The Murder of 13-Year-Old Carl Bridgewater

Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Mark Randell & Bethan Trueman

True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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We are BACK with Season 14, and Bethan is back too! In September 1978, 13-year-old paperboy Carl Bridgewater was brutally murdered while delivering newspapers in the West Midlands. His senseless death shocked the nation, and the police investigation that followed would become one of the most controversial in British legal history — leading to wrongful convictions, decades of appeals, and still, after more than forty years, unanswered questions about who killed Carl. If you're a fan of horror movies, don't forget to check out our friend Grace from REDRUM's new podcast, The Final Cut - listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7FgXz5gHxlfhrCLbB6N6qP?si=9Du9s2HtRyOfYsFh_esisA Why not BINGE our back catalogue of over a HUNDRED Patreon exclusive bonus episodes? Sign up and you can access them on Spotify really easily (or on the Patreon app, or wherever you normally listen - cancel any time): www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast If you would like to GIFT a Patreon membership to a special someone, head to www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast/gift If you would like to buy us a coffee (or wine!), hit the link below: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seeingredtw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get your merch here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.seeingredpodcast.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check her work out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Co-Producer: Ade Parsley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've seen the screams, the traps, the twists, but do you know the stories behind them?
0:07.4	The little details that make you go...
0:09.2	This is the most fuckery thing I've ever seen.
0:11.5	Oh, yeah, I saw my own leg off, but shitty toilet, I'm out.
0:18.3	I'm Grace from Red Rum True Crime, and I'm joined by Stu from British murders with Stuart Blues.
0:25.1	We've been horror fans since we were kids and we are total sore geeks. This franchise is iconic
0:31.7	for a reason and we cannot wait to talk every crazy twist, every insane trap and and all the behind-the-scenes tidbits you
0:39.4	probably didn't notice. This first season is 10 episodes, breaking down, analyzing and dissecting
0:46.4	every single one of the Saw films. And the final cut doesn't stop there. Every season, I'll pick
0:52.9	a different horror franchise with a new guest co-host
0:56.0	to geek out over dissect and celebrate everything that makes these films unforgettable.
1:02.2	We talk traps, legacy and philosophy. I'm Grace and this is the final cut.
1:13.0	Find us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:16.9	You know, I'm I'm I'm
1:28.3	The Hello and welcome back to seeing Red.
1:53.1	This is the season 14 premiere and guess who's back?
1:56.7	It's me. I'm back. Hello everybody everybody. It's only just bloody Bethen.
2:01.5	Hello.
2:02.6	Thank you, everybody.
2:03.6	Thank you for joining us once again for season 14.
2:06.5	It's our eighth year.
2:08.4	Eighth year doing the show.
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