RedHanded

Just listened to the first Halloween episode and wanted to let Hannah know that she’s not the only one laughing about the name Peter Folding and I understand that she was bummed about not making a joke about that earlier 😹👍

Used to be a long-time listener, but over the last year or so I’ve grown uncomfortable with the change in tone. I’m now usually a once-in-a-while episode, but the amount and length of their ads (and the fact that they show up mid-sentence without warning!) means I likely won’t listen to 99% of the episodes they put out.

I used to love RedHanded and even went to two of their live shows. However, I can no longer ignore that they are solely focussed on making money and seemingly have no respect for the victims of the crimes. The constant interruptions are inappropriate and some of the commentary is honestly disrespectful and shocking. I can no longer support this podcast.

I listened for several months and was sorely let down by the cultural ignorance (surprising considering Hannah’s anthropology degree that she keeps bringing up), sexualising serial killers, plagiarism (almost word-for-word from a Guardian piece, iirc, about Gayle Newland), and racist Western views about non-Western communities (Suruthi is of Indian origin, but she’s clearly only equipped to operate from a Euro-American point of view). This podcast has big “True Crime Brain” energy and not something I would ever feel comfortable recommending in good conscience.