Human Monsters

5-year-old Sara West was molested, mutilated and murdered by a sadistic ghoul named Billy Shafer. Amber relates her experience of going to high school with him and seeing how this horrific crime impacted her personally and transformed the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My personal, first-hand experience of living as an abused child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Para Dennis Nilsen, el amor significaba nunca dejarte ir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dorothea was both landlady and undertaker. It was a dirty business, and she profited well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Human Monsters has covered several child abuse cases and social workers are frequently mentioned in said cases. They do damage control in children's lives after they have been victimized by human monsters. "Wanda" does this very valuable work. She has asked to remain anonymous, so her answers have been transcribed into AI software, delivered with an electronic voice. Learn more about your ad choic...

Holocaust Remembrance Day is coming up (January 27th). I mark the occasion with this episode on the cruel and merciless medical experiments to which the inmates of the concentration camps were subjected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He may have dressed in women's clothes and shoes, but his behaviour was anything but ladylike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some people have a very warped way of spreading Christmas cheer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He lied about his name on occasion, but few would have doubted his commitment to malfeasance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is this podcaster's objective opinion that Alison Cooper's father is a piece of shit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Dennis Nilsen, love meant never letting you leave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This tigress retaliated against tiger parenting, with deadly results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As if the ruthless and grisly murder of a 2-year-old wasn't enough to shock the people of England, the ages of the attackers proved to be just as jarring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Words can kill. It's too bad so few children understand this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Be thankful you weren't born two or more centuries ago. The pain industry was booming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You didn't want to mess with Ed Gein, not unless you wanted to become his lamp shade. This guy had heavy duty mother issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the late 1970s and 80s, Gerald Gallego adducted, raped and murdered several women with the assistance of his wife Charlene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most social workers chose their profession out of a sincere desire to help others, especially children. Georgia Tann perceived children of indigent parents as a commodity to capitalize on, and she did, becoming a millionaire in the process. Unfortunately, the children in her care didn't fare quite as well, suffering from abuse, illness, and, in some cases, even death. Georgia Tann was a sociopath...

Forget it, God: Elisabeth Fritzl will never honour her father. Not after he imprisoned her in a dungeon for twenty-four years, raped her thousands of times and conceived seven children with her. Not a chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You think your fetishes are weird? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel Rifkin is one of the reasons why prostitution is a line of work that puts so many women in danger. Seventeen of them serve as evidence that sex work deserves legal recognition and acceptance so that those who practice it can be protected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spotify needs to get their asses in gear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ted Bundy is serial killer royalty. He was one reason hitchhiking fell out of fashion. He was the scourge of young female co-eds in America in the 1970s. Misogyny doesn't get worse than this. He is a criminal superstar, for good or ill (mostly ill). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jane met a man who appeared to be a victim of emotional abuse, and gave an Oscar-calibre performance in the role of supportive partner and expectant-father. To her horror, following the birth of her daughter, he became abusive. Abuse led to stalking and death threats. The effects on Jane, her family and her health continue to impact her to this day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Krysten Patterson became a victim of home invasion and attempted murder. She refused to give up everything she earned and almost lost her life when the perpetrator shot her. The process of recovery is ongoing, but she refuses to let the after-effects bring her down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices