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Real Monsters

by Wess Haubrich

Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examining the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about crime...Help the podcast run! Daily Crime News and more here:https://www.patreon.com/realmonsters Make a donation here:https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=WLPEMHK7SH43Y https://www.buymeacoff.ee/realmonster http://www.cash.app/$RMPodcast https://www.givebutter.com/realmonsters#crime #truecrimepodcast #history #justice

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Episodes

  1. The Phantom of Heilbronn

    “The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.” — Publilius Syrus Fear compelled her heart to build up to a terrifying and deadly 100 mph crescendo… Shallow, rapid half gasps emanated from the 62-year-old widow as her skin turned a pallid blue… the Monster garroting her with steel...

  2. Real Monsters: Death Cults, Part I

    Enjoy these episodes on Death Cults! 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...

  3. Real Monsters: Sibling Serial Killers... how far will these real monsters run from the long arm of Lady Justice?

    The rare breed: 2 blood-related serial killers, one 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...

  4. Real Monsters, death cults: Aum Shinrikyo (death cults Part II)

    The deadly sarin gas released by a death cult headquartered in Japan. 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!...

  5. Real Monsters, death cults: Jonestown (Part I)

    The first in our death cult series. There's a lot you may not know about Jonestown. 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.…

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  6. Real Monsters: Jeffrey Dahmer

    Our look at Wisconsin's most infamous cannibal. 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...

  7. Real Monsters: Willie Pickton, the Pig Farmer Killer

    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...

  8. Real Monsters: The Oldest Motive, Murder for Money

    Real Monsters: The Oldest Motive, Murder for Money 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…

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  9. Real Monsters: Lethal Ladies Mary Tudor and Empress Wu, with special guest Kelly Evans

    Real Monsters: Lethal Ladies Mary Tudor and Empress Wu, with special guest Kelly Evans 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....

  10. Real Monsters: Samuel Little

    The most prolific serial killer in US history? 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…

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  11. Real Monsters: Delphine Lalaurie (with special guest Kelly Evans)

    One of the sickest southern aristocrats ever. The brutality of the story of how she treated her slaves so enraged the citizens of New Orleans they ran her out of town. Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn’t know about...

  12. Real Monsters: The Toybox Killer

    Quite possibly the most clinical psychopath we've ever dealt with. This one, as most RM cases, is not for the faint of heart. 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)...

  13. Real Monsters: The Zodiac Killer

    Our episode on one of the most enduring mysteries in the annals of American crime, the Zodiac Killer. 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...

  14. Real Monsters: Henry Lee Lucas & Otis Toole

    Sorting bullshit from non-bullshit in the saga of "the Confession Killer". BNhqG3A7GuGCz03UfR0o

  15. Real Monsters: The Atlanta Child Murders

    Did Wayne Williams kill 28+ children in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area? Or is he a wrongly convicted man? Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn’t know about infamous (and not so infamous but equally weird) crimes and…

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  16. Real Monsters: Herb Baumeister

    Indiana family business man and gay serial lust killer Herb Baumeister. Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn’t know about infamous (and not so infamous but equally weird) crimes and their unseen motivations. Thanks for...

  17. Real Monsters: The Moors Murders, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley

    Another installment of British killers. Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examines the nitty, gritty details you didn’t know about infamous (and not so infamous but equally weird) crimes and their unseen motivations. Thanks for reading! You can also support the...

  18. Real Monsters: Florida Man's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

    A smattering of the best of Florida Man.

  19. Real Monsters: Michel Paul Fourniret, "The Ogre of the Ardennes"

    One of France's worst... the story is bizarre on so many levels (yes, it even includes buried treasure).

  20. Real Monsters: The Son of Sam, .44 Calibre Killer

    Did David Berkowitz act alone when he brought terror to NYC as "the Son of Sam"?

  21. Real Monsters: David McGreavy, The Friday the 13th Murders

    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...

  22. Real Monsters: The Deadly '50s

    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.…

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  23. Real Monsters: Charles Starkweather

    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...

  24. Real Monsters: Robert Hansen "The Butcher-Baker"

    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...

  25. Real Monsters: The Clutter Family Murders

    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...

  26. Real Monsters: Stoopid is as Stoopid Does

    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...

  27. Real Monsters: The Phantom of Heilbronn

    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.” — Publilius Syrus Fear compelled her heart to build up to a terrifying and…

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  28. Real Monsters: Albert Fish

    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…

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  29. Real Monsters: Ed Kemper

    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:...

  30. Real Monsters: Dean "the Candy Man" Corll

    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…

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  31. Real Monsters: Cults (4 installments)

    4 installments of our shows on cults, including the Satanic Panic. 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…

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  32. Real Monsters: Art Crimes (all 3 installments)

    Kelly Evans drops by to take a look at it crimes related to art: art forgery, art theft, and the history of the Third Reich pillaging Europe's museums. Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examining the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about famous crimes and...

  33. Real Monsters: Josef Fritzl

    The darkest spawn of hell can sometimes be lurking in harmless, safe, innocent, social disguises. Such was the case of 17-year-old Elisabeth Friztl who was kidnapped, raped 3,000 times, and kept as a sex slave by her own father for 24 years. She would rear several “basement” children by him in…

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  34. Real Monsters: A History of Violence, Skidmore, MO

    The sky rained lead for Ken Rex McElroy that morning of July 10 in front of the D & G Tavern in the tiny town of Skidmore, Missouri. Three different calibers were present at the scene. One round went through the rear window of the chevy, striking Ken Rex in the head; another round penetrated his...

  35. Unsolved New York City: The Zip Gun Bomber

    Five mail bomb packages delivered to five different recipients who did not know each other.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Journalist and dogged student of all things forensic, Wess Haubrich, examining the nitty, gritty details you didn't know about crime...Help the podcast run! Daily Crime News and more here:https://www.patreon.com/realmonsters Make a donation here:https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=WLPEMHK7SH43Y https://www.buymeacoff.ee/realmonster http://www.cash.app/$RMPodcast https://www.givebutter.com/realmonsters#crime #truecrimepodcast #history #justice

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