Episode 202 - The Haunting Murder of Matthew Shepard

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Content Warning - this episode contains quotes pertaining to homophobic and discriminatory language which some listeners may find upsetting.

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On the 7th of October 1998, 21-year old Matthew Shepard was found tied to a prairie fence at the end of a remote dirt track in Laramie, Wyoming. The young gay man had been pistol-whipped in the head over 20 times, and his brain stem had been crushed. He died 6 days later in hospital.

This case went on to become arguably the most infamous gay hate crime in modern history, and for many Matthew became a martyr.

In this episode, the girls examine what happened that night, the defendants’ muddled legal decisions, and the latest "bombshell evidence"…

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0:00.0	Prime members, you can listen to Redhanded early and ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:06.3	Warning. This episode contains quotes pertaining to homophobic and discriminatory language,
0:11.6	which some listeners may find upsetting.
0:20.0	Hello patrons. Hopefully you've seen by now that we have just announced the dates and the locations
0:25.7	for our upcoming UK Live tour taking place in 2021. I know we can hardly believe it either,
0:32.4	but it is happening. And you should really think about coming because if you do, you will not be
0:37.1	disappointed, but you might be disappointed if you don't get your hands on some tickets before
0:43.3	they sell out because sell out they will wish or of it they always do. So what we have done
0:49.2	because you guys deserve it as our beloved patrons is we have given you early access to the
0:55.3	pre-sell tickets. So that means as of today Wednesday the 23rd of June, you can get your hands
1:02.0	on those tickets before they go out for general release this Friday. Once they go out on Friday
1:07.8	all bets are off the tickets will go. So between now and then get those tickets, get them now,
1:13.5	the link is in the episode description below. Use it, get the tickets, we'll see you on the road.
1:18.4	We can't fucking wait, it's going to be amazing now on with the show.
1:24.0	I'm Sruti, I'm Hannah and welcome to Red Handed. We have an announcement. Oh shit yeah,
1:32.0	today, today is that day. We're bloody going back on tour after however many years of not
1:40.6	can't wait. And we are going to in no particular order because I can't remember exactly what the
1:46.7	route is but Birmingham Manchester leads London Glasgow I believe. That is right you are right,
1:53.2	those are the cities. We cannot wait to see you. There were also going to be VIP tickets and you can
1:58.7	buy a copy of the book and we will sign it for you or if you have already bought a copy of the book
2:02.8	we will sign it for you. If you already have a signed copy we will sign it again and like lick it
2:07.0	or something if you want. Excellent. That's how confident we are that the pandemic will be over.
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