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Episode 166 - The Noida Double Murders: Aarushi & Hemraj

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

London Podcast Festival Live Stream Tickets When 13 year old Aarushi Talwar was found dead with her throat slit in her own bedroom, it sparked the b...

Bonus - Tamám Shud: The Mysterious Case of the Somerton Man

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On 1 December 1948 a fully clothed man was found dead on Somerton beach, South Australia. The bizarre discoveries that followed - including a couple o...

Episode 165 - Did Dai Morris Do It?

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In June 1999 a fire broke out at 9 Kelvin Road in Clydach, Wales. By the time emergency services arrived the residents: Mandy Power, her 80 year old m...

Episode 164 - "Command Rape": Vanessa Guillen & LaVena Johnson

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US military has a rape problem; 20% of women who enlist are sexually assaulted or harrassed.  The US military also appears to have a murder probl...

#3 BLM - Darren Cumberbatch

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month in our Black Lives Matter series, we discuss the death of Darren Cumberbatch. Darren was a quick-witted and friendly electrician who was pu...

Episode 163 - Show & Tell: The Murder of Rachel O'Reilly

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

LONDON PODCAST FESTIVAL TICKETS When Rachel O'Reilly was brutally murdered in her own home in County Dublin, her family were told that it was a home...

Episode 162: The Many Faces of Franklin Delano Floyd

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In March 1995 a Kansas mechanic bought an old truck at auction; as he started to fix it up he discovered a manila envelope taped to the gas tank. To h...

Bonus - Holly and Jessica: The Soham Murders

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On 4 August 2002, 10 year old best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman vanished from a family barbeque in Soham, Cambridgeshire. This sparked one ...

Episode 161 - Naomi Oni & The Acid Attack Epidemic

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It was after midnight on the 29th of December 2012 when 20 year old Naomi Oni was walking home in East London. Suddenly out of the darkness she saw a ...

Episode 160 - The Most Hated Woman in America

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Madalyn Murray O’Hair, was a woman very not of her time. In buttoned-up 50s America she called herself a militant feminist, a thinker and a drinker ...

Episode 159 - The Nepalese Royal Massacre

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On 1 June 2001 a bloody massacre unfolded within the palace walls of the Nepalese royal family in Kathmandu. It left 10 members of the royal family de...

#2 BLM - Breonna Taylor

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this month's Black Lives Matter episode we discuss the murder of Breonna Taylor. #sayhername Where to help: Petition: https://www.change.org/p/an...

Episode 158 - Poisonous Privilege: The Murder of Emily Longley

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, 17 year old Emily Longley was found dead in her boyfriend - Elliot Turner's parents' house. But it soon became clear that the story the entir...

RedHaunted #4 - Just Get Into The Recovery Position and Close Your Eyes

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You Spooky Bitches have done it again! We've got another boatload of freaky tales (and quite a few laughs) to get us through the hellscape that is 202...

Episode 157 - The Disappearance of Peter Falconio

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2001 on a remote stretch of highway in Australia’s Northern Territory, British backpacker Peter Falconio vanished. His girlfriend, Joanne Lees, t...

Episode 156: Stephanie Lazarus: The Detective Who Almost Got Away with Murder

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Feb 1986 the body of newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was found in the home she shared with her husband, John. It was quickly ruled a break-in gone wrong,...

Episode 155 - 'Repent or Die': Panama's Jungle Death Cult

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Following reports of strange riutals and bizarre religious ceremonies, in January 2020 Panamanian police headed into the country's remote jungle. What...

Episode 154 - Helen Bailey: Close to Home

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In April 2016 millionaire author, Helen Bailey vanished. After months of searching, she was found much closer to home than anyone could have imagined....

Episode 153 - Hillbilly Sex Ring: The Goler Clan

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On Nova Scotia’s South Mountain, just a few miles away from the apple blossom fairs and prosperous farms of the Annapolis Valley, a despicable evil ...

RedHaunted #3: Hop on in Then! Bring the Ghosts Closer to Me

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A little boy in a trenchcoat, a terrifying doorbell of death and biting tarot cards....this month, in their continued effort to scare us into forgetti...

