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This Is Monsters

Howard Hughes : Mad Howard

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Howard Hughes was known as the local creep, and sexual predator. Despite a long history of breaking the law, he wasn't locked up until it was too late.

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0:00.0

Seven-year-old Sophie Hook was camping in a tent in her uncle's yard, but when her family

0:05.5

woke up the next morning, there was no sign of her.

0:09.0

They frantically searched the house and the property and having no luck locating the young

0:13.1

girl, they called the police, but that call would be far too late.

0:18.1

This is Monsters.

0:43.7

Sophie Louise Hook was excited about the upcoming weekend.

0:47.3

It was July 29, 1995.

0:50.2

Her cousin, Luke's ninth birthday, and she and her family were staying at her uncle

0:54.3

Danny's house and landed no whales to celebrate.

0:58.1

What of Luke's presence had been a new tent, and the adults planned to set it up in the

1:02.3

garden so that the kids could camp out there overnight.

1:05.8

It was a warm afternoon, and seven-year-old Sophie and the rest of her cousins spent the

1:10.2

afternoon swimming and playing games in an inflatable pool.

1:14.1

There was no need to worry about changing into swim suits.

1:17.5

All the kids stripped down to their underwear to swim.

1:20.3

The garden was sheltered from onlookers, and the adults were always able to see what

1:24.1

was going on.

1:25.5

There was no reason for anybody to think that close by, another pair of eyes were watching

1:30.1

the children play.

1:31.8

The back of the garden ran into an overgrown bridal path, surrounded by thick hedges.

1:37.7

At one point on the path, it was possible to look directly into the garden without being

1:42.8

seen.

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