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This Is Monsters

The Devil's Backyard : Pazuzu Algarad

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

John Lawson wanted to shock the world, so he changed his name to Pazuzu Algarad and started worshiping Satan. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to be enough for Pazuzu.

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0:00.0

There are towns that seem like the perfect place to live.

0:03.7

Small communities where everybody knows each other and church bells ring loud every Sunday.

0:09.4

On the surface, everything seems idyllic and residents believe they live in one of those towns where that could never happen here.

0:17.0

Except, it could happen there, and it did.

0:20.0

This is monsters. You're going to be here. John Lawson was born on August 12th, 1978 in San Francisco, California.

0:54.3

Not much is known about his early life,

0:56.3

but at some point, John and his mother moved

0:58.8

to Clemens, North Carolina.

1:01.2

Most of what John would end up telling other people about his past would turn out to be lies, but the people

1:06.7

that knew him personally said that he displayed many red flags including drug use and

1:11.4

harming animals.

1:13.0

His mother would later say that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and agoraphobia.

1:18.0

Due to the cost of proper treatment, John's mental illness went mainly unchecked.

1:24.0

In 2002, John changed his name to Pizzuzu Algrad.

1:29.0

Pizzuzu is the name of the Mesopotamian demon who possessed 12-year-old Reagan McNeil in the movie The Exorcist.

1:37.0

With his new scary moniker, Pizzuzu covered his face in tattoos and began separating himself from society, especially in the town he lived in.

1:47.0

Clemens was known to be a very Christian town and his appearance and poor hygiene would have been enough to turn the residents off.

1:54.3

But Pazuzu also started worshipping Satan.

1:57.6

After the 9-11 attacks, Pazuzu could be seen dressed in Middle Eastern clothing, anything that shocked and appalled the rest of society around him.

2:07.0

Friends said that Pazuzu lived a carefree life where you could do whatever you wanted when at his house.

2:13.0

One of Pizzu's friends, David Adams, said that people could piss on the carpet or smash the TV while there, and Pizzu didn't care.

2:22.0

Of course, a little urine wasn't a big deal to Pizuzu,

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