Episode 81 - Ian Watkins: Rock Star, Paedophile, Nepiophile

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week the girls delve into the all too common world of the celebrity paedophile and institutions who turn a blind eye.

Ian Watkins was the lead singer of Welsh rock band Lostprophets. He toured all over the world, playing to sold out stadiums of adoring fans - so in 2012 when he was arrested and charged with 13 counts of child sex offences, including against a child as young as 11 months old, the world was shocked.

This is a particularly troubling case because it of course covers the abuse this depraved man doled out to incredibly young victims, but there are also deeply troubling questions raised about why authorities missed chance after chance to catch Watkins.

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0:00.0	Prime members, you can listen to Redhanded early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today.
0:19.0	I'm Sruti, I'm Hannah, and welcome to Redhanded. And today, we don't usually do this.
0:26.0	We don't usually give warnings because I kind of feel like if you're an adult listening to a true crime podcast, like you know what you're letting yourself in for.
0:34.0	But this week's episode, we wanted to give you guys the warning, this is a really fucked up story.
0:40.0	There is a lot of child sexual abuse occurring in this story. We're not going to go into obviously the details of it, but we are going to talk about what we think is important to put the story into context.
0:50.0	So if you don't feel like you're up for that, if you don't really feel like you can handle it, just don't listen.
0:55.0	He's one of the most appraved people that I feel like I've come across in a long time. He's just fucking evil. He's like completely depraved.
1:03.0	So you've been warned with that we're going to get started. Now we're going to Wales today.
1:09.0	Have we been to Wales before? I have been to Wales before.
1:13.0	No, have we done a case? I meant not have you physically been to Wales?
1:17.0	Oh, right. So like thinking about the time I went to Wales and I was stayed in this place, this pronounced Port Maddick.
1:23.0	But it's written, Portham a dog. Port Maddick's beautiful. It's like a little chocolate box town.
1:29.0	Yeah, it was nice. It was nice. We stayed in a little static caravan on the beach. It was good.
1:34.0	We haven't been to Wales before, I don't think. So first opportunity to crack out a Welsh accent just to ease us into this horrifying case.
1:41.0	Have you got one? We're off to Wales today. That's not terrible.
1:45.0	Down to the valleys. No, that's not a lot. He's a valley boy. What off to Wales? Down to the valleys.
1:51.0	No, I've lost it. I can say a Welsh name in a Welsh accent. Go on. Say Ian Watkins in a Welsh accent.
1:57.0	No, it's a girl's name. I can only say one word. I can't say one word. I can't say one word.
2:01.0	I've had it. Okay. Good. So I can say what off to Wales?
2:05.0	Off to the valleys. The only gay in the village.
2:08.0	There's a Welsh version of Thomas the Tank Engine called Iver the Engine.
2:12.0	I got it. I think it might be older than Thomas the Tank Engine. They're all Welsh in that.
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