Episode 152 - Daniel Bartlam: The Boy with the Hammer

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011 a fire tore through the Bartlam home in Nottingham, England. 14 year old Daniel, his little brother Dominic and the family dog all made it saf...

Episode 151 - Jodi Arias: The Sexed-Up Mormon Murder Trial

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On 4 June 2008, 30 year old Mormon businessman Travis Alexander was found dead in his shower. He’d been shot in the head, stabbed 27 times and his t...

Episode 150 - Cyntoia Brown Long: Road to Redemption

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

One night Cyntoia Brown was picked up by a man named Johnny Allen, he offered her $150 for sex, she agreed and they went back to his house. By the en...

#1 BLM - George Floyd

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode focuses on the murder of George Floyd. Places to donate and petitions to sign: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#petitions Black Vote...

Episode 149 - Nazi Rage: The Murder of MP Jo Cox

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2016 the chaos of Brexit reached fever pitch in the UK. One week before the referendum vote was set to take place, politician Jo Cox was savag...

Episode 148 - Captivity: The Turpin 13

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On 13 January 2018, a 17 year old girl made a break for freedom from the house of horrors in which she’d been held captive. She called 911 and soon ...

Bonus: RedHaunted #2 - You're Not Here for Culture, You’re Here for Ghosts

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s leave lockdown behind and find something else to be scared of for a bit... In this bonus paranormal episode Hannah and Suruthi bring you ghost...

Episode 147 - Limos, Lies & Lithuanian Lovers: The Murder of Nisha Patel-Nasri

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

29 year old Nisha Patel-Nasri had it all; she was happily married, she ran 2 businesses and she even found time to volunteer as a Special Constable fo...

Episode 146 - The Butcher of Brooklyn: Levi Aron

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On 11 July 2011, 8 year old Leiby Kletzy was walking home from school when he vanished. After an extensive police hunt for CCTV, Leiby’s tight-knit ...

Episode 145 - Sex, Lies & “Gender Fraud”: Gayle Newland

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2015, 27 year old Gayle Newland was convicted of sexual assault after using a dildo on a female friend who believed that she was a half-Filipino, h...

Episode 144 - Candace Newmaker: When "Therapy" Kills

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

New Merch Release: www.redhandedshop.com 10 year old Candace‘s adopt mum, Jeane Newmaker, wanted nothing more than to help her little girl overc...

Bonus: RedHaunted #1

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tales of the paranormal and unexplained sent in by listeners, dramatically retold by Suruthi and Hannah.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and ...

Episode 143 - Charlene Downes: Without a Trace

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2003, 14 year old Charlene Downes disappeared. Rumours quickly spread that she had been murdered, dismembered and her remains had been sold as keba...

Bonus: Let’s Get Quizzical!

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re all on lockdown, so just for a bit of fun (and because you all really deserve it right now for staying home/being an amazing key worker) we ...

Episode 142 - Johann “Jack” Unterweger: The Poet of Death

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Austria in 1974, Johann Unterweger was sentenced to life for the murder of a young woman. From behind bars he was soon writing beautiful poetry and...

Episode 141 - Zach & Addie: Katrina "Cannibal"

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2005 police walked into a flat, above a voodoo temple, in New Orleans. What they discovered was straight out of the grisliest of horror fil...

Episode 140 - "Rough Sex" - The Murder of Grace Millane

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In December 2018, 21 year old Grace Millane was backpacking around New Zealand. One evening she agreed to a date with a man, tragically by the followi...

Episode 139 - Ecclesiastes 12: The Strange Death of Charles “Chuck“ Morgan

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Chuck Morgan was found dead in the desert - shot in the head, wearing a bulletproof vest and with a $2 note hidden on his body covered in mysteri...

Episode 138 - Witch-Hunt: The San Antonio Satanic Panic

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Texas from 1997 to 1998 four lesbian Latina women were accused and convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in unbelievable devil worship ritu...

Episode 137 - "Nirbhaya": Jyoti Singh & The Delhi Rape Case

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nirbhaya means "the fearless one", and it was the name given by the Indian media to a 23 year old woman - Jyoti Singh - after she was brutally gang ra...

In Conversation with Former DCI Colin Sutton

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this exciting bonus episode Hannah and Suruthi sit down with former DCI Colin Sutton - the Senior Investigating Officer who caught serial killer Le...

Episode 136 - Levi Bellfield: The Hammer Man

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2002 13 year old Milly Dowler vanished from a bus stop on her way home from school; this sparked one of the nation’s biggest investigations, but ...

Introducing 'Under the Duvet': A RedHanded Patreon Production

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Under the Duvet is RedHanded's brand new weekly post-show, mini-show! It's developed exclusively for $5+ patrons - but this week we are giving everyon...

Episode 135 - The Vampire King: Marcus Wesson

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On 12 March 2004, police walked into an office building in Fresno, California and found the bodies of 9 women and children; they had each been shot on...

Episode 134 - Lindsay Souvannarath & The Valentine's Massacre Plot

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2015, self-proclaimed Nazi - Lindsay Souvannarath and her murderous bae, James Gamble plotted to commit a Valentine's Day mass shooting at a mall i...

Episode 133 - The UK's Most Prolific Rapist: Reynhard Sinaga

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When 18 year old, Peter, woke up in a mystery flat after a night out he was scared. It was then with horror that he realised he couldn't move his arms...

Episode 132 - Michelle Carter & Conrad Roy: “Love You Forever”

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When 18 year old Conrad Roy was found dead in his truck it looked like an obvious suicide. But as detectives started their investigation it soon beca...

Episode 131 - Louise Woodward & Shaken Baby Syndrome

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When 8 month old Matthew Eappen was admitted to hospital with signs of a severe head trauma, and died just days later of his injuries, doctors and pol...

Episode 130 - Ana Kriégel & The Case of Ireland’s Youngest Convicted Killers

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When 14 year old Ana Kriégel was found in an old, abandoned Manor House in Lucan, Dublin the sheer brutality of her murder horrified a nation.  But ...

Episode 129 - Fighting for Freedom: Julie Rea & Rodney Lincoln

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode the girls delve into the cases of Julie Rea Harper and Rodney Lee Lincoln, two people falsely imprisoned for horrific murders most lik...

Episode 128 - White House Farm Revisited: The Contested Evidence

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Bamber is currently 35 years into of a whole of life sentence for murdering 5 members of his own family. To this day he claims to be innocent, ...

Episode 127 - Tommy Lynn Sells: The Coast to Coast Killer

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On the 31 of December 1999 10 year old Krystal Surles woke up to find a man standing in her room. She watched in horror as he killed her friend Katy, ...

Episode 126 - Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When 6 year old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her family’s mansion on Boxing Day 1996 - it sparked a relentless my...

Episode 125 - “The Family” & Anne Hamilton-Byrne

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For “The Family” or “The Great White Brotherhood”; Anne Hamilton-Byrne was the female reincarnation of Jesus Christ, and her word was final....

Episode 124 - École Polytechnique: The Montreal Massacre

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The 6th of December 2019 marks the 30 year anniversary of the Montreal massacre, a dark day in Canadian history. It was the day that gunman Marc Lépi...

Episode 123 - Christopher Foster: Behind Closed Doors

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the early hours of the 26th of August 2008, a fire ripped through Osbaston House a 5 bedroom mansion set in 16 acres of beautiful land in Shropshir...

Episode 122 - Paul Ingram: Satanic Ritual Abuse & Repressed Memory

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

MERCH STORE: RedHandedShop.com In 1988 sisters Ericka and Julie Ingram were at Bible Camp when they were hit with a sudden memory. It was a memory of ...

Episode 121 - Jeni Haynes: The Woman With Over 2000 Personalities

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In February 2019 in The District Court of New South Wales a woman named Jeni Haynes entered the witness box - but she wasn't alone. 6 different person...

Episode 120 - Kermit Gosnell: Doctor Death

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a filthy clinic in West Philadelphia that had been left uninspected for years, despite a sizeable drugs bust, Dr Kermit Gosnell was exploiting poor...

Episode 119 - LIVE from Shoreditch House: Halloween Special Part 2 - Ghost Pirates & Tree Surgeons

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this second instalment of Halloween at RedHanded the girls come to you live from London’s Shoreditch House with tales of a mysterious ghost ship ...

