Murder Mansion : Christopher Foster

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Season 22 : Family Annihilators Part 2

Christopher Foster made a lot of money from an invention that saved lives. Unfortunately, he spent the money faster than he could make it and he went from an inventor of safety to an annihilator of family.

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0:00.0	When firefighters arrived at the scene of a fire in Shropshire, the driveway was intentionally
0:05.5	blocked and the fire was so intense, they believed it could have been some sort of terrorism.
0:11.8	The property was home to a wealthy family and the fear was that they had either been kidnapped
0:16.4	or killed due to some shady business dealings gone bad.
0:20.8	It took five days for the fire to be extinguished and the scene to be cool enough for investigators
0:26.1	to start collecting evidence and when they did, they realized that the person who had set the fire
0:31.4	was much closer than they thought.
0:33.9	This is Monsters.
1:07.7	Music This is Monsters. Before we begin, I just want to make sure you know that my other show Sinister is back up and there are three episodes a week.
1:11.9	They're dark stories from history and if you like this show, you'll probably like that one. Give it a shot. There are links in the description. Thanks. Christopher Foster
1:19.2	did not come from a wealthy family. He was working in sales in 1988 when the Piper Alpha
1:25.2	Oil platform caught fire, killing 165 people.
1:29.3	Because of that, he invented a new chemical formula for oil rig insulation that would protect the shutoff valves on the rig so the flow of fuel could be stopped, effectively shortening the life of the fire.
1:42.3	He mortgaged his house in order to pay for a huge demonstration
1:46.0	for potential buyers and it worked. The product, called Olvis Shield, was a success and he was
1:51.8	soon bringing in millions of dollars. Christopher was married to his wife Jill and they had one daughter
1:58.5	Kirstie. With their sudden increase in income, the
2:01.7	fosters were able to finance their dream lifestyle. They purchased a 1.2 million pound home in
2:08.4	Shropshire on 16 acres or 6.5 hectares of land. The property had a stable and they had horses
2:15.2	for their daughter Kirstie. She was a strong writer who was involved in equine competitions.
2:20.3	On the surface, the Fosters looked like a loving family, but other family members saw things differently.
2:26.3	Christopher's brother Andrew Foster would say in a documentary that his brother was a bully.
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