The Silence at Château de Frétay

Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Mark Randell & Bethan Trueman

True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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When British couple Joanne and Robert Hall bought a crumbling French château, they dreamed of restoring it into a luxury haven. But behind the shutters and sprawling grounds, tensions simmered — money troubles, isolation, and the slow unravelling of a marriage far from home. One night, after too much wine and too many arguments, everything came to a tragic end. 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	The
0:07.0	The Hello and welcome to seeing Red, a true crime podcast. I'm Bethan.
0:37.2	And I'm Mark. Welcome
0:38.4	back for another episode, everybody. And that was really weird. I'm not sure if I like it. Maybe we'll
0:44.8	go back to the standard next week. This week, we have a listener written case for you all. So a
0:50.6	huge thank you to our lovely listener for putting this together. It's a fascinating case and one which I know will encourage some discussion over on our social media.
0:59.7	Have we been to France yet on the show, Mark?
1:03.6	Um, oh, I feel like yes.
1:08.8	I feel like we did.
1:10.2	I know that the plane flew from France with the footballer Sala on when they went across the channel, I think.
1:19.8	And we went to his home in Nantes, I remember, in northern France.
1:24.7	Okay, yeah.
1:25.4	So we have definitely been to France because we did go there for Emiliano Sala because I remember
1:32.4	he used to go to that church near his home in Nantes.
1:35.8	Yes, and we talked about one near you.
1:38.0	Yeah, and I also feel like we went there.
1:41.2	I feel like a schoolgirl was murdered on a school trip in France.
1:45.3	Yes, no, you're absolutely right, yeah.
1:47.1	An English school girl.
1:48.8	I could not remember if we had or hadn't.
1:50.7	And I did study French in school, but I'm in no way, shape or form, fluent.
1:56.9	I'm hoping that I don't mangle the pronunciations in today's episode, because we are
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