PRESS PLAY
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.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Grace Cordell turns case chronology and evidentiary detail into clear, victim-conscious true-crime narratives.
Grace Cordell gives REDRUM true crime a patient, single-voice shape, moving through individual cases in clear sequence and pausing to explain why particular evidence matters.
A doctor's disbelief over supermarket mushrooms becomes a trail of evidence you can follow into court.
Press play if you want
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grim account of murder, renewed violence, and one failed taxi attack that becomes the episode's most frightening stretch.
Cheng Peng's crimes are laid out as a grim chain of escalation, beginning with Yang's murder, moving through the disposal of his body, and then returning to a renewed robbery plan after a month's pause.
A courtroom-focused account where mushroom quantities, cancer searches, and witness accounts sharpen the case against Erin Patterson.
The second part of REDRUM's account of Erin Patterson's case moves squarely into court, following the trial through to sentencing with an emphasis on evidence rather than atmosphere.
A single supermarket answer gives this poisoning investigation its sharpest turn.
REDRUM opens Erin's case with a detail that gives the investigation its cleanest pivot: Woolworths. Dr. Chris Webster's memory of that answer turns the poisoning inquiry from a troubling lunch into something investigators can follow, while Erin's brief hospital admission and…
A church bat and a compassionate impulse reveal the hard deadline behind rabies treatment.
The episode begins with the stark public-health reality of rabies: shots only work when they start quickly, and once symptoms appear, the disease is almost always fatal.
A careful account of Carrie Slater's death, centered on isolation, abuse, and what remains unknowable.
Carrie Slater's death is framed through the relationship that came before it, with the episode tracing how Richard Basson had isolated her from family and friends before killing her.
A historical con story where the danger is manipulation, not gore.
The episode frames The Abduction at Shrigley Hall as a story of wealth, manipulation, and a teenager being drawn into a marriage she did not understand.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
Patrick Radden Keefe investigates whether the CIA secretly wrote a Scorpions hit.
Jake Halpern and the Snowball team track a con artist who defrauded a family.
A city-by-city true-crime documentary, from Detroit's Kwame Kilpatrick scandal to mob confessions.
This episode tells the story of Ellen Turner, a 15-year-old heiress abducted in 1826 by Edward Wakefield, who deceived her into a forced marriage to steal her fortune.
This episode of REDRUM explores the murder of Paul Castellano, a powerful Gambino family crime boss, and focuses on Salvatore Gravano, also known as Sammy the Bull, who was accused of killing him and at least 18 other people.
This episode investigates the death of 16-year-old Nicholas Contreras, initially reported as a hunger strike but later revealed to be torture.
Redrum's "R&R.
REDRUM true crime's Part 2 on Erin Patterson centers on factory-reset phones, CCTV footage, and the prosecution's claim that a beef Wellington carried death cap mushrooms.
["Red Ramp covers the Erin Patterson mushroom-poisoning case in Victoria, starting with a 29 July 2023 beef Wellington lunch that left four adults critically ill.", "Erin Patterson invited Don Patterson, Gail Patterson, Heather Wilkinson, and Ian Wilkinson to her home, while her ex-husband Simon stayed away after texting that he felt uncomfortable about coming.", "She told the table she had life-threatening cancer and needed advice on telling her children, then the lunch ended with prayer, cake, and fruit before the guests became sick overnight.", "Dr Chris Webster, toxicology staff, and police quickly linked the pattern to death cap mushrooms as Erin gave different explanations for the mushrooms, left hospital against medical advice, and the investigation moved into her house and kitchen."]
["Rabies kills about 59,000 people a year, and Red Rum stresses that once symptoms start it is \"99.9% fatal.\" Yvonne Ford of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is traced from a puppy scratch on a Morocco beach to a fatal hospital diagnosis after headache, hallucinations, and trouble swallowing.", "The episode then follows Gina Giese in Wisconsin, where a bat bite in church led Dr Rodney Willoughby to try a medically induced coma and the Milwaukee Protocol.
Red Rum's 'UK True Crime: The Murder of Carrie Slater' centers on Richard Basson's 6.45pm 999 call from Kings Road in Longclawson, where he claimed a brass-ended pool cue and a knife attack before police found Carrie Slater inside the bungalow.
The episode recounts the disappearance and murder of 23-year-old student Mackenzie Lueck in Salt Lake City.
This episode recounts the story of Beverly Carter, a grandmother who disappeared after showing a house, focusing on her life and family.
A bonus episode where host Adam interviews Grace from REDRUM true crime podcast, setting context for a crime story with pop culture and news from a specific month and year.
REDRUM examines the 1989 Avery family murders and Geoffrey Don Lundgren's claim that he was a divinely chosen cult leader.
A family hiking in Arkansas is attacked, resulting in a double murder, and the episode breaks down the details of the case.
A woman fakes a COVID-19 hospitalization to cover her disappearance, leading to a murder investigation.
Redrum examines the January 27, 2001 murders of Dartmouth professors Hauf and Susanna Zantopp in Etna, New Hampshire.
On February 28, 1975, the 8:37 a.m.