EPISODE 343 - Rob Parkes: The Price of Life
Rob Parkes is not a paedophilic, drug-dealing, gang-leading tyrant. But that’s exactly what his pathologically controlling, abusive ex-wife tried to lead everyone to believe. It’s also why, she said, he had to die.
In a very special episode of RedHanded, we hear directly from a man who found out there was a price on his head – and that over the years, six separate people had been approached to kill him. In interviews conducted in our studio, Rob remembers the years of coercive control; a heart-stopping arson attack at his family home in the dead of night; and the moment he learnt that his life had a price tag.
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Sources:
Married to the Black Widow, Rob Parkes
24 Hours in Police Custody, S10 E01, ‘Black Widow’
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/inchoate-offences
https://web.archive.org/web/20111113094953/http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/sentencing_manual/soliciting_to_murder/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8000908/
https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/munchausen-syndrome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZB_UVdlEwY&themeRefresh=1