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The Aberfan disaster: 144 lives lost

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At 9:15am on the 21st of October 1966, a colliery spoil tip above the Welsh village of Aberfan, collapsed and slid down the mountainside. It engulfed Pantglas Junior School and a row of nearby houses. 144 people were killed, 116 of them children, most between the ages of 7 and 10. The warning signs had been raised for years, and the inquiry that followed found the National Coal Board responsible for a disaster that never should have happened.

The horrific case of Sade Robinson

8.7K views · 1w ago · 37:15

Sade Robinson was 19, working two jobs and in her final semester at Milwaukee Area Technical College, studying criminal justice. On the 1st of April 2024, she went on a first date in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By the next evening, a human leg had been found on the shore of Lake Michigan at Warnimont Park in Cudahy, and over the following weeks more of her remains would surface across two states.

Joe Meek and Violet Shenton: The murder at 304 Holloway Road

14K views · 1w ago · 18:18

Joe's makeshift studio had produced hit after hit while Violet banged a broom on her ceiling. But by 1967 his career was collapsing. He was in debt, increasingly paranoid and living in fear of the police after the unsolved Tattingstone suitcase murder of 17 year old Bernard Oliver. Within minutes of Violet reaching his door, she and Joe were both dead. Officialy, it started with rent and noise... but the people closest to the case aren’t convinced.

The attempted murder of Mary Vincent | The murder of Roxanne Hayes

6.1K views · 2w ago · 54:31

In September 1978, 15. year old Mary Vincent accepted a ride while hitchhiking south through California - a decision that would end with her fighting for her life at the bottom of a ravine. What followed was an act of survival so extraordinary it helped put her attacker behind bars within days. But 14 years was never going to be enough.

The unhinged case of Gretchen and Butch Parker

16K views · 2w ago · 25:26

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 sheriff had no leads...

The murder of Hollie Gazzard

8.7K views · 2w ago · 26:59

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.

The Cyanide Killer | The case of Anitha Mulya

6.8K views · 3w ago · 35:35

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 from the tap.

The Sorority Murder | The tragic case of Samantha Josephson

5.5K views · 3w ago · 48:40

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.

The Man Who Killed 19 People… and Got Away With It

3.2K views · 4w ago · 29:30

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano Case: Betraying the Gambino Crime Family. This is a re-mastered release of an episode from back in 2025. A one off donation Thanks, Grace x

The tragic case of Alana Odysseos: Convicted murderer released

9.5K views · 1mo ago · 29:52

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 Food Network Star Who Was Murdered By Her Neighbour | Cristie and JT Codd Case

10K views · 1mo ago · 38:15

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 around.

The tragic cases of Leanne Mckie, Nicholas Billingham, Gretchen Anthony and Megan Newborough

11K views · 1mo ago · 1:50:22

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 lie would come unraveled in a way that no one expected.

Jennifer Harris: The Red River Murder

11K views · 1mo ago · 37:37

Guest: Jennifer Harris

On Mother's Day, 2002, 28 year old Jennifer Harris left her friend's house in Bonham, Texas, and told her she was going to meet someone. She never said who... Hours later, her green Jeep was found abandoned on a remote county road and no sign of a struggle. 6 days later, a fisherman pulled her body from the Red River.

The Tragic Case of Raquel, Samantha, Denton and Dolet (The Bermondsey Murders)

29K views · 1mo ago · 26:49

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 family who never saw it coming.

The Lindsay Clancy Case: The Evidence, Timeline & Trial

143K views · 1mo ago · 2:46:50

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 hexr husband. She sends them to her mother. In every single one of those photos, there’s nothing. No warning... no sign... Just a normal Tuesday, in a nice house, with an ordinary family.