This Is Monsters is a podcast that tells the stories of some of the worst people who exist in our world. Each season we will pick a new theme and hand pick stories within that theme that will make your blood run cold. Child killers, torturers, and family annihilators are just a few of the themes that we have lined up. WARNING: This podcast contains graphic content, listener discretion is advised.
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Sep 28, 2026 · 37:14
John Pinder When Rex Tanner and June Floor went missing from the Pinder Ranch in 1998, investigators quickly zeroed in on a lion owning, dynamite loving, ranch owner who claimed…
Sep 24, 2026 · 32:46
Mary Thompson When Aaron Iturra was murdered in 1994, authorities knew it was gang related, but when they learn who had actually ordered the killing, the entire community was…
Sep 21, 2026 · 28:31
James Flanders When Marie Carlson vanished from Fort Walton Beach in 2011, James Flanders tried to convince authorities that she just ran off. Almost five years later, the…
Sep 18, 2026 · 6:21
HISTORY There's a bay in Washington State that's named after a historic event. The 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic, which killed more that 20,000 Native Americans. This…
Sep 14, 2026 · 48:07
Devon Arthurs Devon Arthurs had gotten involved with a group of neo-Nazis when he was a teenager and quickly became an extremist. A few years later, when he converted to Islam,…
Sep 10, 2026 · 22:41
HISTORY The early 20th century was not a great time to be an animal. in the entertainment industry. There were no regulation about how an animal should be treated, which meant…
Sep 7, 2026 · 45:26
JonThomas Cloud When Andrew Stankiewicz was brought to the hospital with gunshot wounds, his wife, Teresa Stankiewicz, and step-son, JonThomas Cloud, claimed someone tried to rob…
Sep 3, 2026 · 20:10
James Nelson When Jessica Williams was found dead near the railroad tracks in Portland, Oregon, the investigation would lead to a group of kids who lived on the streets. It…
Aug 31, 2026 · 46:17
Wayne Nance Wayne Nance spent more thn a decade terrorizing Missoula, Montana. In 1986, he tried to kill Doug and Kris Wells, but they turned out to be too much for him to…
Aug 26, 2026 · 41:03
James Brenner Dylan Rounds had a large piece of land in Utah to live out his dream of being an independent farmer. When he went missing on May 28th, 2022, everybody came out to…
Aug 20, 2026 · 24:03
Tasha Bentley When Gary Bentley was found murdered in his bed in December of 2017, his wife Tasha Bentley tried to play dumb, but the truth was easy to find. This is Monsters…
Aug 17, 2026 · 43:00
Kimberly Kessler When Joleen Cummings disappeared in 2018, her family hoped she had just run off for a few days. It didn't take long for investigators to zero in on a suspicious…
Aug 10, 2026 · 21:03
Edgar Ray Killen, et al. When three activists went missing in 1964, their colleagues knew something bad had happened. It turned out that a group of men, from law enforcement to…
Aug 8, 2026 · 24:10
In this episode, I tell you the story of the Great Train Robbery in the UK. It was carried out by a gang of 15 men being led by a man named Bruce Reynolds. This is Monsters…
Aug 6, 2026 · 15:25
William Goler When a 14-year-old girl told her teacher she was being sexually assaulted by her father, the investigation uncovered generations of child abuse and incest in a…
Aug 4, 2026 · 37:04
Paul White When Bob Eidman was murdered in his insurance office in 2007, it seemed likely that his wife had either killed him or had him killed. After DNA was collected, the…
Aug 1, 2026 · 22:30
HISTORY The horrifying story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/…
Jul 30, 2026 · 9:00
Theodore Coneys When Philip Peters was found bludgeoned to death in his home in Denver, Colorado, investigators couldn't figure out how the attacker got in the home. The truth…
Jul 27, 2026 · 45:59
Lloyd Neurauter Lloyd Neurauter gave his daughter and ultimatum: either he would died or her mother would die. After years of emotional manipulation, she helped him do the…
Jul 23, 2026 · 22:48
Linda Hazzard Linda Hazzard was a "doctor" who believed she could cure any ailment through fasting. She ended up starving multiple people to death before getting convicted. This…
Jul 20, 2026 · 32:11
Chad Schipper Chad Schipper was a financial adviser who was terrible at managing money. All his investments had failed and he was in a ton of debt, so he came up with a…
Jul 16, 2026 · 21:45
Patricia MacCallum Chris MacCallum believed he was reconciling with his wife Trisha, but little did he know, she was making a plan to end his life while out on a camping trip.…
Jul 13, 2026 · 45:16
Glenn Taylor Helzer, Justin Helzer & Dawn Godman Glenn Taylor Helzer claimed that God had sent him a message. That message was that he was going to take over the Mormon Church…
Jul 11, 2026 · 21:03
UNSOLVED In 1974, two pubs in Birmingham, England were bombed, killing 21 and injuring 182 people. Though it's believed the Provisional IRA was responsible for the attacks,…
Jul 9, 2026 · 16:01
Victoriano Alvarez There were about 100 people living on Clipperton Island when Mexico stopped sending supply ships. With the residents cut off from the rest of the world,…
