Real Monsters

The Houston Mass Murders sent the Lone Star State and the world reeling in a spiral of moral repulsion and righteous anger. The case also exposed a rabid, multi-tentacled monster hiding in 3 men showing signs of an under-reported psychological curiosity.

Six rapid-fire thunder bolts rocked the tiny hallway in the house on Lamar Drive. All finding their mark.

Trigger cocking hammer igniting primer firing round. One fluid motion, six times. All coldly mechanized in the lean, metal death machine 17-year-old Elmer Wayne Henley Jr. wielded like a fierce, adrenaline-possessed Zeus atop Mount Olympus.

As the God of Lightning slew the typhon — and Hercules the hydra — Henley battled his own salivating, feral beast of many tentacles in that tiny house in Pasadena, Texas late on the night of August 8, 1973.

The blood and sinister ambiguity of the battle’s aftermath would shake the Lone Star State — indeed, the nation — to their foundations, while exposing a bizarre psychological curiosity, still misunderstood — and not covered — by the media almost 50 years later...

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Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examining the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about famous crimes and their unseen motivations. Likes, comments, and subscriptions to the channel are always appreciated! Or, help the podcast run! Make a donation here:

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