Episode 118 - Halloween Special Part 1: Demons of Murder & Tantric Child Sacrifice

29 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Halloween so that means that it’s time for a troubling story swap. Join Hannah and Suruthi in part one of this Halloween special as they turn...

Episode 117 - The Hello Kitty Murder: Fan Man-Yee

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In May 1999 a scared 14 year old girl walked into a Hong Kong police station and told the confused officers that she was being terrorised by a ghost. ...

Episode 116 - Hannah Foster: Followed

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For weeks 17 year old Hannah Foster had been experiencing an uneasy feeling; she was sure that a strange man was following her.  Terrifyingly, she wa...

Episode 115 - The Yuba 5

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 1978, five men piled into a car after a local basketball game, they stopped at a shop to pick up some snacks and then they vanished. The next day t...

Episode 114 - “Bishop” Gary Heidnik: The Real-Life Buffalo Bill

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Between 1986 and 1987 in Pennsylvania, self-appointed “Bishop” Gary Heidnik abducted six women and held them prisoner in a pit that he’d dug int...

Episode 113 - Gable Tostee: Part 2 - The Aftermath

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

2 years after Gable Tostee was arrested for the murder of Warriena Wright he stood trial. In this week’s episode the girls delve into the aftermath,...

Episode 112 - Gable Tostee: The Fall - Part 1

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On August 8, 2014 28 year old Gable Tostee and 26 year old Warriena Wright met for a first date in Surfer’s Paradise on The Gold Coast. The pair had...

Episode 111 - Tortured to Death: Kelly Anne Bates

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On the 16th of April 1996 James Patterson Smith walked into Gorton police station and told officers that his 17 year old girlfriend had drowned in the...

Episode 110 - Murder Mansion: Glensheen & Marjorie Congdon

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 1977 an intruder entered the beautiful Glensheen mansion on the shores of Lake Superior. In the night of terror that followed, in a macabre game of...

Episode 109 - Andrea Yates & The Devil

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2001 Andrea Yates did the unthinkable when one-by-one she killed all 5 of her children; what had possessed this seemingly ordinary, loving mother? ...

Episode 108 - Jeremy Forrest: Runaway Teacher

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It’s “Lolita” on the English Rivera this week as the girls follow the story of a 30 year old Maths teacher, Jeremy Forrest, and his obsession wi...

Episode 107 - Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian & The Selfie That Killed

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Qandeel Baloch was a social media sensation, women’s rights activist - and a queen of controversy. In 2016 Qandeel released a series of photos and v...

Episode 106 - Train Tracks: The Murder of Vera Jo Reigle

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Vera hadn't had it easy; she was a vulnerable woman who had coped with ADHD, serious learning difficulties and sexual abuse all her life. At the age o...

Episode 105 - Julie Ward: Murder on the Massai Mara

01 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 1988 Julie Ward headed off on the trip of a lifetime to Kenya, but just a week before she was set to return home she took one last trip into the Ma...

Episode 104 - Stephen Griffiths: The Crossbow Cannibal of Bradford

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On the 26th of May 2010 Peter Gee, caretaker of a block of flats in Bradford was checking the CCTV when something going on outside flat 33 caught his ...

Episode 103 - Daniel LaPlante: Fact vs Fiction

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week the girls do some much needed myth-busting surrounding the notorious Daniel LaPlante. With a story that features seances, multiple murders, ...

Episode 102 - Yahweh ben Yahweh: The Prophet, The Cult & The Temple of Love

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ruthless cult - The Nation of Yahweh - hit its peak in the late 80s as the self-proclaimed leader, and son of God, Yahweh ben Yahweh promised the peop...

Episode 101 - Joanna Dennehy: Spree Killer

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode the girls are off to the ditches of Peterborough to cover the case of spree killer Joanna Dennehy, only the third woman in Brit...

Episode 100 - Gilberto Valle: Cannibal Cop

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2012 Kathleen Valle started to become suspicious of her New York City police officer husband Gilberto.  He was spending all of his time on the com...