Jul 6, 2026 · 54:46
Joshua Ramsawmy & Amelia Bissoon This married couple thought they could scam an elderly man out of $50,000. When his daughter, Cynthia Stack, began asking questions, the couple…
Jul 4, 2026 · 13:18
HISTORY In the 1860s, eggs became so important to the diets of miners during the gold rush, collecting eggs from wild birds was a lucrative business. So lucrative that some…
Jul 2, 2026 · 12:39
Season 25 : Captive Episode 13 : Louise Monnier When Blanche Monnier planned to marry a man her powerful mother didn't approve of, she simply disappeared. 25 years later, she was…
Jun 29, 2026 · 35:21
Season 25 : Captive Episode 12 : John Jamelske When John Jamelske was finally caught in 2003, it turned out that three other women had reported his crimes. Unfortunately, those…
Jun 27, 2026 · 24:09
HISTORY While trying to choose a leader for South Korea after the end of World War II, one group of citizens began protesting the general election. Those people were largely…
Jun 22, 2026 · 47:53
Season 25 : Captive Episode 11 : Franklin Delano Floyd When a woman named Tonya Hughes died from a hit and run, it wasn't long before they realized her identity was fake. It…
Jun 20, 2026 · 22:20
History In this episode, we tell you the story of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, in Marianna, Florida. The boys who went there were subjected to horrible conditions and…
Jun 18, 2026 · 25:57
In 1988, while families were traveling for the holidays, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over the small town of Lockerbie in Scotland. Everyone on board as well as 11 people on the…
Jun 15, 2026 · 30:14
Bonus This episode is not part of this season's theme and takes us throughout the US where Sherman McCrary & Carl Taylor robbed multiple small food shops, sexually assaulting and…
Jun 13, 2026 · 19:30
UNSOLVED During a parade on July 22nd, 1916, in San Francisco, California, a bomb exploded, killing 10 people and wounding 40 more. Though two men were initially convicted, they…
Jun 11, 2026 · 29:00
Season 25 : Captive Episode 10 : Thomas Hose Tanya Kach was a troubled 13-year-old when she met Thomas Hose, the security guard at her school. When he started showing her…
Jun 8, 2026 · 22:08
Season 25 : Captive Episode 09 : Jake Thomas Patterson Jayme Closs was a carefree 13-year-old, living a normal life in rural Wisconsin when Jake Patterson saw her on the road and…
Jun 6, 2026 · 15:41
HISTORY In this history episode, I tell you about the deadliest German pilot in World War I, Manfred von Richthofen, also known as The Red Baron. This is Monsters YouTube :…
Jun 4, 2026 · 23:36
Season 25 : Captive Episode 08 : Alan Hopkinson Charlene Lunnon and Lisa Hoodless didn't have a care in the world when they walked to school on a cold January morning. That was,…
Jun 1, 2026 · 44:25
Season 25 : Captive Episode 07 : Ming Sen Shiue Mary Stauffer had no reason to think there was any danger around her when she took her daughter for a haircut. Little did she…
May 30, 2026 · 19:53
HISTORY In this history lesson, I tell you about the Highland Clearances, where a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands were evicted from their…
May 28, 2026 · 19:51
Season 25 : Captive Episode 06 : Barry Keenan, Joe Amsler & Johnny Irwin Frank Sinatra Jr. was following in his fathers footsteps and singing at a casino in 1963. That was when…
May 25, 2026 · 57:12
Season 25 : Captive Episode 05 : Ariel Castro When Amanda Berry escaped from a house in Cleveland in 2013, the police asked her if anyone was inside, thinking her kidnapper might…
May 23, 2026 · 12:32
HISTORY Vlad the Impaler was one of the most brutal rulers in history. The stories of his reign went on to inspire the stories of Dracula. This is Monsters YouTube :…
May 21, 2026 · 25:10
Season 25 : Captive Episode 04 : Clark Wiley When Clark Wiley was told by the doctor that his daughter had a learning disability, he decided she wasn't worth taking care of. That…
May 20, 2026 · 24:56
In this bonus episode, I tell you the story of Mac & Muff Graham, who sailed to a secluded island in the Pacific Ocean for a relaxing getaway, only to be the victims of a greedy…
May 18, 2026 · 43:18
Season 25 : Captive Episode 03 : Somali Pirates When Judith Tebbutt was dragged from her bed in the night by Somali pirates, she thought she would be released to her husband…
May 16, 2026 · 19:57
UNSOLVED When Mary Morris was murdered in October of 2000, investigators were unable to find any clues as to who the killer could be. Things only got weirder when another woman…
May 14, 2026 · 23:22
Season 25 : Captive Episode 02 : Gary Krist & Ruth Eismann-Schier When Barbara Mackle was abducted from a motel room in 1968, she was held for ransom, but her captors didn't keep…
May 11, 2026 · 43:47
Season 25 : Captive Episode 01 : Don & Dan Nichols Don and Dan Nichols lived off the grid in the mountains in Montana. They believed they had everything they needed except for a…
May 9, 2026 · 17:27
HISTORY Caligula was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 CE until his assassination in 41, but not before becoming one of history's most tyrannical leaders. This is Monsters…
