e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1 e6332207-0c1b-4f4b-9893-ae3e015a2399 5e50d82a-45e3-4b81-85ef-b32800fb7162 6a9473e9-e1af-40ba-8e06-b32800fb7741 en-US Hands Tied https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-hands-tied-287782037/ Lizz Melgar Rose went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. Back in 2012, relatives found her mother Sandy Melgar shut in a closet, her hands bound behind her back. Her dad Jim Melgar had been murdered. There was no time to finish the university course Lizz had signed up for, inspired by her teenage fascination with violence and serial killers. She needed to figure out what happened. If it weren't for her strange interest, she believes she’d have been lost. It enabled her to protect her family and herself and helped her try to fit the pieces of a seemingly unsolvable puzzle together. Award-winning journalist and host Maggie Robinson Katz will take you inside the police investigation that followed, inside the courtroom drama as a jury wrestles with who’s responsible for a truly shocking crime, and inside Lizz’s ongoing battle for answers and for justice. Because there is one thing Lizz is convinced of, the wrong person is in prison for her dad’s murder.Hands Tied is a new eight part true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and BBC Studios.

]]> serial Lizz Melgar Rose went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. Back in 2012, relatives found her mother Sandy Melgar shut in a closet, her hands bound behind her back. Her dad Jim Melgar had been murdered. There was no time to finish the university course Lizz had signed up for, inspired by her teenage fascination with violence and serial killers. She needed to figure out what happened. If it weren't for her strange interest, she believes she’d have been lost. It enabled her to protect her family and herself and helped her try to fit the pieces of a seemingly unsolvable puzzle together. Award-winning journalist and host Maggie Robinson Katz will take you inside the police investigation that followed, inside the courtroom drama as a jury wrestles with who’s responsible for a truly shocking crime, and inside Lizz’s ongoing battle for answers and for justice. Because there is one thing Lizz is convinced of, the wrong person is in prison for her dad’s murder.Hands Tied is a new eight part true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and BBC Studios. iHeartPodcasts applepodcast@howstuffworks.com iHeartPodcasts 2026 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia yes https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/5e50d82a-45e3-4b81-85ef-b32800fb7162/image.jpg?t=1753715739&size=Large Hands Tied https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-hands-tied-287782037/ Episode 10 - Unanswered Questions Episode 10 - Unanswered Questions New insights from the lead detective, the task force tackling home invasion gangs and the role religion played in the trial... Host Maggie Robinson Katz and producer Maggie Latham share the revelations and the conversations that have stayed with them while making the show. 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini and Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

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]]> New insights from the lead detective, the task force tackling home invasion gangs and the role religion played in the trial... Host Maggie Robinson Katz and producer Maggie Latham share the revelations and the conversations that have stayed with them while making the show. 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini and Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

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]]> full 1 10 iHeartPodcasts b5cf633b-6d19-4379-a6cd-b3700077884e b5cf633b-6d19-4379-a6cd-b3700077884e Wed, 08 Oct 2025 07:25:00 +0000 2068 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/episode-10-unanswered-questions Episode 9 - Amanda Knox Episode 9 - Amanda Knox Exoneree Amanda Knox on prison life, Manic Pixie Dream Girls, and the similarities she sees between her case and Sandy Medgar’s.

In the first of two special, bonus episodes, we also hear the latest developments in Sandy’s case from The Innocence Project of Texas’ Mike Ware.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

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]]> Exoneree Amanda Knox on prison life, Manic Pixie Dream Girls, and the similarities she sees between her case and Sandy Medgar’s.

In the first of two special, bonus episodes, we also hear the latest developments in Sandy’s case from The Innocence Project of Texas’ Mike Ware.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Series producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie Latham

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

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]]> full 1 9 iHeartPodcasts 740bd3be-b5e3-413b-90e8-b369007034bc 740bd3be-b5e3-413b-90e8-b369007034bc Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:40:00 +0000 2233 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/9-amanda-knox Episode 8 - Hope? Episode 8 - Hope? It’s been thirteen years since the murder of Lizz's father and she no longer recognizes the person she has become. But she hasn't given up, and is still fighting for justice every single day. 

