Joseph Duncan : The Monster in the Night

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Joseph Duncan was a child sexual predator from the time he was 15-years-old. He couldn’t stop himself from harming people, especially children and his final act would reign terror on an entire family where there would be almost no survivors.

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0:00.0	On March 16, 2005, Brenda Groen's neighbor walked into her typical suburban house hoping to find her son.
0:08.0	They owed him some money for helping out around their house and they wanted to get it to him as soon as possible.
0:13.5	This neighbor often went to visit the family and knew that he was always welcome in their home,
0:18.0	but this time no one answered his knock and the house appeared to be much darker inside than usual.
0:24.0	The family of five was almost always up and about.
0:27.5	The neighbor also noticed that all of their cars were in the driveway and each of them had opened doors.
0:33.5	Due to the suspicious circumstances, the neighbor called the police for a welfare check.
0:39.5	When police arrived at the house, they entered the home and saw truly horrifying scene.
0:45.0	Some of the family were dead and others were missing, but what had happened in the house that night and who had done it?
0:52.0	This is Monsters.
0:57.5	Music
1:19.5	Joseph Edward Duncan was born on February 25, 1963 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
1:26.5	He was the fourth of five children. His parents were Joseph Edward Duncan and Lillian Duncan.
1:33.5	Joseph had a busy family and he often felt like having so many older sisters took away the attention he really wanted from his parents.
1:41.5	He had three older sisters and one younger brother, but he didn't grow up in a typical American setting.
1:47.5	While most kids are born and raised in one neighborhood with the chance to make friends with other kids they'll know for the rest of their lives,
1:54.5	Joseph didn't have this opportunity. His father Joseph Sr. was in the army and because of his job the family changed locations almost every year.
2:04.5	They moved around throughout multiple US states and it caused Joseph to have a difficult time making friends as he was constantly moving.
2:12.5	After the first few moves, he had pretty much given up on making new friends and spent most of his time occupying himself in or around wherever he was living at the time.
2:23.5	His lack of socialization would begin to show consequences later in his teenage years.
2:29.5	Joseph's mother, Lillian, was known as a domineering woman, said to be quite tough on her children and Joseph said they didn't grow up on the best terms.
2:38.5	He had made claims that he was abused as a child but his younger brother disputes this.
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