May 8, 2026 · 19:16
UNSOLVED The murders of Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt at Wanda Beach is one of the the most famous unsolved cases in Australian history. Despite it being the size of…
May 7, 2026 · 23:51
In this bonus episode, I tell you the story of the most outrageous conman in Europe. Robert Hendy-Freegard conned multiple people out of not only their money, but years of their…
May 4, 2026 · 20:33
HISTORY When settlers made their way west to California while exploring "the new world," it wasn't an uninhibited place ready to be colonized. No, indigenous tribes were already…
May 1, 2026 · 21:04
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 20 : Jasper Steringa When Marianne Vaatstra was found dead in a rural area in the Netherlands in 1999, the authorities quickly started searching…
Apr 27, 2026 · 27:05
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 19 : Michael Paton Michael Paton called 911 and told the dispatcher that he had killed his family, but by the time the police arrived, he…
Apr 23, 2026 · 20:35
UNSLOVED The UpStairs Lounge was a agy club in New Orleans that was the site of an arson attack in 1973. Despite causing 35 deaths and 15 injuries, the crime was never solved.…
Apr 21, 2026 · 47:18
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 18 : Al-Mutahan McLean When Takoda Collins died in 2019, his father, Al-Mutahan McLean tried to claim that he had mental health issues and had…
Apr 16, 2026 · 13:37
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 17 : John Sharpe John Sharpe told television news reporters that his wife had left him for another man and took their two-year-old daughter with…
Apr 13, 2026 · 33:05
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 16 : Jason Massey Jason Massey had spent his youth fantasizing about killing women. He wanted to become a prolific serial killer, but it didn't…
Apr 10, 2026 · 30:38
HISTORY When greed becomes more important than safety, entire communities can be wiped out overnight. That literally happened in Bhopal when the Union Carbine pesticide plant had…
Apr 9, 2026 · 17:04
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 15 : Michael & Heather Jones When police were called to the home of Michael and Heather Jones in Kansas City, a neighbor reported that their…
Apr 6, 2026 · 43:44
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 14 : Daniel Holdom When the remains of a young woman were found in the Belanglo State Forest in 2010, authorities were afraid they had found…
Apr 3, 2026 · 12:48
HISTORY Commercial planes are designed to make travel more efficient for society, but warplanes were developed with the sole purpose of fighting against other human beings. Check…
Apr 2, 2026 · 20:07
HISTORY In 18th through the 20th century, the Catholic church in Ireland took what they called fallen women and claimed they were rehabilitating them. In reality, they were just…
Mar 31, 2026 · 22:36
HISTORY People have been killing each other for all of human history. They use a variety of weapons, many that were created specifically to kill. Other times, they use something…
Mar 30, 2026 · 29:32
HISTORY In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors were prescribing Thalidomide to pregnant women without having properly tested it's affects on the fetus she was carrying leading to…
Mar 28, 2026 · 26:14
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 13 : Keli Lane Keli Lane spent the better part of the 1990s getting pregnant and lying about it. She lied to her family, her boyfriend, the…
Mar 27, 2026 · 19:19
UNSOLVED The unsolved case of the Phantom Barber in Pascagoula, Mississippi. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! :…
Mar 25, 2026 · 58:30
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 12 : Paula Sims When Robert and Paula Sims reported their daughter missing in 1986, authorities were sure they were involved, but they couldn't…
Mar 20, 2026 · 13:46
HISTORY This episode explains the history behind the creation of the guillotine. Check out the previous episode about the history of the Reign of Terror during the French…
Mar 19, 2026 · 28:15
HISTORY This video describes the Reign of Terror that happened in France during the French Revolution, which saw the increased use of the Guillotine. This is Monsters YouTube :…
Mar 17, 2026 · 51:05
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 11 : Stephan Sterns Stephan Sterns started grooming Madeline Soto when she was only nine-years-old and the reason he was able to was because her…
Mar 13, 2026 · 20:26
UNSOLVED In 1973, radio transmissions in New Mexico started being picked up that sounded like a young boy calling for help. He said his father was dead after crashing their truck…
Mar 12, 2026 · 21:38
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 10 : Aaron Campbell When six-year-old Alesha MacPhail went missing in 2018, the community was shocked when her body was found on an abandoned…
Mar 9, 2026 · 39:14
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 09 : Derek Percy Derek Percy is was suspected of multiple child abductions and murders, but despite being believed to have been one of the worst…
