Series 1: 11. Epilogue - The wounds and the scars

I'm Not a Monster

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

What happened to the family Josh was staying with when the Islamic State group struck in 2016? I’m Not a Monster began after Josh was injured by an ISIS truck bomb in Mosul, Iraq. If it wasn’t for an old contact reaching out to see how he was doing, he may never have heard about Sam and Matthew. Now he returns to the Iraqi city and finds that while the fighting may be largely over, the people of Iraq are facing a different battle as a mental health crisis has taken hold. This episode includes descriptions of violence and some upsetting moments involving children. Reporter: Josh Baker Producers: Joe Kent and Max Green “I’m Not a Monster” is a collaboration between BBC Panorama and FRONTLINE (PBS) and is a BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts
0:05.4	Before we start, I just want to flag that there are some descriptions of violence and
0:09.8	upsetting moments involving children in this podcast.
0:15.9	The next couple of episodes, the epilogue, are all about answering questions, questions
0:21.6	you've asked, but also a question I've been wrestling with for years.
0:27.5	And if you haven't listened to the rest of the series, this will make much more sense
0:31.9	if you start with episode one.
0:34.6	You'll hear how I'm not a monster, began after an old contact told me about an American
0:39.3	family who were trapped with ISIS.
0:42.7	He'd reached out after hearing I've been injured in Iraq.
0:46.9	This was back in November 2016.
0:49.9	Oh, is it recording now?
0:53.6	So I'm in a car heading back from Mosul to Erbil and I'm recording this on an iPhone because
1:02.0	all of my equipment was destroyed in a suicide bomb blast.
1:10.8	I'm recording this largely because I don't really know how I feel.
1:15.8	We were staying in a house with the family and the force of the blast was so strong that
1:22.3	the house actually collapsed.
1:24.4	I got distracted by the Iraqi army to an aid station.
1:27.9	I'm in the back of a car bleeding with shrapnel in my head and back.
1:32.0	My spine is fractured but I don't know it yet.
1:35.4	My driver's nose sort of speeding me through traffic hospital.
1:38.2	I'm in a lot of pain.
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