The Story of Robert Fisher

This Is Monsters

Jiles

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Robert Fisher and his wife, Mary, were not in a good place. They had been receiving marriage counseling from their church and Robert was afraid that she might find out about a recent affair. He didn't want to get a divorce, so he took action to ensure that that would not happen.For more stories of the worst people on earth, visit our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/thisisMONSTERSYou can check out our new merch on TeeSpring! https://this-is-monsters.creator-spring.com/To support the show, donate a few bucks through Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/monstersYou can find more information about ways to support us plus contact info at our website: https://www.thisismonsters.com/

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0:00.0	Life's full of things we can't depend on, like the Irish weather, predictably unpredictable.
0:06.0	When you're cutting it fine, but the tractor in front is out for the day.
0:09.0	No winner of this week's, you know what?
0:12.0	So much for Lucky Seven.
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0:25.0	For home heating, you can depend on...
0:30.0	Robert Fisher and his wife Mary were not in a good place.
0:34.0	They had been receiving marriage counseling from their church, and Robert was afraid that she might find out about a recent affair.
0:41.0	He didn't want to get a divorce, so he took action to ensure that that would never happen.
0:47.0	This is Monsters.
0:49.0	Robert Fisher was born on April 13, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York.
1:04.0	He was heavily affected by his own parents' divorce, which happened when he was 15 years old.
1:10.0	Even as an adult, his co-worker said he would bring it up often.
1:14.0	It was said that he vowed that his own marriage would never end in divorce.
1:19.0	Robert married Mary Cooper in 1987, and the two went on to have two children, a daughter Brittany and a son, Robert Jr.
1:28.0	He was described as an extremely controlling person.
1:32.0	Some people even described him as cruel.
1:35.0	He was physically and emotionally distant with his family.
1:38.0	Robert's mother-in-law, Ginny Cooper, said that he was afraid of getting too close to people and then possibly losing them.
1:46.0	His children were controlled in every part of their lives.
1:50.0	He told them when they could sleep, what they could eat, and how they could dress.
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