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In the world of true crime, the media is often accused of inaccuracy, dramatisation, and sensational headline writing, but there's an exception to every rule. Never has a killer fitted their moniker more than Peter Kürten, 'The Vampire of Düsseldorf'... Kürten may well have had a reflection and he may not have hung from the ceiling like a bat, but in one very key aspect, he was every bit Deutschland's Dracula. May 27th London Live Show Tickets: Tickets through DICE! Become a patron: PatreonOrder a copy of the book here (US & Canada):Order on Wellesley Books Order on Amazon.comOrder a copy of the book here (UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Aus):Order on Amazon.co.uk Order on FoylesFollow us on social media:Instagram TwitterVisit our website: WebsiteContact us:Contact Sources: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5153176-the-sadisthttps://allthatsinteresting.com/peter-kurtenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1gDWZz7oi0

Sergei & Yulia, involved in first chemical weapon attack in Western Europe since WW2, share the shocking incident in Salisbury. The discovery, response of British government, challenges in implementing trade sanctions against Russia, and the impact on the middle & lower classes are discussed.

Have you been on the fence about becoming a patron of RedHanded for a while? Hopefully, this round-up of some of our best exclusive patron-only content from January will help you make up your mind.We've got a snippet from our bonus episode on "The Doodler" an artistic pick-up specialist turned murderer in 70's San Fransisco, a case of modern slavery from this month's In the News, and some creepy scam stories from Under the Duvet.If you'd like to learn more about becoming a patron head on over to patreon.com/redhanded where you can get your ears on exclusive bonus content for as little as $5 per month.

If a man in his mid-forties crashed into your local hospital being violently sick and claiming to have been poisoned by the Russian State, you'd be forgiven for thinking he was just another drunk member of the public. However, what Alexander Litvinenko had ingested was a little bit stronger than anything available at your local pub.Pop on your ushankas and buy a first-class ticket to Moscow, it's time for round one of RedHanded vs The Kremlin.Become a patron: PatreonOrder a copy of the book here (US & Canada):Order on Wellesley Books Order on Amazon.comOrder a copy of the book here (UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Aus):Order on Amazon.co.uk Order on FoylesFollow us on social media:Instagram TwitterVisit our website: WebsiteContact us: ContactSources:Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXOWK-Vj7_M&t=148s https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/58088#symptomshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30929940https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/world/europe/25spy.htmlhttps://time.com/5725041/uk-russian-assassins-heidi-blake/https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soilhttps://time.com/5725041/uk-russian-assassins-heidi-blake/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43299598https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/22/annexing-crimea-putin-make-russia-great-again

In early January of 1956, Glasgow police received a phone call about a break-in at the home of the Smart family. The scene they walked in on however was something far more sinister. Peter Smart, his wife, Doris, and their 10-year-old son Michael had all been shot dead at point-blank range in their beds. It was clear to detectives that the Smarts had been dead for almost a week, but if that was true, it didn’t explain who’d been feeding their cat…Become a patron: PatreonOrder a copy of the book here (US & Canada):Order on Wellesley BooksOrder on Amazon.com Order a copy of the book here (UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Aus):Order on Amazon.co.ukOrder on FoylesFollow us on social media:InstagramTwitterVisit our website: WebsiteContact us:ContactSources:https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/manuel-peter.htm https://www.mulhollandbooks.com/guest-posts/denise-mina-peter-manuel/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/revealed-sex-secrets-of-scottish-serial-997157https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201505/what-happens-when-psychopath-falls-in-lovehttps://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/blackpool-serial-killers-peter-manuel-did-hannibal-lecter-serve-ice-creams-on-the-golden-mile/https://murderpedia.org/male.M/images/manuel_peter/Part1.pdfhttps://murderpedia.org/male.M/images/manuel_peter/PeterManuelFiles.pdfhttps://murderpedia.org/male.M/images/manuel_peter/Part4.pdfhttps://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QBkjAwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT5&dq=peter+manuel+serial+killer&ots=BuRsz0ZsMD&sig=hLu19tNjZIqn5WkHKn5GIilOGbs&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=truehttps://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-manuel#The%20Investigationhttp://www.policemuseum.org.uk/crime-casebook/interesting-cases/the-manuel-murders-1956-58/

This week Hannah and Suruthi finish their two-part attempt to 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?"Become a patron:PatreonOrder a copy of the book here (US & Canada):Order on Wellesley BooksOrder on Amazon.comOrder a copy of the book here (UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Aus):Order on Amazon.co.ukOrder on FoylesFollow us on social media:InstagramTwitterVisit our website:WebsiteContact us:ContactSources: Wright, Lawrence. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief . Silvertail Books. Kindle Edition.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emtjD_s6SHAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHpoAm0i61Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1qL1M4P5Rchttps://file.wikileaks.org/file/rj-36.mp3https://www.reddit.com/r/scientology/comments/rtpjvr/scientology_the_life_of_a_child_in_scientology/ https://tonyortega.orghttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12cdw1https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5bwcw6https://people.com/tv/laura-prepon-on-motherhood-and-leaving-scientology/https://www.whoismikerinder.comhttps://www.leahreminiaftermath.com/articles/leah-reminis-family-expose-leahs-lies.htmlhttps://www.aaaa.org/timeline-event/brooke-shields-sparks-controversy-calvin-klein-jeans/

In part 1 of this 2 part series, 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.Sources: redhandedpodcast.com

On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, lured their best friend Payton Leutner into the woods and stabbed her 19 times. They claimed it was in an attempt to become proxies of the fictional character Slender Man. It was a case that gained the attention of the press internationally, bringing children's internet usage and "creepypastas" to the forefront of public attention. But what really happened in the woods that day? Text sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbinghttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/21/slender-man-case-anissa-weier-sentencedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42913133https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27776894#:~:text=The%20Slender%20Man%20meme%20began,with%20which%20to%20terrify%20people.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Manhttps://hazlitt.net/longreads/living-slendermanhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541211/#:~:text=Shared%20psychotic%20disorder%20(Folie%20a%20deux)%20is%20an%20unusual%20mental,secondary)%20with%20a%20specific%20belief.https://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2017/10/out-came-girls Video Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dgwJxVQpLshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXsB5lLgeH8 Beware The Slender Man - Amazon Prime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COJzKcxhJIIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmjbfq1dUA4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8arxEC_6Ishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9p3jLeDblghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbP1wUx8mYw

In the second part of the Casey Anthony series, the hosts delve into a courtroom filled with bulldog lawyers, incest accusations, and forensic mishaps. The case takes a bizarre turn, with shocking revelations at the end.

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