Series 1: 3. My name is Yusef

I'm Not a Monster

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The Islamic State group forces Sam’s son Matthew to spread its propaganda. Josh searches the woods of Idaho looking for a man on an elk hunt. Then an obscure tweet leads him to Syria to try to find the family. If you know something that you think might help the investigation please email [email protected] Reporter: Josh Baker Written by: Josh Baker and Joe Kent Producers: Joe Kent and Max Green Production assistant: Lucie Sullivan Composer: Sam Slater Mixed by: Tom Brignell Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps This episode includes strong language, descriptions of violence and some upsetting moments involving children. ARCHIVE: NBC News: Boy In ISIS Propaganda Video Claims To Be 10-year-old American | TODAY (August 2017) Sky News: Battle for Raqqa: The uneasy alliance fighting IS. Foreign Affairs Editor Sam Kiley reports (2017) France 24: Syria: Islamic state group counter-attacks in Raqqa as fierce fighting rages (2017) Channel 4 News: Battle for Raqqa: is Isis about to be driven out? Lindsey Hilsum reports. (2017) “I’m Not a Monster” is a collaboration between BBC Panorama and FRONTLINE (PBS) and is a BBC Radio Current Affairs production for BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Before we begin, I just want to flag that this episode contains some descriptions of violence
0:11.0	and upsetting moments involving children.
0:14.0	There's also some very strong language.
0:19.0	My story, oh yeah, absolutely.
0:21.0	It is very difficult to believe.
0:24.0	It is very hard to believe.
0:26.0	I'm not a bad person. I'm not a monster.
0:30.0	I, Laurie.
0:32.0	It's the sweetest little boy you'll ever meet.
0:36.0	I miss you.
0:37.0	And then remember that day when everybody took me to the zoo, I miss you.
0:42.0	How could they do this?
0:44.0	It's wrong on every level.
0:49.0	I was excited. I was like, yes, things are going to start moving now.
1:00.0	We're going to get Sam out. We're going to get the kids out.
1:03.0	We're going to get them here and boom, life can go on.
1:06.0	But that was not the case.
1:13.0	I'm Josh Baker.
1:15.0	I'm from BBC Panorama and Frontline PBS.
1:18.0	This is I'm not a monster.
1:22.0	Episode three. My name is Yusuf.
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