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This Is Monsters

by Kompound

This Is Monsters is a podcast that tells the stories of some of the worst people who exist in our world. Each season we will pick a new theme and hand pick stories within that theme that will make your blood run cold. Child killers, torturers, and family annihilators are just a few of the themes that we have lined up. WARNING: This podcast contains graphic content, listener discretion is advised.

Latest episodes

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HISTORY: The Mountain Meadows Massacre

HISTORY  In 1857, the Mormons were settling in Utah after having been pushed west by the Federal Government. While the flames of that fire were still burning, an innocen

Nov 12
20 min

A Road Trip Into the Abyss : John Cox & Theodore Bassett

John Cox & Theodore Bassett AKA Snake & Spider  When Daryl Barber and Jim Boucher drove from Michigan to Florida for a summer vacation, they expected fun on the beach an

Nov 10
39 min

The Man Who Nobody Really Knew : John David Smith

John David Smith  When Fran Smith went missing in September of 1991, her family members were already suspicious of her husband, John. When they found out that he had bee

Nov 4
1 h 04 min

Her Story Made No Sense : Bdour Al-Yasari

Bdour Al-Yasari  Bdour Al-Yasari arrived home on the evening of February 4th, 2019, to find her husband lying on the floor. After that, every single thing she did made n

Oct 27
59 min

HISTORY: Thomas Putnam and the Salem Witch Trials

HISTORY  Thomas Putnam was a Puritan in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 17th century and was responsible for much of what caused the unjust execution of 25 residents of

Oct 22
17 min

The Speed Freak Killers : Wesley Shermantine & Loren Herzog

Wesley Shermantine & Loren Herzog  Random murders happened all throughout California's central valley between 1984 and 1998, but the the MO wasn't consistent so the auth

Oct 20
42 min

His Instinct Was to Kill : Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood  When Lucinda Wright's family found her dead in her home, the initial believed it was natural causes. That was, until the coroner arrived and found multiple

Oct 15
27 min

One Crime After Another : Charles Hatcher

Charles Hatcher  When 6-year-old Eric Christgen was murdered in 1978, the authorities thought they had their man when they convicted Melvin Reynolds. The truth was, the

Oct 12
34 min

A Lifetime Predator : Jeffrey Gorton

Jeffrey Gorton  When Nancy Ludwig was murdered near the Detroit Airport in 1991, authorities had no reason to connect it to the unsolved murder of Margarette Eby in Flin

Oct 5
48 min

HISTORY: The Wager Mutiny

HISTORY  When the HMS Wager crashed on of the coast of South America, the crew mutinied and left the captain to find their own way home. Most of them would die, only for

Oct 1
23 min

The Lion King of Duchesne County : John Pinder

John Pinder  When Rex Tanner and June Floor went missing from the Pinder Ranch in 1998, investigators quickly zeroed in on a lion owning, dynamite loving, ranch owner wh

Sep 28
37 min

Wrath of the Gang Mom : Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson  When Aaron Iturra was murdered in 1994, authorities knew it was gang related, but when they learn who had actually ordered the killing, the entire communi

Sep 24
32 min

He Didn't Practice What He Preached : James Flanders

James Flanders  When Marie Carlson vanished from Fort Walton Beach in 2011, James Flanders tried to convince authorities that she just ran off. Almost five years later,

Sep 21
28 min

HISTORY: Smallpox Bay

HISTORY  There's a bay in Washington State that's named after a historic event. The 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic, which killed more that 20,000 Native Americ

Sep 18
6 min

From One Extreme To Another : Devon Arthurs

Devon Arthurs  Devon Arthurs had gotten involved with a group of neo-Nazis when he was a teenager and quickly became an extremist. A few years later, when he converted t

Sep 14
48 min

HISTORY: Murderous Mary

HISTORY  The early 20th century was not a great time to be an animal. in the entertainment industry. There were no regulation about how an animal should be treated, whic

Sep 10
22 min

An Alien in Human Skin : JonThomas Cloud

JonThomas Cloud  When Andrew Stankiewicz was brought to the hospital with gunshot wounds, his wife, Teresa Stankiewicz, and step-son, JonThomas Cloud, claimed someone tr

Sep 7
45 min

Thantos and the Death Knights : James Nelson

James Nelson  When Jessica Williams was found dead near the railroad tracks in Portland, Oregon, the investigation would lead to a group of kids who lived on the streets

Sep 3
20 min

The Death of the Missoula Mauler : Wayne Nance

Wayne Nance  Wayne Nance spent more thn a decade terrorizing Missoula, Montana. In 1986, he tried to kill Doug and Kris Wells, but they turned out to be too much for him

Aug 31
46 min

The World's Worst Neighbor : James Brenner

James Brenner  Dylan Rounds had a large piece of land in Utah to live out his dream of being an independent farmer. When he went missing on May 28th, 2022, everybody cam

Aug 26
41 min

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Where This Is Monsters ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 13, 2026).

#196 ▼ 3 True Crime US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Straight to the point. Well-narrated. And i love that he provides resources for victims of abuse and also provides resources for the LGBT+ community.

ThrowGlitterNotShade · Jun 2024

All the details, none of the wasted chatter. Bonus, relatively few commercials.

Nothing Mann · Apr 2024

I discovered this show last year and started listening from the first episode in order. The early episodes are fantastic with lots of detailed information and audio clips that made it stand out amongst the many other crime shows out there. Now the episodes are much shorter with less info and feel a little lacking. I also find the geographic trivia at the beginning of each episode unnecessary. Still worth listening to and the host does a great job of presenting the facts in a fast-paced manner with just a touch of cynicism.

Allie 1567 · Apr 2024

I absolutely love this podcast, love the monotone voice, love how straight forward it is, love the audio clips. I love it all but I would love if you could do more longer episodes like Gannon Stauch I loved how much detail was given.

be$$@ · Mar 2024

There is absolutely no transition period or warning, so you could be listening to a calm narration one moment, and have someone screaming in your ear about car dealerships the next. These are mid-sentence interrupts. Just a complete disrespect for his listeners.

wr18r02 · Mar 2026

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