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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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 didn't show up at home and was quickly reported as missing, officers watched the CCTV footage again...…
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 latest REDRUM cases. This will only ever come to you once a month... I'm no fan of spam.…
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 say to you. But especially not when he’s a MET police officer. And especially not when he’s spent 17…
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 newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the latest REDRUM cases. This will only…
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 murders. Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of…
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 pointed detectives straight at Lanell's jealous, controlling boyfriend, Louis - and within 24 hours, he…
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 Marli survived with catastrophic head injuries and no memory of that night. And the fourth family member,…
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. It was a trap. In this episode, we walk through the final morning of two young officers' lives - the…
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. This episode follows Gabrielle, a 19 year old student who was drugged and sexually assaulted by her…
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 station... attacked by two men lurking in the vegetation, armed with a rounders bat. What followed was a…
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 whole life order. Before Ian Huntley, Anthony Russell's 2020 killing spree tore through Coventry and…