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UNSLOVED  The UpStairs Lounge was a agy club in New Orleans that was the site of an arson attack in 1973. Despite causing 35 deaths and 15 injuries, the crime was never solved. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

Season 24 : Child Killers  Episode 18 : Al-Mutahan McLean  When Takoda Collins died in 2019, his father, Al-Mutahan McLean tried to claim that he had mental health issues and had injured himself. It didn't take investigators long to find out the truth about one of the worst cases of child abuse I've ever covered. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

Season 24 : Child Killers  Episode 17 : John Sharpe  John Sharpe told television news reporters that his wife had left him for another man and took their two-year-old daughter with her. Her family thought the story was suspicious, but had no idea how horrifying the truth would be. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

Season 24 : Child Killers  Episode 16 : Jason Massey  Jason Massey had spent his youth fantasizing about killing women. He wanted to become a prolific serial killer, but it didn't take long for him to get caught after his first murders. Warning: Descriptions of animal abuse. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

HISTORY  When greed becomes more important than safety, entire communities can be wiped out overnight. That literally happened in Bhopal when the Union Carbine pesticide plant had a chemical leak, killing thousands and permanently injuring even more. World’s Largest Industrial Disaster by Ingrid Eckerman: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267513603_THE_BHOPAL_SAGA_Causes_and_Consequences_of_the_World's_Largest_Industrial_Disaster This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

Season 24 : Child Killers  Episode 15 : Michael & Heather Jones  When police were called to the home of Michael and Heather Jones in Kansas City, a neighbor reported that their seven-year-old son, Adrian Jones, hadn't been seen in years. That was when authorities learned that the child had been tortured and starved to death. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

Season 24 : Child Killers  Episode 14 : Daniel Holdom  When the remains of a young woman were found in the Belanglo State Forest in 2010, authorities were afraid they had found another one of Ivan Milat's victims. It turned out that they were hunting an even more depraved predator. Check out the episode of Ivan Milat here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ivan-milat-the-backpacker-killer--52219150 This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

HISTORY  Commercial planes are designed to make travel more efficient for society, but warplanes were developed with the sole purpose of fighting against other human beings. Check out the episodes about Commercial Airplanes here: https://youtu.be/UTb3Ip5tW_g This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

HISTORY  In 18th through the 20th century, the Catholic church in Ireland took what they called fallen women and claimed they were rehabilitating them. In reality, they were just kidnapping woman and putting them in forced labor camps, where the they were abused and treated as slaves. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

HISTORY  People have been killing each other for all of human history. They use a variety of weapons, many that were created specifically to kill. Other times, they use something that was only intended to help people travel the world. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

HISTORY  In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors were prescribing Thalidomide to pregnant women without having properly tested it's affects on the fetus she was carrying leading to devastating birth defects. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

Season 24 : Child Killers  Episode 13 : Keli Lane  Keli Lane spent the better part of the 1990s getting pregnant and lying about it. She lied to her family, her boyfriend, the hospital, and the adoption agency. When one of her secret babies vanished, she started lying to the police. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

UNSOLVED  The unsolved case of the Phantom Barber in Pascagoula, Mississippi. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

Season 24 : Child Killers  Episode 12 : Paula Sims  When Robert and Paula Sims reported their daughter missing in 1986, authorities were sure they were involved, but they couldn't prove it. When the exact same thing happened again in 1989, investigators made sure they finally putting the killer behind bars. This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters

HISTORY  This episode explains the history behind the creation of the guillotine. Check out the previous episode about the history of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/history-reign-of-terror--70682560 This is Monsters YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thisisMONSTERS Check out our merch! : https://thisismonsters.com/ Socials: LinkTree : https://linktr.ee/thisismonsters Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thisis_monsters/ Threads : https://www.threads.net/@thisis_monsters