Hi, Crime House community. It's Vanessa Richardson. Looking for another Crime House original podcast to add to your rotation, you will love Clues with Morgan Absher and Kalyn Moore.

Every Wednesday, Morgan and Kalin dig into the world's most notorious crimes, clue by clue, from serial killers to shocking murders.

They follow the trail of clues, break down the evidence, and debate the theories.

It's like hanging out with your smart and true crime-obsessed friends.

Listen to clues on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

We have an exciting update.

Mind of a serial killer is now Killer Minds,

expanding beyond serial killers to cover cult leaders,

crimes of passion, spree killers and more.

Nothing else is changing.

Same expert analysis, same deep storytelling.

Now, twice a week.

New episodes drop every Monday and Thursday right here.

No need to do anything.

Just stay tuned.

Now, enjoy the episode. This is Crime House. We've all heard the phrase, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

It's a battle cry, urging us to overcome our challenges, and some of us find

that we're surprisingly resilient. We're able to use our painful experiences to come out the

other side stronger and wiser than before. But that's not always true. In the case of Earl Leonard Nelson, what didn't kill him, tragic losses, illnesses, and brain injuries, broke his spirit.

Instead of overcoming his struggles, he let them consume him until he became a monster.

Like the Great Beast in his favorite Bible passage,

Earl became a person who did nothing but destroy. The human mind is fascinating. It controls how we think, how we feel, how we love, and how we hate.

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