Episode 99 - Black Magic, Murder & Malaysian Pop: Mona Fandey

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week the girls are off to Malaysia to cover a case of money, murder, black magic and Malaysian pop music. Mona Fandey was a one hit wonder in the...

Bonus - The Deal with the Devil: Karla Homolka & Paul Bernardo

18 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this very special 'thank you' episode the girls cover the brutal case of the Ken and Barbie killers, a Canadian couple who abducted, viciously rape...

Episode 98 - Sally Challen: A Case of Coercive Control

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One Saturday morning in November 2010 Sally Challen walked into the kitchen and hit her husband Richard in the head with a hammer. She hit him over 20...

Episode 97 - Bruce McArthur: The Gay Village Murders

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 2000s a spate of South Asian and Middle Eastern Men in Toronto's Gay Village vanished. The local community noticed almost immediately by t...

Episode 96 - The Tuam 796

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 1975, two little boys, Frannie and Barry were playing on the site of an old Mother and Baby home in Tuam, County Galway, when they discovered a pit...

Episode 95 - Abraham Shakespeare: Lucky Numbers

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2006 all of Abraham Shakespeares' dreams came true.  He won 30 million dollars on the lottery, it looked like all his troubles were over.  But wi...

Break-ins, Booby Traps, and the Eccentric Gynaecologist

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Courtesy of our friends at ADT. Please hop over to www.adt.com/podcast In 1947 the NYPD had to break down the door of the infamous Collyer Mansion...

Episode 94 - The Murder of Alesha McPhail

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2018 on the tiny Scottish island of the Isle of Bute, 6 year old Alesha MacPhail vanished from her bed in the middle of the night. The community wa...

Episode 93 - David Parker Ray: Part 2

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, in the concluding part of the David Parker Ray series, the girls head into the infamous torture trailer - “The Toy Box”. This episode i...

Episode 92 - David Parker Ray: Scrap Metal Sex Toys

02 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the girls head to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, to cover arguably the most terrifying offender they have encountered: David Parker Ray...

Director Joe Berlinger on Ted Bundy: Live

30 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is the new Ted Bundy film; in this very special episode of RedHanded Joe Berlinger, the director, joins the...

Episode 91 - Raymond Buys: "Not Man Enough"

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On April 20th 2011, 15 year old Raymond Buys was pronounced dead. Some of the doctors who treated him were so traumatised by the injuries sustained by...

Episode 90 - Strangers at the Door: The Murder of Kanika Powell

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2008 28 year old Kanika Powell, an army veteran, experienced a series of odd encounters on her doorstep. Mysterious men in different guises were ...

Episode 89 - Shafilea Ahmed: The Price of "Honour"

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2003 16 year old Shafilea Ahmed disappeared from her family home in Warrington, she was presumed missing but the truth was much more horrific. She’...

Episode 88 - The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In March 2013 college student Elisa Lam checked into The Cecil Hotel on LA’s infamous skid row. Soon she started displaying some odd behaviour; some...

Episode 87 - Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman to be Hanged in Britain

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Six revolver shots shattered the Easter Sunday calm of Hampstead, and a beautiful platinum blonde stood with her back to the wall. In her hand was a ...

Episode 86 - The Community of Christ: Kirtland Cult

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Kirtland Cult were an offshoot of an offshoot that broke away from the Reorganised Church of Latter Day Saints in 1987. Like most cults they were ...

Episode 85 - The Central Park 5

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 1989 5 young black and Latino boys from Harlem were accused and convicted of the rape and assault of Trisha Meili, a young white woman. They spent ...

Episode 84 - Otto Warmbier: What Really Happened in North Korea?

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This case starts with a pretty mundane crime; an accusation of poster theft. But it ends in the mysterious and tragic death of a 22 year old man - Ott...

Episode 83 - Omaima Nelson: "Cannibal" Kitchen

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At just 23 Omaima Nelson killed her 56 year old husband, Bill. 3 days after the murder police entered the Nelson home and found a nightmare scene; not...

Episode 82 - Jenelle Potter: Catfish

14 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Someone was cyberbullying Jenelle Potter; they hurling online abuse and threatening her life with claims that she was "too pretty to live". As things ...