Human Monsters

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

"Cymbeline" suffered the traumas of emotional, physical and sexual abuse for years while married to her first husband. The consequences continue to affect her to this day, but she is a strong woman and has managed to find happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is your preferred grind of true crime coverage: fine grind, medium grind or coarse grind? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shanda Sharer was like many 12-year-olds. She was keen on dating and she blossomed as she discovered all its passions. She didn't bargain on becoming part of a lesbian love triangle that left her in a body bag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A few samples of what you can expect from full episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gertrude Baniszewski was the foster mother from Hell, and unfortunately Sylvia Likens became a victim of her wrath at a time when she was most in need of compassion. Please contribute to my Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanmonsters/human-monsters-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Refusing To Die: The Story of Laura Parsons. In 1983, Laura Parsons was abducted by three men in Dallas, Texas. She was gang-raped, beaten, shot and left for dead. Her health and relationships were impacted, but not her will to survive and overcome. She is a strong and courageous woman. Her story deserves to be heard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four savage murders. One unlikely suspect. How could such a normal, well-adjusted young man get wrapped up in something so heinous?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story of the crime that left an innocent 8-year-old girl dead and left a nation outraged. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Chase emerged from his descent into madness a blood-thirsty, ruthless and sadistic serial killer. Even hardened cops and criminals were mortified by the mess he made of his victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Serial killer and rapist Rodney Alcala appeared on the match-making show "The Dating Game". He played his own version of the game in real-life. Unfortunately for his victims, the penalties for losing were rape, torture and death.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did your parents chain you to your bed? Starve you? Put you in a cage? Raise you in a house so filthy it made you sick? Emotionally, physically and sexually abuse you? I hope not. Unfortunately, the children of David and Louise Turpin suffered this fate in their parental home. It's a tragic story, but thankfully it has a happy ending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices