I used to love them. I used to be a Patreon until the whole Wondery debacle, and I even went to one of their live shows (not really worth the money we paid but it was alright) but like a lot of you have said, the last year or so, the episodes have been really dull. I’ve got about 10 downloaded that I can’t bring myself to listen to. I listened to this week’s because I’ve been interested in that case but when you compare it to their Casey Anthony or Scott Peterson episode, it doesn’t even come close. I’ve been listening to ICMAP for about 18 months now, and that’s head and shoulders above Redhanded. Seeing Red is decent too.
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@Eleanor Abernathy’s Cat What podcast is ICMAP?
I went to see them live in Glasgow a few years ago, the Covid restrictions had lifted a bit but social distancing was still a thing. They had crammed the seats in like you wouldn’t believe and it made me feel like it was all for money. It was so hot and I was uncomfortable being so close to strangers.
The show was alright but not as good as I expected and I’ve never wanted to see them again.
I went to see them live in Glasgow a few years ago, the Covid restrictions had lifted a bit but social distancing was still a thing. They had crammed the seats in like you wouldn’t believe and it made me feel like it was all for money. It was so hot and I was uncomfortable being so close to strangers.
The show was alright but not as good as I expected and I’ve never wanted to see them again.
Haven't listened in a while but Casefile was always one of my favourites (Silk Road and Joseph D'Angelo were deep-dives worth listening to), as was Canadian True Crime (Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka was a particularly good episode).
In a slightly different vein, Criminal - not classic true crime in the way you might expect but episodes about the guilty, the wrongly convicted, everything in between and some crime-adjacent topics (crime scene divers etc.)
Last Podcast on the Left and My Favorite Murder have huge fanbases, though I can't stand either personally and they are a bit shouty American so might not be for you.
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ICMAP is I Could Murder a Podcast.
I can't put my finger on why but I struggle to get through an episode and if I do listen, I zone out halfway through and it's just become background noise.
I haven't found a replacement for the two friends format but I've been enjoying Truly Criminal. There's no banter but she covers interesting cases. She's from the UK but seems to mostly do crimes that happened in America.
The podcast I've been enjoying that "feels" most like RedHanded in a sense that you've got two friends and there's some jokey back and forth is Scamfluencer. That's about people who con people.
I haven't found a replacement for the two friends format but I've been enjoying Truly Criminal. There's no banter but she covers interesting cases. She's from the UK but seems to mostly do crimes that happened in America.
The podcast I've been enjoying that "feels" most like RedHanded in a sense that you've got two friends and there's some jokey back and forth is Scamfluencer. That's about people who con people.
I Could Murder a Podcast. Sorry! Should have written that the first time
Another vote for seeing red! Also real by Naomi channell is so good.
I always skip about 6minutes of the start...that's usually how much they chat before actually getting into the cases.
I hate when they're talking about a place and Hannah says 'Oh well when I lived there...' or if Suruthi mentions a bar, Hannah will say 'Well when I was there'... It's like if you've been to Tenerife she's been to Elevenrife.
I'm really enjoying They Walk among Us and Truly Criminal.
I hate when they're talking about a place and Hannah says 'Oh well when I lived there...' or if Suruthi mentions a bar, Hannah will say 'Well when I was there'... It's like if you've been to Tenerife she's been to Elevenrife.
I'm really enjoying They Walk among Us and Truly Criminal.
True Crime podcast thread if anyone needs suggestions.
I just read through my intro to the thread, I named Redhanded as a favourite. Ha, I don't even follow them any more, they lost me not long after I started the thread.
I just read through my intro to the thread, I named Redhanded as a favourite. Ha, I don't even follow them any more, they lost me not long after I started the thread.
True Crime Podcasts
What TC podcasts are you listening to? Is there a popular show you just can't listen to? My favourites often change but at the moment it's True Crime Campfire, RedHanded, True Crime Enthusiast and True Crime Brewery. I also love anything by Jake Brennan (Disgraceland) and Aaron Mahnke's work...
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bleeping hell I lasted about 10 minutes with that one. I recall hearing ads for W&C in the early RH episodes, and I always thought how unfunny them two sounded with obnoxious voices and hoped to never have to listen to them even by accident.
There used to be three of them but one got sacked for controversial views on Israel (she’s jewish and very outspoken, I’m not sure what she said, I didn’t look in to it too much other than to see where she was when it was only 2 on Redhanded ) I listened to them for a few months when I first started getting in to podcasts, Jesus they’re awful! I don’t know how I lated so long, they are so smug, loud and woke and definitely not funny.
Hannah has lost so much weight!
The know-it-all vibes are strong on this Karen Read case, I'm finding it really hard to follow and really boring.
It's a bloody three parter as well, it was bad enough when I thought it was 2.
I decided I didn't care about the case anyway but went to Reddit for a synopsis..... The combination of that deranged phone call + headlamp fibres from her car found on his clothing + being the last person to see him alive ....... Remind me again why anyone thinks this woman isn't guilty of running him over or why anyone needs one podcast with 9 episodes on this and even worse 3 hours of Suruthi and Hannah to tell us whether she did or not.
I decided I didn't care about the case anyway but went to Reddit for a synopsis..... The combination of that deranged phone call + headlamp fibres from her car found on his clothing + being the last person to see him alive ....... Remind me again why anyone thinks this woman isn't guilty of running him over or why anyone needs one podcast with 9 episodes on this and even worse 3 hours of Suruthi and Hannah to tell us whether she did or not.
Women and Crime did a fairly good episode on Karen Read recently.
I tried Redhanded's first episode and ended up falling asleep, it was that tedious.
Not listened to the episode but I think it is more likely than not KR hit JOK with her car. She had forgotten she had gone to the property so must have been pretty wasted. I don't think it was intentional.
I don't think the case was at all handled well and JOK will never get justice nor his family answers.
I can also add up and vanished which is an incredible podcast series with a brilliant host. Barely any ads and it’s absolutely gripping. An other one is your own backyard which is superb.
I used to love H&S but I’m really going off it these days. I just don’t listen as much as did
I used to love H&S but I’m really going off it these days. I just don’t listen as much as did
This three parter is so confused that at part one - I was lost. I was a subscriber, I'm glad I'm not anymore, but this is unlistenable.
I just looked to see where their Melbourne tour show is and somehow ended up on a 2 year old Reddit thread talking about how insufferable they both are, mostly ex-Patreon supporters.
It seems like the way they handled the Hillsborough episode was the catalyst for a lot of people ditching them.
It seems like the way they handled the Hillsborough episode was the catalyst for a lot of people ditching them.
It's a shame, because there are some great episodes, just off the top of my head:
Omaima Nelson
Shafilea
MH370
the Bethnal Green 3
Otto Warmbier
Seems like the quality peaked in 2019.
Omaima Nelson
Shafilea
MH370
the Bethnal Green 3
Otto Warmbier
Seems like the quality peaked in 2019.