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This Is Monsters

Donald Hartung

This Is Monsters

Jiles

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Donald Hartung spent most of his life as the black sheep of the Smith family. As he got older and wanted to retire, he decided that his family was going to be in the way of that plan.For more stories of the worst people on earth, visit our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/thisisMONSTERSYou can check out our new merch on TeeSpring! https://this-is-monsters.creator-spring.com/To support the show, donate a few bucks through Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/monstersYou can find more information about ways to support us plus contact info at our website: https://www.thisismonsters.com/

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Donald Hartung spent most of his life as the black sheep of the Smith family.

1:00.4

As he got older and wanted to retire, he decided that his family was going to be in the way of that

1:05.8

plan. This is Monsters.

1:11.2

Donald Hartung

1:19.2

Donald Hartung was born on January 11th, 1957, to Vaughan Seal Smith, who went by

1:25.3

Bonnie, and a father who was not involved in his life at all. Soon after, Vaughan Seal

1:30.8

married Richard Smith and the couple had two more sons together, Richard Jr., who went by R.T.

1:37.0

John. Donald said that he considered Richard to be his real father, and they moved around a lot

1:42.2

because he was an aircraft mechanic in the United States Navy. At some point, they lived in Virginia,

1:47.9

and Donald got married and had a son, Donald Hartung Jr. According to Donald, that marriage lasted

1:54.6

about 18 years. After divorcing his wife, he moved to Pensacola, Florida, to live near his parents

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