RedHanded

In our second and final part on Erin Patterson’s deadly beef Wellington dinner, we focus on the jaw-dropping trial. So: did she purposefully forage for death cap mushrooms, then cook and serve them to her extended family with the express purpose of giving them a slow and painful death? Did she really lie about having cancer? Or was it all just an innocent mistake? The video version of this episode will be on our YouTube channel from 31st July. Exclusive bonus content: Wondery [https://wondery.com/shows/redhanded/] - Ad-free & ShortHand Patreon [http://patreon.com/redhanded] - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes Follow us on social media: YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dovjXDB69lhDjASbAgnwA] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@redhandedthepod] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/] Visit our website: Website [https://redhandedpodcast.com/] Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com [http://redhandedpodcast.com/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Jeffrey Epstein – the billionaire financier-turned-serial-sex-trafficker – is back in the news, in another new guise that no one saw coming: political football. So let's take a look at what we know (and, more pertinently, what we will never know) about the so-called “Epstein files”. Exclusive bonus content: Wondery [https://wondery.com/shows/redhanded/] - Ad-free & ShortHand Patreon [http://patreon.com/redhanded] - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes Follow us on social media: YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dovjXDB69lhDjASbAgnwA] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@redhandedthepod] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/] Visit our website: Website [https://redhandedpodcast.com/] Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com [http://redhandedpodcast.com/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

NOTE: Our update on the Epstein files will be released TOMORROW (Tuesday July 29th) to everyone. In the meantime, for all the context, here’s our two-parter in full! -- The story of Jeffrey Epstein – the billionaire financier with an industrial-scale web of child abuse implicating some of the most powerful people in the world – sounds like some half-baked conspiracy theory. But it’s all true. We tell the story from the very beginning – from Epstein’s grifting origins to sex-trafficking minors over to his private island. And how Epstein kept on getting away with it, despite there being hundreds of people that knew what he really was: a dangerous, influential and insatiable child rapist with a sophisticated network of fixers.  And finally, we take a look at what kind of justice – if any – was served. Plus: what really happened in that jail cell in 2019? Exclusive bonus content: Wondery [https://wondery.com/shows/redhanded/] - Ad-free & ShortHand Patreon [http://patreon.com/redhanded] - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes Follow us on social media: YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dovjXDB69lhDjASbAgnwA] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@redhandedthepod] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/] Visit our website: Website [https://redhandedpodcast.com/] Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com [http://redhandedpodcast.com/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

At lunchtime, a family in southeast Australia sat down for beef wellington with a mushroom duxelles, creamy mash and buttery green beans. The next morning, most of the guests would be violently ill. A week later, three of them would be dead. Only one diner was totally unaffected: the host, Erin Patterson… who later would stand trial for murder by poison mushroom. In part one of our post-trial evaluation of this case, we take a look back at that fateful lunch, and Erin’s increasingly evasive and bizarre behaviour in the weeks after it – all while her family members fought for their lives. The video version of this episode will be on our YouTube channel from 24th July. Exclusive bonus content: Wondery [https://wondery.com/shows/redhanded/] - Ad-free & ShortHand Patreon [http://patreon.com/redhanded] - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes Follow us on social media: YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dovjXDB69lhDjASbAgnwA] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@redhandedthepod] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/] Visit our website: Website [https://redhandedpodcast.com/] Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com [http://redhandedpodcast.com/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

On Wednesday 2 July 2025, a jury found Sean Combs NOT GUILTY of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy – his two most serious charges, which carried a potential sentence of life in prison. He was found guilty on lesser charges of transportation to engage in prostitution. So, despite all the clear evidence of guilt, how did the jury come to this decision in just two days of deliberation? We take a closer look at how the trial went down, what part Cassie Ventura played, and where the defence went so very wrong… Exclusive bonus content: Wondery [https://wondery.com/shows/redhanded/] - Ad-free & ShortHand Patreon [http://patreon.com/redhanded] - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes Follow us on social media: YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dovjXDB69lhDjASbAgnwA] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@redhandedthepod] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/] Visit our website: Website [https://redhandedpodcast.com/] Sources available on redhandedpodcast.com [http://redhandedpodcast.com/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].