The Mysterious Death of the Bishop Family

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In March of 1976, a neighbor called for a welfare check on the Bishops because she hadn't seen them in a while. When authorities entered the house, it was clear a horrific event had taken place, but there was nobody there. That would kick off the hunt for a man with a mysterious background.

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0:30.0	On March 8th, 1976, the police in Bethesda, Maryland were called by a concerned person claiming they hadn't seen their neighbor in some time.
0:39.5	The police sent an officer out to do a welfare check, and once they arrived on the scene, they saw what appeared to be blood on the driveway leading to the front door, which gave them cause to enter the house.
0:51.0	Once inside, they found not only blood, but brain matter on the walls and floor in multiple rooms of the house.
0:57.0	Nobody was in the house at the time, but it was clear that something horrific had happened to the Bishop family.
1:04.0	This is monsters. Oh, William Bradford Bishop II was living the American dream, at least on the surface.
1:37.0	Brad, as he preferred to be called, played football in high school and fell in love with a cheerleader named Annette Weiss. Though many high school
1:44.1	sweetheart relationships don't work out.
1:47.0	They stayed together when Brad graduated a year ahead of her.
1:50.5	He moved from his hometown of Pasadena, California, all the way across the country to attend Yale
1:56.0	University, and the two never stopped planning their future together.
1:59.8	Though he'd worked hard to get in, Brad started to struggle a bit in college.
2:04.6	His grades were inconsistent and he was more of a C student.
2:08.3	A C student at an Ivy League school of course, but an underachiever compared to his peers.
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