Pedro Alonso López: "The Monster of the Andes"

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the case of Pedro Alonso López. In the late 1970s, López terrorized young girls across Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, amassing a suspected victim count of more than 300. López was dubbed “The Monster of the Andes” due to the sheer horror and depravity of his crimes – and his own admission of enjoying the suffering of his vulnerable victims. Candice examines how López’s troubled and tragic upbringing initially led him into a life of crime, and explores how a man transformed into a monster.

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0:19.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:25.5	Please be advised.
0:33.2	In the eerie, Gothic world of Dracula, Bram Stoker's titular monster is a predator who lurks in the shadows, charming his victims before draining them of life.
0:47.6	He moves from place to place, leaving a trail of death, evading capture, and returning again under the cover of darkness.
0:59.0	His thirst is insatiable. His evil? Undeniable. And yet, despite his monstrous nature, he is cunning,
1:10.4	patient, and methodical.
1:13.4	Pedro Alonso Lopez, the man, known as the Monster of the Andes, shared more with Dracula
1:20.3	than just a terrifying nickname.
1:23.3	Like Dracula, Lopez hunted with a chilling patience, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
1:32.0	He did not care for the darkness of night, nor did he need a tomb for resting.
1:37.0	His hunger was fed by the despair he sewed across the vast landscape of the Andes Mountains.
1:44.8	Much like the vampire that remains hidden, Lopez was a silent terror,
1:50.5	whose name remained largely unknown until the damage had already been done.
1:56.3	And in that damage, authorities learned that Pedro was a man whose thirst for murder was as insidious as any vampire's thirst for blood.
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