Real Monsters

Samantha’s crying cranked in David’s aching head like a Dante-esque buzzsaw from one of the inner Circles of Hell that Friday night April 13, 1973.

He. Could. Not. Take. It.

His week was hard enough.

“Oh, WHY did I drink so much tonight?” he thought as he tried to get much-needed rest in the next room while waiting on the children’s parents Clive and Elsie to arrive home from Elsie’s shift as a popular local bartender...

A couple crimes that really shook the idea of societal perfection in 1950's America.

Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about famous (and not so famous but equally weird) crimes and their unseen motivations. Likes, comments, and subscriptions to the channel are always appreciated!

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On this episode, we examine the crimes of a monster who was infamous enough to garner his own Billy Joel lyric ("starkweather homicide" in "We Didn't Start the Fire").

Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about famous (and not so famous but equally weird) crimes and their unseen motivations...

We take a look at Robert Hansen,  the man who hunted women like game in the wilds of Alaska. We also find out why Wess REALLY dislikes this monster especially.

Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about famous (and not so famous but equally weird) crimes and their unseen motivations...

The crime that rocked Post-WWII America and spawned "true crime" as a genre in being the source of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood".

Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about famous (and not so famous but equally weird) crimes and their unseen motivations. Thanks for reading/listening!

You can also support the Real Monsters’ podcast Wess does to get even deeper into these cases...

We take a look at stoopid defenses and even stoopider ways to die in this elongated episode.

Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about famous (and not so famous but equally weird) crimes and their unseen motivations. Thanks for reading!

You can also support the Real Monsters’ podcast Wess does to get even deeper into these cases. Find it wherever you get your podcasts or here:

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Tanzen in the Dark: The Phantom of the Heilbronn

The case exposed glaring problems in forensic science and what happens when biases taint an investigation.

“The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing...

The deep and sadistic psychosis of Vampire of Brooklyn Albert Fish.

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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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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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...