Her spirit, her father's and those of her ancestors give her the strength to keep going, because this story isn’t over. 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie  Latham

Script consultant: Emma Weatherill  

Music research by Aisha Antwi

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios production for iHeartPodcasts

At iHeart podcasts:

David Wasserman is the Brand Marketing Manager and 

Ally Cantor-Graber is the director of marketing 

At BBC Studios Audio:

Micahel Fadda is the editorial standards advisor  

Ella Squire is  Podcast Marketing Manager 

Lucy Matthias is Commercial Lead 

Helen Penbury is the  Commercial & Business Development Director 

James Cooke is the creative director of Factual for Audio 

Richard Knight is the Director of Audio 

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]]> It’s been thirteen years since the murder of Lizz's father and she no longer recognizes the person she has become. But she hasn't given up, and is still fighting for justice every single day. 

Her spirit, her father's and those of her ancestors give her the strength to keep going, because this story isn’t over. 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz

Producers: Maggie Robinson Katz and Maggie  Latham

Script consultant: Emma Weatherill  

Music research by Aisha Antwi

Sound designer: Tom Brignell

Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright

Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett

Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios production for iHeartPodcasts

At iHeart podcasts:

David Wasserman is the Brand Marketing Manager and 

Ally Cantor-Graber is the director of marketing 

At BBC Studios Audio:

Micahel Fadda is the editorial standards advisor  

Ella Squire is  Podcast Marketing Manager 

Lucy Matthias is Commercial Lead 

Helen Penbury is the  Commercial & Business Development Director 

James Cooke is the creative director of Factual for Audio 

Richard Knight is the Director of Audio 

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]]> full 1 8 iHeartPodcasts f7e54ac1-d882-4518-9076-b36101545005 f7e54ac1-d882-4518-9076-b36101545005 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000 1802 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/episode-8-hope Episode 7 - Aftershock Episode 7 - Aftershock The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Sandra Jean Melgar, but it’s not over yet.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

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]]> The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of Sandra Jean Melgar, but it’s not over yet.

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production support from: Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> full 1 7 iHeartPodcasts 29ccd58e-103d-437d-ba82-b35a0138e021 29ccd58e-103d-437d-ba82-b35a0138e021 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000 1922 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/episode-7-aftershock Episode 6 - The Trial Episode 6 - The Trial A woman found tied up in a closet, her hands tied behind her back, the door jammed shut from the outside. Now, she’s on trial for stabbing her husband, without a motive.

 

Nearly five years after Jim Melgar’s death, Sandy Melgar is in court, accused of his murder.

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from:  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> A woman found tied up in a closet, her hands tied behind her back, the door jammed shut from the outside. Now, she’s on trial for stabbing her husband, without a motive.

 

Nearly five years after Jim Melgar’s death, Sandy Melgar is in court, accused of his murder.

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from:  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> full 1 6 iHeartPodcasts e8354709-c16b-41ac-b607-b3540086ef4e e8354709-c16b-41ac-b607-b3540086ef4e Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 1970 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/episode-6-the-trial Episode 5 - Warrior Spirit Episode 5 - Warrior Spirit Lizz has entered what feels like a parallel universe. Her mom is no longer Sandy Melgar,  or Nana, but The Defendant - accused of first-degree murder. As the wheels of justice slowly grind  on, they prepare for trial. 

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> Lizz has entered what feels like a parallel universe. Her mom is no longer Sandy Melgar,  or Nana, but The Defendant - accused of first-degree murder. As the wheels of justice slowly grind  on, they prepare for trial. 

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> full 1 5 iHeartPodcasts 19ad4318-2edc-44a7-8475-b34d00840e3f 19ad4318-2edc-44a7-8475-b34d00840e3f Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1801 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/episode-5-warrior-spirit Episode 4 - Suspects and Suspicions Episode 4 - Suspects and Suspicions Lizz knows her best chance of convincing the cops her mum didn’t kill her dad is to find out who did. So she starts investigating.

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> Lizz knows her best chance of convincing the cops her mum didn’t kill her dad is to find out who did. So she starts investigating.

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> full 1 4 iHeartPodcasts 646cbbb9-6b99-44d6-b5ae-b34500c0f1ef 646cbbb9-6b99-44d6-b5ae-b34500c0f1ef Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000 1801 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/episode-4-suspects-and-suspicions Episode 3 - Homecoming Episode 3 - Homecoming Sandy is back home, but her home is now a crime scene besieged by journalists. Friends rally around her, Lizz flies in to be with her and the police continue to suspect her. 

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> Sandy is back home, but her home is now a crime scene besieged by journalists. Friends rally around her, Lizz flies in to be with her and the police continue to suspect her. 

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> full 1 3 iHeartPodcasts 38462999-ccce-4d24-adc4-b33e00c88841 38462999-ccce-4d24-adc4-b33e00c88841 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000 1938 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/episode-3-homecoming Episode 2 - The Interview Episode 2 - The Interview Sandy Melgar finds herself in a cramped interview room being questioned by cops, but is she there as a witness or a suspect? 

Just hours after her husband was found murdered and she was found shut in a cupboard,  her arms tied behind her back, Santy agrees to a police interview. She tells detectives she’s not well and that she can’t remember what happened. They want her to take a lie detector test. 

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> Sandy Melgar finds herself in a cramped interview room being questioned by cops, but is she there as a witness or a suspect? 

Just hours after her husband was found murdered and she was found shut in a cupboard,  her arms tied behind her back, Santy agrees to a police interview. She tells detectives she’s not well and that she can’t remember what happened. They want her to take a lie detector test. 

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> full 1 2 iHeartPodcasts 2fcfe025-befe-4872-986a-b33700cd9413 2fcfe025-befe-4872-986a-b33700cd9413 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000 1838 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/episode-2-the-interview Episode 1 - The Call Episode 1 - The Call A phone call that changes everything; something unimaginable has happened and Lizz needs to figure out how. In an instant, she goes from being interested in true crime to living it. 

Award winning journalist and host Maggie Robinson Katz take you inside the police investigation that followed, inside the courtroom drama as a jury wrestles with who’s responsible for the shocking crime, and inside Lizz’s ongoing battle for answers and for justice. Because there is one thing Lizz is convinced of, the wrong person is in prison for her dad’s murder.

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

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]]> A phone call that changes everything; something unimaginable has happened and Lizz needs to figure out how. In an instant, she goes from being interested in true crime to living it. 

Award winning journalist and host Maggie Robinson Katz take you inside the police investigation that followed, inside the courtroom drama as a jury wrestles with who’s responsible for the shocking crime, and inside Lizz’s ongoing battle for answers and for justice. Because there is one thing Lizz is convinced of, the wrong person is in prison for her dad’s murder.

 

Host: Maggie Robinson Katz
Producer: Maggie Latham
Script consultant: Emma Weatherill 
Sound designer:  Tom Brignell
Production support from  Dan Marchini, Elaina Boateng and Mabel Finnegan-Wright
Managing Executive Producer (iHeart): Cristina Everett
Executive Producer (BBC Studios): Joe Kent

Hands Tied  is a BBC Studios Audio production for iHeartPodcasts

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

]]> full 1 1 iHeartPodcasts a60c3fa4-0257-4ada-8e25-b33000aed80e a60c3fa4-0257-4ada-8e25-b33000aed80e Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000 1858 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/handstied-ep1-tbmix03-010825-6 Introducing: Hands Tied Introducing: Hands Tied Lizz Melgar Rose went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. Back in 2012, Lizz’s world cracked in two when relatives find her mother locked in a closet, her hands and feet bound, and her Dad, Jim – murdered just a few feet away. Lizz was meant to continue a university    course inspired by her teenage fascination with violence and serial killers. But all that is put on hold as she tries to put the pieces together and figure out what happened to her parents – and who killed her Dad.Hands Tied is a new eight-part true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and BBC Studios.

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]]> Lizz Melgar Rose went from being interested in true crime to living true crime. Back in 2012, Lizz’s world cracked in two when relatives find her mother locked in a closet, her hands and feet bound, and her Dad, Jim – murdered just a few feet away. Lizz was meant to continue a university    course inspired by her teenage fascination with violence and serial killers. But all that is put on hold as she tries to put the pieces together and figure out what happened to her parents – and who killed her Dad.Hands Tied is a new eight-part true crime podcast from iHeartPodcasts and BBC Studios.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

]]> trailer 1 iHeartPodcasts bd186d81-a833-48cb-bd22-b32800fbc52b bd186d81-a833-48cb-bd22-b32800fbc52b Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:00:05 +0000 144 https://omny.fm/shows/hands-tied/introducing-hands-tied