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This Is Monsters

Paul David Crews : The Appalachian Trail Killer

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Paul David Crews spent his life not getting along with other people. When he found someone else with something he wanted, he took it, even if he needed to kill them to get it.

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0:32.0

If you like this as monsters, you might like my other show somewhere sinister.

0:36.0

Each season we go to a different place until sinister stories from that area.

0:40.0

You can check it out by going to this link here.

0:42.0

Thanks so much and on to the story.

0:45.0

In the serene and remote beauty of the Appalachian Trail,

0:49.0

a young couple embarked on a journey that promised both enchantment and adventure.

0:54.0

Little did they know that amidst the breathtaking landscapes and rugged terrain,

0:59.0

a monster lay in weight, ready to steal the very essence of their lives

1:03.0

and abolish the innocence of the trail itself forever.

1:07.0

This is Monsters.

1:19.0

Paul David Cruz was born in 1952.

1:37.0

I wish that's where the story ended.

1:40.0

It will come as little surprise that there is no happy childhood history for Paul.

1:45.0

His birth parents abandoned him in his seven siblings when Paul was just six years old.

1:50.0

When Paul was eight, he was adopted by Susan Cruz and her husband.

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