Among Monsters Podcast | Chilling True Crime

Among Monsters Podcast | Chilling True Crime

'Join Damien Vale on Among Monsters Podcast as we unmask the chilling truths behind True Crime stories. Explore infamous serial killers, baffling murders, and more. Dive into the chilling depths of human depravity with Among Monsters Podcast, the definitive destination for #TrueCrime enthusiasts seeking to understand the most #InfamousSerialKillers, #NotoriousMurders, and baffling #MissingPerson cases. Hosted by Damien Vale, Among Monsters goes beyond the headlines, meticulously dissecting the #Psyche of criminals and the horrific #CriminalActs they commit. Our mission is to become the most popular #TrueCrimePodcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, by delivering unparalleled investigative journalism, compelling storytelling, and a deep exploration of the #Psychological motivations that drive individuals to unthinkable #Murder and #SerialCrimes.Each gripping episode of Among Monsters is a journey into the darkest corners of humanity. We unravel the complexities of #FamousCases, from the cold-blooded precision of calculated killings to the bewildering mysteries of vanishing victims. Our extensive research ensures every detail is accurate, providing listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the events, the investigations, and the lasting impact on victims and their families.We are committed to providing the most detailed and analytical #Crimestories. Whether it's a deep dive into the mind of a #SerialKiller, an examination of the methods behind #GoryCrime, or a look at the painstaking process of #FBIProfiling and #PsychologicalProfiling, Among Monsters delivers. We explore the nuanced factors that contribute to criminal behavior, from childhood trauma and mental illness to societal influences and pure, unadulterated evil. Our aim is not just to recount events, but to analyze the "why" behind the "what," offering insights into the complex tapestry of crime.Among Monsters Podcast stands out in the crowded #CrimePodcast landscape by offering a unique blend of documentary-style narration, expert analysis, and a relentless pursuit of truth. We honor the victims by telling their stories with respect and sensitivity, while fearlessly confronting the darkness of their assailants. Listeners consistently praise our show for its thoroughness, engaging presentation, and the unsettling yet captivating way we bring these #TrueCrime narratives to life.For those fascinated by the macabre and driven by a desire to comprehend the human capacity for evil, Among Monsters is your essential listen. We are actively optimizing our content, titles, and descriptions with high-impact #Keywords like #TrueCrime, #Murder, #SerialCrimes, #MissingPerson, and #PsychologicalProfiling to ensure we are easily discoverable by a dedicated and growing audience. Join us as we shine a light into the abyss, exploring the individuals who truly are Among Monsters. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to immerse yourself in the world's most compelling and unsettling #Crimestories. #Truecrimepodcast #TruecrimeMurderpodcast #Besttruecrimepodcasts #Serialkillerpodcast #Crimestories #Unsolvedmysteriespodcast #Coldcasespodcast #Missingpersonspodcast #Crimenewspodcast #Psychologicaltruecrime #Famouscrimecases #Criminalpsychology #FBIprofiling #Infamousserialkillers #Notoriousmurders #Newtruecrimepodcasts #Realcrimepodcast #Deepdivetruecrime #Crimeinvestigationpodcast #Truecrimedocumentarypodcast #Courtcasespodcast #Justicepodcast #Forensicpsychologypodcast #Victimstoriespodcast #Truecrimeinterviews #Detectivepodcast #Homicidepodcast #Unsolvedmurderspodcast #Psychopathpodcast #Sociopathpodcast #Criminalmindspodcast #Disturbingtruecrime #Gorytruecrime #Darktruecrimestories #Truecrimeanalysis #Behindthecrimepodcast #Truecrimeupdates #Truecrimetheories #Compellingtruecrime #Grippingcrimestories #Unexplaineddisappearances #Conspiracytheoriestruecrime #Truecrimeresearch #Criminalactspodcast #Truecrimefanatic #Bestinvestigativepodcasts #Truecrimeaudioseries #Psychologicalprofilingpodcast #Famousserialkillercases Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/among-monsters-podcast-chilling-true-crime--5739090/support.

