across Wimbledon Common with her 2 year old son, Alex. But what should have been an ordinary summer morning turned into one of Britain’s most shocking and devastating crimes. In this episode of REDRUM, we uncover the brutal...
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The Murder of Sakia Gunn | True Crime
Sakia Gunn was a 15 year old girl from Newark, New Jersey, whose life was taken in the early hours of the 11th of May 2003. This episode follows the case as we unpack the final moments of Sakia’s life, the confrontation at a Newark bus stop that changed everything, and the devastating moments…
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The Murder of Denise Amber Lee
In January 2008, 21 year old mother of 2, Denise Amber Lee vanished from her home in North Port, Florida, in broad daylight... leaving behind her phone, keys, purse… and 2 young children alone inside the house. Across town, a terrified woman secretly dialled 911 from inside a moving car…
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The Dead Man’s Line: The Tony Kiritsis Hostage Case
In February 1977, a routine morning at a mortgage office in downtown Indianapolis would erupt into one of the most chilling hostage situations ever captured on camera. What began as a dispute over land, debt, and frustration between a borrower and a mortgage company quickly spiralled into…
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The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders: Solved After 34 Years
In December 1991, 4 teenage girls - Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison, Amy Ayers, and Eliza Thomas - were brutally murdered inside an Austin yogurt shop after closing time, in one of the most horrifying crimes in Texas history. Bound, shot execution-style, sexually assaulted, and left inside a...
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The Crash: Double murderer Mackenzie Shirilla
On July 31st 2022, a devastating 100mph car crash in Strongsville, Ohio left 2 teenage boys dead. At first, it looked like a tragic accident. But investigators would soon uncover evidence that suggested something far darker…Dominic Russo and his best friend, Davion Flanagan, had accepted a lift...
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Deep dive: The life of double murderer Wade Wilson. Could it have been prevented?
On the 7th of October, 2019, police in Cape Coral came face to face with a man named Wade Wilson during a domestic violence investigation involving his ex-girlfriend. Bodycam footage captured the tense interaction as officers tried to stop him from leaving… but Wade drove away. At that moment,...
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Full timeline and case breakdown: The murder of Deanna Cook
Some 911 calls are disturbing. Some are heartbreaking. But very few capture the exact moment a murder is taking place. When Deanna Cook called emergency services in the early hours of August 17th 2012, she was terrified. In the background, dispatchers could hear chaos unfolding inside her home…...
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True Crime: The Diana Lovejoy investigation
The true crime case behind one of the most viewed 6 seconds of court footage online.On an seemingly ordinary evening in Carlsbad, California, a father followed a set of instructions he believed would clear his name… but instead, he walked straight into an ambush. This is the chilling case of…
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TRUE CRIME The unbelievable case of Teri Jendusa-Nicolai
In January 2004, what should have been a routine child handover turned into a calculated, near-fatal act of violence that would shock the United States and expose the terrifying realities of domestic abuse... Teri Jendusa-Nicolai, a mother of 2 from Wisconsin, had already endured years of control...
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The tragic deaths of Kadie, River and Aadon Major
In January 2008, 26 year old Kadie Major and her 10 month old daughter, River Lynn, were found dead near train tracks off Oakley Road in Berkeley County, South Carolina. Authorities quickly ruled it a murder-suicide. Investigators claimed Kadie had been struggling with postpartum depression, that...
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The tragic murders of Wendie Prescott and Christine Vu
No signs of forced entry. No clear suspect. No obvious motive. Just one terrifying question: how had someone gotten in... and out... without being seen? Then, just 3 months later, it happened again. Another young woman. Another apartment in the same complex. Another body left in a bathtub. As…
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R&R. The Murder of Sasha Marsden
I’m taking a week off for holiday so wanted to share a Rewind & Repeat episode of one of the most shared episodes from the back catalogue. I’ll be back next week with 2 brand new episodes x At 16 years old, Sasha decided she wanted to try and make a bit of extra money in her spare time. She…
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R&R. Serial Killer: Peng Cheng
I’m taking a week off for holiday so wanted to share a Rewind & Repeat episode of one of the most shared episodes from the back catalogue. I’ll be back next week with 2 brand new episodes x Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redrumtruecrime/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redrumtruecrime/...
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The Murders of Heather Wilkinson, Don and Gail Patterson and the Attempted Murder of Ian Wilkinson: Erin Patterson (Part 2)
Part 2/2 In July 2023, a quiet lunch in rural Leongatha would become the centre of one of the most shocking and disturbing criminal cases in recent Australian history, when 4 guests sat down at the home of Erin Patterson, unaware that the meal placed in front of them would soon leave 3 of them…
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REDRUM is a podcast focusing on the true victims of crime. Each episode focuses on a new story. Real life, real victims, real crime. This is REDRUM. Written and presented by Grace Cordell.
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