Mar 6, 2026 · 31:38
HISTORY During World War II, Japan operated a covert biological and chemical warfare research unit in China where they conducted unspeakable horrors against captive human beings.…
Mar 5, 2026 · 10:34
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 08 : Steven Sueppel Steven Sueppel was caught embezzling from his employer, but instead of taking responsibility, he destroyed his entire…
Mar 2, 2026 · 45:39
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 07 : Christopher Rodriguez & Larissa Rodriguez When five-year-old Jordan Rodriguez stopped being seen by family, his mother Larissa tried to…
Feb 27, 2026 · 13:37
HISTORY The history of how the electric chair became the main source of execution in the United States. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check…
Feb 26, 2026 · 31:46
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 06 : Larry Hartwig & Brad Senger Police Officers are supposed to protect the public, especially children, but Constables Larry Hartwig and Brad…
Feb 23, 2026 · 45:21
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 05 : Jarred Harrell Jarred Harrell was a pedophile who couldn't control himself when he saw children walking home from school past his house. It…
Feb 20, 2026 · 9:45
UNSOLVED A group calling them the Sons of the Gestapo derailed an Amtrak passenger train.in 1995, but the people responsible have never been identified. This is Monsters YouTube…
Feb 19, 2026 · 17:43
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 04 : Scott Ersktine Scott Erskine was convicted of kidnap and rape and sentenced to 70 years in prison. Once his DNA was in the system, it was…
Feb 17, 2026 · 42:22
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 03 : Stanley Hoss Stanley Hoss was arrested for the sexual assault of a teenage girl, but he thought he was above the law, so he went on a crime…
Feb 12, 2026 · 9:48
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 02 : Kaoru Kobayashi When seven-year-old Kaede Ariyama called home after school on November 17th, 2004, her mother never expected that it would…
Feb 9, 2026 · 1:03:21
Season 24 : Child Killers Episode 01 : Shanda Vander Ark Shanda Vander Ark was not supposed to have custody of her children. When her 15-year-old son, TImothy Ferguson, died in…
Feb 2, 2026 · 11:46
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 33 : Jeffrey Campbell Jeffrey Campbell ran down a cyclist with a car just because he wanted to. The man would eventually score high on the Hare…
Jan 30, 2026 · 23:12
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 32 : Kyle Clifford When Louise Hunt broke up with Kyle Clifford, he acted calm about it, but his misogyny and uncontrolled anger lead him to get…
Jan 26, 2026 · 43:44
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 31 : John Orr John Orr was a well respected fire investigators in Glendae, California. Despite it being his job to stop fires, in the 1980s, he…
Jan 22, 2026 · 19:51
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 30 : Jiverly Wong When Jiverly Wong walked into the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York and began shooting, it…
Jan 20, 2026 · 48:05
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 29 : Joji Obara When Lucie Blackman went missing in Tokyo, her family worked tirelessly to try and find her. When the man she had been with was…
Jan 15, 2026 · 59:27
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 28 : Tracy Jones, Brett Kelly, Courtney Kelly, Keith Dozier A group of men and women thought they had the perfect plan to steal over a million…
Jan 15, 2026 · 11:35
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 27 : Suzane von Richthofen Suzane von Richthofen thought she had the perfect plan to murder her parents, but was caught in only a matter of days.…
Jan 6, 2026 · 40:30
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 26 : Jerry Heidler Jerry Heidler lived through a terrible childhood that made him ill prepared when he lost a loved one. The loss pushed him into a…
Dec 31, 2025 · 57:36
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 25 : Juan David Ortiz Juan David Ortiz claimed that he was trying to cleanse the city of sex workers, when really, he made the city more dangerous by…
Dec 22, 2025 · 36:27
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 23 : Juan Luna & James Degorski When seven people were murdered at a Brown's Chicken in Palatine, Illinois, people thought it might never be solved.…
Dec 18, 2025 · 30:41
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 22 : Daniel Marsh Daniel Marsh had an uncontrollable urge to kill and once he finally did, he left no evidence behind. He could have gotten away with…
Dec 16, 2025 · 48:03
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 21 : Patricia Olsen Patricia Olsen went into the barn where she found her husband, Neil Olsen, dead. When police arrived, she told them that the…
Dec 11, 2025 · 16:45
Season 23 : No Theme Episode 20 : Glennon Engleman This is the story of Glennon Engleman, the destist who also killed for money. This is Monsters YouTube :…
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