Episodes

  • 14: The Red Summer of 1919

    14: The Red Summer of 1919
    Feb 3 2025
    In honor of Black History Month us here at Monstrous will be covering an event or person that impacted the black community and the U.S. as a whole each week.

    This week Carrie dives into the Red Summer of 1919. On this episode Carrie tells us some historical facts regarding the red summer of 1919 and what these few months entailed, what caused it and the aftermath of only a few racial violent incidents that took place in the summer of 1919.


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    43 mins
  • 13: The 1992 Christmas Killings

    13: The 1992 Christmas Killings
    Dec 25 2024
    In todays episode we dive into a Christmas murder case.

    On Christmas eve of 1992 four people who were apart of a group of runaways and wayward teens dubbed the downtown posse embarked on a shooting spree that killed, injured and impacted many.

    Carrie tells us about a group of teens who go from troubled and rebellious to cold blooded killers.


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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 12: Christmas Countdown

    12: Christmas Countdown
    Dec 10 2024
    This week is a solo episode for Carrie. Carrie takes us through some fascinating creatures and characters of this time of year in this Christmas countdown special.

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    29 mins
  • 11: The Villisca Axe Murders Part 2

    11: The Villisca Axe Murders Part 2
    Nov 25 2024
    This week we cover the case of a mass murder. A heinous crime that took place over 100 years ago, one that despite the years of investigations, multiple grand jury hearings, a slander suit and a murder trial is still unsolved to this day. This case had multiple suspects but no evidence to prove who truly committed these murders.

    This week Carrie dives in and tells us about Iowa’s worst mass murder, the most heinous crime in the state’s history.


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 10: The Villisca Axe Murders Part 1

    10: The Villisca Axe Murders Part 1
    Nov 11 2024

    This week we cover the case of a mass murder. A heinous crime that took place over 100 years ago, one that despite the years of investigations, multiple grand jury hearings, a slander suit and a murder trial is still unsolved to this day. This case had multiple suspects but no evidence to prove who truly committed these murders.

    This week Carrie dives in and tells us about Iowa’s worst mass murder, the most heinous crime in the state’s history.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 9: Spooky Episode 9

    9: Spooky Episode 9
    Oct 27 2024

    This week Carrie tells us some real ghost encounters that will leave sceptic second guessing their beliefs.
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    35 mins
  • 9: The Dark Tale of Cinderella

    9: The Dark Tale of Cinderella
    Oct 20 2024

    We are back this week with another Disney tale!


    Every little girl loves Disney princesses, each one give every girl a new view of the world around them and new dreams to strive for but do we know what inspired these princesses?


    This week we talk about none other than Cinderella. In this dark tale there is no Gus Gus, no fairy godmother. This tale is instead dark and morbid.


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    31 mins
  • 8: Spooky Episode 8

    8: Spooky Episode 8
    Oct 17 2024

    This week we dive into a spooky season favorite to learn its origins. The subject of this weeks spooky episode came out of Maryland in 1890 and was inspired by spiritualism. Carrie tells us where it came from, how it became named and how it became what it is today.


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    50 mins