This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

It's 2011 and the Arab Spring is raging.

A lesbian activist in Syria starts a blog.

She names it Gay Girl in Damascus.

Am I crazy? Maybe.

As her profile grows, so does the danger.

The object of the email was please read this while sitting down.

It's like a genie came out of the bottle and you can't put it back.

Gay Girl Gone, available now.

Welcome to Human Monsters.

Martin John Bryant was born on May 7th, 1967, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

He grew up in Lena Valley and Karnovan Bay.

There were signs of metronome.

There were signs of mental illness and maladaptive behavior from his early childhood.

As his mother recalled in 2011, when he was little, she would frequently find broken toys around the house.

She described him using adjectives like annoying and different.

Psychiatric analysis foretold a future where he would never be able to keep a job.

Because he was so disagreeable, he would only upset his co-workers and supervisors.

His mother wasn't the only person from his early years who observed disturbing behavior in Martin.

Once while diving, he pulled a snorkel from another boy's mouth, leaving him in danger of drowning.

On another occasion, he cut down trees on a neighbor's property without permission.

His teachers found him to be disconnected from reality and devoid of emotion.

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