RedHanded: An Exploration of Criminals, Cannibals, Cults, and What Makes a Killer Tick

Based off Hannah Maguire & Suruthi Bala's popular podcast of the same name, RedHanded explores real-life true crime cases to help answer once & for all if a killer is born or made. 

After meeting at a house party in London, where they discovered a mutual obsession for all things true crime, Suruthi Bala & Hannah Maguire drunkenly promised to one day start their own murder podcast. Six weeks later they ordered their first microphones & the rest is history. From the hosts of the hit podcast RedHanded (dubbed by Anna Paquin as her “all- time favorite true crime podcast”), Bala & Maguire have amassed a cult following of “spooky bitches.” 

What is it about killers, cults, & cannibals that capture our imaginations even as they terrify & disturb us? Do we find these stories endlessly & equally compelling & frightening, because they hold up a mirror to society’s failings and to the horrors that we humans are capable of? RedHanded rejects the outdated narrative of killers as monsters & that a victim “was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Instead, it dissects the stories of killers in a way that challenges perceptions & asks the hard questions about society, gender, poverty, culture, & even our politics. 

With their trademark humor, research on real-life cases, & unflinching analysis of what makes a criminal, Bala & Maguire take you through what drives the most extreme of human behavior to find out once & for all: what makes a killer tick?