Episodes

May 22, 2025 5 mins
In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the chilling case of Velma Barfield — a Southern church-going woman whose soft voice and gentle smile concealed a trail of poison, lies, and murder. Known as the first woman in the United States to be executed after the 1976 death penalty reinstatement, Barfield’s crimes stunned the nation. By lacing food and drinks with arsenic, she quietly killed those closest ...
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On this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale peels back the layers of a murderer who defied all expectations. Dana Sue Gray wasn’t your typical serial killer — she was a nurse, a caregiver, and a seemingly compassionate woman living in Southern California. But beneath her calm demeanor lurked a deadly obsession with wealth, beauty, and revenge. Between February and March of 1994, Gray targeted elderly women in a twi...
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In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale dissects the life and legacy of Andrei Chikatilo, the infamous Butcher of Rostov, who murdered, mutilated, and cannibalized over 50 victims in the shadows of the crumbling Soviet Union. Against the backdrop of post-Stalin famine, Cold War paranoia, and a regime that denied the very existence of serial killers, Chikatilo hunted with terrifying efficiency—luring women ...
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In this chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the deeply unsettling case of Donald Harvey — a trusted hospital orderly who used his access to patients not to heal, but to kill. Known as The Angel of Death, Harvey claimed the lives of between 70 and 100 victims across Kentucky and Ohio hospitals from 1970 to 1987. By poisoning IV bags, suffocating patients, and tampering with feeding tubes, he turned places o...
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In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale takes you back to 19th-century New England to unravel the twisted legacy of Jane Toppan—better known as Jolly Jane. Behind her cheerful smile and nurse’s uniform was a mind consumed by obsession, sadism, and a fatal thirst for control. Toppan, born Honora Kelley, was orphaned, renamed, and molded into a seemingly devoted caregiver. But under the surface, she was experimen...
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In this harrowing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the disturbing tale of Ahmad Suradji, the infamous Indonesian shaman who murdered 42 women in a twisted quest for supernatural power. Operating for over a decade in North Sumatra, Suradji presented himself as a spiritual healer — a “dukun” who could cure illness, mend broken relationships, and bring prosperity. But behind the ceremonial cloth and incense rituals...
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In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale exposes the twisted legacy of Moses Sithole — the infamous “ABC Killer” who terrorized South Africa between 1994 and 1995. With a disarming smile and a calm, trustworthy demeanor, Sithole lured desperate women under the guise of employment opportunities before leading them to remote locations where he raped and strangled them. Operating across Atteridgeville, Boksbur...
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In this historically charged episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale takes you on a terrifying journey through the life and legacy of William Bonin — The Freeway Killer. Born into the post-World War II baby boom and forged in the trauma of an abusive childhood, Bonin's descent into one of California’s most vicious killing sprees unfolds against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia, Vietnam's psychological scars, and a justice system...
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In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale peels back the lace curtains of 1426 F Street in Sacramento, California—home to Dorothea Puente, the sweet, elderly landlady with a deadly secret. From the outside, she was charitable, Christian, and grandmotherly. But inside her Victorian boarding house, she was forging checks, drugging the elderly, and burying her victims in the backyard. Operating during the 1980s...
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In this eerie and mysterious episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale explores the chilling true story of Béla Kiss — the charming Hungarian bachelor who lured women through lonely hearts ads in the early 1900s… and preserved their corpses in metal drums. When World War I called him to the front, Kiss left behind a house of horrors: 24 bodies, pickled in alcohol, carefully stored like a collection. Investigators uncovered his si...
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In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unveils the terrifying true story of Robert Hansen — the mild-mannered Anchorage baker who secretly became one of the most sadistic serial killers in American history. Between 1971 and 1983, Hansen lured women into his trap, flew them deep into the Alaskan wilderness, set them loose… and hunted them like animals. With 17 confirmed murders and over 30 rapes, Hansen’s ...
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In one of the darkest episodes of Among Monsters to date, host Damien Vale explores the harrowing life and crimes of Tsutomu Miyazaki — the "Otaku Murderer" who shocked Japan with a series of horrific child abductions and killings between 1988 and 1989. Born with physical deformities and consumed by isolation, Miyazaki descended into a twisted world of horror media, obsession, and violent fantasy. But his fantasies turned real when...
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In this explosive episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unravels the chilling and contradictory life of Pedro Rodrigues Filho — better known as Pedrinho Matador, Brazil’s most notorious vigilante serial killer. Born into violence and shaped by vengeance, Pedro claimed to kill only criminals: rapists, murderers, drug dealers — even his own father. With over 100 murders to his name, 47 of them committed behind prison walls, Ped...
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In this disturbing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale delves into the horrific crimes of Joachim Kroll — the unassuming toilet cleaner who became one of Germany’s most grotesque serial killers. Dubbed The Ruhr Cannibal, Kroll brutally murdered at least 14 victims between 1955 and 1976, including children, young women, and the elderly. But he didn’t just kill—he consumed. With a slow, methodical approach, Kroll stalked his ...
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In this disturbing episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale unearths the horrifying story of Robert Pickton, the Canadian pig farmer who turned his Port Coquitlam property into a slaughterhouse for the forgotten. From the 1980s to early 2000s, women—many Indigenous, poor, and sex workers from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—vanished without a trace. Behind the façade of “Piggy’s Palace,” Pickton lured victims with drugs, money, an...
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In this unnerving episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale reveals the chilling true story of Charles Edmund Cullen, a trusted nurse who used his position to silently murder dozens—possibly hundreds—of patients across nine hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Between 1988 and 2003, Cullen administered fatal doses of medications to unsuspecting patients while hiding behind a calm demeanor and a crisp uniform. He worked the n...
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In this bone-chilling episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale tells the haunting true story of Pedro López — one of the most prolific and terrifying serial killers in recorded history. Nicknamed The Monster of the Andes, López claimed to have murdered over 300 young girls across Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru during the 1970s and early 1980s. But what makes his case even more horrifying isn’t just the staggering death toll — it’s ...
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In this haunting episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale pulls back the curtain on one of the most terrifying child predators in British history — Robert Black. Through an immersive historical narrative and cinematic storytelling, we follow Black from his bleak childhood in post-war Scotland to his chilling years as a roaming delivery driver who used his van as a vessel of horror. With a nation still reeling from the aftermath ...
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In this chilling installment of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale explores the shocking true story of John Martin Scripps — a seemingly ordinary British traveler who used charm, knives, and stolen passports to dismember tourists across Asia in the mid-1990s. From his troubled childhood in postwar England to his gruesome crimes across Singapore and Thailand, Scripps carved a path of death masked behind the face of a smiling wanderer....
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In this gripping episode of Among Monsters, host Damien Vale uncovers the twisted, disturbing legacy of Arthur Shawcross — a man released from prison after killing children… only to become one of the most cold-blooded serial killers in upstate New York history. Known as The Genesee River Killer, Shawcross terrorized Rochester in the late 1980s, strangling and mutilating sex workers before leaving their bodies near water — like offe...
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